The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-23

Houiu Sot Dc SanUioate Iof Sounch'AA>A'
in the Third Ward With L p. Campbell
on the Same Ticket - 1t Would lie Too
Much of a Load for Him to Garry
Chairman Ayers Refused TO Accept the
Defamation Herndon Then Tenders
Il to City Clerk smith Who Is Not
So UnkInd
"The way of the transgressor is hard
Baker B. Herndon, who was the caucus
nominee Of the Demo-Pop fusion aggre-
CATION for councilman, withdrew from
the race yesterday.
There is trouble in the Third ward
audit looks now from disinterested sand
point that it will never be healed.
Baker 3. Herndon had been working
ike a beaver, prior to the caucus held
by the fusionists on last Friday night
for the nomination of councilman. He
was rewarded for his untiring work and
zeal by getting the nomination on the
first ballot. The kangaroo" convention
held in Zeinn;ger hall on Saturday al
ternoon ratified the caucus nomination
for councilman, and Mr.. Herndon was a
happy man for about five minutes.
What caused Mr.. Herndon to suffer
severe mental agony was the nomination
OF "Calliope" Ipey Campbell for school
board. This was too much. Mr..
Herndon has always been a Democrat,
born and bred. I. P. Campbell has been
a Popuiist from the time the Pop vagries
were first crystalized. Thus it was like
hitching up an old sleepy mule with
steer and expecting them TO pace along
evenly at a 2:2e clip. They couldn't do
it and all the training in the world would
not, could not produce results. Baker
Herndon was given a warming up"
heat Saturday evening, anad he left his
feet. The bosses tried to put the
hobbies on HIM and he baked.
At the caucus Friday night B. B.
Herndon was nominated for the coun-
Gil and J. B. Kerfoot was put up for the
school board. This seemed to be salts
factory TO the majority of the voters.
When the Third ward delegation assem-
bled in the convention Herndon's name
was approved but T. J. Arnold got up
and said that Kerfoot would not be
candidate. Arnold had put l. p. Camp
bells name before the caucus and he
had been numerically beaten by Ker-
foot When ArnolG said that Kerfoot
would not accept the nomination it was
but natural that he would again try and
push his friend Campbell TO the front
for the school board. There seems to be
some doubt regarding Kerfoots declina-
ton. Arnold appears TO have been the
only one who knew about II. At any
rate, Campbell was put up and accepted,
although he had been bested by large
majority at the caucus.
When Herndon heard that Campbell
had been nominated he concluded he did
not care 70 help carry such a load.
Herndon was seen and asked why he
declined. He said: "Oh, there are sew
era1 reasons. the principal one being
business" There is positively no doubt
but what Mr.. Herndon sald he would
not be a candidate on the same ticket
with Campbell. He denied the report
to an Eagle representative yesterday,
but there are too many who heard him
say It.
the cause of his withdrawal is that the
boys are sore because Burton
failed to get the nomination and that
they have ''laid down. and will not
work for the ticket. The McCarty boys
control the Third ward, that is they get
more votes than and other twenty.
Consequently Herndon was glad enough
to get off. The McCarty boys, it is said,
do not like Campbell very much. Camp
bell has been before the people once or
twice and has been retired to private
life in each instance and they go on the
old principle that a defeated candidate
to learn that the McCartys
have declined, with thanks, to support
the ticket
The city central committee was en-
powered at their convention to fill all
by resignation This will be
done by the committee at their next
Baker Herndon sent his resignation 20 |
VIII Ayres. who refused TO accept It. He |
was determined TO get off. so he went |
before City Clerk G. S. Smith yesterday |
snd handed in the following:
&C. S. Smith, City Clerk.
Dear Sir: You will hereby take |
notice that I have this day withdrawn |
my name as a candidate for councilman
of the Third ward. having been nomnat-
ed on the Fusion ticket
(Signed) "B r. HERNDON.
Subscribed and sworn 70 before me
this end day Of March, 1897
GEO. A. SEWELL,
Notary Public"
Mr.. I. P. Campbell had not heard that
Mr.. Herndon had Withdrawn when seen
by a reporter. He was told about the
different causes which had Influenced
NJ. Herndon. Mr.. Campbell would say
nothing. farther than he was sorry.
This fracture in the Third ward VII
probably get the whole party out of
oint. as both Mr. Herndon and Mr..
Campbell have a number OF staunch
friends who viii resent the action taken.
Mr.. Herndon's withdrawal is a direct IN
suit 10 Mr. Campbell. Il Will be many
seasons before the two parties will hold
another joint caucus or convention.
"PoLERTIsHEN'S oUEAH WAYS
)arkey lobe Descsnts a gain on Municipal
Poii,ics.
IT'S mighty queah," said Darkey
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