The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-15
II is ALL DIVIDED
POPS AND DEMOS HOLD THEIR
REGULAR CONVENTION.

the Pie Which They Desire-Thres
Hours spent by the Pops in Letting OF
Steam-Finally Agreement was
Reached-The Pops Get Register Of
Deeds. sheriff and Coroner-Democrat'
Euchre Them Out of County Clerk
Treasurer and Surveyor.
Yesterday afternoon for three hours
the two committees Of Pops and Demo
appointed by Chairmen Ayers and Con-
ly respectively harangued and fused
and jawed and chawed until the Spots
of office were apporaoned by these NJ
teen men. The meningitis travesty
On one so-called principle-referendum
was held behind closed doors in a back
room on the second floor of the Sedg-
wick block. The door window was frost
ed and the strictest secrecy was tried TO
be maintained This settlement OF the
offices was made in room PIG. In the hail
were four men who listened with eager
ears as the words Of a Pop orator would
now and then float out over the trans
som. J. ". Brown. custodian or the
lawn al the court house, would every
few minutes say "The Pops have got
the sheriff or the Pops have got the
register OF deeds and then bland
smile would fit across his fufrowed
brow.
The Pop committee consisted Of Court
Bailiff- Metropolitan Police-COmmission-
er-Secretary-of- the Police Board-Pop-
Candidate-for-Sherif Joseph VI. Furnish.
Seth High Of Gypsum, Mr.. Sloan OF
Grand River, G. A. Gilmore Of Mount
Hope and Silas Rutiedge, ex-son OF
the Sixty-seventh representative district,
took care Of the Pop end Of the grab for
pie. The Democrats, VINO were given the
power 10 trade or barter any old thing
in the shape Of a nomination, were d.
a McCandless, T. 3. Cartwright Of Wa
co, James w. Burton, George X Spen-
Ger, N B. Sickler Of Derby, Leslie Mar
tin Of Delano, and Ed. Anderson of
Grand River This committee Of four
teen men voted 10 above Charley Hat
ton in the deal, representative Of the
Silver Republicans.
He who has smelled the smoke of bat
tie often and met defeat oftener and
been in the makeup of combinations ga
iore-Judge Daniel A. McCandless, was
chosen chairman. On motion OF George
Spencer. Mr.. Joseph NJ Furnish, ora
TOR, politician and statesman, was elect |
ed unanimously as secretary. The organ |
!zation was now perfected and yard af- |
Ter yard OF unwound speech fell from |
the lips OF the now thoroughly awaken |
ed Pops. Here was their chance TO spout, |
and spout they did, until the Democrats |
were weary. The following division was |
made for the rank and file of the Pope /
Gratis 10 vote for next fall, whether they |
like it or not. The political montebanks |
Mho parade as reforn1ers and yell them |
selves hoarse about boss rule. Here is |
their work. The Pops are TO have regis |
ter Of deeds, sheriff and coroner. The |
Democrats were we'll pleased over get
ting two such good places rendered them
as county clerk and county treasurer, |
with surveyor thrown in for good meas |
ure. That is the way the thing was fix |
ed up and on September Is they will |
meet in separ3t e conventions to allow |
some caucus delegates to express the |
choice Of free and untrammeled dele
gates. The Silver Republicans were ten
dered the place OF county commissioner.
il was the most perfect cut and dried,
fully fried and well baked affair and
most monstrous piece of political jug
glery ever perpetrated on poor, blind
Pops and their allies the Democrats.
Before the meeting adjourned the
Democrats were all clamoring 10 get the
floor and calling for the ear of Judge
hGcCandless. They wanted to adjourn
AT last Jim Burton attracted the ven
er3ohle judges attention and made the
motion 10 adjourn sine die. Il was car
ried, and the farce comedy was over for
another season. AS the men filed out
particularly noticea BILE were the mien
and carriage of Mr. Furnish. He fully
realized the honors which had been
thrust upon him and meant to carry
Them with the dignity which is obtained
only in courts Of law. This ended a po-
litical de5auca which two conventions
will endorse or be an outcast upon the
political horizon.