Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-06-17
DEMOCRATS GET NOTHING ON THE
FUSION TICKET.
WIN A SPANISH VICTORY
WE'RE SWALLOWED WHOLE, BUT
CLAIM A TRIUMPH.
Beat the Pops With Their Nonina-
tions and Maintain That the Pops
Simply Endorsed the Demo.
cratic Ticket-J. Mack
Love Reelected.

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ATCHISoN. KAS. June 16.-(special) At
the afternoon session Of the Democratic
convention a motion was adopted declaring
the, present state officers the nominees Of
the Democrats party. This action was
taken by the Democrats shortly after 2
o'clock, and before any nominations had
been made by the Populist convention at
Topeka The Democrats are claiming the
glory Of nominating the ticket first. and
say that the Populists are virtually indors-
ing the nominees of the Democratic conven-
ton.
It Is doubtful If ever before there
was such a farcical convention held
as the one just closed. When the
day 1t was apparent that Kansas DEM
ocracy was badly tangled, but the exact
condition Of affairs was not positively
known until Wednesday. when 1t became
apparent that the convention was made
up Of three elements, one for fusion on any
terms. one for fusion on q fair division Of
offices and the third for q straight Demo-
cratic ticket. The straightouts were far in
the minority, but they were given much
encouragement by the element favoring fu-
sion on an equal division Of offices. and
this morning it was partially agreed that
these two crowds should get together and
nominate complete Democratic ticket II
the Populists refused to ''do, the right
thing" The conference committee returned
from Topeka before the morning session
and announced that lieutenant governor
was all that the Democrats were to have.
The factions opposed to such q division got
together and discussed the advisability Of
bolting the convention.
It was decided, however, that such ac-
ton might be detrimental to their cause
in the future, so it was decided to swallow
their medicine.
The convention was called to order at
o'clock in the afternoon and the first thing
to be taken up was the report OF the con-
ference committee. National Committee
man ]. g. johnson, chairman Of the con-
ference committee. walked UP on the stage
and made verbal report for the commit
tee,
I'VE reached Topeka about midnight"
began Mr.. johnson, land were met by q
like committee from the other convention.
The situation was thoroughly canvassed.
both sides exchanging views. We did
not hesitate to tell the committee that we
thought we were entitled to at least three
places on the ticket. They argued that 1t
was customary with both parties to give
men holding ohice two terms. They
claimed that all Of the present state Of
ficers had given perfect satisfaction and
were entitled to second terms. OF course,
we agreed with them that the present Of
ficers had done much good for the state
and the party. but informed them that the
convention which We represented thought
that 1t was entitled to recognition on the
ticket. We were told that the only man
who was willing No. sacrifice himself for
fusion was Mr.. Harvey, and We were told
that we could depend on getting this place.
At o'clock this morning we left the other
committee in order to catch train, with
the understanding that 1t would confer
with some Of the other state ofhcers and
see II other places could be secured for
us, and to write the result of the inquiry"
Mr.. johnson then read the following tele-
gram received from the Populist COM
mittee:
Our convention unanimously voted to
allow you to nominate man for lien
tenant governor"
Don't they feel like they had been
robbed?" shouted some delegates from the
Second district. Groans could be heard
from nearly every part Of the hall. II. c.
Solomon. of Atchison. moved to suspend
the rules and declare all of the present
state officers, with the exception of Lieu
tenant Governor Harvey, the nominees of
the convention. The motion was amended
20 as to include MT. Harvey. James Orr,
Of Atchison, moved that both the motion
and the amendment be laid on the table.
A yea and nay vote was taken on Mr..
Orr's molten, and Chairman Overmyer de-
| clare6 1t lost. A roll call was asked for,
! but the chair refused 1t. A vote was then
taken on the amendment declaring all the
present state officers the nominees Of the
convention. It carried by vote Of 2ls to
81. The vote by counties follows:
For the amendment-Allen, s; Anderson,
| 4; Atchison. 9; Barber. 8; Barton. s; Bour-
| bon, S: Butler, 6: Chase, 3: Chautauqua,
| 8; Coffey, s; Comanche. 2; Cowley. Z;
Crawford. 1; Doniphan. 2; Douglas Z; Elk.
| 8: Franklin, 8; Grant. 2; Greenwood, 5:
Hamilton. 2; Harvey, s; Jefferson, 8; john
son. 3; LeaYenworth, 1S; Linn, 4; Lyon, s;
Marion. s; Marshall. z: Meade, 2; Morris,
| 4; Nemaha, Z; Neosho, s: Usage, s; Ottawa.
4; Pottawatomie, Z; Pratt. 8; Reno. .: Re-
public, s; Rice. 2: Riley. 4; Saline, s; Sedg-
wick, IA; Shawnee. Z; Stanton, 2; Sumner,
s.; Washington, S; Wichita, 8; Wyandotte,
Is. /
| Against the amendment-Atchison, 1;
Brown. Z; Cherokee, 8; Crawford. s; Dick
inson, Z; Ellis. 4; Franklin. 2: Graham, q;
Jackson, s: Jewell. 4; johnson, 3; Lane, 2;
| Lincoln, 8; Lyon. 1; Mitchell, I: Montgom-
cry. q; Ness, 3; Osborne. 3; Rice. 2: Shaw
| nee, 4; Sheridan, Q; Smith. 4: Thomas. 3;
Trego. 8: Wallace. 2; Washington, 1; Will
| son. 4.
Thirty-eight counties were not represent
| ed at the convention. or, II they were. no
vote was cast for them. Not more than
one-half Of the allotted number Of delegates
| were present from the counties that were
represented, and the chairmen Of the vari-
| GUS delegations were allowed to cast the
| full vote. motion to adjourn sine die
| carried.
hardly know what they have done. Ed
Murphy stated that there was no question
about the fusionists having the convention
| from the start, but he said they did not
was almost non-committal. He il Of the
opinion that the action taken was the best
thing that could have been done under the
| circumstances In his Judgment, the DEM
ur.,fl1 ho TAD In IA n,