The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-12
BARNES TELLS My
He Recognized the Straight
out PopuIists
ON THE ELECTION BOARD
Action Which VIII Worry the
Keatonites.

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! no; &c De supposed Cor moment that
Keaton's Democrat Populist and Free Sill
YER managers will quietly submit 20 the
action OF the governor IL Ignoring Virgil
Hcocs' Free Silver party n his appoint
nea,s On the territorial election board
The duty OF this board Is TO pass upon
the senuiness and legality OF the cert,fi-
Gates OF nomination OF candidate for legls-
certify me same 20 the county commits
sioners. and ne chGirnen OF tne recog-
nzed political parties are permitted to IN
dlcate to the governor whom they desire
20 serve on the board There were TWO fac
Cons claiming 20 os the Free Silver party
of me territory demanding representation
CT the board one composed of the anti
fusion Popu.ists. VINO organized under the
Free Silver name at Oklahoma City. Aug
ust 70. and the other faction represented
BY Virgil Hobbs, and which held a Keaton
! nominating convention on September l. The
governor decided 70 recognize The anu
fusion faction, OF which ". J. Crawford is
| chairman. Is the legal representatives, Of
the Free Silver party, and accordingly ap-
pointed Rev. ". W. Buchanan as the Free
Silver member of the board. The other
members named are j. w. McNeal. Repub-
lican; A G. c. Bierer, Democrat. and Will
lam Enghart, Populist. Kealon's managers
declare that they VIII not submit TO Buch-
aral's appointment and say they will COM
mence mandaInus proceedings 70 compel
the governor 70 recognize Virgal Hobbs
party. In determining which faction in
his opinion IS rightfuly entitled to recog-
nition as the Free Silver party. Governor
Barnes sums up the situation in the fol-
lowing language:
There are two persons claiming TO be
chairman Of the territorial central COM
nittee Of the Free Silver party. Virgil NJ.
NJ. Hobbs claims to be chairman of said
committee. deriving his authority from
the terri torial committee of said Free Sill
yer party, held at Guthrie o. T., Septem-
Der l. 1898. which said convention, he says.
was regularly held, pursuant to call duly
made therefor. He dominates T. 8. Peck
of Edmond as member of the territorial
board of election commissioners in behalf
OF said party.
of the territorial central committee of the
Free Silver party. deriving his authority
from the territorial convention, held at
Guthrie. o. T., September l. 1895. which
said convention was called to organize
said party by a mass meeting of citizens
held at Oklahoma City previously thereto.
He dominates W. w. Buchanan of Noble
county 10 be member of the territorial
board of election commissioners on behalf
of said party.
Hobbs convention nominated James R.
Keaton as it's candidate for delegate to
congress. Crawfords convention nominat-
ed A. S. Hankins as its candidate for
delegate to congress.
Hobbs was himself duly elected dele
gate to the regular Democratic convention
and participated in the proceedings OF said
convention which nominated Keaton as
its candidate for delegate to congress. He
never was chairman OF the territorial CEN
trail committee of said Free Silver party
prior TO September l, 1898. and no regular
convention OF said party was ever assem-
bled In the territory pior 10 that date The
nomination Of the said candidate already
nominated by the Democratic party as
delegate TO congress by the Hobbs Free
Silver party indicates that said convention
from which he derived his authority as
chairman was held in the interest OF the
Democratic candidate which he has helped
10 nominate In the regular Democratic con-
vention. and not In good faith to give
voters Of that peculiar political persuasion
an honest opportunity to vote their honest
sentiment.
The mass meeting which called the
Crawford convention, and the delegates
composing said convention had not partici-
pated IN any other political convention
and must be presumed TO be acting in good
faith TO give voters OF that peculiar polit-
ical persuasion an opportunity to vote their
honest sentiments.
Hence ! am OF the opinion that the
Crawford convention and organization OF
the Free Silver party is the better en-
titled TO recognition as such Free Silver
party Of the territory. and lido hereby sp-
point W. W. Buchanan OF Noble county
TO be the member OF the territorial board
of election commissioners in behalf OF the
Free Silver party OF the territory.
&C. ". BARNES. Governor"