The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-09-16
SLAPPED IN The FACE
Demos Nominate a Man and
Pops Make Them Renege.
HENRY HUFFMAN NAMED
Candidate For Representative
in the City District.

/ TO nominate & representative for The city.
/ or Seventy-drst district, deliberately slap
| ped the Democrats in the FACE II made
| them fearfully mad, and Ihers Will De a
/ great slaughter on election day. The Pops
met in Frank Nighswonger's ONCE and the
Democrats in Judge Glenn's. There was
| some hot doings and Doctor Pratt was II
| the middle of ii.
The Pop convention was called 10 order
| BY Mr.. Nighswonger, VINO asked who they
would have for chairman. Someone sug-
.4sLed Dr.. Hoagland. VINO was chosen. ana
J. c. HeaIy secretary. Dr.. Hoagland ap-
pointed the following committee 10 notify
| the Democrats that they were in session:
P. V. .HeaIy, William Campbell, J. V. Col
vile, Lou Butterde!d and ". r Tucker.
| Robert ". Piatt was elected chairman Of
| the eight Democrats who assembled 10 rep
resent the Democratic party, and Hardin
Ely was chosen secretary. The Pop COM
mittee had hardly returned when COM
rnittee from the Democrats, composed OF
]. H. Shields, H. W. Stewart and Vic
| Cole came over to say that they had held
I q VIC anu AADAAlAA4GlCQ NzCOl 50 W Id p
which they wished the Pops would ratify.
! Captain Shields gave brief but euIogistic
| speech regarding Mr.. carp and then the
committee returned 10 their convention
hall TO await the action Of the Pops.
There was considerable discussion regard
ing how the wards should vote. There
were only thirty-fve present. which rep
resented eighty-one delegates. P. V.
Healy wanted each ward 10 cast the full
vote of the ward.
Doctor Pratt did not Ike this and said
so. He said that it was like packing a
| convention. which was done by scheming
| the advantage. 1T was low, dirty politics,
which we have had so much Of" said the
doctor. 1T is being tried tonight I am
| thoroughly opposed to it." He then Of
| fered an amendment to an amendment,
asking that each man have his own indi-
vidusl will. 1t was killed by a substitute
offered by Mr.. Helm, that each man vote
for who he wanted 10 and the votes not
present be divided proportionately. Car
ried
I P. Campbell said that he thought there
was some basis for DR.. Pratt's position,
but he didn't think there was any jobbery
as referred 10 by Doctor Pratt.
The doctor broke in and said: IT didn't
mean you
Mr.. Campbell repeated his statement
about any jobbery. Then the doctor said
to Mr.. Campbell: Probably you have not
been around as much as I have"
Nominations were called for. Clark
Camp nominated C. W. carp and Mr..
Nighswonger seconded the nomination.
Lou Butterffeld placed Colonel H. L.
Taylor in nomination and I. P. Campbell
seconded 1t.
Mr.. Campbell arose and with great We
| hemence said that for his part he was not
ready to nominate a Democrat for the
| legislature He said that It had been IN
derstood that the Pops were to have all
the nominees for the legislature He said
that the Democrats who had been elected
to the legislature had done more to defeat
Populist measures than had the Republic
an party. He knew Mr.. carp and thought
he was a very fine gentleman. but he was
| opposed TO nominating any Democrat.
Mr.. Nighswonger got up and made some
pretty caustic remarks TO Mr.. Campbell,
VINO kept his equilibrium. Mr.. Nighswong-
er said that there had been many Demo
Gratis who had served in the legislature
who had been with the Pops.
Mr.. Campbell asked him TO name one.
Mr.. Nighswonger said: Go and find out
yourself"
Doctor Pratt also opposed the idea of
nominating a Democrat. He said:
They are seeming friends; very good on
promises-promising friends In fact But
they are great human hogs
He wanted Colonel Taylor 70 clear up his
coal OIL record. The doctor was becoming
very excited and was waxing hot Con-
tinuing, he said:
These people who are internally, eIter-
nally and eternaIly IN once, Ike Bill
Green. am opposed to-
The funny part OF Il was that Bill Green
had just come into the room and passed
in front OF the doctor. who took occasion
to hand him a neat bundle OF warm
sausage.
Then Irwin Strattoa got up and tried 70
pour some red-hot Goals on the heads OF the
already excited Pops. He placed Henry
Huttrnsu1 in nomination. because OF his
well-known resubmission prociivities.
There was = second 70 The nomination.
Mr.. Campbell wanted - know M HUT
MAINS politics, and Stratton gave him the
same answer as did 25lghswonger-'' and
find out"
The bauotlng then began II took I've
Ballots. The results follow. Necessary 70
elect. A:
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