The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-08
WILL Be STANLEY
Tide of State Convention Sets
to WiChita's Man.
LELAND Is FOR HOOD
Caucus Selects J. R. Burton
For Temporary Chairman,

The Eagles special from hutchinson
says:
Stanley will be nominated for governor
probably tomorrow. No politician of ex-
perience on the ground here tonight ques-
tons that. For that matter, no one has
questioned it from early this morning.
So the real interest here today has not
been who is to be the Republican nominee
but how shall he be made? Men have
been maneuvering the problem-not shall
il be Stanley, but who shall make Stan
ley?
Some say that Hessin and Funston and
Seaton will make him; some say Funston
and Hood will make him. Up to this hour
not a Stanley deal has been made. stan
lev went into the race in earnest at the
start. He canvassed the state-and par
ticularly his part of it-thoroughly, and
today his strength shows what hard work
will do when joined to a peculiarly brill
iant opportunity.
For the question has crumbled down to
the simple one of who shall make him.
The most notable utterauce Of the day
was that Of Cy. Leland to the effect that
he was against "Seaton and for Hood"
Intimations Of this outburst from Leland
were anticipated last evening, and by
daylight this morning the Seaton cohorts,
under Tom Anderson. were doing a little
artistic muttering, and by high noon they
were roaring like a Roman mob with
loose lung. Seaton and Hood have al
ways claimed Leland's support. Seaton
came UP to the situation strong, Hood
second to him, and not strong, but Leland
was for Hood, not for Seaton, and he
said so. It has been Leland's eudeavor
today to center on Hood all the strength
Leland himself could possibly summon.
He has worked hard. He has depleted
Seatons splendid phalanX, and he may
have picked up a delegate here and there.
But he has not frayed the edge Of Stan
ley's, Hessins or Funston's following.
The paipable result of this is that this
Lelandic endeavor for Hood will increase
in fury and the hot shells will be rammed
into and fattened against everything in
sight.
There are men who, charmed by the
prowess of the man Of Doniphan in other
conventions, say that the subtlety of Cy.
viii win out and that Hood will be the
man yet
Under ordinary circumstances 1t would
not do to predict against the political
power which has sucked the honey Of
victory from many a nettle-lke situa-
ton, hut It may be set down with every
confidence tonight that Leland viii not
he may. 1t isn't in the violet light Of the
stars The situation is simply this and
1t is nearer a situation Of antagonisms
than combinations. Seaton and Hood have
both been considered Leland men in the
past. Against them have been arrayed
Hessin and Coburn, lighting them be-
cause they were Leland men. With these
are Billy Edwards. So far as is known,
Funston has been with neither faction.
Stanley has not been with either faction
keeping free, clear and out OF it.
Without going into trivial details and
a multiplication of combinations, it can
be said that there is no possible combin-
alton. at this hour and with conditions
unchanged for twelve hours. which can
nominate another man over Stanley.
1t is surprising how frankly and openly
the leading politicians here concede that
fact tonight. They are so Indifferent as
regards whether it is policy to boost
Stanley or not to the detriment of some
local candidate. that the real Stanley
boomers have to pinch themselves 10
prove TO themselves that they are not
dreaming.
The Wichita crowd IS particularly
open-eyed just now and has been all day.
Wichita crowds have in the past fire.
quently run up against situations which
threw buzz-saws at them: they have at
tended conventions where they were
knocked down on the first ballot tramped
under on the second, and poured out of
the window on the third. They are alb
soIutely old friends 20 defeat. And now.
here today, they meet an absolutely new.
dazzling innovation. They have seen
their man creep steadily forward uutI
he leads the procession, not in their own
delusive hopes, but in fact. according to
the big crowd. TO nearly an the political
managers present TO every newspaper
man on the grounds, TO the great crowd
"a t~'t''~ ''.ie AttANfAlS N-iNA.Al cue tl4l OF
things and glide with the current
Stanley is in the air. He is "a winner.
He and his men are making no mistakes.
They are friendly TO all factions and an
tasonistc 10 none No delegate OF his
has second choice that anybody knows
about. His vote, the largest in the con-
Vention tomorrow by a long ways. since
Leland's withdrawal from a seeming CO.
partnership with Seaton. viii stand pat.
i viii be standing pat on the second ball
lot when the first break 10 him wiz come.
Il viii be standing pat on the third. wa>n
the avalanche begins, and it viii be the
whole convention on the fosvJh on its
feet. cheering Stanley. the nominee.
Only a political miracle could elect any
one Of his opponents and this IS too wet
q year for miracles.
The candidates for the other state nom
nations are here makinE combinations
enough to fly a kite. and every one secret
~ envying SANKEY'S easy chair.
Young Mr.. Bailey and Dick Blue are
running for RECOMMENDATIONS. Ar.
Leland is for Bailey; Blue is managing