The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-08
WILL HELP SIMPSON
Special Session Will jerry
mander the Seventh.
LEEDY NEEDS JERRY
Session viii Convene About
March 18th.
JERRY
LEEDY NEEDS

It is now absolutely certain that Leedy
intends to call the legislature together
/ about The 18th of March and have some
campaign material manufactured for
next falls election.
| 1t has been given out that the main
object of the special session would be TO
pass a railroad bill providing for maxi
mum rates on freight. He has prepared
a bill and submitted it for approval. II
! it passes Leedy will appropriate what lit
tie Populistic glory there is in it and for
the purpose of boosting his next cam
paign along. That will be one of the main
! objects. Another main object for purely
political purposes will be a gerrymander
of the Seventh congressional district. This
is authoritative. Simpson has said that
some of these obnoxious fellows like
Judge Mckay must be gotten out of his
way and has appealed through Governor
Leedy to the legislature.
The new district is to be composed of
Harper, Kingman, Reno, Mcpherson,
| Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner, Cowley and
Butler counties, all but the two latter
| coming out of the old Seventh district.
What is left of the old Seventh viii rid
Simpson Of Mckay in Harper, and Brown
in Kingman. These two counties with
| some others of the eastern counties of the
district promise to defeat Simpson. The
| chief uncertainties and difficulties for
Simpson, however, arise in Harper and
Kingman-
The fight between Mckay and Simpson
;S nd Of loro, udiney dating ba
| three years.
From republican standpoint Judge Nc
Kay fell down very beautifully in his
libel suit against Ex-County Clerk Ham
ilton, which gives the populist political
situation in the Twenty-fourth judicial
district more modifying clauses than the
average life insurance policy, which
makes Simpson more afarid of il. Mckay
repeatedly announced in a patriotic and
unselfish way that he would not be a can
didate for judge again. He denounced
Jerry Simpson as a hypocrite, political
| adventurer, whose motto had been revised
from Equal rights to all and special
privilege TO none" to read zone more
term
lone term is enough" the Judge said,
and upon that proposition he sailed into
Simpson. He attacked Simpson at every
point and enlisted followers. Simpson
was billed TO speak in Harper county in
the last campaign, but Mckay, with the
voluble Titus as second, squelched him.
He had apparently fixed the status of the
Medicine Lodge Guffaw in Harper coun-
ty and was about ready to start the work
in Kingman and Pratt counties when
~ TO- ha
He resorted to a libel suit for vindication
and got it where Cromwell gave it to
Charles / And now Mckay wants to be
judge-for vindication. And he's still
making it warm for Jerry Simpson. and
that's why Simpson wants Harper county
out of his way.
The fact that it is a ten thousand dol
lar job doesn't influence Mckay. and it is
against reform tenets he has heretofore
advocated, but he must be indicated, and
he will fight Simpson. He must be nom
mated as an endorsement of his fight
against Simpson and to show the injus-
tice of justice as administered by the An
thony court pro TEN. So he has formally
announced, for the Office and against
Jerry.
Brown of Kingman helped Mckay in
his fight against Simpson and is helping
him yet to get even with Simpson for his
fight on Brown for state printer. Brown
of Kingman has delivered his sealed
promise to a legal incog. of Kingman for
judge who is known as Geo. w. Willis
every time he is introduced. but Brown
is still with Mckay against Simpson, and
so Jerry wants Kingman county out.
Willis was formerly self-styled a Re
publican, but along with a leading salve
merchant and a long range senatorial as
pirant OF Kingman, went over to the free
silver aggregation. And Wills got in re-
turn Browns promise that he should be
judge to succeed Mckay. The promise is
all while Brown is after Simpson.
The special session viii be called and
the Seventh district gerrymandered.