The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-23
AMIDON CRAWLSI IN
Anti-Tammany Man Talks Of
the Election of
AMID0N AS CHAIRMAN
of the Democratic Committee
His Surrender.

The mutual admiration society between
Judge Dale and Sam Amidon is one OF
the biggest things in Sedgwick county,
and It recorded q trade-last yesterday
when Sam Amidon was selected as
chairman of the fusion committee. In
return for services performed this fall
Sam Amidon as chairman next year is to
control everything. and with Judge
Dale's help, to give his race for con-
gress a boost.
AS a result Of his selection yesterday
the Amidon following was on the street
last night hunting out the jim Tapp
and VIII Ayres men and giving them the
horse laugh.
AS matter OF fact, Sam Amidon's Sc
lection for chairman yesterday was a
surprise. Last spring Amidon turned in
and did all in his power to beat Jim Tapp
for the nomination for mayor, being a
Young man. The result did not indicate
that he was invincible, and his follow
ing looked uneasy. But the other night
in the Fourth ward primaries when Ami
don was laid out cold In the contest, be-
ing badly beaten, some OF his followers
began to desert, and things looked seri-
ous. And two lays following, when Mr..
Amidon was not allowed to Re chairman
of the Democratic convention, things red
begn to look wild indeed. Something
had to be done to stay the tide Of his
fortne, and Mr.. Amidon was made chair
man Of the cofmittee.
The Amidon followers said last night
that It practically settled the congress
sional matter in Sedgwick county. They
guyed Tammany, which Amidon Is re-
ported to favor, but doesn't, and as fer
Jim Tapp, they said he was only an ac-
cident, any how.
''Of course" said one Of these mel.
"Jim Tapp and his crowd will whine
around for a few days, but Sam AmihoI'
and Judge Dale will get around to see
them and smooth it over"
''But is Tammany for Sam Amidon?"
"Well, hardly. But Tammany is so
happy over caturing the county commits
sioner Ballentine for Kies and Shields
that In their joy they are forgetting
everything else. In due time they will
find that they haven't got Ballentine so
securely chained as they imagined. They
will also discover that Sam now has the
this county In the race for congress
without contest"
Thel Tapp following is taking every
thing quietly except the plank in the
platform calling on the government to
haul down the American flag, which,
they say, IS a mistake.
The organization of the committee as
effected yesterday is as follows: Chair
man, s. B. Amidon; secretary. H. w.
Stewart; treasurer, B. B. Herndon; ex-
ecutice committee, Geo. Young, Jas. Bur
ton, Pat McCarty, Ed Anderson, Nick
Freund. O. L. Nelson.
An anti-Tammany man said to the
Eagle yesterday:
''This selection Of Amidon as chairman
of the Democratic committee is an ac-
acknowledgement by Mr.. Amidon himself
of what he believes to be the power OF
Tammany. Mr.. Amidon. who has openly,
with George Locke and others talked
against Tammany, has evidently gone
around to the Tammany leaders and ex-
pressed desire to come in out OF the
wet Tammany was glad to get Amidon
and Amidon, who openly and all the
time fought Jim Tapp for favor. was
very glad to get into a position to COM
promise Ahe Tammany opposition In
short, II Is simply Sam Afidon's patch
work to smooth the way for his fight for
congress next year. Sam Amidon isn't
for Tammany nor for anybody else ex-
cept for Sam Amidon. Tammany will
know him by and by and so will the
Populist party. He fought Tapp to a
stand in with the respectable Demo-
Gratis as he called them. and now he
lies down at the feet Of Tammany and
I,ors Sor