The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-09
TAPP WINS OUT
Demo-Pops Make Him Their
Candidate for Mayor.
REST OF TICKET NAMED
Convention Yesterday Showed
fractional Differences,
TICKET NOMINATED.


Citv Clerk. ....................Amos McClain
CITY Treasurer. ..................A.A A. Glenn
Judge City Court. 0. D. XIX
CLERK City COurt.........-......H Hardin EDey
Marshal City Court. james T. Dorsey
Police Judge. Seth II. tucker
Nominations for justices of the peace
and oonstables were suspended indefinitely
on motion before the convention, and car
ried.
CoUNCILMEN NOMINATED.
First Ward ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS G. Crib
Second Ward. DR.. Harrison
Third Ward. ......................E A Huse
Fourth Ward. II. OhDnant
Fifth Ward Frank Means
Sixth Ward. James Burton
MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARD.
Second Ward. Charles Hatton
Third Ward. W Gil
Fourth Ward................U y. = Hoagland
Fifth Ward. ...............-...-.J. l. Donald
Sixth Ward A. Parkinson
RESOLUTIONS.
First-We congratulate the people Of the
state of Kansas in the wise adminiStra-
ton of Ex-Governor Ileedy and declare
the same TO have been in the interest Of
all the people and against unlawful and
unjust trusts, combines and corporations.
Second-We condemn the present city
administration in raising the salaries Of
the mayor and high city officials and at
the same time reducing the wages Of the
daily laborer
Third-We are opposed to rebating the
taxes Of corporations and syndicates and
adding them to the taxes Of the individual
taxpayer.
Fourth-We strongly favor the principle
Of municipal ownership and operation Of
all public utilities Of cities. We there
fore demand that the proper officers OF
the city Of Wichita proceed at once, as
rapidly as existing conditions-oontracts
franchises and laws-will permit, to equip
said city with first-class street railway
light and power, telephone and water
works systems and any other public
utilities, and that no contracts shall be
made OF extended or franchises granted
or extended that viii in any way delay
or interfere with accomplishing these re-
suits. And we demand a personal pledge
of the nominees OF this convention to
these principles.
Fifth-We approve the act Of John ".
Leedy, then governor of the state, in call
ing the legislature together in extra ses-
sion, and congratulate that body and the
people upon the number of wise laws it
passed in the interest of the people.
Sixth-We condemn the present mayor
in his arbitrary and Illegal action in ignor-
ing the petition of n very large number of
the resident taxpayers of this city, pray
ing for an election to vote on the city
ownership Of an electric light and power
plant and in refusing to call said election,
and we denounce the same as inexcusable
and in violation of law.
Respectfully submitted.
! 2. CAMPBELL,
J. T. WOLTZ.
GEO. CHARLTON,
G.. N. CALHOUN.
The above ticket and platform were the
result Of the labors of the convention
variously referred to as the Populist. the
Democratic and the Demo-Pop conven-
ton.
After the first flush Of victory. the Tapp
forces, led by the emotional and impetu-
Gus Jim Tapp himself, will begin to see
that they have ridden with too little con-
over the old-une Democracy in
Wichita as represented by George Young.
who made the best race ever made by
Democrat in Wichita. Young has been
villifed by the Tapp forces. which forget
to ease up in the convention and went
over him without mercy. Whenever a |
Young man came up for any of the minor
places on the ticket, he was killed. Lew
Butterfield wanted to be marshal of the !
new city court, but it was whispered |
around that he was a Young man, and |
even he was turned down.
The PopulLsts in the city have long de- |
termined TO beat Young and his follow |
ing. II was the Fifth ward PopuI'st votes /
which beat Young for mayor TWO years |
ago and yesterday the Populsts satiated /
themselves.
Having led with TapD. who IS Pop /
ulist they put in Mccain for city clerk. /
who = PcpulLst. and A Z. Helm. who /
Populist. and Seth Tucker who is Popu- /
list, and then picked ont Democrats who
not supported Noucg, and save them the
balance.
Tapp and A. E. Helm. once the Law and
Order Leagues candidate for county at
torney. and Seth Tucker. who was Tiger
Bnrs police judge during the Reign OF
Terror, were nominated TO catch the Pro
sib.uon vote. the Young men say. and
would not have been nominated had they
controlled the convention.
There were two very amusing features
Of t1e convention. Five wards we're for
Seth Tucker for judge Of the new court.
o. D. Kirk was nominated and said he was
too poor 10 pay assessments. and that they
better nominate Seth Tucker. A vote was
taken and. on account Of this tax Of not
beng able n put U0. The PopuIists de-
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