The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-09

| Amos McClain, who made a short speech
| of accordance.
Nominations for city treasurer was
called for. Captain Shields nominated
| Justice of the Peace A. A. Glenn. He re-
| ceived the unanimous vote of the conven-
| ton, and accepted in very pleasant little
speech.
Nominations for city judge was next in
order, which resulted in the nomination of
Seth Tucker and o. D. Kirk, Kirk re-
| ceiving 70 votes and Tucker p. Kirk was
! declared the nominee.
Nominations for city attorney was intro
duced and 10. Furnish nominated A. E.
Helm, who received the unanimous sup
port of every delegate in the convention.
He was declared duly nominated by accla-
nation.
Nominations for clerk of the city court
resulted in Hardin Ebey beating a col
ored man named William Fleming for the
! place on the ticket, by vote Of Il to Elem
/ ing's Il. John Pirl receiving y.
Nominations for marshal of city court
was called for and was the closest con-
test of the contention between Lew But
! terrified and James>T. Dorsey, Buttertield
| receiving 80 10 Dorsey's 81 votes.
/ There were three candidates for police
! judge-Ash, Tucker and Rhoades. The
vote on the first ballot stood: Tucker, g.;
/ Ash. q; Rhoades, 9.
The convention was then brought to a
close, after the selections of councilmen
and school board members had been an
nounced to the secretary. which Will be
found in the lead to this story.
no dc
trail committeeman for the ensuing term,
which are as follows:
First ward. F. NJ Watts and ]. o. Haw-
ley; Second ward, Harry Stewart and W.
A. Ayres; Third ward I P Campbell and
]. T. Dorsey; Fourth ward. /. D. Barrett
and Charles B. Page; Fifth ward, James
Woltz and J. W. Brown; Sixth ward, r.
s. Bell and J. W. Burton.
It was decided that the central commit
tee should meet at the office Of T. p. Camp
bell, corner of Douglas and Market streets,
this afternoon at o'clock
A resolution was introduced by a Rev.
Jennings at the last moment which was
adopted and reads as follows:
Resolved, That We recognize the abil-
ity and intelligence of the ladies of this
city and pledge to them the protection of
municipal citizenship and hereby request
them to register and vote for the equality
of the ballot in the pending city election.
as legally entitled
The convention then adjourned
The Demo-Pop candidate for mayor IS
a we'll known business man of this city.
being engaged in the retail grocery bust
ness on Main street. He came to Kan
sas about twenty years ago and worked
at his trade as a stone mason. He lived
in Cheney and Hatfield. Kan. where he
engaged in the mercantile business first.
coming to Wichita about SIX years ago for
the second time and commenced business
here as retail grocer. Mr.. Tapp has
been interested in many avocations since
coming 70 Kansas. taking a great interest
IN the work Of the Salvation Army and
making revival talks at many meetings
in the small towns surrounding here. He
IS temperance man and claims to he
prohibitionist. IL is thought that at one
time he was 4 licensed preacher and has
said 1t was only from year to year which
gave him standing among the worship
pers. Mr.. Tapp is one of the leading bust
me