The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-07
PASS Up HONORS
Cowley County Republicans
in a Lively Fight
OVER STATE SENATOR
Winfield and Arkansas City
Mix Preferences.

The Republicans Of the state senatorial
district, composed Of Cowley county,
have a peculiar and energetic fight on the
question of who shall be the party candi-
date for state senator. The free silver
element, or rather those who once openly
held to free silver, and most Of whom
hold to free silver now but who in con-
science maintain an alliance with the Re-
publican party and still believe in free
silver without publicly advocating 1t,
have brought out c. NJ. Scott of Arkan-
! sas City. Scott was brought out from
Winfield by Republicans with the argu-
ment that his former political alliances
would bring some Pops into the Republi
can party on the north side, but Arkan-
sas City Republicans, the fellows who
have always been gold standard or Nc
Kinley Republicans, didn't want Scott so
they brought out John W. wilkins of the
east side, in fact who might be con-
sidered Winfield man, though he lives
at Maple City. Winfield, or part of it,
kansas City doesn't, or says not, and is
for a man once claimed by Winfield.
The like never occurred before in poll
tics and would be impossible anywhere
except in Kansas towns showing honors
in each others faces.
Wilkins was g. candidate for state
treasurer two years ago and has always
been, SO far as claimed, a straight Nc
Kinley Republican. By Mckinley Repub-
lican Is meant man who never got
dizzy or scared or wobbled when he IN
dertook to walk the gold plank in the st.
Louis platform of 1896. Scott admits that
he voted for Bryan and Charley Brown
of Arkansas City on the free silver ticket
and on the balance of the Republican
ticket in 1895. Arkansas City Repub
cans say that while voting for Bryan
was enough to bar him from rightful
title to so important place as state SEN
atOr he was more of a fusionist, yet hav-
ing, they charge, at divers times, sup
ported both local and state fusion tick
cts. And while they say they are glad
to have him back in the Republican
party, they cannot go into the lavish
hilarity of killing a fatted calf and giving
him a state office too. So Arkansas City
invited him to come off the plate and, let
some other man to the bat. But he
won't not at least till he gets thumbs
up or thumbs down from Winfield, and
Winfield that is the Greer Winfield Re-
publicans, have made no signal. Arl1an-
sas City held a Republican mass meet
ing and appointed committee to go up
70 INF oil ha Arlra
man out Of the way peaceably, with this
result, the committees report:
your committee appointed to visit
Winfield and confer with Republicans
there upon the peculiar conditions Of
party affairs in this county, desire to re-
port that we have conscientiously and
conservatively performed that duty to
the best of our ability, and report as fol-
lows:
ION Thursday Of this week we went to
Winfield and interviewed quite a number
Of prominent Republicans, among the
number Hon. J. C. Pollock, chairman of
the Republican county central commit
tee, and it was the opinion. of all that
there was no power on earth which
could get C. NJ. Scott off the track for
the senatorial nomination except Ed P.
Greer who they allege is responsible for
SCOTS candidacy
They stated further that they, being
classed in the anti-Greer faction, would
not apply to Greer to withdraw Scott, |
but suggested that the proper manner to
pursue was for Arkansas City and the |
southern district to defeat him in the |
caucuses and primary elections.
at was also ascertained that the fac
ton has formulated the following slate: |
c. NJ Scott of Creswell township, for |
state senator; Ed Nelson of Winfield, !
clerk of the district court; H. C. Hargis |
of Dexter, county attorney; Collins of |
Burden, probate Judge; William Green
well of Dexter, representative to the leg |
islature for this district, and John Irons |
for county commissioner. 1t will be OBJ |
served from the above that it is not in |
tended to Permit Arkansas City to have
a representative on the ticket.
1T was suggested by leading Republi- |
cans in whose judgment we rely that |
John s. WiIkin would be the strongest |
man to nominate for state senator, and |
they suggested that his candidacy be an
ct an early date thereby insur-
ing his triumphant nomination.
1T is said by some that C. NJ. Scott |
is a decoy duck. running in the interest
of Ed P. Greer, Scott to secure as many |
delegates as possible in the southern dis
trict, and at the opportune moment,
spring Greer for state senator, and Scott
then to throw his force to Greer.
Your committee, after due consulta-
ton with the loyal republicans of Win
field and other sections of the county.
knowing the strength. popularity and
loyalty of Hon. John S. Wilkin to the Re
publican principles and Republican can
didates, recommends that this meeting
endorse and recommend the nomination
Of John S. Wilkin, and pledge our faith
full and undivided support TO him We
also suggest that this meeting request
Mr.. Wilkin to permit US to announce him
as a candidate at once.
GEO. ". DUNCAN,
''W II. NELSON,
''N. S MARTIN.
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al W. MARSH,
wv. J. POLLOCK
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