The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-01

Trusted uentenants failed to figure out
positive strength of more than IS votes.
sin even this would be sufficient to or
ganize the convention, with votes enough
10 snare. That Jacobs partisans did not
consider their position perfectly secure
however. was made manifest by their
several attempts TO break into the
strength Of Captain Taylor, the Logan
cour+v candidate for national committee
man with the strength OF the two lead
ing candidates in doubt, it was apparent
thar TAYLOR. with the solid support OF
Iopan colnty's sixteen delegates, the
qualified support CT Pawnee county and
the votes of 'ahoaters" in the various
other delegations, would be in a position
~ hold the balance Of power. In nef-
fort to minimize this position OF vantage
the Jacobs people made TWO oliiefeii' az
tempts to divide Taylor's strength by Of
fering the temporary chairmansmp Of the
convention 10 Logan, first TO Horace n.
Hagan, yesterday and again this morn
ing 10 Judge A G. c. Bierer. OF course
the tender was made on the assumption
that Logan county having already oeen
honored, could not consistly press her
claim to further honors. The bait old
not look good" 70 the. Logan county peo-
pie. however. and the proffered honor
was respectfully but firmly declined
Whereupon the Jacobs delegates again
went into caucus at noon and agreed 10
stand Warren GIL, of Noble county
for temporary chairman, and Captain
Phelps. of Cleveland county. for tenn
porary secretary SipesTland his ad-
visors had no such trouble In agreeing on
a temporary chairman, their choicetalilng
upon w. D. Francis, Of Roger Mlils
county, who displayed such prominent
part in organizing the separate conVen-
tiors at FL Reno.
Amid al the wrangling of the Jacobs
and sipes factions for recognition there
was still q small, but persistent demand
for a compromise candidate. Even Ben
Clardy, who has been one Of the most
ardent supporters of Jacobs, declared this
morning, that 1t might be good politics
to unite upon some third man, Mayor J.
p. Allen, OF Oklahoma City, as solution
of the fight The concensus Of opinion
among the large majority Of the dele
gates, however, was that Spes and
q. showing Of strength and not until II
was demonstrated that neither could be
chosen. that g compromise candidate
should be considered. This IS the atti-
tude Of the Payne county delegation
whose vote has been considered an ele-
renr OF doubt. but which Is known to be
divided in its personal preferences. The
Kay county delegation met in caucus
this morning at the Grand Avenue hotel
and an effort was made 10 enforce the
unit rule in favor of Spes for national
committeeman and Neff for delegat e.
After an hours heated controversy the
attempt to enforce the unit rule was
abandoned although 1t was said The dele
CATION stood Is to in favor Of Sipes.
In the intensity Of feeling aroused over
the committeemanship fight. the contest
for delegate was almost lost sight Of.
and any guess as to the strength OF the
respective candidates was the pure5t
speculation. Tom Wilson, who was the
choice Of the Lincoln county Democrats
for delegate, arrived last night and this
morning cloth sign with the paint still
smelling fresh announced his headquaT-
tors at the Grand Avenue hotel. Colonel
r. B. Forrest, who holds forth at the
Hotel Lee, maintained an easy confden &c
in winning out IN the end, and Leslie
Ross could not figure out how he had
lost anything from yesterdays estimates,
which put him in the lead on the first
ballot. In the meantime the political
stock Of Bill Cross, the travelling men
candidate, seemed to take a big rise this
morning with the arrival OF a bunch OF
travelling men who threw themselves into
the night with an energy that created !
considerable amount Of respect for the
candidacy Of the Hon. William Cross.
Besides this. Cross Is an entertainer after
the real southern style and his head
quarters at the Grand Avenue was de-
cidedly the most popular Of any with the
weary and thirsty delegate.
On the Populist side OF the fence the
choice this morning was still TO be made
as between Callahan, Cromwell, Bray
and Neff. Last night a boom starting
from Democratic source was set in mo-
ton for Jesse ]. Dunn, the Populist lead
or Of Woods county. but Dunn sat down
on a healthy prospect by positively and
emphatcally declining TO allow his name
20 go before the convention. going so far
as to say that he would decline the honor
even If nominated. From the friends OF
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Cromwell it was learned that his name
would not be presented to the convention
until the other candidates had exhausted
their strength, when Cromwells name
would be sprung as a compromise can
didate.
So FAR as known there was but one con
testing delegation, from Grant county
and which side should be seated depend
ed upon the temporary organization OF
convention. II the Jacobs element wor
the delegation headed by Captain A. NJ
Mackey would be seated and If on the
other hand the sipes people win It follows
that the delegation headed by H. 1
WATSON will get their seats
PR0HEF0INEC IN H0NUE MTfON