The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-07

the people could agree upon one man,
which did not necessarily mean a third
man But he would agree to nothing.
Returning home, on the next day
mailed a letter TO Mr.. Duval notifying
him that I had placed my resignation
that day IN the hands OF my committee,
to be accepted when he did the same
thing, and that my proposition was good
for fifteen days. Twenty-four hours af-
ter mailed this letter I gave It to the
press.
A few days thereafter I was notified
by the chairman of the Democratic COM
mittee that Mr.. Duval had referred my
proposition to his committee; that the
committee had met and had unanimous
~ advised Mr.. Duval to reject my prop
osition and not to withdraw from the
ticket. 1 then determined to proceed to
make the campaign for congress through
out the district to the very best Of my
ability, and at, once entered upon the
campaign.
Later, while I was engaged in the
campaign, Mr.. Duval submitted to the
Populist committee proposition that
the Populist committe should say
whether he or 1 should be the candidate,
and thereupon the Duval men on the
Populist committee, aided by the Duval
Democrats throughout the district, ex-
erted themselves to the utmost to get
the Populist committee together for the
purpose of passing upon the Duval prop
osition and. as they confidently expect
ed, OF voting me off the Populist ticket
and Duval on. Great pressure was
hrntT tn I'D ola
up from the Duval strikers to get the
Populist committee together. in the
meantime studied, thorough and sys-
tematic effort was made throughout the
entire district by Duval followers, both
Populists and Democrats, to make sure
that all of the Duval men of the Pop
ulist committee should attend this meet
ing and that they should vote, when the
time came, to make Mr.. Duval the Pop
ulist nominee. Prominent and most
Jealous among these men who claimed
to be Popuists was Prof. Stryker of
Wellington, Nettleton of Hutchinson and
Brandon of Kingman. When the commit
tee met in Hutchinson nineteen counties
out Of the thirty-six were represented
either by regular committeeman or by
Duva1 men on the Populist committee
that they had reckoned incorrectly, and
that they were greatly in the minority;
and every movement in the direction of
ting their scheme to vote me
off the ticket on Duvals proposition tg-
failed. I stated to the COM
mfttee that had fully determined not to
be governed by Mr.. DuvaIs proposition;
that I had entered upon my campaign
and was pursuing it vigorously, and
would continue to do so until election
day. I also stated to many members Of
my committee that did not desire them
to take up DuvaPs proposition and vote
that he should get off the ticket; that
had determined not TO support me- but
were determined to defeat me if Mr. Du-
val was off the ticket, and that I pre-
ferred that he should remain or rather
than be taken off by the action of the
Populist committee, and that we would
proceed to make the campaign and dem
onstrate Mr. Duvaps real strength, at
the same time sustaining our Populist
party intact.
After much discussion resolution ask
ng US both to hand in our designations
was passed. Mr.. Duval did not make
known his purpose in the premises until
ne was sure that I had rendered mine
rendered my resignation on condition
that Mr.. Duval should then and there,
on that day. hand in his unqualified res
gnation to the committee, which he did
No Democratic county convention or
county committee in the district at any
time took any action of any kind look
ng toward getting Mr.. Duval off the
ticket. So far as any official action goes,
he Democratic party of the district have
stood by Mr.. DuvaPs nomina ton from
start TO finish. BY their action all the
lime saying it must be Duval or nobody
On the other hand, from the day of the
Great Bend conventions, Populists in
many Of the counties throughout the dis
riot have been studiously at work cult |
,ating Duval sentiment and using their
Utmost endeavor to have DuvaI, a Dem
'crat placed upon the Populist ticket
n place Of myself
This spirit and disposition has spread.
so that on the very day and hour that I
vas in Leoti, Wichita county, advocat-
ng the principles Of the Populist party
md striving to make converts to our
cause, the Populists of Sedgwick county
n convention assembled actually passed |
resolution suggesting that I withdraw
rom the ticket. In several of the coun |
les a similar resolution was passed, |
while in some. Rice, Stafford and Reno. |
.or example, the Populists went farther |
md boldly resolved that I should with |
RAW from the ticket in favor OF the very !
popular Mr.. Duval. who had been unani- |
nously defeated In the Populist con-
yention.
Please mark the difference from the |
start, the Democrats standing solidly for |
heir nominee and insisting that he
should make the race, while the Popu- |
lists. representing fve-sixths OF the vot |
ITS Of the district, have been cringing |
Ind crawling and apologizing. ready. |
Wiling and even anxious to sacrifice |
heir nominee. and their party. too. If by !
10 doing a certain element whose vote |
hey wanted, could be appeased.
/ wish ii distinctly understood that I |
'iace the responsibility for present con- /
iitions politically in the Seventh district, |
lpon the Populists, or so-called Populists I
" the district. The stubborn persistence 1
IN the part Of the Democrats to have (
he nominee for congress in this district. |
md to have their nominee remain on the 1
icket in no way moved or affected me. /
withdrew my nomination not because /
he Democrats would not consent to sup /
bort me. but because I believed that a 4
OF the Populists Of the Seventh |
district who took any part in the con-
-endons. and nominations. and Of those |
Who are in the party for the spells Of Of /
Ice desired that I should get out Of the |
vay and of the ticket, so that they
night have free hand 70 nominate and 1