The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-27
BOOM FOR REV. ROSE
Gay Center Pops Would Pull
Ouval and Campbell Off,
DUVALL SAID TO BE WILLING
Campbell Is Mum--PoIitiCians
Figuring on a Way Out.
DUVALL SAID TO BE WILLING

w. F. Green, who was delegate from
Sedgwick county to the Populist state
convention at Clay Center, returned yes
terday. Mr.. Green proved to he one of
the most prominent delegates in the con-
vention. He reports harmonious meet
ing with strong tendency to fuse with
the Democrats on everything from Bryant
down. Mr.. Green S understood to have
said that the split in the Seventh dis
tr1et was the subject of much talk, and
tnat IT seemed TO be the sentiment Of the
convention to pull both Campbell and
DuFal off the ticket and substitute the
name of the Rev Vernon L. Rose o.
Newton, as the fusion candidate for con-
gress. This started a substantial boom
for Mr.. Rose. Mr.. Campbell could not
be seen last night and it is not known
whether he will allow his name to be
taken down or not 1t is very likely that
he viii not He came of a stock noted
for its tenacity of purpose.
Not many people know Of Mr.. Camp
bells life outside the years that he has
spent in Sedgwick county. M Campbell
was born in Center county, Pennsylvania.
on a farm, in 1913, and was raised on
the same farm and worked as hard as
any boy ever worked until IS years old
Two of his older brothers went to the
war when he was 70 years old and his
father was so loyal and so industrious
that the boys not only did the work OF
men at home, but had to do considerable
work for their neighbors, whose husbands
and sons were in the army. He was one
of nine children. His Oldest brother was
killed in the army. At the age of Is
years, Mr. Campbell left home for col
lege, but spent about three months on
the home farm at very hard work every
sumner until he was p years old. He
secured a good education. He is grad
uate of Dickinson Seminary and College,
With the degree of A. B.. and was adj
nitted to the bar in WiallmsDort, Pa,
> il 1874 Afterwards he took a course in
he law department of the Michigan uni
versity Then he came west to grow up
with the country and struck Kansas in
1873, with a view of locating in Wichita,
but after spending two or three weeks
here ne heard so much talk about Wich-
tia going to die when the railroad was
extended beyond here. that he took his
wife and belongings and in Mr.. Pitting
er's spring wagon, went to Harper
county. He located in Harper before
there was plastered room in the coUnty.
He got into the county seat fight the first
day he landed in the county, there being
a meeting in Harper the day he landed.
He was put on a committee and a few
DAYS later was sent to Topeka TO con-
suit with Governor Anthony about the
equalization of the county. He is said to
have made many trips to Topeka, Hutch
inson, Newton and elsewhere to find the
Judge Of the court so as to secure writs
Of mandamus, injunctions, etc, and there
was probably no month during the eight
years he lived in Harper county that he
was not more or less engaged in the
county seat contest. The excitement was
intense and Mr.. Campbell a length grew
very tired of it. He built a number IF
business and residence houses in Harper,
pre-em pted quarter section of land two
miles from the town and broke out.
fenced and otherwise improved several
farms while living there, some Of which
he has yet He moved to Wichita just
in time to get in the boom, which cost
him 81 god many thousands Of dollars, but
he makes ii a rule always to look TO the
future and never to the past, and follow
ing this rule when the boom went off,
he host no sleep over it, but turned his
facje away from it and to the front.
Mr. Campbell was raised a Republican.
and in times when party prejudice was
VERY strong Speaking of those days he
said: when l became voter, did
mot think the time would ever come when
II could look upon man who was in the
southern army as a brother lor a friend
but my beliefs and views on most sub
iects have been very materially changed
In the last fifteen vars I left the Re
publican party Immediately on the CT
ganization OF the Peoples party, and
have been in perfect accord with 1t ever
since"
Mr.. Campbell has three childTn-all
boys. Two Of them are in college. both
having graduated in Wichita High school
The third is now in the High school Re
lative to questions Of morals and re'ig-
ion. Mr. Campbell says
81 believe morality has much TO do WIN
every mans character and life; religion
bat little. only so far as man be
liefs shape and control his conduct are
they OF any consequence.
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