Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-04-25
Peoples Party Ticket.
For Congress 9TH District,
I.P. CAMPBELL,
of Sedgwick county.
!, P CAMPBELL AND CLAUD DUVAL NOM
MATED.


The result of the Populist and demo-
cratic conventions at Great Bend last
week was not what the major
ity OF the voters of the two parties in
the Seventh congressional district had
hoped for.
The PopuIists nominated Hon. l. p.
Campbell, of Wichita, on the 23rd bal
lot but the democrats refused to en-
dorse him, and proceeded TO nominate
Claud Duval, of Hutchinson.
The responsibility for the chaos Is al
most wholly due to the democrats of
Reno county and Duval's rooters of
Hutchinson. Without their Interfer-
ence and attempted intimidation, 1. p.
Campbell would haye been the har-
moniOus nominee of both conventions.
Duval also had some loyal supporters
in the Populist convention but when
the convention nominated MIR. Camp
bell the friends of Dayal were the first
to father motion to make Mr.. Camp
BELLS nomination unanimous. If he
and his friends in the democratic con-
yention had been as sensible and as
far as his friends IN the Populist con-
Vention, there would be no possibility
of Chester l. Longs election this fall.
But with them il was either Duval or
Long and principle was entirely lost
sight of. The democrats of Sedgwlck,
Harvey, Kingman, Pratt, some from
Barber, Harper and others, however,
were actuated by different spirit but
they lacked organization and many
were intimidated by the hoOdlum ele.
ment and roOters of Hutchinson ably
assisted by Hon. (?) Chas. Bucher, of
Newton, who was not entitled to a seat
in the convention and whose conduct
and condition was source of shame to
himself as well as the democratic con-
vention. The democratic convention
did not represent the wishes of the
democrats of the district, and the in
telligent, respectable and substantial
democrats of the district very frankly
say that the Popuiists are wholly
blameless and that the real fault is
with Duyal and his proxy hunters.
In the Populist convention there
were six candidates. They were Yer
non j. Rose, Of Harvey county, w. l..
Brown, of Kingman county, j. Z. An.
drews, of Rush county, Claud Duyal
of Reno county, w. +. Brown, of Pratt
county, and L. =. Campbell, of Sedg-
wick county. Brown of Pratt and An
drews of Rush only desired a compl
mentary vote from their homes and af.
ter the first ballot withdrew. Theil
strength was divided between w. l.
Brown and l. p. Campbell. After that
Duval was third in the race and Brown
and Campbell ran neck and neck. AT
ter the 10th ballot Major Brown made
ringing speech withdrawing his name
from The convention but he was met
with loud mo, no. from oil parts OF
the hall and his friends did not cease
voting for him Until the 23rd ballol
when he personally went among them
and asked it as favor.
After nominations were made there
was an effort to patch up the differ
ences between the two conventions BY
conference committees but it failed
and at midnight both conventions ad.
Journed. The POpulist convention EN-.
powered their congressional committee
to till vacancy on the ticket in the event
OF Mr.. Campbell's withdrawal, but the
democrat convention would not ever
do that much. However that PROPOSE
ton was defeated by only a few
votes, but it was defeated all the same
The Hutchinson crowd assisted b,
Proxy" Butcher were responsible TO
it. q
Mr.. Campbell is not inclined to yiel,
and neither is Duval. The differenc
is that Campbell expects to be electe
While Duval does not. The latter
hardest fight is within his own party
His methods have wounded the feeling
or many democrats and especially thos
In Harvey, Sedgwick and Kingman
The democrats of these counties Wi
support Campbell.
On the whole, the situation is not a
bright as it should be, but we are quit
confident that better counsel will pre-
vail, and eventually the factions wi
get together and present united from
against the candidate who is now a la
borer In Hanna's vineyard.
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The republicans have be
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