The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-12
CAMPBELL KICKS
HOPES HONEST" POPULISTS
MAY YET TAKE ACTION.
Predicts a Majority for Long Of Is. 900
Views fOther Leaders,

Mr.. I. P. Campbell, who was candi.
| Hutchinson for congress, has rebelled al
his treatment and gives his opinion in
regard to Duvars chances for election.
| A late dispatch to the Eagle from
Hutchinson gives the following report of
an interview with the defeated and dis
| gusted Mr.. Campbell:
Claude Duval will be beaten by 10, 000
votes in the Seventh district.
There is a possibility yet Of the hon
est Populists of the district, who refuse
to be swallowed by the Democrats, plac-
ing a candidate before the people of the
district, but 1 have not considered this
proposition very much
What will the Populists do?"
Some of them will stay at home but
thousands Of them will vote for Chester
l. Long. Why, l was down at the little
town of Attica the other day, and four
old-time Populists told me that if Duval
was nominated at this convention they
would vote for Long. 1 say Longs ma
ority will be 10000 and it may be larger.
There is no telling wIere this dissatis-
faction will stop"
Asked what he thought was RESPONSE
BILE for this action, Mr.. Campbell said:
at is largely due to the attempt Of
the Democratic party to absorb the Pop
ulist party. 1 believe there is a well-de-
fined conspiracy to steal away by offer Of
patronage, by every scheme Imaginable,
the Populists of the district. This con-
spiracy has been under way ever since
the banquet here at the time Of the COM
mittee meeting. I am not sure that It
did not begin sooner than that. ! knew
it was coming. / wanted 10 have Duval
stay in the race at the time of the recent
committee meeting. l knew l could beat
him ten 20 one, and l knew that il Du-
val went off and l stayed on they would
put the knife into me at every chance.
So knew the situation. and was aware
that when I got off il was FOR good, and
that every patronage deal that could be
worked would be exerted TO make Duval
the nominee.
THE thing that disgusts me is that
party which polls seven-eighths OF the
votes in this district, that is opposed to
the Republicans. viii permit the other
one-eighth to dictate what shall be; that
seven-eighths Of them viii crawl IN the
dust before the other eighth. Il is dis
gushing and that is all there is 10 T.
1T is the traitors that make me boil
ing mad over this thing, such fellows as
Stryker % Wellington. snsaking scoun-
drel. who ought TO have been for a Pop
ullst. yet who are won over by prom
isss Of patronage I could have made
promises Why, Duvsl and his friends
promised the earth for support I would
not do any promising in the first place:
in the second. had nothing 10 promise
Postoffices. county printing. nominations
locally-sn have been PROMISED
You know ! don't agree With the Dem
ocrats. and some Of the Populists on this
im2erialist question Neither Do q lot %
Popuiists, and there Is a good deal OF
feeling over that"
Mr. Campbell said he might take the |
stump; that he had not definitely made /
up his mind in regard 70 that bu; would /.
soon know.
Mark Tapp. brother % jim Tapp. vas I
doing a gold deal II talking after the /
thing vas ove- He did not sDpeAr 20 +
ike the nomination very well The fact /
that he was buckfaz ths actlor q fsl-
sion convention and that his brother IS
a fusion candidate FOR state senator n
county, 6id not seem 70 count
william Striker % we.Haztsn Ezs
overheard explaining some things - s5-,e
Democrats tonight The latter had sug-
Sestez thzs there usShf - trouese ever
he Duval nomination 'sI'u tel you. sr'z
rot that" sad st-yke-- Il shsnk are All
ose lots q old TINE PoprItsts ard sare-
reads bgt they we're former Republicans
Ind would probably have retEEus5 70
lat party soon anywzT
Andy Titus and George Fszsh ard Ess-