The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-05-19
FIGHT FOR DELEGATE
Point of Interest in Coming
State Democratic Meet Here
QUESTION OF BOSSISM
H. J. Stewart Will be Delegate
-at-Large to Kansas City.

meets in this city next Wednesday
promises to. be an interesting feature in
| Tammany politics The only fight that is
now apparent Is in the Seventh district
when the pictures Of either F. ]. Oyler,
county attorney of Ford county, or E. G.
Finnup of Ffnney county, will be turned
toward the wall. With the exception of
this wrangle everything is supposed to
be in good condition and no further
trouble is anticipated unless it puts in
an appearance before the convention is
called. The convention is for the purpose
Of electing twenty delegates to the ma
tional convention in Kansas City in July.
Fourteen of the delegates will be from
the seven districts and the remainding
six will be elected at large. Unless some
unforeseen happening transpires to over
throw present machine manipulations the
six delegates-at-large are practically set
tied upon and in making up the list two
of the districts, namely, the Second and
Third. will come up missing. The First
district will come in for two and there
is no opposition to J. H. Atwood and Dave
Overmyer while in the Fourth, j. G.
Johnson has practically a cinch. The
Fifth will send DR.. Brandenburg, and the
Sixth James Fike, while H. J. Stewart,
one of the Tammany leaders in Wichita
politics. will represent the big Seventh
The fight in the convention will be over
the delegates from this district and both
Oyler and Finnup will make hard effort
to capture the Seventies representation
in caucus. The contention for political
success may, however, be carried into the
convention, and if this result is probable
something Of more than ordinary warmth
is expected Although the district is al
lowed two delegates, both candidates de-
clare that the two together cannot go to
the national convention. There are also
other candidates for this honor, but Oyler
and Finnup are the leading aspirants.
Frank /. Gordon of Medicine Lodge, j.
G. Wilson of Attica, Harper county, and
r. E Steele of Meade county, would like
to be sent to Kansas City to help nom
mate Bryan.
The dissatisfaction between the Ford
and the Finny county men has existed
for some time, and it is practically a
case of who shall be boss of the western
part of the Seventh district and control
the patronage of that end. 1t Is u fight
that the Democratic leaders are keeping
their hands off. Such men as Claud Du-
vail and H. ]. Stewart are letting it alone
and it is to be settled between them
selves.
There will be 473 votes in the convention
and it is apportioned by districts as fol-
lows: First district, 100; Second, So;
Third 40; Fourth, 50; Fifth, 80; Sixth. 6S;
Seventh, IS. The convention will be held
at the Auditorium and will be called to
order at 10 o'clock. The matter of chair
manship is yet unsettled, but it will prob
ably be determined by Sunday. There is
no opposition to J. Mack Love for chair
man of the state convention, he having
sacrificed his chances for delegate for
reelection.
Although the question of the with
drawal of l. p. Campbell, the Populist
candidate for congressman in this dis
trict, will not be touched upon in the
convention, 1t will be subject to comment
and will be generally discussed among the
Democrats, and some of the Democrats
effect to believe that his withdrawal will
be announced during the convention
This would effect fusion and throw the
Campbell forces to Duvall, the Demo-
cratic candidate. However, the shrewder
Democrats in Sedgwick county believe
this matter viii not be settled until the
result of the Fort Scott convention is
known.
The entertainment of the visiting dele
gates will be managed by the Tammany
club and they will make every arrange
| ment for the comfort of the guests.
The Tammanyites held a meeting last
night and perfected additional arrange
ments. s. P. Mccarthy was appointed 20
be sergeant-at-arms with the following
assistants: Julius Zimmerman, Albert
! Cline, E. L. Beard, ]. II. Shields, D. e
LORI, w. c. Langdon and a. J. Christ
| man.
| The following is the committee APP
! pointed to have charge Of the matter OF
/ printing the standards. etc: D. b. Crew
son. Julius Zimmerman. ]. H. Shields. w.
| c. Langdon and Albert Cline.
Mrs. J. Francis. Florence. Kans. says.
| 81 was all run down in health. worn out,
weak. my appetite was poor, could not
/ sleep and doctors did me no good took
| Beggs' Blood Purifier and gained ten
! pounds in two weeks and am now in per-
! feet heath" ]. P Allen, Dockum *
Higginson. Geo. Van Werden.
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