The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-20
WILL FORCE FUSION
PopuIistS of Seventh District
Scheming.
TO GET RID OF DUVALL
Mr. DuyaII Says He Is in the
Race to Stay.

The rumor became current yesterday
that the Seventh district PopuIists were
taking steps to combine with the Sixth
district and force the state convention to
put an anti-Bryan electoral ticket in the
field in Kansas unless Claude DuvaI is
withdrawn from the race for congress in
the Seventh and concessions are made in
the Sixth. The Populists claim that If
the Democrats are given the nominee for
president and a fair share of state and
county officers they are getting all they
are entitled to and should not be hog
gish enough to want congressman, too
All the Populist leaders such as Major
Brown Of Kingman, Chairman Will
Ayres, Of the congressional committee,
and such Democrats as Sam Amidon and
Judge Haymaker believe the matter will
be fixed up and are frank in saying so.
Col. Amidon does not know how the
matter will be adjusted, but he thinks it
will be fixed all right Major Brown and
the Populists say Duval Will be with
drawn. 1t is evident that something is
being done to have the matter forced to
harmony.
Here is what Duval says:
Politically I am a Democrat, a Will
lam ]. Bryan Democrat. I go further. I
am a fusion Democrat. I favor, and
hope to see, a fusion state ticket, and
shall give that ticket my earnest support,
If it has the Democratic Endorsement.
Relative to the congressional situation
I am in the race to stay, unless the con-
with the same delegates and the same
organization and reverses their decision,
which I concede them the right to do.
I received the unanimous vote of the
Democratic convention, with the eXcep-
ton Of Sedgwick, the home Of Mr.. Camp
bell Harvey, the home of Mr. Rose, and
Kingman, the home Of Mr.. Brown, who
in a caucus the night before combined
their forces against me, adopting the unit
rule. and those three counties, on every
motion in the Democratic convention.
voted and worked for the Populist candi-
date in the Democratic convention
against the will of the overwhelming ma
jority Of the Democratic convention.
4 believe if these three delegations had
cOnformed to the wishes of the majority
in our convention and made my nomina-
ton unanimous, I would be the fusion
instead Of the Democratic nominee, be-
cause every ballot out of the thirty-eight
taken in the Populist convention. added
TO the 107 votes 1 received in the Demo-
cratic convention, gave me a majority in
each and every instance
81 am making my arrangements to en-
ter the campaign not later than June /.
1900, not to take the stump. but to extend
my acquaintance with the Democrats and
Populists over the district And when
the time comes to open the campaign I
shall advocate the same principles of
Democracy and discuss the same issues
for the Democratic party as I would have
done for fusion, because I believe there
are a large number of Populists in this
district who believe that am entitled to
the nomination and who will give me
their support"
/ p. Campbell also says that he will I!
stick and that he viii be elected
Harry Stewart. who came out high man |
in the regular Democratic organization.
only smiles when asked what is to be
the final outcome of the matter Just
now Mr.. Stewart is looking after the |
banquet OF the SunfIower League to be |
held here next Tuesday.