The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-01-31
TO WICHITA
Republican State Convention
Goes to Topeka.
Mr.. BANTA'S VOTE DID 1T
Judge JeWett Talks of Meeting
and Republican Prospects,

| Wichita will not get the Republican
state convention this year The vote at
the meeting Of the Republican executive
committee held Monday in Topeka was
in favor Of Topeka, Wichita being a close
second Judge Ed Jewett, one of the
committee, returned yesterday, and aside
from the disappointment of losing the
convention seemed to be well pleased
with the proceedings OF the meeting.
Judge Jewett was seen last night by a
reporter for the Eagle and very clearly
expressed himself on the cause of Wich-
lta's defeat relative to securing the con-
Venuon, and other matters of interest to
Republicans:
Judge Jewett said: wichita lacked
state convention at this place, which has
been fixed for the 18th day of May. Those
two votes were home votes; that is
Seventh district votes. 1t was supposed
that the entire representation of the
Seventh district would stand by Wichita
and it was so understood by the gentle
men having in charge Wichitas interest
That they did not vote for Wichita on the
roll call was complete surprise, and lost
US the convention. If they had voted for
Wichita it would have had one majority.
Mr.. Banta. living at Great Bend, was one
of the men who backed down at the last
moment. 1t is presumed that he had
been swayed, so to speak, to vote against
his friends and home interests by some
unseen and mysterious force, which was
perhaps Troutman's eloquence over Bone
brakes good looks. OF course he had for
gotten the time when the Republicans of
this county almost in body had bolted
the regular ticket to support him for
lieutenant governor on the ticket headed
by Charles Robinson, the issue made by
said ticket being a greater amount per
capita of Dooley's unvarying and I'M
fluctuating medium, which is always one
drink for Is cents or two for a quarter.
1.-THE consolation, presume, which we
will receive for this confession from To-
peka IS that ROSTERS always come home
to roost, which is perhaps true, but To-
pelra got the rooster.
1.-THE attempt to make the issue of
time and location Burton and Baker
manifestation Of respective strength on
the part of Mr. Burton's managers is
hysterical politics and is growing little
tresome. Whenever any functions sort of
a person at any kind of meeting makes
a motion which does not happen to meet
the views of the other fellow coadjutors
present and the motion Is lost, if it can be
proved that the man ever spoke to Mr..
Leland it is. Immediately seized upon by
the hysteria crowd backing Burton as an
expression of public sentiment favering
Mr. Burton.
'Mr. Burton is just little tired of it
himself. He understands practical poll
tics, and knows that the churning con-
stantly and everlastingly of this kind of
gush will finally make people weary and
he is proposing to call a halt 1t is now
figured. that he will stop Hudson at the
beginning of the Twenty-first century, a
time easily fixed by common consent as
beginning at the close of the Twentieth
century.
Everyone at the meeting was good
kind which shows that everybody will get
together and that questions of leadership,
bossism and bosses. imaginary and real,
will all be closed out long before election
day, and that the Republicans of this
state, with Mckinley as leader and with
almost any kind of an old boss, young
boss or no boss at all. will simply run
over the fellows who stand in the way Of
good times. prosperity, expansion, and
with either Baker or Burton representing
us in the United States senate Kansas
would be strictly in it. This IS the way
the things 1 saw, heard and came in con-
tact with at Topeka at the meeting i'm
pressed themselves, with the additional
observation that Mort Albaugh, Ora
Morse and Charley Jobes are mighty
helpful sort of helpers whenever Wichita
jumps into the ring for anything. They
were for Wichita from first to last, when
we lost by an accident