The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-21
TAMMANY FOR DUYAL
Strong Resolution Passed at
Last Nights Meeting.
AGAINST A COMPROMISE
General Opinion That WrangIe
Will be Expensive.


without a dissenting vote this resolution
Resolved, That inasmuch as the Demo-
Gratis of the Seventh district have for
ten years honestly and honorably sup
ported Populist for congress in this, the
largest congressional district in the
United States, and inasmuch as the
Democratic congressional convention
assembled at Great Bend has offered
everything in the way of fair propositions
to the Populist convention and the same
have been sneered at and rejected by the
Populfsts; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Tammany general
committee Of sedgwick county do hereby
endorse and pledge their support to
Claude DuvaI for congress from the
Seventh congressional district of Kansas
| It was big meeting and many Demo
Gratis who have heretofore supported
fusion voted for the resolution This
resolution, piedging Duvai support to the
very last. was passed by practically the
same Democrats who helped l. P Camp
bell at Great Bend At least most of the
Democratic delegates to the Great Bend
convention were members of Tammany.
The Democrats have become stirred up
to fighting temperature by the report
that there was move on foot to com
bine with the Sixth district and force an
anu-Bryan electoral ticket into the field
in Kansas, as printed in yesterdays
Eagle. They say they will not stand it
and are turning on Mr.. Campbell.
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determination to remain in the field
until the election is over, but all Popu-
lists say the row will be settled Tam
many says so if Duval is the man. The
scheme has been announced two or three
times that there is an effort to pull off
both men and put on S. B. Amidon, and
so often has it been announced that both
men would be pulled off and W. L. Brown
of Ktngman put on. The scheme to COM
bine with the Sixth district and put up
an ant-Bryan electoral ticket did not
meet with favor anticipated and appar-
emily has been dropped temporarily.
Whatever sort of a compromise may be
effected the general opinion of even
Populists themselves is that the wrangle
will lose the Populists or fusion or re-
are scores Of Democrats who are firm in
their belief that they should be allowed
the congressional candidate, and if
Duya1 is pulled off they will not support
a Populist.
Commenting on this. William Stryl1er,
formerly state superintendent under
Leedy, says in his paper, the Wellington
Voice:
'Au are agreed that the failure TO unite
upon one nominee is very unfortunate.
Even should it be done later, as is not
improbable, results cannot be as favor
able as if there had been harmonious &C
ton between the two conventions. Both
sides are deserving of criticism. Had
the advice of many PoDulists been ac-
cepted that assurances must be given
by the Democrats of large concessions in
the way of control of the state legisla- |
tive districts in this congressional dis
trict, the nomination OF Duval might |
have been made. This was ignored and |
the place demanded as theirs by right |
Fusion means concessions on both sides !
and without concessions no Democrat |
could be nominated or elected. Populists |
will willingly grant as much as was given |
four years ago, but the demands of the |
Democrats have been growing greater
rapidly and the feeling that the time for |
a halt has come is too strong among |
Populists to be ignored. The differences
are in name only, and extremists in both |
parties should yield. 1t is hoped that
they may yet do so. Should all of the
demands made by Democrats be conceded
and fusion effected GO this basis, defeat
IS certain. Extremists in the PopuEst
party will remain at home as they did
in 1898, and with the same result
Defeat is certain without fusion, but
it is equally certain unless it is satisfac-
tory. This is not a statement in any way
as 10 which class of extremists should
yield most or where most wrong lies;
but Of conditions as they exist in order
that a, remedy be found later. The full
Populst vote cannot be BOILED on any
basis which comedies to the Democrats
very much more than was conceded in
S96.
AT this writing notice of adjournment
# the conventions has not been received.
Should they adjourn without any change
If present conditions the name Of 1. P.
of Wichita will go up next
week at the head of this column as our
for congress. For Mr.. Camp
oeu there Will be no need to ever offer
IN apology as a man or as a candidate.
he viii make an earnest and aggressive
,ampaign.
The declarations of principles in plat
orms and speeches made by candidates,
~ POpulists and Democrats were prac-
ically the same The difference Is in
lame only. On all hands it was con-
,eded that the most effective speech
made by any candidate was made by
Vernon I. Rose, who calls himself a
Democrat We believe that the good
ense, the deliberate judgment OF Popu-
lists and Democrats viii yet evolve q
solution to this problem and that only
ne candidate VIII champion Popuiist
principles in the coming campaign, and
hat one man viii be elected. Space and
iHne forbid more upon the subject Of can
ii5ate or platform this week. Il VIII be
-iven later"
The Sterling Bulletin prints a number
Z interviews from prominent local Popu-
lists on the matter as follows:
''W. P. Morrison-That vas great
nix-up- The practical result viii be 70 /
lect Long. I think the only way out
viii be for both Duval and Campbell 10
vithdray and put NJ a new man.
DR.. P. P. Truehart-I think both con
entions made fools Of themselves. and
he Democrats We're the largest fools.
DR.. ]. Al CRAY think the Demo
rat convention did Just right, and an.
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