The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-12
TAMMANY DID It
Secretly Control Every Nom
ination Made.
POPULISTS SAY NOTHING
Five Straight Democrats on
the Fusion Ticket.
SAY NOTHING

For REPRESENTATIVE est--IheOdOft
OssweiIer. POpuIist, former Democrat
For Representative, East - w. >
Babb. PopuIist, former Democrat.
For County Attorneys. Z. Comfy
Tammany Democrat.
For Probate Judge IL. II. Pratt
Tammany Democrat,
For District CIerk--Fred Williams
POpuIlst, former Democrat.
For County Superintendent - VIII
liam Sence, Democrat.
For County Commissioner, j. Giles
Smith, Tammany Democrat.
so FAR AS NOMINATIONS ARE
CONCERNED PoPULIsM IN sEpG-
WICK COUNTY PASSED YESTERDAY.
UNDER THE BOssIsM OF COLONEL
ToLER, AND THE MACH NATIONS
OF A SECRET POLITICAL SOCIETY,
TAMAIANY, EVERY MAN NOMINAL
ED WAS WITH A SINGLE EXCEP-
TION EITHER A TANIAIANY DEMO
GRAFT OR A FORMER DEMOCRAT,
THE SINGLE EXCEPTION IS WILL
IAN SENSE, A DEMOCRAT FROM
THE COUNTY AND He WILL BE
WEEK. TAAIMANY'S VICTORY WAS
COMPLETE. AN ORGANIZATION,
SCARCELY MORE THAN A YEAR
OLD, ITS SECRET MANIPULATIONS
HAVE BEEN so sHREWD THAT YES
TERDAY IT WAS ABLE TO SHUT
OUT EVERY FORMERLY REPUBLI-
CAN POPULIST.
LAST EVENING THE REPUBLI-
CANS WERE JUBILANT AND PRE-
DICTED THAT THE POPULISTS
WOULD RESENT TAN1MANYs MO
NoPOLY AND VOTE AGAINST THE
TICKET.
( But THE DEMOCRATS SAID: 'YOU
HAVE BEEN TALKING THAT FOR
YEARS. THE POPULISTS OF SDEG-
WICK COUNTY HAVE ALWAYS VOT-
ED FOR DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES"
AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE. IS THE
RESULT OF YESTERDAYS CONVEN-
TION THE STRAW THAT WILL
BREAK THE POPULIST CAMEL'S
BACK? ONLY ELECTION DAY WILL
TELL.
THE POPULISTS SUPPRESS THEIR
DISGUST. IF THEY HAVE IT. THEY
WOULD NOT TALK LAST NIGHT.
NOT CONTENT WITH CRUSHING
POPULIST AsPIRANTS IN THE
COUNTY, THE TANIANY CLUB COM
PEELED BOTH CONVENTIONS TO
SLAP IN THE FACE I. P. CAMPBELL,
THE POPULIST CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS AND REPUDIATE HIS
CANDIDACY.
NO POPULIST IN THE COUNTY
WILL SAY THAT THIS REPUTATION
WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE IF
CAMPBELL HAD BEEN FORMERLY
A DEMOCRAT INSTEAD OF FORM
ERLY A REPUBLICAN.
The Democrats got everything in sight
They gave the Populists senator, district
clerk and two Of the representatives and
they took the rest. Sam Amidon told the
Populists some two weeks ago what the
Democrats would do, and yesterday. af-
ter picking out the best places. he gave
the remnants to the Populists. The lat
ter did not want city representative and
County superintendent, and the Tam
manys Jumped in and gobbled these two
places in addition.
As the ticket stands the Democrats
have city representative, county attorney.
probate judge county commissioner and
county superintendent. while the Popu-
lists were given the two outside represen-
tatives, district clerk I'D senator.
The only trouble over the division Of
offices was in the conference committee.
which lasted over two hours. AS was
predicted the Democrats hung on to
county attorney and probate judge. which
are considered the two best Offices In the
COMMITTEES meeting the populists made a
stubborn fight for probte judge Having
conceded the nomination Of Jim Conlv
some days ago their aims were directed
10 that office. The arguments were |
heated and for a time a split seemed al /
most inevitable. but here IS where the IN I
genuity Of the Democrats again PLAYED a /
prominent part The Populists had their /
heart and soul set on district clerk and
when the Democrats offered to comoro- |
mise by sacrificing probate judge and |
taking clerk the props were completely /
knocked from under the Populist commit /
teemen and they weakened without fur /
Their ceremony. However they would not !
give in to the extent that this division /
should be recommended to the convention
and it was simply Submitted for action
by the convention as whole. Milton
Post, however, remained true to the first
claim and the conference made the divis-
ION over his protest. The two conventions
adopted the terms of the agreement unan-
imousiy and complete fusion was CON
summated
There was also scrap in the ron,Ifst
resolution committee when Frank Pei
tret and Jim Dorsey handed in a resoIu-
ton touching on the Campbeu-Duval dis
pute. Il provf5ed that both nominees in
the Seventh district withdraw uncoRdi-
tonally and that a Joint convention he
called Cor the purpose Of naming a caudi-
date upon which both parties could unite.
This resolution came unexpectedly bar II
met vigorous opposition. a vote was
taken which resulted for recommend
ing IT TO the convention and one against
Governor Lewe,ling refused to vote on
the proposition and Judge ay. who was
chairman Of the convention. had no voice
In the voting Frank Peltret and SIlas
Rudedge voted Tor It and J. ]. Arnold /
vigorously opposed the measure. After
n long debate it was decided 70 leave it
~ the convention. and in the convention
1t was passed by a handsome majority.
After it was passed by the Popuis,s the
Democrats goboled 1t Up ana adopted ii
without q dissen,ins voice. The orisin
and the effect Of this resolution : given
elsewhere in this mornings issue.
There were no hot fights on nomina-
tons. Charles Morgan. for city rePresen-
tauve. is a barber on East Douglas ave-
nue. and is q Democrat
The senatorial race was slated 70 be in
teresting. but disappointment vas caused
when Deacon Wilson withdrew his name
after the seventh district resolution was