The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-22
KICK On CROMWELL
Democrats Will Not Accept
Him for a Candidate.
WAS FRIENDLY TO MATEE
Democrats Will Probably
Spring a Dark Horse.
WAS FRIENDLY TO M'ATEE


Democrats have ended their row over the
selection Of national committeeman 4
| hard fight viii come over the question
OF which party shall furnish the fusion
congressional candidate and who he shall
| be.
| As the situation is viewed here 1t may
be a dark horse and the matter OF wheth-
| er it shall Ire Populist or Democrat.
VIII depend largely on the complexion Of
the Democratic convention.
| If the SiDes forces are in the majority
in the Democratic convention, the candi-
date will in all likelihood be a Populist.
If the Jacob forces are on top, r. 3.
| Forrest of FL Reno will be the fusion
candidate or there may be a split.
| The Sipes following feels more kindly
to the fusion idea than do the Jacob
crowd.
The Democrats here say neither Demo-
cratic faction viii consent to w o.
! Cromwell of Enid for congressional nomi-
nee. Campbell is a very brilliant young
man, a splendid campaigner and natur-
ally a leader of men. But the Demo
Gratis have it in for him on other grounds
They say that after Judge McAtee went
over to the Republicans or at least re-
fused to support Bryan that Cromwell
helped in keeping McAtee on the bench,
and that the Democrats will fight him
| to finish because of that. CromwelIs
| opponents also declare that Cromwell is
not the runner he is reputed to be; that
when he was a candidate for councillor
in Garfield county Senator Havens beat
| him easily by over 200 votes
The Jacobs Democrats are not friendly
to Judge Robert Nef's candidacy either,
their charge against him being that he IS
too much of Populist." II the Sipes
crowd controls the Democratic conven-
| ton Neff's chances are eighteen carat. If
| the Jacobs crowd controls, the Demo-
cratic end of the fusion conventions will
insist on Forrest of Ell Reno. If Forrest
cannot be forced on the Populists, the
Democrats will bring out a dark horse
and if he is not acceptable to the Popu-
lists, they viii let the Populists trot out
a dark horse, Callahan barred.
The bitterness between the Regulars and
Boilers continues.
The Enid Democrat this week jumps
| onto the anti-SiDes faction in Oklahoma
county with pegged boots, saying: THE
Democratic national committee referred
the matter of the selection of a national
committeeman for Oklahoma 20 the con-
gresSional convention which meets at
Oklahoma City on July 81, and the fight
| started by Dunn, Colcord and Galbraith
of Oklahoma county against Jasper Sipes
simply because he successfully carried
| Oklahoma county and controlled the con-
vention and got its endorsement. while
they were trying TO accomplish this same
thing for c. E. Colcord
'Colcord, Dunn and Galbraith went into
the convention and were fairly beaten
when Oklahoma county endorsed Jasper
Sipes they pledged him their support
publicly in the convention.
They did not abide by the action of
the convention, however. nor keep their
publicly pledged word, but went to work
at once counseling how to beat Sipes be-
fore the territorial convention.
u. r. Jacobs OF Pottawatomie county
was a candidate for delegate to the ma
tional convention at Kansas City and
these fellows went over into Potta-
watomie county, and got J. r. Jacobs to
switch his candidacy and come out
against Sipes. promising him their sup
port for national committeeman, and thus
was brought on the fight in the Demo-
cratic party Of the territory which is to
be settled on July 81, at Oklahoma City.
There is but one way in which 10
properly and finally settle a fight of this
kind and that is to set down strong and
hard upon these fellows who are unwi!I-
ing to abide by the action Of their county
convention and who do not keep their
pledged word made publicly in the con-
vention
We believe that when man goes
into a convention, as a delegate, he ought
to abide by the action Of the majority Of
the convention, when he is fairly beaten
and especially is this true when man is
a candidate before that convention. And
above all things when he goes before the
convention, after his defeat, and states
that he viii support the choice Of the
convention. Then If he fails % keep his
pledged word as an honorable gentleman
should he becomes q renegade unworthy
OF trust. and his party ought not 10 FUR
Their recognize him. This IS the Identical
condition Of CaIbraith et al. OF Oklahoma
county before the Democracy Of the ter
ritory. and they should De thoroughly
squelched and SAT- down upon al Okla
homa city in the interest q decent poll
ties
Oklahoma politics already have hard
enough name. and the actsozs and tactics
% these men should be relegated 70 the
past a sa part q the % hing days.
when everything went. and the congress
si1Bal conversion should speak r. no IN
certain 5one and let Il be d.sti1c " TT or-
stood that from now on. deceacy must
prevail and that the man wh3 IS uufa Ia
fui % his word Du5icIy expressed 20 a
convention. at once becomes traitor and
renegade and viii heacefortH receive n
rec gEltion or consideration"
7 + Henziey % r. Reno. who sup
ports The Regulars. f. reading tire riot
act 70 Joe Wisely and ctser supporters
q slpes Hensley says: The S8ts-te
cores ondents are doing 10 sraan amount
% scrLb5l-g cs1ce-nlng the coming
Democratic convention. e e very esi-
dent that these gezcI pushars Eather
Jhesr Inspiration from the Deuecrs-i-
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