The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-23
1t HOvered Over Shawnee Re-
publican County Convention.
Programme as Arranged Was
Carried Out.
READY FOR A FIGHT.
Friends of Nichols We're Pre-
pared For a Scrimmage.
How Gen. Hudson Controlled
Without Being Present.

The Republican county convention !
Saturday afternoon was as peaceful as !
a summers day, on the surface, but 1t
took considerable "hxin' to make it
so. A crowd of the supporters of Galen
Nichols were loaded for trouble, and II
required a strong effort on the part OF
d. W. Mulvane and other peacemakers
TO smooth the troubled waters
For weeks past General J. K. Hudson
had been slated to be chairman of the
convention But there were rumors
floating around last week, after the
county central committee had canvassed
the vote of the primaries, that an e1ort
might be made to censure the county
central committee for not making an
investigation of the charges or traud.
The Nichols men We're determined that
this should not be done, and after Cen
eral HudsOn's bolt from Nichols they
were afraid that he would aid such
move if he was chairman, therefore tney
decreed that he should not be chairman.
The Nichols men had their pins all set
for the fight. They had their plans lald
to capture the temporary organization
of the convention before the "antiS re-
allied what was going on Dave Null
Vane realized that this would bring on
a row that would probably affect the
state convention in a way that was not
desirable. and he began peace negOtia-
tions between the two factions. He
knew that if a fight was started on Cen
eral Hudson in the temporary Organiza-
tion, and the Nichols men succeeded in
downing him, that it would probably re-
suit in Hudson being left off the dele
cation to the state convention. Now
Hudson was not sent to the Curtis con-
ventiOn at AtchisOn for the very reason
that it was his ambition to lead the
anti-Leland fight in the state eOnVen-
tion, and if his own county turned him
down as a delegate, Mr.. Mulvane fore
saw that it would be a black eye to the
Rnti-Leland forces.
The Nichols men cared a great deal
more for keeping Nichols on the county
ticket than they did for downing Leland,
SO the only thing to be done was to Sc
cure concessions from General Hudson,
and Mr.. Mulvane and few others act
ed as peace emissaries to him.
When the peace emissaries had ex-
planned the situation to General Hudson
and had argued it with him, he gave it
out cold that he was not candidate for
chairman of the convention, and that
he would probably be too busy to attend
anyway. 1t was stipulated, however,
that Harold Chase, associate editor of
the Capital, should be chairman of the
committee on resolutions. General Hud-
son also suggested that Captain Titus
should be made chairman of the con-
Vention and the fixers accepted the sug-
gestiOn.
Some of the Nichols men who were
spelling for a fight were rather disap-
pointed when Mr. MulVane assured
them, just before the convention began,
that General Hudson would not be pres
ent, so that it would be unnecessary TO
fight him. They wanted to show the
"antis' that they We're running things
and that they constituted the Republi-
can party of Shawnee coutny 1t is by
no means certain, however that such
would have been the case had General
Hudson chosen to stand by the slate and
make fight for the Craftsmanship him
SELF. The personnel of the convention
was such that it is extremely probable
Jnat General Hudson could have con-
trolled it.
Nearly the entire convention was con-
Quoted according to the plan formulated
by the hxers beforehand the Onlv rim
pies being over the size of the commit
tees, and when Captain Coney led a
Snau-sized assault on a resolution in
strucung for the denomination Of the
present state officers
After the organization had been effect
ed, d. w. Mulvane moved. according
TO programme, that a committee of 9
consisting of one from each CITY ware
and three from the country Dreoincts
be appointed to prepare a list of dele
gates and alternates to the state con
vention.
T. T. Wright. of Soldier. township. saif
rms would not be treating the country
fairly, and he moved an amendment tc
make the committee IA, eight from tn,
city and six from the country
captain 2. H. Coney. with a view Il
Cancellation, suggested that there be on,
from each of the six wards and 6v,
from the country, and this comprorois,
was agreed to by Mr.. Mulvane and Mr.
Wright.
Harold Chase moved that a committe
ol the same size be appointed on resOlu.
uons. and Captain Titus appointed tn
following.
On delegates-D. W. Mulvane. chair.
man I,,ll., =, =, a, Kaub, P. H. Coney. A. T
lucas, u. A Bigbee, J. w Gardner II
j. Richmond, G. NJ. Beard, C. f. Elan
ders' Robert Stewart, Bert Baker
Ol reSoluuOns-H. T Chase chair.
man George Lunn, o. D. Skinner. Johr
Stdhton, Otto Larson, Charles II
3IausnaM' >, >. Urmy, b T. Van Ors
1dle' ). B' Evans, Henry Perkins. vii.
The leaders of the delegation 10 tn.
state convention had beer. .settled ~, e.,
some time, and most of the delega +e
had also been chosen, but it tool ~,
comnlttee some time to fill in the al
ternates so that all factions raigbt h,
represented. Shawnee county has 91 al
egates, the largest number of any com
~ in the state. The leaders of t6a 5eIa
cation We're to be General Hudson NJ
a. Low, a. H Horton and D W M
yane. Charles F. Spencer, defeated can
uldaIe Tor county attorney. was ar,7or,
those placed in the delegation. The iis
OF delegates and a1ternates as finaI1, -
ported and adopted was as follows.
LH1f51G A les. ALTERNATES.
a a Haub. o. D. Skinner.
a ~ Mailaee. c. A. Starbird
RANK Seacn- Jas. Mccoy
II. II. Keith. OTTO 7 n rss,5,
a NJ uyhenQalL- Geo. W. Charles
5@eiyy SuItler- Geo. Adamson.
\, ~ Hudson- c. s. Elliott
II 44oM, NJ Weightman.