The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-15
JACOBS Or S|PES?
Their Fight for Committeeman
(Which Is to be Renewed.
NEW MEN BREAKING IN
CaIIahan's Part in the Demo
cratic Squabble.

Guthrie. o. T. July 4-overshadowing
completely the nomination of congress
the Jacobs factions in the Democratic
party will be the chief feature of The
Democratic and Populist conventions al
Oklahoma City July 81.
Jacobs. who was regularly named foI
national committeeman at the last Demo
cratic convention, is making no effort al
| organization to control the Oklahoma
City convention, and while Slpes may be
doing little work in that line. he has a
fight on in his own county which is cut
ting the ground from beneath him.
Sipes and Jacobs represent two elements
in Oklahoma Democracy, and while not
exactly entitled to the title of Header"
each of them embodies a sentiment
which the following of each is vitally in
| terested III and ready to fight for
AT the last Democratic convention at
FL Reno the Jacobs crowd had the
organization OF the convention. and claim
ing an unfair ruling, the Sipes delegates
walked out of the han and organized
| separately. Delegations were selected
from each convention for Kansas City.
When the two rival delegations, one Of
| them for Sipes, the other for Jacobs, ar
rived in Kansas City their contention was
placed before a committee of the ma
| tional convention. This committee slight
ed the hearing Of the dispute, being en-
! gagged in other contests and as 4 hasty
and ill-considered compromise, decided to
seat both delegations and give each half
a vote. plan which is proverbially bad
politics. The committee sent the contest
over the national committeeman back to
Oklahoma, referring it to the Oklahoma
! City convention of July 81
Sipes and Jacobs came back to Okla
homa to fight the battle out During the
coming week conventions for the selection
Of the delegates TO the Oklahoma City
convention will be held in the different
counties and they will decide the ques-
ton as to who shall be national commit
| teeman.
And it may be neither Sipes nor
Jacobs. Other factions are entering the
race. Judge Brooks of Guthrie has brok-
en- into the field and on his heels Captain
John T. Taylor, also of Guthrie. Taylor
has announced his candidacy for no other
reason than that Brooks announced his
Taylor calls Brooks carpet-bagger and
a gold Cleveland Democrat and thinks
that his selection as national committee
man would be a calamity In Oklahoma
county SiDes is threatened by an attack
within his own camp. James Geary has
been put forward for the place at Okla
homa City and he may tear Sipes forces
ali 10 pieces. One Oklahoma Democrat,
an adherent of Sipes, resents Geary's en-
try into the race, bitterly saying:
James Geary is a good Democrat whom
many of his political friends would now
be pleased 10 support for national com
mitteeman did they not consider his en-
trance into the contest at this. time i'll
TUNED and ill-advised AS the situation
presents itself to the writer he is per-
hitting himself to be used by a minority
faction of the Democrats of the county
to thwart the viii Of the majority who
favor Jasper Sipes for national commit
teeman and assist in the election of a
person from another county to that po-
sition. The Democracy Of Oklahoma coun-
ty has unanimously endorsed Mr.. Sipes
for the position and it is folly 10 attempt
to foist upon the coming convention an
other person from this county. If a third
person should be named, reason dictates
that he Will come from neither the coun-
ties Of SiDes or Jacobs. At a matter Of
fact, Mr.. Geary is being used by the
friends Of Mr.. Jacobs simply to disconcert
Mr.. Sipes at home and retain his atten-
ton at home while Mr. Jacobs, who has
no thought of retiring. is repairing his
fences throughout the territory. Mr..
Gearys hackers are the Democrats from
this county who went to FL Reno mot as
delegates) and fought Mr. Sipes and sup
ported Mr.. Jacobs there after the Demo
cratic convention here had been honestly
carried by Mr. sipes' friends and unani-
mously endorsed him for the position. 7
have no in-fsellng against Mr.. Geary or
his hackers, but a spirit Of fairness
should prevail and the Democrats OF this
county should not permit this ruse to be
worked at this time to defeat gentle
man such as SIR sipes, who has labored
50 increasingly for the good OF the party;
who made a clean, gentlemanly fight for
the endorsement OF the county a few
weeks since and won. after a hot con-
test. and the unanimous endorsement Of
the convention and by such action allow
the position 10 slip away from the coun-
y where it viii be OF such value in the
event OF Bryau's election; also depriving |
Mr. Sipes Of the honor which By hard 1
work II the ranks be has justly earned. /
Rumors that sir. Jacobs has retired from
the race should no- be considered zeri-
ously. as he has no such intention and I
has positively stated that he is in the /
race untn the end. and whre Ills friends !
are working FOR MI Geary here. he and
his friends are working Tor him through !
out the territory. &r. sipe5 "a the choice
~ this county for national committeeman
and vii receive its enforcement again =
his friends are awakened 20 the true sstu-
alton and they Should rot be deceived By
the pretended object a those who are hts
political enemies but who can say moth
ng against him as man and a Demo
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