The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-10-24
CAMPBELL N SUMNER
Delivers ForcefuI Blows Where
They Will Count.
STORY OF HIS BETRAYAL
Deepens the Discomfort of All
Sincere Populists.

has concluded seven meetings In Sumner
county, and has aroused the Populists
mcst fully to a sense of what has been
their treatment in this campaign on the
part of the Democrats. His work has
been effective, and the Republican ma
jcrities given the ticket. and especially
Chester I. Long, will be large
Mr.. Campbell spoke here yesterday af-
terroon. George Pitts, Ed. Hackney and
William Stryker, the first two the Dem
ocratic steerers and managers of the
congressional campaign in this district
and the latter the betrayer of his own
party to the Democrats, sent personal
appeals TO Populists and others to stay
away from the Campbell meeting, as
they have done in every instance where
Campbell has spoken; but despite their
appeals, there was a large crowd at the
hall when Campbell arose to speak.
In the beginning, Mr.. Campbell called
attention to the little coterie OF Demo-
Gratis in Wellington which had attempted
to run the fusion politics of the couny."
He told how the work had been done;
how no proposition he had made when
he was one of the candidates for con-
gress in this district would be consid-
cred by these men, and how he had tried
to effect settlement in every way pos
sible. making concessions constantly
which they would not accept. He graph
ically depicted the entire proceedings
from start to finish, and then told of the
conspiracy which had been Matched in
Wellington to nominate a Democrat; to
force him on the ticket for congress in
this district; how the same tactics were
displayed IN the Third and Sixth and
other districts, and how in the state con-
vention the idea was to have as many
Democrats on the state ticket as posi-
bic, in spite Of the fact that only one
sixth of the opposition to the Repubn-
cans and Kansas was Democratic. Then
came the vfce-presidential nomination,
and other disclosures of this conspiracy
and evidence of 1t, and Mr. Campbell
told how disguised it had made him.
Mr.. Campbell told how when the Pop
ulist county convention met in Summer
county 70 select delegates to the Hutch
1nson convention the last time, a reso-
luton was passed in substance asserting
1t as the sense OF the convention that
neither Of the old candidates should be
named, and how the editor of the So
called Pcpulist paper, meaning Stryker,
OF the Voice, had "amitted' to put this
in his paper, thus willfully assisting the
democrats in their conspiracy.
Mr.. Campbell also related how at the
first county convention in Sumner county
this year, for the same purpose, a reso-
luton was introduced pledging the dele
gates selected TO vote for tried and
true Populist candidate for congress in
the congressional convention.
''This would appear to be an innocent
sort Of a resolution" said Mr.. Campbell,
and you would think there would be no
reason for even its introduction. much
less its defeat Yet what was its fate?
1t was defeated, and defeated over
whelmingly, and a terrible discussion
arose in the convention. This showed
the presence in that convention of Pop
ulists who were not Populists but Dem
ocrats and who had gone into that con-
vention as such, to help out on the Dem
ocrstic conspiracy"
Mr.. Campbell was well received, and
was complimented on his speech at It's
conc fusion.
Rlverdale. Kan, Oct. 23.-Driving from
Oxford to Wellingtde, and there taking
the Rock Island train, which was over
an hour late. I. P. Campbell arrived here
at 9:15 o'clock and found a packed school
house awaiting him patiently. It was a
splendid crowd The people had assem-
bled at o'clock and awaited his coming
It showed that they had evidently heard
anxious to hear him.
Mr.. Campbell made a splendid speech
at this place, and there were a large
number Of Populists out TO hear him.
They seemed to approve his sentiments,
for many of them told him so and said
they intended to accept his advice and
do as he said he would-rebuke the Dem
ocrats and crush them in Sumner coun-
t., In the Seventh district and in Kansas
this year, by voting the Republican
ticket.
At this place lives Henry Shapcott,
who with ]. X. Moore of Belle Flame,
Uncle Billy" Johnson Nof Guelph and
Adam Wolf OF the same place, helped to
organic the Populist party of Sumner
They met at Wellington, lit
tie band Of them. in the old Alliance
days, and one night resolved to build up
a new party. They did so. and have been |
faithful since. They have watched the !
Porulist party md have helped to build
it up. Now they are discouraged and |
sad over recent events. They say they |
will never go into the Democratic party. |
Johnson and Wolf are at the head Of !
the revolt in the south end; Moore has |
recently come out in q strong letter an /
rouncipg his position, and Shapcott pre- |
diets Longs election by several thou |
sand.
This only tends to show the situation |
in Sumner, and as in Sumner. so else I
where n the Seventh district