The Topeka state journal., 1900-03-21
NOT ALL HARMONY
Three Republican Congressman
Are RenOminated.
Trouble Develops In Two of the
Conventions.
BITTER WORDS PASSED
Capt. SeatOn and DOniphan
County Delegates Quarrel.
Reeder Wins in Caucus After
Close Fight.

The Fourth congressional district
convention at Emporia yesterday was
one of the three Republican conventions
which transacted its business quietly
j. M. Miller was renominated unani-
mously.
In the First district Charles Curtis
was renominated by acclamation after
two or three quarrels, the passing of the
! lie and numerous exciting incidents.
The Sixth district convention renOm-
mated Congressman Reeder but he had
a very narrow escape.
Congressman Calderhead was renom-
mated last week in a quiet convention
Four of the Kansas congressman have
now been selected to make another race
for the positions. There is not now an
| opposition candidate in the field in any
district The fusiOniStS will soon select
their men, however, and the contest
will begin in earnest.
Presidential electors nominated are as
| follows:
First district-Matt Edmonds, Jeffer-
| son county.
Fourth district-G. H. Lamb, Woodson
| county.
Fifth district-C C. Bulkley. Republic
| county.
Sixth district-F. S. Bracken, Lin
! coin county. "a
| Delegates to the national convention
have been nominated as follows:
First district-John SeatOn, Atchison;
| r. M. Emery, Nemaha- Alternates-
/ Fred Willard. Leavenworth; NJ. H. So
/ per, Brown.
Fourth districts. B. Rohrer, Coffey,
Frank G. Hunsicker, Usage county. Al
ternates-George Nagle, Butler; T. NJ.
! Potter, Marion.
Fifth R. Burton Dickinson; W.
! w. Caldwell, Cloud. Alternates-S. T.
Yoder, Washington; w. E. Dunaway,
! Clay.
Sixth district. R. Burrow, Smith
D. J. Hanna, Graham. Alternates-Capt
1 w. II. Mitchell, Beloit, Mitchell county;
r. R. Hays, Osborne
SEATON SHOWS FIGHT.
During the congressional convention
at Atchison, S. P. Baker of Doniphan
| county nominated Ira Collins, a Bailey
man. for delegate to the national CON
VentiOn- The Bailey forces kept their
organization, voting throughout the
convention but they did not present Mr..
4 Bailey's name for the nomination.
In the course of his remarks Baker
grew sarcastic and John Seaton de-
manded that Baker ''be choked off. .
| The Curtis men yelled Baker down but
! A. w. Brewster of Doniphan was rec
ognized. He referred to Collins and
! said:
He is a man who never came to Don
iphan county to help the Pops" Brew
| ster looked at Seaton who jumped to his
| feet and shaking his fist at Brewster
said:
IF you say I did that you lie"
This created intense excitement in the
/ convention but the incident closed when
| Brewster said:
Il have not said you did it,.
| In the senate investigation of the iu-
| d1clal contest Pool Grinstead testified
that while he was running a PopuIist
| paper in DOniphan county Seaton
agreed to contribute funds to aid in the
fight against Leland. This was the
cause of Brewster's remarks. The con-
| Vention after various exciting scenes
nominated Curtis by acclamation.
The following telegram was read from
Mr.. Curtis: Convey to the RepubIi-
cans and my friends of the First con-
gressional district my cordial and sin
cere thanks for this splendid mark OF
| their confidence. To my friends ali cred
1t is due When the campaign opens
will do my full share of the work to Sc.
cure for Kansas a splendid Republican
victory"
The following telegram from MI. Bail
ey was read: please express to my
friends and the delegates who have Sc
Loyalty supported me for congress in the
First congressional district my sincere
ana earnest thanks. and pledge to tho
| Republicans in convention assembled
my unWavering support of the candi-
date nominated by them for congress
there IS no Republican in Kansas VIII
I more earnestly desires to see "a sOlif
Republican delegation sent to the Fif
ty-seventh congress, or will contribute
more to this end in proportion to hi:
ability than myself"
FIRST DISTRICT RESOLUTIONS
Following are the resolutions adop ed
1.-THE Republican party of the Firs
congressional district in delegate con
vention assembled at the city of Atchi
son March 90 1900 for the pI1rnose n
choosing two delegates and two alter
nate delegates from said congressional
district to the national Republican con
ventiOn to be held in the city of Phi, a,
| dniI4hil 1zxr r1xraT aT,fo
and selecting one presidential e1ector d,
adopt and declare the following princi
pies, viz:
Il We cordially endorse and an
prove the wise, patriotic and statesman
like administration of President Nc
Kinley, and declare that where tn,
American soldiers and sailors durins
the late Spanish war for the liberation
of Cuba from Spanish misrule raised
the American flag, that that flag shall
never come down. except in pursuanc,
of the policy mapped out by the pres
ent administration upon the inception
of the late war.
90 That the delegates this day chos
en to the national Republican conven
| ton to be held at Philadelphia are in
structed to vote for the denomination
of that matchless statesman, William
Mckinley for president.
SO We heartily approve and endors
the faithful and able public service o
Hon Charles Curtis, our member O
congress from this district
a. That the nation owes an endur
ing debt of gratitude to the patriot,
soldiers and sailors, who with Lincoln
saved and preserved the one hope O
civil and religious liberty, and to TIL
soldiers and sailors that served will
Mckinley in the cause of humanity ant
for the nations honor, and that the de
votion of Hon. Charles Curtis to tn
care and protection of our heroes com
mands the approval of all men withou
regard to party. That we most earn
estIy endorse the national Republical