The Globe-republican., 1900-09-06
the Fusion Convention

ventiOD. fO- the nomination of candi
dates for county officers Each party
met in separate convention and appointed
conference committees to confer upon a
basis of distribution of offices. With IFS
disinterestedness in taking whatever is
left, the Democratic party let the Popu-
lists take their choice, and the latter
chose District Clerk and County Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, thus leav-
ing the Democrats the other offices. The
conference plan was agreed upon after
submitting to both conventions After
some preliminary details committee
from the Populist convention appeared
before the Democratic convention and
announced that the Populists were really
to meet in joint convention This was a
signal for the breaking up of the Demo-
cratic convention, when the members
joined the Popullsts who were in walt
ing the opera house. On the propo-
sition for joint meeting Niles Wiseman
said he was willing for the joint, as he
was in favor of Jisjointing the Republi-
cans. Billy Mayse, of Ford, was opposed
to the joint. He said Sit was no use to
meet with Pops. We are Democrats, =
and he was in favor of holding a Demo-
cratic convention. Mayse's emphatic no
was the only negative vote Oh the motion
for a joint convention
At the opera house E. d. Webb. on
motion of Dr. Milton, was chosen chair
man. MIR Webb, on taking the chair,
offered his thanks, and said everybody
knew how he stood-for Bryan, etc.
As bit of diversion Jos. Mellec1er
read a letter from a Rough Rider, who
defined his opposition to Theo. Roose-
velt and the Republicans. This was not
one of those flOps now so common from
the Bryan side to the Republican side.
1t was vice versa.
D. Swinehart was renominated by ac-
clamation for Representative In a neat
speech Mr.. Swinehart told what he had
done in Topeka. and should he be sent
| there again, knowing the ropes", he
could do more. He had introduced eight
bills in the legislature and seven of these
bills passed. The eighth bill would have
passed had MIR. Swinehart a better
knowledge of the ways and means of legis-
lation, Mr.. Swinehart said something
about the heathens and boxers, which
meaning did not understand in the
confusion which followed his retirement
j. w. Sidlow nominated for the
office of District Clerk by acclamation.
In introducing the candidacy of F. j.
Oyler for County Attorney, A. B.
Reeves said MIR. Oyler a Democrat
born in Indiana and raised in Missouri.
What MIR. Reeves meant we do not know,
unless it was to emphasize the particular
brand of Democrat Either an Indiana
Democrat a Missouri Democrat is of
| the pure stuff. You can tell the quality
| in Missouri by the moss on their backs.
MIR. OyIer said he was glad to get nomi-
mated. He was unlike Mr.. Swinehart
and Mr.. Sidlow. He wanted the office.
He had tried to do his duty. In speak
| ing of this he said she was son-of- a
gun if he did and he was son-of -a-gun
| if he didn't He had sent % persons to
the penitentiary and had tried so misde-
meanor cases, and had never lost a case,
since being County Attorney, at cost of
about So, 900 to the county, Mr.. Oyler
was nominated by acclamation.
Here the troable began. While it was
a joint convention, perfectly ama1gamat-
ed for the transaction of business, some
of the Democrats did not want the re.
spOnsibility of the nomination of the
Populist candidates where a contention
was made. Some speeches declared it to
be the business of the Populists of the
| joint, to name the candidates. After a
long discussion it was finally decided to
name the candidates by the joint bodies.
f. H Prather and Miss Amelia Etrick
were placed in nomination for the office
of County Superinte ndent of Public In
struction. A ballot was taken with the
following result: Prather 20, Miss
Etrick "a, and the lady was declared the
nominee. The Democrats finally showed
their gallantry by voting for a woman.
| w. F. Petition and E. p. Herzer were
placed in nomination for Probate Judge.
The ballot gave Petition 90 and Herzer
46.
Glenn Lawrence was nominate for
County Commissioner in the 2nd District
! In the Democratic Convention Mr.
| Reeves read a long set of resolutions, the
particular feature being that if Mark
/ Hanna was responsible for the big crop
of wheat in Kansas he was also respon-
sible for the short corn crop. Marks
hand seems TO be on everything It was
/ on the Democratic party, which they
would find out in November, by its cold
clammiDess.
John l. Lee, T. E. French and J. n