The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-09
NIP AND TUCK RACE
Things Are Warming Up Sem
atorially Among Fusionists.
CANDIDATES ARE ACTIVE
Fight Will Start at the Prim-
aries Tonight.

The senatorial fight which is to be
settled by the fusion convention next
Saturday, is warming up considerable and
the interest already manifested is a
pretty good indication that something Is
to drop. The Democratic and Populist
primaries are to be held in the various
wards tonight and yesterday the candi-
dates were actively engaged in their can
vasS. While the interest is centered on
the whole ticket, the backbone is the
senatorial nomination, and it is to be
broken in the convention Saturday.
James Tapp, who has CREDENTIALS in the
recesses of his clothes, was out yesterday
with his coat off making votes, and he
says the other candidates have certainly
got to hot foot to keep up with him.
Deacon Wilson IS also making an ag-
gressive campaign and no sunflOwer seed
will have time to grow under his feet be-
tween now and Saturday. S. A. Miller
is the remaining announced candidate,
and while he is not saying much at pres
ent his friends give it out good and
strong that he will saw considerable
wood next Saturday when it comes to
counting the votes.
The boom started for Attorney c. H.
Brooks for this nomination is still on and
while Mr.. Brooks will not make a fight
for the place, he is ready to take it
should 1t be rendered him without any
icicles hanging to it. The contest is get
ting so warm that it is sweltering, and
il is liable to break out In the primaries
tonight when the candidates make an at
tempt to control the delegations. It is
claimed that the Sixth ward has it laid
up for Deacon Wilson and will either
send Tapp or Miller delegation. Tapp
claims IT. So does Miller This is the
only contest that will occupy time in
the primaries, but the convention will be
fraught with hot balls of fire when it
comes to division of the Offices. The
leaders have not yet got together and
there IS not any likelihood that they will
until 1t comes up on the floor of the con-
vention. The Democrats say that the
Popuists are trying to steal the probate
judge-stealing because the Tammanyites
already have it. In rebuttal the Populists
aver. and they claim reasonably so, that
it is not stealing because they are en-
possession of the place and it has been
allotted to them for four years, and If
the time honored custom of fusion prin-
ciples is to be broken it will materially
affect the other nominations, over which
there has been no dissension in the mat
ter of distribution
The latest candidate for probate judge
is D. B. Crewson, who claims priority
from the POpulist side of the wigwam.
The following are the places where the
primaries are to be held:
DEMOCRATS.
First ward-City building.
Second ward-Occidental Livery Barn.
Third ward-Auditorium Livery Barn
Fourth ward-Grafton's Grocery Store.
Fifth ward-Corner Seneca and West
Douglas avenues.
Sixth ward-Washington avenue Livery
Barn.
POPULISTS
First ward-City building.
Second ward-Corner Pine and Waco
avenues
Third ward-Auditorlum Livery Barn.
Fourth ward-Jones building on East
Oak street.
Fifth ward-Homes building, corner of
Walnut and Chicago avenues.
Sixth ward-116 South Washington Ave
r. NJ. Booth, Elgin, H., who has just es-
capped very dangerous operation writes
us, "Beggs' German Salve cured me of
piles after everything else had failed. I
was preparing for an operation, as a last
resort Would not be without It If IL
costs so a box" J. P. Allen, Dockum &
Higsinson, Geo. Van Werden.