The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-05
At & RENO TODAY
Democrats viii Struggle for
Political HonorS.
HOFFMAN VERSUS Wisely
For Delegate TO Kansas City
the Chief Contest.

Eel Reno, o. T., June 4-El Reno has
already taken on all the airs Of con-
vention city in anticipation Of tomorrow 5
gathering Of territorial Democracy. The
leaders of the party commenced putting
in an appearance this morning and to-
night secret cauceses are being held in
different rooms at the Kerfoot hotel, from
which may evolve a cut-and-dried affair
which the little fish are expected TO swal-
law and pronounce it good. The chief
interest is manifested in the struggle be-
tween Colonel Roy Hoffman of Chandler
and joe Wisby Of Guthrie. The latter
leads the Logan county delegation and
wants to go to Kansas City next month
as national delegate. It is claimed that
he has already succeeded in forming
combination that Will succeed in landing
him in the place. the combination includ-
ing Logan, Kay, Garfield. Grant. Woods
and Kingfisher couties Hoffman does
not care to be a national delegate but
he does want to defeat Wisby in his po-
litical aspirations in retaliation for the
attempt alleged to have been inspired
by Wisby to keep Hoffman off the Lin
coin county delegation to the territorial
convention.
Charley Wrightsmar Of Pawnee and
Senator Bob Roy of Woodward are
among the pre-convention arrivals. Sen
ator Roy is here looking after the in
terests Of Judge Patton. woodward coun-
tvs candidate for national delegate, and
hopes to ultimately land his man in the
successful combination. Wrightman
wants to be national delegate and as he
is not included in the Wisby slate he
has formed combination Of his own
with which he promises to make things
interesting tomorrow
The fight for national committeeman IS
looming up as an important factor In
the general mix-up Both sides aOIN
the general mix-up. Both Sipes and ia
cobs. the two avowed candidates, are
here and are casting about for the
strongest combination with which to
ioi ntheir respective political fortunes.
The dark horse" talk is increasing in
volume and tonight the name of Caleb
R. Brooks, former United States district
attorney, is being talked Of for the ma
tional conmitteenanship.
There are no less htan twenty avowed
CdnOlQaIeS LOT tlbildl hSLtSdtC9, hIe- -
every county having candidate. These
include John S. Burns, of Woods coun-
ty: Canadian. D. ". Peery; Cleveland,
". n. Newell and G. ". Harrington;
Custer, c. Caldwell; Dewey. ". P.
Hickok; Garfield, ". S. Whittinghill;
Grant. Judge A NJ Mackey and DR..
Hall; Kay, Thomas Hill; Kingisher, ].
H. Crider: Lincoln, H. E. Emerson; Lo-
gan, Joe WHISKY; Noble, Thomas Doyle;
Pawnee. c. ]. Wrightsman; Pottawato-
mic, BENJAMIN Bakely and James r.
Jacobs; Washits ]. X. Little; Woods,
Eugene Rail: Woodward, DR.. Patton;
Usage nation, Elliott B. Gravitt. This
makes a total Of twenty candidates, with
dark horses on all sides
The delegate representation in the con-
vention here will be 191, against 800 In
the Republican convention at Enid The
Indian reservations attached TO Ok d.
bona for judicial purposes were not in
Guided in the official call, but most of
them will send delegations to the con-
vention. One, the Usage nation, was
even instructed for a reservation candi-
date for national delegate. Ninety-six
votes will be a majority of the conven-
ton. The representative counties will be
as follows: Beaver, 2; Blaine, 5; Cana
dian, 10; Cleveland 10; Custer, 4; Dewey,
3; Day, /; Garfield. %; Grant. 10; Greer,
6: Kay, 10; Kingfsher. 10; Lincoln. IL;
Logan, z; Noble. s; Oklahoma, "A; Payne
p; Pawnee, I; Pottawatomie, Is; Roger
Mills. .: Washita. 5; Woods, 10; Wood
ward, 4. Total 191.