The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-17
MATTERS ARE MIXING
Democrats Planning to Knife
Conley for Co. Attorney.
HUT IMAM PREVAILED UPON
To Get Into the Embroglio
but Declines.
HUT MAN PREVAILED UPON

There is a pretty little three-cornered
fight in store for the fusion hxers when
it comes to auotting the office of county
attorney TO one OF the other parties.
Heretofore this nomination has been given
to the Democratic side of the house, and
the Tamrnanyites believe they should
have it again this year by common usage,
but there is a deep laid plot TO switch
matters around a little ard give this
place to the Populists, as they believe in
evening matters UP a little. Even with
this difficulty out of the ny, there will
be no clear path. To add 10 a confused
situation there is promises Of a small
sized scrap among the Democrats as to
who is entitled to the nomination, and
this will have it's effect in turning the
situation more upside downable.
]. F. Comfy, a member of the firm Of
Amidon & Comfy. and a Democrat, is an
avowed candidate for the place and with
the backing and influence Of the firm ,ex-
poets to put up a strong fight in the
canvass for support. Sam Amidon is the
present county attorney. and has held
the office for two consecutive terms, ard
this is where the rub comes as the lib
eral element of the Democratic wing
favor passing the political pie around.
They claim that inasmuch as Mr.. Amidon
has held the office for four years, he is
not entitled to the place, and for that
reason hostilities in the rank and file
will be commenced.
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mammoth proportions, smoke is already
issuing from the fire that has been
kindled. Mr. Comfy is making quiet
canvas, and the nti-Amidon-Co nlyltes
have instituted qua warranto proceedings
and laid plans to block their progress.
Their chief aim and desire is to get
capable man to run against him for the
nomination. With this end in view,
committee Of Democrats who are vigor-
ouslv opposing Mr.. Conly's candidacy.
waited upon Mr.. Henry Huffman . few
days ago.
The gentleman sought, having no polit-
zeal aspirations, declined to announce
himself as a candidate not only against
Mr.. Comfy. but against any other person
seeking the nomination. Notwithstanding
his refusal to accept, the young attorney
was further prevailed upon to reconsider,
arguing that it would be detrimental to
the party to allow the nomination to go
TO the Arnidon-Conly combination. How
ever, Mr. Huffman was not to be per
suaded into the race and gave 1t as his
reason for declining that a political fight
in a deal Of that kind would injure his
law practice to a certain degree, and that
his time was entirely absorbed attending
to his present business. One Of the mem
bers of the waiting committee, when
asked by q reporter for the Eagle whether
Mr.. Huffman would finally submit, said
they had hopes of inducing him to re-
consider his action in the matter. This
faction of the Democratic party is firm
in their belief that Mr.. Huffman, with his
following in the Democratic party, would
be a hot competitor for Mr.. Comfy. How
ever, they do not believe that they would
have any walkaway, as they recognize
in Mr.. Comfy a strong man, who would,
in addition TO individual backing. carry
Mr. Amidon's support in the convention.
The present county attorney claims to
have a war-horse pull among the farm
ers and they figure that this will almost
land the nomination without much help
from the city delegates
From the Democratic camp there is
also a candidate in the person Of Dave B.
Crewson, whose calculations have taken
very high degree. While he Is not
figured in the race to any remarkable
extent, his friends claim enough OF
strength to make the fight interesting on
the other side and in case of a deadlock
might sneak in and capture the conven-
ton.
So far there IS but one candidate among
the Populists. He is W. A. Ayers. chair
man of the congressional central COM
mittee. and if the place is given to the
Populists, which is not very likely, his
pun as chairman Of the congressional
committee, viii in all probability, knock
the persimmon. unless his political career
becomes checkered in the present con-
gressional fight, which is in a worse con-
Giton than it has been since the conven-
ton
The matter Of deciding what party shall
be given the county attorney place will
be settled before the primaries. which
win probably he held some time the lat
ter part OF July or the first Of August.