The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-05-27

candidates for state superintendent had
anything outside OF their own county alb
soluteiy IN their control.
Jake Admire. editor OF the KinShsher
o. T. Free Press. is attending the con-
ventien and shaking hands with his old
acquaintance, Tor he formerly lived in
this state
This is the largest convention I have
ever seen in the state. said Mr.. Admire
yesterday afternoon. The delegates are
coming in much earlier than ever knew
I them 10 come before"
{ who VIII you nominate for congress
IN the Republican convention OF Oklabo-
mar" was asked
The people In the western part Of Ok
lshoma are for Roberts" was the reply.
1T is impossible 20 state who will be the
nominee Whoever IL Is viii be elected.
Oklahoma is Republican.
Oklahoma would have statehood az
once II II We're not for the fact that the
admission Of New Mexico and Arizona Is
provided for in the same bill as that
which provides for the admission Of ok
ishoma. That may serve 20 postpone
I statehood"
The fusionists in the Democratic and
Peoples parties are liable 10 run up
against an obstacle in the carrying out
OF their plans that they have not con-
templated. The situation was called 90
the attention OF an Esgle reporter BY A
A. Richards. editor Of the wellington
Mail. who wrote the anti-fiision election
law. passed by the last legislature. Mr..
Richards said:
The situation IN Sumner county can
be used 10 illustrate the complications
that may arise for the fuslonis;s. The
Democrats held a county convention
and made five nominations for county
officers and then adjourned until August
>. TO see what the Peoples party would
do. The Peoples party held a county
convention and made nominations for
those Offices for which the Democrats
had made none. The Democratic noni-
nees were not nominated BY the Peoples
party convention: neither were they for
mally endorsed; but a resolution was
passed favorinK fusion with the Demo-
Gratis From sixty 70 seventy delegates
10 the Peoples party convention boited
when this resolution was adopted. They
have called a county convention for next
Saturday and propose 20 nominate fun
fiedged Populist' ticket
Few distinguish between the PEG
pies party and the 'Popullst party.
but there Is very clear and important
difference More than a year ago they
old Middle-of-thc- Road Popuiist rcor-
ganized as a national party under the
name OF P'opulist party. They adopted
a platform. Instituted a regular party
machinery and within the past few
months held a national meeting AZ Louis
Vile ] think. Now the new election law
provides that any political party hav-
ing either a state OF national crEauiza-
ton may make nominations FOR any
office 70 be filed ut any election More
over the Law expressly means both the
Peoples party ard TIE Fopulist party
In the section ~ re law which requires
that not more than two words of which
the word party must BE- one rhsL -
used In designating the name ~ party.
tho Re publican party. Democratic
party People party. and P0Yuiist
party. are each specifically named So
IL il plain that by adopting an emblem
as required by the inw this FepuhHt
convention HIS the right n nominate a
ticket and have Il printed on the Official
ballots as the Popuilst ticket
What viii be TIRE eject - such nom
inatlons7 Suppose the Two hair tickets
rnrfuated ~ the Democrats and Feo-
rifs uartv conventions should - pgt on
the Official ballots under the name Dem
ocrstir Reside lf would aprczr fnis
'Popuiist' ticket The chances are tset
many Popuusfs would vote q. even -
they have not been rgiddle-cf-fhe-roa
heretofore.
should fhs two hair tickets be put
Under tire name Peoples EsTfy.- fhsn
here would - No Deuorcafic tiekft 90
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