Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-07-05
SWALLOWED BY DEMOCRACY.
Populist Party Went Out Of Business
Tuesday Night OF Last Week.

Justice. 4-year-term. Frank Doster. Mari
bon si pemoefat; B. r. milton. e Ford. Po 1
Congressman-at-large J. d. Botkin, Cow
Governor. W. H. craddock. wyandotte
Lieutenant-governor. Fred J. Close. Ell is
ssecretary of State. Claude Duval. Reno.
Treasurer. d. n. HeHebower. Miami, Popu
Attorney General, F. NJ Pearl, Brown
State superintendent. F. c. POWELL Reno-
Insurance superintendent, Dan Hart, Nor
Goodbye Old Party, Goodbye
may be very appropriately sung now,
| i. E., with poetic license enough to say
the Peoples party" with its even
dozen of years, is dead BY vote OF
4224 to 2744 the once proud party that
wiped out the $4,000 Republican ma
jority and made green bay tree look
like a wilted geranium, went over,
body and soul, to it's whilom enemy,
| the Democracy.
The Populist State convention met
IN the Audi forum Tuesday. Senator
Harris was temporary chairman In
his speech he led up to the subject of
fusion very automatically. put when
he found his hearers were with him,
he came out boldly. He said the key
note was ''get together" Although
he is credited with being one of the
| brainiest men in the senate, he said
the author of the anti-fusion law
ought to be the supreme devil in hell.
/ I'M
ed. The word usual" is correctly
used, because one was conference"
committee.
S. 1. Hale, of Lacrosse. was made
permanent chairman. From the time
of converting in the afternoon till the
adjournment at midnight, the cOnven-
ton was great gabfest, the straight
outs, though in the minority, doing
everything to prevent fusion and the
fusionists slowly but surely putting
them under the ice wagon. After
much tearing of hair and fracturing
the atmosphere, the following report
of the conference committee, which
is historic document now was adopt
ed by a vote of 4224 to 2744:
Resolved, That this convention
recommends candidates for the vari-
Gus places on the state ticket, includ-
ing state superintendent OF schools,
not filled by the Democratic conven-
tiOn, and then forward the names of
such candidates to the Democratic
convention with the request that the
Democratic convention nominate
them and report the fact to this con-
| vention.
That in the event of such nomina-
tions being made by the Democratic
convention that our convention then
proceed and nominate a full ticket
made up of the same candidates as
the Democratic ticket.
That our state committee be in
structed to file with the secretary of
state certificate of the nominations
SO made and demand, then and there,
that the Peoples party ticket be
placed on the ballot with the Demo-
| cratic ticket.
That in the event of refusal on
| the part of the secretary of state to
| place both the Democratic and PeO-
pies party tickets on the ballot our
state central committee is instructed
seem best to test the validity of the
anti-fuSfOn law and secure the PeO-
pies party its rights under the state
constitution.
| Several schemes were proposed; one
to nominate two full tickets; another
to nominate a zig-zag half-and-half,
and other subterfuges, but the fore
going resolutions were finally made
the official way of putting the Popu-
| list party under the daisies.
Many of the ''straight-ours" left the
hall, some threatening to bolt. Sena-
tor Jim Tapp OF Wichita is quoted as
saying, Now that / have no party, ]
shall vote for nv townsman, w. e.
Stanley, for senator"
| Before the work of nominating"
began i'll the evening, a wrangle en-
sued over the question as to whether
or not the conference committee re-
port abrogated the order of business
! BY vote it was decided such was the
case. Then began what looked to the
uniformed outsider the s'nomina-
tions," ballots being taken, ETC., for
the ten vacant places in the Wichita
| skeleton" THE Democrats had
nominated William Sense Of Wichita
| for state superintendent, but he de-
clined. so the Populists got one more
than their allotment.) When the Sc
lectiOnS were made they were recon-