The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-06
DEMOCRATS WIN
OVER P0PULISTS
Capture Office of Register of
Deeds After Hard Fight.
Gil FIVE PLACES
County Ticket Divided by Con-
ference Committees.

The Democrats wiz name five Of the
ant-Repu5Hcan candidates in this county
this year ana the Popmists viii name
nine. If The recommendations Of the con-
ference committees of the two parties
which met yesterday afternoon are car
ried out hy the party conventions.
II the vote Of sentiment taken in the
Joint meering yesterday afternoon Is fol
lowed By the conventions the Democrats
and PopuHsts VIII place the candidates on
their respective tickets. and aie fun
tickets with the county clerk The Popu-
lists VIII fle theirs first. so that If one
or the other is turned down the Populist
ticket win appear on the ballots
The Offices allotted 10 the Democrats
are probate judge. surveyor. county clerk.
register Of deeds and representative from
The SeFenty-sec9nd district
The Offices allotted 10 the Populists are
district clerk county attorney. super
fasteldeut OF schools coroner sheriff.
treasurer. Representatives from the Sew
ef-ty-first and ScEenty-second districts.
and county commissioner.
This arrangement was decided upon By
The joint conference committee after an
interesting session ~ more than TWO
hours. in which each Of the zen men pres
ent made Z speech
The session was held behind closed
doors IN the rear office OF Frank Nigh
sw0nger- None but conferees were ad-
mitted and large number Of leaders and
Candidate were kept waiting in the Of
ice of Judge 1IcCandless Tor news from
the seat OF war
The PouuIist conferees were Frank
H.shswonger. J. y Colville. Joseph
CranddeId. s. A. Miller Charles Good
year. ore cf the conferees, was absent
and his place was dlied by a. C. Fisher
1r. Fisher had not expected 20 be a con-
fierce. and when he began business he
told his co-w0riers that he was all az
Sea Some ~ the sP09ulsts probably
think Dee did NOT set out Of the sea- for
h voted % give the Democrats the Office
OF register Of deeds. for which the Popu-
lists made q hard fight
The Democratic conferees were 7. Il
Shields. r. G. Fitch. sam Nolan. William
NcCarty ard y. T. Dorsey.
The Pop-lisrs held a preliminary con
ference In The office Of Billy Lowe which
Is IN the same budding as the office OF
Frank Nishswouger. and they kept the
Democrats waiting while they fixed up =
LIST Of the offices FOR which they would
feht in the joint meeting. This meeting
was strictly private. but the Eagle repre-
sentative WAS Informed by one Of the
Pcpulfst c3nfarees that they decided L. [
offer the Democrats the county surveyor. /.
the county attorney and the probate +.
5udge. s A. Miller stated that they had +.
decided 10 ask for more than they ex I
Pected. 81 au events before the joint I
{, inference was over the Democrats hal 4
given the county attorneyshin TO tho F
Pcpulists and had captured rhe register .
o deeds. TIE county clerk and represer-
tctive from the city district
The Democrats did not enter into sucH 1
a close pre-a rransement As their Populiss /
brethren, for Jim Dorsey did not arrive (
urtl the battle was about 70 begin. I
They agreed ~ the last moment. however. /
q vote IS unit on all important Qucs- /
tons
when the two committees went into /
3oiut ard secret conference Captain +
Sheds. Democrat. was elected chair (
r.an ana J. 3. ColviIle. Popul.sr. was 4
Erected secretary. The battle then opened +
Win q shrewd move or the part of Nr. +.
Colvile. He made q motion that each .
party retain the offices IT now holds Had +
this motion been adopted it would have +
given The Popuiists the district clerk, the .
register of deeds the county commits /
sloner. the county superintendent and +
two Representa- tives. without furthe-
neht. ana The Democrats the county ar /
tornsy and the county surveyor. leaving .
tse other offices open for discussion. The Z
Democrats saw what Mr- Coiviie was .
playing Ter when he made this appar-
entity Innocent motion and percsivcs tha- f
r il IVES adopted they would lose the res
ifter % deeds. though tails WAS the oft-ce +
above ali otEers en- which they hsd SAG
their Je1ereonian hearts. They voted -
e urlt against the motion. while the Pop