Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-04-07
Dave wheeler's Advice.

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make the district vote q second time
on the judgeship nomination 10 q
piece Of low politics that must react
against the men guilty Of 1t. Mr..
Wheeler seems capable Of almost
any subterfuge regardless Of bis own
previous record. Dave has probably
forgotten some letters he wrote less
than three months ago and 1t will be
appropriate to jog his memory.
Immediately after the state COM
mittee on Jan. 9th called the state
convention, and all the county Repub'
lican central committees OF the state
were calling their county conventions
for the purpose Of selecting delegates
to the state, and their congressional,
judicial and senatorial conventions,
the chairman Of the Republican cen
trail committee Of this county and the
chairmen Of the com mittees OF Geary
and Morris counties, wrote to Mr..
Wheeler and ASKED him as chairman
Of committee to call meeting Of
the judicial central committee and
apportion the delegates to the judi
cial convention among the several
counties SO that the several county
conventions could select their judicial
delegates at the same time that the
delegates were to be selected to all
the other conventions.
In response to these letters Mr..
Brewer. chairman Of the Republican
central committee Of this county, re-
ceived the following letter from d.
W. Wheeler, then chairman OF the
judicial central ommittee:
I'D. W. Wheeler, attorney at law,
Marion, Kansas, collections a special
ty, Marion, Kansas, Jan. IS, 1904
Hon. j. f. Brewer, Abilene, Kas,,
Dear Sir: Yours Of the II, at hand
and contents noted. Isee you are try.
ing to have all your various delega-
tions elected at one convention. | can
see nothing to hinder it even though
there should be no Judicial conn ittee
meeting before your county conven-
ton.
1.-The state committee gave out an
apportionment based ON secretary OF
state, which presume no one would
question as being equitable.
"You might elect your delegates
to Judicial convention on that basis
and il the committee should make a
different apportion ment, then you
could add to it or take from; NO CUES
rIoN WOULD BE RAISED in invention
about your being entitled to whatever
The Judicial committee apportioned
you.
"This is often done. l have hal no
from but one committee
nan, Mr.. Halleck, in regard to call
ng the Committee together on the
hort notice proposed. l do not de.
ire to assume the responsibility OF
alling the committee If 1t smacks Of
"snap convention" at so early a
ate. and yet l am but one Of the
ommittee and do not propose to dis
egard the wish Of the committee.
lso feel like doing anything reason ,
BILE to accommodate a sister county i,
regard to the holding Of conven- :,
on. Yours respectfully, :
an w Wuruv ~
In accordance with this letter n
I'd similar ones written by MIR. a
heller to the committeeman OF the
her counties, the county central
Of Dickinson, Geary and
orris counties, announced In the
lis for their couBty conventions that
such conventions delegates to the
dicial convention would be selected,
d In accordance with the call,
dicial delegates we're selected in all
rec Of the counties by their conven.