The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-08
Stubs SELECTED
FOR CHAIRMAN
Anti-Machine viii Pay Their
Debts to Stubs.
RICHTER Is SIDETRACKEO
Stubs to Be Temporary and
Permanent Chairman
LIST Of The DELEGATES
Commercial Interests Makes
a Fight for Chairman
LIST Of The DELEGATES

For the first time in the history Of the
state a Republican state convention will
tomorrow nominate q candidate for gov
error by reclamation for his first term
OF Office. Other candidates have been
accorded a denomination but to l. W.
Bo2h of Marion viii come the honor
of being accorded a unanimous nominal
ton on his first come in as a candidate
for Gubernatorial hoaors. Senator +. Du-
mont +. Smith the friend OF Governor
Bailey. the leader of the machine forces
in the last legislature. wi make the
nominating speech that viii pi1ce E. w
Hoch before the convention. There Will
be no other nominations and Hoch viii
be nominated by reclamation.
This reclamation bus.n viii become
epidemic in the convention until T. T.
Kelly is placed in nomination and then
there viii be something doing. \ demand
viii be made that the roll OF the conven-
ton be called and n coInties that are
opposed to Kelly viii insist on the oppor-
tunity of registering their votes against
his nominal ton by reclamation and re-
fuse him a unanimous nom nation.
Another conference Of the anti-machine
leaders was he'd last evening and the
program mapped out earlier i'm the day
was revised IS it now s.ards Stur5s
IS to be both temporary and permanent
chairman OF thu convention and he will
BE- the Whole hing in the convention to-
day This action on the part Of the anti
machine leaders is intended to give Stubs
all that is coming TO him and clear he
way for the selection Of J. r. Burrows
for chairman Of the state central com
mittee. 1t goes further according to the
opinion of shrewd political leaders who
see in tha selection Of Burrows as chair
man Of the state committee the re-'leo-
ton Of J r Burton United States soma
tor and in event of his conviction the
transferring of his ofiice and the emoiu-
ments thereof to Dave Iulvane. who in
event of Eurtons conviction viii he elect
ed to succeed him TO The senatorship as
soon as the state legislature gets action
upon Itself. This is what the anti-ma-
chine leaders mean when they insist hat
the .'rcforme~s shah take care in every
county ard senatorial district 10 see that
only men who are opposed 10 the present
state administration are~elected to the
legislature.
The first revolt against the caucus slate
was last nisht when the federation Of
commercial interests at their meeting in
tho Commercial club rooms decided to
take Il hand in the temporary organiza-
tion Of the convention and selected Tom
Potter of Marion rs their candidate for
chairman Of the convention. The fight
will be made in the anti-machiue caucus
and rhe leaders refuse to say what The
result viii he in the convention # the re-
quest is denied. Never before were the
ca:tlemen and commercial interests Of
the state So determined TO take so ag-
gresstve part in politics. Never before
IN the history OF the Repuh lean party
IN Kansas was any convention 50 m
pletcly under the domination of the raj
roads as the one that win convene i'm
this city tomorrow and never before were
they so brazen in pushing their demands
TWO railroad attorneys are holding M
tho convention and demanding to be sent
rs DELEGATES t. tho national convention
and their demands viii be accCdcd To-
one Of the greatest railroad systems in
the state is demanding that it have
representative on The board Of railroad
commissioners and ina order To give Mr.
Curtis n standing i'm one If tn counties
n his district tha convention Will he held
M and deliver the goods and Mir Walker
Will he nominated if il is in the mower
Of this combination to accomplish g. while
the commercial Industrial interests Of the
state will he set at each ather's hr0ats
I'm the hopes That each may Toe slaughter