Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1904-08-11
DALE FOR GOVERNOR.
Anti-Republican Forces in Kansas
Agree on Ticket.
No Fusion on Electors, However, Pop
ulists Preferring TO Vote for Wat
son-Ail Nominations by
Reclamation.

son AL ESomtuhttons W
Reclamation.
Topeka, Kan, Aug 5.-The demo-
cratic state convention was called to
order by Chairman Farrelly. Rev.
Charles T. Finch, pastor of the First
Christian church Of Topeka, invoked
the divine blessoing, He referred TO
Jesus as the first great democrat.
e. T. Hackney. of Wellington, was
made temporary chairman. At the
first session a conference committee
was appointed to meet like commit
tee from the populist convention re-
garding fusion on state officers. A
band of 80 pieces furnished music for
the democrats.
The populist convention was called
to order by Mai. A. NJ. Harvey. Little
was done At the first session aside from
the appointing of conference commit
Tee to arrange fusion with the demo-
Gratis.
The friends Of the commercial inter-
ests won fight in the democratic COM
mittee on rules and or.er of business
by getting through motion to rec.
ommend the nomination of only two
candidates for railroad commissioners
instead of three. This left no candi-
dates against J. w. Robson, the re-
publican candidate. who is favored by
the commercial interests.
After a noisy session lasting until
after midnight the populist state con-
vention accepted the proposition for
fusion made them by the democrats.
This was accomplished after Is hours
of speech-making.
The democrats were given the priv
ilege of nominating governor and half
the other state officers, giving the pop
ulists the remainder. The ticket thus
nominated will be called democratic.
The populists at first decided they
would not accept fusion and call the
ticket democrat. They wanted both
parties TO have portion of the ticket
and run the same on the ballot under
the party emblem. This action was re-
scinded after hard fight and II was
announced that nominations would be-
gin at once.
Judge David Dale. of Wichita. was
nominated for governor. II was his
speech TO the populist convention that
saved the day for fusion. He an
nounced he would not be a candidate
unless fusion were effecteI.
The democratic convention named
John Fl. Curran. OF Topeka. secretary
of state; NJ. R. Howard. of Leaven-
worth, superintendent of schools;
Thomas NJ. Dolan. of Clifton. state
treasurer; William NJ. Ferguson. Of
Wellington. railroad commissioner.
The populists named NJ. A. House
holder, of Cherokee. for lieutenant
governor; W. H. Mcdonald, of Craw-
ford. for auditor; n. W. Wells, of
Miami. for attorney general; John
StoweA. Of Nemaha, for insurance
commissioner; F.. H. Chase. Of Jack
son. for railroad commissioner; Frank
Brady, of Labette. for congressman-at-
large: John T. Little. of Johnson, as
sociate justice of the supreme court.
The democratic state convention ad-
journed at 2:30 a. m. after nominating
a set Of Parker and Davis electors.
The populists adjourned at one
o'clock a. M, having nominated Wat
son and Tibbetts electors and half the
fusion state ticket.
The fusion state ticket was COM
pleted by the nomination of Stephen
H. Allen, of Linn county. for the
six-year term as justice of the SUI
preme court and by the nomina-
ton of NJ. B. Nicholson. of Council.
Grove. for the four-year term. The
picture of rooster, which was
adopted as the party emblem two
years ago, was readopted. These pres
idcntal electors, by congressional dis
tricts. were chosen by the democrats:
First. B. +. Iiildebrand, of Brown
Second. Conway Marshall. of Ander-
son: Third. d. NJ. Kinds, of Labette;
Fourth, L. D. Eppinger. OF Coffey:
Fifth, ]. p. Stewart, of Clay; Sixth,
C. NJ Cole. of Phillips; Seventh, l.. W.
Kabler, Of Kingman: at-large, Patrick
German, OF Bourbon; Michael Heery,
of Shawnee, and ]. c. Mayall, of Sedg-
wick.
W. F. Sapp, of Galena. was elected
chairman of the committee; w. H. L.
Pepperill, of Concordia, was elected
secretary, and L. NJ. Penwell. of To-
peka, treasurer The conservative or
anti-Hearst wing of the party organ
lied the committee. This faction had
% votes as against possible 13 which
was counted for the opposition. Hugh
Farrelly, who has been chairman Of
the state committee tor two years,
withdrew from the contest for re-elec-
ton. The anti-Hearst members of the
committee had not forgiven Farrelly
for his attempt to deliver the delega-
ton to Hearst at the Wichita conven-
ton and he realized that he stood no
chance Of winning.
The threatened bolt of the populists
against the action of the majority of
heir convention in agreeing to fu-