Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1898 — FUSION IN KANSAS. [ARTICLE]

FUSION IN KANSAS.

ToLcka, Kas., .June 16. - 1 em-« ocrats and Pops agree on a state ticket. * * The sharpest fight of the convention was over the adoption of the platform. * The plank in the ; latform which caused such a hard fight was this; “ VVe demand the immediate suspension of the metropolitan police law and also its repeal by the next legisla'ure.”| After a stormy debate the plank was adopted by a vote of 381 to 306. The p attorm as a whole, is soc cialist.c. * * Tne democrats, who had been insistent in their demands for two places on the ticket, gave up eves rythi g for some reason unexplain-' ed and it took but a short time to railroad the nominations through in a bunch... Inuianapolis Sentinel We democrats of Jasper beatour brethren in Kansas all to pieces! In the recent county convention we were graciously allowed three, if not four, out of the eight can didates on the ticket ! ! Hoa. Pat Keefe and T B Cunningliam, came overland from Kentland, yesterday, to attend the congressional convention tosday. Messrs B. F. and P. G. Ibach’ Hammond, legists red at the Makeever House last evening. Rensselaer will cekba+e the glorious Fourth in becom.ng style .. The make-up of the several committees to have charge of arrangements is assuring that it will be a lig day in Rensselaer. Program will be published as soon as prepared.

County convention incidents:— A democratic candidate for nomi* nation desired a Marion township delegate to present bis name 'to the conv ntion. “Well,” responded the delegate, “1 am favorably disposed toward you, but you had better get a democrat to present your name ” “If you ai e not a democrat, what the d— 1 are you doing on that del* egation?” responded the aspirant. At the close of this episode the aspirant witnessed the following between the aforesaid delegate, aid a committeeman of the same po* litical kidney, present to press to a successful teimination a certa n program or ultimatum : Committeeman to delegate “Pre sent the name of A for the office called. ” “That is the duty of the commit** tee,” replied the delegate; “you should do that.” It was done. Very few, even of the delegates, knew that the proceedings were being conducted in accordance with program and ultimatum so far as the populistic end of thp ticket is concerned. George O. Stembel, of Wheatfield township, for County A ditor, comes up to the Jacksonian re* uirement. He is honest and ?a pable. F. M, H( rshman, for Commis sioner from First district, if elec ed, will look after the in* erests of the county with a jealous eye.