The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-10-27

erts, Esq, of Wyandot, Chairman. daa;9O,
that e0e1y person an the room aCas ent;a.JN
cote, inasmuch as he could not discrim;o-.@
Topeka and Shawnee county having tp"t
citizens IN a mass present, exhibited M
gratitude 10 Leavenworth, Doniphan, WI
bonsee and other counties, not immed;.,%a az
within any special influence. for the sarv.;;!
they had rendered them in establisbina u
temporary seat of Government updes 20 .Gs
Wyaudot Constitution, at their VILLAGE "s
They all voted. Gov. Roberts held a.
yeas and nays could not be called, and tba'
the vote must be bp the sound. The vo's
was, under such circumstances, as m;rS'
have been expected. The amendment s.'
carried, or at least was SO decided. In IL
state of things We thought that duty :.
quired US to assume this organization.
We protest against that rule of ann,
tionment by which Clay having poppI,
ton of 10 shall weigh as heavy in the ba
aGce as Doniphrn with 8,148; Bourbo,
with 6, log; Douglas with 9,sO7 or Lea
enworth with 19, 900.
We accordingly organized this meetiDsn
protest against this attempted wrong and ia
oppose 1T.
Of the nineteen counties which sent 4!
egates to this Convention, this meetR,
comprises
COUNTIES. popr1.-,o
1. Douglas county entire, (unless Mr..
Jones be considered delegate,) sN,
Z. Donpnan' enurc SlR
3. Leavenworth, entire. I2o00
4. Waubonsee, entire S0s
5. Gray, Lane, Kessler, Leavitt and
Bacon, count one-half of Wyandotte at 1904
D. Davis county. 1--WE do not compute the
population of the adjacent counties
really repiesenbed) lisa
!. Breeklnlldge, 3llS
8 Bourbon, sI0S
y. Allen-one half, 1854
Making total of 1864
To this must be added one-third of Riley,
represented by A. ]. Mead, one of the Vice
Presidents, and one of the most efficient
men in it. Usage county was not represent.
ed in either Convention, because as was
stated by their delegates before US, they av
proved of the principle of which we con-
tended, but coming in Topeka after the sep.
aration, did not feel at liberty to join either
Convention. 1t will be seen that this viii
swell the vote represented by our Convea,
ton to over sc, 600, and leave about 60, 200,
represented by the Convention over which
Roberts presided, representing about or less
than one-6fth of the population of the Ter.
ritory.
The policy the committee recommend on
behalf of the meeting, is embodied in the
following resolutions:
ResolVed. That we recommend to the
Congress of the United States, the passage
of the Bill known as the House Bill, No.
700, commonly known as the Vandover Bib.
with the alteration of the route at the mouth
of the Kansas river, so as to more definite
ly fix the location for the benefit of Quin-
daro and Wyandotte, and connect with the
P. & G. R. R.
Resolved, That an Executive Committee
of FIVE be appointed. with power to accredit
a delegation to Washington City, to repre-
sent the railroad interests of Kansas during
the coming session of Congress, and take
such other steps as may be necessary to fur
Their the objects of this meeting.
L. R. MCCLURE, Chm.
The Chair appointed as the Executive
Committee, Jas. L. Mcdowell, of Leaven-
worth; Geo. W. Deitzler, of Douglas; A. J.
Mead, of Riley; V. H. Land, of Wyandaas;
John Stairwalt, of Doniphan.
Hon. Thomas Ewing, Jr., offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the House Committee on
Public Lands, be requested to so amend the
bill %. 700, if the same can be done with
out jeopardizing the prssage of the bill this
Congress. as 10 incorporate branch road
from some point on the Kansas valley thro'
South Western Kansas, by way of Allen,
ETC., counties, and in the direction of Santa
Fe.
NoTE.-The minority report of Judge
Means was to substitute for the majority
resolution the following:
Resolved, That the basis of population is
the true and proper basis of representation
in this convention, and that such basis
should be adopted for each county represent
ed, allowing each county at least one vote,
asd for counties having population of 1000
and over, one vote for each 1000, and an
additional vote for each additional 1000, and
where the axcess is less than 1000, and
where the fraction is owe 500, an additional
vote for said fraction.