The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1875-10-28
The peoples. Conveptiop,


and gone. We were there, and 81 W and heard il
all. Larzelere called it to order, Larzelere was
made temporaryChai and Larzelere appoint
ed committee who recommended himifor perma-
nent Chairman. 1t was Larzelere's Convention,
as usual When the Committee ON Credentials
made their report, We kept tally of the men who
answered to their names. The Convention was
apportioned for 40 delegates, but only 90 an
swered to their names-50 absent To be sure,
the day was stormy, and some of them pretended
10 take cheer from the fact that so many had
Ventured ont through the storm. There might
nave been some solid comfort in this were it not
ior the fact that the vacancies were rs numerous
close around Troy as they were in remote pre-
eincts. 4 conspicuous feature was the absence
OF large proportion Of tho Republicans who
had been chosen as delegates. The rOll-call foot
ed up, GO Democrats, 80 Republicans-just two
to one. Iowa Township was more than dozen
delegates short; Wolf River lacked several;
Centre, right here at home, lacked five or six;
Wayne, Democratic Wayne, close at hand, had on
ly five delegates present out of abOut twenty to
which She was entitled Washington, notwith-
standing the oyershadowing Importance of beat
ing the Republican ticket because Jack Sclover
persits in living at Wathena, was n number of
delegates short; Burr-Oak was several short;
and old Republican Marion had not a single del
egate. Larzelere kept assuring the Convention
that the delegates from Marion wOuld be there
he knew they were on the way and would
arrive. We suppose he had fixed them up him
self, and knew they were eomips. Bat the day
passed away, and not one of them came.
Larzelere kept hurrying up the Convention, so
that they might get through early, as he wanted
TO go home. The nominations began. Talk
about the Republicans fixing up ticket before
hand. Why, Larzelere had proclaimed the "Peo-
PIES" ticket week before the delegates were
elected-aud it panned out just as he had order
ed, with a single exception, which was rendered
necessary by circumstances not then foreseen.
T. J. Yanderslice was nominated for Sheriff by
acelamation, 4 matter of course. That's what
the Convention was principally for.
For Treasurer, Joseph F. Hampson, and John C.
Moore, of Iowa Point were placed in nomination.
Moore had not been foreordained, and conse-
quently was showed under most terribly. The
fact was although the Democrats were two to
one in the Convention, they dared not nominate
a man of their own, when there was a hungry
AlSpupIICdh bu AtdSh- INT. lutA
could march up the Democratic voters to sup
port any ticket to beat the Republicans; but if
they did not accept these sore Republicans, their
friends would not support the ticket. The Dem
Ocrats, in their own house, afraid to boldly
assert their rights. But they will not all vote
the ticket, by long chalk.
For County Clerk, Charles Rappelye was nOm-
mated by acclamatiOn. ForncroOk having been
nominated by the Republicans, the people" of
course, had to take Rappelye as one of them ex-
pressed it,
For Register of Deeds, the only hitch
CURED in the "set up" arrangement. The Dem
Ocrats had to be appeased. Iowa Township was
dissatisfied because of the defeat of Moore for
Treasurer, and it was found necessary to sacrifice
Albert Hazen to appease them. Hazen had not
been over the County fixing up things, and had
no rampant friends who were threatening ruin if
he was defeated. So Burr-O Oak was kicked over
board, and John C. Moore, of Iowa Point, noni-
mated
The Third District was now rewarded with
the fat effice of Coroner, in the person of DR.. W.
w. Carter, of Wathena, who was staciare1 nomi
mated, although Hastings, of Marion, received a
majority of the votes.
James F. Forman nominated for County
Surveyor. Larzeere asserted that the Republi-
cans had taken Forman against his wish, as he
did not want the nomination from them, and
was in favor of the peoples ticket. But Larze-
lere knew all about it, as usual. Mr. Forman was
in town on the day of the Republican Conven-
tion. When spoken TO on the subject, he said he
had no right to ask nomination from the Re-
al. a
appreciate the favor. He was elected delegate
to the Peoples Convention, but did not even
attend.
Now, word about the way the nominations
were made The call for the Convention prohib-
tied alternates or proxies. Yet B. O'Driscoll,
who was not elected delegate, was allowed to
come into the Convention and cast fifteen votes
for absent delegates. One delegate from Iowa
Township was allowed to cast fourteen votes for
absent delegates. This is the way in which Haz-
en- was slaughtered, by two or three men casting
almost half the vote of the Convention. On mo-
ton, it was ordered that H. C. Wykert should
cast six votes for absentees of Centre Township.
Just then it was recollected that Wykert had
voted for Hazen, and the order was changed,
giving Henshall the right to cast the votes.
Henshall cast them for Moore. He was bound
that the Democrats should have few crumbs at
their own table.
AT this juncture, Larzelere forgot his anxiety |
to finish up and go home. He had come there |
pregnant with a speech, and it began to hurt |
him. We often read of unlucky women who are |
seized with pains a railroad train, and give |
birth between stations. This was Larzelere's |
fix. He had to be delivered right there, and so
he went at it. His speech was about the thieves
and plunderers that were running the Republi-
can ticket. 1t had been thought by some that /
the Republican Convention was mostly compOs-
I'd of respectable citizens, and that their candi-
lates were honorable men; but Larzelere showed
that the whole outfit were thieves and pinnder-
srs. He had some figures which he called the
of the Republican candidates for
and told the Convention how
much tax they paid, and how much they ought
o pay. 1t was the same stuff that his son wrote
or last weeks Wathena reporter. He charac-
erzed the Republican Convention as I" Nor