The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-09-19

were never elected as sucn Dut persons VINO
happened to be present, were picked up and
taken in to fill some of the numerous vacancies.
There were number of fine looking, substan-
tial men among them. The following is the list
of delegates, as reported by the Secretary:
CENTRE TOWNSHIP.
John Tracy "A Mcclellan
NJ Mcclellan Chas Maynard
Stout Jacob Zimmerman
r Shepherd JW Mcclellan
Sergeant james Hall
John Zimmerman HC Wykert
VIM l. Privett James M Trant
Z Watkins VIM Wykert
Richard Mann
WAYNE TOWNSHIP.
O'DriscoI Bannon
ii Frick James Waller
Isaac Weyer AL Smith
Moses Hudnall Stephen Jett
George Legans Thomas Sproul
Ed Beves VIM Myers
John Banning Hutchings
Andrew Banning
WOLF RIVER TOWNSHIP.
W Rippey PA Corcoran
Joseph Sykes CS Hardy Jr
John Hoverson Henry johnson Sen
MOwry Ed Reese
John Ware G w Slime
c l. Smith Sam Hardy
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.
ID McClelland W j Stout
VIM Ransom jackson Mann
Benz Harding Todd
S Hatch Milt Muncey
J C Williams Harvey
7 Brady Thomas
BURR-OAK TOWNSHIP.
Kirkpatrick FE Garlichs
Lewis ROLLER Al Haddix
James w Jenkins VIM Hughes
Noah Haddix
UNION TOWNSHIP.
Cornelius Burke Solomon Hodge
John L Blair
MARION TOWNSHIP
Francis Flanagan N Madden
Thomas Flanagan
The list foots up g. By careful inquiry, We
ascertained their previous political standing to
be as follows: Democrats, 81; Republicans, "a f;
Independents, who have not held allegiance to
either party for years, 3; Republicans who have
been sore-head for years, and have usually work.
ed against the ticket, 4. In other words, there
were 81 Democrats to 81 of all other parties.
That's q sample of the way in which the Green
hackers are hurting the other parties.
The Convention was tame and spiritless. Only
two or three times did they manage to raise ap-
plause, and that not frst-class. The saddest
thing of all was, John Tracy was sick, and on
this great epoch of his life, to which he had look
ed forward with impatient pride, he could not
be present. We trast he may soon be we'll but
| in the future sometime, he will thank the misfor
tune that kept him away.
Next came nominations. Mowry moved to
vote rira roce, as he was not afraid to let the
Convention know how he voted, and he suppos.
ed the others were not Sam. Hardy moved to
amend by voting by ballot. The amendment
| carried by large majority, showing that the
Greenback party had not reached that degree
of Independence that they were willing to sing
it right out. They are pretty much like other
people-make more promises than they can
fulfill, haven't the sand to vote against certain
men, or want chance to claim that they voted
otherwise than they actually did.
First was District Clerk. Frank Brown was
nsminated by reclamation.
John N. Tracy and Robert Wilkinson were put
| in nomination for Probate Judge. Tracy won by
a considerable majority. First attempt to com
bine with the Democracy frustrated.
Next came County Attorney. B. O'Driscoll,
| \. K. Stout, F. K. Armstrong and Ed. Hoverson,
| were put in nomination. A demand was made
that Hoverson define himself on the GreeDback
| question. 1t is Q significant fact, that Hover
son was the only Republican proposed for
| Office in the Convention, and was the only one
| upon whom demand was made to define him
self. No such demand was made of the several
| Democrats whose names were proposed. But
Hoversou obeyed the summons. He informed
them that he was q Radical r Republican, and was
not asking that Convention for . nomination.
This ELECTED the most hearty applause that oc-
Cured during the Convention. Armstrong was
not present, at this juncture, and therefore did
| not define. O'Driscoll remarked that he should
not complain of any nomination made by the
| Convention but he had cut loose from all other
parties, and came there as q aGreenbacker, and if
the Convention went to the old parties for can
didates, he should not vote or work for them.
Then up rose Stout, charged to the muzsle.
Stout was . Democrat, in early days; but when
the party lost its grip, the rebellion he Joined
the Republicans He was rewarded by the Re-
publicans with Office, time after time, and was
. sound Republican as long IS the Offices came
But Republicans believed in distributing these
little favors, and Stout was left out. Then he
began to see the corruption of the Republican
party. When they defeated him for the Senate,
two years ago, the corruption became unbear-
able, and he foreswore the party forever. A. We
have said, Stout was charged to the muzzle He
evidently felt that his nomination was certain,
but he wanted to clinch it, and take the Conveu-
tion by storm. He yelled and slung himself He
had never in his life been radical on any subject,
but now he was . radical Greenbacker. He ut
tered the most atrocious sentiments We ever
heard from the lips Of man. A great many ad-
vocate doctrines that mean repudiation, but
Stout was the first man We ever heard openly
proclaim and advocate repudiation of the debt
contracted to save the nation. He believed in
fat money, and that when the Governmene
stamped piece of paper, and said it was money,
it res money, and the national bonds should bs
paid of in such money. He heard people COM
plain of taxation, and talk of repudiating Coun-
ty and municipal bonds, but the Government
bonds were Just as bad, and sh ould 60 the same