The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-30
POLITICAL.


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sIOna1 District.
May aAth the Time aud Enporia the
or q liIi 1R the Congress
sIOnal Convention.
The above COMMITTEES, composed of one
from each county in the Third congress
sional district, assembled at the Whit
ley opera house in this city Wednesday
at 10 O'Clock and was called TO order
by the chairman, Hon. VIM. Sims, Of
Shawnee county.
H. P. Cooper, of Pratt county, was
elected secretary.
The roll was called, and nearly all the
members answered either in person or
by proxy.
On motion it was decided that proxies
should be. admitted to seats in cases
where there were no contests.
On motion, the chair appointed
Messrs. Ballinger, Martindale, Milling
ton, McCullock and Morgan commit
tee on credentials.
A motion TO appoint committee to
select a place for holding the convention
was laid upon the table.
Ga motion the chair appointed
Messrs. Borton, Showalter, Speer,
Thompson and Worrell committee to
report basis Of appOrtionment for del
egates to the convention.
On molten the chairman and secreta-
ry were added to the committee. /.
On motion the committee adjourned
until O'Clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Chairman. Sims called the commit.
tee to order, at O'Clock p m.
Mr.. BallInger, from the committee on
credentials, submitted the following re-
port, which was adopted:
MR.. CHAIRMAN. The committee TO
whom was referred the contests in the
counties of Kingman and Harper, beg
leave TO make the following report. and
respectfully ask its adoption.
First. We recommend that II. G.
FISHER the sitting member be retained
| as the member from Harper county.
Second. That DR.. Myers and Geo. E.
Filley OF Kingman county, each be ad-
United with the privilege of casting only
one vote from said county.
The following gentlemen composed
the committee: Barton county, G. w.
Nimmocks, proxy for w. ]. Pickering;
Butler, not present; Barbour, j. r. Ess-
ley Chautauqua, Col. r. G. Ward, proxy
for n. Wheeler; Chase, w. A Morgan;
Cofey, H. E. Cowgirl; Cowley, D. A.
Millington; Elk, Asa Thompson, proxy
for Il D ElafnhAH, E6ua-Ia D46o-A
Mccain, proxy for Taylor Flick Ford,
R. w. Evans; Greenwood, VIM. Martin
dale; Harvey. Jas. Mckee, proxy
for d. Reeves; Harper, H. G.
Fisler; Hodgeman, Col. R. H. Bal
linger, proxy for D. C. Priudle;
Kingman, r. J. Bliss; Lyon, E. Borton;
Marion. j. H. Morse; MCPHERSON, s. G.
Mead; Morris, Frank A. Moriarty;
Ness, Paul T. Curlett, proxy for J. w.
Miller; Usage, George McCullock;
Pawnee Capt. 1. p. Worrsll, proxy for
]. c. Strang; Pratt, H. G. Cooper; Reno,
L. A. Bigger. proxy for Fletcher Mere
dith; Rice, W. W. Speer; Rush, L. T.
Delaplaine; Sedgwick, Edwin Hill;
Shawnee, VIM. Simms; Stafford, W. R.
HoOle; Sumner, j. T. Showslter; Wa
baunsee, L. j. McCrumf; Woodsou, not
present; unorganized counties, F. l..
Pierce, proxy for L. W. B. johnson.
Mr.. Borton from the committee to
recommend a basis for apportionment
OF delegates to the congressional con.
vention, submitted the following re-
port:
That the basis of representation be
the vote for President Garfield; that in
organized counties there be allowed one
delegate and one alternate for every
400 voters AID one delegate and one al
ternate for every fraction of over 200
votes, provided that each organized
county be allowed at least one delegate
and one alternate and that each unor-
gsnized county be allowed one delegate
and one alternate.
This report called out some discussion,
and it was at once evident that it would
not meet the views of a majority of the
committee. Several amendments were
offered, and the matter was finally SET
tied by the adoption Of the following
amendment to the report:
RcsOkUed, That each organized county
| be entitled to one vote and one vote for
each 400 votes at the presidential cleo
| ton of 1880 or one for fraction of over
100 and that each unorganized county
be allowed one vote.
On motion the time for holding the
convention was fixed on Wednesday,
May oath, at 10 O'Clock a. m.
The next thing in order was to select
the place for hold the convention. Mr..
BortOn nominated Emporia and offered
the use of the Whitley opera house tree
of charge to the convention, he having
been authorized to do SO by the enter
prising rropfietors. He also spoke of
the superior railroad facilities-possessed
by Emporia. Mcpherson was nominated
and its claims ably set forth by the
friends OF that town. Wichita had some
enthusiastic friends in the committee,
but Emporia was finally chosen by a
very decided majority.
After other unimportant transactions
the chairman and secretary were author
lied TO make the call for the convention,
which appears in another column. The
committee then adjourned.