The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-09-07

i ne u1OSt utpOrt2QL Amendment, now
ever, was the striking out Of the latter
q fair, honest and impartial enforce
ment OF every law of the land.
Alter several Intellectual attempts a
motion nnaliy prevailed to take recess
until 80 IN.
During all the debate of the dsv
whenever John Martins name was men,
toned it was received with applause.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr.. FenlOn called the convention to
order at 2:SO, and announced that the
first business in order was the nomina-
tion Of candidate for governor.
Mr.. Shaw, Of Morris. nominated Hon
John Martin, and 3 delegate from Rush
county moved that the nomination be
made by reclamation. The motion was
put and carried amid cheers.
On motion of Mr.. Ezekiel, of Shaw
NEE committee was was appointed to
escort Mr.. Martin to the hall. The CON-
mittee consisted of Messrs. Ezekiel, A.
A. Harris, Moonlight. Van Bennett and
Shaw.
Hon. Harry E. Norton was announced
as the member of the state central CON-
mittee from the firth judicial district,
Ellis Lewis, who had been formerly Sc
lected, having declined.
On motion of Mr.. Hamilton the con-
vention proceeded to the nomination of
a candidate for lieutenant governor.
Henry n. Benesby, of Ford county,
was proposed.
Hon. J. r. Goodin nominated, with
an oratorical flourish, Frank Bacon, of
Neosho county. This last nomination
was seconded by Mr.. Hudson. of Wilson.
j. s. Emory also seconded Bacon's nom-
nation on behalf of Douglas county.
The voting had proceeded but short
time when the name of Beverly was
Withdrawn, and Bacon was nominated
by reclamation.
Samuel L. Gilbert, of Winfield, was
nominated by Mr.. s. e. Dsvis, of the
Winfield Telegram, for secretary Of state
and he was nominated by reclamation.
On motion of Mr.. Lowe, of Washing
ton county, Hon. Chss. e. Clifford of Clay
Center was nominated by reclamation
for state treasurer.
w. L. Brown, of Rice county was
nominated for auditor which was second
ed in a neat speech by John McAloose
and also by General Rogers and his
nomination was made by reclamation.
Messrs Fenlon, Goodwin and MIR.
Cochran, of Atchison, were nominated
for attorney general but each declined
1 A4dkuCut u A4OAtOnS HGo HUH
mated for attorney general by acclama-
ton.
Prof. ID. E. LanIz, of Riley county,
was nominated for state superintendent
| by reclamation.
On motion, j. w. Green, of Douglas
county, was nominated by reclamation
for associate justice of the supreme
court.
The next business announced was the
nomination of four congressmen-at-
large. Gen. Rogers nominated G. A.
Leland, of Eldorado; John O'Flanigan,
of Pottawatomie, and Martin Van
Buren, Bennett, were nominated by &C
clamation.
Van Bennett nominated Sam Wood
for the fourth man, but the nomination
was hastily laid upon the table with
but one dissenting vote.
| Geo. w Click, of Atchison, which came
near being done over his protest, but a
motion finally prevailed that the fourth
nomination be referred to the state CEN
| trail committee.
| At this point the committee which
had been appointed TO bring Mr.. Mar
tin to the hall appeared, accompanied by
that gentleman.
The chairman of the convention, Mr.
Fenlon, in introducing Mr.. Martin spoke
as follows:
Mr.. MARTIN: It becomes my pleas
ant duty as chairman Of this convention
to officially notify you that you have
been unani mously nominated by the
representatives of seventy thousand
Democrats for the Office of governor of
this state, and to ask your acceptance
thereof. In placing the banner of the
| flag in your hands, we feel assured that
the trust reposed will not be misplaced
and the flag never trailed in the dust
HE DECLINES.
To the surprise of all the members of
the convention, he stepped to the front
of the stage and declined the nomina-
ton, which announcement was a com.
plete surprise and fell like cold wave
upon the convention.
Mr.. Martin gave his reasons for
rejecting the honor which had been
profered b i'm with such spontaniety of
feeling in the following language:
Gentlemen Of tie Convention:
I trust you will pardon a womanly
weakness that apparently mani
fest on this occasion. but it
comes from q warm, tender heart, thank
full to the Democracy of Kansas for their
continued confidence in my humble
Il 46LuC L Say " YOu kCALlCI1CA Vi TIC
convention that l will appreciate from
the very depth of my heart the honor
that you have thus conferred
upon me and thus given
me an assurance beyond all doubt of the
of the existence of your continued faith
| in my fidelity and faithfulness TO Dem
ocratic principles, which is worth the
living of half of life itself, but
on this occasion am CON-
PEELED by q sense of duty that
| I owe to others higher than all other
considerations, TO announce TO you most
emphatically my irrevOkable purpose to
return to you here and now the trust
that you have rendered me, and respect
fully
DECLINE YOUR NOMINATION..
say that it pains me 10 the very depths
of my heart 10 make this announcement
| to you, but there are circumstances and
conditions in life, there are circumstan-
ces and conditions that surround q mans
family relations and his personal history
that
FoRRIDs THE ENGAGEMENT.
in political action at certain periods and
portions Of his life. I find myself
CONFRONTED TO-DAY
with that state of facts. I came to the
convention full of
HIGH HOPES,
full of ambition, not for the
the purpose of promoting my own in
| terests, but for the sole purpose of
placing the Democratic party upon a
basis that il could march to the front
and could inscribe upon its banners
NEW DOCTRINES,
new theories and new principles to
march forward conQuering and to con-
quer. In some respects my hopes in
that direction
HAVE BEEN BLASTED
In some directions and in some respects
all my high antlcipations have utterly
failed,
ABSOLUTELY FAILED,
and find that the temper and condition
of this convention is so wide and so Cli-