McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-09-04
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS.
The GreenbacEers of IoscG and Kansas fs'
Tickets In the Field.

The Greenbackers of Iosca and Kansas f'sss
Tickets In the Field.
IOWA GREENBAcKERs
| The Iowa greenback state convention mo'
at Des Moines with a small attendance. IN
| lette, chairman of the state committee, made
| a speech denouncing both the republican ana
democratic parties and platforms. Iem-
porary officers were elected as follows: Cnair-
man, Sanford Kirkpatrick, of Wapelio; secre-
taries, ], r. Sovereign, of Greene, ana w. v.
Davis. Kirkpatrick made speech exhorting
the convention to do nothing to jeoparoize
the interests of Weaver in the Sixth and well
Ter in the Fourth districts.
The committee on credentials reported rep
resentation from sixty-six counties. The plat
form was read and received with great ap-
plause. 1t arraigns both the OLD partles as
corrupt and dishonest; denounces the natlon,
al banking system; eulogizes Ben; butter ah ho
urges an alliance of the greenbackers In the
several states with such party as shall enable
them to control the electoral vote.
Daniel Campbell, of Monona, was nominated
for elector-at-large. The other electors were
nominated as follows: First district a: .. Hun
ter, of Henry; Fifth, George Carter or Iowa.
Seventh, Fl. S. Wilcox. OF Polk; Eighth, j. l.;
Brown, of Taylor; Ninth, DIR. j. B. Motion, or
Montgomery. Hon. e, l.. Burton, OF Wapeilo,
was nominated for supreme judge. motion
was made to nominate full ticket, to when
candidates for secretary of state and treasur-
er Great confusion ensued, and after heat
ed discussion the amendment was adopted
225 to so, J. +. Dooley, of keokuk county, was
nominated for secretary of state, and George
Derr, of Union county, was nominated for
state treasurer. The convention then i'd
journed.
KANSAS GREENACKERS.
The Kansas state convention of the anti
monopoly greenback labor party was held at
Topeka. The following ticket was nominated:
Governor, III. l.. Phillips; lieutenant COVER
nor, John d. Breidentha; chief Justice; III.
p. Vrooman; associate justice, j. ID. McBryan;
treasurer. H. F. Hefelbourn; auditor, w. L.
Wakefield; attorney general, H. L. Brush;
secretary of state, j. c. Hubbard; superintend-
ent of public instruction, Miss Fannie RAN
dolph; electors and 81 state central committee
The platform endorses the action of the ma
tional convention at Indianapolis, pledges.
hearty support to Butler and West, its nomi-
nees; believes all public lands ought to be
open to settlement; denounces the expulsion
of peaceabe citizens from government lands
by soldiers in the interest of monopolies and
csttle kings; demands that the
lands be opened to settlement; demands that
the alien ownership of land be prohibited; de-
mandS that convict labor shall not be brought
into competition with he labor of free men;
favors more stringent railroad laws than now
exist in this state; believes woman ought to
have the full ana equal pay. for labor with
men; pledges support to all the laws for the
suppression of the liquor traffic; denOunceS
the republican party for manipul ting the
currency so as to defrGud union soldiers and
compel disabled soldiers and the families of
the ain to be humble SupplicantS for q
recognition of their rights and favOrs the
restoration of the right of issue of all the
money of this country to the United States
government, where it belongs according to
the constitution, and oppose the continuance
of the railroad intereS bearing debt of the
United States as a banking basis.