The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-24
Democratic State Convention.

at o'clock, P. NJ, on Wednesday
the goth day of August, 1884, fOr
the purpose of nominating candid
ates for state officers, and the select
ing of Democratic State Central
Committee.
The officers to be nominated are
as follows:
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State.
Auditor of State.
Treasurer of State.
Attorney General.
State Superintendent of Public In
structiOn.
Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court.
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court. Go fill Vacancy
Nine Presidential Electors
Two of such Electors will be Sc
lected from the State at large, and
one from each of the seven congress
sional districts. The delegates from
each congressional district in attend
ance at said state convention will
elect, in separate conference, one
presidential eIector from said district
whose name will be reported to and
endorsed by the state convention.
The basis of representation in the
state convention, will be one dele
gate and one alternate for every 200
votes cast for Frank Bacon for Lieu
tenant Governor in 1882, and one
delegate and one alternate for every
fraction of 100 or over: PrOUided,
That every county in the state that
has been organized as municipal
township will be entitled to one del
egate and one alternate in said con-
vention.
On the above basis the represen-
tation of Dickinson county will be
five delegates.
1t is recommended that the county
conventions for the election of dele
gates and alternates to the state con-
ventiOn, be held in the respective
counties as the several county COM
mittees may determine, on Saturday,
August 9th, 1884. The manner of
selecting the delegates and alternates
will be determined by the several
county committees.
The secretaries of the several cOun-
ty conventions, are respectfully re-
quested to forward to the secretary
of this committee at Leavenworth,
full and correct lists of the delegates
and alternates chosen, Immediately
after the adjournment of said con-
ventions, and that they also trans
nit at the same time to the secretary
of this committee at Leavenworth,
the full name and pOstoffice address
of each member of the new county
central committee selected.
The absolute Importance of prompt
and thorough organization of the
party in every county and township
in the state is earnestly urged, in or
der that every district may be fully |
represented in the state convention,
and an active and effective organiza-
ton obtained at once for vigorous
campaign the coming fall.
Every Democratic newspaper in
the state is respectfully requested to
publish this notice, and editorially
call special attention to the import
ance of complying with the sugges-
lions herein made.
1t is with pleasure and pride that
this committee congratulates the
Democrats of Kansas and all lovers
of true reform, upon the work of the
great National convention held at
Chicago on July Sth, 1884. The
candidates there selected Grover
Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks,
must meet the approval and win the
support of every believer in consti-
tutional liberty and honest admins
tration of public affairs.
All voters of the state who believe
in the principles of the Democracy
Is enunciated in the platform of the
party recently adopted at Chicago,
md emphasized in the nomination
If Cleveland and Hendricks, are cor
Tally invited to participate in the
selection of delegates to the conven-
ion hereby called.
By order of the Democratic State
CENTRAL Committee, this 10th day of
uly, 1884. w. c. PDRRY, Chin.
III. MILES MOORE, Sec'y.