The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-09-05

KANSAS .ANTI.MONOpOLISTS.
Procredlnss OF the convention at Topeka
-The Platform And the Nominations.
Topeka, August 29.-The Anti-A onop-
oily, or Greenback- Labor Fusion Convention
met at nine O'Clock yesterday morning.
While waiting for the COMMITTEES
on Credentials to report, w. C. Tinney,
Greenback candidate for Congress in the
fifth district, was called out and made a
speech. After Mr.. Tinney commenced
talking it soon became apparent to the fu-
| sion faction that they had made mistake
! in calling him out.
The Committee on Credentials reported
! that the Convention was entitled to 179
votes, and the report was adopted. Follow
| ing this the Committee on Order of Business
| made its report, and I'm said report recon-
mended that Presidential Electors and q
State Central Committee be selected before
proceeding with the nomination OF State
officers. This met with objection, and
three or four motions were made to amend
! by placing the selection of these Electors
/ and Committeeman at the tail end of the re-
| port. The motion was lost by vote of Al TO
| 40. The Convention then took recess of fif-
| teen minutes. so that the delegates from each
Congressional District could caucus together
and select the Electors and State Central
Committeeman. Reassembling, the Sub
Committees reported as follows:
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
First District, L. c. Duell, Leavenworth
County; Second District; d. G. Campbell,
Feeiv, Labette County: Fourth District, c.
W. Marsh, Shawnee County; Fifth District.
w. ID. Vincent, Clay County; Sixth Dis
trict, A. j. Hart Rocks County; Seventh
District, w. d. Ross, Sedgwick. At largo
A j. Ulley, Usage County, and S. ID.
Underwood, of Davis County.
STATE CENTRAL. COMMITTEE.
First District, B. H. Oidfield, Leavenworth
County; Second District, C. T. Sears,
Franklin County; Third District E. II.
Benham, Christian County; Fourth District,
c. Corning, Usage County: Fifth District,
j. II. Limbarker, Riley County; Sixth Dis
trict, C. j. Lamb. Phillips County; Sew
enth District j. II. Franklin, Sumner
County. At large-H. P. Vrooman, Shaw
nee County; A. j. Ulley, Usage County
Allen Williams, Douglas County; W. j. A.
Montgomery, Douglas County; j. G. Cou-
ger. Wyandotte County. This business hav-
ing been completed, the committee on resO-
lutions was called on and made its report,
which, as amended, was afterward adopted,
and reads as follows:
THE PLATFORM.
We, the National Greenback party of the
STATE of Kansas, in Convention assembled, do
hereby indorse the platform of principles as
set forth in the platform adopted by our Ma
tional Party Convention, held at indianapolis,
on May %. 1884. and we further indorse the
nominations of said convention, the Hon.
Benjamin f. Butler, of Massachusetts, and A,
N. West of Mississippi, and as heartily pledge
cure their election, and we further heartily
approve and indorse the letter of acceptance
of our brave leader. Benjamin +. Butler.
eminent ought to be open to settlement, and
that the people ought to have the right to set
tie upon said lands without mOlestation, and
we denounce in unreasonable terms the un.
just and brutal expulsion of peaceable citi-
Zens frOmsG overnment lands by United States
soldiers, in the interest of mOnopOlies and cat.
tie kings who are left IN undisputed posses
sion.
We demand as matter of right that all the
public lands not actually occupied by Indian
tribes under legal treaty, be at once opened
tiers, especially the lands known as Oklahoma
and Cherokee Strip.
We demandthe abolition Of the present sys-
tenn of convict labor; that the laws be so con-
from coming i'm competition with the labor of
free men at prices that will bring the State
less returns than free labor should receive for
like work.
Viewing with alarm the rapid accumulation
of our public domain by subjects of foreign
countries We do especially reiterate the
demand that the alien ownership of land inGi.
vidual or corporate. should be prohibited.
We are in favor of more stringent railroad
law than the one now upon our statute books,
which shall tend to reduce freights i'm justice
to the producers and consumers of the State.
And that rates shall be based on actual cost OF
construction and maintenance, not on wat.
cred stock as is now done. and that we de.
nounce the false pretense that rates have
been lowered by the Railroad Commissioners
schedule, when such is not the case.
That we believe that the advancing civil
century, demands that women should have
equal pay for equal work. and equal laws with
men to secure her equal rights, and that she
is fully entitled to the ballot.
Reterating the resolution of the Greenback
Convention at Emporia, in 1873, we emphatic
ally pledge our earnest support to such legis-
lation as will tend to the entire suppression
of illegal traffic now provided by law, and
we demand the strict enforcement of all stat.
utOry laws.
We denounce the action of the Republican
party in so manipulating the currency as To
defraud and cheat the Union soldier, ana
that for score of years. through red tape
laws compelling the disabled soldier ana the
families of the slain, to be humble Supplicants
for recognition of their rights.
Reiterating the demands of our National
Platform, we are in favor of restoring the
Tlgut Oh issue OF all tne money OF the country
to the United States Government. where it
properly belongs under the Constitution, and
are emphatically opposed to continuing the
National interest bearing debt of the United
States as banking basis.
The above platform was amended after
the Committees report and adopted in the
afternoon after considerable discussion.
The following ticket was then nominated:
For Governor. Ii. l.. Phillips. of Miami
County; LieutenantGovernor, j. w. Breid-
entha, Labette County; Chief Justice, Ill.
p. NrOoman, Topeka: Associate Justice. J.
ID. McBryan, Chautauqua County; Secre
tary of State j. c. Hubbard, Shawnee
County; Treasurer. ID. ii. Hefllehowen,
Miami County, Auditor, W. H. T. Wake
field, Dickinson County: Attorney General,
II. l.. Brush, Elk County; Superintendent
of Public Instruction, Miss Fannie Ran
dolph, of EmpOHa. The Central Committee
was empowered, in accordance with Ben
Buffers suggestion. to effect fusion with
the weaker party, and the convention adj
journed.
River Matters.
MEMPHIS Tenn, August 29.-The Dis
trict Board of Levee Engineers have not