The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-08-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
The Constitutional Convention.


The twenty-fifth anniversary of the grea,
Territorial Constitution Convention of the
Territory Of Kansas, which was held in
WyandOtte in July, 1859, was celebrated
In that city On the 29th by the surviving
members OF that remarkable body The
meeting was called to order by Hon. John
a Martin, the Republican candidate for
governor OF the State, who was at the age OF
tWenty7one the Secretary of that great Con-
Ventlon- Hon. Scion 0. Thacher, of Law
renee, one OF the active men in the work of
,o9, was called to the chair and presided
during the session, which, outside of the adj
dress OF the venerable jurist Judge
Samuel A. kingman, of Topeka. was an in
formal revival of the memories of that time,
and renewal of old associations, coupled
win some natural self-gratulation upon the
fruits OF their labors. Mr.. Martin as Secre-
tary called the roll, which was rather a
mournful record, showing as follows:
.. NJ. Arthur, Linn county, dead; j.
Lamp, Linn county, dead; Caleb May,
Atchlson county, absent; Samuel A. King
man, Brown county, present; John j.
ingalls,, Atchison county, absent; J. p.
greer, Shawnee county. present; r. A.
Williams, Douglas county, absent; j. A.
middleton, Marshall county, absent; Ben F.
simpson, Lykins county, absent; p III.
Townsend, Douglas county, dead; Ii. d.
Prescott Shawnee county, dead; j. C. Bur
nett, Bourbon county, present; W..
4 Grif4th, Bourbon county, deadi
n. c. Blood, Bourbon county, absent;
7. S. Wright. Nemaha county, dead; &. II.
Lille, Madison county, dead; S. E. Hoff-
man, Woodson county, absent; Allen
Croker, Crawford county, dead; 1. r.
Palmer, Pottawatomie county, dead; James
q. Blunt, Anderson county, dead; j. Han
way, Franklin county, absent; W. Hutchin-
son, Douglas county, absent; j. Blood,
Douglas county, absent; Scion O. Thacher.
Douglas county, present; Ed Stokes, Doug
las county, absent; S. D. Houston, Riley
county, absent; j. P. Slough, Leavenworth
county, dead; w. Mccullough, Morris
county, absent; c. B. Mcclellan, Jefferson
county, absent; j. w. Forman, Doniphan
county, absent; j. Stiarwalt, Doniphan
county, dead; E. NJ. Hubbard, Doniphan
county, dead : P.S. Park, Leavenworth county,
dead; +. Brown, LeavenwOrth county, dead;
5. Nipple, Leavenworth county, dead; Will
liam Perry. Leavenworth county, dead;
X. c. Foster, LeayenwOrth county, absent;
William G. Mcdowell, Leavenworth county,
dead; Samuel S. Stinson, Leavenworth
county, dead; A. d. McCune, Leavenworth
county, dead; John Wright LeavenwOrth
county, dead; Robert Graham, Atchison
county, dead; j. T. Barton, johnson county,
dead; E. Moore, Jackson county, absent; B.
Wrigley, Doniphan county. dead; W. p.
Button, Lykins county, absent; John
Ritchey, Shawnee county, present; E. G.
Ross, Wabaunsee county, absent; j. H
Signor, Allen county, absent; r. j. Porter,
Doniphan county, dead; j. NJ. Win
chell. Usage county, dead; j. T. Bur
ris, johnson county, absent. This call
showed five members present, twenty
nine dead and nineteen absent, of whom
three or four are certainly dead, but no au-
thentic news of their demise has been pre-
Sented to the surviving members. At the
of the roll call, prayer was offered
by Rev. William Stevenson, after which
Judge Samuel A. Kingman delivered very
historical address which was
listened to with the most profound atten-
ton from the first word to the last.