Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-09-02


Platform-No Ticket to be Issued.
Topeka. Aug. 26.-The Anti Monopoly
State Convention met in this city yesterday
and organized by choosing Hon. p. p. e.
der, of Ottawa, temporary chairman and
w. II. T. Wakefield, of Dickinssn County,
secretary. After appointing the various
committees the temporary organization was
| made permanent, and the convention adj
journed until morning.
Second Day.
TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 27.-The second
days session of the anti-monopoly conven-
ton was called to order in the hall of the
House of Representatives at ten O'Clock
yesterday morning, the first business be-
ing tile selection of Stale Central Commit
tee. The following gentlemen were selected
from each Congressional district: First dis.
trict-Jacob A. Harouff, of Atchison COun-
ty, and A. j. Il. Smith, Of Jefferson County.
Second district-P. p. Elder, of Franklin
County, and Eliot Lee, of Linn County.
Third district-A. NJ. Fellows, OF Labette
County, and NJ. E. Barr, of Neosho County.
Fourth DISTRICT. L. Sharp. Of Morris
County, and p B. Maxon. of Emp0ria.
Fifth district-J. N. Lunbocker, OF Riley
County, and w. H. +. Wakefield, Of Dick.
insOn County. Sixth district-H. A. Hart
Of Rocks County. and c. L. Lamb, OF Phil
lips County. Seventh .district--Richard
Styler, of Sedgwick County, and E. n.
Clark, of Finney County.
Tie Committee on Resolutions reported
the following platform:
The Autobiography party Of the State OF
Kansas In convention assembled, declares
its adherence to the principles herein stated.
Prohibition Of the liquor traffic having be-
voice Of the people. we hereby favor the
rigid enforcement of the law.
The important question of tarl6 rs usually
d scusscd is mere wrangle as to the part Gu
lar height Of the fence on one side Of farm
while the other sides are left entirely open.
Thus the so called protective tariff may In
Dor but there is no protection against the
importation of competing labOrers. For
many years the railroads and manufacture
ing corporations have been ransscking
with which to drive Americans below
church and school-going capacity and final
~ into idlcness, pauperism and CRIME;
ah tnana and 1 nave oeen b =;
servile competition with American farmers.
This is much lower rate than King George
paid for Hessians TO fight the sOEs Of liberty
In 1!,6. The tenant serfs in Illinois are now
paying to cruel, proud Lord Scully of Cor
don $2O0, coo annually for the privilege of Gull
tivating American soil. This same alien has
doms in the State of Kansas. A policy of
protection worthy Of the name should pro-
tect the labOrerS and farmers OF America as
well as the manufacturing corporations, and
our population should not be driven into
poverty and want by wholesale importation
of the serfs and criminals of Europe nor the
moral and physical lepers Of Asa.
on tile in the Pension n Once should ts
promptly examined and all just claims al
lowed.
All money, whether paper or metal, should
be issued and its value controlled by the
general government and not by and through
banking corporations, and it should be legal
tender for all debts public and private, and
demands of trade and commerce. The i'm.
mcnsc surplus of mOncv now boarded in the
treasury of the United States should be
promptly reduced to a minimum safe limit
by payments on the interest bearing debt.
We favor the abolition of oil laws authOrz-
ing the collection Of interest above three per
cent per annnm.
We favor a system of Government tele.
graph as an adjunct of the postal service.
The ra lroads of the United States are pub
lie highways belonging to the people and as
such should be controlled BY the Govern.
ment in the interest OF the people.
All public lands should be held for homes
for the people and should be disposed Of to
actual settlers only. Alien nonresident
hibited. and non resident speculative land
holding should be discouraged. All lands
forfeited for non-paymens of taxes should
be held for actual settlers upon the same.
and should not be allowed to pass into the
hands of spectators.
ResOiued. That we demand the speedy re-
moval of all barriers to homestead settlers
of all unoccupied lands of the Indian Terri.
tory. and that the passage Of y law for the
organization of the Oklahoma territory be
no longer delayed by Congress.
RESOLVED. That we condemn as undermining
to the improved farm, discouraging to set
tlement and burdensOme to the taxpay er the
present cattle industry, whereby organized
capital is permitted by our Federal Govern
without cost, rendering unstable much OF
the products Of the farm, making the settle
ment of new countries difficult and placing
capital SO invested beyond the reach OF TAXA
ton.
The following resolution was reported by
the Committee on Resolutions:
WHEREAS, The present depression of trade
and manifestations of discomfort and unrest
among the producing classes threatens the
downfall of the republic and the substitution
of q military despOtism: and.
affairs is the direct consequence of discrimi
nate or class legislation in behalf Of the few
and against the many.
RcsOtrcd, That this convention make no
for executive offices but that the
delegates be and are hereby instructed to re.
turn to their respective districts and do their
utmost to secure the election Of such candi- |
dates in the legislat We districts and 20 Con. |
yress as W II pledge themselves to secure the |
adoption OF all measures for relief of labor |
and the great producing class that are in
back and Knights Of Labor declaration Of |
principles.
The resolution caused considerable do |
,ate, but it was finally adopted. Mr.. Har.
buff, OF AtchisOn County, became so in
,ensed by the action that lie withdrew his
name from the executive committee of the
First Congressional district. At this point
MIR. Marsh, of Shawnee County, arose and
stated that on account of division among
he Shawnee County labor advocates they
we're unable to raise SIS to pay Colonel
Jesse Harper's expenses. He asked that
,Ol:ectiOn he taken up to pay him. Mr..
Henry, one of the prominent labor agitators
# this city, who had participated in the
ty park meetings for sons time past. in q
cry warm and excited manner denied that
Shawnee County could not raise the amount
necessary to pay Colonel Harper. The
losing hour of the convention was spent in
hort Adde'S :eS.
Dan sully in Jail.
NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Daniel Sullivan,
he actor, better known as Dan Sully, of
The Corner Grocery" has been arrested
nd lodged in Ludlow street Jail, on suit
r0ught by his wife for absolute divorce
nd alimony. He was arrested while per-
Ormirg at Tony Pastors, but was permit
ed to finish the performance The Conn
lainant tells narrowing story Of woe,
eglect and desertion, and further alleges
Fidelity with Louise Fox. former mem.
er Of Sullivan's company.