Western Kansas world., 1888-09-15
SOME PROCEEDINGS.

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county have, as will be seen by the
proceedings Of the Peoples Conven-
vention. endorsed the action of that
body.
Chairman Rich, Mr.. Robb and
the candidates of the convention
did some talking. Mr.. Rich's
speech, upon his being elected
chairman Of the Peoples Conven-
ton, is mentioned only to be praised.
He told Of the peoples convention in
1879, and how that ticket beat the
"depo convention" ticket at the
polls. He explained that the Peo-
pies Convention had assembled as
the exponent Of the peoples inter
ests, and in opposition to the work.
ings Of a ring who had conspired to
override the popular will. Mr..
Rich related the circumstances con-
nected with the election of Con-
gresham Anderson in the fifth dis
trict two years ago over a ring
candidate. The people Of every
county in that district, the speaker
said, arose, placed upon the tricks of
that ring the seal of condemnation,
and elected Mr.. Anderson as an in
depeI lent Republican candidate by
an unprecedentedly large majority.
The speaker then compared that
case with the present condition Of
political affairs in Trego county.
NJ. D. Hollister, Esq, before the
nominations were made, was called
out for speech. He is said to have
made a brilliant speech, which
brought applause with almost every
echo.
S. C. Robb made speech, in the
course Of which he explained the
use of ''old wads" in the artillery
arm Of the military service, stating
that they were used only in despe-
rate emergencies. Then he COM
pared those ''old wads" with
the "old wads" in Trego coun-
ty, and the house shook with ap-
plause.
After the nominations were made,
a committee waited upon W. S.
Tilton at his Office, and took him
before the convention. S. C. Robb,
ESQ.,, as chairman Of the committee,
introduced him to the convention in
a few felicitous remarks.
Mr.. Tilton said, in effect, that he
accepted this nomination on the de-
mand Of his friends in the Republi-
can party; that his friends knew
they had been swindled out Of their
choice for representative by the de-
ceptive statements born Of a few
in Wa-Keeney; that the
case of these ringsters was so des-
perate that the services of district
court Judge, whose salary he (Til-
tom assists in paying, were called
into requisition in various parts Of
the county. The speaker said he
was used to taking risks, and that
he takes this one without reserva-
ton; he risked his life by entering
the Union army at the age Of fif-
teen years; he has supported uni
formly Republican tickets whenever
he has been where they were in the
field, and is to-day a better Republi-
can than any man or set Of men
who, by fraud, attempts to set at
defiance the well-known will Of the
of the party; as a mere
hint in the direction of the decep-
tive practices which had been re-
sorted to by these ringsters to mega
tive the popular will, the speaker
had been represented in Ogallah
township as having opposed the To-
cation of the forestry station at
Ogallab, while in Collyer township
these ringsters in that same prelim-
mary canvass propounded the ques-
ton, why didn't Tilton try to get
the forestry station located up here,
instead Of at Ogallah?"