Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-23
THE WICHITA CONTENTION.

The state convention of the democra-
cy of Kansas to elect four delegates at
large and four alternates at large to the
national democratic convention at st.
Louis, June 9Th, assembled at Wichita
Thursday, May 18th, and was called to
order at 1l:20 in the Crawford Grand
opera house, by Ed. Carroll, of Leaven-
worth, chairman of the state central
committee. Rev. Dean Adams, of
Wichita, invoked the divine blessing,
after which G. ID. Ebey. also of Wich-
ita, delivered an eloquent address of
welcome.
The secretary of the state central
committee, IL. Miles Moore, read the
call for the convention.
The temporary offices were then an
nounced by Mr.. Carroll, as follows {:
Temporary chairman, Hon. John y.
Eaton, Cowley county; temporary sec
rotary, III. Miles Moore, Leavenworth
county; assistant secretaries, L. L. Ca
ruthers, Barber county, w. L. Tim
mons, Chase county, and John L. Dixon,
Davis county; ergeant-at-arms, L. +.
Murphy, Leavenworth; assistants, II.
G.. Toler and Z. V. Healy, of Wichita.
Mr.. Eaton, on taking the chair,
thanked the convention for hOnoring
him and delivered a sound democratic
speech.
Resolutions regretting the absence of
Hon. Thos. II. Fenlon were introduced
by j. 5. Tomhnson, of Atchison, and
unanimously adopted.
The committees were then announced
by the chair and the convention adj
journed until 3p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The reports OF the committees, except
on resolutions, were read and adopted,
the temporary organization made per-
manent, and several rousing speeches
were made.
At 4:3O o'clock the convention took
an adjournment of one hour for the pur-
pose of allowing the several congress
sional district conventions to select the
gentlemen they would request the con-
yention to send to st. Louis as the dis
trict delegates and alternates, and the
following were chosen.
DISTRICT DELEGATES.
First Observation-Disclosures, DIR. S. f.
Nicely, of Leavenworth, b. p. Waggen-
er, of Atchison; alternates, j. George G.
Williams, of Hiawatha, w. w. Sargent,
of HoltOn.
Second District Delegates, II. l..
Swiggley, of Kansas City, Geo. Ennis,
of Douglas county; alternates, j. A.
VANITY, of Lyman county, Z. w. Horne,
of Franklin county.
Third Observation-Disclosures, E. NJ.
Hewins, of Chatauqua county, A.
Mathewson, of Parsons; alternates,
Thomas Baxter of Neosho county, j. J.
Leonard, of Girard.
Fourth District-DeIegates Eugene
Hagan, of Topeka, j. +. Deacon, OF
Butler county; alternates, W. IL. White
of Council Grove, II. Z. Martin, OF
Marion.
Fifth Observation-Disclosures w. +. Har.
ris, of Dickinson county, C. E. Clifford
of Clay Center; alternates, ]. r
Yonge, Of Riley county, Z. II. Z. Davis
of Republic county.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures G.. A. Cot
tett, of Ellsworth, IL. Carpenter, o.
Thomas county; alternates, G. b. Steer
of Norton county, j. w. Weyand. O
Smith City.
Seventh Observation-Disclosures. NJ. ]
O'Meara, of Meade county, James Nc
Kinstry, of Reno county; altelnates
Chas. Butcher. of Harvey county an,
Mr.. Doty, of Finney county.
EVENING SESSION.
After a number of speeches had beel
made, Judge Martin, chairman Of th
committee ON resolutions, submitte'
the committee report which was as fol
lows:
RESOLUTIONS.
The democratic party of the state o
Kansas In convention assembled, here
by declares:
First-That we re-afiirm aud endors
the declaration OF principles set fort
In the democratic platform adopted a
Chicago, Illinois, in 1854, and upo