Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-08-01
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

The republican state convention, at
Topeka, last week, nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: Governor, l.. U. Hum
phrey, of Montgomery county; lieuten-
ant governor. A. j. Felt, of Seneca;
secretary of state, William Higgins, OF
Topeka; auditor, Timothy Mccarthy,
of Larned; treasurer, Jas. w. Hamil-
ton, of Wellington; encouragement,
l.. Il. Kellogg, of Emporia; superinten-
dent of public instruction, G.. w. Win
ans, of Junction City; associate justice
of the supreme court, w. A. Johnston,
of Minneapolis.
AS republican state tickets go, in this
state the above is fair one. Mr.. Hum
phrey is banker and successful bust
ness man of Independence; he was lieu
tenant governor under st. John; he is
A years old; was through the war as q
member of the 10Th Ohio, has lived in
Kansas since 1870. His public record
has never been attacked and he is re-
garded as an upright gentleman. Mr..
Felt, candidate for the second place, is
considered a lightweight, "humor-
Gus" fellow, and he was selected as a
matter of expediency.
1t was shame that such a man as
Bill Higgins should be nominated over
such scholar and gentleman as Noble
Prentls, man who has written more
and talked more for Kansas than any
man inside Its borders, belonging to the
new generation. Higgins held minor
positions around the legislature as long
as he could be elected and then he was
given the position of detective and
"spotter" on the Santa Fe railroad. and
that position he holds now. Prentls, it
is said, was handicapped in his race
by his wife, very smart lady; but, I'M
fortunately, one of those woman's-rights
agitators. She took an active part in
working up her husbands claims and
actually drove many good men from
his support. She was formerly a clerk
in the Office of secretary of state and
the opinion was prevalent among many
that if Noble Prentis were elected his
wife would run the office. Kansas re-
publicans are willing to "resolve' in
favor of female suffrage, but when it
comes down to brass tacks, they want
the women to stay at home and let their
lords and masters run the machine.
But, Notwithstanding all this, it is a
great pity that Prentis, the bright jour-
nallst, should have been laid aside for
Bill Higgins, the railroad spotter.
Mccarthy and Hamilton were re-nom-
mated. Judge Kellogg, candidate for
encouragement is good lawyer. lie
is the polite old gentleman with the bad
eye who has been here several times in
terested iii the Loyejoy-G lasscock cases.
g. w. Winans, the nominee for super
intendent of public instruction, is the
third-best man who was a candidate.
we understand; and that may not mean
much. Judge Johnston was re-nomln-
ated.
The platform adopted by the conven-
ton was radical on every point, 1t de-
mands the strict enforcement of the pro-
hibitory law and the punishment of all
officers who fail to do their duty under
it; it re-hashes the incident of the war
and predicts that the "solid SOUTH will
be broken; it Endorses the state admin
istration, state house extravaganza and
all; it pledges the state to protection
even to the extent indicated by the ma
tional platform, and it pretends to op-
pose monopOlies, trusts and combines
notwithstanding the party in this state
IS elsewhere, is in the control, absolute
ly, OF corpefatiogg and monopoIists; it
preteh;1,ss to favor the reduction Of the
legal rate of interest 10 elk per cent.
and the prohibiting of usury, though
its legislature would not dare to enact
such laws it rejoices at the entrance
OF women upon ''more extended fields
OF usefulness and practically says they
should be allowed the elective franchise:
1t endorses both Ingalls, and Plumb.
The platform was drawn to catch
votes; u is the work of a demagogue,
clearly.
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