Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-02

George i. Anthony; Third, j. y. Camp
&. bell and ]. A. McHenry; Fourth, j. V.
Admire and r. H. Moore; Fifth, A. P.
Riddle and T. F. Gadver; Sixth, A. L.
Voorhees, and X. w. Findley; Seventh. NJ.
Albaugh and NJ. w. Sutton; at large, Ber-
nard Kelley.
On rules and order of business-George
w. Veale, chairman;l First district, Wash
ington Marks and L. w. Grow; Second,
James Cross and D. S. Glfllian; Third,
E. A. Masser and j. S. Heilman; Fourth,
George w. .Veale and T. A. Moriarity;
Fifth, E. b. Purcell and P. NJ. Higgison;
Sixth, L. c. Smith and J.V.Tate; Seventh,
j. P. Jones and c. J. Jones.
On DISQUALIFICATION Adams, chair
man; First district, o. j. Grover and John
Schilling; Second, George j. Barker and
e. S. Bixby; Third, Ben S. Henderson and
w. II. Merriweather; Fourth, j. c. Wilson
and c. E. Whitehead; Fifth, D. .Wagstaff
and A. S. Wilson; Sixth, Webb McNail
and r. F. Bryant; Seventh, j. NJ. Simpson
and Nelson Adams.
At the evening session the committees
not being ready to report, the convention
adjourned until $50 tomorrow morning.
't.' Second Day.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 27-The second
days session of the Republican State con-
vention began at $3.50 a. M. yesterday. The
first order of business was the pre-
sentation of the report of the COM
mittee on credentials, which was
unanimously adopted. The commit
tee on permanent organization
recommended for president Captain Henry
Booth, of Pawnee County; vice-presidents,
r. NJ. Emery, First district; H. E. Stewart,
Second district: j. V. Beekman, Third dis
trict; John NJ. Brown, Fourth district; E.
c. Swearinger, Fifth district; s. J. Os
borne, Sixth district; G.. w. FANS, Seventh
district; secretary, w. H. Mcbride, of
Osborne County; assistant secretaries, w.
r. Smith, Isaac Ryan, James A. Trout
man, Henry Van Tilberg, w. A. Smith;
sergeant at arms. S. o. Mcdowell, with
power to select his own assistants and
,doorkeeper. The report was adopted.
'The.name of w. A. Johnson for Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court was
presented by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Riddle
and he was nominated by reclamation.
Roll call was then begun on Governor
without preliminaries. Z
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Humphrey I11;~Smith S2}s, Taylor 45}&,
Case 40, johnson 80, Bradford 81, D. r.
Anthony 81, Green l6, Long II, Codding
TO, Murdoch IS, GeorgeT. Anthony.
The second ballot resulted follows:
Humphrey 125, Smith IS, Taylor A., Case
AZ, johnson 81, Bradford 81, D. K. Anthony
90, Green II, Long 4, Codding ., George T.
Anthony . t-
Adjourned till two d. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION. -
When the convention reassembled in
the afternoon the third ballot was imme-
diately- taken and resulted as follows: l..
u. Humphrey, 800; A. w. Smith, GO; j. B.
johnson, IS; Z. I. Taylor, 81; George H.
Case, Is; S. B. Bradford, 10; George S.
Greene. IL, D. r. Anthony, 8.
Mr.. Humphrey having received a ma
inrifN- of u the votes cast declared
the nominee of the convention for Gov
. ernor. On motion, of George w. Veale, of
Shawnee, seconded by j. NJ. Simpson, of
, Mcpherson, the nomination was made
unanimous.
Mr.. Humphrey returned thanks for the
nomination in a brief speech. =
z The roll was then called on the nonina-
ton for Lieutenant Gov ernor with the
+, following results A. j. Felt, loo; A. j.
Hoisington, 10; r. NJ Picker, SO; T. A.
McNeaL 43; S. S. Cooper, 10.
Second ballot-A. J. Felt, go; r. NJ.
Picker, 81; A. ]. Hoisingtop, s4i T. =. Nc
Neal, 4. ~ ~
On motion of Mr.. Toombs, of Finney,
Mr.. Feit's nomination was made unani-
~. nous. Mr. Felt was escorted to the chair
MANS desk and responded briefly, thank
ing the convention for the honor and Civ
ing in a few words the reasons why he
was Republican.
The vote for Secretary or State was
taken amid much confusion, there being
two ballots, as follows:. William Higgins,
123; C. A. Norton, %; Noble Prentis. so;
Henry Brandbey, 35; Duncan Holiday,
as: William Cavanaugh, 81; a. j. Davis,
u.
There being no choice, a second ballot
was taken, resulting in the election of
William Higgins. OF Shawnee, as follows:
William Higgins, 223; c. A. Norton, So;
Noble Prentis, 81; Henry Brandbey, %;
Duncan Holiday, IL; A. s. Davis, 6.
On motion of Judge Ellis, of Beloit, his
nomination was made unanimous.
There being but one candidate for State
Auditor, on motion of Captain Gray, OF