Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-07-11
DEMooRArTo CONVENTION.

gates in fitting speech. Judge j. r.
Galloway, of Fort Scott was made
temporary and afterwards permanent
chairman. III. Miles Moore was, of
course, secretary. The usual commit
tees were appointed and recess until
3 o'clock was taken.
The congressional districts named
the following presidential electors:
First district-B. A. Seaver of Don't.
phan county.
Second district-C. L. Benton of Al
len county.
Third district-E. y. Scammon of
Cherokee county.
Fourth district-John +. WatrOus of
Coffee county.
Fifth distrIct-W. G. Buchanan OF
Franklin county.
Sixth district-W. ID. Covington of
Phillips county.
Seventh district-B. +. Milton of Ford
county.
For electors at large, j. l.. Order, OF
Sumner county and John q. Sheridan,
OF Miami county were elected.
The convention next proceeded to
select a state committee TO be cOmpos-
ed Of seven members at large to be an
nOunced by the chairman, and one
member from each judicial district TO
be selected by the delegations. The
latter were announced as follows:
First, John Harmon, LeavenwOrth;
second, X. b. Morris, Atchison; third,
A. j. Arnold, Topeka; fourth L. Ii.
| Thompson, Lawrence; fifth, j. Mckow-
en-, EmpOria; sixth, John ID. Galloway,
| TT. Scott; seventh, ;. G.. Isett, Chanute;
eighth. Henry LItz, Abilene; ninth, w.
/ j. McFrancis, Newton; tenth, Il. j..
| Sheridan, PaOla; eleventh. G. o. Chand-
| Ter, Elk City; twelfth, William Tang
man, Jamestown; fourteenth. George j..
Collett, Ellsworth; fifteenth, l.. G. Uhl,
Smith Center; sixteenth w III. Camp,
! Larned; seventeenth, w. a. FrOgner,
| Oberlin; eighteenth, :. T.. Majors,
! Wichita: nineteenth. Luke Ierrinton,
Wellington; twentieth. j. b. Brinkman,
Great Bend; twenty-first, John A. Wall,
| Eskridge: twenty-secOnd, Albert Perry
Troy; twenty-thiTd, Con IIenly, Hays
City; tweRty-fourth, +. Il. Caruthers,
Medicine Lodge; twenty-hfth, J. II.
johnson, Peabody; twenty-siXth, Il. w.
Morgan, Greenwood county; twenty
seventh, Joseph Dillon. Hartland;twen-
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twenty-ninth, Frank Mapes, Wyan-
dOtte.
The committeeman at large were an
nounced as follows:
First district. Edward Carroll; sec
Ond, John G.. Cannon; third, j. j. Nc
Walker: fourth. Henry Dickson; fifth
j. G.. Low; sixth, John III. ShaffeT; sew.
enth, ii. G.. TOller.
Another adjournment was taken until
o'clock in the evening. On re-assem.
bling the following platform wa:
adopted:
THE PLATFORM.
The democratic party OF the state OF Kansas
Ina convention assembled on this one hundre,
aud twelfth anniversary of American indie
pcndenoo. sOlemnly impressed with the glori
Gus memories and traditions connected with 4
and that have made and sanctihed the Fourtl
day of July as political Sabbath and prou,
of it, history and labor in connection with thu
establishment and maintenance of our fedora
union hereby declares:
7 First, That we reafirm and endorse tn,
declaration of principles set forth in the natl
onal democratic platform adopted at Chicago
ILL.,. tn 1884 and I'm st. Louis. Mo-. I'm June, 1855
=
prove the action of the national democratic
convention. held In 81. Louis, Mo-, I'm June last
I'm the nomination of that honest, capable am
fearless statesman. Grover Cleveland, for TN
Office of president of the United States an,
for the wisdom and prudence displayed in tn
nomination of that accomplished leader, stcr
! ing patriot and stalwHrt democrat, Allen G.
Thurman, for the Office of vicc-presidont.
Third. We earnestly endorse and common
I to the voters of Kansas the presidents mes
sage TO congress cmbodying his views on tn
question of tariff reform, and adopted by tn
= st. Louis convention as being true interpreta
ton of the principles of the democratic plat
form on the question of tariff, which favor
: taxing the luxurics and not the necessities o
@ nfe
= Fourth, We are opposed 20 all sumpuar.
laws as being vicious in principle and unsuc
cessiul I'm practice. Also the action of tn
republican party Of Kansas i'm passing the law
for the establishment OF a metropolitan polio,
system in certain cities in this state and for IL
incquitahlC and airapplication and enforce
mcnt of the sdVe for purely political reasons
B We dcnOunce the system as being partial, un
Just aud undemOcratic. II iss substantial de
NAL OF homo rule and the right of local self
government. IL impcaches the intelligence
, challenges the integrity and denies the patriot
ism of tho people affected by il. 1t brandt
ignorant, vicious. dishonest, corrupt and WHOLLY
incapable Of self-gOyernmenta and we demand
, n repeal of the law.
Filth. We now are as we always have beer
Z unaltembly opposed To wrong. injustice ant
tyranny, in whatever form II may exist, whcth
or political or civil, and we therefore deeply
sympathlzc with the gallant people of IRELAND
la their righteous and glorious struggle TO
sclf-Rovernment on their native soil, and W,
extend tO them our hearty sympathy and bic
them godspeed i'm their grand contest for lib
ertyi aud we likewise extend to the suffering
r and oppressed laboring men of this countr!
our earnest sympathy Ia their contest with tn,
+ | sOullcss and unjust mOnOpOlies, corporation
and trusts, created or opcratCd for the pur
| pose or with tho effect of reducing to A condi
| ton of scrvitude the Iaboring men and wome !
| of this country and we pledge them the sup
. port Of the democratic party In the passage an,
d ! enforcement of all just measures that may b-
necessary and proper for the protection AM
. promotion of their rights. And we oppose an,
Y systom of state policy which permits compe
, ! ttiOn between convict and Chinese labor ant
: the labor of the free American workman.
Sixth, We favor the abolition of the grant
| jury system as a useless and unnecessar,
measure which adds greatly 10 the burdens o
4 tax ridden people. AMI We demand its repea
as expensive and inquistional 4 gal machinery
EX-G0y. Click offered an amendment
r to section five fayoring the re-submis
= sion 10 the people of the so-called pro
hibitOry amendment. This elected
2 long debate and n wrangle. Leaven
worth, Atchison aud WyandOtte wer
for the amendment while nearly all o
the interior counties were i'm fayor o
. dropping the old thread-bare issue an,
making the fight on the more import
ant question of tariff reform. Tn
amendment was defeated by a vote o
sos to 2S7. When the result was an
u nOuuced the WVaudotfe and Iaava,,
worth delegates retired from the con
ventiOn.
4 Nominations for governor being n
!, order, Hon. John Martin, of Topeka
was named by Mr.. McCleverty, of Bour
bon county and after the nomination