The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-08-02


enlisted to the end that no union soldie
shall want for bread, and denounce.
the democratic VotOeS that send the
union soldier to the aims houses; ex
presses a cordial sympathy with al
wise and well directed efforts for the
promotion of temperance and morality
Approving without reserve this cleaI
expression of republican faith we
heartily endorse the nomination by
that convention of Benjamin Harrison
OF Indiana. and Levi p. Morton, OF
New York, for president and vice
president, OF the United States, and
We pledge to the country our individ-
ual support and express our confident
belief in their triumphant election;
we believe the ''sOlid SOUTH will be
broken and thus insure the perpetuity
OF the union in peace and prosperity;
we approve and commend our state
administration as wise, prudent, econ
omical and just; all the officers have
been faithful to their trusts and are
deserving of high commentator.
The republican party always full of
sympathy for all men of all nations
struggling for liberty, express the live
lest interest in the progress of home
rule for Ireland; the blood of the Irish
American has stained every battle field
while struggling for liberty in America,
and Americans cannot remain indiffer-
emit during the struggle the Irish peO-
pie are making for home rule and JUS
tice against English tyranny.
We believe in the protection of the
home against the saloon; we demand
the complete execution of the prohibit
tory laws in every part of the state, in
Guiding the vigorous prosecution OF Of
ficers who fail TO perform their duties
under the law as well as the prOsecu-
ton of viOlators of the law. The Ie-
publican party of Kansas is convinced
that prohibition is right and success,
and We assert that those who seek a
refuge in the third or prohibition party
blindly seek revolution in our 90 =
eminent for that which a revolution
We point with pride to
the fact that the laws of Kan
sas protecting the rights and
/ interests of wage workers and
labOrers are far in advance of those
OF any other state in the union; we
pledge a continuance of that policy
against all entertainments; the con-
diti0ns Of American labOrers, superior
as they are to those of Europe, must
be not only protected but promoted
and elevated. We demand stringent
laws to protect our wOrkingmen
against contract, pauper or Chinese
immigrants and every class who would
drag down by mere cheapness the
standard which American working
men are struggling to maintain; we
favor America for American prod
uctS and American wages for Ameri-
can wOrkingmen, and we favor such
additional legislation as Will secure
weekly payments of wages to employees
of municipal and private corporations,
and also a practical apprenticeship law
50 that our handicrafts men may have
additional protection against foreign
labor.
All so-called trusts or supplies
and combinations to monopolze
food or control productions are danger
GUS to the interests of the people and
should be prohibited under the sever
est penalties Of law. The trust OF
combination OF the packing houses
to drive out of business all other
butchers and thus control the cattle
markets as well as the supply and
prices of dressed meats, is especially
obnoxious and destructive to the inter.
est Of all classes of people, and particu-
larry to those in the western states.
The republican party will ever re-
tain a sense of gratitude to those
through whose valor Kansas and the
nation became free and the union of
our states preserved. We especially
commend the action of our Legislature
in making provision for the mainten-
ance of orphans of soldiers in a sol
diers' orphans home, and we heartily
endorse the resolutions adopted by the
Grand Army of the Republic at its last
state encampment at Winfield, on the
subject of pensions, and we pledge the
republican party Of Kansas to do all in
its power to carry out the wishes Of
the ex-uuion soldiers, sailors and ma
rines of tho country upon this subject
as expressed by the state and national
encampment of the Grand Army.
We request our railroad commits
sioners to do all in their power to pro
tect the farmers of this state against
the excessive charges in the removal o.
the vast crops which are assured Il
Kansas this year.
We favor legislation reducing the le
gal rate of interest upon money to siI
per cent. and reducing the maximum
contract rate to ten per cent, prohibit
ing uSury and providing penalties TO
: violations thereof.
: We rejoice in the entrance of wOmeI
: upon more extended fields of useful
ness, and we believe that the homes
demands of any class of citizens TO
additional rights ought to receive res
: pectful consideration. Demanding O
the nominee of this convention an hon
est, economical administration of tn
/
the wise arbitrament of the ballot, i
: Novembr next.
: The following resolutions were ais
Resolved, That we renew our e1
: pressions of confidence and high es
TEEN for Senator John j. Ingalls,.
+ His great speeches defending the unto
soldiers and the dependent pensiO
y bill and repelling the attacks made b
1 Uoaf RloakYhnru and Won
j.. bees have impaired to them lesso
y that they will never forget, and hi
= arraignment of England for her OF
= preston of Ireland have placed hil
). among the foremost advocates of N
= publican principles in the nation.
/ Resolved, That we express our higl
est confidence in Senator Preston
: Plumb; as statesman, he is unsu
" passed by any other senator OF I'll
J. United States: as one familiar with a
u the complicated machinery of the go
y eminent, he is unexcelled; as wis
prudent and patriotic legislator for d
: the interests of the people, he has I
10 superior; he is invaluable to Kansas 1
well as the nation, and we believe thu
y his course upon public questions NEE
II with the unanimous approval OF II
i republicans in Kansas.
n The committee then proceeded
N nominate LlckoL.
~ w. A. Johnston was nominated
reclamation as candidate Il
associate justice.
Ia The vote upon governor was the
* begun, the first ballot resulted:
n Smith S03, Bradford 81, Case
20 Long IL, Humphrey Ill, johnson
40 Green Is, Murdoch 3, Taylor 4
NJ Anthony 81, COdding 10, &. L. A
~ thony 2.
I'd Second ballOt-Smith 7S, Humphr
T. lbs, Taylor AZ, Bradford 25, JOhns'
s. SO, ID. r. Anthony %, Case AZ, Gre
IS IA, COdding 8, Long 4, q. A. Anti
ny2.
on The convention adjourned until
n, p. m.
re The convention reassembled at 2
m. and George 7. Anthony withdrew
nj name as ~ candidate for governor.
The third ballot was then taken,
of sulting as follows: