Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-09-10
REPUBLICAN, STATE CONHEN-
ZION

l1JN.
The cut and dried program which the
state convention was to carry out, has
been carried out to the letter, and the
delegates who were called together to
go through the form have gone home
The convention was without life or
spirit. There was no enthusiasm. as
there was no chance for the delegates
to show any individual preference ex.
cept on the nominee for state auditor
and treasurer, and these offices are
hardly large enough or important
enough to make up for the otherwise
warmed over ticket, which was forced
on the delegates. 1t was the tamest af-
fair ever known IN the history of politi-
cal gatherings in Kansas.
The convention was called to order by
Chairman Booth. In accordance with
the prearranged program, w. r. Smith,
of Atchison, was made temporary
chairman without opposition. L. j.
HalbertsOn, of Stafford, and j. T.
Hogeland, of Jackson, were unanimous
ly elected temporary secretaries.
In order to break away from the cut
and dried program, the temporary
chairman, who lad the lists of the COM
mittees on credentials, permanent or
ganiZation and resolutions in his peck
ct, claimed that he wanted time to make
these committees up. The joke was
n nj nd hn nj,
proceeded to study over the names
which had been given him by the boss
es. While he was reading over these
familiar names, w. A. Phillips and
Webb McNall, candidates for congress
in the Fifth and Sixth districts respec-
lively, told what great things the re-
publican party had done for them.
They failed, of course, to tell how the
surplus in the national treasury had
been changed to deficit. The free-for-
all talk having ended, Chairman smith
announced the members of the three
committees. Il. T. Taylor, of Reno,
headed the committee on credentials. j 4.
5. Ellis, of Smith, permanent organiZa-
ton, and Editor Hudson the committee
on resolutions. Each committee con-
sisted of thlrty-five members, one from
each judicial district. The bosses de-
cided that this was enough work for the
day, and so the convention adjourned
until O'Clock in the evening.
AT the evening session the committee
on permanent organization, as had been
previously arranged, recommended r.
F. Moore, of Butler county, for perman-
ent chairman, and A. 2. Riddle, of
Minneapolis, as permanent secretary.
They were elected without dissenting
vote. The same unanimity character
lied the nomination of l.. u. Humph-
reg, for governor, A. j. Felt for lieuten-
ant governor, "Plain Bill" Higgins, as
he prefers to call himself, for secretary
of state; G.. w. Winnans for superin-
tendent of public instruction, l.. B.
Kellogg for attorney general, and A. II.
Norton for chief justice of the supreme
court. There was a scramble for nomi-
nation for auditor. Fifteen names
were presented. This scramble gave
some appearance of life to the meeting,
and made it appear for the first time
like a real convention. The slate had
the name Of G. NJ. Hovey on it, and
Mr.. Hovey was duly nominated.
The bosses had not decided OH the
person to fill the position of treasurer
and so the convention was not permit
ted to fill the position. The word went
forth that the nomination was not to be
made until next morning, and the ODE
dent delegates adjourned to give the
bosses time to select the man whom
they were to nominate.
All the nominees were called on to
make speeches. They all came before
the convention.
On reassembling next day, S. G..
Slower, of Republic county, was nomi.
mated for state treasurer over four other
aspirants.
The platform which Major hudson
had written out two weeks before, was
then read and swallowed by the dele
! gates.