Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1890-08-09
FARMERS ALLIANCE COUNTY CON-
YENTION.

luO uIot COuNCutlOu VI tuo ioi hSi'
{ alliance ever held In Cherokee count
for the nomination of a county tickle
0 met In Columbus Tuesday last. TIL
! assembly was called To order at |
: o'clock by President NJ. A. Household
. er, who made u short introductor.
speech.
John Stauffer of Crawford township
was chosen temporary chairman, E'
Wallace temporary secretary ant
James Elliott assistant secretary.
Committees on credentials, perma
nent organization, order of business
and resolutions were then appointed
after which The convention took al
adjournment TO p. III.
On re-assembling the committee oil
permanent organization reported a'
follows: NJ. A. Householder chairman
j. NJ. Cunningham secretary, j. H.
Elliott assistant secretary.
The committee on credentials report
cd So organizations represented and
al delegates present.
The csmmittee on resolutions pre-
sented lengthy report of which the
following is synopsis:
WHEREAS, We, the people of Chero-
Iee county, Kansas, regardless of our
former political affiliations, in conven-
ton assembled at Columbus, August
5, 1890, believe that the power, safety
and freedom of the people lie in The
power they hold in their hands, there
fore, be il
Resolved, That all our demands be
based upon the quotation, equal
rights to all and special iavors 10
nOne;" that we will not vote from
party affiliations but work and vote
from principle; that we demand the
abrogation Of all laws that do not bear
equally upon capital and labor; that
we demand that congress make just
and equitable pension laws and that
all pledges made TO the soldier by the
government be complied with as fully
as in the case Of the bondholdcr; that
we, the people, cut loose from our cor
rupt political moorings and launch out
upon the broad sea of brotherly love,
demanding that honesty and compe-
tency be the essential qualification of
a candidate and his loyalty 10 cor
rupt political ring be ignored ; that we
do not favor the reelection of j. j.
Ingalls, TO the U. S. senate nor do we
favor the reelection OF Il. w. Perkins
TO congress, nor the election Of any
other candidate nominated by The old
party conventions where the only
qualifications are loyalty TO party, be-
lieving that such conventions are
manipulated and run by few old rot
ten hired political bosses who are
working in the interests of monopoly
that we favor all amendment to the
of the United States pro-
viling for the election of president
and U. S. senators by popular vote
Of the people; that we will withdraw
our patronage from all papers that at
tempt 10 infuse their poison into our
ranks; that the laborer is worthy of
bis hire and that we the laborers will
march up in solid phalanX on election
day and cast our ballots as a unit for
home, family and native land that the
agitation for resubmission of the pro-
hibitory amendment is an effort of our
enemies to divide our vote by sowing
liscord in our ranks and we demand
that the liquor question in the state of
Kansas be let alone for the present.
The above report was adopted amid
great enthusiasm.
Twelve delegates TO the state con-
vention and IL delegates to the con-
yressional convention were then cleo
ed.
Nominations for the various county
offices then being in order j. w.
Jhubb, G. w. Wiley and Samuel
}inns were placed in domination for
representative from the 9th district.
Ir. Chubb received the nomination
N first ballot amid much enthusiasm.
For representative from the 2Gth
district r. ID. Ellis and John Il. Jones
we're put in nomination and the latter
eceived the honor after a short strug-
lie.
For probate Judge A. j. Cunning
an, JOnn OtauHeT, JaIneS rawlings,
'aul Powers aud Henry Mitchell
we're nominated as candidates. On
he third ballot Mr.. Stauffer was NOM q
lated.
For district clerk L. A. Rorick, Ira
}. Kellogg, p, NJ. Humphrey, S. L. r
hubert, G. II. Bernard, James Mas :
.rs and E. S. Smith were placed in ;,
omination. Mr.. Bernard received the
omination OH the fifth ballot. !
For county superintendent Miss a
Inna Weidman, Henry Harvey, lIel- q
u Short, Nelson Randall, Emerson n
Iull, BENZ. Long and w. A. Mckee =
'ere placed in the field. After three
allots Miss Weidmam was declared b
, he the choice of the convention. r
For county attorney Joe p. Perkins, I