Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-07-02

and Dry Greek as in order.
Mr.. McNeal was willing to leave the
question of their being entitled to seats
to the Roundup and Dry Creek dele
gates. If they said regular primaries
had been held, and they were regularly
elected delegates, he would say seat
them.
Mr.. Williams said he was there to
represent Dry Creek and he claimed to
have been regularly elected.
Mr.. Dudley said he was selected for
Roundup.
Referring to the manner of the hold
ing the Roundup primary, Senator
Long, a strong Edwards man, said re-
publicans did not do business that way.
MIR. Sample claimed that the proceed
ure in Roundup was regular and usual.
He took another shot at Mr.. Overstreet
and his Oklahoma residence.
Mr.. OVerstreet said Sample was not a
delegate. George Sexton gave Sample
authority to represent his precinct,
LOckard, and told him to sail in. a
Klowa delegate did the same and Sam
Dle accepted the latter authority and
spoke as Kiowa representative. He
said the only duty of the chairman was
to announce the ballot.
Mr.. Long replied and argued against
Roundup and Dry Creek being per-
mitted to vote. He wanted to know if
the republicans could afford In these
rocky times to nominate a candidate
for any Office through rrickery or fraud
or when there was even a question
about the manner of selecting del
egates.
George Sexton did not want the
"buck and gag'' rule practiced two
years ago again tried in this conven-
ton.
Mr.. Berry, of Dry Creek, made an ex
PLANTATION of how his precinct elected a
delegate. He did not care if his pre-
cinct was recognized or not-his people
did not have to ask this convention for
the privilege of voting, at least.
Judge Howe, of Medicine Lodge, in.
dulgec in few remarks, lasting about
thirty minutes, but to this day it is
| not known what he was driving at
All efforts, however, to choke him of
failed and the boys quit trying when he
threatened to speak three hours.
Mr.. Multer, Of Kiowa, tried to pour
Oil on the troubled waters by offering
to allow any good republican from con.
tested precincts to vote for those pre-.
cincts. The chair refused to put such
motion.
Mr.. Sample appealed from the decis
ion of the chair. The chairman, Mr.
Noble, stated his position on Roundup
and Dry Creek.
Mr.. McAdoo moved the previous
question on the Overstreet motion tt
throw out the two precincts. Not en-
tertained.
The Sample appeal was put and
Roundup was voted by Fred Dudley
against the ruling and by R. B. Craig
for the ruling. Mr.. Craig did no
claim to be delegate but claimed thai
he had as much right to vote as bud
ley.
Chaos then reigned and everybody
was upon on the chairs and tables, yell
ing and screaming at the top of thei
voices. In the midst of the row, Sher
iff Dobson climbed a chair and de
manded quiet and remarked that i
looked to him that another republican
convention would likely never be neces
sary.
The vote proceeded to Valley town
ship. Mr.. Galdner voted two vote.
against the chair. The Edwards meI
denied his authority. He claimed t.
have been allowed to do so by his part
ner, J. G. Murray. The Edwards me1
said the credentials allowed the dele
gates present to cast the vote of the
township. The other delegate was al
Edwards man and wanted to cast hal
the Murray vote. The chair allowed
each of the delegates one vote and &
half.
Rev. Pinkston, of the south west part
of the county, chaplain of the county
alliance, was Disguised with the whole
proceedings, so far, and though he was
a bred and born republican, raised or
republican milk, ETC., he thought this
convention had better sell out to the
democrats.
A voice outside the railing: 1.-THE
democrats don't want to buyl"
| Commissioned .I,oolx I,
finger at Chairman Noble and wanted
it understood that during his twenty
five years experience as republican he
had never seen such unfair rulings as
those made by Mr.. Noble. Mr.. Stran.
athan was a red-hot Ellis man, evi
IDENTIFY.
Mr.. Overstreet had by this time
cooled down some and asked time tC
consult with the idea of a compromise
on the craftsmanship question.
The Ellis men wanted the roll and
nothing else.
For five minutes then the greatest
confusion again prevailed, everybody
yelling at once.
Mr.. Grigsby then climbed on the
platform and withdrew his name.
Alex Hopkins then wanted Mr.. Camp
bells nomination for chairman made
by reclamation. The Edwards mel
would not have it and demanded a rol
Call. The chairman announced the re
suit as aye Al, no 43.
Mr.. Overstreet then made the mis-
take OF his life, as he afterwards found
out, by nominating Oscar Haberlein
of HaZelton, for chairman. Mr.. Camp
bell withdrew and Haberlein was elect
ed by reclamation.
Fl. K. Hooker (Edwards) and l.. B
Collins (Ellis) were named as for secre
taries.
The chair was allowed twenty min