The Globe-republican., 1890-08-20
PEOPLES CONVENTION.

PEOPLES CONVENTION.
| Meeting Of the State Convention at Topeka
j. f. Willets Nominated For Governor
The Other Candidates Named-The Sc
Louis Platform Adopted.
TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. IA The Peoples
State convention yesterday resulted In
! MANY surprises. 1t was the largest dele
! gate convention composed exclusively
, of farmers and laborers ever held in the
State of Kansas, every county in the
State being represented. There were
525 delegates.
A temporary organization was per-
fected by the election OF John +. VIII
lets as temporary chairman and Ben w.
Rich, of Trego County as sec
rotary. Committees on credentials,
resolutions, order of business and
permanent organization were ap-
| pointed. Recess was then taken until
two o'clock. The afternoon session
was called to order at two o'clock and
the report of the committee on per-
manent organization recommending
p. r Elder for permanent chairman,
Ben w. Rich for permanent secretary,
was adopted.
A State central committee composed
of one member from each Congressional
district and two from the State at large
was elected as follows:
j. +. Willets, of jefferson County, S.
w. Cole, of Shawnee County, at
large. j. F. True, of Jefferson County,
First district; j. H. Oyster, Miami
County, Second district; s. w. Chase,
Cowley County, Third district; j. B.
Randolph, Lyon County, Fourth dis
trict: George w. King. Dickinson County.
Fifth district; Frank McGrath, Mitchell
County, Sixth district; E. NJ. Black,
Rice County, Seventh district
The committee on resolutions report
| ed platform which is that adopted by
the Farmers Alliance at it's National
convention in St Louis. 1t also report
ed resolutions in the interest of railroad
employees, demanding that all freight
cars be supplied with automatic couplers
and air brakes, denounced the Blair bill
of labor arbitration. A resolution was
also adopted antagonizing the custom
of permitting Pinkerton detectives to
be called into service to aid in suppress
ing the strikes. The report of the COM
mittee was adopted without debate.
The first nomination made was that
of a candidate for Chief Justice. The
names of three candidates were present.
ed: II. p. Vrooman, of Kansas City,
Kan: John Martin, of Shawnee County,
and w. F. Rightmire, of Chase County.
Rightmire was nominated on the second
ballot, the vote standing: Rightmire
300, Vrooman 1875, Martin II.
The result of the contest for Cover
,, nor. the candidate on which the greatest
! interest centered, was great surprise.
The names of B. H. Clover, j. F. Will
| lets, W. A. PETER. H. NJ. Sandusky, S.
j. McLove, !. NJ. Morris and Charles
Robinson were presented Willets Sc
cured the nomination on the first ballot,
which was: Wlllets, S97; Robinson. 1O1;
PETER, Is.
The nomination was made unani-
nous.
A recess was taken It'll eight clock.
A. c. Shinn, of Franklin County, was
nominated for Secretary of State on the
first ballot over John Davis, of Geary
County, and Robert Osborn, of Bourbon
County.
R. S. Osborn, of Rocks County, A. B.
George T. Bailey, Of Barber County,
were placed in nomination for Secretary
of State. R. S. Osborn was nominated
on the first ballot.
w. H. Biddle, of Butler County, was
nominated for State Treasurer on the
first ballot over David Hufflebauer, of
Miami County, and F. K. Kessler, of
Marshall County.
Rev. B. F. Foster. colored, of Topeka,
was nominated for State Auditor over C.
T. Phillips of Morris County, and S. NJ.
Scott, of Mcpherson County.
Three candidates were balloted for
for Attorney-GeneraL John T. Little
of johnson County, Cyrus Corning of
Butler County and j. n. Ives of Rice
| County. Ives was nominated.
Mrs. Hattie Mccormick, of Barton
County. and Ben C. Rich were candi-
! dates for State Superintendent Mrs.
Mccormick received the nomination by
an overwhelming vote.
A motion to place Judge w. A. PETER
| of Topeka, in nomination for the United
States Senate against John j. Ingalls,
| was laid upon the table after short
| discussion.
J. F. Willets, the nominee for Cover
nor, came from Howard County, Ind.
twenty-nine years ago, and settled in
jefferson County. He was one of the
founders of the Grange, fourteen years
ago. and has been twice elected Repre-
sentative on the Republican ticket in
his county. He was State lecturer in
the Grange for seven years. He is fifty
five years of age and was Repu blican
until six years ago. He is married and
has large family of children.
The convention adjourned sine die at
LILO a. M.
| Kansas Campfire.
Boston. Aug. IA campfire was held
Tuesday evening at Music Hall by the
Kansas delegation. Senator Ingalls, was
expected to speak. but hisduties as Pre-