Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-06
The Alliance Convention.

vention at Medicine Lodge. on Friday,
August lst, aud placed full county
ticket in the field as follows.
Representative ....-.-...... Frank W. Hiekox
District Clerk. ...-......- ......H II. s. Lands
Probate Judge 49,. .......... Geo. W. Stevens
County Superintendent. -. j. o. Hahn
County Attorney -.......... Lyman w. DeGeer
Commissioner, LIST Dist. ...........J. NJ. Reagin
The convention was made up of
representatives from % alliances. all
but one in the county being represent
ed. The basis OF representation was
one delegate for every 10 legal voters
and fraction of or more in the sub
alliances. The highest number of
votes cast was 50. This would indicate
voting membership of more than 800
in the county. THE vote cast at che
November election, last year was 1876;
this year 1t will probably be about
1850
The convention met at 10 a. m, with
closed doors, when the usual commit
tees were appointed and an adjourn
ment was taken until p. m. F. w.
HickOx was temporary chairman and
J. NJ. DeLlsle, secretary.
AT l O'Clock the convention assem-
bled and opened the doors to the pub
lie. The court house was uncomforta-
bly, full, though good order was pre-
served and there was not clash in the
proceedings from beginning to end.
1t was the most orderly convention
eyer held in the county. Compared
with the disgraceful rows the republi-
cans have engaged in, under the name
of nominating conventions, the alli-
ance affair was as a Sunday school
! pic mic.
While waiting for the reports OF the
committees, Geo. w. Mckay, of Att
ca, alliance candidate for district judge,
being present, was called for but on be-
| ing introduced to the convention he de-
clined taking up its time with speech
until its business was completed.
The committee on credentials through
its chairman, L. L. l.. Burns, reported
and recommended as entitled to seats
III the convention the following:
LIST OF DELEGATES.
| KIOwA-B. V. Ray, j. w. Potes.
MEDICINE LoDGE-F. F. Mullin, E. r. How.
ard G. w. Stevens, c. G. Taliaferro o. Coyle
j. NJ. DeLisle.
ELM MILLS. A Mccoy. H. p Hartley.
MEDICINE VALLEY-Wm. Doles, S. S. Funk
H. J. Parker, j. I Jesse, c. l.. Bradley.
HARMONY-Ed Julian, Geo. Scott, d. Burn
! ham n n Nnwkirl, T. IT DottOp
ROUNDUP-Wm. Springer, S. q. Hayes
FAIRvIEw-D. w. b. Derrick, j. j. King J
w Haskell.
FOREST CITY,. NJ. Reagin, J. W. Lappin
| II. Martin, J. c. Gartcn, w. Ii. Hays
DEERHEAD-S. II. Robertson, y. p. Renfrew
ELM VALLEY. o. Warren, II. Heady, c
c. Sparks.
PETER COoPER-N. G. Rowley, NJ. H. Glenn
ents.
WALKER-J. ID. Love, J. p. Massey.
SHARoN-B b. b. Dougherty, p Hill. w. Me
Murtry, WIN. Sweeny, VIM. Brown, f. o
Gates. II. A. Beals, f. NJ. Shell, A. Robinson
Geo. Allen.
MONUMENT. r. Winters.
lsABEL-GeO. Sellers, }. w. Jones, b. c. Tuu
Equal RIGHTs-J. N. Shriver, G. W. Nc
AdoO. Joseph Thirds.
EAGLE-JOhn McGrath. p. A. Throckmorton
J. A. Lockard, j. NJ. Anderson.
HAzELTON-H. p Watts, p. NJ Stevenson, f.
! r. German, Kirk Ballard, o. H. Dunbar.
LAKE CITY-G. g. Shigley.
COLLEGE HILI-W. S. Law.
ELwoOD-J. A White, Elias Gibbs, ]. w. AR
! rOwsmith.
CEDAR VALLEY-Z. T. L. Burns, b. J. Orion
l.. NJ. Presnall.
BANNER-R. NJ. Smith. ]. S. Jones, ]. W,
Cook, T. j. Dyer.
ANTELOPE. NJ. Grouse, c. II. Brown. c.
| W. King, w. Tschopp.
CENTER VALLEY-Wm. Rogers.
The report was adopted and the com.
mIttee discharged.
The committee on order of business
reported and recommended the nOmill-
nations in the following order: Repre-
sentative, district clerk, probate judge
county superintendent, county attor-
ney. The committee also suggested
that no nominating speeches be per-
mitted. The report was adopted and
the committee discharged.
The committee on permanent organ
iZatiOn varied from the old rule and
did not recommend permanent officers
but recommended that they be elected
by the convention. Their report was
also adopted.
The committee on platform reported
and recommended the adoption of the
st. Louis platform, the Peoples party
state platform, and resolved in
! favor of abolishing the Office of janitoI
at the court house. Adopted.
The election Of officers being in order
the names of S. S. Funk, II. S. Lands
f. L. Patton and f. F. Mullen were
suggested for permanent chairman; but
all were withdrawn but that of Mr.
Lands and he was elected by acclama.
ton. He proved to be model presid.
ing officer and showed perfect knowl-
edge of parliamentary usages.
A committee appointed for the pur-
pose escorted him tG the chair where
he thanked the convention for the hon
or conferred on him. He understood
that the ticket to be nominated was to
be a peoples ticket-not an alliance
ticket, alone: he believed the movement
started by the.peopie was already al
assured success and he promised to use
his every effort in its behalf.
j. NJ DeLisle was elected secretary
by acciaIaation.
Nominations for representative be
ing in order, the following names were
placed before the convention: +. T
Patton, E. Il. German, l.. NJ. Presnal
and II. S. Lands. The latter gentle
man positively declined to allow his
name used.
The result of the ballot was as fol
lows:
Hickox 81, Patton %, Presnall anC