Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-08-19

uOuAoOi oto W foCC tHO GiCkoi. duu on
election day they will slaughter every
democrat on the ticket. Republicans
have nOlove for democrats, and dem
ocrats hate republicans as a rattle.
snake hated the Saviour; yet we hear
them say lit is only county matter. u
IT democrats can't carry the electoral
vote OF Kansas, why not throw 1t to the
alliance. will pat On the back any
thing that can beat the republican par.
ty. If we put out ticket, let us put
out men who will not get off at the
bidding of the central committee
The motion of Mr.. Denton was then
put, and declared carried.
The chair then declared that nomin.
atoms tor sheriff were IN order. Five,
ten, fifteen minutes passed, and no
rush was made to get the nomination.
/ Three times the chair called for nomina-
tions. At last the cat was let out of the
bag. Reub Lake said:
Mr.. chairman, believe in standing
by your agreements, and l nominate
James w. Dobson.''
The crowd present broke into loud
cheers. The disguise was thrown off,
though there were several vigorous eff
forts to put it on again.
Mr.. Denton: Il arise to a point of
order. The crowd back there is here
by the courtesy of the great democratic
party, and it has no right to cheer a re-
publican speech. Mr.. chairman, you
have no right entertain such nomlna-
ton. Mr.. DobsOn is Well-knOWn re-
publican, has made good officer, and
is the brains Of the republican party,
but you cannot present his name to this
convention.
The chair ruled that it was a demo-
cratic convention, and that any nomin-
alton was in order.
L. l.. O'Bryan nominated "a man
who has been a democrat for IA years
the last Fourth of July; a democl at
without windshakes- or woodpecker
holes, and that man is Daniel l..
Pierce"
Judge Pierce declined the nomina-
ton, saying the people had elected him
to one office and he intended holding it
till his time was out.
Mr.. Denton moved that the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Dobson be laid on the table.
lie started to make speech in favor
OF the motion when he was called down
by DIR. Stout, who ''rose to a point of
order, and declared the motion not de-
batable, and besides, Mr.. Denton has
spoken often enough
Mr.. Denton declared that he did not
know the gag rule was to be worked in
the convention. IF you present the
name Of DObsOn. 1t will be adding in
suit to injury. How would you, Dan
Pierce, like to work for a ticket like
that? From the days of the whisky
frauds under Grant, till now the demo-
cratic party has marched to defeat, but
it has not been dishonored. The name
Of Dobson! For shame!
Mr.. Lake replied to Mr.. Denton,
claiming to be democrat, but if he
couldn't get a whole loaf he wanted
half.
Judge Ben Carr then shook up the
convention with a rafting speech, con-
demning the efforts at fusion, and de-
claring that Though Jim Dobson Is the
brains of the republican party, the
democrats will not get down on their
bellies for him."
The motion to lay on the table was
put, and carried.
Reub Lake then nominated Sam.
Funk, and w. G. Afford seconded the
nomination. NJ. Strong was afraid the
democrats were about to mix with the
alliance.
The chair refused to entertain the
nomination of Mr.. Funk.
DR.. Stout nominated George Kel-
baugh, and DR.. Karr, of Medicine
Lodge, nominated Sam Robinson.
The two gentlemen were called on to
stand up and let the people see who
they were. They stood up, and Mr..
Kelbaugh made speech, saying he
was not candidate. but was willing to
make the race if the convention thought
1t best for the party that he should
do so. M. Ingalls, says the meanest
republican is better than the best dem
ocrat that ever breathed, and l am op-
posed to fusion with them. If the dem
ocrats do not nominate ticket the al.
lance will get the solid democratic
vote. If we get left, as we expect to
be, 1T will be nothing new to us. | am
dyed -in-the-WO0l democrat.
Sam Robinson was called for. and
came to the railing. He was told to
come inside, and finally dldso. He also
claimed to be "dyed-i -the-wool''
democrat, though there was little wool
visible. The dye may have disappear
ed VIII VIII the wool. He said that if we
put up democratic ticket, stand by it.
but do not unite with the republicans.
Last year more democrats voted with
the republicans than voted for the alii-
ance. He voted the republican county
ticket because the democrats had no
ticket. Mr.. Denton here asked him
how he knew more democrats voted
the republican ticket, and MIR. Robin
son went off in speech opposing CEN
tralization of power, and wound up by
saying if fusion was effected, he re-
served the right to vote as he pleased.
He then declined the nomination, and
moved that Mr.. Kelbaugh be nomin-
ated BY aeolamlatl9n.
Mr.. Denton said he thought this was
a democratic convention. but here we
see an effort 10 nominate Dobson, re-
publican; then the name of Funk, an
alliance man is proposed; then the
name of Kelbaugh, an honest farmer;
and then sam 4lObinsoh. a NAN who