Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01
DEMOCRATIC WINNERS.
PLEGER, KLINE. STROTHMAN, NAL
L0RY, MARKEY AND LASH
THEIR NAMES.
A Good Convention, Six Good Men Nom
mated, and Good Feeling all Around.

mated, and Good Feeling all Around.
Pursuant to call the Barton county
democrat convention met at the court
house Saturday last and named the
best ticket in the field, and one that we
believe will win.
The convention was called to order
at 1870 by Chairman of the Central
Committee Zutavern, the call read, and
Hon. II. j. Roetzel made temporary
chairman and Fred Zutavern tempo
rary secretary.
Upon motion, the following commit
ties were appointed, viz:
ON CREDENTIALs-Judg G.TOepka,
S. Roth and Joe Sprinkler.
On RESOLUTIONS-W. E.. Stoke,
Henry Boyle, John Barth (of Lakin),
John n. Seus. e. c. Rankin.
On ORDER OF BUSINESS Joseph
Mauler, d. w. Healey and d. G. Luse.
On PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
VIM. Gagelman, Y. S. Musil, Tom
Lyons, S. b. Giddings. and Sid Crane.
An adjournment was then had to
2 p. M.
After dinner, the committee on per-
manent organization repO rted recon-
mending a. III. Baker of Hoisingtosl,
for permanent chairman, and Will E..
Stoke and w. d. Wilkinson a5 perman-
ent secretaries, which report was
adopted. Chairman Baker made a
nI1 ft,1 Of II
ocratic vim and encouraging to all.
The committee on credentials report
ed delegations present from the fol-
lowing townships: Albion 8, Clarence
s, Cheyenne 9,Comanche Z, Homestead
9, Independent 7, Lakin 2l, Logan 8,
Liberty 3, South Bend 4, Walnut 9,
Buffalo 4, Eureka 4, Great Bend town.
slip 4, Great Bend city-lst ward 4,
End ward 5, 3rd ward Z, and 4th ward
4. Townships not represented: Bea-
yer, Cleveland, Fdirview, Grant,
Pdwnee Rock, Union, Wheatland and
Washburn precinct. The report was
on motion accepted and adopted.
The committee gOn order of business
UUc lOllOWluS.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
1st-Nomination OF Treasurer,
I'd Nomination of Clerk.
3d-Nomination of Register of Deeds,
4th-NominatiOn of Sheriff,
5th-NominatiOn of Coroner,
6th-NominatiOn of Surveyor,
7th-Nomination of Commissioner
for 2drDIstrict.
The report was accepted and adopt
ed.
The committee on resolutions then
reported the following:
RESOLUTIONS.
The democratic party OF Barton
county, in convention assembled, proud
of It's history in the past and confident
of victorious and successful career
III the future, declares as its basis of
political faith and practice, as follows:
lst-We are in favor of tariff reform
of the kind that will lessen the burdens
of the people and be in the interests Of
humanity and economy in the admins
tratiOn of government.
2d-We are in favor of placing gold
and silver on a parity; of the free COIN
age OI AIuoIICdH SllS cI duu lHCI ease
of the circulation of good and lawful
money.
3d-We favor the substitution of
greenbacks or treasury notes for the
national bank currency.
4th-Believing that the network of
railways that cover our land, built
mostly by aid of the government, are
managed and manipulated with an un-
Just discrimination against the agrl
cultural classes, we therefore favor
more stringent laws, both state and
national, for the management and con-
troi of all systems of transportation in
order that a few men may not rob the
many nor the wealthy fatten off of the
1abors of the few.
5th-We favor legislation both state
and national that will suppress and
destroy all monopoles, trusts and
combines that interfere with or attempt
to regulate the prices of common neces-
sarIes of life.
6th-We favor the adoption of the
Australian system of voting, believing
that the safety of our land depends
upon free and untrammeled ballot,
uninfiuenced by money. secret societies
or personal surroundings.
7th-Believing that the simplest and
least complicated laws are the best, that
the machinery of government should
not be burdened with the ownership OF
industries or enterprises that require
the employment of great numbers OF
people or the Investment of large sums
of money in business ventures, we
therefore condemn the government;
ownership of railroads and land loaning
scheme of the So called peoples party.
Sth-The great cardinal principal OF
the democratic party is faith liz self
government of the people, therefore we
condemn the last state legislature Of
Kansas for refusing to submitto vote
the prohibitory amendment, knowing
. when they did so they were setting at
naught all rights of the people to peti
ton or demand hearing.
On motion, the township committee
men were then selected by the list OF
townships being read and the delega
tion from each township selecting theil
committeeman.
1t was moved and carried that all