Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1891-08-20
rHp A11IANon CONVENTION.
A Strong Ticket Nominated.

Last Saturday delegates from the
various Alliances in the county as
sembled at Cummings Hall in this
city for the purpose of organizing I'M
der the Peoples Party banner, and
"a county ticket in nomination
Piaclne -~tes, representing every
ioI oelege -pty, were present
Alliance IN the co., ton proceed
The work of the conven- n spie,
ed tremendously, just enoua ii
being thrownin to make the proce,
ings interesting.
The convention was called to order
at 10 o'clock, by J. F. Arnold, county
President, and opened with prayer by
Chaplain w. B. Capps. The Presi-
dent then announced the committees
as follows:
On credentials-Geo. Hays, L.
Smith, w. c. Soule.
On Tesolutions-W. B. Capps, W.
T. Adams, e. e. Brainerd.
On order of business-R. d. Smith,
w. y. Adams, Geo. Nash.
On permanent organization-L. D .
Scott, G. r. Robbins, Jas. Erwin.
The convention then adjourned to
1 o'clock p. m, when it was again call
ed to order. and reports of committees
received and accepted. The commit
tee on resolutions reported the follow
ing which were adopted:
We the representatives of the Farmers and C1ti-
zens Alliances OF Phillips county, Kansas. in con-
yention assembled, do adopt the following as our
declaration Of principles:
RESOLVED, That we are in favor of an independ-
euC political organization founded upon the dec
larartioDs Of principles enumerated IN the Cincin-
natl platform
RESOLVED, That we are in favor of the harmoni-
Gus consolidation of the farmer and the industri-
Al and lRh0rjng classes of cities ana towns, in one
grand political party.
RESOLVED, That we denounce the charge of an
arch and reputation made against the People E
Party. nd favor the payment Of all just debts both
p99ile o and NAT we favor the economical and
bonesS a. ZION OF municipal affairs, with
the lowest possible + Tte OF LaxaIlon.
RESOLVED, That we Sorioas VictoTvs sobiev.
Party npen the grand and I. '-0'O- -0-i''
ed at the last general election, vita tho co,,er
RESOLVED, That We cordially il n ms S,b tbr
alton Of all persons in sympathy WI. "S'
members Of our Alliances or not. - "A
recognizing and approaching the Ia. 9ar Ion on
EuneuugE OF the loyal soldiers of the late
held, IN camp aud in the prison hells of the sol
we ask that such measures be enacted as viii give
70 him and his full justice, by the passage Of
service pension bill, and making their pay in the
service equal TO that Of the bond-holder.
The convention then proceeded to
nominate ticket with the following
result:
For clerk, G. w. Hayes. j. F. Arm
old, H. NJ. White and w. G. Adams
were placed in nomination; a ballot
was taken with the following result:
Hayes 80, Arnold &C, White Il, Adams
8. Mr.. Arnold having received ma
iorty of the votes cast, was declared
the nominee.
For treasurer four names were pre-
sented; G. NJ Cole, John Mercer, G.
]. Van Allen and NJ. y. Colby. Cole
received II votes, Mercer SO, Van Al
len s, and Colby IS; and Mercer was
the lucky man.
One ballot was taken for register of
deeds, ]. w. Kingery the present in
cumbent receiving 81 votes, j. w.
King 25, B. Hinsdale 80.
The position of sheriff seems to be
an attractive one, as many names were
presented; but the contest settled
down to two gentlemen, G. E. Utter
and W. T. Morgan. Three ballots
were had, the last one resulting in 68
votes for Mr.. Utter to 40 for Morgan.
Gustav Graf was nominated for
surveyor by reclamation.
Friends presented the names of DR..
Brooks and DIR. Brothers. for coroner.
20 delegates favored Brooks, aud AZ
and the former was chosen.
The delegates from the I'd commits
sioner distI let met, and placed IN
T. J. Halbert, John Hah-
nenkratt and S. NJ. Travis. Two bal
lots were had and as Mr.. Ralbert re-
ceived majority Of the votes, it was
decided to place his name on the tick
ct.
II is but justice to some of the gen
tlemen mentioned above, to state that
they were not aware that their names
would be presented before the conven-
ton.
The several townships made the fol-
lowing appointments for township
commit eemen:
Arcade J. Sissons