The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-11

! AcSlSIdJtOu, as IL mas stopped the cOiHdg
OF silver and leaves it to the discretion o
the secretary of the treasury whether h'
shall or shall not buy silver bullion.
We denounce the present protective tarif
system as the greatest fraud ever practicet
upon long suffering people, whereby th'
$1,000 persons who own three-fifths of th'
wealth of the country pay very little of the
custom duties, while the II 900, 900 of pool
families whose average wealth is little
more than $500, pay almost all the entire
500, 000, 900 of custom duties besides pay
ing twice as much to our manufacturers
This is scheme to rob industry legally.
We arraign the Republican party FOL
repeating the income tax in 1867, and fol
continually refusing to again enact it.
We arraign the Republican party for the
contraction act passed in 1856, by which
the secretary of the treasury was author
lied TO call in the peoples money and issue
therefor interest bearing bonds. contract
ing the currency from $50 per capita IN
1866 to $17.4S per capita in 1873, causing
the panic of that year and filling the
country with tramps.
We arraign the Republican party OF
Kansas, represented by the state senate
| last session, for refusing to pass the fol-
| lowing bills which passed the house and
were defeated in the senate, many of these
bills having been declared for in the Re-
publican state platform of 1890: Being acts
TO prohibit waiver of appraisement and
| stay laws; to regulate the right of redemp-
tion of land sold under mortgage; to pro-
vide for uniform series of text books, by
publication or otherwise; to prescribe pen
alties for accepting bribes; to prevent cor
rupt practices and corrupt use of money at
elections; to reduce railroad freight rates
and to elect railroad commissioners by a
| direct vote of the people; to reduce railroad
| fares to two and one-half cents per mile
and to prohibit the issuing of free passes;
to set aside mortgage sales for lnadequacy
of price; to provide joint rates over con-
Meeting lines of railroads in Kansas; to
prevent railroad companies from employ
ing armed detectives during trouble with
their employees: to prevent the blacklisting
of railroad employees; to regulate the rate
of interest charged for the use of money
and to prevent usury; to adopt the Austria
lian ballot system for state of Kansas; to re-
quire all private, public and municipal
corporations to pay their employees weekly
in lawful money.
We further condemn the last state senate
for not removing from Office Judge Theo-
dosius Botkin, whose presence upon the
bench is disgrace to the state and
menace to law and order.
We demand state legislation along the
lines of the above bills passed by the house
and such other legislation as will promote
We approve the action of our legislature
in calling constitutional convention.
The causes that led to the organization of
the Peoples party have been in existence
for many years and will continue to exist
until the demands of the Cincinnati plat
form have become the law of the land.
Upon these principles we confidently
hope to march to victory at the coming
election and to national victory in 1892
and we earnestly invite the cooperation of
all persons who believe in the just and
humane principles which we advocate.
II. w. RUBLE,
A. j.. MILLER,
j. NJ. FURNISH,
GEO. g. MINTER,
Committee.
After this, nominations were in order.
The candidates for judge were found to be
r, A Sankey, Joseph Brubaker, w. j.
Babb, J. r. Sites and ]. Stratton. Upon a
motion the candidates marched up before
the audience in turn. Each had a speech
to make which, although plenty of calam-
ity in them. became tiresome even to the
Alliance delegates, who called 'time" on
nearly ALL They all pledged themselves
to the platform.
The result of the first ballot was: San |
key 80, Brubaker 8, w. J. Babb 81, j. X. |
Sites 3, Stratton 5. Seventy were neces-
sary for choice, and Mr.. Babb was de- |
clared the nominee OF the convention.
Nominations for county treasurer were |
made next, and the nominations disclosed |
the candidates to be G. F. Rawson of
Greeley, G. w. Rice of Payne, and F. |
Means. The first ballot gave Rawson 100 |
G. w. Rice and Means q. Rawson was |
declared the nominee.
The nomination for county clerk was
made l.. NJ. Beldon of Park and c. f. |
Goodyear of Waco were the candidates, |
and the balloting resulted in favor of |
Goodyear by 100 to 3S
OF course the candidates all made |
speeches after receiving the nominations, |
saying it was a great surprise to |
them-that they never asked for the |
office, nor ever suspected it would be
thrust upon them.
The contest for the Office of register
If deeds developed thirteen men whom the
,ffice was seeking with all its might, but
Who were extremely reluctant to offer
themselves for their country. 1t was won
lerful to see how surprised every one of
he candidates were to be nominated for
we're: NJ. A. Burdick of Alton, Fred
'auers of Kechi, H. W. Adams of Viola,
B. L. Arnett of Kechi, 7. Osweiler of Gar
len Plaine, A. K, Hargett of Valley Gen.
er, B. ID. Allen of Wichita, A. j. Bennett
f Erie, Clark Camp of Valley Center, G.
l. Ansecker, VIM. Campbell and j. b.
'arkhurst. It took five ballots to decide
he question which resulted in the nomi-
ation of Mr.. Camp.
The contest for surveyor was between
V. r. Lsughlin and R. H. Brown and re-
ulted in the choice of Mr.. Laughlin by a
ote of los to 81
The fight on coroner was pretty lively.
he candidates were Alex Clark, colored,
. Mclaughlin aud e. Badger. Clark
Tas nominated.
The fun Of the day came in on the nom- {
nation for sheriff. The contest was bitter I
nd the henchmen of the ring leaders and {
{ the farmer" element being faithful TO {
be last. The candidates were Joseph I
tower of Delano, r. Cone, B. f. Nichols q
{ Garden Plain, f. 4. Riley of Waco, Z.
!. Carnahan of Erie, and John O'Mealey. 8
he result of the second ballot was the {
omination of Mr.. Stover, he having re- S
eived II votes. S
The appointment OF the county central
ommittee was as follows: '
Alton. J. c. Van Geison; Attica, Will
IN Blood; Dulano, John Bunker; Erie, S
oah Fink; Eagle, Silas Rutledge; Grant. t
7. f. Lewis; Greeley, W. I. Rawson; {
ypsum, J. J. BraDdson; Grand River, v
iilliam Anderson; Garden Plain, n, j. (
Mathews. Illinois A + Clark. Kechi ! !
ohn Exton; Lincoln, William Hayden; /