The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-09-21

tion could apply the gag rule with him
He said the day Of the Alliance was over
"Up in Sherman township he said, ''thG
majority of the people are Germans anC
they are ready to vote the straight Demo
cratic ticket, but they insist on having q
voice in the executive councils" The
stranger, who it had now got whispered
around was DR.. Bonney, practicing ply
sician of Andale. sat down amid cheers.
Tom Fitch arose and said that applause
and enthusiasm was all right in its place.
There had been no gag rule applied, but if
the gentleman had been gagged, it was
probably for the conventions good.
Dave Dale said that nine were enough
men for the ceutral committee, and argued
that in case of an emergency, if every
township had committeeman, quorum
could not be obtained quick enough. He
said the auxiliary committee would sup
ply this.
J. G. Mccoy also made remarks to the
same effect.
The chairman took no action and it re-
mained as it was.
But it was plain to be seen that the
crowd was with DIR. Bonney, and
believed that there was manipulation of
the central committee on the part of the
ringsters and no warranted prevention of
the executive board making political bar
ters or chickering's, if they so desire.
But the new man had gained his point.
He made himself felt. The old fellows
know there are one or two men left outside
the ring, who are Democrats for the sake
of Democracy. 1t is safe TO say that DR..
Bonney will be one of the committeeman.
1t will be necessary to conciliate him.
THE CONVENTION.
A preliminary arrangement at the Bea-
con Office had fixed up a slate Friday
night, with Willard Boone as temporary
chairman. At IL o'clock in the
morning Tom Fitch called the con-
vention to order. Sam Amidon seized
the situation and nominated a man from
from the country" Perry Allen Of Col
wich, for chairman. This knocked Will
ard Boone out of the box. The boys say
he had on the strength of the rings action
prepared an oratorical gem. But he didn't
get to use it. Mike Cooke was made sec
retary. The chairman appointed the fol.
lowing committees;
On platform-Thos. 6. Fitch, George
Dixon, Milt Stuckey, N. B. Sickler and f.
K. Blake.
On order of business-D NJ. Dale, Judge
McCandles, DR.. Phillips, DR.. Phillips, G.
w. Ebey and W. w. Anderson.
On credentials-Harry Stewart, Percy
Longland, Lee Elliott, John Kleininger
and George P. Lock.
On permanent organiZation-Ed OBry-
an, John Farrell, Virgil Cloud, Arthur
Steele and Charlie Guyer.
THE PLATFORM.
The committee on credentials reported.
Also the committee on permanent organi-
zation. The committee on resolutions
reported and Tom Fitch with inter-
inns Of applause read the platform. 1t is:
THE PLATFORM
The following platform was unanimous
ly adopted by the convention:
We, the Democrats of Sedgwick county,
in convention assembled, hereby declare
our party faith and ask the cooperation
of all good and patriotic people IN the cleo
tion of ticket upon this declaration of
principles:
l. The great cardinal principle of the
Democratic party is faith in self-govern-
ment of the people. We believe that to
either deny the right of the people to an
expression upon any matter of govern
mental policy upon which they wish to be
heard, or take the right Of electing munic-
ipal or other officers out of their hands and
lodging it in the executive power, is an
upon this principle and an
invasion of the peoples most sacred
rights.
2. While we heartily favor a constitu-
tional convention, yet in harmony with
this Democratic principle we arraign the
party, aud the Peoples party
through their representatives in the legis-
lature, for their moral cowardice in lgnor-
ing the petition of the people for resub-
mission of the prohibitory amendment to
the constitution.
8. In consonance with this doctrine we
also denounce the Metropolitan police law
which puts it in the power of political
boss TO control weak and partisan politi-
sal governor in the appointment of cor
rupt and subservient board of police COM
missioners whereby the police power of
,ity can be used for personal gain and
party purposes without any power of con-
lrol by the people.
f. We are in favor of high license for
cities as the proper means of regulating
,he liquor traffic and producing public |
revenue We charge that under the pres
snt prohibitory law the receipts from the |
oints are in large part diverted from the |
,ity treasury and appropriated to the |
private use of the managers of the ma |
,hine.
We demand that every dollar collected |
rom the liquor dealers be publicly ac
counted for and paid TO the city.
5. We charge that the governor of the |
tate whose duty it is to provide a respon- |
'ible police commission, has abdicated his |
junction in favor ofha local politician who |
Ises the whole police system for personal |
gain and partisan purposes; who controls |
he selection of the commission and fills it |
With henchmen OF his own, and by means |
# it permits only such joints and gambling /
houses 10 run as will serve his demands
6. We declare that the use made by the |
police commissioners of the police power /
n using the joints, bawdy houses, and |
aw-defyinE elements of the city as an |
auxiliary TO the Republican party aud as a |
means of defeating even the better element /
Il that party In the selection of their can
lidates for Office, is n crime and an out
age not only against political right, but
# common decency, which we call upon
II good people to rebuke at the polls.
e We charge the Republican party with
for the failure to enact
many just and salutary laws demanded !
" the people, many of which passed the
over house of the last legislature only to
meet death at the hands Of a Republican
enate.
s. We arraign the Republican party for
he failure, on the part of a Republican
enate, to impeach Judge Theodosius Bot
in, a thrice proven venal, corrupt and
ebauched judge, and we hereby declare 1t
ur belief that no corrupter body of men
at in Office of trust than this selfsame
enate, composed of typical Kansas Repub-
lcan ringSters and merceuaries who were
fraid TO repeal law which protected
hem in their time-honored privilege and !
nuch-used practice of bTibet taking
9. We also arraign this same Republi-
an senate for defeating the bill Tor pure I