The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-22

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the central committee. Rev. J. D. Bot
kin, of Wichita, was made temporary
chairman and Mrs H. II. Geyer, of OF
tawa, secretary. Committees were ap-
pointed and addresses made by several
speakers Rev. Botkin was made per-
manent chairman and E. Il. Wentworth,
of Kingman, secretary TIE convention
completed the preliminary work and
adjourned till morning.
| Second Day.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 14.-This morn
ing the prohibition delegates divided
into congressional districts for the pur-
pose of making nominations for con-
gress and selecting presidential elect
ors. The following congressional
nominations were agreed upon:
First DISTRICT. T. Mccormack, of Brown
! county a farmer who has labored industriousiy
| for the prohibition cause.
| Seconded D. w. Houston. of Garnett,
nineteen years ago editor and proprietor Of the
| Leayenworth Commercial, the leading republic
! an newspaper OF the state 1t that time, and
| the only surviving member Of the committee
which drafted the platforThin the first republic
| an convention held in this state in 1850.
Third-L Belknap. merchant of Pittsburgh
and chairman Of the prohibition central com
mittee.
! Fourth-Rev. J. W. Stewart of Emporia,
( pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church
Fffth-Horace Hurley, a harness maker Of
| Junction City.
! Sixth-Ben!amln Brewer, of Lincoln county,
| a farmer
Seventh-Rev W E Woodward, pastor OF
I the First Methodist Episcopal church Of Ster-
I ling.
| Col D. w. Houston, chairman of the
( platform committee. next submitted the
( report The platform calls for the sup
/ preston of the manufacture. sale, I'M
I portatiOn, expectation and transporta-
/ ton of Intoxicating liquors for bever-
( age purposes and declares that taxation
/ or license is an alliance with criminals.
/ The republican party was denounced
/ for pretending 70 oppose resubmission
and then providing for constitutional
! convention; Tor declaring in plat
forms in favor of enforcement and
then electing three-fourths of the
/ officials known to be opposed to the
/ law. Pianl5s for equal suffrage for the
! sexes, for free coinage, for government
/ control Of railroads, for z retaliatOry
/ tariff and taxes on incomes, for nom
I alien ownership of lands, for anti
/ option laws, for the incorporation Of
| labor organizations and for reforms Of
various kinds We're also adopted.
The morning session closed with the
I adoption of a resolution censuring a.
/ w Smith for his action as a speaker in
the house for supporting the bill to
change the name OF St John county to
/ Logan.
The delegates voted down every reso-
luton offered in the afternoon on the
ground that the platform was already
too long.
Presidential electors We're chosen as
follows: First district. William Cros-
by. of Valley Falls: Second. Frank
Holsinger, of Rosedale: Third, David
A. Teer, of Winfield: Fourth, f. E.
Leonadson. of Neosho Rapids; Fifth,
Charles Fairfield, of Minneapolis;
Sixth, Benjamin Hill of Stockton;
! Seventh, Martin Armstrong of Milan;
at large. f. A. f. Smith of Topeka,
George II. White, Kansas City, Kas.,
and Capt E. Clark of Olathe.
When nominations for governor were
CtllCu 1OA a. ~ bcbhlh tpON bhS
floor and placed in nomination
Rev. J. NJ. Monroe, of Wichita,
and L O. Pickering, of Olathe, was
placed in nomination by Rev. A. NJ.
Richardson, OF Lawrence. Picker
ing is the law partner of ex-Gov.
St John, and his name was re-
ceived with enthusiasm. A dis
patch from him stating that he did not
want the nomination, but would accept
it if unanimously rendered, was read
and Mr.. Monroe withdrew his
name and moved that the nomi-
nation be made by reclamation. A half
dozen enthusiastic speeches were made
and the nomination was unanimously
rendered by a rising vote.
The other nominations were made by
reclamation as follows:
Lieutenant governor-H- F. Douthait farm
er of Willis, Brown county.
Secretary of state-H. ". Stone, aged % and
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. \. in Atchlson.
Auditor Rev. Gabriel Burdette, colored
! Baptist preacher of Concordil
Treasurer-Joel Miller of st John, Stafford
county.
Attorney -General-R H Nichols, of Howard
Elk county.
Superintendent Of public instruction-Miss
Ida H agdon. superintendent of the city schools
in Lyons and secretary Of the Kansas state
teachers.
Associate 1ustice-C. p. Stevens, a well
known lawyer at Beloit
Congressman at large-Rev. J. NJ. Monroe OF
Wichita