The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-07-08


the previous ballots and few changes
were made until Douglas was reached.
This delegation had cast for three bal
lots a solid vote of IA for Morrill, The
delegation as elected stood, Morrill, s
and Smith and had decided to vote as
a unit. When the chairman announced
a solid vote of IA for Smith there was
another outburst from the Smith en-
thusiasts.
There was a clear gain of four for
Smith in the Marshall county delega-
| tion and another outburst of applause
followed.
Ottawa county, which had voted
solidly for Riddle, cast its votes for
Morrill,, and the first congressional dis
trict rose as one man and cheered.
The other changes were unimportant,
and when the vote of Wyandotte county
had been cast, every delegate knew that
no nomination had been made. The
ballot stood: Smith, 3S7; Morrill,, go;
Murdock, 1O5; Riddle, /; Wright, Z.
Another ballot was ordered, it being
apparent that Smith would secure the
nomination.
Ford county made the first break for
Smith; Crawford county created a di-
version by voting ten for Barker. Bill
Higgins polled Miami for Smith Billie
Edwards, of Pawnee, and A. r. Ford,
of Wyandotte, hustled for the Smith
band wagon.
When Reno cast three for Smith and
ten for Morrill, it put Smiths nomina-
ton in the hands of Wyandotte with its
seventeen votes They were cast in a
lump for Smith and the crowd went
wild. The announced result was:
Smith, SIS; Morrill,, 279: Murdocll, so;
Wright, 5; Barker, 10.
After order had been restored, Judge
Sluss, of Wichita, moved to make the
nomination unanimous. Carried.
On motion of Judge Hoch, of Marion
county, committee of five, consisting
os Judge Sluss, Dick Blue, Ed Greer,
of Cowley, Judge Hoch, of Marion, and
Il A. Vanwinllle, of Atchison, was ap-
pointed by the chairman to conduct Mr..
Smith before the convention. There
was no attempt to preserve order while
the committee was hunting for the can
didate. The Coyote club sang and the
delegates cheered everything it said,
whether to the point or not.
Smith was finally presented by Judge
SlusS After thanking it for the honor
conferred on him he said that in ac-
cepting the nomination he did it with
the full knowledge of the office. He
was not vain enough to think his nom
ination was personal compliment to
himself 1t was a republican compli-
ment to the laboring men of Kansas.
AS a republican he would do every
thing in his power to achieve a victory
next November. He was pleased to
know that no personal bitterness had
been engendered and that he would
have the support of every candidate be
fore the convention In conclusion he
said: 81 know that many of you,
like myself, are anxious to get home
from this convention to the harvest field
and shall detain you no longer"
In order to waste no time it was de-
cided to proceed directly with the bal
loting for Acknowledgements without
any nominating speeches The
candidates before the convention
were +. P. Hardness, of Clay Cen
ter; C. II. KinbalL, of Labette; r. F.
Moore of Butler, and \. II. Heber. of
Meade. The first ballot resulted: Hark-
ness, 2lS; Moore, 215; Kimball, 1872;
Heber, &c.
The second ballot resulted: Moore,
2s9: Hardness, 2G2; Kimball, III; Heber,
~; Senator Emery, of Nemaha, :.
At the end of this ballot the names of
Heber and Kimball were withdrawn and |
r T. Moore, of Butler county, was NOM |
mated for acknowledgement on the
third ballot, which resulted: Moore, |
S75: Hardness, 345.
The convention then took recess
AFTERNOON SESSION.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 2.-The fight
over the nomination for secretary of |
state was inaugurated with the after