Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-18
P. P. CONVENTION.
a Middle of the Road" Ticket Set Up to
be Showed Under.

be Showed Under.
The peoples party county convention
met in the court house Saturday last
Isom Wright was made temporary
chairman and Carl Voight temporary
secretary. The usual committees were
appointed, and an adjournment taken
until 2 p. M.
The committee on permanent organ.
ization reported L. NJ. Knisley fol
chairman and Joe Strothman and
Frank Marsh secretaries. The various
other committees made reports, and the
reports adopted.
DIR. Kluber offered the following
resolution: "Resolved-That all officers
now in Office, as well as those to come
before this convention. be not per.
mitted to appear before any other
county convention for nomination. d
The motion to adopt the resolution was
seconded. A motion was then made
to lay the resolution on the table, which
motion carried.
By motion it was decided that all
nominations should be by informal
ballot; that each delegation select a
chairman who should announce the
ballot of the township. There being
no delegates present from Beaver town
ship, Mr.. Rearick was given permission
to cast the three votes of that tow n
ship. Mr.. Hickey was also permitted
to represent Walnut township and cast
her four votes.
The nomination of a candidate for
representative being first in order, an
informal ballot was taken, resulting as
follows: M. W. Cobun 81, J. b. Fenno
6, Isom Wright s, T. III. Butler s, J. d.
McQuillen 2, w. w. Culver 1.
On motion the nomination of Mr..
CObun was made unanimous.
For district clerk the informal ballot
stood: Nj. P. Simpson %, II. j. Kline
81, c. Voight IS, G. F. Wilkins 13, Ed
Brazell Z, D. j. Newton 8, Frank
Marsh /.
Mr.. Voight Of Lakin, addressed the
convention, asking that his name be
Withdrawn from the race, and that the
delegates who had voted for him cast
their votes for H. j. Kline. He thought
the success of the entire ticket would
be assured should Mr.. Kline be nOmi-
mated by reclamation. Mr.. Murphy of
Homestead, said he had supported Mr..
Weight as peoples party man, but he
could not support any man who was not
a peoples party man, and the expression
of many of the other former republicans
was to the effect that no democrats need
apply.
The usual motion, that all men whose
names had been brought out as candi-
dates appear before the convention and
define their positions, prevailed.
Messrs. Simpson, Brazell, Newton and
Marsh responded. Messrs. Kline and
Wilkins were not present. Mr.. H. j.
Smith, of Cheyenne. spoke in behalf of
Mr.. Kline, saying he had known him
for many years and could vouch for his
being an honorable, capable man; that
if nominated he would not only
strengthen the county ticket, but would
further the chances of Jerry Simpson
receiving the endorsement by the demo-
Gratis at Dodge City. He asked, in be-
half of the p. p. men in his township,
that Kline be nominated.
Proceeding to ballot. the first formal
ballot resulted as follows: Simpson 80,
Kline 20, Wilkins II, Brazell II,
Voight /.
Second formal ballot-Simpson 81,
Kline 10, Wilkins 10, Brazell IL.
Third formal-Simpson 40, Kline IS,
Brazell Is, Wilkins 6. The nomination
of Simpson was made unanimous.
For county attorney the informal
ballot resulted as follows: E. L. Hotch-
kiss 70, c. F. Diffenbacher 10, S. j.
Day 6, Jas. w. Clark 2. On motion
the nomination of Hotchkiss was made
unanimous.
For probate judge, the informal ballot
stood: T. II. Brewer IS, G. Voight 9,
T. FL, Butler 4, B. F. Ogle 1, Henry
Everett 1, j. B. Fenno 1. The nomi-
nation of Brewer was made unanimous.
For county superintendent, the first
ballot stood: A. McTaggart 553, M.
L. Harrison 163, A. U. r. Liyesay 10,
FL. G. Benke 4, III. Wasche 2, W. Lucas
1, L. Baldwin 1, F. Marsh 1. Nc
Taggart's nomination was made unani-
NOUS.
The delegates from the third COM
missioner district then nominated w.
p. Bruce by reclamation for county
commissioner.
The convention then adjourned, and
the expressions of many delegates, as
they thought soberly over the result
was not very flattering for the success
of the ticket.
PROF GAINES and Hon. D, A. Banta
had a joint discussion at the court
house Saturday evening, that was
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