The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1892-07-16

Der of the committee which drafted the
platform in the first Republican convention
held in this state in 1859.
Third-L. Belknap, n merchant of Pitts
ourg and chairman OF the Prohibition CEN
trail committee.
Fourth The Rev. j. w. Stewart of EN-
poria, pastor of the First Methodist
Episcopal church.
F1fth-Horace Hurley, a harness maker
of junction City.
Sixth-Benjamin Brewer of Lincoln
county, n farmer.
Seventh-The Rev. w. +. Woodward,
pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal
church of Sterling.
Presidential electors were chosen as
follows: First district, William Crosby
of Valley Falls; Second, Frank Hol-
singer of Rosedale; Third, David
A. Teer of Winfield; Fourth,
e. Il. L~eonadson of Neosho Rapids;
Fifth, Charles Fairfield of Minneapo-
lis; Sixth, benjamin Hill of Stockton;
Seventh, Martin Armstrong of Milan:
at large, +. A. E. Smith of Topeka,
George II. White, Kansas City, Kan,
and Captain +. Clark of Olathe.
When the convention met the fin an
cial situation was first in order u nd
subscriptions for d campaign fund
were called for. The delegates con-
tributed literally, many of them Civ
ing $25 and several women
pledging IS II month. The
Prohibition central committee want
ed to begin the campaign with
1000 in the treasury and get private
subscriptions throughout the cam
paign. About $500 was raised and the
additional pledges will give the fourth
party "a good working fund.
Colonel ID. w. Houston, chairman of
the platform committee, next sub
mitted the report. The platform calls
for the suppression, manufacture, sale,
importation, expectation and transpor-
tation of Intoxicating liquors
for beverage purposes and de-
clares that taxation on license
il an alliance with criminals.
The Republican party was denounced
for pretending to oppose resubmission
and then providing for Il constitution
al convention; for declaring in plat
form in favor of enforcement and then
electing three-fourths of the officials
known to be opposed to the law. Planks
for equal suffrage for the sexes, for
free coinage, for government control
of railroads, for a retaliatory tariff
and taxes on incomes, for non-alieu
ownership of lands, for anti option
laws, for the incorporation of labor
organizations and for reforms of
various kinds were also proposed.
The morning session closed with the
adoption of a resolution censuring A.
w. Smith for his action as q speaker in
the house for supporting the bill to
change the name of st. John county to
Logan.
The delegates voted down every res
olution offered in the afternoon on the
ground that the platform was already
too long.
When nominations for governor were
called for j. d. Botkin took the floor
and placed in nomination the Rev. j.
NJ. Monroe of Wichita, and l. o. Pick
ering Of Olathe was placed in nomina-
ton by the Rev. A. M. Richardson of
Lawrence. Pickering is the law partner
of Ex-Governor st. John, and his name
vas received with enthusiasm. A dis
patch from him stating that he did not
want the nomination, but would &C
cept it if unanimously rendered, was
read and Mr.. Monroe withdrew his
name and moved that the nomination
be made by acclamation. A halfdozen
enthusiastic speeches were made and
the nomination was unanimously ten
dered by a rising vote.
The other nominations were made
by reclamation: