Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-07-16
KANSAS PRoHIBITIoNIsrs.
A Full state Ticket, Including Congress-
men, Nominated.

| men, Nominated.
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-J. 7. Mccormack OF Brown
county, farmer who has labored industriously
| for the prohibition cause.
Second-Col d. w. Houston OF Garnctt,
nineteen years ago editor and proprietor Of tho
Leavenworth Commercial, the leading republic
m newspaper OF the state at that time and
| the only surviving member OF the committee
which drafted the platform in the first republic
nm convention held In this state in 1859
Third-L Belknap. merchant OF Pittsburgh
and chairman OF the prohibition central com.
mittee.
Fourth-Rev j. W. Stewart, OF Emporia.
pastor OF tho First Methodist Episcopal church
Fifth-Horace Hurley, u harness maker OF
Junc, City.
six,h-Bentamin Brewer. Of Lincoln county,
farmer.
Seventh-Rev W. +. Woodward, pastor OF
the First Methodist Episcopal church OF Ster-
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, inn
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 to oppose resubmission
and then providing for constitutional
convention; for declaring in plat
forms 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 retaliatory
tariff and taxes on incomes, for nom
nlien 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 resolution censuring A.
w. Smith for his action as speaker in
the house for supporting the bill to
change the name of st. John county to
Logan.
The delegates vci ed down every reso-
luton offered in the afternoon on the
ground that the platform was already
too long.
Presidential electors were chosen as
follows: First district, William Cros-
by. of Valley Falls; Second, Frank
Holsinger, of Rosedale; Third, David
A. Teer, of Winfield; Fourth, E. E.
Leonadson, of Neosho Rapids; Fifth,
Charles Fairfield, of Minneapolis;
Sixth, benjamin Hill of Stockton;
Seventh, Martin Armstrong of Milan;
ut large, +. A. E. Smith of Topeka,
George H. White, Kansas City, Kas.,
and Capt. E. Clark of Olathe.
When nominations for governor were
called for ]. d. Botkin took the
floor and placed in nomination
Rev. J. NJ. Monroe, of Wichita,
and /. o. Pickering, of 0lathe, 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 net
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 rising vote.
The other nominations were made by
as follows:
Lieutenant govcrnor-H F. Douthait farm
er OF Willis, Brown county.
Secreatry OF state-H. W. Stone aged % and
OF the Y. M. C. A. in Atchison.
Auditor Rev. Gabriel Burdette, u negro Bap-
tist preacher OF Concordia
Treasurer-Joel Miller OF st John, Stafford
county
Attorney .General-R. II. Nichols, OF Howard,
Elk county
Superintendent OF public instructon-M!ss
Ida H agdon, superintendent OF the city schools
in Lyons and secretary Of the Kansas state
teachers.
Associate justice-C. P. Stevens, well
known lawyer ut Beloit
Congressman ut large-The Rev. ]. NJ Mon
ron of Wichita