The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-17

| trict, William Cook of Labette; Fourtl
district, Frank Dostea OF Marion; FIT
district, II. \. Boyd of Republic: Sixt
district, j. W Murphy of Atwood
Seventh district, John Hall OF Pawnee.
The delegates -at-large elected were Jas
T. Buck Of Waubansee. Dr. McLallIn o
Shawnee, George Wagner of Cowley, "
L. Brown of Kingman and Mrs. Lease o
Wichita.
On motion of Chenault of Bourbon tn
regular order OF business was taken o.
while the secretaries were counting TIT
votes for the Omaha delegates at-iarge
| The secretary moved that the vote on al
| the nominations be made by calling tn
roll of the counties, the chairman TO re
| spond with the vote OF the delegation. L
was carried
The nominations by districts were a.
! follows for lieutenant governor:
| First Districts. ". Scott OF McPher
son, o. NJ. Rice OF Coffee, Clark 7. Rich.
ardson of Anderson.
Second dtstrict-A Reed of Bourbon.
! Third district-Percy Daniels OF Craw
I ford
The result Of the first ballot was: Scott
245; Rice, 2l6; Richardson, 3; Reed, 9
Eaniels, 50.
s. ". Scott came upon the stage and
said he wanted to make a few remarks.
| He proceeded to make a speech for him
self that did not take very well with the
farmers.
O. III. Rice was then called for and met
with a cordial reception. Bat Rice, too,
fT4d hi snSaif in, ha old
way" the farmers claim not TO like.
A delegate suggested that I'VE had
better unhitch aud feed" when it was
1870, but the convention would not listen
to il.
A delegate then arose and claimed that
Percy Daniels was at home blowing and
could not show of, bat he did not think it
necessary. Another delegate said that
Percy was an old soldier
At this juucture A, Reed arose and said
he, too, was an old soldier and Withdrew
in favor Of Comrade Daniels, who wore
the blue
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At promptly O'Clock the convention
was again called to order and Jones, the
nightingale, was introduced, who sang The
sockless peculiarities Of the Medicine
Lodge statesman.
The Paola Glee club followed Jones and,
consequently their singing was like the
warbling OF bird rising above the ca
dence of a steam hammer. They tickled
the audience with a song entitled The
Peoples Ticket"
The Wichita Glee club followed with a
new campaign song entitled Bury Them
Deep" composed hurriedly for the occa-
sion, and in which the singers went
through the motion of barying the old
parties.
After the singing delegate from Stat
ford county tried in wild speech
and the noise and disorder that
followed required every effort OF the
chair to suppress. After balioting several
minutes or on lieutenant governor and
after it became apparent that Daniels was
nominated, Fred J. Close moved suspen-
sion OF the rules and the nomination of
Daniels by reclamation. In behalf of the
boys that raised the beans TO feed the SOL
diers during the war, o. VI. Rice with
drew in favor Of Captain Dtniels. 5. II.
Scott also Withdrew and Captain Dtniels
was declared the nominee of the Peoples
party for lieutenant governor without op-
position.
Some busy body circulated a report af
ter Captain Daniels nomination that he
was an ex-Confederate and the lie was
promptly nailed by the chairman who laid
the truth before the Newspaper reporters.
The committee on resolutions to whom
was referred the woman suffrage resolu-
ton, here reported favorably. 1t also re-
ported resolution as follows:
Resolved. That we condemn the railroad
of the state for procuring upon
false representations of the value Of their
property Il reduction of the assessment Of
I he same by the board of railway assessors
the burdens Of taxation already
imposed upon the people have been IN
justly increased; and we commend the
bold stand taken in congress by the seua-
tors and representatives of the Peoples
party in their determined fight against
corporations, and we hereby
pledge to them our united support and
express our unbounded confidence in their
wisdom and ability.
When the resolutions were properly be-
fore the convention Jerry Simpson moved
LHdL iii lutl DdIb VI ticfIl li4dl EElEIECtl 10
he attorney generals action in connection
with the railroad equalization be stricken
1us He said that the attorney general
acted according to law when be reduced
he assessment. and that the law, and not
ives, was TO be blamed in the premises
This was received with cheers, and the
notion was carried by a decided vote
Immediately an humble looking fellow
near the stage arose from bis seat
md excitediy asked whether the motion /.
ust carried was an attempt 10 whitewash +
J. y Ives. \ c. Shinn replied in a short !.
speech in which he sustained Simpsons I
position and defended Ives saying that lie .
imply obeyed the law. Judge Doster Of .
Marion then took the stage and Insisted .
hat the law was plain aud that no one I
ould be conscientiouSly defended At the .
Expense of the law He thoaght however .
hat the railroad officials were at fault it, /
as there seemed TO be probability
nat the matter was misr-pre-
euted 10 the state board OF assessors by /
hem. He therefore thought the original .
esoiutiou should be changed Charlie .
Williams of Hutchinson followed Judge .
)oster aud took occasion 10 biz Jerry
simpson hard crack. Jerry opposed (
Williams for permanent chairman Of the (
convention and now Williams found al
puortunity 20 punish him for it. He
made an indamatory speech against the .
itempt 10 whlJewstsa Ives by Simpson
ne man he said who pre,euds 20 repre-
eut the Seventh district Il took nerve
or Charlie Williams 70 tackle Jerry in this
manner, hut he was apparently assured Of
ssistaree. for there are several ambitious
elbows in the Seventh district who would
Ike to see an end put % Simpsons Dopu-
lrity. Williams was loud Y chrered aud
De man VINO was cbeered 20 the echo