The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-06-27
IcouN1y CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING.

COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING.
The republican county central COM
mittee held an important meeting last
Saturday afternoon. There was a
good attendance, and considerable in-
terest manifested in the coming cam
paign. A prominent feature of the
meeting was the evident determina-
ton that Ford county should have the
state senator. Those present with
one accord demanded that E. 81. Mad
ison should be our standard bearer
against the Medicine Lodge candi
date, and when delegates to the con-
vention at Ashland were chosen, the
whole meeting agreed to make up The
number awarded to Ford county, both
delegates and alternates, from among
those only who could 60 in person
and do winning work for Ford coun-
TVS candidate.
Country precincts, which were well
represented, seemed fully as earnest
and enthusiastic as the city, and it is
evident that for this worthy cause fac
tional strife and sectional feeling all
over the county have been laid aside
in order that old Ford, with her grand
possibilities for agricultural and COM
mercial greatness, may no longer be
ignored in political councils with sur
rounding neighbors. Following is
list OF delegates and alternates to the
senatorial convention at Ashland on
the 18th day of July:
DELEGATES. ALTERNATEs.
j L. Finley. L. Sims.
Z. F. Sughrue. Major j. A. Cline.
NJ. W. sutton. r. II. McElwain.
W. j. Fitzgerald. w. c. Shinn.
A. Russell. John Small.
w. 7. Watson. c. 5. Dixon.
J. F. Goudy. j.. A. Arment.
A large number of other citizens
have also sigcifed their intention to
attend and make it known by their
presence that this time we are in ear
nest and see that success is made sure.
Most of them will go by teams across
the country.
The following resolution was unan
imouslY adopted:
WHEREAS, The entire southwestern quarter
of Kansas is representedb by buttwo members
in the state senate. 1t therefore becomes in
cumbent upon Us to make up in personal
ability what we lack in numerical strength. K
THEREFORE, Recognizing in Z. ii. Madison
a trained parliamentarian, brilliant CAM
paign speaker, "a tried and truep public servant,
we do most earnestly recommend him to the
republican senatorial convention at Ashland,
and urge our delegation to use all honorable
means to secure his nomination by that body
The committee decided by unani-
nous vote to call the county conven-
ton on August 9th instead of Septem
Der as heretofore agreed, recommend
ing the 4th of August for primaries.
After this matter was passed upon,
however, Major Cline. of Bellefont,
arose and made a most pathetic plea
in behalf of the Crawford county sys
tenn of nominating candidates, on the
ground that it would give the country
voters an advantage over Dodge City.
Several gentlemen from country pre-
cincts, however, objected to the Ma
jor's plan, claiming it would have ex-
actly the reverse effect, because it was
not SO easy to get out full vote in
the country as in the city in prelimi-
nary skirmishes. Bro. Cline replied
to each one of these directors in de
tail, as no one seemed inclined to aid
him in argument. He finally under
took to have the question voted upon,
but the chair overrGled his motion.
and it seemed as though, after all his
eloquence, he would be unable to test
the proposition by vote of the COM
mittee. The cadaver of Boot Hill f.
nally came to the good mans rescue
with a motion to reconsider the call
for delegate convention, but it proved
of no avail, as the other members
seemed in a most contrary mo God, and
thus our esteemed contemporary
most cherished plan, to which he has