The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-09-30
SATURDAYS POLITICS.
The Republicans Meet and Put a
Mixed Ticket in the Field.
Ex-Governor Click was the Evening
A TRACTION.

land politically. republican cOuhly Oou-
yention, republican speaking, and speech
in the evening by Ex-Governor Click.
The call was made in the Dark Horse
some two weeks ago. The call was based
on fifteen votes cast for NJ. G. Reville, or
major fraction thereof, at the election last
fall. The country republican vote was so
slim that the expedent was hit upon to
give each precinct two delegates at large
At this rate two precincts had only three
apiece, eight only feur apiece, and one only,
outside d Goodland had five, VOltaire.
Ever ut this rate the town OF Itasca mad
tweEry votes. Two precincts did not have
ANY caucus. Iowa and Logan. Iowa was
''fixed up" for Albee and Logan was diyi-
.ded one and one half each for Albee and
Poff. Considerable patch work was neees-
sary to make the delegations presentable'
On temporary organization John Bray
was chairman and r. j. Scott secretary.
The strife was on the nomination Of rep
iresentatiye. As the delegates came in it
was apparent that DR.. j. NJ. Poff had things
solid for the nomination. The "dxers"
went to work to reverse the condition.
Mcpherson came in solid for POf, but
they were seen early in the day and were
N"hxed" for Albee. Iowa, where no caucus
was held was "fXed" for Albee. Llanos
was absent altogether, and as no one was
found in town from that precinct, ofthe re-
publican persuasion, 1t was found impossi-
BILE to fill the delegation.
The "fixers" saw this point and worked
the committee on rues and order Of bust
ness to report rule requiring a majority Of
all the delegates named in the call to rOmi-
nate candidates.
Representative was placed on the head of
the list. An info rmal ballot was ordered,
and resulted 346 for Poff ana 26h for
Albee. Another ballot was ordered and re-
suited 80 for Poff and 81 for Albee. The
third ballot resulted "a for Albee and 30 for
Poff.
How was this brought aboHt? The ''fix-
ers" were busy in the different delegations
and delegates were ''induced" to vote for
Albee. This won on the floor Of the conven-
tion and before the ewes Of all. Albee being
called made speech against the peoples
party declaration, that, 1--WE are on the
verge of III oral and financial ruin" He said
something about church steeples pointing
to heaven and the shackelS being stricken
from the limbs of four millions Of slaves
He said he felt honored in receiving The
nomination and thanked the delegates fol
their support.
The people win generally agree that DR..
POff was unfairly deprived of the nOmina,
ton, having received a clear majority on the
second ballot The convention proceeded
to nominate two democrats respectively fol
the Office of clerk of the district court and
for superintendent of public instruction
A. L. Rich for the former and John Garden
for the latter place. John Brets was nance
for probate Judge, and W. X. Brown fol
county attorney.
The ticket put up is fusion ticket ant
shaped for the purpose of trade to elect rep
resentative. The convention nominated AL
Nelson for commissioner Of the Third dis
trict. 1t was a daisy of convention ant
the ClcKeU IS sure OF uefeat.
Before the afternoon session the band was
hired to play and they wore grandpa's hats
for head year. Before the calling of tn,
afternoon session W. j. Mcbride made re
publican speech in the court house to Al
audience composed Of peoples party mel
and republicans, many of whom were dele
gates 10 the convention. Elk Governor Glicl
coming In had a good chance to hear tn,
other side to which he could reply as he wa
billed to speak in the evening.
MCBride's speech was made up of ridicu
and falsehood He attacked the preamble
to the peoples party platform and SCORED
the letter Of Jerry Simpson.
The sub-treasury scheme was assailet
and to prove its character he quoted Til
peoples party writers who disagree on tn
measure.
He denied point blank that theact of 1877
demOnetized silver, or that Senator Plumb
ever said in speech in the senate that tn
per capita Of circulation was as low us IS o
$40. The speech was ribald and flimsy af
fair and was cast entirely in the shade b
Mr.. Clicks able and conclusive argumen
presented in the evening.
Ex-Governor Click spoke at the cour
house in the evening to a good audience
He confirmed himself mainly to the TART
and the force bill. He reviewed the polio
of the different political parties from tn
foundation Of the government and from tn
positions taken by Alexander Hamilton an
Thomas Jefferson. The resume was conc1s
and foreible. He showed how the diReren
policies Of the democratic and oppositio
parties effected the people. The latte
tended to centralize power and wealth tn
former to distribute 1t and leave it with tn
people.
He explained why it was that wealt
among the agricultural classes had decline,
In proportion to the wealth held by tn
manufacturer and the capitalist. He at
tributed it to the protective policy and w
think that this position is impregnable. H.
showed that the low price Of agriculture
products resulted from the destruction q
our market BY a prohibitory tariff. HI
showing Of tbe inequalities and the inioul