The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-07-22
Kansas PHoHlalrioNTeTa

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T0FEHAi Kan, July 18-THe stats
prohibition convention met in Repre-
sentative hail yesterday and was called
TO order by vs.. j. Newton. chairman OF
the central committee. Rev. j. 20. Bot
kim of hfichit1, was made temporarv
chairman and Mrs IL II. Geyer- OF Of
tayvar score tary- COMMITTEES were APP
pointed and addresses made by several
speaker Rev BotEziu was made per
manent chairman and E. d Wentworth,
of tLingmanr secretary The convention
completed the preliminary work and
adjourned till morning.
Second nay
TOPEKA, Kan, July IA-This morn
ing Che prohibitions delegates divided
into congressional districts for the pure
pose Of making nominations for cons
gress and selecting presidential elects
ors- The following congressional
nominations were agreed uBdus
First district-L Il AIeCoful1eI5. OF Brown
county a farmer who has laborcd ladus Jri5usIJ
secohd-CoL 10 W. Houston, OF Garustt,
nineteen years ago editor and proprietor OF LlG
Lgavcu7@1rth Commercial the leading republic
an newspaper OF me state 90 that fin1e, and
The only surviving member OF the committee
which drafted the pla torn I'm the dFsr republic
an convention held in this state iu 1855.
Thrill BGIEuaD. O. merchant Of EIttssur-d
and cllirllaE % the prohibition central COM
Fourtb-Rev- j. W. Stewart. Of Emparia
pastor % the First Methodist J. Episcopal church
Fitih-itoraee Hurley, harness maEer Of
sizth-Beaiamln Brewer of Lincoln county.
seventh-Isov W. z. Woodward. pastor OF
Che First Methodist Episcopal church OF sJer-
uEE
Col ID. w. Houston chairman of the
Platform committee next submitted the
report The platform calls for the sup
preston of the manufacture, sale, iu-
] portatiuur expectation aud transpoF Ja-
tiou of Intoxicating liquors fog bever-
age purposes and declares that taxation
or license is an alliance with criminals.
/ The republican party was denounced
I for pretending 20 oppose resu omission
and then providing for a constitutional
] convention for declaring I'm plat
forms in favor of enforcement and
/ then electing threc-fourths of the
/ officials known to be opposed to the
/ law. Plauks for equal suffrage for the
/ sexes, for free coinage for government
/ control of railroads, for a retaliatory
/ tariff and taxes on incomes, for non
4 alien ownership of lands, for anti
I option laws, Tor the incorporation OF
/ labor organizations and for reforms Of
. various kinds were also adopted.
The morning session closed with the
/ aduPtiou of a resolution consuming A.
I w. Smith for his action as a speaker in
/ the house for supporting the bill to
change the name Of St John county to
/ Logan.
The delegates voted 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 Fallsi Second Fraulr
Holsiuger, OF RosedaIef Third, David
A. Eeer. OF Wiufcldi Fourth. g. r.
! Leouadson, of Neosho Rapids Fifth,
Sixth, benjamin Hill of Stockholm
Seventh, Martin Armstrong of Milau5
T at large, Il. A. E. Smith of Topeka,
George II. White, Kansas City, Kas-s
and Capt. f. Clark of Olathe
When nominations for governor were
Z called for j. d. BUtlziu took the
floor and placed In nomination
Rev. J.. NJ. Monroe, of Wichita,
and J. o. Pickering, of OlathGs was
placed In nomination by Rev. A. VI.
Richardson, of Lawrence. Picker
ing is the law partner OF ez-Gov.
ST. john and his name was re-
csived with enthusiasm A dis
patch from him stating that he did not
want the nomination, but would accept
it IF unanimously rendered, was read
and Mr.. Monroe withdrew his
name and moved that the nomi-
uaLOu DG LuHNE DF uEGAALI-i ll1l- a ma Z
dozen enthusiastic speeches were made
and the nomination was unanimously
. rendered by rising vote
The other nominations were made by
I reclamation as follows
Lieutenant goverHor-H r. Douthuit, farm
! Cr of Wuis, Brown county
I Secretary of staJe-H. w Stone, aged o and
I secretary Of the s.. N @. A. ina A Chls0u-
] Auditor Rev Gabriel BurdetLer C0i0red
| Baptist preacher of C0ucoFdta
Treasurer- Joel Miller OF 81 John, Stafford
| county.
Attorney GeueraI-Il II Nichols. OF Howard.
] Elk county
] Superintendent Of public instrucuiou-1Lis
| Ida Hugdon, superintendent OF the city schools
] Ga Lyons and secretary OF the Kansas state
. I teachers
Associate 5usueo-C. p. Stevens, O. well
] known lawyer az BeIulE
Congressman az larse-Rev. j. III Monroe. OF
: WiGhira-