The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-07-01

was nominated for governor. will make
q very strong candidate lie is "a bust
ness man OF recognized ability. a good
mixer among men, - ready taIkeU with
a good deal of magnetism. He ftFs
always shown ali ability to take care
Of himself. lie WAS born ia Salem
Iowa, December 81, 1916 His father
died when ne was two years Of age, and
at the age OF ten his mother died. He
Was then thr0Nu upon the world and
went 20 wOri, as "a farm hand, and at
the age Of fifteen lie tried to- enlist iu
tlis army, but his uWuss was stricken
from tile rolls on account OF Ills age
A second time tie ran away from Home
and tried to enlist, and finally was put
in an army bridge constructing corps
He went 60 work as "a carpenter and
bridge builder at the age of twenty
At the close Of the war he went to
POughkaepsis, New York, where he
was employed as driver for tlrs Erie
canal company. lie remained there
several months and drifted west toto
ledO, but dualIy went back 20 IOWA,
where he found employment oil tie
Burlington s. Missouri River railroad.
During the evening lac went to the
Burlington business college and finally
began to teach school. lie vas for.
fourteen yours member of the board
Of directors of the Iowa state lS1TInai
school, and was president of Ehe board
when lie resigned five years ago and
came to Wichita. lie WIS also superiH-
tendent Of tile Reform School furGirIs
in Iowa for a number Of years.
dwellings leaning toward tile
cause of the Iaboriug classes had been
very percsptibIe, and so convinced was
WAS lac that some national movement
was necessary 30 accomplish anchor
alton of tile conditions surrounding
the masses that he tsok a lively inter
est i'm all tha labor organizations he
found here, ana was one Of the leaders
in the reform movement out of which
came the peoples party. From the
time of leaving Iowa until the for
nation of the new party I'm Kansas, he
never cast q vote for amy state or
national ticket. He was formerly "a
republican.
On the organization OF the people rs
party he was elected chairman of the
Sedgwick county central commtttee.
which position he has held ever since
and holds today, and lie it Was who
conducted the great fight against Col
HHllOwen when Jerry Simpson carried
that county 10y 300 votes.
al 81
ernorsi,ip VEas altogether 90 spuutan-
eSus recognition Of fitness. Monday
ms mime was seriously mentioned Tor
the first time and was met with such
favor that his friends commenced to
work. Even as late, however, aa the
night before the nomination, some OF
his own county delegates did not
know that he WAS really "a candidate.
Tie widespread sentiment i'm favor Of
"a business man fuT tile place aided his
candidacy materially, and his WELDON
ing address to the convention captured
tile crowd. lie is poor man com
ParatiVeIy- lie has little outside Of
his home and what is invested IH bust
ness as a jObJer of butter, eggs and
cheese. He lives in Paramount, a su-
burb of the city, where be OWLS a
pleasant little home surrounded by n
couple Of acres Of orchard.
PERCY DANIELS.
Percy Daniels who WAS nominated
Tor ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, is dTty-six
years Of age, and was q colonel in a I
Massachusetts regiment. He is q civil l
engineer and a farmer. He is q man 4
we'll known in the Third congressional |
district, 1t was claimed for him that I
he wrote the bill introduced by reFsr |
in the senute making public improve /
msuts aHd giving employ HsHt to idle }
iabOrers. He was surveyor OF Cruw- I
ford county for three terms
CAPT. u. S. OSBORNE.
Capt. r. s.Osborno Of Rocks county
WAS nominated for secretary OF state
Oh the first ballot. Captain Osborne
was the peoples candidate for score Z
tary OF state two years ago, and ran /
8, 200 votes RhsEd Of his ticket. lie is I
an oN-UIsiOH soldier and very popular |
in tie Sixth district and throughput 4
the state. The defeat OF J.B- French, /
secretary Of tine alliance, for this once /
was surprise It was caused by the
movement to give the Sixth represen- /
tatiOn. Osborne is aH ex-repuJIican. /
JOuS Il. LITTLE
Johu T. Little. tile nominee for Mt /
torney general, WAS born at CircIeviIc. /
Ohio, November IS, 1854. He received
a common school education, AMI az tile
age OF sixteen began studying law. He
was admitted 70 the bar in 1868, when
he removed TO johnson county. He Las /
served as county attorney of johnson
county for four terms. Prior 90 going
ia theGreeubaek party he was demo
crBt.
VAN r. FRAruEH.
Van b. Prather the nominee fox
auditor, is a resident Of Cherokss