The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-06-24

meut Of wages by all corporate ps-nPaBiea and I.
condemn the senate for defeating she same, +
adopting the Missouri screen law as the law o. .
this state
Resolved, That We ,sozamsua the action Of the /
people party "a the iCHar house By the pas
sage q Jne 3 pa mixing the Pinkcrton detective /
dystcsa aiuGnable 90 law, also the bill abolish
4ng The biacElisting and dissharging employees .
without an opportunity 10 be heard
IN their defense and we condemn the
republican senate for falling TO pass such bills
We als1 favor a just and equitable pension law
lot ths 1snent OF railway employ Cs " no are
injured in the cOmplEy's service, such
pension to be paid by the companies
and be h-st lien on their property.
Resolved, That We commend the action Of the
lower house at ths last session in passing Jh5
maximum freight rate ul.l ana condemn the
republicans Tor allowing the same to die Oh Its
calendar confident OF thc fact that Il It had
become law the utsficf cities, which
are justly complaining OK discriuiuaI Iions
against them ry flHroads ia favor OF issouri
river poInts, would ma the evil removed. and
we ple@se the people in the city and country TO
remedy the same by legislation
We favor the election Of United States seua
tors by direct vote Of tho pcopls we favor
the abolition OF the syatcFl ol passes in General
use b. railroad compahies, as a specfcB OF Ia
yoritisn dsngefous TO the freedom Of American
Resolved. That although The peoples
party of Kansas Is largely composed Of
farmers. ~c sympa thize with all clusses
OF laborers and VIII aid them in their contest
Tor a better system and more equitable divis-
ion Of the profits OF their toll, and we invite
common enemy.
A motion Was made to adopt them
but Mrs Lease insisted on having a
clause inserted in favor of vvoman's
| suffrage. This Precipitated a tre-
mendCus uprOar and chaos existed
for at least ten minutes. The house
/ voted her resolution down but the chair
man pronounced it carried An appeal
| was taken but before IL was acted upon
a little oil was thrown on the troubled
I
| Mrs. Leases point was carried.
The TieEet Completed.
| WICHITA, KAN June 1T--As soon as
/ the peoples party convention met yes
I terday morning Levi DumbaulJ, chair
/ man OF the central committee, made
/ plea for money to conduct the coming
campaign. He said the central com
mittee was in debt and badly in need
/ of money. The appeal was promptly
{ responded to.
The resolutions which had been re-
cciyed from the committee but had not
been adopted were on motion referred
/ to the committee so that the suffra ge
plank might be compromised
Mrs. Lease said that in the interest of
! harmony she had prepared substitute
! to the resoiu tion presented over night.
1T has been stated, she said, THAT if
| woman suffrage is not indorsed, I will
| leave the peoples party. I want to say
| I enjoy too much fighting the men who
have come into our party at the eleventh
hour hoping to gain Office" She then
read her substitute as follows:
| Resolved, That we favor the submission TO q
vote OF the people of kansas Of an amendment
/ TO the state constitution providing for equal
1 gard TO
This resolution submitting the amend
ment to a vote OF the people was agreed
to as a compromise.
The congressional districts announced
the following state central committee;
| Chairman, J. W. Breidenthal, Dickinson
county; First district, j. p. Gaines, ot
Seneca, and L. d. Nichols, of Jack
son; Second, D. c. Zercher, of Olathe
and James Yealtle, of Fort Scott
Third, r. p. Leach, of Erie, and S. w.
Baxter, Of PittsburE; Fourth, J. Y
Randolph, of Lyon county. and j. w.
Layborm, of Usage county; Fifth, j. n
Limbaclzers of Riley, and d. Parkinson,
p of Washington; Sixth, A. n. Whiting
ton, Of Lincoln county, and a. C. No
Carthy, of Walton; Seventh, Il. j
Smith, of Mcpherson, and ". e. Hutch
inson, of Sedgwicl5.
s The delegates by congressional dis
tricts to the national convention wer,
p thus reported: Second, A. Z. Allen
T. Douglas; Third, William Cook, Labette
. | Fourth Frank Dostcr, Marion; Fifth
S II. n, Boyd, Republics Sixth, j. w
Murphy, Ottawa Seventh, John Hall
5 Pawnee.
+ The convention passed on to tin
% nomination of lieutenant governor aftc
/ the delegates had been voted for. Al
T. effort was made to have w. d. Vincen
,, reconsider his determination to refus
= the nomination rendered him, bu
r. he remained firm The candidate
a before the convention were; o. NJ
! Rice, of Coffey county; s. NJ. Scott, O
$ Mcpherson; Percy Daniels. of Crawford
Clark T. Richardson, of Anderson, an
n A. Reed, of Bourbon.
The first ballot resulted: Scott, p,
- Rice PIC, Daniels So, Reed 90. NecessaT
to choice, 2TZ-
3. The second ballot resulted; Scott 90
r Rice PAS, Daniels. 12S.
The secretary announced the resul
o of the ballot on the delegates at larg
= to the national convention The 70
lowing is the delegation: Mrs. NJ
2 Lease, of Wichita; DIR. $ NcLallin, C
% I Topeka; w L. Brown, of Kingma
Il county; George Waggoner, editor OF tn
Topeka Tribune and j. L. Beck, {
e. Wsbaunsee. The convention then az
e. journed until = o'clock.
- During the recess ut noon q boom wa
worked for Daniels by the contiugeI
Z which favored the nomination OF w.
Harris for congressman at large Dai
.e iels is an old soldier and the scheU
a was TO work up "a union of the blu
y the gray. \ speech had been mad
= for Daniels on the ground that som
se thing had to be done for the ol
lg soldier element. ScotJ's friends r
Is mained Loyalty by him. but the vol
IN in the Seventh district which ha
le gone almost sOlidly for Rice brol
he to Daniels One county after al
II other changed from Rice to Daniel
Ss and some Of Scott's friends change,
III giving Daniels the nomination by a
ze Overwhelming vote and it was mad
OF unanimous.
The committee on resolutions the
nt reported. 1t cut out of the report Il
IA resolutions ccnsuring the board OF RAJ
,p- road assessors and substituted in
~ stead this:
Id Resolved That we condemn the railro
. a companies Of ths state foF procuring by fal
ia ] representation q reduction OF their asses
Nv meat
ie- The adoption of the substitute res
luton was then reconsidered by &
Nv Overwhelming vote A half doz,
=. delegates in their speeches declar.
-nt that If the peoples party whit
70 washed the assessors and the republi
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