People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-14
CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING.
WELLINGTON. KANSAS. July Is


The Democratic County Central
Committee convened at the Armory
hall in the city Of Wellington pursu-
ant to the published call thereof.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman o. ]. Hackney, who stated
its object in a few brief. but well
chosen remarks. After transacting
considerable business the committee
decided to call and hold a delegate
convention for the nomination of
candidates for the respective Offices
to be voted for at the next general
election, in the city of Wellington,
upon the first day Of August, 1893,
and decided that the representation
of the respective precincts, town.
ships and wards shall be the same in
this convention, as was recognized
in the Democratic convention held
in 1892; the following resolution was
offered by Judge McAtee Of Caldwell
and was adopted by the committee:
WHEREAS, there has been no meet
ing of this committee since the cleo
tion of a Democratic senator to rep
resent the state of Kansas in the
senate of the United States, the
first in the history of the state, and
that in order thereto recent Re-
publican majority of $1,000 has been
overcome, it is
Resolred, that in the selection Of
the Hon. John Martin, the legisla-
ture consulted the general senti-
ment and opinion of the Democracy
Of the state. The Democracy was
fully present by its representatives
chosen in the primary meetings and
county conventions held in
lO3 counties of the state, at the con-
vention held at Topeka, July 9th,
1892, which ratified the policy Of
united antagonism to Republicanism
and the Harrison ticket, proposed,
advocated and adopted through the
sound judgment, good politics and
capable leadership of Senator Mar
tin.
That policy, carried in good faith
by the Democracy and the Peoples
parties, acting in unison, overthrow
the Republican legions Of monopoly,
high tariff and corruption, which
have hitherto dominated the counsels
and the government of this state.
The election of Judge Martin to
the senate of the United States, was
the only logical sequence of this
work. He has taken a leading part
for thirty years in the organization
of the Democratic party of the state,
when there was not the slightest
prospect of the most remote reward.
His high and patriotic character,
and his eminent accomplishments
would have entitled him to the pre-
ferment given him, aside from his
special work in the last campaign.
He was not elected to fatter the
hopes of the disappointed, dying Re-
publicanism of the state; nor to
nurse any so-called "stalwartism, "
begotton in railroad Office, of Re
publican parentage, fostered by free
transportation and continued in ex-
istence by contributions levied in ex-
change for worthless endorsements.
The chosen senator Of the Democ-
racy is but decorated to his honor
by the envy, hatred and detraction,
of Republicanism, ring-rule and such
stalwartism as is represented by j.
B. Crouch, W. NJ. Mitchell and COM
pany. Heis the choice Of the united
Democracy of the state. Every as
sault upon him from without, is an
assault upon Democratic success,
made by the traditional enemy.
Every assault upon him from with
in, is treason to the party itself.
The former springs from the chagrin
of party defeat; the latter from the
greedy selfshness which fears the
loss of spoils. AS the chosen repre-
sentative and standard bearer of the
Democracy Of the state, Senator
Martin represents whatever is dear
to us, under that name. We recon-
mend to the contempt of every hon.
est Democrat, the political advent
urers who seek to thrive upon the
disparagement of his well earned
honors.
We believe these sentiments and
opinions to be held by the Democ-
racy of Sumner County, without ex.
ception.
Also the following resolutions
were presented and adopted.
WHEREAS, Since our last meet
ing it has pleased an all-wise Prov,
idence to remove from among US our
neighbor and friend, Luke Herring,
depriving us of his advice and coun-
sci, therefore,
ResOlued, By the Sumney County
Democratic Central committee in
meeting assembled, that, while we
bow in submission to the inscrutable
will of our Divine Master, we fee
none the less keenly our loss, as q
party, of an honest, active worker
in the interest of good government
and the dissemination of Democratic
principles which we know were deal
to his heart as to our own. That in
life we recognized in Luke Herring
the embodiment OF all the traits that
make true man, whose aim was tc