People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-08-04

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Nominations of Treasurer,
County Clerk,
Register of Deeds,
Surveyor,
Coroner,
Sheriff,
District Judge,
Commissioner First District.
Nominations for Treasurer being
called for the names of II. T. Har-
baugh, of Greene township, T. B.
CreekmOre, Of Osborne township, A
c. Lambe, Of Avon. Mr.. Blacks
name was withdrawn and Mr.. L2mbe
declined. The first ballot stood:
Harbaugh, 232, CreekmOre 100; Mr..
Harbaugh was declared the nominee
and thanked the convention in neat
little speech.
". R. Myers, Of Sumner T. J..
Hose, and J. S. Barclay, Of Perth,
were placed in nomination for clerk.
The first ballot was as follows:
Myers, 179: HOge. l5l: Barclay IS.
On the second ballot the following
IS the result: Myers, 2l4, Hoge, l4S;
Barclay, q.
For Register Of Deeds Z. a. Black,
Of Wellington, W. NJ. Jackson, Of
Ryan, W. S: Pile, of Wellington, VIM.
Russell, Of Gore and w. w. Durham,
of Wellington, were nominated. Mr..
Durham declined and the first ballot
resulted;
Jackson, 3O4; Pile, "a; Black. "a:
Russell Il. Mr.. Jackson was declared
the nominee and thanked the conyen-
tiOn.
For Surveyor Geo. c. Staaton, of
Osborne township, was nominated by
acclamatiOn.
For Coroner DR.. Franklin, of We'll
lingtOn. DR.. Walling, OfCaldwell. DR..
Hall and Dr. Neal were nominated.
DR.. Walling declined.
The first ballot stood, Franklin, 1877:
Hall, $50; Neal, Il. DR.. Franklil's
nomination was made unanimous.
DR.. Hall was the nominee of the
Democratic convention,
For Sheriff, J. T. Casey, Democrat
and Joseph GOOch, Of Conway, r.
Bruce Magee and J. r. SimonS, of
Wellington, and T. c. PearSOns, of
Osborne, were placed in nomination.
The candidates were called forward
and a motion made to have each can
didate express himself on the polit-
ical issues and let the convention
know whether he stood on the PeO-
PIES party platform. 1t took a poll
of the townships to determine this
question and during the time Mr..
Casey retired by a side entrance and
failed to respond when his name was
called. On the first ballot no choice
was made and Mr.. Nagee showing
the most strength on the first ballot.
the names OF the three lowest candi-
dates were dropped and withdrawn,
leaving the contest between Magee
and CaSey-or fusion and anti-fusion.
The second ballot resulted Magee 2O3,
Casey lSs lJr. Nagee'S nomination
was then made unanimous.
For District Judge r. L. Davidson,
.of Wellington, P. Y. c. Pool, of Dix
on and J. E. HalSell. Democratic
nominee) were presented. Mr.. Pool
made few remarks to correct some
false statements that have been cir
culated in regard to his adminiStra-
tion as County Attorney and declined
to enter the contest. MeSsrS. David
son and Halsell each made remarks
and on first ballot Judge Hallsell was
nominated, the vote standing 23s to
al. Announcements for the meeting
of the central committee and dele
gates of the north commissioners
district was then announced and the
convention adjourned.
The delegates of the north district
met Immediately after the adjourn
ment Of the county convention and
nominated J. r. HeSkett for Commits
SiOner. The new central committee
also met and re-Organized by the elec-
tion of \. c. Lambe as chairman and