Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-10-11
"staIwarts, Capture IT.


city last Saturday. 1t was nearly three
o'clock before it was thought best to
call the convention to order. and as the
chairman was not present j. L. Brady
took it upon himself to perform that
duty. 1t was the first move of the stall
warts and was sufficiently indicative of
the way the wind was going to blow.
They had captured the primary in this
city and secured proxies from sew
eral outside precincts, and proposed to
run the machine. Brady placed J. w.
Stout in nomination for temporary
chairman, took the affirmative vote and
declared Stout elected witoout putting
the negative. This was move No.
Stout took the chair and enlightened
the audience with few remarks, III
sisting upon the delegates the necessity
of nominating a straight ticket. He
said: 1T has been the custom of men
who call themselves democrats 10 come
together and nominate men who are
not democrats" etc. After he had his
secretary and Frank Gordon was select
ed 10 fill that position. His majesty
then announced that committees were
in order and the third limb of the stall
wart tripod, Mr.. Afford, rose and
moved the house. His motion was
that only two COMMITTEES be appointed,
each consisting of three delegates, one
on permanent organization and resolu-
tions, and one on credentials and order
OF business. The motion prevailed and
his majesty appointed on the first COM
committee, J. l.. Brady, II A. Bailey
and j. NJ York: Oh the second, w. G..
Afford. Riley Lake and o. Z. T. Ewell
Each Of them consisted of two stal-
warts and Il liberal. 50 that there would
be no danger of any hitch in the pro-
gramme. y recess OF so minutes was
taken, after which the reports were
handed III
The committee on credentials and
order Of business reported first, and
showed - delegates entitled to seats,
including the proxies The order of
business was very peculiarly arranged,
IN conformity with the general charac-
terstics of the convention, and ran as
follows: Sheriff, surveyor, coroner,
register of deeds, treasurer and county
clerk
The other committee was out buS a
short time and when it was called.
Grand Vizier Brady arose with mass
i've and omlnOuS looking pile of docu-
ments and began to read:
After congratulating the people upon
the fact that thirty out of the forty-four
states of this Union are to-day presided over
by democratic governors, that both houses of
congress for the first time in thirty years,
have had good working majorities, and that
for second time the American people have
by an overwhelming majority declared their
unbounded faith in the wisdom, prudence
and patriotism of Grover Cleveland, by calling
him to the highest Office in the gift of any of
the nations of the world, we the representa-
tives of the democratic voters Of Barber
county, Kansas, in convention assembled, do
hereby heartily approve the platform OF the
democratic party, adopted at Chicago, in 1892,
and especially those portions of it referring to
the tariff and currency legislation.
End. We hereby renew our answering
faith and mistaken confidence in the wisdom,
integrity and patriotism of our exhaIted
leader, Grover Cleveland, President of the
United States, and do hereby pledge him our
hearty and unqualified support in his efforts
to establish and maintain-"a sound and
stable currency, abundantly sufficient in
volume to supply the business needs of the
people, to secure the immediate repeal of the
clause OF the sherman act, and
the Inauguration of Il consistent and compre-
hensive financial system, that will preserve
the use of both gold and silver money upon
such terms as wil-'insure the parity of the
two metals and their intrinsic value and pur-
chasing power at all times in the market, and
in the payment of debts"
Sd. While we do not believe that our pres
ent financial trouble is attributable to a con.
traction of the currency, or any depreciation
thereof, we do most emphatically believe
that 1t Is the direct result of an injudicfous
distribution OF money, superinduced by
the unjust and inequitable operation
of high protective tariff; hence we arc in
favor of the immediate repeal of the McKin-
ley tariff act, the enactment of law impos-
ing a tariff for revenue only, and the imposi-
ton of graduated tax on all incomes that
exceed $l0O0.00 per annum.
tth. We recommend that the national
banks be permitted TO issue their currency to
an amount equal to the par value of the
United states bonds which they may deposit
with the treasurer of the United States to the
end that the volume of the currency may i'm
mediatey be increased
18th. We condemn the unbusiness like AL
minstration OF our state affairs under Gov
ernor Lewelling, deeply, dcplore the many
official scandals which have signalized IT.;
and emphatically denounce the condoning of
official crimes which have brought humiIia.
ton upon our people. We denounce the
reckless extravaganza of a populist senate
and republican house. which appropriated
for current expenses above 5000, 600, and 500
0co for the organization of partisan popuIist
militia, and demand that an end be put to
such wholesale robbery of the taxpayers of
the state.
9th. We stand now, as we have always
stood, for economy in county expenses, lower
taxes, and reduction of official salaries, and
pledge the candidates this day nominated to
give the people practical Illustration of this
theory, if they shall be elected.
eth. we are opposed to all class legislation,
and can but regard an artificial price place.
upon Colorado silver by congressional enact
ment rs advocated by the populsts, just as
much protection rs is an artificial price placed
in the same manner upon Massachusetts
blankets as advocated by the republicans.
and we hereby declare that both are not only
repugnant to democratic principles, but are
Numerically opposed to that apothegm
which teaches us, that. "paternalism
has no place in the creed Of democracy"
Sth Conscious of the rectitude of our in
teutions, we sincerely hope and trust that all
differences between members of the great
democratic party in this county, Gf any now
exist be buried and forgotten, that in this
convention harmony, wisdom and good judg-
ment prevail, and that in the coming cam
peign every loyal and true democrat, will
stand shoulder to shoulder, and together work
for the success of the ticket nominated here
to-day TO this end, aad that, for the future