The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-09-29

Rousing Convention.
Pursuant to call, the Peoples party
convention met at the court house in
Goodland, Kan, on Saturday at II am.
Judge W. A Umbarger, chairman of the
county central committee, read the
call. G. D. Potts of Llanos township,
was chosen temporary chairman and j.
F. Kimmel of Logan township, was
chosen temporary secretary. The fol
lowing committees were appointed by
the chair:
Credentials VanWinkle, Grant
township; II. J. Groves, State Line
township; j. S. Warren, Itasca town
ship.
Rules and order of business
Reed, Grant township; A. B. VanCleve,
State Line township; J. r. Wheeler,
Logan township.
ResoIutionsFG. H. Carey, Smoky
township; Amos Smith, Iowa township;
J. J. Knight, Sherman1ille township.
On motion the convention adjourned
to meet at l pm.
Afternoon Session.
The convention convened at 1:30 p.
m. The reports of the following COM
mittees were read and adopted. Rules
and order of business, credentials, re-
solutions and permanent organization.
The temporary organization we're
made permanent.
Nomination for county officers was
taken up as the next order of business.
A. o. Clement of Voltaire township
and II. S. Rulon of ItaSca township,
were put in nomination for county
treasurer. The first ballot resulted,
Rulon A, Clement %; and II. S. Rulon
was declared the nominee for county
treasurer.
The following were nominated for
the Office of register of deeds: II. j.
Lowe, j. j. Knight, G. D. Potts, r. A.
Kent and @. II. Miller. On the third
ballot G. D. Potts received so votes, and
G.. III. Miller Is; and @. d. Potts was de-
clared the nominee for register.
f. L. Amet of Smoky township, and
E. D. Adams of State Line township,
we're nominated for county clerk. The
first ballot resulted, Adams A, Amet
80, and E. D. Adams was declared the
nominee for clerk.
The rules we're suspended and Simon
Kemp was nominated by acclimatiOn
for the office of sheriff.
The rules were suspended and DR.. e.
b. BurWeQ was nominated by acclima-
ton for coroner.
@. r. Shook was nominated on the
first ballot for surveyor, having receiv-
ed IS out of IA votes, l ballot being
cast for D. A. Long.
g. III. Austin of Washington town
ship, having been unanimously nomi-
mated for commissioner of the First
district, by the convention of delegates
held at Edison, Kan, on the 22nd of
September, was presented to the con-
vention for the ratification of his
nomination. He was supported unani-
mously, and being called made rous-
ing speech.
The following township committees
were nominated and elected:
Itasca-B. F. Brown and w. Candy.
Voltaire-J. A. Corkiu and F. A.
Hurd.
Grant-W. a. Sexson and William
Mitchell.
State Line-F. L. BIystone and E. D.
Adams.
Lincoln Delegation having retired,
no one was named.
Logan-F. L. Jones, J. F. Kimmel
McPherson-H. B. Hengstler and @.
Hockett
Smoky-George H. Carey and L. H
Haney.
Iowa.. H. Hartzler and Amos G.
Smith.
Shermanville- j. j. Knight and H.
w. 1WludIn.
LIanos-R. B. Ruberson and c. F.
Butler.
Washington-G. H. Austin and j. r.
Shipman.
Union-H. j. Jones and Silas Coon.
A caucus of committees chose B. F.
Brown chairman of county central
committee, and w. A. Umbarger secre-
tary.
The candidates are all good men and
the ticket is a winner from the word
'.go" All the candidates, with the ex-
ception of DIR. Burwell, who was absent
were called and made speeches except
ing the nomination and thanking the
convention for the confidence placed
in them and promised to stay with the
ticket, and declared their allegiance to
the PopuliSt party and endorsement of
its platform and principles.
@. r. Shook, candidate for surveyor,
who was also nominated at the Repub-
ican convention, declared that he was
Populist, and would support the Pop
ulist ticket.
George H. Carey made charasteris-
tic and mirth-provoking speech on the
old soldier and the Republican party.
He regretted that there was not more
old soldiers on the ticket, but was glad
there was one ON even the tale end of
the ticket.
Hon. A. B. Montgomery, Hon. F. E.
Yearick and others made short
speeches.
The following are the resolutions adj
opted;
Resolved, By the IS party in coun-
ty convention assembl that the so-caIled
''calamity howf' of the, eOple's party con-
vention at st. Louis and Omaha, towit,
that .'the nation has been brought to the
verge of moral and financial ruin," has
been justified by the events of the past
year.
Resolved, That the responsibility for the
present condition of the country is not the
effect of the Sherman law, but is the cumu-
lative result of the contraction of the circu-
iating medium, and the decentralization of
silver; causes which have been in operation
for the last quarter of u century.
Resolved, That no redress can be had
through either old party organizations, as
the administrations of both Harrison and
Cleveland abundantty prove; both have
been and are now under the complete do
mination of the money power.
Resolved, That the attempt to f0ist up
on the American people the financial SyS-
TEN of Europe is both un-American and
un-patTiOtic indeed, is Toryism of a con-
temptible and treaSOnable variety.
Resolved. That we re-affirm the spirit of
the Monroe doctrine, as applied to our I'm