Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-09-09
The Convention Was Enthu.
siastic and Harmonious.
The Republicans Nominate One of
the Best Tickets Ever Pre-
sented for the Suffrage of
the People.

! Wa-Keeney, last Saturday, September
2, 1898, and were called to order by S.
; R. Cowick, chairman of the county CEN
trail committee.
| On motion, w. F. King, of Riverside,
was elected temporary chairman and H.
Harlan, of Wa-Keeney, temporary Sec
rotary.
The following committee on creden-
tials was appointed: J. W. Tunnel,
Riverside; John Ebeling, Collyer; D. j.
Wilson, Glencoe; Thomas Roberts,
Ogallah; W. B. CIPHER, Wilcox; Geo.
Young, Franklin; F. H. Burnham, Wa
Keeney.
Order of business-D. B. Rogers, Glen
coe: w. F. Barber, Riverside; E. S.
Coffey, Ogallah; Kinney Rogers, Will
cox; w. H. Hiatt, Franklin: R. S
Force, Collyer; E. A. Lewis, Wa-Kee-
ney.
Permanent organization-T. J. Hin
shaw, Wa-Keeney; A. Banks, Wilcox !;
Abram Cross, Glencoe; r. Burns, Ogal-
lah; VIM. Bower, Collyer; George Pal
mer, Riverside; A S. Beason, Franklin
The committee on credentials report
ed the following as entitled to seats in
ships: Wa-Keeney-E. A. Lewis, A. B.
Jones, A. S. Peacock, U. w. McGinniss,
J. G. Martin, T. J. Hinshaw, John Sims,
F. H. Burnham, Hudson Harlan, F. M.
Morgan, w. w. Gibson, NJ. W. Cliff,
Joshua Croft, E. A. Rea. Alternates-
Bert Schultz, Fred Street, II. S. Givler,
John Faulkner, F. W. Fisher,C. e.
Gleason, James Moor. Wilcox township
w. B. CIPHER. A. J. Gullett, A. Banks,
Kinney Rogers, Glencoe township
Abram Gross, D. J. Wilson, D. B. Rog-
ers. Ogallah township-E. S. Coffey,
S. S. Harvey, John Goble, Thomas Rob
erts, Reuben Burns. Collyer township
William Bower, John Ebeling, A. J.
Johnson, Emery Cass, J. II. Deatrich,
R. S. Force. Riverside township-J. W.
Tunnel, w. F. Barber, w. T. King,
George Palmer. Franklin township
A. S. Beason, George Young, W. A.
Hiatt.
The committee on order of business
recommended the following order in
nominating county offices: Sheriff, clerk,
register of deeds, treasurer, district
clerk, surveyor, coroner, commissioner
for first district.
The committee on permanent Organi
cation recommended that the temporary
organization be declared the permanent
organization.
On motion the reports of the several
committees were adopted as read and
nominations for the office of sheriff were
declared in order.
The names of J. L. Altman, of River
side, T. w. Bundy, of Wa-Keeney, A.
ant, OF Wa-Keeney, were placed in NOM
ination and the balloting began with
d. B. Rogers, of Glencoe and Reuben
Burns, of Ogallah, as tellers On the
first ballot Altman received 20 votes, T.
w. Bundy 8, A. p. Lawrence and E. F.
Bryant 10. J. L. Altman having re-
ceived a majority of all the votes cast
was declared the nominee of the con-
ventiOn.
For county clerk G. w. Sweet and G.
A. Hoar were placed in nomination. On
the first ballot Hoar received 26 votes
and Sweet Is. Hoar was declared the
nominee.
For register of deeds George W. Cross,
of Wa-Keeney, and George V. York, of
Collyer, SHE'D their castors into the ring.
The first ballot was an exact repetition
of the former one, Cross receiving &c and
York 49,
For treasurer there were three candi-
dates-C. M. Bell, of Franklin, w. H.
Damn, OF Wa-Keeney, T. R. Moore, of
Wa-Keeney. On the, first ballot Damn
received IA votes, Bell 5, T. R. Moore
10, and one ballot was cast for &C."
Moore. A new ballot was ordered which
resulted in Damn receiving Is votes and
Moore "a, Moore was declared the NOM
inee.
For district clerk S. NJ. Hutzel and
George w. BLACKWELL were placed in
nomination, and on the first ballot
BLACKWELL received % votes and Hutzel
II. BLACKWELL was declared the nomi-
nee.
G. ]. Ferris for county surveyor and
Joshua Croft for coroner were nomi-
mated by reclamation.
The delegates from the first district
nominated Henry Cutler for commits
sioner by reclamation.
The several townships named their
members of the county central commit
tee and they elected Lee Monroe, chair
man. Adjourned.
Immediately upon adjournment F. B.
Dawes, of Clay Center, was introduced
and spoke for about an hour. The gen
eral opinion was that it was one of the
finest political speeches ever delivered
in our county. The convention and audi
ence were tired before he began, but the
room began to fill up rapidly as the
word was passed along the line that
Dawes is speaking" and large crowd
gathered. The audience was electrified,
delighted, carried away, as the eloquent
speaker poured the hottest kind of hot
shot into Governor Lewelling and the
state house gang. But the old soldiers
present-how the fires of 1861 were kim
died when he contrasted the present
condition of affairs with those of the late
administration. We spoke with a score
OF them after the speaking and every one
gave Us the same answer-s'the best
speech we ever listened tor After the
speaking an informal reception was held
and almost the entire audience came
forward eager to grasp the hand of the
speaker and thank him for coming.
The attendance would have been even
larger but for the uncertainty as to the
hour the speaking would be held. It all