People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-07-28
VOL. III.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
A Ticket Put in the Field Composed
of Six Republicans and
One Democrat.
A BAIT FOR DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT-WILL
THEY BITE?
The viii Of the Majority for Judge Defeated by
Trick.

THEY BITE?
The Will Of the Majority for Judge Defeated by
aTrick.
Tuesday was Republican day in
Wellington and the supporters Of
busted banks and Republican har-
vests were here in force. The spir- (
tied contest for the judgeship had
the effect of injecting a sort Of elixir
into the decaying form Of the g. 0. p,
causing a sort Of parOxySm. For sew
eral weeks there has been a bitter
warfare made upon Judge Ray, who
was equally determined to become his
own successor. Many amusing Incl
dents have occurred. One of these
was the peremptOry possession taken
OF an article that was sent here for
publication in the Monitor. 1t seems
as though Judge Ray has very bad
reputation about paying his debts.
One Of his Kentucky creditors, who
has his notes in the Sumner National
bank for collection, sent in this COM
municatiOn for publication on cOndi-
tiOn that Judge Ray refused to pay the
notes. DR.. Barnett was sitting in the
front of the Monitor Office reading the
article when Judge Ray happened
along. The Dr.'s back was to the
door. Quick as the snap of a turtle
the Judge grabbed the manuscript
and disappeared out of the door be-
fore the DR.. could recover his eQuilib-
rum.
With such contest waging it is no
wonder that the convention hall was
the scene of great expectancy.
The convention was called to order
at II a. m. in the court house, which
was full to the corridors.
A contest for temporary chairman
YVES immediately sprung. The Fer
guSOn forces put Ex-senator FOrney,
OF Belle Plaine, in nomination, and
the opposition named |. n. Cooper,
Of Caldwell. The vote stood liz for
FOrney and los for Cooper, D. c..
Millard was chosen temporary secre-
tary. The usual committees were
then appointed and the convention
adjourned until 2 p. m.
The afternoon session was called to
order promptly at the hour named
and the committee on credentials
made report showing all the precincts
represented except Sumner township
and the End precinct of Walton.
Some of the delegations were not
full.
The committee on permanent or
ganizatiOn reported in favor of con-
tinuing the temporary organization
and adding W. NJ. Massey as assistant
secretary.
A call was made for report of com.
mittee on resolutions, and no one be-
ing present to answer for them, the
sergeant at arms was dispatched tC
see if they were not lost. The report
shows they were only wOOl-gather.
ing.
While the convention was waiting
the roll of precincts was called anC
the new committee named.
The committee on resolutions an
lOunced themselves and their repOrI
was received and adopted. The res
'OlutiOns Te-afirmed their allegianc,
&c the principles set forth in previous
Republican platforms, but failed Il
designate which platform. II the,
meant the one adopted by the Repub
licap state convention in 1890, they
committed themselves to free cOinag,
of silver. But little questions of suel
minor Importance as the money ques
tion are of no consequence to "dyeC
in the wool" Republicans. They ar,
Republicans because they are Repub
licans-Republican Republicans. Th
platform also denounced the San
archiSt" state administration and tn
anti-pensiOn Democratic administra
tion at Washington.
This having been swallowed at on
gulp, attention was turned to the ia
more important work of the conven
tion-the offices.
The committee on order of busines
had laid out the program as follows
Nominations for Judge, clerk, treas
urer, sheriff, register, surveyor an
coroner.
The ''picnic" had come and every
thing was expectancy. Major Lev
Ferguson was put in nomination b
7. A. Hubbard, of Jackson township
Judge Ray by Chas. Willsie, of We
lingtOn and ]. A. Burnette by R. I
SimOns, of Caldwell.
The ballots up the 7th stood as 70
lows:
Ballots. lst. I'd. I'd. 4th. 5th. 9th. 9TH
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