The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-07
THE "AGIN- CONVENTION

THE "AGIN" CONVENTION
The Anything-tO-Beat-the Republi-
can-party convention met at the court
house last Saturday, pursuant to an
nouncement. OF course it was prac-
tically what everybody knew ii
would be-the same old Peoples party
crowd. There were no straight Dem
ocrats in it that we recognized. And
the only late Republican was our old
friend Sam Jordan, who hid himself
as well as he could behind the ample
corporosity of George Moore and look
ed as if he did not feel bit at home.
c. f. Davis, of Humboldt, and Otis
Hodgson, of lola, were elected chair
man and secretary. But Frank Pow
er and Seth Bartlett and Chris. Ritter
ran the convention, as usual. 1t was
an awfully slow convention. "The
trouble is" said Seth Bartlett, when
it was about half through, in a burst
of confidence to group of Republican
spectators, "the trouble is, we have
got the wrong man in the chair. fl
had been there we would have been
done by this time" The thing that
keeps Seth's nose to the grindstone is
his mOdesty.
The committee on credentials re-
ported delegates present from every
township except Geneva. God bless
herD We would have printed the list
of delegates but Seth Bartlett carried
it off with him.
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported as follows:
The people of Allen county i'm dele
gate convention assembled commend
the administration of Governor Lew
elling as wise and patriotic.
Believing the financial question to
be the paramount issue of the day, we
favor the immediate repeal of the
sO-called Sherman act, and as a SUBJ
stitute, demand the free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver, together with a
circulating medium issued by the
general gOvernment-sOund, flexible,
sufficient-that the business of the
country may be done on a cash basis. |
We demand an adjustment of the |
present tariff laws to the end that the |
burden of taxation shall rest upon the |
luxuries rather than the necessities of
life, and that the deficiency in the
revenue arising by the removal of the |
hn hn hx,I
a graduated income tax.
Firmly believing a change in the
of the County would
result to the benefit of the Taxpayers
and citizens, and knowing the dsle-
gates to this convention were chosen
by the masses Of the people, we heart
lily commend its nominees to the vot-
ers of the county.
The Committee ON Order of Bush
ness reported program under which
the following ticket was nominated:
For Clerk,
+. TREGo.
of Salem.
For Treasurer,
J s. LEHMAN
OF Humboldt. II
For Register of Deeds,
6. W. LEFFLER,
of Usage.
For Sheriff,
JOHN BALE,
OF lola
For Surveyof,
WI. PRICE,
of Elsmore.
For Coroner,
Or. MCDONALD,
of Humboldt
For Commissioner,
vN. BEAUCHEE
Dir. Trego, Mr.. Price, DIR. Mcdonald
nd Mr.. Braucher were nominated by
thsre being no opposing !
But for Treasurer there {
we're three candidates.. G. Jordan, )
'arlyle, - Gilmore, of Humboldt,
nd J. S. Lehman. For Register there
Tere six candidates. q. w. LETTER, {
Usage, JAS. Mccain, of lola, DIR.
of Moran, +. M. Yountz, of i
Ottage Grove. Harris, of -. and
tits HOdgson, of lola. For Sheriff |
here were seven candidates. John l
ale, lola, Abe O'Hara, Moran, g.
V. Moore, Carlyle, W.. s. Colgin, lola,
!. r. Cochrane, Humboldt, - AL
sEd, Cottage Grove, and f. A. Gar
son, Usage.
So this party in which 1.-The office p
'eks the man." showed up ~ candi- +
atos for the four places for which the C
'ftce-seeiing old Republican party" q
rs but IL. SIC transit Z
1t was the quietest convention you Il
Iar saw. The resolutions provoked g,