Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1894-05-17

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and state conventions WAS held in the
court house in this city last Saturday,
May Il, aud was fairly well attended
-one prominent democrat who has
an extensive acquaintance over the
county remarkiug to your reporter
THAT all the republicans in the
county are present"
Chairman Bell, of Marvin, called
the meeting to order aud the call wa
read by Secretary Countrynaa.
A temporary organization was Rf-
fected by the convention election Hon,
John BIssell chairman and Frank
Strain secretary.
Mr., Bssell, on taking the chair
said that he supposed that this CON
venliou had mat for business aud dld
not want to listen to speeches from
any one, and asked for the pleasure
of the convention.
On motion, committees on creden.
tials, permanent organization and or
der of business, aud resolutions were
appointed.
The convention then took q recess
until 1880 o'clock.
Ga reconvening the committee on
credentials reported all township rep
resented, and recommended that the
delegates present be Empowered to
cast full vote of their respective
townships, a very convenient rule in
this case, as several different town
ships, entitled to from two to four
delegates were represented by one
Ions patriot" aud he was allowed to
cast the full vote.
The report of committee on resolu-
tions WAS next called for, and was
read amid quite Il thrill of applause,
the delegates at that time not reallz-
ing what big job they had under
taken, and is as follows
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That we as republicans
Of Phillips county, pledge ourselves
to redeem the state at the election III
November, placing again in power
the grand old party, the only party
which by its record has shown itself
capable of managing public affairs in
the interest of the whole people.
A, BARRON, Chairman.
j. II. KENNEDY, Secretary.
Committee on Permanent organiza-
ton and order of business recon
mended that the temporary organlza'
ton be made permanent, and that the
order of business be as follows;
First The election Of delegates
to the congress onal convention.
Second. The election of delegates
TO the state convention. Kepor
adopted and committee discharged.
On motion it was determined tina
two delegates should be selected iron
each commissioners district and tw
delegates from tho county at large.
The delegates from the first dis
trict to the congressional convention
are: w. A. Reeder of Logan, job
Bissell of Kirwin.
From the second district-Fran
Strain of Phillipsburg and Geo. BE
of Marvin.
From the third district-H. M. Fe
guson of Freedom and Gitfen Gu
bertson of Long Island.
At large-John o, Royce of Phi
lipsburg and Arthur HARDWOOD
Deer Greek.
On motion each delegate was a
= lowed to nominate his own alternate
and the gentlemen 30 named wei
elected by the convention.
One delegate created quite littl
ripple of excitement by moving for Il
instruction in favor OF Mr. Y.
Lewis, This was checkmated by Nj
Murray demanding that the delegate
) be left free to act, and the matter WI
finally compromised by the CONVEX
uon resolving that 1T is the sense
> this convention that we favor Mr..
A. Lewis for representative III col
gress."
The chair announced that the ne1
, thing in order would be the electlo
of delegates to the state convention
and the following gentlemen wei
; chosen:
First commissioners district
Major Drumhiller of Logan aud Y. I
Stone of Klrwln.
Second district-G. A. Spauldin
) of Phillipsburg, and Ritner Smith
3 PhillipsDurg.
9 Third district F. A. Dixon Of Ere
; dom and u. l.. Smith Of Granite.
At large-J. X, Glasgow Of Agl
: and G. W. Hull of Kirwln.
0 The alternates for the delegates
D the state convention were also chose
r by the delegates.
Again, a row was nearly precIplta
: ed by MIR, Q. w. Hull moving TO i
d struct for Major Morrill,. No soon
: was his motion made than Mr.. Roy
v was on his feet like, the little colort
! bov, "takin' everything on his sell
MIR. Royce said that if it was the i
}, tention of some of the convention
y whip somebody, it was, in his OPT
It ion, the wrong place to do it; that
the delegates chosen az least sew
we're for Major Morrill,, and that the
" -noann for Ins.ructln
y onIy that some one might have 1t
'. saw that they had downed him,
r. words to that effect. lie then move