Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-08-08
RING RULE!
Republicans Name Their
County Ticket.
KIOWA'S CANDIDATES GET LEFT.
Sample Fixes the Ticket-The Con.
TentiOn Acts per InstructiOns-A
Row i'm the End Commits.
siOner District.

urday and was called to order by A. L.
Noble at 11:3O A. NJ, with about half
the delegates present, several
precincts unrepresented. E. T. Noble
was chosen temporary chairman and III
+. Glenn and E. II. Nixon temporary
| secretaries. On motion the following
committees were appointed: Five on
credentials, consisting of Messrs Dob
son, Lindley, Rankin, Bucknum of
Elm Mills. and w. r. Julian; five on
resolutions, consisting of Nation, Hab-
erlein, Noble, Huffaker and Eckert;
three on permanent organization, con-
sisting of Multer, Grigsby and Will
liams; three on order of business, con-
sistlng of Oliver, Chas. Fair and j. N.
DAVIS. A committee was also appoint
ed to meet Gen. Caldwell at the train
in the afternoon. The convention
then adjourned until 2 O'Clock p. NJ.
Immediately after dinner the com
mittee on resolutions assembled IN c.
L. Longs office, and the resolutions
which no doubt were made to order at
Topeka, were procured. During the
adjournment Sample lost no time in
getting among the delegates and pull.
ing the wires which he did admirably
| and to perfection so that when the con-
vention was called to order in the af-
ternoon, all that was necessary was to
grind out the contents that were as vet
concealed in the machine. Roger Nay
and Prof. Cambell of Kiowa were on
hand, and very hopeful of the places to
which they aspired, but they failed to
stand in" with the Medicine Lodge
bosses, and our Kiowa friends were
left out, with the promise that perhaps
they would get something next time y
About half past two O'Clock the dele
gates began drifting to the court house
and the convention was soon called to
order. The report of the committee on
credentials was read and adopted. The
committee on permanent organization
then reported as follows: T. l.. Lind
ley, chairman; II. E. Glenn and E. H.
Nixon, secretaries. Mr.. Lindley then
took the chair and the convention got
down to business. The report of the
committee on order of business was re-
ceived and adopted. David Nation
then read the resolutions which were
as follows:
WHEREAS, The republican party of Barber
county in convention assembled, do hereby
RESOLVE, That we re-affirm the republican
platform adopted by the republican state
convention on the 9TH of June. 1894, at Topeka
That We heartily ratify the state ticket
nominated at said convention, and especially
do we congratulate the old soldiers of the
state on the nomination of that true and tried
soldier and soldiers friend Major Morrill, for
governor, and we pledge ourselves to use all
honorable means to secure the election of the
entire ticket
That We are proud of the nomination of our
fellow citizen. Chester l. Long as a candidate
for congress and we pledge ourselves to work
early and late to secure his election.
AND WHEREAS, The management of our
county affairs under populist rule, has been
characterized with fraud and extravagance
unparalleled in the history of the county,
RESOLVED, That we pledge the republican
party to restore the managem 9nt of our coun.
ty affairs to an honest and healthy condition
That the extravaganza of the Judicial affairs
of this county under the management of ou1
present district judge has been unparalleled
in the history of the county and that we cal
upon the voters TO unite in the election of a
judge who will honestly and economically ad
minister the office to the interests of the tax
payers of the county.
DAVID NATION. Chairman.
The convention was very tame when
it came to adopting the resolutions,
and outside of few wheel ho:ses.
none answered AYE" Profound dis
gust was plainly visible among the del
egates when the resolutions were being
read but they were doomed to "grin
and take it," A motion was then
made and carried that the voting be
done by precinct, the chairman casting
the full vote.
Nominations were then declared in
order, and j. r. Lamport of Turkey
was nominated for probate Judge.
Immediately Sample was on his feet
and placed j. n. Davis in nomination.
were suspended and Lamport was nom
mated by reclamation. Lamport was
then called for, and came to the front
and thanked the convention heartily.
Nominations for county attorney
were then called for. G.. NJ. Martin
was placed in nomination by Grigsby;
w. r. Julian by Phil Healy, andFrank
Long by the illustrious boss, Z. Sam
pie. Here his omnipotence first pre-.
scented itself; he jerked his coat and
was soon out among the delegates and
matters were soon adjusted, the vote
resulting as follows:
Long, Al.
Martin, IL.
Julian, s.
f. w. Long was then declared the
choice of the convention.
Nominations for clerk of the district
court was next on the program. Hy.
der Fair of Sharon, placed OTIS Lorton
local editor of the CresSet of this city
IN nomination, and E. b. Multer OF
klowa township, nominated Roger l.
Nay of kIowa. Roger was still in higt
hopes but as tie vote was being taken
a shudder seemed to encounter hi.
frame; for a moment he turned DEATH,
pale, but he soon rallied from his som
bre state and consoled himself by say
ing that he would rather undergo Thu
present defeat than the one avajtip,
Lorton on election day. Well W,
think so too, and Mr.. Nay should hav,
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