Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-08-08

Inc vote was as folioWS:
L0rton 43.
| Nay Is.
Lorton was then called for, and he
came creeping to the front, withered,
wilted and quiyerlng like an aspen leaf
under the influence of disturbed at
mosphere and unrelenting heat. He
tarried here and there, almost afraid to
show himself; but the delegates steer
ed him to his destination. He said
that he didn't like to parade" him.
self, that parading was ''pop idea. ="
He looked like fawn captured in the
wilderness and brought into the hum
OF chaos. He finally managed to stam-
mer out thanks to the convention, and
thought himself deseryant of hugh hon.
or and glory because he was smart
enough to beat Mr.. Nay. His humilia-
ton has just begun; what he will be
after election, we are fearful to con-
| template.
County superintendent was the next
nomination in order. J. o. Lumpkin
of Sharon was placed in nomination by
David Nation, and Prof. Campbell of
Kiowa, by j. w. Dobson. The voice
OF the convention was as follows:
Lumkin 46.
Campbell Is.
Mr.. Lumpkin then came forward and
made short speech. He made the
statement that schools In the north
west part of the county, for period of
eight years, had not been visited by for
mer superintendent. This, of course, is
false; ifMr. Lumpkin follows this line of
policy during the campaign, his defeat
is as certain as the rising and setting
of the sun.
The next nomination was surprise
party IN honor ~ of A. l.. Noble.
Nominations for representative were
declared in order. Instantly Dictator
Sample took charge OF the convention
and in ringing speech, placed in NOM
| ination James W. Dobson Hedeclar-
ed that Dobson Was possessed of some
supernatural power, that three years
ago when defeat seemed certain, he
carried the republican party to partial
victory. He told the convention that
DObson was better than the whole re-
publican party itself and was a person
ificatiOn of victory itself. This said,
Sample took his seat and breathed and
rested complacenty. At this juncture
Dobson tried to look surprised; he
hoped to his pegs and bewailed the
fact that he had not the power of
speech that he could enshrine Mr.. Sam
pie in old Glory IN such glowing terms
as Sample had done him, but in his
meagre way he would nominate Mr..
Sample as he would make more effici-
ent representative. A comprehensive
grin Immediately crept over the coun-
tenance of Ed and he emphatically de-
clined, saying that he was mot in it,"
The sad memory Of two years ago was
still living within him. This act of the
convention caused Mr.. Noble no little
excitement, he had the unpleasantness
of going through another "cut and
dried'' convention. The convention
then adjourned to o'clock when they
would listen to Gen. Caldwell's pros
perity talk. The delegates from this
township got together TO nominate a
township ticket. This was the funeral of
Dial Morris;they turned him under new
er to be resurrected, by nominating Ohm
Shannon for trustee. Dial was aspIr-
ing some days ago to the nomination for
probate judge, but fearing that awful
defeat and being without an Office these
hard times was too much for him, he
concluded to remain with sure thing.
He no doubt was surprised on hearing
the results. Their reason for tue ac-
ton was Dal's stupidity, but it is said
they improved by making matters
worse; as the saving goes, they Jump
ed from the frying pan into the fire. !"
The balance of the ticket is as follows:
S. l.. Allen. clerk; Frank Chaplin, treas
urer; T. l.. Lindley, justice of the
peace; Aug. Langhorst, constable; G..
h. Taylor, road overseer.
| The delegates from the second COM
missioner district then retired to the
register of deeds Office and had set-to
COMMISSIONER ROW.
| The convention organized by electing
w. r. Julian chairman and Roger l..
Nay secretary. Nominations were then
called for. James Stranathan and o.
car Haberlein were placed in nomina-
ton. Five or six motions were made.
seconded, carried, withdrawn and re-
consided and a general middle was on
exhibition. But this was not all, clouds
were gathering and a storm seemed
ballot of the members present, since
the anti-Stranathar precincts were not
fully represented, but this move was
killed. All this time Mr.. Haberlein
was not aware of the fact that his name
was before the convention and 1t was
when they proceeded to vote that he
secame cogniZant of his condition,
| whereupon he loudly and emphatically
declined. Here the Stranathan men
hoped TO steal march, and moved to
! suspend the rules and declare him the
unanimous choice of the convention
but the opposition was too great and
the motion was voted down. They
| then proceeded to ballot in the formal
way which resulted inMoore townships
voting against Stranatban, Cedar, Haz-
elton and few others not voting.
Then a warm time ensued every one
was getting desperate, Haberlein was
demanding to know what was against
Stranathan, whereupon FAIR of Moore
jumped to his feet to tell what it was
but he was choked off. Haberlein then
moved to adjourn until one week to
meet at Kiowa and make the nomina