The People's friend., 1894-06-14


opened to the coinage OF the silver of the mine:
, OF the United states and that congress sh0ulC
! enact law leVylng tax on impOrtationS O.
/ foreign silver sufficient to fully protect the
! products OF our own mines,
| fourth-We favor national and state legisla-
! ton for the encouragement of irrigation
! tlfth-We denounce the present state admin.
iStration for its revolutionary tendencies it>
violation of the laws. contempt of the courts
the corruption and lncOnpetency of its Officials
its gross miSmanaEcment Of the state iu~titu.
tlonS and for the diScredit it has brought up0r
the good name Of the state. And we pledge The
republican party and the nominees of this cor
vention to a faithful and economical di~charre
OF all official duties. to strict observance ana
an honest enforcement of the law ana to obedi-
ence to the mandates OF the courts.
Sixth-To the maintenance of these princi.
pies we invite the support of all patriotic citi-
zenS-
This platform was adopted without q
dissenting vote.
Nominations for lieutenant-poxern
were now III order. J. L. Bristow
nominated J. W. Moore, Of Marion: +.
{. Cole, ID. n. Heller. of Barton:%. Nj
Miller, J. A. Troutman. of Shawnee.
John n. Ritter, d. W. King, of Chero.
kee: r. w. NJ. Roe, T.. q. Dewey. Of
Elk.
On the fourth ballot Troutmap was
nominated, the result being Troutman
53S. Heller 34S: total $50.
The convention then adjourned to 2
o'clock
The convention got down to business
after the noon hour at 2:15. Following
the name of DR.. il. Il. Roberts. of
Riley. which had been put before the
convention for secretary of state pre-
vious to the noon adjournment. those
of Frank l.. Brown, Of Anderson:El. NJ
SmYth. of Greenwood: W. c. Edwards.
Of PaWnee; Dr.. w. \. Leigh. of Cooks.
and j. :. Mcdowell. Of Smith. were
presented. Shawnee county announced
that the name OF Col. j. W. f. Hughes
would not be presented.
On the third ballot there were breaks
all along the line to Edwards Ather-
tons friends in the Sixth district who
had been voting for Mcdowell. went i'm
large numbers to Edwards. Toward
the close of the roll call delera-
tiOns tumbled over each other
get to Edwards and when Shawnee
was reached it threw its % votes to
him. which insured his nomination.
The ballot at the close stood: Edwards,
80: Brown. 333: Mcdowell. 70: Smvth,
3; Roberts. ,: Leigh, 1; total. 500 ~
Edwards accepted the nomination in
q neat speech.
The names Of ten candidates for aud
itor were presented in the convention
in this order; George ". Clark, of
Mitchell county. by |. ID. Young: s. w.
Gaunt, of RaWlins county. by Col l..
G. Park: George Washington Jones
(coloredU, of Graham county. by Alvin
Law: II. p. Myton, of Garden City. by
Judge Abbott: Tom L. Kelley. of PaOla.
by "BrOWn of Niami:' j. l.. Cook. of
Cove county. by c. +. Pierce: A. II.
Chase of Wichita. by Charley L0bdel:
George +. Cole. of Crawford cOuntY, by
.. T. ltoaz: Glenn Noar, Of Ere@o-.tSa-
ty, by Pierce Metz: Col. III. l.. Millard,
Of Rice county. by A. w. Brinl1erhOtf.
The third ballot resulted in the nomi-
nation of Cole. the vote standing as fol-
lows: Cole, 5S4: Kelly, 40; Myton. 81;
;.
The nomination was made unani-
nous. Cole accepted in brief speech.
The convention then adjourned till s.
The evening session of the cOnven-
ton was called to order on time by
hartman Peters who announced nomi-
nations in order for state treasurer.
!. X. CubbisOn presented the name of
". II. Elicit. of Butler county.
date. The name Of d. w. Eastman, of
Lyons. was presented by |. f. Lam
bert. The name Of j. Bruce Lynch
was presented also, the speaker call
ing attention to the fact that two
years ago when a candidate for the |
same office, Lynch led the ticket, II. |
l.. Pestana named O. l.. Atherton, of |
Russell county, in short, sharp and
brilliant speech. Three ballots settled |
the contest as follows: Lynch, 298; |
AthcrtOn, 5S3.
Three candidates were named for at. |
+. b. Dawes, of Clay |
CENTER: w. f. Guthrie. of Atchison, and !
Oscar Faust, Of Allen county. The
vote was: +. B. Dawes, 5O5; w. + |
Guthrie. BIB: Oscar Faust, 10
Capt. J. c. Davis, of Chase: Edmund
0ldiIICN. Ol Law Itllcc. anu y. W.
Itu5bs. of Haskell, were placed IL
for superintendent of pub.
ic instruction. The ballot resulted in
sweeping victory for Prof. Stanley by
he following vote: Davis, 191; Stanley
as: Stubbs. IA.
1t was l | o'clock when eX-CfOv. George
/. Anthony took the platform and
1luced the name of Col X. w. Blue be
ore the convention for nomination fol
t-large. The names Oj
ieOr~e l.. Douglass, Ed p. Greer and
J. c. Caldwell were also placed before
he convention. The vote as announced
vas as follows: r. w. Blue, AS: George
Z. Douglass. 264: Ed =. Greer, ia; J. c.
caldwell, ).
Mr. Blue was declared the nominee
If the convention amid much enthusi-
Ism. He appeared upon the platform
md accepted the nomination in q short
peech. and at 12:45 o'clock the cOnven.
ion. having completed its work, ad
Ourned.
state Central Committee.
The full list of the central cOm1sittee-
nen is as follows:
First district. c. +. Johnson: Second, J. NJ
,hism. Atchison; Third. W E. Sterne. Topeka;
Tourth. j. j. Cox: Fifth, j. l.. Senior: Sixth j.
u. Humphrey. Fort Scott: Seventh, 7. s. Stover
ola: Eighth, g. A. Clark. Junction City: Ninth |
!. L. Greene. Newton; Tenth, T. J. Hayes. Os-