Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1894-08-16
From Saturdays Daily.l

From Saturdays Daily.l
As a result Of the primaries and to-
days convention the above portion
Of the Populist ticket is completed.
Those who 60 back for another vote
Aug. 2S are:
For county attorney-B. c. Grams
ton, c. s. Crawford.
For high school trustees--G. +.
Livingston, S. NJ. Marlatt, H. Pottle.
The ones securing the highest vote
next time will be the nominees.
The Populist county convention
was held today, kind Of half way
step in the nomination Of county
ticket. 1t began at II a. M. and Al
delegates were present including sew
eraI court house officers and clerks,
Democrats like Capt. Reagan and the
fixers.
W. d. Nichols called the convention
to order.
B. M. Anderson was elected chair
man; j. 5. Troxel, secretary.
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows, the list having been fixed up
in advance and Struggled into the
chairman's hands, several OF those
named were not present:
Permanent organization-T. J. Gal
breath, +. Murphy, W. W. Pratt.
Order Of business-W. B. Ross, j..
Patten, j. H. Mcclure, H. Collam, j.
Alstrom.
Credentials i. Rulings, M. D.
Thisler, M. Bryson, N. G. Reed, H.
L. Chance.
Resolutions-0. Sutphen, H. Nc
Vickers, D. Myers.
j. W. Amis, candidate for secretary
Of state, addressed the convention.
He is a good looking, innocent young
man who seems to have fallen into
bad company. He talks as though
his speech had been committed to
memory from the back Of the Fifth
reader and makes hard work of re-
peating ia good deal like the BASH
full schoolboy on the last day Of
school.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
When the convention reassembled
at O'Clock committee reports were
called for.
The temporary organization was
made permanent. Chairman B. M.
Anderson seized the chance to make
speech. 1t was one Of his old Farm
ers' Alliance speeches which he had
committed to memory while he was
in retirement. He had not heard out
in Ridge township of the Democratic
conventions conversion to Populism
and not having been posted he pitched
in and roasted Cleveland and Democ-
racy to a turn. 1t made the lixers
wriggle in their chairs but he could
not be stopped and he came near
upsetting the whole milk bucket. He
said Democracy was a sprained, poll
evil stricken old horse and should be
retired from the service.
Sam Jones Of north Dickinson next
spoke He is a typical Pop of the old
calamity 1890 picnic orator style.
1t seems like old times to hear him
ramble on about over production,
currency, etc. He was also ignorant
Of the Democratic convention and
gave Cleveland particular fits. He
said the party was standing on the
Omaha platform, forgetting that
most Of the ticket is already on the
State Democratic platform.
J. R. Vickers next made a speech.
He Is an ex-Democrat and began with
the history of 1860. He worked his
way down the decades. He created
quite sensation by saying he did
not want any office. He had not
checked up either on the town fxers
and thought the farmers were running
the Peoples Party. He scored the
Democratic party as the betrayer of
every trust.
The credential committee after two
hours work reported 80 delegates
present, six precincts not represented.
NAMING THE CANDIDATES.
1t was voted to call the roll and
have votes cast at primaries an
nounced
On the call for representative the
vote stood; A. H. Ryan 2l5, J. G.
Lands SO.
For county attorney; C. S. Craw-
ford 1877, B. c. Cranston 1O6, A. ].
Kline u.
For high school trustees: G. F.
Livingston S07, S. NJ. Marlatt 1877, H.
Pottle 50.
J. G. lands made speech and
said he had been intending to decline
as candidate for representative and
did so briefly.
This suited the slate and on motion
Ryan was made the nominee.
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