The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-21
THEY WILL ADJOURN.
The Populists Who Meet at Paola
Tomorrow
WILL NOT MAKE A NOMINATION
But VIII Adjurn Over to July 1& Says
committeeman @empIe-Other PO-
11Gica1 News.


1IticaI News.
Secretary R II. SempIe of the Popu-
list state central committee, said this
morning that the Populists in the Sec
Ond district who have been causing the
trouble about the postponement of the
congressional convention have now
agreed to meet at Paola tomorrow and
adjourn over to July 10, the date agreed
upon by the district central committee.
Mr. Semple says it is doubtful if
majority of the delegates will go to Pao-
la tomorrow SO that it would be impossi-
bic for the "kickers" to do any business
and adjournment would be forced
upon them.
Secretary Semple says one of the rea-
sons why the Wyandotte county dele
gates are kicking is because they were
not allowed larger representation. he
basis OF representation in the district
was made the same as that to the state
convention which gave Wyandotte coun-
ty fourteen delegates. The county wanted
the vote on congressman at the election
two years ago made the basis, which
would have given them twenty-eight
votes, and they are sore because the COM
mittee cut their representation in two.
FOURTH DISTRICT PoPULIsrs.
Platform Adopted at the Congregational
Convention at EmporIa.
The following is the platform adopted
by the Populists of the Fourth district at
the convention which nominated s. Nj.
Scott for congress at Emporia yesterday:
We, the representatives of the Peo-
pies party of the Fourth congressional
district of Kansas, do most heartily en-
dOrse our present state officers for their
wise and economic administration of the
affairs of the state whereby a saving of
nearly a million and half dollars has
hco do TO- ba -l0r7-I o .6 faw
ers.
We pledge our united support to the
state platform and most heartily COM
mend the wisdom of the states conven-
ton in adopting the amendment, which
means what it says when it proclaims
to none We deem any man who is so
unpatriOtic as to proclaim in public he is
ashamed of the great state of Kansas,
to be unworthy, unsafe, and totally unfit
for the high office OF governor of the
state.
We contend that the present member of
congress from this the Fourth district,
Charles Curtis, has shown himself better
qualified to represent the manufacturers
of New England and the stock brokers
of Wall street than a district whose in
terests are mainly agricultural.
We endorse the decision of Judge
Caldwell of the United States court in
which he reverses the infamous and I'M
American decision of Judge Jenkins and
declares that both corporations and or
ganized labor are organized capital and
what is right for is right for the
other
John Madden offered the following
amendment which was adopted. We de-
clare ourselves in favor of legislation
looking toward the settlement of labor
disputes between corporations and their
employees by arbitration.
E. V. Wharton offered the following
resolution which called out an hours dis
cussion and ended in Mr.. Wharton with
drawing the resolutions:
That it is the sense of this convention
that it declare for the unli mited coinage
of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 and that
the silver dollar be declared the none
tary unit of this nation.
The informal ballot taken upon candi-
dates for the nomination of Congressman
resulted: Scott 20, Otis 20, Madden 8,
Kelly II, Wharton z.
s. NJ. Scott was declared the nominee
by reclamation.
The convention adjourned after hear
ing short speech from Mr.. Scott