The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Second Day.

TOPEKA, Kan. June 14.'Chalrman
Dunsmore called the convention to or.
der shortly after o'clock. The cen
trail committee was announced as com
pleted as follows:
First district j. p. Sans, OF Nemaha
county. and. James Pickens. Of Jefferson
county; Second-D. C. Zercher, of John
son county. and Ross Williams, Of Bour-
bon county; Third-C. J.. McCaslin, OF
Elk county, and 7. J. Fitch, Of Montgomery
county: Fourth-W. F.Tipton, Of Cofey county,
and Taylor Riddle. of Marion county; Fifth
ID. C. Cranston. OF Dickinson county. and w. J.
Dunnock Of Marshall county: Sixth-O. l..
Smith. of Phillips county, and j. F. Hale, of
Jewell county: Seventh-Rufus II, Cone, OF
Sedgwick county, and J. J. Barnes. Of Pratt
county: member-at-large and chairman, John
w. Breidenthal, of Shawnee county, the pres
ent incumbent. Breidenthals election was
made by reclamation.
The report of the committee on reso-
lutions was called for when p. p. Elder
stated that the committee had failed to
agree on the suffrage question and
would submit two reports. Mr.. Brown,
of Kingman, read the majority report
and Mr.. Ridgeley, of Crawford, read
the minority report. The minority in
dorsed the majority report but recon-
mended that suffrage plank be added.
After a debate of three hours the
suffrage plank was adopted by a vote
of 337 yeas to 269 nays.
BY consent the following resolution
was introduced, and by a unanimous
vote was ordered incorporated in the
financial plank:
We reiterate our opposition to all banks OF
ISSUE whether national or state. and demand
the establishment Of postal savings banks by
the national government for the protection OF
small depositors. and call attention to the
widespread distress caused by the large num-
Der of bank failures during the past year
whereby thousands of depositors srTered the
loss of all their savings as evidence OF the ne
cessity Of this demand.
j. Z. Mcdonald, of Cherokee county,
offered the following, which was also
adopted:
learned with deep regret that new element
has arisen up in our country, and We believe
for the purpose of creating discord in the ranks
of our party and for the purpose OF disrupting
all labor organizations; its purpose is to ar
raign one class Of citizens against all others on
account Of religious faith.
Resolved. That the peoples party, as its
hence the enemy of oppression and tyranny in
every form. and we do most emphatically con-
denim such conduct as un-Christian, un-Amer-
lean. and as totally opposed to the spirit of the
constitution of our country. and we pledge our
best effort to defeat the principles of such or
ganization and to protect as far as We are able
every individual of every religious creed or po-
litical belief in his sacred right to worship God
according to the dictates OF his own conscience.
A resolution favoring state control
of the liquor ira ffic was voted down.
Nominations for associate justice of
the supreme court being in order. Will
liam Calhoun placed George w. Clark,
of Rice county, in nomination; z. FL.
Kane, of Dickinson county, named
Judge \. b. Nicholson, of Morris coun-
ty; G. C. Clemens presented the name
of Judge W. c. Webb, of Shawnee
county.
A ballot was taken. resulting as fol-
lows: Clark. 3O5; Webb, 235; Nichol-
son, 20. Before the secretaries could
figure up the returns several counties
changed their votes to Clark, which
gave him the nomination.
When the nomination for governor
was reached, Mr.. McKesson, of Elk.
presented the name of Gov. L. d.
Lewelling and he was chosen by ac-
clamation.
Lieut.. Gov. Daniels, of Crawford
county; d. j. Furbeck, of Shawnee; j.
Cole. of Reno. and j. w. Randolph. of