The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-24

The Populist county convention nomi-
mated the following ticket yesterday:
For County Attorney-A. Z. Helm.
For Probate Judge.-lrvin Stratton.
For District Clerk-P l.. Arne.t.
For Superintendent-J. V. Colville.
For mmissioner-WhiineyT Tucker
For Representative, Sixty-seventh District
H. W. Rublc.
For Representative, Sixty-efghth District
Geo. LitZenburg.
For Representative, Sixty-ninth District
:. NeiswongCr.
The heavy hand Of time has indeed
. wrought terrible ruin in the ranks of the
Pc puist party. Twoyears OF its own rule
have injured its vitality more than war
/ and pestilence combined.
Although il deserved death long ago,
nevertheless, many men who were never
| in sympathy with it, felt sorrow for it yes
/ terday. It was a wasted skeleton-a mere
! consumptive-a ragged remnant of what it
was two short years ago. Time has indeed
| been very uukind to Populism in Sedgwick
/ county.
| When the convention was called to order
yesterday morning il was not near so large
rs the Prohibition convention held last
/ week. The apportionment was nearly 2J0,
| DUJ at 10 time was blcIO ulOit ALSil4 LII
! delegates present. The heaviest vote cas-,
was 49, or about twenty less than the az
gregate OF TIE precinct appointments
notwithstanding the fact that it WAS re-
solved that the deeg ites present cast the
/ votes of the absentees. The fact Is
| that six townships were not represented
at all. This looks very bad for the.
| Peoples party strength IN the county n
| view of the fact thai the representation
I Cd la at N-nr nF FEH-n
parties when fused.
| Then again, the convention was not a
representative one. The country delegates
were made mp principally OF unknown
men, with the exception OF Silas Rutlidge,
/ John Bunker Charlie Goodyear and a few
| Others. The city delegations were made
| up principally Of doctors without patients,
! lawyers without clients, mechanics with
/ out Jobs aud a fair sprinkiing of the
/ knights OF rest. Sandwiched between
these were a few men who were fairly
representative in character, bat very
| few.
At promptly 10 o'clock L p. Campbell
called the meeting TO order, and Joe Furn-
ish read the official call This being done.
the further pleasure of the meeting was
desired
Will Ayers OF the Fourth ward jumped
to his feet, and, i'll that picturesque m an
/ ner peculiar to him, he proposed for chair
man Colonel Nick Bird, whom he charac-
terzed As :, distinguished freshman from
( Cork. Four or five Others were nominated
but all declined, and the distinguished
| Corkonian was elected unanimously.
Colonel Birds blue eyes and shining
crown giistened as he took the platform
and proceeded TO recite the oppression and
| Tyranny Of capital No stranger who heard
him would suspect for moment that the
| income from his bonds stocks, lands, law
| aud tenemeutS amountSlto something Ike
mi ftR-.4
safes To hold his securities. TO hear his
sad recital of calamity and woe, one would
I think that the wolf was continually at his
door, or that the pOorhouSe was staring
! him in the face. Colonel Nicholas made
speech of great length which covered a
multitude of questions of he reform type.
| lie covered himself with glory at the wind
up when he referred 10 Grover Cleveland
as the Fat BeelZebub, of BuZZard's Bay"
THIS Cleveland remark, II measure,
compensated the convention for their pa
thence with the speech of Mr. Bird, which,
in truth was eloquent and elegant, but too
high for the tastes of his hearers.
White he WAS selecting the following
committees, Mr.. kies made a speech 10 the
convention by request Of the fellows who
were willing TO butcher him two hours at
terward if he was SO unwIse as 10 become
candidate.
The usual committees were announced
and an adjournment was taken till l
O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At lis D. m. Colonel Bird announced
that be was like an old maid whom be
once knew-open for propositions. At TINS
Doint "A committee report was read de-
tbrouing Colonel Bird aud Charles Good
wear rs chairman and secretary, ana ele-
waiting l. +. Campbell and Y. {. Sloan to
their p.aceS A crumb WAS thrown TO the
Central Labor union IN the selection
OF Joe Hinkle rs assistant secretary,
The committee on resolutions reported
the following expression OF the couven-
ton:
BE it resolved by the Peoples party of
Seugwlck county in convention assembled:
l. We affirm ami adhere 10 the priucl-
pies of the Peoples party as set forth III
= tie platform adopted by the national con-
? yenIion at Omahe and that adopted by
our late state convention al Topeka.
+ We believe the system OF paying all
/ hubble servants a stated salary at stated
times il the most economical and satisfac-
tory. and that all fees charged for any OH
cisi service should be turned into The
proper treasures.
5 Taxation being a burden borne sim
ply for the sake OF good government, the
rate should be the lowest consistent VITA
r the ends TO be subserved, and we condemn
that policy of taxation which takes from
tb. psopIs more of their means than Is re-
GtiTCG AoE XIX y -A-S..N "a -
; tlouS. thus piling up IN insecure Geposlto-
ries money which might better be IN the
hands Of its owners.
Believing IN the right OF local self
, governments we are opposed 70 the policy
, of authorizing the state executive TO ccu-
, troll cur local police affairs, aud We urge
upon orr senators and representatives the
, necessity OF promptly restoring 10 Us our
: rights In thst particular.
4 While we believe i i worthy smbl
ton in any mau to desire 10 serve hi Eel
lows in official station, yet We dep-ecsts
that system or party management whlcl
p encourages aud much more which forces
! the citizen to srrnd his time in The pur-
! suit of place upon his party ticket
e : One IF the chisi doctrines OF the PEG
: pies party being tue duty OK -overum .ut
; 10 perform certain great functions iog tbs
: I bsuefit OF al the people and the proper per
I fornianCe OF these functions being lucom
. patible with the continuance o. the spoil,
/ system" IL i our belief that the principles
embodied IN the civil service rules OF
/ the general government should be adopted
BY the states, aud applied 10 state, county
and municipal servants
. We demand that the legislature ensc'
A law by which morJCsset property, " hen
taken az security for 4 uebr. Is >old IN pay
neur of such debt, taaJ the dsor susil
| thereby be satisfied ana the debtor dis
| charged.
10. we congratulate the Peoples party
of Sadgwick county Ga the Peoples party
county officers elected two yeSys ago II
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