The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-30
THOMAS ON TOP.
He Has the Local Democracy at
His Back.
VindicatiOn Demanded by the
EX-POstmaster
A MERRY WAR ON.
The Resolutions Peppery to a
High Degree.
Civil Service Reform Given a
Thorough Roast.


| elect delegates to the state convention
next Tuesday, and the congressional
convention convened in the court house
at,2 o'clock this afternoon.
The convention was called to order by
Eugene Wolfe, chairman of the county
central committee
The reading of the call was dispensed
with, and Secretary Thos. Hanley read
the list of delegates reported to the
county central committee.
The make up of the convention is en-
| tirely satisfactory to that portion of the
local Democracy particularly Interested
in the pOstotfice fight and the friends of
Frank s. Thomas were there in large
majority. Out of the ninety -One delegates
elected only four delegates got into the
convention who were not entirely in
sympathy with Mr.. Thomas.
s. B. Isenhart placed w. A Snyder in
nomination for temporary chairman, Lee
Jones seconded the nomination and VT.
Snyder was made chairman by acclama-
tion.
Thos. Stanley was made secretary of
the convention and Lee Jones assistant
secretary. Lee Jones objected because
he said he had been a life long Demo
crat and can't write very well. Frank
Thomas said Jones was a good reader
and he was elected.
On motion of w. J. Rankin the chair
man was authorized to appoint the usual
committees, but the committee on Gre
dentials was dispensed with, as there are
no contests.
Chairman SNYDER announced the ap-
pointlnent of the following committee:
On Resolutions-S. B. Isenhart d. p.
Elliott, and John Hovenden.
On Nominations-Fran s.. Thomas,
Ed Chelson, Emmett Whipple, J. G.
Campbell, aud NJ. w. Kernes.
Mr. NJ. FL. Case, DR.. Eva Harding and
Mrs. Potts were present and Lee Jones
moved that they be allowed twenty min
utes each to addsess the convention
while the committees are preparing
their reports. L. A. Stebbins said he
supposed the ladies' would rather speak
when the committee on resolutions re-
ported.
To this Lee Jones replied: ''We won't
have time them"
s:rs Case was then introduced.
The following resolutions are to be in
troduced:
Resolved, By the Democratic party of
Shawnee county, in convention assem-
bled:
First-That we do hereby reaffirm our
allegiance to the principles of the Dem
ocratic party, as formulated and an
nounced by the national Democratic plat
form Of 1892.
Second-Ye are opposed to fwoman
suffrage, because we believe it to be sub
versive of the best interest of the whole
people of the United States; that il is de-
grading to woman and VIII operate to
destroy the social order.
1hird-We believe that the farce known
in Kansas prohibition is vicious and
evil in all its tendencies; that the pro-
hibitOry law is scoffed at, viOlat. d and
ignored in every community throughout
the state; that it breeds perjury and has
accomplished no good whatever that it
has natural tendency to corrupt the
police court and other courts and officers
and sacrifices justice for the purpose of
collecting revenue for private gain and
benefit; that it is breeder of strife aud
corrupt litigation and furnishes diabolical
excuse for evil disposed persons to dis
honestly and corruptly punish their
enemies, and that it furnishes a con-
venient way for small, malicious and
unknown politicians and unknown and
unemployed preachers and persons to
crawl from obscurity and Oblivion into a
little, brief and temporary notoriety
by leaving their legitimate callings
and playing detective, charlatan and
spy. We, therefore, demand a resub-
mission of the prohibitory liquor law to
a vote of the people of this state.
Fourth-That we favor rhe immediate
repeal of what is known the clvil
service law, 1t is un-Democratic in, its
operation, creating a monopoly of office
holders and has been dishonesty used
by Republican administrations to
fill the departments of govern
ment and the general offices
with Republican subordinates and is
responsible for the weakening of the
government service by retaining incom-
petent, impartizaned employees in life
positions, and thereby begetting spirit
of arrogant Independence and disregard
of all responsibility, and causes reten-
ton to the manifest and Intentional dis
advantage of the party held responsible
for the due administration of the law, and
we heartily endorse the recent action
of the house of representatives by vote
of II to 1O9 IN refusing further appro-
priations for the civil service commits
sion whose principal duty it is to keep
Democrats out OF office and Republicans
in, and we request Senator -iartin to work
aud vote for the repeal Of this obnoxious
and undemocratic law and against any
appropriations for that commission.
Fifth-And we hereby favor the free
and unlimited coinage of American silver
and we hereby fully endorse the action
Of Senator Martin in the United States
senate on the silver question. We de-
nounce the demoneiization of silver in
1873 by the Republican party as a most
infamous crime against the people of the
United States, and consider it by far the
most serious blow that was ever struck