People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-07-13
Topeka Letter.
TOPEKA, KAN, July 9, '94.
Regular correspondence

400 delegates were in their seats.
There was no contest over the or
ganizatiOn as the state committee
named the temporary officers and
when W. c. Perry, US. district at
tOrney was introduced as chairman
he thanked the convention for the
unexpected compliment paid him and
Immediately proceeded to deliver
prepared address bentting the occa-
sion. The usual committees were ap-
pointed and the convention took
recess until 5 o'clock.
At the evening session, after con.
siderable sparring on the question Of
the appointment Of a state central
committee which resulted In the ma.
chine getting control Of the eight
members at large, motion was
made to proceed to the nomination Of
a state ticket. This met with some
opposition on the part OF those dele
gates who did not desire to follow the
example Of the Republicans by nam
ing the candidates previous to the
adoption Of platform; but major.
ity evidently concluded that the res
OlutiOns could be arranged to fit the
candidates whoever they might be,
and nominations were declared in
order. Hon. Ed Carroll OF Leaven-
worth placed the name Of David
Oyermyer before the convention as
candidate for governor and he
was nominated by reclamation as
was the whole ticket with few ex.
captions, there being no great desire
upon the part Of anyone to immediate
himself on the altar Of Democratic
patriotism by leading a iOrlorn hope.
0yermyer, in his speech to the con-
ventiOn, referred to the statement
that when Tilden was a candidate for
the presidency the Democracy was al
luded to as tie reactionary party and
agreed with the assertion, exclaim-
ing that it was either reaction or rev.
OlutIon. He would fain turn back
the hands on the clock Of time, but
that it was impossible; We are living
in an age Of revolution, revolution in
thought, in methods, in systems, al
ways pressing on toward the goal Of
mans destiny, a peaceful revolution
or rather evolution, having for its OBJ
ject the emancipation Of the human
family, its deliyerance from the
thralldom Of prejudice and oppres
= sion and its final victory over the
: powers Of ignorance where the sun
light Of truth and reason will domi
) nate and happiness and comfort sur
round those who have created thu
wealth of the world, now being mo
nOpolized by the few.
He also stated that in the cam
paign Of 1876 he had wandered from
the faith Of the fathers" and we de
sire to remark that Dave has beer
very much OF a wanderer during hi.
! political career, generally wandering
into the Republican party, except
when the Democrats nominated hin
for some Office.
The platform adopted is quite
lengthy, and contains the usual stero
typed plank endorsing the admins
tratiOn, and also the efforts of Cleye
land and congress to carry out the
principles Of the Chicago platform
whatever that means, it favors resub'
mission and opposes woman suffrage,
condemns the Republicans for steal.
Ing the lower house OF representatives
but fails to state that the three Dem.
ocratic members assisted them in
their nefariOus work.
The fight in the convention oc.
Cured when the financial plank wai
under discussion, the majority ia.
yored the adoption OF the meaning.
less phrases contained in the national
platform, but the minority report OF
the committee led by Riggs, Click
and others objected and after a spir-
tied and somewhat acrimonious de-
bate they were successful and the
minority report was adopted. We
have examined the two planks very
carefully and have concluded that il
is a distinction without a differene,
the one plank being about as clear on
the question as the other, but some
thing has to be done to keep the free
silver Democrats in line, il such a
thing is possible, and the politicians
now will declare that they are in IA
vor Of free silver when every sensible
man knows that the party is as com.
pletely under the control Of the gold
bug and corporate interests OF Eng
land and Wall street as the Republl-
cans, and that even the silver leader,
Bland, has not yet come to the part
ing Of the way"