Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-01
REPUBLICAN, CONVENTION.
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on hands Saturday morning TO call the
convention to order. as chairman of the
county central committee, and the
usual preliminary red tape was gone
through with before an adjournment
for dinner
at about 2 O'Clock the convention
was.called to order and the reports of
the different committees were heard
and approved. c.. A Swartz was
elected as permanent chairman and II.
c.. Arnold, G. II. Luce and W. G.. Cone
secretaries.
The following most wonderfully con-
structed and picturesquely lucid % res
buttons were adopted:
We, the republicans of Barton county, in conYen-
ton assembled, do hereby resolve:
1. That we reafirm allegiance to the national
republican party and to the principles enunciated
in its national and state platform.
2. That we endorse the administration of his ex-
ceiency, E. N Morrill,, governor of the state of
Kansas.
g. That we rejoice in the harmony existingI in
the ranks of the republican party in Barton county
and the avowed determination to nominate and
dence and trust reposed in them.
4. That we hereby pledge ourselves to use every
honorable effort to secure fixed and unaterable
ratio of 16 to in the November elections--that is
to say 16 votes for the republican ticket this day
nominated to vote for the combined opposition.
BALLoTING ON NOMINATIONS.
A motion that all candidates be
brought out by informal ballot was
passed. An informal ballot was then
taken for representative, resulting as
follows:
B. F. Lorimor As E. W. Moses fl,
w. w. Stewards 80, w. R. Bunting 80,
F. Stanley 5, J. w. A. Cooke 8, E. r.
Moses 3, j. K. Humphrey 1.
First Formal Ballot-Lorimor SO, E.
W. Moses 40, w. R. Bunting %, Sow
ards %.
Second-Lorimor 100, Moses 43, Sow
ards 10, Bunting 8. Necessary for
choice rs; Lorimor nominated.
For County Clerk, informal ballot
Ira Clark AZ, M. B. Fits 81, George
Gano 50, j. E. VanPelt II, George
Thatcher II, T. M. Moore 10.
First Formal Clark As, Fits 42,
Gano Al, VanPelt II. Thatcher 10,
Moore 4.
Second Fits 81, Clark IL, Gano A.,
Thatcher 6, Moore 2, VanPelt 2.
Third Fits 81, Clarke 81, Gano so.
Fourth-Clark 53, Fits 81, Como As.
Fifth-Clark So, Fits 81, Gano Al.
Sixth-Fitts 81, Clarke 54, Gano As.
Seventh-Clark Sc, Fits 54, Gano 43.
Eighth Clarke ga, Fits so, Gano So.
Ninth--Clark Il, Fits Il, Gano IS.
Tenth-Fitts 90, Clark 50. Fits de-
clared the nominee for clerk.
For Register of Deeds, informal bal
lot-Sam Slower 50, o, j. Richards Al,
G. E. Dodge 13, E. B. Smith L.
First Formal-Stover 1874, Richards
80. Slower declared the nominee.
For Sheriff, informally. 2. Cone
80, 7. G. Brown 81. j. w. James 81. L.
2. Aber 10, A, Laidlaw II, P. Coop
rider Is, w. Fl. Rice 4, F. J. Kramer Z,
Will Spencer 5, Frank Herren Z.
First Formal-Cone So, Aber 81.
Brown q, James 81, Laidlaw Is, Coop
rider IL, Spencer 5, Kramer 6, scatter
ing 8.
Second Gone SO, Aber So, Brown 80,
James 81, Laidlaw Is, scattering 13.
Third-Aber 81, Brown 81. Gone 81.
James IA, Laidlaw IS, Spencer 10,
scattering 6.
Fourth-Cone 46, Aber Al, Brown 80,
Lsidlaw IL, James s, scattering II.
Fifth-Aber so, Cone 81, brown SO,
Laidlaw Is, scattering II.
Sixth-Aber SO, Cone 81, Brown 26,
Laidlaw 81, scattering 6.
Seventh-Aber IS, Cone "a, Brown
81, Laidlaw 20, scattering IL.
Eighth-Aber 81, Brown 43, Cone 16.
balance scattering. Aber declared the
nominee.
Dick Bosse was nominated by accla-
nation for county treasurer, Sid New
conlbe for surveyor and Dr.. Shaw for
coroner.
The delegates from the Third COM
missioner district then got together
and nominated Thomas Harper for
commissioner to succeed w. P. Bruce,
and the convention adjourned.
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