Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-08-22

90 second ward ID. j. Coughl1H
= do Third ward. &c. NJ. Moss
do Fourth ward j. ". Mexican
81. j. Roetzel declined to serve as
chairman of the county central COM
mittee, stating that in his opinion the
chairman should reside at the county
seat. He placed in nomination Will
E. Stoke, who was elected by unani-
nous vote. w. P. FEEDER was unani-
mously elected secretary.
The committee on resolutions then
submitted the following:
We the democrats of Barton county in eonven-
ton assembled. renew our allegiance to the time
honored principles of democracy, which properly
construed means government of the whole people
for and by the whole people.
1. That we demand the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold into primary redemption
money at the ratio of 16 to without waiting for
the action or approval of any other nation.
2. That we opposed to the substitution for
metallic money OF panic breeding corporation
credit currency based a single metal, the supply
of which is limited that it be cornered any
time by a few banking institutions in Europe and
America.
8. That we are opposed to the policy and practice
of surrendering to the holders of obligations of the
United States the option reserved by the law the
government of redeeming such obligations in either
silver gold coin.
4. That we opposed to the issuing of interest
bearing bonds of the United States in time OF peace
and especially opposed to placing the treas
ury of the government under the control of any
syndicate of bankers, and the issuance of bonds to
be sold by them at an enormous profit for the pur
pose supplying the federal treasury with gold
maintain the policy of gold recommendation, and we
disapprove the financial policy of the eastern
democrats as being undemocratic and contrary to
| the pledges of the national democratic platform
| 5. That we opposed to government paternal-
| ism of any kind and we view with pride the re-
newal of business among the ''infant industries
since a democratic congress has freed them from
Uncle SANS apron strings and put them upon their
own responsibility.
6. That we ara opposed to all trusts and monopo-
lies, and favor the enactment of more stringent
| laws in order that the country may be freed from
their relentless grip.
| years of trial, has not only proven absolute
| failure, but very expensive experiment to the
taxpayers of the state, and it ought to be submit
| ted to a vote of the people.
s. That also unalterably opposed to that
latest fad known ''female suffrage"
| 9. That the platform adopted by the late repub-
Iican convention of Barton county was undignified
and meaningless and a reflection upon the good
sense of large element of that party.
G. F. Diffenbacber submitted the fol-
lowing amendment to the resolutions
as submitted by the committee.
| Resolved, That the A P A organization is
| menace to American institutions and ought to be
condemned by all good citizens regardless of poll
| tics.
The amendment was discussed at
| length. Mr.. RoetZel and Mr.. Diffen-
tackled the A. P. A, organization in
scathing terms, saying it was a menace
to the stars and stripes and thought it
should be condemned by democrats as
bar to freedom OF right for every man
to worship according to the dictates of
his own conscience and deprecated the
aim of society that put neighbors at
war with each other. He seconded
Mr.. Diffenbacher's amendment and it
was then adopted without dissenting
voice.
| Nominations for representative
brought out the names of Ira D.
Brougher 81, Robert Merton Il, J. V.
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Brinkman 4, and - Shelter 5.
| The first formal ballot gave Brougher
78 and Brinkman 2. Mr.. Brougher was
declared the nominee.
| An informal ballot for register of
deeds gave every vote to Henry Klein,
who on motion of James w. Clarke was
declared the nominee by reclamation.
F. II, Miller was nominated for
county treasurer by reclamation.
The informal ballot for county clerk
gave W. P. FEEDER 7, a. Cell 222, J. II.
Bement Is, George Moss 294.
Formal ballot Moss 8, Bement 8,
Cell 5S. Cell was declared the nomi-
nee.
Informal ballot for sheriff gave
George Valerius 81 votes and L. n.
Kelly II. Mr.. Valerius received 70
votes on the first formal ballot and was
declared the nominee.
There being no available party can
didate for surveyor the convention de-
cided by vote of 264 to All to leave
the matter with the county central
committee, with power TO place can
didate in the.feld should they think it
to the best interests of the party.