People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-09-05
Republican County Convention.
Daily Mail, Tuesday.

Daily Mail Tuesday.
Quite number of candidates and
delegates to to1ar 5 convention ar
CiVed in the city yesterday: but the
crowd Uu the streets last evening
were not as large as those usually
seen On tic eve Ct a nominating con-
VentiOn. The candidates were eager
and active in their work among the
delegates present. Everybody seemed
TO taSc d lively interest in the cOnven-
zion and Units results. morning
the statesmen came in full force and
the streets presented lively appear
arce.
At ll:2O o'clock a. N. J. W.
Haughey, as chairman of the county
central committee, called the cOnyen-
gtion to order and after the delegations
had secured seats together, call for
nominations for temporary chairman
brought Hon. r. T. SimOnS to his
feet. He placed the name of ]. NJ.
Harper of Conway Springs in nOmi-
nation. VI. W. Morris Of Dixon town
ship nominated Hon. T. A. Hubbard
of Rome. ". o. Ro>ecrans of Greene
and F. f. Cain OF London were ap-
pointed tellers ~ assist the secretary.
The roll call resulted: Harper, 123;
Hubbard, SO. The chairman named
w. NJ. Morris and John W. Nyce as a
committee to escort Mr.. Harper to
the chair.
Upon being introduced Mr.. Harper
made a very neat and patriotic speech
which was repeatedly applaudeG.
Nominations for secretary being call
ed for, J. W. IIaugheY nominated F,
L. Cain who positively declined: H.
A. Lopez nominated W. NJ. Massey of
Oxford who declined as did John W.
Ngce and J. z. F. Horne, upon being
placed IN nomination. W. H. Milne
then nominated W. II. OverhOltzer of
Ryan who was unanimously elected.
T. R. Mordy of Belle Plaine then
made motion that a committee Of
five be appointed on order of business.
J. NJ. Thralls moved to amend by re-
Quiring these five to be selected as
follows: One from each Of the three
commissioners districts and one from
each representative district After
an indeciSiye vote upon the amend
ment it was accepted by Mr.. MOrdy
and the motion then prevailed. J.
NJ. Thomas of Caldwell moved the ap-
pointment Of committee Of three on
credentials. Carried. A. Branaman |
meved the appointment Of commit |
Tee of three on permanent Organiza-
tiOn. Carried. H. A. Lopez moved |
chat a committee Of five be appointed |
on resolutions. Judge j. A. Ray
made a speech opposing the motion
because Of the inevitable contention |
and strife that any set Of resolutions |
would occasion. Mr.. Lopez then
withdrew his motion amidst cheers.
a recess was then taken to enable the
chairman to make up his committees.
The convention was called to order
again at l2:O2 p. m. when Mr.. Harper
announced the following committees:
Order of business: E. H. Middle
Gauff of Conway, W. NJ. Massey of Ok
ford, R. Q. .Hankins of Walton, ]. NJ.
Thralls of Wellington City and John
". Nyce of Caldwell.
Credentials: Col. j. W. FOrney of
Belle PLANE, Hon. W. R. Spicknall of
Wellington and A. NJ. Heasty of
Downs.
Permanent Organization: W. 81.
>Stafelbach OF wellington, T. R.
MOrdy of Belle PLANE and NJ. ]. Shinn
of Illinois,
Upon the announcement of the
committees John W. Haughey made
a ''rOar" about 7, R. MOrdy not be.
ing appointed chairman of the COM
mittee on order of business. No re-
Spouse was made and on motion of
Col FOrney the convention adjourned
until 100 O'Clock p. m.