Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-20
The Conventlon.

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The election of chairman then took
place, the voting being done by call Of
roll, resulting in selecting Mr.. Williams
of Nickerson, by vote of 10 to %
Tor Frank BOWser.
Mac Ross moved the appointment Of
the usual committees and conference
committee of three each. 1t was
amended to take five. The chair then
appointed the committees after which
the convention adjourned till 1870.
Atthat time the convention convened
and the committee on order of business
reported as follows which was adopted:
Report of committee on credentials
Report of committee on permanent
organization.
Report of committee on resolutions.
Nomination of candidate for probate
judge.
Nomination of candidate for superin-
tendent of public instruction.
Nomination of candidate for county
attorney.
Nomination of clerk of district court.
The committee not being ready to
report Mr.. II. Fierce was called out
and made an enthusiastic and fearless
speech for silvir, and the cause. After
he had finished Mr.. Rowland was called
for and made an excellent speech elic-
iting frequent and prolonged applause.
Among other things he touched up
County Attorney Fall.
After he bad finished, the committee
on credentials reported no contests and
the roster was adopted without being
read.
The committee on resolutions made
the following report to which all agreed:
We the peoples party of Reno county
in convention assembled, do hereby en-
dorse the national peoples party plat
form as adopted at St Louis and the
nominee of that convention for presi-
dent of the United States, William j.
Bryan. We also endorse the State
platform adopted at Abilene and the
Congressional platform adopted at
Larned with honest John W. LeedY
for governor and the great Kansas COM
mOner, Jerry Simpson, for congress
man.
We demand the passage of a reason
able maximum freight rate law in the
State of Kansas.
Besides this Mr.. Bowser and Mr..
North made o minority report of a
strong plank for the initiative and retire.
endum, and Mr.. Bowser alone reported
a plank enunciating the theory Of the
single tax. There was some skirmish-
ing on this plank in which Mr.. E. G.
Clark made a speech defending the
theory till point of order was called
and he was shut off.
Mr.. Bowser also defended his resolu
tion until Mac Ross made a motion to
adopt the majority report and amid
calls for question" vote was taken
which passed the motion by az over
whelming majority. Mr.. Clark then
attempted to explain something or say
but the convention would
not hear him, and he picked up his hat
and walked out. Later on DR.. Malcolm
withdrew. The convention, however.
did not seem in the least grieved at the
leaving.
Nominations then being in order, a
ballot was taken on probate judge, J.
Walkup, j. G. Stratton and Charles
Arnold having been placed in nomina-
ton, the ballOting was restricted to
these names. The only ballot taken
on this office resulted: Walkup, rs;
%; Arnold, So.
At this juncture the conference COM
mittee reported as follows:
We, your conference committee, beg
leave to report that we find two confer
enCe committees, both claiming to rep
resent the democratic party of Reno
county, Kansas; one headed by +. 2.
Hettinger, chairman, are willing to
take one place and allow us to name
the candidate provided it is not McKin-
stry or Fairchild. The other, with
Geo. Evan chairman, ask for the office
of county attorney and name James
MCKinstrY as candidate,
We have been unable 10 make any
recommendations.
Balloting was then commenced on
superintendent of public instruction,
the candidates having firstbeen placed
in nomination by short speeches. At
ter the first ballot, Mr.. VIM. Davis
withdrew, advising his friends to vote
for some one from the west part of the
county. The second ballot stood; G..
NJ. WoodsOn, SO; Sam Hill, 4; Rowland
40.
Nominations for county attorney
were then called for and II Fierce
was nominated and no other name be-
ing presented it was moved to suspend
the rules and nominate by reclamation.
After everything was apparently ready
for vote someone advised to wait a
few minutes for other names to be pre-
sented. Someone finally presented
the name Of Albert North of NickersOn,
but he declined and Fierce was nomin.