The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-15
BESIDES WEBB M'NALL
Leader of the Northwestern
Kansas Republicans.
The Republican Mayor of Salina
Coming, Too.
Dan Wagstaff, Ex-Receiver of
US. Land Office a Delegate.

The friends of free silver will hold
their convention in this city tomorrow
for the purpose of eIecting delegates
from each congressional district and
eleven delegates from the state at large
to attend the national silver convention
at St. Louis on the 22nd.
The call for tomorrow's convention
allots delegates to each county for
the first ten thousand inhabitants and
an additional delegate for each three
thousand inhabitants. The total num-
Der for the state being sos.
AS the proposed meeting is largely in
the nature of a tentative scheme, the
object of which is to organize the
friends of silver 50 that action in the
future be united, it is impossible for
anyone to give any definite figures at
this time as to how many delegates
have been chosen or how many will be
present, as few of the counties that
have elected delegates have sent in
their names to the secretary.
Secretary W. P. Tomlinson said to-
day:
L expect at least 400 delegates. While
the county conventions have not all
reported to me, know of mass meet
ings having been held in over sixty
counties. Delegates have been chosen
in practically every county in eastern
and central Kansas and in a great
many of the counties in western Kan
sas.
There may possibly be twenty-five
counties in the western part of the state
that will not be represented. The coun-
ties which we have already heard from
will send over $50 delegates and there
will be enough more to make over 4O0.'
The counties in the First, Second,
Third, Fourth and Fifth congressional
districts have a combined representa-
ton of two hundred and ninety-four
Among the men who have been elect
ed as delegates are George Plumb and
Col Whitley of EmpOria- Plumb is a
brother of the late Senator Plumb
Ed c. Little Of Abilene, will be with
the delegation from Dickinson. Mr.
Little is recent convert to the cause
of silver, but ne has rolled up his
sleeves and gone into the work with
zeal and enthusiasm worthy of any of
the brethren in the amen corner of the
old parties.
The list of delegates from Franklin
contains the names of A. c. Shinn and
p. P. Elder.
Both are prominent Populists. Shinn
Is chairman Of the committee that
called the convention. Elder is the ex-
speaker of the house of 1S9O-91 and has
always been an ardent friend and advO-
cate of the cause of silver.
Anderson county will send forr Rs
pubHcans who are for the white metal
John r Foster, the president of the
First National bank of Garnet: n T.,
Bowman. one of the leading attorneys
of Anderson county and a member of
n x Sf7eE- Row ma IN
liam Shields and J A Knight is the list
chosen in Anderson county.
During the past week enthusiastic.
ana Wen attended silver meetings have
been held in many counties In Sum
ner a large meeting was held on Satur-
day, and among the list of delega tes
from tnaI county IS James A Ray,
Judge OF the district court in that dis
trict. NA-s
In Harper county George Finch,s
name IS on the list Of delegates chosen
F1nch is n brother of Charley Finch of
the Lawrence Journal u
Smith county sends three delesates
ana as one OF them has chosen WeFb
McNau- AIcNall was a state bouss -.
1tOr shortly after the St Louis FeD77f,I5
can convention and at that time v-biIs
ne did not say he would bolt gave IN
olcatlons that he would do SO bv fba
manner in which he talked ana ~
questions he asked. He went aro,,r,9
and shook hands with all of his frian5s
and asked them how they vvOuld 60,
sSIUe the present platform in the ligbt
OF 1ormer ones and their former utter
ances on the stump
1oday word was received that Saline
county had selected the following dele
saIlOn to the convention tOnOrrOr-- =
T. 4-e4lilfNlH. w IL Oher. Mayor FTev-
wood, the present Republican rnavor. of
1nAI city, John W Berk and Dan <
AVagstaff. al L.
W agstaH was formerly receiver of the
United States land office under ~
publican administration. Ober is an ex-
saaJor' John w. Berk has held the