The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-08-06
JONES WAS CHOSEN
he Is MADE THE CANDIDATE FOB
CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT.

he Is MADE THE CANDIDATE FOB
CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT.
Another Republican Coaventiea was Held
at Red Mems Hall at Which the
wen-Known CIothier is Chosen-Thss
| Convention Also Adops . Platform and
Selects Another List of Delegates to the
! State Convention Who are distracted
for Hon. David Martin for Chief Justice
| of the supreme Court.
| The Republicans who left the audi
/ torium when the name of Newton
Bridgeman was placed before the reg
ular convention met at Red Mems hail
and nominated c. NJ Jones
| The meeting was called to order by
J. W. Adams who placed the name OF
z. B. Jewett as chairman who was unan
imously chosen as was also c. s. Smith
as secretary.
On motion the following committee
was appointed on resolutions: j. W.
Adams. T. W. Sargent, ]. D. Caldwell
and Ed Goldberg.
The following resolutions were re-
ported and unanimously adopted
We the Republicans OF Sedgwick
county in convention assembled. do
hereby endorse the national Republican
platform adopted at ST. Louis. and
pledge ourselves TO support the nomi-
nees Of said convention, William Nc
Kiniey and Garrett A. Hobart
I'VE also endorse the nomination OF
Hon. Chester l. Long for congressman
We are opposed TO the denomination
OF Governor Morrill,, and We are in ia
vor OF resuomitting TO the people the
pronfbitory amendment 10 the consti-
tuition, and hereby instruct our senator
and representatives 20 use AL honora-
bic efforts TO secure the resuomisslon
of said question, and also 10 use al
honorable means to secure the ELECTION
OF ex-senator John J. ingalls, 10 the Uni
ted States senate.
we favor the location OF state
normal school al Wichita and instruct
our senator and representatives To So
cure it's location here.
I'VE are opposed to the metropolitan
r-olice law and ara emphatically in IA
vor of home rule and an honest ballot.
I'VE favor a law giving equitable
freight rates and the election OF rail-
road commissioners by the people and
giving them the power TO enforce tneir
findings.
we favor the nomination OF Hon. Da-
vid A. Martin for chief justice OF Kan
sas and we commend the Wichita Eagle
for its earnest efforts in behalf OF true
RepubIics nism and promoting the in
forests OF Wichita and southwestern
Kansas.
I'VE pledge our hearty and earnest
r,,,nor., 70 the nominees of this con-
vention."
On motion OF ". Y. Throckmorton
+ba convention proceeded to nominate
the following ticket:
State senator@H. l.. Gordon
District cterll-C. NJ. Jones.
County attorney-John d. Davis.
Probate judge-A. J. Wyatt.
County Observation-Disclosures j.
Mackey.
7 ". Adams, I. T. Ault and a w
Marshall were appointed as a com INIT
tee to select county central committee
which would be authorized TO select its
own officers.
I'D. Caldwell moved that the nomi-
nation of O. G.. Eckstein as represent
alive of the 67th district: George Grimes
for county commissioner of the First
district and B. F. Mclean as represen-
tative OF the ssth district be decla red
the nominees of this convention by &C
cfemation. The motion was unani-
mously adopted.
C. II. Jones accepted the nomination
Of the convention in a neat speech and
said ne would work for the nominees
OF the convention.
The committee appointed to select del
egates to the state convention reported
the following which was unanimously
adopted:
Delegates Colonel NJ NJ Murdoch, f.
2. Jewett, George Z. Lehman. Thomas
McCully, john W. Adams, Gerald Volk.
]. W. Koontz, J. D. Caldwell. john
Vanneman, Ira jackson, s. II. Harris, L,
NJ Cox. Henry James, II. W. Lewis,
Henry Grosh, Isaac T. Ault, J. N. Hum
phrey. A CT. Walden. 5. r Oliver. Or.
J. W. Shuts, ]. C. Richey, ". 3. Throck
morton
Alternates%J F Knoblauch. r VI.
Hsniiey, Thomas Glover. ". F. Walk
er, C s Palmer, W. J. Gilchrist. J. W.
Price. c. W. Mccoy. Sam Mountain. F.
A Reed. William lines, H L Kramer.
Martin Hellar
On motion the convention adjourned.
REPRESENTATIVE CONVENTION
Upon the adjournment OF The Jones
convention at Red Mems hall the dele
gates from the Second, Third and Fourth
wards were called 10 order and Thorn
ton Sargent was chosen chairman and
Harry James secretary W. Il. Throck-
morton placed the name OF Ed Goldberg
before the convention as candidate Sor
representative for the SIxty-eighth dis
trict and Mr.. Goldberg was unanimous
ly chosen.
on motion the resolutions adopted
at the Jones convention. az Red Mems
hall, were adopted as the resolutions
OF the representative convention.
Mr.. Goldberg made q speech thanking
the delegates for the domination and
pledging himself. IL elected, to work for
two distinct issues II the legislature
the resubmission OF the prohibitory
amendment and the securing OF The
state normal at Wichita
THEY HAD A DEADLOCK
Long sei-e was had In the sixty Eighth
Representative District.