People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-08-06
COUNTY CONVENTION,
Harmony, Peace and Brother.
ly Love Prevailed.
VICTORY WILL BE OURS.
a Strong Ticket Was NOmina.
ted, Uniting All the Oppo-
sitiOn TO the PlutOcrat-
ic GOIdbug Party.


The county convention was called
TO order on Saturday by Chairman
Sleeper at about half past ten. After
the call was read by the secretary, V.
e. Sleeper was elected temporary
chairman and Z. B. Lambe temporary
secretary.
The following committees were ap.
pointed by the chairman:
CREDENTIALS.
} L Myers Shinliyer
Joe Gooch H F Tracey
Mr. Schaffer
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Link Barnes CaSSiuS Young
J A Snyder ST Newman
W S Pile
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Ed VanHOrn Jap SOmmeryille
7 Z Roberts j GllyOn
Henry Howe
RESOLUTIONS.
J NJ Doubleday A C Lambe
c G Handy ] W Chapman
Emil Werther
While'the chairman was making up
the committees the convention was
entertained by Mayor Savage and
Judge James A, Ray. While Judge
Ray was speaking the writer was Civ.
Ing his attention to other matters
and did not hear the speech, but
from the demonstration made by the
convention we Judge that he was
pleasing his listeners. 1t was the
common remark of the delegates
that Judge Ray had surely left the
g. o. p. for good. Judge Ray is an
eloquent and eaInest pleader for the
cause of the white metal and he is in
this campaign and will be in it until
election day. After the announce
ment of the committees a recess was
taken until | o'clock.
AFTERNOON.
The committee on credentials re-
ported no contests and recommend
ed that all delegates be seated.
Report was adopted.
The committee on permanent
organization recommended that the
temporary organization be made per
manent and the same was adopted.
The committee on order of business
reported that nominations he made
in the following order:
Probate Judge,
Clerk Of District Court,
Superintend't of Public Instruction
County Attorney.
State Senator .... ..........
Delegates to State convention.
Delegates to Congressional co uven-
lion.
The report was adopted.
j. NJ. Doubleday as chairman of |
committee on resolutions read the
OllOwing report which was adopted.
The representatives Of the Peoples
)arty OF Sumner county in Conven.
ion assembled, hereby affirm our al.
egiance to the principles enunciated
n the national platform adopted at
It. Louis, July "A, 1896.
We still favor the state adoptiug
inform series of school textbooks
nd the furnishing of same at cost:
ut in case this cannot be accomplish.
d we theE demand that district
cards be empowered to contract for
chOol books and the district be
authorized to furnish the books free.
We denounce the attempt tol
hange the measures, of values in the
ace OF the worlds vast debts from
old and silver to gold alone as an act
monstrious Injustice, and demand
nat both gold and silver, as estab. ;
shed by the constitution, shall be
cined free at the ratio of Is to /.
NOn-reSideuts hold about a half
IilliOn dollars in judgments in this
ounty and the courts hold that the
lme are not taxable. We therefore
emand change in the laws so that
On-residents as well as resident.
Idgemnts will be taxed,
We approve Of the action O. the
'unty commissioners in awarding the
,Qnty printing to the lowest respon-
BILE bidder, and demand such re-
Rms In all county business.
A law making maximum passenger
ties has been in force for thirteen
ears and has given general satisfac.
on, and we again demand a maxi
lum freight-rate law that will be
lst to the railroads and the people,
nd that will prohibit discrimination
etween individuals or localities, and
e hereby pledge our nominees for
ne legislature 10 abstain from the
Sc of passes, or other favOrs from
lilroad companies, and to work
for the reforms herein de-
landed.
In Judge Lyman Naugle, we recog-
iZe one OF the ablest workers in the
.ate, and HEREBY most heartily
him to the state cOnven-
on as a most competent and worthy
ersOn for secretary Of state and we
ereby instruct the delegates to work
)r his nomination.
]. N. Doubleday.
J. ". Chapman.
C.G. Handy.
A. c. Lambe.