Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-09-10

porariiy by calling for vote. ballot
Swensson-
Randolph Wanted Plain English.
John Randolph of P1ttsburg moved that
Instructed to insist that the platform. be in
plain English. so. 50 that the people would un-
dolph. in support Of his motion. ssThe plat
the democrats and PopnIists to huri their
missiles against. We must meet their
them successfully when we stand on firm
platform. Whatever we do let US do WE'LL
he peases said Bon ehe Should ID GO Cars s
out the views Of. this delegation ] move
money question"
dolph. IF you should put Tom Anderson
they would fight the rest of the summer"
Col. Murdock's Motion Prevailed.
The substitute was defeated: also a mo-
ton to table the Randolph proposition.
was great difference of .ooinion on the
money question, and thought it should be
care to have them published. There are
other gentlemen here who feel the same
way. We will have enough to explain as it
is move that We go into executive ses-
The motion prevailed and the reporters
ana s5eesaIors "eFe nEeo. IN executi I've
the coinage of the American product OF
silver at the ratio Of 16 TO I After a
feated by by :. vote Of 1s to 4 These Eao
son and Vincent.
Murdoch then submitted the Ohio plat
fo then ose vote 81 IL 10
structinG Dr. Swensson to use his infiu-
plank of the Indiana platform in the ma
tional platform. minus the 16 to l clause
This was adopted by vote OF Is to l, An
derson voting against 1t.
Dissatisfied Republicans Talk.
After the convention had adopted the
single gold standard, prominent Kansas
1. E. Lambert of Emporia: st said be-
would hurt the Republican party in KAN
sas. and ! have nothing to take back
voted against the motion to table Teller s
resolution because am a bimetallist, and
in so voting L expressed the, senIi atffi,l
Tom Kelly. candidate for state auditor in
1894, said: 81 doubt if the Republicans VIII
be able to put Kansas back into the Re
publican column on the St Louis plat
John ]. Ingalls, said: ST am not finding
fault with the platform, but l snail Ia Az
for bimetaliiSm in the campaign Just the
Congressman Chester L Long said: 1.-THE
platform is all right, but likely viii have
trouble inducing the people of the seventh
district to think So
Could Not Talk Gold Standard.
sas City said: 81 hope Leland will send
me out of the State to do campaign work
talk gold standard to Kansas audiences. !"
When Leland finally returned to Topeka
With With honors and having authority from
Mark Hanna to run the campaign in Kan
sas. Missouri and Nebraska. he announced
that the national platform could not have
suited him better had he dictated 1t him
rflPs neck. and issued imperial ukase
for the nomination of Sam Peters for Gov
er :a1E ,o.a,, po,,b,,o.ns - tho state
know that Governor Morrill, ought not to
be renominated-'
Morrilrs Nomination a Mistake.
Leland said in authorized interview
with The Times correspondent: There
all think that he ought to get out of the
way and let somebody have the nomination
gurnption he will retire from the field If
he persists in running, the party VIII turn
Peters the standard bearer. Peters is the
man of the hour.
severely for the part he took in the ar
rangement for the late convention in Wyan-
5e Said. orrilI traded the police p com
missioners Of Kansas City, Kan; for "a, q
! what a mess he made of it, The work was
Tely 6eaT5e issed can an fne he eom
mittee met Monday. The primaries were
held "Wednesday. The convention was held
Friday. and the conquering hero waited at
Union Depot hotel for the snap convention
to call on him for a speech But the anti
was not in demand. Morrill, figured that
Kansas City, with authority to tax the
joints, he would be able to carry Wyan-
dotte county, thereby offsetting his defeat
in Mcpherson, but he failed dismaliy-
s.MorrfIl Is Weak and YReillatinE.''
1.-The trouble with the old man is that he
is weak and ating and his word is no
longer good He has held Office all his
life. with the exception of a few years, and
even then he candidate, and he
| agines that if he is not in the harness all
| the time the world will go to the devil
THE stand that have taken in this ma {
| ter is for the good of the party 1 have no
| personal to grind. What I want is a
! Kansas again in the Republican column.
/ Morrill, can't do it Peters can.
You don't seem to be very deeply in
/ fatuated with the business administrat ton
which you and the rest talked much
about in 1894. suggested the reporter
No" replied Leland with merry
| twinkle in his eye Il want a Republican
| administration
All of these gentlemen are now ardent
advocates of the gold standard. and all are
warm supporters of Governor Morrill
! Leland. in particular, is anxious for the
success of the old man.. whose word is
| no longer good
Comment is unnecessary.
Mistakes for a Dummy.