Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-08-27
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MERHoFF.
The convention was called to order
at IL o'clock a. m. by W. w. Culver,
county chairman, and the call was
read by secretary W. F.Honnen. On
call for temporary chairman d. j.
Newton placed the name of M. G.
Simpson before the meeting and e.
@. Davis named James w. McCauley.
On call of the roll Mr.. McCauley
was elected. The temporary secre-
tary was E. G. Davis.
The usual committees were ap-
pointed as follows:
On credentials-J. w. Soderstrom,
W. f. Honnsn, j. Zimmer.
On order of business-T. 0. Cole,
T. II. Butler, f. M. Russell.
On permanent organizations. S.
Wilkinson, Fred Moore, and B. f.
Hennessy,
On resolutions-T. H. Brewer, J.
f. Strothman, d. T. Armstrong.
The meeting took recess till 1 80
p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention was called to order
by chairman McCauley and the COM
mittee reports called for.
The committee on credentials re-
ported SO delegates entitled to seats
in the convention, which report was
adopted.
The committee on order of busi-
ness made report in the line of Or
binary convention work.
The committee on permanent or
ganization reported for chairman, o.
A. Smith, and for secretaries, W. f.
Honnen and J. W. Soderstrom, which
was adopted.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
GREAT BEND, Kan, Aug. %, 1896.
We, your committee on Resolutions,
beg leave to submit the following for
your consideration:
We, the Peoples Party voters of Bar
ton county, Kansas, in convention as
sembled affirm our endorsement OF the
principles adopted by our national party,
and the candidates nominated at st.
Louis, this year, 1896.
We pledge our support to the ticket
nominated by our party at Abilene
Kansas; to Hon. Jerry Simpson, for
Congress; to B. F. Milton for Appellate
Judge; and to Senator John Armstrong,
for state Senator.
While we believe in and shall labor
for the incorporation of all the doctrines
expressed in our national platform, we
also believe that the financial question
is the most prominently before the peo-
pie today, and hence we favor a
concentration of all the free coinage
advocates, who believe IN the equal
rights of silver and gold money in our
mints at the present legal ratio of 16 to
1. And we ask their hearty cooperation
to elect only such men to Office as believe
in that doctrine.
We do instruct our representative to
CIlO SUoIUS " Use LIS OS6b
endeavors to secure just and equitable
rates of transportation for farm products
somewhat on the basis of the rates that
have been in force for a quarter of a
century in the great farming states Of
Iowa and Illinois. Believing that the
salaries of public Offices should be more
nearly in harmony with the price of
other labor and the products of labor,
we favor fair reduction of the same.
Inasmuch as the national convention
Of the Peoples Party have endorsed the
nominee of the democratic national con-
vention for President aud that our state
convention as well as the state conven-
tion of the Democrats have nominated
the same candidates, therefore be it
Resolved, That we in convention
assembled do ratify the action of our
county central committee in uniting
our forces with the democrats of Barton
county j. T. Strothman,
T. FL. Brewer,
d. T. Armstrong.
Under the rules the candidate for
Representative was the first voted on.
The informal ballot brought out,
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