The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-08-07
POpuIists Complete Their State
Ticket After Midnight.
J. ID. Botkin Nominated For
COngressman-at-Large.
ED LITTLE COMES OUT
For the POpulist Platform In
Its Entirety.
s. NJ. Scott Makes a Savage At
tack on L. C. Boyle.

For Governor-John W. Leedy of COT
For Chief Justice-Frank Doster of
For Lieutenant Governor-A. NJ. EIar-
Vey of Shawnee.
For Congressman at LARGE. D
For Secretary of state-w. E. Bush
of Jewell
For Attorney General-L. G. Boyle Of
Bourbon.
oHee-
Abilene Aug. THE Populist state
convention finished its work last night
and adjourned. In the afternoon the
convention was late in assembling.
The convention took the report of the
conference committee under cOnS1dera-
ton as soon as it convened. The re-
port (which is published in full in
these dispatchesl was in substance that
the convention nominate as electors
the men named at Hutchinson. and
that they vote for the candidate for
vice president which had the largest
vote in the electoral college without
the vote of Kansas
An objection was made to the name
of Morris Cliggitt because he shoulder
ed a winchester against the miners
during the F'rOntenac trouble some time
ago
Walters of Cherokee said he had
heard of these charges and wanted
them investigated. Some delegate who
was in q hurry raised a point of order
and succeeded in getting Walters
down.
Abe Steinberger endeavored to make
some remarks. but was interrupted.
Mr.. Steinberger lost his temper and
accused the convention of trying to ap-
ply gag rule. He said There are more
candidates here who want Office than
there are farmers His remarks call
ed forth Kisses.
He declared that the report was moth
ing but a bolt of the St Louis cOnven-
ton
Col. ". A Harris was by common
consent allowed to address the cOnven-
tiOn in behalf of the report of the com
mittee. He said that the report of the
committee was doing indirectly what
they were unwilling to do directly at
St. Louis. That the report was carry
ing out the agreement arrived at in st.
Louis. That upon the very face of
things it was apparent that Sewall
would get more votes than Watson,
and what the party wanted to do was
to live up to their teaching that prin-
clple was above party.
That the action at St. Louis had been
taken with the understanding that
some action would follow which would
cast the vote of Kansas for the candi-
date who would be most benefited by
it. and this arrangement would accom-
plish this result
Mr.. Acheson of Labette opposed the
name Of MOrriss Ciggitt and said that
Cliggitt had shouIdered a winchester
to protect coal property at the time of
the labor troubles
A c. Parker offered an amendment
that the committee Investigate the rec
ord of each of the electors and if it
should be found that any of them had
shouldered a winchester to oppose or
ganized labor his name should be ta-
ken down and some good man put up.
John Holiday had telegram from
Pittsburg from John Buchanan saying
that he did not believe the report and
that there was nothing in it.
Mr.. Gallagher was next to speak. He
said he was q state mine inspector at
the time of the trouble at FrOntenac
and said that the report was true and
that Buchanan had told him himself
that Chggitt was one of the men that
had armed himself and started for
Frontenac.
The committee finally accepted the
amendment. The report was then
adopted.
The convention then nominated the
ten men named as presidential electors.
They are: Morris CHggitt, Pittsburg;
Albert Perry. Troy; G. r. Pitts, Wei
hngtOn; Sidney Hayden, Holton; J. B.
GOshOrn, lola; W. H. Linton, Cherry
vale. Earl NJ. Blackshere. Elmdale;
Charles A. Hitler James r. Logan, Lin
coin; H. J. Boetzel, EllinwOOd.
The convention then passed a resOlu-
tton giving the state central committee
plenary authority to substitute man
in place of CIiggitt in case the charges
made against him should prove true.
The next order of business was nOmi-
nations for congressman -at-large.
Mr.. Flehardy of WabaunSee put the
name OF I'd e. Little IN nomination.
The nomination was seconded by w.
L. Brown of Kingman. Brown referred
to Little as "a Belcher who would
bring reinforcements to the Wellington
camp and help to defeat the NapoleOnic
forces this fall
Harry Lands nominated Rev Jerry
BOtkin.
The candidates were then called be-
fOce the convention.
Little made a striking speech in which
he eSpOused the cause of POpulism and
called forth the most enthusiastic ap-
plause Of the convention but he did not
get more votes than BOtlzin. He said:
There is but one place for the men
whom you send to congress. and that
is in POpulist caucus. No honest
man would permit the use of his name
IN a convention as candidate for Office
when he did not fully endorse the prin-
ciDles OF the body of men which COM
posed it. You could not give me Office
upon a silver platter were it not in full
accord with the principles and reforms
Tor Whlch you are striving
In referring to the fact that he was
late convert he said: Whittier thou
goest, 1 shall go, whittier thou stayest
viii stay, thy gods shall be my gods
There was long and resounding an
plause at this.
The ballot was then taken, and re-
suited as follows:
Botklh .---- --.....---..- $50
The nomination of a lieutenant GOV
ernOr was next in order.
G. Q. Clemens of Topeka made q
speech, nominating A NJ Harvey of
In nominating J. NJ. Dunsmore of Neo-
shO, referred to the record of Drns-
more and appealed to the convention