People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1896-08-20
SUMNER DEMOCRATS.
Convention at the ArmOry Hail
Monday Afternoon.
NAME A COUNTY TICKET.
The Candidates Are the Same
as Those Nominated BY
The POpulists.

The Democratic county convention
was called to order Monday afternoon
at 2:25, by County Chairman Frantz.
DR.. Collier of Oxford was chosen as
temporary chairman and Charles L.
Flandro of this city as temporary Sec
retary,
Upon motion of George Pitts COM
mittee of three each was appointed on
credentials, permanent organization,
order Of business and resolutions.
After brief intermissiOn the chair
announced his selection Of committees
as follows:
Credentials-Noah Bowman. c. j.
Carver and r. B. Brown.
Order Of Business-George Ketchel,
James Corbin and W. E. Wood.
ResOlutiOns-GeOrge T. Pitts, V. T.
Heffner and R. ROurke.
Permanent 0rganizatlOn-Thomas
H. Rouse, A. ]. Derrington and A. E.
Alexander.
The committee on credentials then
reported that most townships were
represented, and recommended that
any Democrat present from any town.
ship not represented be allowed to
cast the vote of that township. The
report was adopted.
The committee on order OF business
reported as follows: First, roll call of
townships for member of county GEN.
tral Committe; second, nominations
for probate Judge; third, nominations
for district clerk; fourth, nominations
for county attorney; fifth, nomina-
tiOns for county superintendent; sixth,
nominations for state senator. The
report was adopted.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows, which was adopted;
The Democrats Of Sumner county,
Kansas, in convention assembled,
hereby endorse and approve the ac-
tiOn of the National Democratic con-
vention at Chicago.
We also heartily endorse the action
Of the Democratic State convention
at Hutchinson and the principles
enunciated in the platform there
adopted.
The committee on permanent organ
ization recommended W. E. Wood for
permanent chairman and Charles E.
Flandro for permanent secretary, and
their report was adopted.
Nominations were then declared in
order and were made as follows:
Probate Judge-J. M. Doubleday.
District Clerk-W. NJ. Copeland.
County AttOrney-Ivan d. Rogers.
Superintendent-J.W. Mclaughlin,
State Senator-A. G. Forney.
A motion was made, separately for
each nominee, that the rules be sus-
pended and the secretary cast the en-.
tire vote Of the convention for the
candidate, which was carried unani-
mously in every instance.
The convention then adjourned.
REPRESENTATIVES,.
The Seventieth representative dis
trict then met and selected J. T. Her.
rick OF this city as chairman and W.
E. Wood of Conway Springs secretary.
Ed T. Hackney was placed in nomi-
nation, the rules were suspended and
he was nominated by acclamatiOn.
The Seventy-drst representative
district also met and selected ]. NJ.
Corbin as chairman and DR.. Collier as
secretary.
H. F. Harbaugh was placed in nom.
inatiOn, the rules were suspended and
he was nominated by acclamation.
CONNussTONER
The north commissioner district
then met and selected V. T. Heffner
as chairman and W. E. Wood as Sec
retary.
Joseph GOOch was placed in nomi-
nation, the rules were suspended and
he was nominated by aCclamatiOn.
COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The county central committee met
Immediately after the adjournment
Of these conventions and selected W.
A. Rem of this city as county chair
man and c. E. Flan1ro secretary.
Burnette and Forney at Oxford.
EDITOR VOICE: The Republicans
made an effort to open the campaign
at this place Saturday night. Judge
Burnette did the first mauling and
the wedge he attempted to use nest
was an English gold standard wedge.