The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-09-04
FORMATIONS NPlPILISTS.
Tbs Peoples Party County Convention Puts
Out It's Tiekst
denomination Of All County Ofieers Done
By AeeinmatioB-The Most Enthu-
slastlc EIeeting in YeaFs-Har-
mOny All Through.

For county attorney. .......J JOHN HARTZLER
For county surveyor WILLIAM BUTLER
For commissioner, Third district. ...........
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. b. hUBGoON
Ii was an old.fashioned peoples
party convention that met at the court
honss Saturday to name the county
ofEleers that are to be elected this fall.
Many new faces we're noticed and
among them shown conspicuOusly sew
eral who in former years we're won't to
grace the assembly of the opposition.
The court room was filed to its ut
most capacity and the overflow per-
truded out into the ante-way and filed
the hall. Full delegations from every
township and ward in the county we're
present and the enthusiasm and good
nature displayed argues i'll for the
hopes of torYism.
The morning session was devoted to
appointing the several committees,
preliminary work, ETC., and had but
little interest for spectators. At one
O'Clock, however, the house was crowded
to hear Maj. Pritchard, (whO, by the
way, was a lieutenant colonel during
the war; peoples party nominee for
state senator, discuss the issues of the
day. Mai Pritchard is not what would
be called brilliant orator, but has
way of putting a proposition before an
audience in a manner that carries con-
viction, and his earnestness and strik-
ing personality made friends of every
one. A. B. Montgomery and F. 3.
Yesrick, old friends and acquaintance
of Maj. Pritchard paid eloquent tribute
TO his sterling qualities of honesty and
integrity, which we're received by the
audience with ringing cheers.
The echoes were again awakened
when ife-sized portrait of William
Jennings Bryan was displayed on the
platform. The audience arose en- masse
and cheer after cheer shook the rafters
as a greeting to the likeness of the
silver champion.
The convention then settled down to
its work to elect its nominees. DR..
Frank Smith was put in nomination
for representative and on motion that
received the second of every delegation
in the convention, the rules we're sus-
pended and his nomination made IN
snimous. On being called before the
convention, Mr.. Smith expressed his
thanks for the honor that had been
conferred upon him, and pledged him
self that if elected, TO as carefully la
Dor for the peoples interests as he had
done during the two years past. He
said that the fight this year had cen
tered down between the classes of mo.
nopoly and the masses of industry and
that the result was as portentious as
that of any issue that ever was present
ed to the American people. At the
conclusion of bis address, he was
greeted with rousing applause.
RIA. Kent, the present probate Judge,
L. H. Haney, the present clerk of the
district court, R. G. Smith, the present
county superintendent, and John
Hartzler, the present county attorney,
were ali nominated and elected by
unanimous vote of the convention.
Each in turn were brought before the
convention and expressed their thanks
for the confidence reposed in them by
their constituents and renewed their
pledges to administer the affairs of
their offices, if elected, to their best
ability and in the interests of all the
people.
AS there is a vacancy existing in the
Office of county surveyor, William
Butler of Ruleton was named and
nominated by aceIamstion for the Office
of surveyor.
The nomination Of J. B. RubesoD,
Who was nominated by the First com
missioner district convention Friday
At Edison, was ratified by the county
convention.
This completed the list and the con-
Yention settled down to a love feast
and confessions of faith.
Hon. Z. F. Murphy was called upon
and favored the convention with one of
the best speeches that has been heard
in the court house for years. He re-
viewed the history of the party with
which be had lately affiliated and con-
demned them for their vacillating and
outrageous cause toward the question
Of silver. He dissected the arguments
of the opposition and out of their own
mouths convicted them of double deal
Ing and false statements. He quoted
noted gold standard speakers and
proved by their own admission that the
frss coinage Of silver would result, just
as the sileerstss claim, in raising values
sndEesstsbiishing prosperity. He called
attention ta.the fRet that for the first
tius ia tie history of American poll
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