Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-09-29
AN AxLlNE-TITUs CONVENTION
The Slate Prepared by the G. 0. P.
Bosses Goes Through the Conven-
tiOn Without the Least Crack.
LONG soUIRTs IN ENTHUSIASM.

One of.the smoothest games that was
ever worked through convention was
played by a few Medicine Lodge repub-
licans in this city ON Saturday, when
the following ticket was nominated:
Representative. .......-..W. Z. Millar.
Sheriff. ...................J. 3. Gano.
Clerk. j. +. Holmes.
treasurer. f. b. Chapln.
Register OF Deeds. &c. Keller.
Surveyor. ........J. L. Wallace
Coroner. DIR. w. H. Moore
Commissioner, End Dist. -. Geo. Nay.
AS late as Friday evening the woods
were full of candidates but it was plain
to all who observed closely that Friday
night and part of Saturday morning
were devoted to medicine making and
when it developed that there were so
few candidates before the convention
no one was surprised.
The convention organized by select
ing A. L. Noble for chairman and H.
E. Glenn for secretary, which organize
ton was afterwards made permanent
The committee on resolutions report
ed al, follows. These resolutions had
been @pe- written previously and all the
convention had to do was to swallow
them:
WHEREAS, The returns in the Office of the
county clerk show that at the general election
held in this county on November 3rd, 1896
that there were east Az votes for the populist
electoral ticket, 314 votes for the democratic
electoral ticket. and 597 votes for the repub-
lie an electoral ticket. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That the chairman and secretary
Of the republican central committee are
hereby instructed to demand that the county
clerk give the ticket nominated by this con-
vention the first place on the official ballot.
We. the republicans of Barber county, in
convention assembled, endorse the platform
| adopted by the last national republican con-
vention.
We endorse the administration of President
Mckinley and we are thankful that it is APP
parent everywhere that the republican party
| is again in power.
We regret that our opponents who have en-
deavored to hold the republican party re-
| sponsible for the hard times of the last four
| years, when it was not in power, are now dis
posed to not give that party credit for the
turned to power.
We are thankful for the great object lesson
that has made it plain to all that the price of
wheat does not depend upon the price of
silver.
We are thankful that all parties now ad nit
that the price of wheat is dependent on the
supply and demand of that product and not
upon the amount of money in circulation,
| and we hope that all will shortly agree with
US that the prices of all products depend on
the same great law of supply and demand.
We are thankful that all now admit that
short crops and an increased demand causes
wheat to rise in price, and we hope to con-
vince every one that large crops and a de-
creased demand will cause wheat to fall.
We are thankful that time has disproved
the charge that we have dishonest dollar
One year ago it required three bushels OF
wheat to get dollar. 1t was honest then
The same dollar can now be obtained for one
bushel of wheat, and we believe it to be
( honest still
We are thankful for a currency that con-
sists of gold, silver and paper, one dollar az
| good as any other dollar, and all as good as
| gold, and we are in favor of maintaining it
| in that condition.
We are thankful that since the election of
| President Mckinley the boarding of gold has
ceased, and that the statement that there was
no gold In the country has been proven false.
We are thankful that it has been clearly
demonstrated that the gold standard can be
maintained without issuing bonds.
We are thankful for the record of the pop
ulist legislature. for we know now the value
! of a populist campaign promise, as we'll as
| the value OF the average populist member of
the legislature.
We do not believe that the constitution of
| the United States has outlived it's usefulness
and we are not in favor of Kansas seeding
from the union.
We have respect for the courts and we be-
lieve in law and order.
We refer to the record of the popuist party
in this county and state to prove that it's
promises of reform and economy were made
only to deceive. and that ali have been
promptly broken.
We ask the support of the voters of Barber
county for the ticket nominated by this con-
vention, and we pledge them that if elected
they will honestly discharge the duties of
their respective offices.
Then came nominations. There were
only two offices for which there was
more than one candidate-sherlff and
register of deeds. The first man nom-
mated was w. e. Millar, of Lake City,
for representative. His nomination
was made by reclamation. He was
called to come forward but he preferred
to rise in his place behind the delegates
and thank the convention. His thanks
were very weak and it was plain enough
that Mr.. Millar was not satisfied with
the treatment accorded him. His
friends in the west part Of the county
were urging him for the sheriff nomina
ton and he did not like to be side
tracked for empty honors. But the
bosses fixed that matter and Mr.. NJ.
had nothing to do but to take his dose
Mr.. Millar is said to be nice>man but
lacks the qualifications to represent a
county in the legislature.
For county clerk, J. E. Holmes of XII
owa. was placed in nomination by l..
NJ. Axline. Mr.. Holmes went through
by reclamation. This deal was made
on SATURDAY. morning. F. Nj. Lane. of
Kiowa, was strong candidate for
sheriff but the Medicine Lodge gang
got him off the track and in favor of
Gano by throwing the clerkship to XII
owa.
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