Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-21
KANSAS FREE SILVER PARTY NEEDS
RANK AND FILE.
HAS ALL OTHER ESSENTIALS.
ELECTED OFFICERS AND ADOPTED
PRINCIPLES YESTERDAY.
Twenty-One Ex-RepubIicaa Patriots
Gather ut Topeka TO Organize
and ResOIve-Webb McNaII
Is Chairman of the
New Party.

| Topeka. has. NAY -U---tonttldl-' WIN
| tv-one disgruntled politicians who left the
| Republican party last year because It
| would not feed them longer at the public
| crib. and who have obtained, or hope to
| obtain. Jobs under the present Popullst
| state administration. met here to-day and
| organized themselves into the Republican
| slrve- party of Kansas.
| An organization was perfected by the
| selection of a state committee and the
| adoption of a set of principles the first one
| of which is a condemnation of the crime
| of '7S. Now all they lack is the rank and
| file. So far the membership consists wholly
| of commissioned officers.
The convention was called to order at
| 2 O'clock by d. C. Tillotson, of Shawnee,
who took it upon himself TO issue the call
for the meeting. Judge T. =. Anderson,
of Wyandotte. who didn't join the silverlt2s
until he was turned down for judge by tie
Republicans. was chosen temporary chair
man. and ]. z. ROssiter, Of Montgomery.
fo- temporary secretary. In taking the
chair, Judge Anderson said something had
to be did for the preservation Of the
Union He said that the patriots present
had separated themselves from their OLD
party, but that they could join neither
tn Populist nor the Democratic parties, on
account of Objectionable features in the
platform of each. He then spoke Of the
condition of the country ami said that until
al anti-Republican forces united, the tut
urc of the country would be dark. The
Judge advocated the organization of new
party to absorb all other parties an
tagoristic TO Repubicanism.
These committees were then appointed;
On platform and declaration of principles
II NJ. James, Shawnee; Albert Griffin,
Riley: y. {. Tillotson, Shawnee; J. S. Cald-
we'll Wichita; r. w. Turner. Jewell.
To devise a plan of organiZatiOn-W. r.
HaZen, Shawnee; r. F. Moore, MOntgOm-
cry; DR.. f. D. Lawrence. Butler; j. A.
Evans, jefferson; George II. Smelling, Har-
per.
A recess was then taken to allow the
committees do their work and to enable
those patriots who desired to have their
names recorded on the new Declaration
of Independence TO come forward and
sign up. This is the list: T. p. Anderson,
Uyandotte; Albert Griffin. Riley: J. J. Mil
ler T. NJ. James. J. Van Buskirk, n. ID.
mckinley. w. X. Ward ID. NJ. Mitchell. ID.
{. Tillotson, William Ireland w. NJ. Hal
stead, r. b. Huiet, s. A. kngman, j. II.
Stevens. and W. r. Hazen. Shawnee; g. G..
Boarding. Nemaha: Dan McTaggart, J. r.
Rossiter, B. F. Moore, Harry Levan. Mont
gomery: Dr. +. b. Lawrence. Butler; 4. j.
Sullivan, Coffey; J. H. Evans. jefferson;
O. B. Haley, Franklin; J. s. Caldwell,
Wichita: George r. Smelling, Harper and
Il. w. Turner. Jewell.
The committee on cardinal principles
could not get together during the after
noon ana an evening session was held.
There was a stiff fight over the proposition
TO abandon the organization in the event
that the national administration enacted
the free silver principle into law. r. w.
Turner and II. NJ. James led the fight. but
the. majority of the committee declared
they had left the grand old party for good.
no matter what it did on the money ques-
tion, and voted the question down after a
long and heated argument
The platform condemns the crime of %.
says greenbacks are good enough money
for the people, orders the secretary of the
treasury TO shovel out silver instead of
gold when greenbacks are presented for
redemption. advocates a protective tariff,
demands other legislation favorable to the
laborer, condemns the trusts and approves
the action of President Mckinley in regard
to international bimetallism. A resolution
was offered ordering Governor Leedy 10
bring about prosperity in Kansas by ap- |
pointing a state architect so that work on |
the public buildings could be commenced, |
but the governor had too many free silver |
Republican appointees there and IL was |
A state central committee was
SRSSgh MeNail. a Gayiord; IRHS secretary. D.
James, sTopeka; First district-D. G. |
ley Falls. Second-T. p Anderson, Kan |
sas City. Kas.; o. +. Haley. Ottawa. Third |
Dan McTaggart, Liberty; John Foutz. |
GiTard. Fourth-Amos Plumb. Emporia: |
Professor Wooster, Eureka. F'ifth-J. NJ. |
Doyle. Belleville; J. r. Elliott. Manhattan. |
SiXth-R. w. Turner. Mankato: l.. III. |
Thomson. Norton. SEVENTH. 5. Cald- !
well. Leoti: George II. Smelling. Anthony.
+. NJ. LOwrence. of Butler county, was |
elected delegate to the Chicago national |
silver convention. which assemblies in June. |