The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-22
CONVENTIONS OF ONE DAY.
Various Political Parties Prepare for
the Campaign.

CONVENTIONS OF ONE DAY.
Various Political Parties Prepare for
the Campaign.
Dodge City, Aug. 22.-The Democrat
! ic and POpuliSt and free silver Repu Bill
! can convention to nominate a county
| ticket met here Saturday. The Demo-
! Gratis nominated ex-POstmaSter David
| Swinehart for representative, T. e.
| French for clerk of the court, and f. j.
| Oyler for county attorney. The Popu-
! lists nominated W. n. Harper for pro-
/ bate judge and Robert Heron for coun-
! ty superintendent. The free silver Re
! publicans were given surveyor for I'M
| expired term. John Hare was nomi-
| mated for that office.
! The conference committee reported to
| give the Democrats the county commits
| SiOner and the POpulists wanted to help
name the commission on the motion to
adopt the report of the conference
w. F. Petition, editor of the Dodge
/ City Democrat, opposed the adoption of
the report which, after a debate of over
two hours by him, the report of the
committee was rejected by the conven-
ton by a vote of three to one.
The straight-out Democrats Outnum-
bered the fusiOnists by that number.
Petition had his forces well in line and
could have defeated fusion, but was
prevailed on by the Democratic candi-
dates to withdraw his opposition after
the POpul1StS should name the Demo-
cratic county commissioner without any
dictatiOn from them. Oscar Carmich-
ael, straight Democrat, was then
nominated. The fusion ticket has
about $50 majority in Ford county, and
the ticket nominated is a strong one.
salina, Aug. 22-The PopuItsts nom
mated the following ticket: S. G.
Hopkins, representative; Lyman Tay-
Tor, county superintendent; G. Thomp-
son, clerk district court; John Hedge,
county attorney; T. J. Brewster, pro-
hate j116qrA- 7 RioLxlnU mi
Third district.
Olathe. Aug. 22.-The Democrats and
POpulists of Johnson county held sep
arate conventions and each convention
nominated the part of the ticket agreed
upon at a previous meeting of a joint
committee. The Democrats nominated
c. L. Randall for county attorney, VIM.
E. Zaner for superintendent and ]. R.
Secrest for county commissioner.
The Populists nominated w. D. Hen
dirk for probate judge, A. W. Collins
for clerk of the court and renominated
J. H. Hibner for the legislature.
Fort Scott, Aug. 22.-The Populist and
Democratic county convention, for the
purpose of nominating county tickets,
were held in separate places at the
same time, but the ticket chosen was
the same, as follows: County, attor-
ney, J. I. Sheppard; probate judge, ]. D.
Hill; district clerk. Hubert Gardiner;
superintendent, A. E. COchrane.
G. w. Dewey, a country delegate to
the Populist convention. is a second
cousin to the Manila hero and he was
fairly lionized by the delegates.
Fort Scott. Aug. 22.-Repub1icans of
the Twenty-first representative district
after a close contest between S. NJ.
Land, w. w. Martin and B. F. Camp
bell, nominated the latter for represen-
tative from this district.
Salina, Aug. 22.-At the Republican
nations were made: Representative,
S. J. Osborn, Salina; probate judge, w.
F. Musser, Salina; district clerk, John
Rayberg, Smokyview; county superin-
tendent, J. Q. Short, Salina; county
commissioner, Tom Anderson, Salina-
Pittsburg. Aug. 22.-The Democrats
of this county met in convention at Gil
rard, and placed the following ticket
in the field: H. H. RadIey, probate
judge; J. L. Hutchinson, county super
district court; B. S. GaitskilI, county
attorney; c. s. Birch, county commits
sioner; F. B. Wheeler, representative
from the Twenty-fourth district, and
z. LOOMS, representative from the
Twenty third district. The ticket is
straight Democratic with the exception
of two places, and it is expected that it
will be Endorsed by the Populists at
their convention on September 3.
Lal1in, Aug. 22.-The Kearney county
Representative, DR.. G. F. Johnson:
county attorney, G. L. Ke1so; clerk of
the district court, J. T. Horde; county
superintendent, I. z. Burner; probate
judge, S. S. Tate.
Lawrence, Aug. 22-The Populists
and Democrats of Douglas county nom
mated fusion county ticket as follows
County attorney, L. c. Poehler; probate
judge, 3. J. Horton; clerk of the dis
trict court. John E. Wagner; county
superintendent, Miss Julia Miller;
county commissioner, Third district |
VIM. Mace; representative, Fourteenth !
district, J. z. Weaver; representative, |
Thirteenth district, D. H. Lewis. Sen
ator w. A. Harris and Congressman
Mason S. Peters made brief addresses |
to the conventions.
Washington, Aug. 22.-Fusion in |
Washington county is complete. The |
Democrats nominated NJ w. Perse1 for |
clerk of the court and N. F. Graham |
for county attorney. The POpulists |
nominated J. F. SomerS for representa- |
tive, Miss Minnie Nesbit for superin- |
tendent of public instruction, F. E. Es- |
ties for probate judge and A Hoffman |
for county commissioner, Third district. !
The Endorsement by both parties was |
by large majorities and shows that the |
ticket is unobjectionable.
Smith Center. Aug. 22.-The Popu1ists