Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-03-30
YE DUPEs. YE DupEsn
I'm Convention Assembled Four Men Over
Ride and Defy More than Sixty.
Typical Republicanlsm.

! One of the neatest political schemes
and, at the same time, one of the most
| daring political holdups ever witnessed
in any convention in Barber county
was enacted at the courthouse in this
| city last Saturday. 1t was the day on
which delegates were selected to the
state. congressional and judicial con-
ventions, and, as usual in such cases,
the aSpirants for place on these re-
spective delegations were more numer.
ons than the supply required. And 1t
so happened, as it frequently does, that
the choices of the majority, in some in
stances. were not the choices of the
minority, i. e. the Big Four in Medicine
Lodge. But before we go farther it
might be we'll to mention that the Big
Four consists of the following persons,
to-wit: G. L. Long, l.. NJ. Axline, E.
ii. Nixon, Capt. }. n. Titus. These
eminent gentlemen, early in the morn
Ing had put their ears to the ground
and bad heard a peculiar rumblIng-
one which portrayed i'll omen to the
machine. Something had to be done
and it WAS done in haste but neverthe-
less to perfection. At the OppOrtuDe
time, soon after dinner, his royal red
headedness called the faithful to order
and in an instant A. l.. Noble, Chester
|. Longs partner III business, was rail
roaded into the chair The usual com
mlttees on credentials, resolutions, or
der of business and permanent organi
cation were appointed and in the course
of time the formal reports were made
and adopted. The temporary organiZa-
ton, of course, according to program
was made permanent, the resolutions
endorsed the Mckinley administration,
instructed for Long for congressman
ami got off the usual republican rot.
The committee Oh order of business rec
commended that delegates be selected
to the various conventions but left the
question as to how the Selec-
tiOnS should be made with the conven-
ton. In All instant motion was be
fore the rouse authorizing the chair to
appoint a committee of five to arrange
the various delegations and it was ad-
opted in the twinkling of an eye With
about one eight of the convention vot-
Ing in the affirmative and seven elghtS
sitting mute in open-e eyed wOnderment
as to what had happened, not knowing
whether they were a foot, on horseback
or isolated afar off on the unfathoma-
BILE sea. The committee appointed,
or, rather, the committee previously
appointed was made public, as fol-
lows:
j. n Titus, j. III. Nichols, Christian
Keller, Jas. Stranathan, w d. Crawford.
The committee retired to one of the
jury rooms to carry out their instruc-
tons with Capt. Titus in the lead with
a postoffice grip on his colleagues. His
mission was to see that the committee
Obeyed the instructions to the letter
to see that the right men were put on
the right delegations.
BY this time the convention had re-
covered consciousness and the dele
gates were ready to drink in the song
of the siren, Chester. 1t was weak
attempt; Mr.. Long seemed to be con-
fused and for some reason was employ
ing false history. When he closed The
nominating committee made their re-
port. 1t was as follows: