People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1898-05-19
gress and renew our confidence In his


against the usurpatinn Of power by
the speaker of the house meets our
hearty appreciation. The encrualh.
ment of the speaker In latter days is
10 our judgment assaults upon the
liberty OF the people.
JIM DOUBLEDAY.
LYMAN NAUGLE.
). II. BEAL
A. c. LAMBE.
Ii. C.. SMITH.
The reading was frequently in
terrupted by applause, especially
those paragraphs referring TO the
Cuban war and the issue OF greer.
backs In lieu OF bonds; also the ar.
raignment OF the Republican "busi-
ness administration"
When the secretary had flushed
reading DR.. T. s. Beal, the heavy
weight dentist from Conway Springs
strobe forward and called for the
reading OF the war resolution second
time. 1t was re-read and the Doctor
proposed three cheers for Commodore
Dewey. They were given with zest
that threatened the unroOfing Of the
building.
The report of the committee was
adopted with hurrah.
At this juncture w. R. Savage
appeared on the scene as delegate
from the Third ward of Wellington
and read the following quotation
from the call for Populist county
convention in 1894, and moved its
application to the selection Of dele.
gates by this convention:
The attention OF the people is
directed to the following principle
laid down by the Peoples party at
Omaha, July 4, 1892, and strict ad
herence Thereto recommended:
No person holding any office or
position Of profit, trust or emolument
under the federal or any state or
municipal government, including
senators, congressman, ana members
of the legislature, state and local,
shall be eligible to sit or vote in any
convention OF this party, and copy
OF this ordinance shall be annexed to
every call for any future convention
of the party.
A. c. LAMBE, Chairman.
j. X. MOORE, Secretary.
The motion was put through quite
vigorously aud had the effect Of bar
ring all county officers and appOintees
OF The governor from becoming dele.
gates u either the state or congress
lOnal conventions.
The convention then proceeded TO
the selection of delegates. The chair
ruled that nominations should come
from delegates living III the districts
from which delegates were being
selected but that the whole conven.
tiOn should participate 10 the vote.
In the trst district the following
parties were elected as delegates W
the state convention by acclamaLiOu:
DelegaLes-A. l.. Barnes, Palestine;
c. u. Hauuy, Eden; DR.. ). L. Beal,
Conway; {. +. Curtis. Seventy-SlX.
Altern ue,-J.M.Kirb Belle Plline;
K. A, Anderson, London; b. +. Myers,
Sumner; q. A. Stewart, Harmon.
In the second district there were
ten nominations aud ballot was rv-
Quired. A motion was made that |
jDe four receiving the highest Number
of votes should be declared tie nele.
gates and the four receiving the next
highest number the alternates. 1t
was afterward provided that any
delegate failing To 20 10 the conven-
ton should forfeit his place To the
alternate receiving the highest mum.
Der Of vote, and 50 on down the list.
The delegates and alternates, with
the votes received were as follows:
Delegates-W. B. COliweil, Oxford,
l76: Geo. Z. Wakefield. Wellington,
l66; Lyman Naugle, Wellington, ll5;
W. A. Mickey, Downs, ll3;
Alternates-GeO. W. Bailey, Wei.
lingtOh, SO; BIZ. Zook, Ryan, SO; P.
A. Wycoff, Jackson, 70; Jas. A. Ray,
Wellington, 80.
The Third district had a surplus Of
nominations also and adopted the
same policy. The vote for delegates
and alternates resulted as follows:
Delegates-J. R. Gillian, Guelph,
100; ]. L. Myers, Caldwell, 166; c. |.
CushmaD, South Haven, Isl; H. Fl.
Howe, Fails, 145.
Alternates-Frank BObeck, Bluff,
las; NJ. Rhodes, Chicaskia, 49,; J. c.
Hollingsworth, Walton, and Fl.
Vougb, Falls, by reclamation.
The convention then proceeded to
elect delegates to the congress
ional convention as follows: r. q.
Harnsberger, B. F. Myers, NJ. P. Hat.
field. Z. W. Morris, j. NJ. Kirby, Oh.
Atterbury, ]. P. Winner, B. f. Zook,
F. K. Robbins, Will Reece, J. W.
Lockman, W. A. Johnson, z. NJ. vii.
son, Henry Mesner, l. L. Jones. Levi
Hedrick. Thos. Tracewell.
None Of the delegates were in
structed.
COUNTY COMMITTEE.
The new county committee met On
the platform at the close and organ
lied by the election Of Ivan ID. Rogers
chairman, and J. Robert Gillian as
secretary.
DR.. S. T. Beal was elected as con.
gressional committeeman.
An Enterprising Druggist.
There are few men more wide awake
and enterprising than F. B. Snyder