The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-08-14
COUNT CoNVRNTIoNs.
Republicans, Fusionists and eslGiddle
of the Readers" Take Action.


of the Readers" Take Action.
Atchison, Aug. 1.-THE following flu
sion county ticket was nominated here
Saturday: Sheriff, Elias Graves, Dem
ocrat; county clerk, David G. Green,
negro, Democrat; coroner, DR.. Q. T.
Howe, Democrat; county commission
er, F. NJ. Baker Democrat; treasurer,
c. A. Woodwork, Populist; register of
deeds, William Sullivan, POpulist. Both
conventions condemned the expansion
policy, the Mckinley administration,
trusts and the Atchison city court es-
tabHshed at the last legislature.
independence. Aug. 14.-As an out
come of the middle of the road Popu-
lists boiling the recent Montgomery
county fusion convention of the DEM
Ocrats, Populists and free silver Re
publicans, a call is to be issued for a
strightOut POpulist convention and a
full ticket is to be nominated. This
ticket viii be supported by the Star and
Kansan of this city. published by A T.
Cox, the Oldest POpulist organ in the
county.
Junction City, Aug. 1.-THE RepubIi-
cans of Geary county held their con-
Vention in this city Saturday afternoon
and nominated the following ticket:
For treasurer, J. B, Callen; register of
deeds, NJ. G. Brown; county clerk, W.
B. Spurlock; sheriff, NJ. D. PeesO; sur
veyOr, H. H. Mead; county superin-
tendent, to fill vacancy, Miss Nettie J.
Strack; county commissioner, E. H
Hemenway
Dodge City, Aug. 1.-THE Democrats
and POpulfsts of Ford county met in
convention here Saturday and nominal
ted Grant Hale, Democrat, for sheriff.
d. p. Ragland, Democrat, register of
deeds; c. E. Arga bright Populist, coun-
ty clerk; w bunker, Populist COM
missioner. No candidate for treasurer
was named. The platform assailed the
administration for its Philippine war
policy.
Lincoln Center, Aug. 1.-THE Popu-
list county convention nominated a full
ticket here Saturday, as follows; J. S.
ter; Thomas Cline, sheriff; NJ D Web
Der, surveyor; James Northern, cOro-
ner; Davis Shaver, commissioner, First
district. The resolutions declared for 16
to l and denOunce Imperialism.
Erie, Aug. 14-FoIowing is the ticket
nominated by the Republican county
convention: Sheriff, J. c. B1les; county
clerk, b. w. Garvin; county treasurer,
Richard Stevenson; register of deeds,
J. N. Cutler; surveyor, w Z. Adam
son; coroner, r. A. Light; commission
er Third district, F. p. Carroll.
Clay Center, Aug. 1.-THE PopuIists
and Democrats held their county con-
ventions Saturday and nominated the
following fusion ticket; Sheriff, S. A.
Cooper; treasurer, w. P. Gates; regis
ter Of deeds. A Croberg; county clerk,
J. H. Kerby; surveyor ". McLaugh-
lin; coroner, DR.. J. p. Stewart
Stockton. Aug. 1.-THE Republican
county ticket nominated was as fol-
lows: Treasurer, w. l. Davenport;
sheriff, w. I. Grove; clerk,Z E. Smith;
register of deeds, Chas. Meade; survey
or, r. A. Hoskins- coroner, W. r. Gull
lender.
Smith Center, Aug 14-The Populists
held their county convention here Sat
urday and nominated the following
ticket; L. S. Marker, treasurer; J. A.
Crabb, county clerk; register Of deeds,
Ed Chandler; sheriff, c. McCarter: cor
Oner, Dr. BrOOkens; commissioner OF
First district, Bunker. They declared ,
for free silver, 16 to and against ex-
pansion.
Republican convention Saturday nomi-
mated the following ticket: Sheriff,
Tom O'COnner; treasurer, Charles A.
Johnson; coroner, DR.. w. F. Boylau;
county clerk, Harry A. Peach; register
Of deeds, owen J. Russell; surveyor Al
va J. Smith; county commissioner, w.
H. Mapes. The platform adopted was
unquaHfedly in favor of a single gold
standard and expansion: endorsed Nc
Kinley and Stanley, favored a Nicara-
qua canal under entire control of the
United States. demanded that pension
laws be construed faVOrabIy to the vet
Grams, and was opposed to trusts.
The only opposition to the report of
the committee on resolutions was by
Governor G V kSkT1dse who did not
want an outspOken plank favoring the
gold standard. He made a somewhat
lengthy speech for a compromise plank
claiming that the national convention
platform was sufficient on the subject.
On vote being taken however, all but
two delegates voted in favor of the gold
standard platform, which virtually
reads Eskridge and the Emporia Daily
Republican out of the Republican party
as he has said in the columns of his ma
per that If the county convention en-
dersed the gold standard he would have
to leave the party.
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