People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1899-03-28
The Republican Ticket.

The Republican Ticket.
/ The Republican city convention
was called to order by W. R. Spicknall
at 2 o'clock last Friday afternoon,
in the county court room. The fight
over the Third ward delegation crop
ped out at the very sutstart, when
the matter Of choosing a Temporary
chairman came up. c. E. Bright,
for the anti Woods faction, nomi-
mated A. A. Richards for temporary
chairman. G. E. Elliott, for the
Woods faction, nominated d. A,
Espy for chairman. The question as
to which Of the cOntesting delegations
should be allowed to vote came up,
and after great deal of sparring in
parliamentary tactics, the matter,
OF temporary organization was
finally left to the Republican city
central committee. A. A. Richards
was recommended for chairman and
G. E. Hitchcock for secretary.
Hitchcock refused the secretaryship,
and Cleo Burnette was appointed.
The convention, with Richards in
the chair, then got down to business.
Committees were appointed as follows:
Credentials-Geo. Fl. Hunter, G. E..
Bright, Adam Winger, A. A. Lichten-
berger, Ed Wheeler.
Pc. .manent Organiz4tion-Dr. F. G.
Emerson, G. c. Carpenter, H. F.
Hsizer, A. Fl. Griffin, E. B. Smell.
Order Of Business-D. A. Espy,
Fred Smith, I. P. Sargent.
After an hours recess, during which
time Third ward contest was heard,
the committee ca credentials reported
and recommended the seating OF the
anti Woods delegation from the Third
ward. "The report was adopted"
The other committees reported.
Brown was nominated for mayor
by acclamatiOn.
H. L. Woods, W. NJ. Ready and ].
S. Dey were nominated for city at.
tOrney.
Ready was chosen on the first bal
lot, the vote standing: Ready q,
Woods %, Dey2.
COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD.
The ward caucuses nominated caI.
didates for the council and school
board as follows:
First ward-For the council (loDg
term, G. E Hitchcock. For the
school board (lOng term), ]. G. Camp.
bell.
Second ward-For the council, A.
A. Richards lOng term and Ed S.
Christlanson short term). For the
school board QOng term W. E. O.
Rush.
Third ward-For the council, (long
term) G. F. Luening. For the school
board (long terml W. Fl. Carnes.
Fourth ward-FOr the council, c. j.
Humphrey (lOug term and Sumner
Whitson short terml. For the school
bOaid (lOng term Ed Hayes:
Fifth ward-For the council, (lorg
term), f. A. Amsden. For the school
board (long term John T. Showaltsr.
Mayor Brown has an opponent in
the person OF s. P. Kramer, indepeD.
dent candidate for mayor. Ed Chris.
tianson, Republican candidate for the
council for the short term from the
Second ward, has an opponent in
the person Of Fl. E. Thompson.
ThompsOn's nomination papers were
filed Friday. Papers nominating
Wm. GelinO and Elmer Layne for the
council from the Fourth ward. against
G. ]. Humphrey and Sumner Whitson,
were aled Friday. Mrs. OrleLa
Davis, wife OF j. C. Davis, is an iude.
pendent candidate for the school board
from the Second ward, against W. E.
D. Rush. The other candidates for
the council and school board have no
opposition. There are three iDde-
pendent candidates for street COM
missioner: Thds. Monley, Geo. Long
and j. W. Owens. The other iDde.
pendent candidates are: c. C. Shaw
yer, for city marshal; A. W. Shear.
man, for police judge.
Hicks Forecasts for April.
The vernal eQuinoctial period con-
tinues in its perturbing influence un-
til after the middle of April, hence