Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-03-28
TWO CITY TICKETS.

1t is not on the boards for Medicine
Lodge to get along with one city ticket.
Last Wednesday the prospects were
that there would not be a second tick ct
but on Thursday meeting was called
and another ticket was nominated that
night. The names of the tickets are
Citizens aud "Cltlzens Business" re-
spectively. The candidates nominated
are as follows:
CITIZENS. CITIZENS BUSINESS.
MAYOR.
S. P. Garrison. CO. Chandler.
CoUNCILMEN.
j. e. Walstad L.. NJ. Axline
j. r. Mccoy F. E. Read
R. M. Woodward A. d. Shaw
Aug Schmidt Jas. Dobbs
w. III. Haun F. M. Shell
MARSHAL.
j. NJ. Hellings. A. w. Smith.
CLERK.
Geo. w. Iorney. Geo. w. Horney.
POLICE JUDGE.
J. l.. Brady. w. II. McCague.
STREET COMMISSIONERS.
w. II. Thompson. j. B. Stockstill.
After the tickets were filed with the
city clerk, Gus Schmidt and r. M.
Wood ward withdrew. their names
from the Citizens ticket, and AL
len Smith withdrew from the Citizens
Business ticket. The names Of Fran
els Romig and James Dobbs were
substituted to fill the vacancies on
the Citizens ticket, and j. M. Hell
llngs was endorsed as candidate for
marshal on the Citizens Business TICK
ct. Thus it will be seen that both tick
cts are united on candidates for mar
shall, clerk and one councilman.
The meeting that nominated the Cit
liens Business ticket was held on Tues
day night. j. z. Hall presided and
VIM. Palmer was secretary. The Citi
Zens ticket, as before stated, was NOM
mated Thursday night. G. M. Martin
was chairman and David Nation was
secretary. Mr.. Nation also participa-
ted in the other meeting, made the
principal motions besides calling the
meeting to order. The Citizens Bust
ness ticket was nominated without any
speeches. A committee which consist
ed of FL. IL. Case, l.. L. Williams, A.
w. Smith and J. p. Gibson submitted
quence of motion authorizing it, and
the convention adopted their report.
This action was the result of confer
ence among many of our citizens on
Monday night.
In the other convention there were
four candidates for mayors. p. Garri-
son, c. E. Bechtel, w. G. Sellers, C. @.
Chandler. The ballot resulted, Garri-
son 25; Bechtel 10; Sellers 6; Chandler
l. The nomination of Mr.. Garrison
was then made unanimous. The can
didates for the council were nomin ated
by reclamation. Two candidates were
placed in nomination for city marshal
j. M. Hellings and j. H. Owens.
II, and Mr.. Hellings was declared the
nominee. G. w. Horney and w. II.
Thompson were then nominated for
clerk and street commissioner by accla-
nation, after which an executive
campaign committee of ten we're ap-
pointed. Three speeches were made
one by G. NJ. Martin, one by E. F.
Thompson and one by Mrs. Carrie Ma
ton. The first two spoke for the tick
ct and the last one advocated its with
drawal and united support of the Cit
liens Business ticket. Mrs. Nation at
the close of her speech put her request
in the shape OF motion but it was de-
feated overwhelmingly. There wasn't
single vote in the affirmative.
The issues in the campaign are no,
clear. Both tickets profess to stand
for the best interests of the city and
both promise to use their best efforts
to scale down the bonded Indebtedness
and we have no right to question tht
sincerity of any of the candidates.
The liquor question has been lost
sight of for the first time in ten OF
more years. Each ticket is composed
of both, temperance and anti-temper
ance people, and in both conventions
the lions and the lambs embraced eact
other and on that issue the hatche
seems to be buried.
AS usual, this paper has no edltoria
preference. Whoever is elected will
have our good wishes and our hearty
support in administering the affairs o
the city.