Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-08-01

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man who believes in doing things. and
Marshall county would be honored in
honoring him
FTancis NJ. Brady. who was named
by the Third district as a presidential
| elector, is a graduate of the law de-
| partment of the University of Kansas,
| and for the past four years has been
prosecuting attorney of Labette coun.
We regret that space forbids a re.
cord of the doings of the Democratic
| convention. 1t was great convention
| enthusiastic and harmonious but II
VAS oyershadowed by its Populist ally
which had the big end of the ticket to
| i'll.
The dispatches from Lincoln say
that Mr.. Bryan is happy over the Ft.
Scott convention. He doesn't feel
amy happier though than several
thousand kansans who now feel tha.
VICTORY 6n the state is assured.
The harmonious fusion at TT. Scott
not only means the election of the
state and electoral ticket. but it means
harmony and unity in coming county
conventions, and fusion ma foritv in
both branches of inc Legislature.
The most animated contest in the
democratic convention was over the
position Of elector-at-large. There were
two candidates: J. T.. Fugate and Ed.
Hackney, both from the Seventh dis
t1ict. Fusate won out by IL vote of
pa to 227.
Jake Shepherd, the versatile county
attorney of Bourbon county, worked
early and late to show the visitors 4
good fine. No train came in too early
or went out too latte for him to be ON
hand to welcome the coming or speed
the parting guest.
Jas. Beck. one of THE nominees for
elector. was colonel of the 23rd Kan.
sas and commanded the boys fr Cuba.
lie rs one of the brightest coloretl
men In Kansas. we'll known and mi
versaLiy liked. and he will add much
strength TO the ticket.
:: ;:
Chairman Hoffman. in his openipu
speech. declared that the nemocraric
party had become impreenated. and II
was afterwards decided to have This
part OF the speech referred to County
Aftorney Jake Shepherd for further
investigation.
Uncle Dave Heff1ebower came TO the
convention with a pocket full of blue
ribbons labeled Crops MAKE Pops
and nearly every delegate was wearing
one before the convention was over
The bigger the crops the bigger the
Pop vote has always been the Kansas
rule
EX-Secretary of State w. f.. Bush i,
now resident of TT. Scott and The
proprietor of the Lantern. He beafled
the bourbon county delegation in the
convention, and the Lantern Office was
the mecca of the oid-time Greenl,ack
er Pops who swear by Bush.
The Populist state committee held a
meeting before leaving Ft. Scott mud
'o1npleted its organization by electinp
IL. Curran of Parsons as secretary.
Che committee Will meet again MT To-
Rka August ). The various candi-
fates are expected to meet with them
It that time.
The nomination of Ed Wes; gate for
auditor was deserving compliment
to one OF the most popular members
of the old state committee. He is a
worthy representative of the short
grass country and has personal ac-
quaintarce with half the men in the
big Seventh district
One of the best speeches made in
the convention was that of F. NJ
I Pearl, of Brown county in seconding
the nomination of Milton Todd for
superintendent of public instruction.
Brown county w5ll get behind Pearl
and push him for place on the SUI
preme bench one of these days.
Cy Leland. the Republican boss of
Kansas. declared at Republican head
quarters in Topeka that the ticket
named in Fort Scott was the strongest
ever put in the field by the fusion
forces He said the nominations of
David Martins anfl Hugh Farrelly par
,icularly added strength.
Whea TT. Scott secured the conyem-
ton she woke up to the fact that she
bad no suitable hall in which to hold
| it, Nothing daunteti, her w1de-awake
I c5aizens hustled $4,000 together and
proceeded to build the best convention
hall in the state of Kansas making
her the banner convention town in the
state.
| Nominations for state offices were
| scattered among congressional dis
| trdcts as follows: First.Goyernor,
| lieutenant governor and associate just
| ice; Second. treasurer; Third con-
gressman-at- large ana attorney gener-
al: Fifth. superintendent cf instruc-
ton; Sixth. insurance superintendent
| and secretary of state; Seventh, audi
| tor. The electors-as-large went To tho
| Third. Sixth and Seventh districts.
| We take off our hat to Ft Scott
She has proven herseHto be the great
est convention town in Kansas. The
fear had been expressed tGsf the towr
was not big enough TO handle the con
venfion properly but every delegaf -