The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-06-22

oToas eampsiEn azht looking toward
his election
Hoyt Andrews and 7John HartzIsE
we're the principal eandidztss for the
place OF county attorney Andrews
rsesfFed on the first ballot 81 votes
HartzIer 10 TIE o0nTsntion then de-
cIarsd Andrews the nominee b. seeIa-
nation
For clerk Of the district court, WI
liam Sexs0u, c. z. Payson, J. D. Case
and Y. ". Goodrich were fairly sup
ported, while several others received a
few complimentary votes No one Of
the candidates receiving q majority, a
second ballot vas Necessary. Y "
Goodrich withdrew IN favor Of J. D.
Case. william SezsOn thanked the
convention for the support given him,
but added that he vas not q candidate
The second ballot vas therefore q race
between Pays0n and Case, which re-
suited in q vote Of % to ~ IN favor OF
PsysOn-
There we're four aspirants for the
Office Of county superintendent F.
KimmeI, John Reed, ". J. KOou and
Fred Barnett On the first ballot Reed
received A which was a majority, fol
lowed By KoOn With .. By rising
vote Of 80 to 6, Reed vas declared the
nominee
It vas well known that @. L Calvert
was a candidate for the Office Of pro
hate judge, and there being no OppOsi-
ton be therefore received s. votes on
the first ballot A few scattering votes
we're cast but Calvert vas practically
the unanimous choice and was uOmi-
mated By soClsmatiOu-
D. A. Title and G. L Calvert we're
selected as delegates to the state pOpu-
list convention st Fort Scott, July -
During the session OF the Populist
convention az the court house, q com
mittee OF three from the democratic
convention. which vas then IN session
at the opera house, informed the con
vention that the democrats desired to
fuse with the pOpuIistss provided that
both parties could agree upon Pred
Dawson as a commissioner candidate
Of the Second district By permission
Of the convention, the chair appointed
q like committee to meet the visiting
committee IN conference. As Mr. DaE-
son was the unanimous candidate Of
the delegates Of the commissioner con-
ventiOu, and also nan that the whole
convention wished % see nominated
the agreement was acquieseed IN all
around
The regular comfy convention then
adjourned
Commissioner Convention
Immediately upon the adjournment
Of the county convention, the delegates
from commissioner district proceeded
to organize. To expedite matters, the
chairman and secretary Of the previous
organization being delegates from the
Second district, served IN the same
capacity as before At once the con
YentiOn set to baIIOting on commits
sioner- The first ballot settled il
Fred Dawson got a, while George
Hotter received one complimentary
vote Mr.. Dawson was declared the
nominee. This result was commUni-
Gated to the democratic convention
who Immediately reported back that
the whole pOPuIist ticket had been in
dorsed, at which the meeting was
thrown into a burst Of enthusiasm
Excepting two little demonstrations
OF personal feeling, the whole days
proceedings was marked By harmony
and vivacIty-
Following are the resolutions, which
are certain IN tone and vigorous IN
their appeal:
We the popuIists Of Sherua1 county. Kan
szz II couTsntion assembled reaHru our ad-
hersncs % the peoples party national platform
adopted at Omaha
Bur new and grave issues have arisen threat
sni1g the safety Of Eree g0Vsrumsnt- which con
uand ths attsuaC1 q al patriotic eitizznz-