The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-29

After the resolutions had been read. Mr..
! Fred Bell moved that they be adopted.
/ An amendment was Immediately offered
/ that they be adopted when the following
amendment was inserted.
Thar the Republicans Of the Third COM
/ missioner district. in convention as
/ seubled, request thar IL the case Of a
! vacancy III the office of sheriff in this
! county. they request Governor ". i.
! Stanley 90 in such vacancy by appoint
/ ing Mr. II. 3. Wait Of Minnesota town
/ ship 10 the office.
! some objections were raised, ana q
motion TO lay the amendment on the table
1 was carried unanimously.
Henry IieiseT.nar moved thar the sec
! tion referring to the purchase of index
! books by the county commissioners, and
! con6emning their action be stricken cut.
There was TO debate on the motion. and
It was Immediately put TO a vote. The
/ convention voted unanimously not 10
strike out the section. The resolutions
were adopted without further debate.
The ncNt Thing in order was the nom
/ nation of candidates.
Mr. Silver OF AttiCa township. imme-
diately rose 10 his feet and stated: Il
/ desire to place IN nomination a man who
( has four times been elected township
trustee in tie face Of almost oveTwhelm-
ing odds An excellent English scholar
ana "a Succession DuSll4tco man. a tIrl-
man and a man OF sterling character. Mr.
Peter StauIell.
Mr. Forrest rose and. in a few we'll
chosen words, placed in nomination Mr..
John T. Hessel lie was heartily cheered-
AR Rcichcuherger next rose and. in his
eloquent manner. succeeded in holding
tho closest attention of the audience. He
only spoke for a moment. saying that he
wished % place in nomination man
nth Inv
in township, county and state and who
was strong enough TO carry tho election
DR. w Dwight of Mount Hope.
AIr. A. c. Chambers OF Minnesota
township placed Mr.. Moses Parker in
nomination.
Mir Fred Bell said. 4 desire TO place
in nomination a seif-made man, a home
made man, man made by Sedgwick
county. q business college graduate and
one VINO had been elected township
trustee ~ a majority of twenty-five or
thirty in a district that was overwhelm-
ingly Popuhst-Air. Ed Martin"
Henry Heiserman placed An old sol
der who has been elected county auditor
of Stuboa county Indiana. cor eight con-
secutive years-Mr. +. H. Johnson.
The nominations We're now closed and
q complimentary ballet given 10 the diff
ferent candidates.
Tn this ballot r. II. johnson received y
votes: j. T. Hessell. j.; I'D Martin, 10;
Moses Parker. =; Or. Dwight, il, and
Mr. Staufcn, IT,
After the complimentary ballot, the
frat began i'm earnest and ten ballots
were taken before a choice was made
Parker dropped out after the second bal
lot Johnson after the third. StaufeI after
the seventh. ard Dwight after the ninth
At the close of the tenth ballot. Mr.
John 7. Hssses was declared nominated
by q majority of ten votes.
1Ir Pears Of Cheney, en- behalf Of Mr
FIessel. who was detained at home by the
serious illness of his wife. thanked the
convention for the nomination, and eN-
pressed The iiyeliest hope fer success
fun campaign
The convention then voted TO leave the
management ~ the campaign 10 the
colnty central committee. with the
recommendation that a special committee
be appointet by them to have charge of
lhe campaign.
8ir. John r. Hessel is a werl-known
business man of Cheney. He came 10
this state in 1886. and was the manager
of tho Jewstt stock farm until it was
sold. about nve years ago He then went
to farming for himself. having purchased
some Is-l He hls devoted himself 10
his farming interests and has also raised
line h'ocjed stock Mr. Hessel has been
extremely successful as business man.
and is wcil-lrOwn Throughout the dis
trict IS a man OF sterling integrity.
he whole convention, c0nSuulnatinE ~
the seIecjior OF strons candidate was
derlorstrative cf one indisputable fact
that jne Republicans Of The western dis
trict are enthusiasts iealiy lD the campaign
for victory. They Gre Interested 70 the
point that they Hiu Individually appeal
u the people az TIE district REGARDLESS ri
politics, 90 help ir bringing q change In
,he county commissioner office. change
universally acknowledged 10 Doe in the in
terest of the tax payers
The result Of The baUoung WIS accepted
by az present IN good viii. and everg
man IA The convcntlon went home r.
solved @ pat his shoulder 90 The wheel
and nusn fnE h. eleetion ~ Mr. HesseL