The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-08-11

The Lane county Populist and Demo-.
cratic conventions at D1ghton made the
following nominations Saturday after
noon: Representative. D. B. King,
clerk, J. U. Mccoy: treasurer, Daniel
OConnell; recorder, CALAIS Dagg: clerk.
OF the court. H. Whiting; sheriff, c. n
HOckaday; school superintendent, R.
McKelvy; attorney, j. E: Lucas, sur
veyor. A. Haney; probate judge. w.
Owens.
The Socialists at Pittsburg held a
county convention Saturday and made
the following nominations: Sheriff, J.
S. Blanchard; district clerk, Curtis OAR
nell; county clerk, Peter Flath; county
treasurer, J. E. Housewert; register of
deeds, John Knott; probate judge, w.
NJ. G. Hays; county superintendent, w.
F. Phelps; county attorney, W. c. Ben
ton; coroner, DR.. C. H. Strong; county
surveyor, w. L. Lewis; representative
Twenty-t third district, A. ]. Cory; rep
ONION Hoffman
There was miniature bolt in the
Stafford county Republican convention
nominated c. B. Stark of Macksville
for representative and instructed him
for Chester l. Long for senator. Stat
ford asked for the next county conven-
ton and equal representation on the
congressional and judicial committees
with St. John The resolution embrace
ing this demand was defeated and the
delegation from Stafford and the town
ship bolted the convention. This may
result in the election Of the fusion tick
ct. The convention seemed unanimous
on one thing and that was the indOrse-
ment of Long.
The mass convention of socialists OF
Mitchell county Saturday nominated the
following ticket: For member of the
legislature, A. c. Pagett; sheriff, J. B.
Reeves; treasurer, John McDonald:
clerk, T. F. Wanzer: clerk of district
court, DR.. l.. Knight; probate judge.
John Hyde; coroner. James Munroe.
The central committee was authorized
to fill the vacancies of county attorney
and county superintendent. About two
was represented, and county central
committeeman was selected from every
one represented. There were between 40
and SO socialists present, and enthusiast
tic members of the party say the ticket
will receive between $50 and 300 voters.
while others claim it won't receive to
exceed so votes. A. c. Pagett was elect
ed chairman, and J. T. Barnes acted az
secretary, the latter being the nominee
Of the Socialist party for secretary Of
state. Mr.. Barnes was also recon-
mended for state committeeman of the
Sixth district. The Mitchell county
Socialists are of the opinion that a
nomina ton for congress in the Sixth
district will soon be made.
The Wyandotte Republican conven-
ton Saturday afternoon was as ex-
citing as anticipated E. A. Enright.
the Long candidate, was nominated for
representative by majority of ten
votes. The following anti-Burton reso-
luton was adopted:
I'VE heartily endorse the position of
President Roosevelt upon the question
of Cuban reciprocity, and urge upon our
representatives and senators in con-
gress to sustain and forward by their
honest efforts the pledges of the nation
and the policy of our president, and we
deprecate the apparent disposition upon
the part of some senators to thwart the
will of the nation by opposing measures
proposed by President Mckinley and
sustained by President Roosevelt"
Following is the county ticket nomi-