The Iola register., 1902-05-16
DEMOCRATS ARE IN TOWN.
County Convention to Choose Dele
gates to State and Congression-
al Conventions.


court house the delegates from all
over Allen county: in con-
vention to choose delegates to the
State convention which meets in
Wichita May % and to the Congress
sional convention which meets in Ft.
Scott June 20.
The attendance was fair and there
were representatives from nearly all
parts of the county, Marmaton town
ship and lola being we'll represented.
A temporary organization was per-
fected by the selection of +. j.
Schwartz as chairman and J. S. Bar
ton as secretary. Three committees,
of FIVE each, were appointed on Gre
dentials, resolutions and permanent
organization and Iorder of business.
The convention then adjourned to 1:30
when it reassembled for business.
Talking about the future policy of
the party in the county, REGISTER
reporter was assured by one of the
delegates that there will be q straight
Democratic ticket. The Populists
have striven in every way to discour-
age this, urging instead that each
party drop it's organization and both
meet and put up an Independent
ticket. Some of the Democrats favor
this, but a goodly contingent believe
the time has come when the old party
should break away from the associa-
tions which have crippled it and
steadily pulled it downward until it
has nearly Host its standing in the
national organization. He said that
strong effort will be made to break
away this year. A straight Demo-
cratic ticket will be put up which the
Populists may endorse or leave alone
and from now on there will be an at.
tempt made to make the Democratic
standard the point around which the
opposition to the Republican party
shall rally.
Nine delegates to the Wichita con-
vention we're chosen as follows, each
being given the right to name his own
proxy: G. Helm, Humtoldt George
Ferguson, DR.. Wyatt, L. S. Myler, ].
r. Perry lola, DIR. Lambeth, Moran,
Peter Jury and Mr.. Ziegler, Elm
township.
Nine delegates with the same powers
werechosento to go to Scott: as follows;
S. B. White, Humboldt, Fletch
Willoughby, Moran, Jimmy Hersh-
berger, Harry Thompson and ]. D.
Mann, lola, C. X. Mills, Deer Creek,
Ed Runyan and John Tefrt. Elm,
Wyatt Shipp, Elsmore.
81 John Goshorn then addressed the
Convention on the necessity of har-
mony and brotherly treatment of the
Populists. Other speeches followed and
the convention adjourned.
Immediately afterwards the County
Central Committee met to discuss the
coming county convention at Hum
boldt.
At 1870 about fifty delegates gather
ed and after selecting DR.. Wyatt as
premanent secretary, proceeded to
transact business.
The report of the committee on re-
solutions stood by the Kansas City
platform, pledged the convention
against the protective tariff and the
trusts, agreed to keep promises to
Cuba, and give her free markets in
this country, condemned the national
Republican administration for des-
troying the fundamental principles of
free government, doing away with
equal rights to all and special privi-
leges to none, forgetting that govern
ments derive their just powers, etc,
that taxation without representation,
ETC., condemned the cruel war being
waged by our barbarous soldiers
against the innocent Filipinos, whoop.
ed it up for the ship subsidy bill, con-
demned the State administration for
disfranchising many good men by
knocking out fusion, looked askance
at the new tax law and favored unit
ing everybody against the Republi-
cans. The report was adop ted.
Court Meets Next Tuesday