The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-26
DEMOCRATS MEET
Delegates to Wichita and HoltOn
Are Chosen.
NJ. Heery Is Elected Permanen t
Chairman.
ENDORSE OVERMYER.
Delegation Will Support Him
for Delegate at Large.
No Instructions on a Presiden-
tial Candidate.

Shawnee county Democrats, in con-
vention assembled today for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the state
conventions, the congressional conven-
lions, and candidates for county Off
ces, gave no instructions to it's Wichita
delegates on the choice for president
of the United States.
It was an L. M. Penwen and David
Overmyer convention. Mr.. Penwell
will have the delegations support for
the office of member of the state CEN
trail committee from this district, and
David Overmyer will be presented to
the state convention as candidate for
delegate at large to the national con-
vention.
Frank Thomas who has been a mem
Der of the state central committee
from Shawnee county, was not present
at the morning session of the conven-
ton He was not, apparently, very
popular with the convention for he
the delegations to the three conven-
lions.
The convention met at 1920 this
morning in the Democratic Flambeau
club rooms, and made the following
temporary organization: Chairman.
Ulsh. This afternoon, when the con-
vention reassembled, the temporary
organization was made permanent.
When Mr.. Heery was introduced by
L. NJ. Penwell chairman of the county
committee, he made. quite an extended
speech. He said:
I'VE have been voting here for years
for liberal Republicans and electing
men of other parties to office. The
time has come to stop this sort of
right in two in the middle. One fac
ton has got the jobs, and the other
faction wants to get them. Up at the
state house during the legislature they
filled the building so full of employees
that a person did not have room to
turn around. There were doorkeepers,
and men to open the doors for the
doorkeepers. They squandered so
much money that the state could not
pay its honest debts. Just claims
which were pending before the legis-
lature for years Awere turned down to
make way for the padded pay rolls.
Here in the city of Topeka, we are
struggling under a burden of taxation.
The city is liable for go per cent of the
county's debt, and when our water.
works bonds are issued, the city will
| be struggling under a load of two and
a half millions of bonded debt. That :
the sort of results which have come
| from Republican administration.
In regard to this joint business, ]
want to say that I am opposed t.
drinking, and am opposed to joints.
would like to see them all shut up
But my theory is that they should
| either put up or shut up
Mr.. Heery's speech was received with
great applause
Nothing was done at the morning
session except to appoint the following
/ committees:
To make nominations of delegates to
the Wichita convention, the Topeka
convention and the Holton congress
sionaI convention: Abe Steinberg, NJ
w. Saxon, Joseph Griley, w. o. Rig5y
I NJ. c. Pennekamp.
Credentials: G. f. HOrner, b. r
Baird, N. B. Arnold.
Permanent organization: l. M Pen
well, w. T. Taylor. N. H. Wolf.
Order of business: ]. B. Billiard, ii
| c. Lindsey, w E. Atchison.
1t was cold in the room where tbs
| convention met and as there were only
about 80 delegates from the city pres
emit it was decided to postpone any
business except the appointment OF
committees until 1:30, when the dele
gates from the country would have
had time to get into town.
This afternoon, the committee or
permanent organization made its re-
port recommending that the temper
airy organization be made permanent
and the report was adopted.
The committee on order of business
made it's recommendation as follows:
L. Report of committee on creden-
tials.
2. Report of committee on perman-
ent organization.
8. Report of committee on nomina-
tons: (a) Delegates to Wichita conven-
ton; Cb) delegates. to Topeka conven-
ton; (c) delegates to Holton conven-
ton.
4. Nomination of county officers. ir
the following order: State senator
judge of district court. sheriff, county
attorney, county treasurer, county
clerk, probate judge. register of deeds
clerk of district court, surveyor, super
intendent of schools, coroner, county
commissioners, and representatives
The committee on credentials report
ed back the lists as filed by the secre-
tary. and those whose names were or
the lists were declared delegates.
The nominating committee, which
worked from IL o'clock until 1 O'Clock
on it's report, then submitted the fol