Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-21

heg1Ster OF Deeds-JaS. Miller, Kiowa.
Probate Jadee-Homer Hastings. Sun City.
Clerk of the District Court-C w. Kidd,
g1dedicine Lodge.
County Observation-Disclosures Robinson,
Sharon.
County Attorney-W. H. McCague, Medi.
cine Lodge.
S,lrveyor-F. B. Nurse, Mingona
Coroner-Dr. Q. B. vanFossen, Sharon
Commissioner, End Dist.-Pat Flanagan,
Kiowa
Commissioner srd Dist.-Riley Lake. Lake
City.
For attendance, energy and
earnestness, the Democratic con-
vention held in this city on Satur-
day exceeded any ever held by the
party in the countys history. Ev-
cry township in the county except
McAdoo was represented, and ev-
cry delegate was actuated with
desire to do something for the
county first and his party second.
Personal friendship and individual
desires were matters for only. Incl
dental and primary consideration.
There was only one contest for
a nomination. That one was for
clerk of the district court. L. d.
Sparks, S. P. Garrison and I. B.
Stockstill were the avowed candi-
dates before convention day. At
about 10 o'clock in the forenoon
MIR. Stockstill withdrew from the
contest and at noon Mr.. Sparks,
after consulting with his most in
innate friends, did likewise on
account of objections on the ques-
tion~of policy. Mr.. Sparks could
have landed the nomination but he
was too broad-minded to put his
own ambitions above the iudg-
ment of his friends and many true
and tried democrats. His decision
in the matter has made him strong
er in the Councils of the party than
he ever was before. After Mr.
Sparks withdrawal, c. w. Kidd's s
friends entered him in the race and
the contest was then between
Messrs. Kidd and Garrison, the
ballot resulting in Mr.. Kidds fav-
or.
The convention was organized by
the election of w. C.. Afford oI
Hazelton chairman and Seward /
Field of Medicine Lodge, secretary
The following committees were
appointed. Credentials-R. NJ
Smith, J..F. Albright, L. A. Down
tain. Order of Business /.
Field, Homer Hastings, Nick Lor-
ensen. Resolutions-O. P. T. Ew-
ell, Reese Clark, Roscoe Robinson
Permanent Organization-H. c.
Walker, ST. Ishmael, A. T. Tincher
A recess was then taken until after
dinner to give the committees time
to report.
| When the convention e-conven.
ed the committees reported as fol
lows: No contesting delegation:
being reported, the delegates were
seated as reported. See list pub
lished elsewhere. The temporary
organization was made permanent
| The order of business was as fol
lows: 1st, sheriff; 2nd, treasurer
| 3rd, register of deeds; 4th, survey
or; 5th, county attorney; 9th, clerk
| 9TH, coroner; 9Th, representative
| 9th, probate Judge; 10th, clerk O
the district court nth, superin
| tendent; r2th, commissioner, 2ne
district; 18th, commissioner, 3re
district; 14th, organization of cen
| trail committee.
The resolutions were as follows
We, the Democrats of Barber county ii
conve ntion assembled. pledge our support. Z,
the party of the people. We heartily endors,
the candidacy of Judge David M. Dale an
his colleagues on the state ticket. and pledg
them our united support. believing as we d.
in their honesty. integrity and sobriety Tn
shipping interests OF the state have an OF
portunity of taking the Board of Railroa'
Commissioners out of the hands of the col
rupt republican party by voting for the non