The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-28
o. z. Smith Endorsed.
Motion to adjourn. Carried.
County Convention Permanently Or
GaniZed

SdntZcu,
The county convention was called 10
order by Chairman Davidson and the
committee on permanent organization re-
ported that the temporary organization
be made permanent.
\ resolution was introduced giving a
list of and the order OF offices to be
filed, as follows:
We the committee on rules and order
of business. beg leave to report that the
order of business of this convention be
as follows:
First-Report of committees. These
committees to report in following order:
Committee on rules and order Of business;
committee on credentials; committee on
permanent .orga nization; committee on
resolutions.
Second-Permanent organization.
Third-Selection of county central COM
mitteemen.
Notwithstanding Of county officers
in the following order:
l. Senator for Twenty-ninth Senatorial
District
.. Probate Judge.
3. Sheriff
4. County Clerk.
5. Clerk of the District Court.
6. County Attorney.
Z. County Treasurer.
s. Register of Deeds.
g. County Superintendent of Public In
struction.
TO- County Surveyor.
IL Coroner.
Fifth-Thc votes shall be cast as fol-
Tba dalocra+ac St "a II hI hallOt
the chairman of each ward and township
delegation shall announce the vote of his
delegation in the order as given in the
official call for this convention as pub
TsNed in the Wichita Daily Eagle.
SiNth-In order to expedite business. we,
the committee. recommend that the names
of all candidates shall be placed before
this convention without nominating
speeches or speeches seconding nomina-
tions. ]. F. K1RKER,
W. H. ISLEY.
F. B. STANLEY,
L. ]. BIGGS
c. w. UNDERWOOD.
Committee.
Carried without a dissenting vote
The report of the committee on creden-
tials was next received as follows:
I'VE. your committee on credentials. beg
leave to submit the following report,
that the delegations and alternates be
seated, that were printed in the Wichita
Daily Eagle. and where there is a vacan-
cy on any delegation that those present
cast the entire vote for their respective
township or ward
u. l.. NESSLY. Chairman"
On motion the report was adopted.
During lull in the proceedings it was
discovered that several delegates were
standing while many chairs were occupied
by men not entitled to them. The chair
was asked to appoint sergeant-at-arms
to enable >the delegates to secure posses
sion of the seats and this was done.
Senator Nominated.
When order was restored Senator Bent
ley placed in nomination the first can
didate of the convention, James n Stew
art for state senator AS there were
no other nominations a suspension of the
rules was moved that the nomination
might be made by accianation. The mo-
tion carried and Mr.. Stewart was de-
clared the unanimous choice of the con-
vention.
Loud calls were heard for a speech and
in response Mir. Stewart made q short
talk thanking the delegates for their con-
sideration and courtesy and promising fl
deity 10 the interests he would be called
upon to represent in the event OF his
election.
Nomination Of Probate Judge.
The next nomination was for probate
Judge and in this case also as there was
but one candidate the rules were sus-
pended and the nomination made by ac-
clamation. The choice OF the convention
was Judge Z. E. Enocr, who made a
short speech Of thanks to the assembly
Nominations for Sheriff
Nominations were then in order for
sheriff, and at the mention Of the fact
the house was in an uprosr everyone
present realizing that perhaps the hard