Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-04-25
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Delegates Selected to Attend the Vari.
Gus Conventions. Attendance was
not Large.

| HUI L0ESc.
The mass convention of the dem
ocrats of Barber county was held in
this city on Saturday afternoon.
The busy season and the fact that
the business of the day was only to
select delegates to the state,
congressional and judicial conven-
tions made the attendance rather
small, although it was little,if any,
| smaller than the republican con-
vention held in March.
Riley Lake was chairman and
Seward |. Field secretary.
/ W. c. Afford of Hazelton, w. H.
fCloud of Kiowa and Seward |.
Field of this city were appointed to
tdraw up the resolutions. The res
olutlonS were as follows:
We. the Democrats of Barber county, Kan
sas. in mass convention assembled, do hereby
reassert and reaffirm our allegiance to the
ancient. time honored principles of the Dem
ocratic party. We indorse and heartily COM
mend the action of our patriotic Senators
and Representatives in congress for their
! unanimous efforts to secure effective rate
| legislation. opposed to the obstructive
methods OF the Republican corporation Sem
| ators and representatives. And we point with
1 DrldRfO fa ~ hot fha ,,,Jx
| trust legislation is being enforced are those
under Democratic rule; and we call the at
tention of the people to the fact. that al
though in power for years. the national Re-
publican administration has neither passed
any effective trust laws nor enforced those
| on the books. while continually. before each
| election. deceiving the people with promises
| to relieve us from the unjust burdens grow
ing heavier every year.
| we 1ndorse and approve the clean and up
right course of our Representative. Hon. o.
| T, L. Ewell. the only peoples representative
the county has had for many years.
On motion of DR.. |. w. Stout an
amendment was added indorsing
w. A. Harris and urging him to ac-
cept the democratic nomination for
governor, and the resolutions as
amended were adopted.
Delegates were chosen as follows:
STATE
! O. P. T. Ewell Riley Lake
| w. H. Haun VIC. Afford
| CONGRESSIONAL
r. M. Smith E. L. McCracken
A. S.~Cloud ]. P. Hall
w. P. Gibson
JUDICIAL
| Seward / Field w. C. Afford
| w. H. Cloud w. H.McCague
| DR.. /. w. Stout w. H. Haun
VIM. Kincaid
| The delegations were filled with
difficulty. Many of those who were
financially able to attend the con-
ventiens could not spare the time,
this being a very busy season of the
year, while others did not care to
spend their hard earned dollars.
| Democrats must pay their fare
when they go to conventions. The
railroads in Kansas do not furnish
free transportation to one for the
purpose of attending a democratic
convention because they we'll un-
derStand that the success of democ-
racy would put an end to the spe-
cial privileges they are now enjoy
ing.
! The state convention is in session
at Topeka today; the congressional
convention will be held at Dodge
City May 9th, while the judicial
convention has not yet been set.
In all probability it will be held
at Harper.
| While the democratic party in
Kansas is in the minority, it has
the satisfaction of knowing that it
has taught the dominant party a
| few things SO that the republican
| platforms of today read a good
deal like the democratic platforms.
| But, of course, it is well understood
that the republican party is not
sincere In the matter. 1t is only
another attempt to subdue public
clamor, as the leaders of that party
are pleased to style it.
WILL RECEIPT FOR POLL TAX.