Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-09-06
Democratic County Convention

The democrats of Meade county
held their county convention at the
court house in this city last Saturday
and nominated a complete ticket
as follows:
Treasurer-Ormond Hamilton
County Clerk-Wm. Dalgarn
Probate Judge-John Rondolph
Clerk of the district Court-John
Elliot
Register of Deeds-Chas. Talley
County Attorney-Frank S.
Supt. Public Instruction-Ruth
Bennett
Sherlff-Shelley Price
Surveyor-Pat Flanagan
Corner-W. F. Fee
Commissioner 1st District-Wm.
Jobling
The convention organized by
electing S. D. Adams chairman and
Henry Burford secretary. The
usual committees were appointed and
made their reports which were
adopted. The resolutions committee
reported as follows;
We, the Democrats of Meade
County, Kansas in convention as
sembled, endorse and reaffirm the
democratic state and national plat
forms of 1896. 1900, 1904 and 1906,
as presenting in unbroken success
ion the principals of the Democratic
party in the state and nation.
We adhere to-the great democrat
ic dotrine of equal rights for all and
special privileges for none, and we
declare that the true end of all good
government Is the greatest good for
the greatest number.
Railways are public highways.
Railways are common carriers and
public servents. We declare that
we are not enemies but friends of the
railroad companies. We are proud
of their efficiency as mediums OF
transportation and rejoice in their
improved facilities for transportation
of persons and property, yet we can
not shut our eyes to plain facts mol
submit to the rule of state and nation
by railroad influence.
We therefore demand of the board
of railroad commissioners an honest
and earnest enforcement of all pro-
visions of existing laws against
rebates and all manner of discrimi.
nation.
we are in favor of the abolition
of the use of railroad passes fol
political purposes and are in favor OF
the enactment of law making it a
felony for any company issuing same
for any other purpose than to en-
ployees and others doing legitimate
service for the companies.
We are in favor of a 2-cent pas
senger rate on all roads within the
state and think that with the aboliti
on the pass system that no hard
ships will be suffered by the compan
les.
We in favor of the enactmen
of primary election law to govern
the selection of candidates for coun
ty, district and state officers. w,
insist upon this enactment because o
our faith in the masses and ou
detestation of bosses and machin,
politics. We have no share in tina
political heresy which would withol'
from the majority in the state a
large the right to name the nominee
for the state officers. Our faith ii
the honesty, fairness and integrit
of the rank and file is so firmly fixet
and abiding. that they will not pu
aside upon the fallacious promise c
political machine or boss, of OF
tanning exceptional advantages to
particular locality. The choice c
an honest, fair, plain people is at a
times and under all circumstance
to be perferred to that of the Sc
: constituted masters of this. pricele:
; prerogative of freeman.
We pledge our legislative cand
date to the above resolutions an
ask the convention at Liberal ne,
Thursday to embody same in il
platform, We further pledge OIL
unwavering confidence in tn;
matchless champion of the people
q causes, Hon. VIM. J. Bryan an