Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-30
Republican Convention.

ing county ticket.
| Treasurer-E.P Desmarias, of
Sand Creek township.
| Register of Deeds-FIorence
Smith, of Sand Creek township.
County Creek-W. w. Pressly, Of
Meade Center township.
County Attorney-Frank Mar
shall, of Meade Center township.
Clerk of the District Court-Ira
Scott, of Odee township.
Probate Judges. o. Ball, of
West Plains township.
Sheriff.. F. Pinnick, of Logan
township.
| Supt. Public Schools-Prof. E. B..
Reay, of Fowler township.
Surveyor-Moses Black of Meade
Center township,
Corner DR.. Nicholson, of west
Plains township,
The convention organized by
electing R. M. Painter chairman and
Tom Gray and F. M. Davis secra-
taries. Our friend Painter still
seems to be the liviest corpse in the
republican ranks.
Rev. Gillldett of West Plains was
made chairman of the resolutions
committee and among the resolutions
was one which compelled every man
who was placed in nomination for
any office to stand up and declare
that he would support the nominees
of the convention. This teey all did
with few exceptions which we will
state later. The resolutions were all
adopted as reported.
The committee on order of bust
ness reported next and their report
was also adopted. But Rev. Gil
lidett had another idea that he
thouget the convention ought to
adopt so he wanted the convention to
vote differently on the candidates, so
he proposed that they dispense with
voting by townships and vote by
secret ballot, that was let every
delegate vote by ballot and place
same in a hat and have two tellers
count the votes. This idea was
adopted.
The first office to be filled was
treasurer, and E. P. Desmirias was
nominated by acclamation. Mr..
Dasmarias is a resident of Sand
Creek township and son-in-law of
r. M. Painter.
The next Office to be filled was
| Register of Deeds and Miss Florence
Smith was nominated without
opposition.
Will Pressly was nominated with
ont opposition.
For county Attorney Frank
Marshal was nominated, there being
no other candidate for the place.
Now Pat Marshall is an old war
horse having figured in Meade coun-
ty politics as far back as we can
remember. We remember that he
tried to break into the county clerks
Office about ID years ago and that
time he was thrown out by the
posterior of the pantaloons and we
don't think he will get close enough
for that this time.
For Clerk of the District Court
there were three aspirants, Ira Scott,
Elliot Henry and Frank Cochran.
Cochran and Henry were not on the
slate and so they did not land.
For Probate Judge Rev. Gillidett
nominated S. o. Ball and Capt.
Osgood nominated Judge Bodle.
Bodle was not slated and he also
fell by the wayside. Judge Bodle
was asked to declare for the support
of the entire ticket, the Judge spoke
but he did not exactly declare him.
selfon anything, other than to say
that he always did what he consider
ed right.
For sheriff there were four as
pirants, A. ]. Byrns, w. P. Bunyan
Jay Ellis, and J. F. Pinnick. L
took about six ballots to settle the
matter. One ballot Chairman
. Painter declared Byrns nominated
but the convention decided tha
they had to take another ballot.
: This was done and the vote was /;
: tie, then another and there were too
. many votes cast, then wrangle
. then another vote and Pinnick wol
: by vote of 46 to 40 Byrns de
. ared that h !; has been republican
: for 40 years and that this is the frs
time that he ever had the gag rul'