Western Kansas world., 1908-03-07
Republican Convention.

county met in mass convention
at the court house in a-Keeney
last Saturday and organized by
the election of G.. G.. Yetter. of
| Ogallah, as chairman and A. S.
Peacock, of Wa-Keeney, as sec
retary. DIR. A B. Jones. VIM.
Bower. John Hixson and I. T.
Purcell were elected delegates to
the state convention which met
at Topeka this week Fl. S. Civ
Ter, Otto Young, Elihu Altman
and John Connor were elected
delegates to the district conyen-
ton which will meet at Osborne
March 26th- All these delegates
were empowered to name their
own alternates-
W. F. King a resolution was
adopted which authorized the
chairman to appoint a committee
to draft a complaint concerning
excessive freight rates, to be
presented to Representative a.
3. Jones and by him filed with
the state railroad commission.
The resolution and complaint
will be found elsewhere in this
paper.
The convention was addressed
in a neat little speech by Rev.
Guy Foster of Kansas City. The
speaker is an enthusiastic admir-
er of Secretary Taft, and his re
marks were greeted with gener-
Gus applause. showing that his
hearers were in hearty accord
However, no formal Taft reSolu-
ton was adopted, Commissioner
King remarking that the selec-
ton of Elihu Altman and John
COnnor as delegates was a prac-
tical endorsement of undOubted
solidity
REPUBLICAN RESOLUTIONS
We, the Republicans of Trego
county in convention assembled
realizing and daily experiencing
the iniquity, injustice and extor-
ton in railroad freight rates. es-
pecially the rates on grains. coal
and lumber and other commod-
tiles in daily use by the people.
to the end that something may
be done to afford some relief to
the people of this county in the
matter of freight rates have re-
solved that a committee be ap-
pointed to formulate a complaint
to be presented to our repre-
sentative to be by him laid be-
fore the railroad commissioners:
And we, the undersigned COM
mittee appointed in pursuance
of the aforesaid resolution. hav-
ing heretofore made some inves-
tigation of freight rates. find
that the rates on grain, lumber
and coal and other commodities
are excessive and extOrtionate as
complained of by the said con-
vention of Republicans, and we
specify the following particulars:
The weight on wheat from Wa
Keeney to Kansas City is 4 1-2
cents per hundred weight, and
is loaded into cars of 100. 900 lbs.
capacity, said cars being loaded
to weight of 10000 lbs, max
ing the freight on car of wheat
from here to Kansas City S159- So
The freight on coal from the
Maitland, Colorado, mines to
Wa-Keeney is $4.35 per ton; on
Trinidad, Colorado. coal it is
S4.6O per ton. making $3.50 for a
car of 100, 900 lbs capacity The
rate from Cherokee, Kansas, is
S2-12 on nut coal Prior to Feb
ruary II, 1908, the rate on. lum-
Der from southern mills was "a
cents per hundred pounds. so
that the rates on commodities is
increasing rather than decreas-
ing Your committee deems
that all of these rates are exces-
siye, and far more than the ac-
tual cost of transportation justi-
fies the railroad in charging.
Your committee also deems it
unnecessary to go further into
detail at the present time but
can furnish additional informa-
ton and proof of injustice at any
time
The undersigned committee
do therefore in pursuance of the
resolution of said conventions
make the foregoing complaint
and request that our representa-
tive, A. B. Jones, lay said COM
plaint before the Board of rail-
way Commissioners of the state