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HARMORY-President, G. R. T. Roberts; secretary, W. D. Beale; lecturer, F. Shelton. Or- ganized with 21 members, now has 45.
WHITE HALL-President, A W. McQuilkin; secretary, J. C. Fitzpatrick; lecturer, J. F. Buehler; business agent, R. M. Patton. Organized with 15 members, now has 61.
. PRAIRIE VIEW-President, J. W. Stapleton; secretary, W. H. Smith; lecturer and business agent, L. O. Murphy. Organized with 18 members, now has 21.
WOLF RIVER-President. Hiram Crounse; secretary and business agent, Z. B. Arbogast; lecturer, J. Gafford. Organized with 10 members, now has 36.
VICTORY -- President, A. P Rooney ; secretary, Edward Rooney. 22 members.
HICKORY GROVE-President, John Greer; secretary, Hiram Wright; lecturer, Peter Reed; business agent, W. R. Honnell. Organized with 17 members, now has 21.
PLEASANT DALE-President, C B. Blaney ; secretary, C. A. Hildewein; lecturer, Joe James; business agent. J. H. Hall. Organized with 24-members, now has 51.
GRAND PRAIRIE-President, J. F. McConnell; secretary, F. McCrerey; lecturer, L. Fordyce; business agent J. B. McConnell. Organized with 20 members, now has 42.
DISTRICT THIRTY-THREE-President. J. M. Hillyer; secretary, Bert G. Wise; lecturer, W. H. Conklin; business agent, Geo A. Wise. Organized with 18 members, now has 55.
HAMLIN-President and business agent, A. R. Smith, secretary, F. J. Smith; lecturer, J. M. Hillman. Now has 47 members.
APRIL 19. The Hiawatha sub-Alliance passes the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, The publisher of the Journal offered to publish the last court docket for $19 75 which offer was not opened by the commissioners and the job was let to the World, the amount paid being $63 for eighty-four dockets, (75c a piece) and excess of $43 25 over the amount bid by the Journal and.
WHEREAS, The county clerk has admitted that the printing as compared with the other printing should be done for twenty-five cents a piece or $21, therefore be it,
Resolved, By the Hiawatha Alliance that this and similar printing should be let to the low- est responsible bidder and that no county officer should be allowed to let said printing contrary to their wishes.
Resolved, That these resolutions be presented to the county papers for publication.
APRIL 26. Odd Fellows celebration at Hiawatha. H. J. Aten is marshal, Professor Rosseter master of ceremonies and Hon. E. J. O'Neil orator of the day. There were 250 Odd Fellows in the parade. A banquet is served in the Armory to about 500 guests.
MAY 1. The District Alliance meeting at Valley Falls selects T. Rolfe as lecturer for the First congressional district. J. D. Hardy was the delegate from Brown county.
-The Brown county Democratic club is organized and elects the following officers: Grant W. Harrington, president; James L. Shadel, vice president; W. G. Wharton, secretary; Gould Baker, treasurer. V. A. Stewart, Henry Meyer, + William Ahern, A. D. Brown and John White executive committee. It is short lived.
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MAY 9 The Northeastern Kansas Editorial Association meets at Holton. H. A. Brundage of the Horton Headlight is elected president and Clyde Mc- Manigal of the Commercial secretary .
MAY 12. The Knights of Labor re-organize in Horton.
MAY 13 Everest M. E church chirtered with P J Clevenger, Thos. . W. Price and W. C. Alexander as directors. The estimated value of the prop- erty is $3,000.
MAY 14. Plymouth Congregational church of Fairview incorporated with John W. Henry, C. W. Joss, F. J. Joss, Roger Evans and J. B. Davis as trustees. $3,000 is the estimated value of the property .
MAY 22. E. N. Morrill announces that he will not be a candidate for re- election to Congress.
MAY 23. William G Wilson is elected a member of the Horton Council to fill vacancy, defeating E E. Shock by a vote of 70 to 67.
MAY 24. Oak Leaf Camp No. 975 M W. A. is organized with the follow- ing charter members: James Corsaut, E W. Carley, B. S. Foster, W. H. Har- gis, A. J. Hill, M. G. Heald, E F. Sweetland, C. S. Tapscott, Geo. T. Wil- liams, David Rubert, Frank Lytle, Abraham Leigh, E. J Leigh, Scott H. Lid- dle, Geo E. Holbein, J B Graham. Byron H. Davis, A. B. Cochran, J. H. Brown, S. A. Boone. E J. Leighi is Venerable Con ul and James Corsaut clerk.
MAY 27-28. Meeting of the Atchison District Epworth League at Hiawa- tha. 74 visiting delegates are present.
JUNE 3. Robt. Walker is confirmed as city marshal of Horton.
JUNE 4 Scott Hopkins delivers the oration at the commencement of Highland University.
JUNE 12. H. F. Graham delivers the Master's Oration at the conimence- ment of the State University .
JUNE 11. Annual meeting of the board of trustees of the Hiawatha Acad- emy. C. D Lawrence, W. M. Wellcome, J. N Scouller and J M. Boomer are elected trustees. The board organizes by the election of M. S. Smalley, presi- dent; J. B. Richardson, first vice president; J P Davis, second vice president; J. N. Scouller, secretary; G. H. Adame, J P. Davis and C. D. Lawrence, exe- cutive committee.
JUNE 11. Alliance picnic at Roys Creek. Speeches were made by T. J. Elliott, J. D: Hardy, J. P. Johnson and W. A. Peffer.
JUNE 11. Everest Camp No. 1409 M. W A is organized with the follow- ing charter members: T. P. Dickinson, V. C .; A. W. Sewell, W. A .; T. C. Hon- nel', clerk; Calvin B. Weaver, John A. Lednickey, Anton Kalmns, Chas. Ko- peitz, L. A Irsik, W. W. Price.
JUNE 12. William Evans is appointed trustee of Padonia township to fill vacancy caused by resignation of J. P. Mcknight.
JUNE 12. A meeting of Representatives of various labor organizations is held at Topeka and it is decided to organize the Peoples Party and issue a call for a state convention. There were ninety delegates present divided among the various organizations as follows: Farmers' Alliance 41; Patrons of Husband- ry 7; Knights of Labor 23; Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association 10; Single Tax Club, 4.
JUNE 13. Alliance picnic at Sycamore Springs is attended by 3,000 people. W. A. Peffer is the principal speaker.
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JUNE 13. J. L. Poston wins second place in the Washburn oratorical con- test.
JUNE 18. Second Annual commencement of the Hiawatha Academy. The graduates were Fred C. Kingsley, Henry Pfeiffer, Wilbur Kinzie, Frank Seburn, Brent Yates, Klara Amann, Mary Bause, Nettie Eyer.
JULY 1. H. W. Burundage sells his interest in the Horton Headlight to Will Clarke.
JULY 4. Celebration at Robinson. E. Harrington and W. F. Means are the orators of the day. A. B. Smith was president of the day and Henry Wil- liams marshal.
-Alliance picnic at Granada. L C. Clarke is president of the day and speeches are made by T. E. Rolfe, J. D Hardy, W. A. Turner and Rev. L. C. Biggs. About 3,000 people present and 11 sub Alliances were represented.
JULY 9. The Brown county Alliance passes the following resolution:
Resolved, That we unite with other labor organizations under the name of the Peoples' Party and place a ticket in the.field for election this fall.
A committee of one from each sub-Alliance was appointed to confer with the Knights of Labor and issue a call for a convention.
JULY 22. The first Peoples' Party convention in Brown county meets at the court house to select delegates to the state convention at Topeka August 13. L. C. Clarke was chosen chairman and A. F. Robinson secretary. Com- mittees were appointed as follows: Credentials, G. E. Mitchell, C. A. Saylor, John Radford. Resolutions, T. J. Elliott. J D. Hardy, B. F. Partch. Per- manent organization, M. Foster, J. A. Jeffries, Noah Hanson.
A suggestion that the time while the committees were preparing their re- ports be taken up with a discussion of the Alliance exchange was ruled out of order as this was a Peoples' convention and not an alliance gathering.
The following delegates were present in the convention:
Hiawatha City-G E. Mitchell W. O. Bech-| Jones, John Williamis
tel, L. E. Martin, Thurston Chase, Thomas Cheal. George E. Holbein .
Forty- Four-L C. Clark, L. Thomas, E Smith, R. Hallauer.
Fairview-T. A Bruce, S. Thompson. Jack Hanloy, P. N. Kenreigh, Frank Scantlin.
Hamlin-H Stafford. H. Mongold. G. R. T Roberts. John Hillmon.
Robinson -- Hiram Crounse, R. Travis, J. A. Jeffries, J. S. Scott, A. J. Tuttle, M. V. Chris- ty, Abraham Cole.
Padonia-Felix O'Neil. Capt. Wm. Lewis, George Wise. S A. Danner.
Reserve-Jos. Syster, R. Sweeney.
Powhattan-W. A Turner, M. Foster, J
Hiawatha Township-J. D. Hardy, W. H. Heimlich. S Weaver, N P. Sprague, B. A. Sprague, W. S. Brown, B. F. Partch, W. S. Hall.
Baker-Finley McCreary, A. Baldwin, J. C. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Stapleton, Ben Oleson, A. M Thomas
Horton-Ben Legg, D. Ollinger, W. Monroe. W. Baldwin.
Morrill-A. W. Lichty, N. Curtis, C. A. Say- lor, T. J. Elliott, A. F. Robinson.
Carson-Noah Hanson, C. Gardner.
Irving-J. N. Guinn, G. N. Gephart, J. H. Lucas, James Breeding, John McGuire,
The committee on resolutions reported the following which were adopted:
Resolved, That we re-affirm the principles of the St Louis platform and believe that it sets forth the immediate wants of the people.
Resolved, That we are opposed to the re-submission of the prohibitory amendment and be- lieve that the sale of intoxicating liquors to be detrimental to labor and the best interests of the nation .
Resolved, That when a public officer has served his state for eighteen consecutive years and produces no visible fruits thereof he should retire into private life.
Resolved, That we, the people in convention, demand that our legislators establish uni- formity of text books in our public schools of the state, the said books to be compiled under the.
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supervision of the state superintendent and published by the lowest responsible bidder of the state.
Resolved, That we demand a material reduction in the salaries of our county officers.
Resolved, That we demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and we denounce the action of our present congress for defeating the measure.
Resolved, That we hold the national rather than the party supremacy; the good of the whole rather than a section of our country and if there must be class legislation, then we favor the toiling millions rather than the non-laboring thousands.
D. G. Ollinger, J. D. Hardy, L C. Clark, Dr. W. A. Turner, G. W. Rem- egan, G. R. T. Roberts, William Lewis and G. N. Gephart were elected as delegates and W. S. Hall, M V. Christy, John Ridford, J. W. McCreary, T. E. Rolfe, Felix O'Neil, W. H. Heimlich and M. Foster as alternates to the state convention.
Before election each candidate was required to pledge himself to the St. Louis platform and to oppose the re-election of John J. Ingalls to the United States Senate, Al! the nominees took the pledge except Salathial Thompson whose name was withdrawn as a candidate.
The following central committee was elected:
Morrill, T. J. Elliott; Hamlin, Henry Stafford; Hiawatha Township, B. F. Partch: Forty four, W. D. Frazey; Carson, Wm. Feiganbaum; Powhattan, Jno. Williams; Padonia, George Wise; Irving, G. N Gephart; Baker, Finley Mc- Creary; West Horton William Monroe; Horton, First ward, John Scott; Sec- ond ward, Wm. Bildwin: Third ward, Jas. Hoffman; Fourth ward, B. F. Legg. Hiawatha, First ward, L. E. Martin; Second ward, Thurston Chase; Third ward, Geo E. Holbein; Fourth ward, Thomas Cheal; Reserve, R E. Sweeney; Robinson, A. J. Tuttle; Fairview, Frank Scantlin. This committee organ- ized by the election of B. F. Partch as chairman, L. E Martin, secretary and B. F. Legg, treasurer.
JULY 23. Death of I. B Hoover.
AUGUST 2. Mrs. John A Logan Tent No 1, Daughters of Veterans is or- ganized with the following officers: President, Gladys Foster: senior vice, Klara Amann; junior vice, Helen Moou; secretary, Minnie Grimes; treasurer, Mrs. Retta Shadel; chaplain, Fannie Bechtel; inside guard, Lilian Fraser; guard, Lura Meeker; musician, Maggie Smilley; trustees, Misses Owens. Jeffries and Harmon.
AUGUST 13. Peoples Party state convention at Topeka nominate John Willitts for governor. J. D. Hardy is chairman of the committee on creden- tials.
AUGUST 18. The Upper Wolf Scandinavian Evangelical Lutheran church ( Washington Township) is incorporated by George Anderson, Tonnes Johnson and Geo. Hanson. The property is estimated at $1,800.
AUGUST 18. Demorest Medal contest at Hiawatha. Eunice White is awarded first prize and Lester Beymer second .
AUGUST 20. Alliance picnic in Sprague's grove. Speeches are made by W. A. Peffer, John Radford and W. A. Turner.
-The Brown county oratorical contest is held at the Methodist church in Hiawatha. Charles Yoder, of Morrill received the first prize, James Poston, of Powhattan second and James Moyer of Hiawatha, third.
-Peoples' Party Congressional convention at Holton. The Brown county delegates were D. G. Ollinger, J. D Hardy, L. C. Clark, Dr. W. A. Turner,
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G. W. Remegan, G. R. T. Roberts, William Lewis and G N. Gephart. L. C. Clark is nominated for congress by acclamation.
AUGUST 23. Camp No 1462 of the M. W. A. is organized at Robinson with J. B. Mitchell, V. C; E. L Truex, clerk; L S McNamar, A. B. Smith, F. A. Groninger, Jas. A Gafford, Z. B. Arbogast, T. D, Ruley, Ben K. Kelley.
AUGUST 27. W. C. T. U. convention at Fairview.
AUGUST 30. Democratic county convention. E. Harrington is chairman and B. F. Hildebrand secretary. The following committees were appointed: Resolutions, Grant W. Harrington, J. D. Hinton, E. B. McKim: Credentials, E. Bierer, Clyde Mc Manigal, Fred Isely; Permanent Organization, W. Beymer, Joseph Stimmell, Peter Reid
-The committee on resolutions reported the following resolutions which were adopted:
We, the Democrats of Brown county assembled are now, as we always have been, in favor of an economical administration of public affairs, national, state and county.
We are in sympathy with the laboring classes. Therefore, we are in favor of a board of ar- bitration with powers to hear and settle all labor troubles.
We are in favor of the election of United States senators and postmasters by the direct vote of the people.
We are in favor of free and unlimited coinage of silver and the issuing of legal tender notes by the government in such quantities as the business interests of the country may demand.
We are in favor of a tariff for revenue only, so laid as to bear heavily upon the luxuries and lightly upon the necessities of life, and shall welcome the day when our system of taxation shall be so modified as to make the wealth of the nation bear the expense of the government, instead of laying the chief burden of taxation upon labor as is done by our present system.
WHEREAS. This, the first congressional district, is an agricultural district, we believe the time has come when we can dispense with bankers and railroad lawyers as our congres- sional representatives. Therefore, be it,
Resolved, That we instruct our delegates to the congressional convention to use all the honorable means in their power to secure the nomination of Col E. Harrington for congress.
The committee on credentials reported the following delegates entitled to seats in the convention:
Horton, First ward-C. C. Douley, Clyde Mc- W. Harrington.
Manigal.
Horton, Second ward-W. J. VanNatta, H. C. Miller.
Horton, Third ward-W. J. Blair, James N. Butler.
Horton. Fourth ward-W. W. Letson and Jas. A Clark
Hiawatha, First ward-W. W. Beymer, N B. Moore.
Hiawatha, Second ward-E. Bierer, W. O Noble.
Hiawatha, Third ward-John Meyer, W. H. Lester.
Hiawatha, Fourth ward-John White, Grant
Baker -- E. Harrington, Marion Walters, J. W. Hudgens.
Hamlin-J. D. Hunter, T. D. McGee.
West Horton-Peter Reid, Wm. Trompeter.
Morrill-E. B. McKim, T. T. Meyers, L. J. Fulton.
Washington-Nick Hess.
Everest- C J. Cigna, J. B. Green.
Willis-G Y. Johnson, P. Lonberger.
Padonia-Z Brown, R. M. Stewart.
Fairview -- Fred Isely. W. H. Meyer.
Carson-H. F Mellenbruch, S. Chandler.
Powhattan-A Martin.
Reserve-John Heise, J Messmore
-Delegates to the several conventions were elected as follows:
CONGRESSIONAL-W. O. Noble, B. G. Craig, E. Harrington, John Heise, J. J. Fisher, W. H. Lester, Jas. A. Clark, Jno. Lyons, J. D. Hinton, H. F. Mel- lenbruch.
STATE-W. W. Letson, E. Bierer, W. J. Vanatta, Geo. Boone, B. F. Hilde- brand. S. Chandler, Grant W. Harrington.
JUDICIAL-E Bierer, I. N. Mcclintock, Joseph Stimmell, L. J. Fulton,
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Peter Reid, G. Y. Johnson, Grant W. Harrington, H. J. Gillispie, H. W. My- er, Clyde McManigal.
The delegates to the state convention were instructed for Geo. W. Glick for Governor.
The following central committee was appointed: Horton, First ward, C. C. Donley, Clyde McManigal; Second ward, W. J. Vannatta, HI. C. Miller; Third ward, W. J. Blair, James M. Butler; Fourth ward, W. W. Letson, Jas. A: Clark; Hiawatha, First ward, W. W. Beymer, N. B. Moore; Second ward, E. Bierer, W. O. Noble; Third ward, John Meyer, W. H. Lester; Fourth ward, John White, Grant W. Harrington; Baker, Marion Walters, Jas. W. Hudgeons: Hamlin, J. D. Hinton. T. D. McGee; West Horton, Peter Reid, Wm. Trompeter; Morrill, E B. McKim, T. T Meyers, L. I. Fulton; Wash- ington. N Hess; Everest, C J. Cigna, J. B Green; Willis, G Y. Johnson, P. Lonberger; Padonia, Z. Brown, R. M Stewart: Fairview, Fred Isely, W. H. Meyers; Carson, H. F. Mellenbruch, S. Chandler; Powhattan, A. Martin; Re- serve, John Heise, J. Messmore. The committee organized by the election of Jno. H. Meyer as chairman and Clyde Mc Manigal as secretary.
AUGUST -. Chas R. Johnson buys an interest in the Everest Enterprise.
SEPTEMBER 1. Republican county convention. T. C. Honnell was made temporary chairman, C. P. Waste secretary and J. B. Mitchell assistant sec- retary.
The chairman appointed the following committees: Credentials, R. C. Chase, A. F. Moore, Jesse Holt; Order of business, W. N. Nellans, W. W. Price, I. L. Van Meter: Permanent organization, W. W. Nye, Thomas Payne, T. C. Belden; Resolutions, E Berkley, F. S Rosseter, S. E Brown, S A. Hol- comb, Scott Hopkins.
-The committee on credentials reported the following list of delegates en- titled to seats in the convention:
Everest City-T. C. Honnell, W. W. Price, Geo. Pierce, J. Robbins. G. M. Bartlow.
Washington Precinct-S. E Brown, Antonio Scalipino.
Horton, First ward-Scott Hopkins, A. B Crockett, E. E. Scheck
Horton, Second ward-J. L Vanmeter. A G. Hobbs, L. B. Grant, Miles Cook
Horton. Third ward-M. S Brundage A. P. Russell, L. H Duff
Horton, Fourth ward-A. M. Brown, E K Stout, G S. Shannon.
West Horton-S. D. McFadden, S. C Beldon
Hiawatha Township-Daniel Hazen, John Sherritt, Wm. Hauber, J. V. Rollins, Joseph Kocher, Jacob Moser, J. Schilling, Frank Meisenheimer, E. L. Chamberlin, John G. How- ard.
Morrill-A. W. Schaulis, John A. Stewart, T J Marion, Jno. Hoover, J. F. Stains, P. K Fisher, Jno. H Burnworth.
Hiawatha, First ward-F. S. Rosseter, Jno Fraser. I S. Griswold.
Hiawatha, Second ward-W. W. Nye, John Christine, R. C Chase, S. H. Johnson.
Hiawatha. Third ward-Thos. Stevens, C. H
Lawrence, S. M. Pratt, E. Hoye.
Hiawatha, Fourth ward-C P. Waste, F. Zimmerman.
Hamlin-Milton Moore, R. Gaston, Peter Pfeiffer, E. Berkley, E. C. Blanchard.
Padonia-Levi P. Anderson, David Morgan, Isaac Dilley Jno. W. Leibengood, S. A. Guinn.
Baker -- Ed Backenstoce, Jeff Miller, W. M. Nellans, Jesse Holt, W R. Hounell.
Reserve-J A. Jones, M. S. Watson.
Fairview-F. M Webb, W. A. Evans, J J. Webb, J S. Tyler, J. E. Moore.
Mission, Willis Precinct-G. A. McNeal, F. L. Willis, John Lorimer, Nels Hanson, A. F. Moore. S E. Erwin, Henty A. Smith, J. D. White
Irving-J. W. Swartz, J. Bowron, E. Bush- man, P. B Moore W. Arnold, B. F. Goodwin, L F. Garlock
Kickapoo - S. A Holcomb, H. Adams, Geo. Valentine, J. M. Panele.
Robinson-J. D Hazen, J. B. Mitchell, T. J.
Payne, H. H. Hickman, S. A. Groninger, S. Quaife, H Cheal, J. H Lange.
Carson-J B. Murray, A. J. Anderson.
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The committee on resolutions reported the following which were adopted:
Resolved, That the Republicans of Brown county endorse the administration of President Harrison and the course pursued by Congressman Morrill and Senators Ingalls and P.umb and favor the re election of Morrill and Ingalls.
Resolved, That we, the Republicans of Brown county, the home of Hon. E. N Morrill, have a special reason for congratulating Major Morrill for the eminent position he has at- tained as one of the ablest statesmen in the United States, the honored friend and advisor of the president, the national leader in Pension legislation; the man equaliy distinguished for his great abilities and the purity and integrity of his private character; that only a man of his tal- ents and influence could have secured the passage of the most liberal pension law ever adopted by any government, a law which gives to the patriotic soldiers and their widows and orphans 100 million dollars a year; that we return to Major Morrill our heartfelt thanks for his great and unselfish work as a congressman in behalf of all good causes and noble principles, and we instruct our delegates to renominate Major Morrill, not because he seeks the office, but because the people of this district of Kansas and of the nation, wish to retain in public life a man whose life and character are an honor to human nature.
Resolved, That we endorse Gov. Humphrey, Chief Justice Horton and the one term state offi- cers and ask for their renomination.
Resolved, That we demand the passage of a law requiring the railroad commissione s to be elected by the people and laws regulating passenger and freight rates on railroads.
Resolved, That we instruct our delegates to vote for James Falloon for judge of the district court.
The committee on permanent organization reported F. S. Rosseter for chairman which report was adopted.
The committee on order of business reported in favor of the appointment of a committee consisting of one delegate from each voting precinct to select delegates to the several conventions.
The recommendation carried and the chair appointed the following com- mittee. Everest. W. W. Price; Washington, S E Brown; Horton, First ward, E. K. Scheck; Second ward, J. L Van Meter; Third ward, A P. Russell; Fourth ward, G. S Shannon; West Horton, S. C. Belden; Hiawatha Township, Daniel Hazen; Hiawatha, First ward, J. H. Fraser; Second ward, S. H. John- son; Third ward, C. H. Lawrence; Fourth ward, C. P. Waste; Morrill, Jolin Burnsworth; Hamlin, Milton Moore; Padonia, J. W. Leibengood; Baker, J. H. Miller; Reserve, J. A. Jonas; Fairview, J J. Webb; Willis, A. F Moore; Irv- ing, William Arnold; Robinson, J. D. Hazen; Carson, A J. Anderson; Powhat- tan, S. A. Holcomb.
The committee reported the following list of delegates to the state conven- tion: W. R. Honnell, I. S Griswold, J. W. Leibengood, S H. Johnson, J. P. Grindstead, J. D Hazen, Jesse Holt, T C Honnell; to the Congressional con- vention, Scott Hopkins, Isaac Dilley, J. W. Swartz, John Schilling, Elias Berk- ley, S. Thompson, W. W. Nye, John Lorimer; to the judicial convention. Thos. J. Marion, Jolin Fraser, H. A. Whitaker, A. P. Russell, J. B. Murray. C. V. Pyle, L. S. Garlock, S. H. Johnson, W. W. Price, H. A. Smith.
The feature of the convention was the effort of the supporters of Gen. W. W. Guthrie to secure a delegation in his interests for congress, the attack upon Guthrie by Capt. Schilling and Guthrie's reply.
SEPTEMBER 3. Peoples' Party county convention. G W. Remegan was temporary chairman and A. F. Robinson, temporary secretary. Committees were appointed as follows: Credentials, W. D. Beale, C. H. Pierce, H. Crounse; Permanent organization, A. R. Smith, David Hillyer, D. G. Ollinger; Order of business, J. H. Donley, G. M. Wilson, T. I .. Crow; Resolutions, Nathan Jones, Martin Woodall, Ed Mitchell.
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The committee on credentials reported the following list of delegates en- titled to seats in the convention:
Hiawatha-Thurston Chase, W. O. Bechtel, | Geo Hampton, G. B. Mohler, John Ulsh, Ed Koplein, Hiram Crounse, M. V. Christy.
Nelson Allen, Thos. Cheal, Geo. Holbein, N. F, Robertson, C. H. Ensworth, George E. Mitchell, L. E. Martin, G. W. Remagen.
West Horton-H. Skein, T. McCormick. J. Gorden.
Irving Township-G. M. Wilson, G. W. Lindley, J. M. Idol, A. R. Geiger, O Shonyo.
Kickapoo-Chas. Macho, J. Stevens, J. Hall Chas. Blaney.
Morrill-N. Jones, A. Lichty, A F. Robin- son, M. Beachy, T. L. Crow, B. F. Elliott John Kimmell.
Hiawatha Township-Joe Donley, W. S. Purvis, Frank Fate, C. H. Pierce, J. W, How- Hall, R Zimmerman, A. McQuilken, N. D. ard. Loose, S. Weaver, E. Beckwith, A. Moser. Reserve -- R. E Sweeney, J. Syster.
Hamlin-G. R T. Roberts, Henry Stafford, A. R. Smith, W. M. Smith.
Robinson-J. A. Jeffries, John A. Dowell,
Fairview-G. W. Warner, W. E. Cever, C. H. White, Frank Scantlin, Frank Dickson.
Carson-W. D. Beale, Wm. Fiegenbanm.
Padonia-David Hillyer, J. A. Kramer, J. M. Hillyer, Robert Hazle.
Baker -- J. W. McCreary, F. S Baldwin, J. W. Stapleton, A. W. Thomas, G. W. Cushnie, H. B. Walters.
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