USA > Kansas > Labette County > History of Labette County, Kansas, and representative citizens > Part 28
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91
TEMPERANCE CONVENTIONS.
September 24, Oswego, 1874; adjourned to October 6; C. Humble, chairman, Nelson Case, secretary. The convention indorsed the fol- lowing nominations that had been made by party conventions; Willard Davis and J. G. Parkhurst, county attorney; J. D. McCue, dis- trict judge; H. C. Blanchard, probate judge; Mary A. Higby, superintendent public instruc- tion; J. G. Coleman, coroner ; representatives, William Dick. - district; Henry Tibbets, Forty-third; J. C. McKnight, Forty-fourth ; J. J. Woods was nominated for senator Fifteenth district. The matter of in dorsing S. L. Coulter for probate judge and H. C. Cook for clerk district court was left to be acted on by a com-
mittee after investigation was had as to their temperance faith.
August 15, 1876, Parsons; M. G. Brown, chairman, C. T. Smith, secretary. Senator. M. G. Brown; county attorney, Nelson Case; probate judge, S. L. Coulter; clerk district court, H. C. Cook; superintendent public in- struction, Hettie Coleman.
August 24. 1882, on call of the Oswego Temperance Union, a meeting was held in a grove near Labette City; Rev. John Elliott, chairman, J. M. Bowman, secretary. Resolved to form the Labette County Prohibition Union. Favored only temperance men for officers, and demanded enforcement of the prohibitory law.
PROHIBITION CONVENTIONS.
September 30, 1891, Parsons; W. S. New- lon, chairman, G. W. Marley, secretary. Treas- urer, W. S. Newlon; sheriff, J. B. Jones; register, Mary Scott; county clerk, T. O. Em- erson ; commissioner, C. B. Bennett.
August 6, 1892. Parsons; W. S. Newlon, chairman, G. W. Marley, secretary. Senator, J. M. Magie; representatives, Twenty-sixth district, G. W. Marley, Twenty-seventh, B. F. Lucas; probate judge, O. F. Walker; clerk district court, James Beggs; superintendent public instruction, Mary Scott ; commissioner second district, W. E. Snyder.
WV. S. Newlon, chairman central commit- tee, G. W. Marley, secretary.
August 12, 1893, Oswego; treasurer, J. F. Woolford; county clerk, George W. Dough- man; sheriff, George Anthony; register of deeds, Mrs. Eva Riker.
June 2. 1894. Mound Valley; probate judge, E. A. Graham; clerk district court, C. F. Doughman ; superintendent public instruc- tion, Miss Beebe Thompson.
230
HISTORY OF LABETTE COUNTY
August 15, 1895, Oswego; representative Twenty-sixth district, John Thompson ; repre- sentative Twenty-sixth district, Rev. W. S. Bundy ; treasurer, A. B. Wilson; county clerk, James Beggs ; sheriff, D. B. Woolford ; register of deeds, Elizabeth Emerson.
UNION LABOR COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
September 15, 1887, Parsons ; W. H. Utley. chairman, W. J. Bryant, F. W. Dauth and A. W. Mackie, secretaries. Treasurer, W. H. Porter, on second ballot, over H. Leib, Alex- ander Duncan, A. H. Mickey, John Richard- son, Frank Briggs; county clerk, W. J. Milli- kin, on second ballot, over A. H. Mickey, C. C. Robbins, Milo Hildreth, A. Moore ; register, J. K. Russell, on second ballot over B. F. Rolls, Thomas Lawrence, C. F. Turner and W. F. Grierson ; sheriff, W. P. Wilson, on third bal- lot, over William Cook, Ed. Foyle, J. R. Dun- can, Frank Briggs, Wm. Orr and D. W. Butler ; surveyor, C. C. Robbins, on first ballot, over John M. Hart and Levi Ferguson; coroner, A. R. Clarady, on first ballot, over Peter Hogan; commissioner first district. S. N. Woodruff.
W. H. Utley, chairman central committee, W. H. Porter, secretary.
August 21, 1888, Chetopa ; J. W. Breiden- thal, chairman, Geo. Campbell and A. A. King, secretaries. Senator Tenth district, George Campbell, on second ballot, over A. J. Hixon, W. J. Gillette and R. W. Wright ; clerk of the district court, L. F. Dick, on fifth ballot, over A. W. Mackie, R. S. Lybarger, J. M. Morgan and J. R. Hill; probate judge, Nelson Abbott, on third ballot, over C. T. Bridgman, J. M. C. Reed, J. W. Evans, R. S. Lybarger, S. T. Cherry, J. R. Hill and John Richardson; coun- ty attorney. Jess Brockway, on second ballot,
over J. J. McFeely, M. Byrne. G. W. Hen- dricks, C. C. Robbins, R. S. Lybarger ; super- intendent public instruction, Mrs. Lucy Best, by acclamation.
Wm. Cook, chairman central committee, Nelson Abbott, secretary.
September 7, 1889, Parsons ; J. W. Breiden- thal, chairman, L. F. Dick, secretary. Treas- urer, W. H. Porter, by acclamation; sheriff, Wm. Cook, on second ballot, over E. A. Rich- creek, J. R. Duncan and W. P. Wilson ; county clerk, A. H. Mickey, on fourth ballot, over J. A. Jones and W. J. Millikin; register, J. K. Russell, on first ballot, over F. C. Turner, C. L. Albin and George Campbell; surveyor, A. B. Bushnell, by acclamation ; coroner, Wm. Rowe, by acclamation.
Wm. Cook, chairman central committee, J. R. Hill, secretary.
UNION LABOR REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT CON- VENTIONS.
Twenty-cighth District .- September 8, 1888, at Parsons. A. J. Hixon, nominated by acclamation .- June II, 1890, at Parsons. James Tanner, nominated by acclamation.
Twenty-ninth District .- September 8, 1888, at Oswego; A. W. Mackie, chairman, A. A. King, secretary. George Pfaff, on first bal- lot, over - Harmon and Milo Hildreth .-- July 29, 1890, in connection with People's county convention at Parsons. P. A. Mor- rison.
Thirtieth District .- September 1, 1888, at Edna ; J. H. Reasor, chairman, E. H. Breiden- thal. secretary. R. S. Lybarger, on first ballot, over C. W. Holman and Levi Ferguson .- July 29, 1890, in connection with People's county convention at Parsons. Alexander Duncan.
231
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.
PEOPLE'S PARTY COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
Parsons, July 29, 1890; E. A. Richcreek. chairman, A. H. McCormick and Harry Mills. secretaries. Clerk of district court, J. A. Jones, on second ballot, over I. M. Waldrop, R. A. Johnson. L. F. Dick, J. M. Morgan, W. N. McCoid and W. H. Porter; probate judge. E. A. Richcreek, on first ballot, over J. H. Reasor, A. J. Hixon, J. W. Harrah, John Rich- ardson ; superintendent public instruction, Mrs. Lucy Best, by acclamation ; county attorney, J. R. Hill, on third ballot, over M. E. Williams, W. J. Gillette and George S. King; commis- sioner first district, Gilbert A. Cooper ; repre- sentatives, Twenty-ninth district, P. A. Mor- rison; Thirtieth, Alexander Duncan.
E. A. Richcreek, chairman central commit- tee, Harry Mills, secretary.
September 3, 1891. Parsons; E. A. Rich- creek, chairman, Harry Mills, secretary. Treas- urer, Martin V. Davis, on second ballot, over John Richardson and Ben Johnson; sheriff, William Cook, on first ballot, over A. B. Funk. J. R. Duncan and A. Sharp; register, A. W. Mackie, on first ballot, over George Blank, F. T. Deinst and W. N. McCoid; county clerk. D. H. Martin, on first ballot, over W. J. Milli- kin, I. N. Watson, and I. M. Waldrop; sur- veyor, A. B. Bushnell; coroner, J. H. Miller.
Harry Mills, chairman central committee, A. W. Mackie, secretary.
August 9, 1892, Parsons ; J. F. Hill, chair- man, L. F. Dick and Harry Mills, secretaries. Senator. John H. Riley, by acclamation ; pro- bate judge, George Campbell, on third ballot, over E. A. Richcreek, A. J. Hixon and H. Summers; clerk disrict court, Jesse M. Mor- gan, on first ballot, over A. W. Jones and R. A. Johnson; county attorney, M. E. Williams. on first ballot, over H. G. Webb; superintend-
ent public instruction, Mrs. Lucy Best, by ac- clamation ; commissioner second district, J. A. Jarboe.
William Cook, chairman central commit- tee, D. H. Martin, secretary.
August 26, 1893, Parsons ; Dr. E. Tanner, chairman. Isaiah Brown, secretary. Treas- urer, M. V. Davis, by acclamation; county clerk, D. H. Martin, by acclamation; sheriff, George Carr, over I. N. Watson, A. F. Ed- wards, Benjamin Johnson and J. L. Masters ; register of deeds, Thomas Todd, over Leonard Rude, L. Brown, T. E. Dienst. J. H. Reasor and A. H. Mackie; surveyor, A. B. Bushnell, by acclamation ; coroner, H. C. Hairgrove, by acclamation ; commissioner first district (at a later date). Gilbert A. Cooper, by acclamation ; high school trustees, the full board as appoint- ed by the county commissioners, viz. : Nelson Case, J. E. Vansant, W. A. Huff, Benjamin Johnson, William Scott and J. M. Birt.
Dr. E. Tanner, chairman central committee.
June 5, 1894, Oswego; J. M. Baunan, chairman, D. H. Martin, secretary. Probate judge, George Campbell. by acclamation; county attorney, M. E. Williams, by acclama- tion ; clerk district court, Henry A. Lamb, over Henry S. Atwood; superintendent public in- struction, Mrs. Ella Martin, over Frank Brady, Mrs. Kate Ellage, William H. Conner, A. W. Potter, Miss Beebe Thompson and Mrs. Hattie Ham; high school trustees, George Pfaff and A. J. Hixon, over F. C. Petrie, H. K. Baker and A. H. Mickey; commissioner second dis- trict (at a later date), J. C. Goodell, over Milo Hildreth.
William Cook, chairman central committee, J. K. Russell, secretary.
September 12, 1895, Oswego; E. A. Rich- creek, chairman, D. H. Martin, secretary. Treasurer, Henry S. Atwood, by acclamation ;
232
HISTORY OF LABETTE COUNTY
county clerk, E. A. Steel, over F. C. Petrie; sheriff, J. D. Jones, by acclamation; register of deeds, Isaiah Brown, over W. J. Hall and G. J. Coleman; surveyor, A. B. Bushnell, by acclamation ; coroner, Dr. E. Tanner, by ac- clamation,-Dr. Tanner declined and Dr. J. B. Hill was subsequently substituted in his place ; high school trustees, G. J. Coleman and William Scott, by acclamation; commissioner third district (at a later date), G. W. Gabriel, over J. A. Jarboe.
M. E. Williams, chairman central commit- tee, F. G. Martin, secretary.
August 18, 1896, Parsons; J. I. Tanner, chairman, H. A. Lamb, secretary. Senator, George Campbell, over G. W. Gabriel and Gilbert A. Cooper ; probate judge, Daniel Pfaff, over J. L. Masters and C. T. Bridgman; coun- ty attorney, Frank Brady, over M. E. Williams and Frank F. Lamb; clerk district court, John Mayer, over F. W. Frewert, W. D. Harvey and D. H. Martin; superintendent public in- struction, Mrs. Hattie Ham, over Mrs. Minnie Wells, Miss Mary Walker, W. B. Covalt, John Jones, E. L. McKnight and A. W. Potter ; commissioner first district (at a later date), D. S. Romine, over T. A. Sprague; high school trustees. A. F. Edwards and Milo Hil- dreth over Stanley Foland, John Richardson and Josiah Richmond.
A. F. Edwards, chairman central commit- tee, F. H. Atchinson, secretary.
August 27, 1897, Oswego; F. H. Atchin- son, chairman, W. A. Disch, secretary. Treas- urer, Daniel Jennings, over Dr. Lee Williams and John M. Doughman; county clerk, E. H. Hughes (the Democratic nominee), indorsed by acclamation; sheriff, A. F. Edwards, over B. L. Jones and Samuel Richardson; register of deeds, J. L. Masters, over Theodore Dienst, E. L. McKnight, J. H. Reasor, W. H. Hazen,
Leonard Rude and L. S. Alford; surveyor, A. B. Bushnell, by acclamation; coroner. Will- iam Rowe, by acclamation ; commissioner sec- ond district ( at a later date ), Philip Gears, over J. C. Goodell, J. B. Oliphant, F. C. Petrie, J. L. Gillette and Milo Hildreth; high school trustees, George S. King (the Democratic nominee), indorsed by acclamation, and M I. Davis, over A. J. Hixon, Israel Foster and H. McIntosh.
A. F. Edwards, chairman central commit- tee. R. H. Atchinson, secretary.
July 16, 1898, Parsons ; J. I. Tanner, chair- man. Probate judge, Daniel Pfaff, over W. C. Burns and G. W. Hendricks; county attor- ney, F. M. Brady, by acclamation ; clerk dis- trict court, John Mayer, by acclamation ; super- intendent public instruction, Mrs. Hattie Ham, by acclamation; coroner (to fill vacancy), D. W. Mathews, by acclamation; commissioner third district (at a later date), T. J. Van Horn; high school trustees, Walter Phillips and Israel Foster for full term, and J. J. Jones to fill vacancy.
J. A. Jarboe, chairman central committee, J. H. Curran, secretary.
September 2, 1899, Parsons; David Oli- phant, chairman, W. A. Disch, secretary. Treasurer, David Jennings, over Dr. Lee Will- iams ; county clerk, E. H. Hughes, by acclama- tion ; sheriff, A. F. Edwards, by acclamation; register of deeds. F. H. Briggs, over W. D. Harry and C. S. Fuller ; surveyor, A. B. Bush- nell, by acclamation; coroner. George W. Smith, by acclamation; commissioner first dis- trict (at a later date). D. S. Romine, by ac- clamation ; high school trustees. C. K. Lein- bach and Milo Hildreth, by acclamation.
George Campbell, chairman central com- mittee. W. A. Disch, secretary.
April 26, 1900, Parsons; J. I. Tanner,
233
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.
chairman, Dr. C. S. Bendure, secretary. Pro- bate judge, W. C. Burns, over John Sears and Grant Hume; county attorney. W. S. Hyatt, over George Campbell, M. E. Williams and Frank F. Lamb; clerk district court, B. F. Harrison, over W. A. Disch, John Bero and George Reasor ; high school trustee, Milo Hil- dreth, by acclamation. Balance of ticket left open for Democrats to fill.
William Cook, chairman central committee, D. H. Martin, secretary.
PEOPLE'S PARTY DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
Twenty-sirth District .- June 20, 1892, Parsons; Dr. E. Tanner, chairman, H. C. Sourbeer, secretary. J. L. Humphrey on first ballot, over A. F. Neely and Daniel Pfaff .-- August II, 1894, Parsons; J. I. Tanner, over Daniel Pfaff and J. W. Galyen. Mr. Tanner declined the nomination and a new convention was held at Parsons, September 8, 1894; Arch Piper, over Ed. Burtle. Mr. Piper declined the nomination and a third convention was held at Parsons September 22, 1894; A. H. Mc- Cormick, over Ed. Burtle .- August 18, 1896, Parsons; M. E. Steel, chairman, William Thorne, Jr .. secretary. Benjamin Johnson, over L. D. Oliphant and W. H. Thorne.
Twenty-seventh District .- August 13,
1892, Chetopa ; Gilbert A. Cooper, chairman, M. E. Williams, secretary. P. A. Morrison, on first ballot, over John Ford .- August 18, 1894, Altamont; J. H. Reasor, chairman, A. A. King. secretary. W. J. Kabrey, over John Ford .- August 22, 1896, Bartlett; J. H. Reasor, chairman, E. E. Gobble, secretary. Charles R. Walters, over John Newberry and J. C. McKnight .- July 23, 1898, Parsons; James Harris, chairman, J. E. Ryan, secretary. G. W. Gabriel (Democratic nominee) indorsed
over Frank F. Lamb .- September 29, 1900, Parsons; J. I. Tanner, chairman, W. F. Gil- lette, secretary. Grant Hume over Dr. J. W. Tinder and Frank F. Lamb.
Twenty-eighth District .- August 13, 1898, Edna; R. B. Claiborne, chairman, C. M. Doughman. secretary. N. S. Clark over Oscar Van Bibb. Subsequently, Mr. Clark withdrew in favor of the Democratic candidate .- July 29, 1900, Chetopa; George Pfaff, chairman, A. H. Mickey, secretary. M. I. Daviss, by ac- clamation.
SENATORIAL CONVENTIONS.
Sixteenth Senatorial District .- October -, 1866, Republican convention held at Iola. Dr. J. W. Scott was nominated over J. C. Carpen- ter and J. S. Waters.
The Democratic convention was held at Humboldt, and Col. Willoughby Doudna was nominated.
October 15, 1868, Republican convention met at Erie; R. W. Wright was chairman and J. C. Redfield, secreary. J. C. Carpenter was nominated on eleventh ballot over E. R. Trask and A. A. Aiken.
October 24, 1868, Democratic convention convened at Osage Mission, and F. M. Frost was nominated.
September 29, 1870, Republican convention was held at Humboldt; J. M. Beardsley was chairman, and P. I. B. Ping, secretary. J. H. Crichton was nominated on tenth ballot over J. W. Dowe and G. P. Smith, of Allen county. A. Miller, of Wilson county, J. C. Carpenter of Neosho county, and H. W. Martin, of La- bette county.
October 6, 1870, Democratic convention met at Humboldt. J. M. Richardson, of La- bette county, was nominated over Moses Neal and others.
234
HISTORY OF LABETTE COUNTY
September 21, 1870, Settlers' Protective Association held a convention at Prairie du Chien, in Neosho county ; G. W. McMillen was chairman, and George T. Walton secretary, Major H. C. Whitney was unanimously nom- inated.
JUDICIAL CONVENTIONS.
In 1867 N. F. Acres and John R. Goodin were opposing candidates for judge of the Sev- enthi judicial district.
October 10, 1870, Republican convention met in Oswego, with four delegates each from Montgomery, Labette and Crawford counties, and five from Cherokee; T. E. Clark, chair- man, W. W. Jones, secretary. On the 64th ballot the delegates from Labette county changed their vote from W. P. Bishop to W. M. Matheny, and nominated him over W. P. Bishop. John T. Voss, and Thomas Harrison, as a candidate for judge of the Eleventh judi- cial district. H. G. Webb ran as an independ- ent candidate.
In 1873 B. W. Perkins, H. W. Barnes, J. M. Scudder and J. G. Parkhurst were opposing candidates, each running independent.
In 1874 a "Reform Convention" convened at Parsons, September 23d, with J. H. Water- man, chairman, and C. O. Stockslager, secre- tary. J. D. McCue was nominated on second hallot over J. N. Ritter, A. A. Fletcher, and B. F. Purcell. B. W. Perkins again ran inde- pendent.
September 12, 1878, a Greenback conven- tion assembled at Parsons, and nominated J. F. Broadhead. Opposed to him at the polls were B. W. Perkins and W. B. Glasse, each running independent.
On October 3, 1882. a Republican conven- tion met at Cherokee; J. R. Hallowell, chair- man. On the 264th ballot George Chandler
was nominated over W. B. Glasse, John N. Rit- ter, and John T. Voss. Opposed to him W. M. Matheny ran as an independent candidate.
In 1886 George Chandler was an independ- ent, with no opponent.
A Republican convention assembled in In- dependence October 1, 1889, with S. L. Coul- ter, chairman, and W. T. Yoe. secretary. John N. Ritter was nominated by acclamation. J. D. McCue ran independent.
A Republican convention was held at Par- sons on September 1I. 1890; George W. Wheatley, chairman, W. H. Coulter, secretary. A. B. Clark was nominated by acclamation. Opposed to him was J. D. McCue, as an inde- pendent candidate.
The Republican judicial convention was. held at Weir City, September 1I and 12, 1894; John N. Ritter, of Cherokee county, was chair- man and Wiley W. Cook, of Labette county, secretary. Two hundred and twenty ballots. were cast for A. B. Clark, of Montgomery county, Nelson Case, of Labette county, and A. H. Skidmore, of Cherokee county, but with no result; Mr. Case then withdrew and the bal- loting proceeded, resulting in a tie between Mr. Clark and Mr. Skidmore; finally, on the 227th ballot, Mr. Skidmore received the nomination. Opposed to Mr. Skidmore, J. D. McCue, of Montgomery county, ran as an independent candidate, being generally supported by Dem- ocrats and Populists.
On June 11, 1898, both the People's par- ty and the Democrats held conventions in Os- wego, for the purpose of selecting a fusion can- didate for district judge; of the People's party convention, Jasper Swan, of Montgomery county, was chairman, and W. W. Campbell, of Labette county, secretary, while J. H. Keith, of Montgomery county, and J. C. Eddy, of Cherokee county, were, respectively, chairman
235
AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS.
and secretary of the Democratic convention. A conference committee decided to give the nomination to the Democrats. Thereupon, the Democratic convention nominated Thomas H. Stanford, of Montgomery county, over R. M. Cheshire, of Cherokee county, George S. King. of Labette county, and E. E. Sapp, of Chero- kee county. Mr. Stanford's nomination was then indorsed by the Populist convention. The Republicans held their judicial convention in Oswego, July 12, 1898. A. L. Wilson, of Montgomery county, was chairman and J. W. Iden, of Labette county, secretary. A. H. Skid- more, of Cherokee county, was renominated by acclamation.
POLITICAL CONVENTIONS OF A MIS- CELLANEOUS CHARACTER.
FARMERS' CONVENTION.
A Farmers' convention was called for and was held on October 17, 1873, at Labette City. It was a secret session. The following nomina- tions were made : Probate judge, Davis Vulga- more; sheriff, F. G. Burnett; treasurer, C. F. Smith; register, I. W. Patrick; county clerk, Sam. W. Collins; coroner, A. S. Spaulding; surveyor, S. R. Southwick; representatives, Forty-third district, J. L. Williams, Forty- fourth, Isaac Butterworth; commissioners, first district, D. J. Doolen, second, H. M. De- bolt, third, William Thornborough.
GRANGE CONVENTION.
On October 10, 1874, a Grange convention met at Labette City, which soon divided into two sections : one elected N. Cooper, chairman, and C. W. Stephenson secretary, and de- nounced political action ; the other elected J. J. Woods chairman and C. Merwin secretary, and nominated the following ticket: Senator
Fifteenth district, John F. Hill ; probate judge, S. L. Coulter ; clerk district court, H. C. Cook; superintendent, Mary A. Higby; representa- tives, Forty-third district, S. M. Canaday, For- ty-fourth, Henry Tibbets.
"LABORING MEN'S CONVENTIONS."
One was held at Parsons, on September 20, 1875; B. D. Roberts was chairman part of the time, and Isaac Butterworth. a part ; J. L. Will- iamson, secretary. The following ticket was nominated : Representatives, Forty-third dis- trict, M. W. Reynolds, Forty-fourth, F. B. Mc- Gill; treasurer, William Dick on third ballot over A. J. Cary. George Caldwell, and Fred Perkins; sheriff, Nixon Elliott on second bal- lott over W. C. Church, J. J. Freeman, and S. B. Abbott ; register, R. C. Taylor ; county clerk, L. C. Howard, by acclamation ; coroner. D. B. Crouse, by acclamation ; surveyor, Wade Prichard on first ballot over George Thornton ; commissioners, first district, J. F. Hill, second, C. M. Monroe, third, J. H. Martin.
J. L. Williams was chairman of the central committee.
On October 9, 1877, at Keeler's school- house, a mass convention was held, of which Samuel Newell was chairman, and Newton Guymon, secretary. A ticket was nominated as. follows : Treasurer, A. J. Cary ; register, Wash Knapp; county clerk, T. A. Fellows ; coroner, Dr. W. S. Newlon; surveyor, Wade Prichard; commissioner second district, H. M. Debolt.
"PEOPLE'S MASS CONVENTIONS."
A convention with the above title was held in the Methodist church in Mound Valley, on October 20, 1881 ; J. M. Cavaness was chair- man ,and T. C. Cory, secretary. The follow- ing ticket was nominated: Treasurer, A. J. Cary on first ballot over G. S. McDole; regis-
236
HISTORY OF LABETTE COUNTY
er, J. M. Cunningham on first ballot over J. W. Breidenthal and Thomas O'Hare. The Republican nominees for sheriff, county clerk, surveyor and coroner were indorsed.
Another "People's Mass Convention" was held on October 10, 1884, at Altamont ; B. R. Van Meter was elected chairman and S. M. Bailey secretary, and the following nominations were made: Senator Ninth district, W. J. Con- ner, by acclamation; county attorney, H. G. Webb, by acclamation ; clerk district court, C. L. Albin on first ballot over J. M. Cunning- ham; probate judge, J. M. Cunningham, by acclamation ; superintendent public instruction, J. Covalt.
A "FARMERS' AND LABORERS' CONVENTION" Was held at Altamont on August 20, 1886; A. M. Fellows was chairman, and J. W. Breiden- thal, secretary. After electing delegates to the State convention and calling a county conven- tion for Altamont on September 8th, it ad- journed. On September 8th the convention met as per adjournment; J. J. McFeely was chairman, and J. W. Briedenthal, secretary. A ticket composed of the following was nom- inated : Superintendent, Alice Metier ; probate judge, A. T. Shrout; county attorney, H. G. Webb ; clerk district court, W. J. Millikin. A. M. Fellows was made chairman of the central committee, and R. S. Lybarger, secretary.
October 9. 1886, another "Farmers' and Laborers' Convention" met at Parsons, and nominated W. H. Utley as representative for the Twenty-eighth district.
ELECTIONS.
The rapid growth of the county is in a measure indicated by the increased vote cast from year to year. The first election held in
Neosho county was in 1864, at which there were but 35 votes cast in the whole county. At this time there was probably no one in what is now Labette county who had the legal quali- fications of an elector, but had there been there was no provision made for the casting of votes. It was not until July, 1866, that the commis- sioners of Neosho county established. voting precincts in what is now Labette county. Our citizens might have participated in the elec- tion in November. 1866, had they been disposed to do so, but as I have elsewhere stated, there was a mutual understanding between those re- siding in what is now Neosho county and those residing in what is now Labette county, that the latter would refrain from voting for the officers of Neosho county, and that at the en- suing session of the Legislature the county should be divided. However, at that election the people in the south half of the county voted for a full set of county officers for themselves. Of course this vote was without any legal sig- nificance. No record of the result was kept, and I have been unable to ascertain anything in reference to the number of votes cast. C. H. Bent, who was elected to the Legislature at this time, was the only officer elected who was permitted to perform official duties by virtue thereof. I might here state that at this elec- tion there were something over 300 votes cast in Neosho county. For state senator, J. W. Scott received 225 votes, and Willoughby Doudna received 82 votes. This is probably the average vote between the two parties in the county. The first legal election held in La- bette county was on April, 22. 1867. At this election a full set of county officers were elect- ed, to serve until the ensuing regular election in the fall; and the question of locating the coun- ty seat was also voted on. The record of the canvass of this vote has been lost, and I have
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.