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OLD TIMERS.
Bennion Yesterday of Men Who Framed,
the Constitution of Kansas,
T W E N T Y - T H R E E YEARS AGO.
Short Biographical Sketches of the Dead, and of
the Living,ttnabloto bo Present
TALK OF THE SURVIVORS.
Address hy Col, John A. Martin, Secretary
of the Constitutional Convention.
A MOST VALUABLE PAPER
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To Those Interested la the Early History of
Kansas—The Scoao of tho Struggle.
Just twonty-throo years ago yesterday,
wlion a hot, sultry day was merging into the
darkness of night, thirty-four uicu, after >.
twenty-two days of (oil, of contest, and of B
anxiety, added tbeir signatures to a stalocou- jj
•titution that thoy lud boon framing. Tho
constitution was nuulo for a commonwealth
that has become ono of tho most important i
states in the uuiuu. When presented to tho
world It Rovorued ono hundred thousand peo-
ple. To-day ono million look to it with pride.
Sinco the signing of that constitution what a
change has como over Kansas! Tho year left1.)
will b« reniomborcd by tho old settlor
ono marked by its scarcity of pro-
ducts of tho soil; as ouo that waa
the bagiunlug of a poriod of elgUteon
mouths during which there was nob
ft drop of water to moisten tho parched earth
of certain portions of tho state; a tinio when
the redskins from tho Western wilds visited
tho settlors, and tho inhabitants of tho thou
small towns, aud with tho door knobs of busi-
ness houses for targets, shut to decide who
should pay for the drink*. Thou prohibition
was not s> barrier to the pleasures of the Kau-
aau, Now how different! Kansas to-day is
• ber 0,1870, iu tho onuuty he represented afc
envied by her sister states. Hur products are
. .1 • the pride of a nation. Her early inhabitants
*•$ have boon driven to the South and t *•e West,
and instvad the white man's homo enuiellishos
hur laud* aud hi* labors adds to her pros-
perlty.
After two futile attempts at framing a con-
stitution, it was decided to hold a convention
at Wyandott, and men, tho majority of
them young hi years and young iu experience,
were selected to perform that Important mis-
sion. Kilty-two were chosen. On tho Stb of
July, '69, they congregated at the neigh-
boring oity to accomplish the result dusired by
their constituents. The mouth was one of
those that vexes mankind. Its hot, sultry
i taxed thej
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X e't' 'fhose men gathered to frame theooratitoV
tion of their commonwealth were not of the
class that will give up, and through the day,
and oftentimes till midnight, they labored to I
1
accomplish their work. It is fitting that
a reunion of such workers should be held
and yesterday in the same town where they
, had labored twenty-three years ago, those
| that were living and could bepresent gathered
to recall reminiscences of their first assemblage.
It is rather remarkable that but few, if
any, of the leaders of the factions in
the territory were elected to represent!
thopeople'in the formation of,'theoonstituiion.)
As has been stated the majority of those pres-
' ent were young and inexperienced. Of the1
number present, twenty have died, the where 1
abouts of ton are not known, while there-
j mainder live, some of them holding the high-
j est positions that people can offer. Yesterday
' ten of the living held a reunion. The gath-
ering occurred at the Methodist church, Wy-^
audott, and the exercises consisted of giving
; sketches of the absent ones, and an address by
; Col. John A. Martin, of the Atchison Clump on.
\ Col. Martin was secret* vy of the convention in
; 1859, though not then twenty-one years of age,
j Timo and again yesterday were the faithful
manner and correct way iu which
performed his duties referred tdl
And, too, it was suggested that a man who hi
. served his state so well, before and after
had been recognized as a commonwealth,
should be honored with the office of chief e:
ecutive.
When at 10:30 o'clock yesterday mornii
the assembly was called to order by Judge
O. Thacher, the president pro tern, of the coi
ventioii in '50, there were present E. M. Hub-
bnrd, of Doniphan county; John Rickey, of •
Shawnee county; E. G. Boss, of Waubaunsee"
county; S. A. Kingman, of Brown county; Bi
L. Williams, of Donglas county; J. C Burnet
of Bourbon county, and 0.' B. HcClellaa,
Jefferson county. Later in the day J. Blood,
of Douglas county, and S. Palmer, of Potta-
watomie county, joined their past associates.
Kov. Dr. Stevenson, pastor of tho church ia
which the reunion was held, opeuod tho ex-1
ercises with prayor. He thanked the AS]
mighty for tho constitution under which thi
stato had grown to prominence, and blessoi
11 im that all wcro permitted to look into the!
faces of the signers of that constitution. God's
•blessing was invoked upon thoso present, and,
I l i e was asked to bestow tho prosperity of thi
jg pant in the future.
Col. Martlu then colled the roll, and as eacl
absentee was noted, those present Were asked]
to givo au account of tho absent one. Thi
speeches given were taken from memory. Ii
several instances, member* of tho con von tint..
who could not be presont sont letters thai]
wore road.
J. M. Arthur, of Linn county, died Novem-
tho convention. He was spoken of as a
naturally conservative and progressive man.
J. Lamb, of Linu county, was the first maul
to die after the convention. His death occur-
red July 11, lSttl. Ho was a quiet, but earnesl
man. < ~
Caleb May, of Montgomery county, still
lives, aud is a farmer. He is possibly 70 years]
old. He was one of the earliest and best free
state members, aud is the only surviving]
member of tho throe freo state convoatib!
hold at Wyandott, Leavenworth, and Topi
Is' o man gave more impetus to the free si
cause than did Caleb May. Ho was a man:
limited education.
J. B. Greer was expected to be preseut, hjrt
from some cause was prevehted. *
J. A. Middle-ton enlisted in the outbreak, of
tho civil war in tho Sovouth KiiwArej
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Xkj It. H e ' w a s made first sergesnt. !
After tbo n a r lie returned to Marshall county,
and then removed to Montana, where he is
supposed to b e ' t i l l living.
H. F . Simpson *uut the fblkrtrilti letter:
PAULA, K vs., July V!U. Ib99. >j
Ilr.AII f?Ol.nVF.r.:—A Rr*M»ly tlllr* fur tin- tilt- !
trriirg ailver compel* let? toK'» to .\ruonaio-ii;ght,
•ml I shall iniw 111" WtttlU>n of tn« Wvauoolt
convention. 1 rtvnt thisetceciHufsly.•» talimild
have very much enjoyed » retfUinr ohl-fa-loomd
handshaking Willi the unnv ipwl rutin who were
awu-mbled logeUicr 111 that e.ouvcnvi,,u. I haw
always reirardcil my metutor»liip of that body as
my most honorable puuiic sejrvicu, and tear- eomu
to my eye* ln<uu-<! 1 cannot be Willi them, l'leasu
express my regret* at tux InabMitjF lobe present,
and aay to all forme, God bless tkcin:
B. P. SIMI-sos.
P. H . Townscnd, of Douglas county, became
• clerk at Wax bin Eton after the convention
aud died in 180'3 or 1*04, He was a man faiil
to be moderate in his views and never pushed
mutters to extremes.
H. D. Preston, ol Shawnee county, was born J
in New Hampshire. At the time of the con-
vention he was aaed !», and a farmer. His
record is that of a radical. H c i n s quiet, tin-
assuming, a learned man, a man of principle
that recognized God. He left for some part of
Colorado and died. Jud^e Thaalicfsatd that
Mr. Preston insisted on the women's riant I
question iu the convention aud was strung ou | ,.. >,,'; convention I brought. Mere earnestness andpu-
prohibition.
m W. E. Griffith, of Bourbon county, was born
in Indiana and was a farmer. Mr. Barnstt
stated that he wa< a colleague of his. H e
first met b i n in tho spring of 1S37, when he
| resided near Fort Scott. Mr. Griffith was an
' earnest free state man. H i s education was
1 received in Indiana. Mr. Burnett referred to
$ a naroher of free state men that were then iu
1 tho state. They were all earnest men. Mr.
2 Griffith was an ardent, zealous worker and did
I good work. H e was elected to the position of **-*te people burdened with too many offices and with
' superintendent of public instruction. His
family resides at Topeka, ho having died in
February, or 1 S 3 .
N. C. Blood, of Douglas county, was born in
Vermont and was a inercbaut. He was 12
years of age at tins tiuic of the convention.
Little has been known ot him since.
T, S. Wright, ot Nemaha county, was born
in Pennsylvania, and was a lawyer. Ha was
au upright inau. Mr. Kingmau referred to a
misunderstanding that bad risen betwr.cn t h e
two, but said he, "I always respected him."
U. II. Lit lie, ef Madison county, was born
in (lino ami was a lawyer. Mr. Li 11 ic resides
in Greenwood county. At present he is an in-
fi valid, l i e bus been probate judge of thucouu-
I t j for a number ot years.
H. K. Hoffman, of Woodson county, was born
: iu Pennsylvania and was a lawyer. Ho is liv-
ing at St. Louis, aud is president of a bauk in
. that city. H e was one of the youngest
men in tho convention. For a number of years
he was a government contractor.
A. Crocker, of Coffey county, was born in
Indiana. H e was a farmer. Got. Biohey
stated that Mr. Crocker wasono of tho reliahlo
sober men. H e was a true man and a Chris-
tian. T l i o t w o w e r o together in the army.
Ho was clerk of Coffey county, and died about
three years ugo.
J. J." Blunt was spoken of as being peculiar
as an army officer. He served under Col.
l'icliey. He was acolouel, goneral aud major
general. His mind failed lsim and he died in
the asylum at Washington iu 18S1.
J. Hauway, of Franklin county, was horn
iu Eoglaud. He has been iu the legislature
time and again. Mr. Hauway was an inti-
mate friend of Js)bn Brown and there was
hardly a plan proposed by Brown that Han-
way was not consulted with. He was a writer,
! aud until the tiiuu of his (loath hardly u wees.
• passed but what some article appeared in t h e
' press of the state. Ho was loved by all, and
I wasu good, true man. H e died about three
I mouths since Iu Fruuklin conuly. His chil-
dren are gathering a record of his deeds to put
iu booh torn).
W. Hutchinson, of Douglas county, was
born iu Vermont. Ho resides at present at
Washington, and now holds a clerkship.
Ed Stokes, of Douglas county, was born i n
'
Pennsylvania, and was a manufacturer. H e
was in tl'.c war, and is living iu Arkansas.
S. D. Houston, of Iiiley couuty, sent t h e
following:
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CWSCORBIA, f'r.oun COUNTV, K A S „ July 2 7 .
Judge S. Q. Thulelior:
MV DKAB Hilt:—Circumstances I am not able to
control will defeat the fond hope I bad of again
meeting with the convention: this to me is a matter
of deep regret.
With a few exceptions, our convention was an
assemblage of young men doubly armed with in-
experience, strangers to each other, called in an
hour of intense excitement and under a burning
Kansas sun, and if we made a fair constitution, "we
builded rietter than we knew," That our work-
lies re ehed its twenty-third anniversary is due in
a great measure to those who now mingle their
congratulation* with you, "bowed with age." and
to those bright spirita who were with us then, .but
who have now crossed the broad river. Personally
I claim but little credit. All I could bring to the
| *->:' rity of purpose however valuable, do f*.
not give that wide experience and K..:.•'?
broad statesmanship needed to anticipate f.''-13
years of coming necessity in a new state. The .
constitution, though it contained many good pro- '•
visions, is far from being fruitless. In the advance I
on some point* still iu theyears to come, our |M»1
sition on "restricted suffrage" will need no I
apology. Generous and broad on "educational;
intent'1 we failed to foresee and interdict the wild it,
system ol "bond issue" which has injured the state. §£
Careful of "personal rights" we forget to chain %
down the chariot to the "most sitnplo form of
government possible," and to-day w e find our
'1-eing governed too much."
I would love to exchange kindly greetings with
the faces, now furrowed like my own with age,
and thus see if they had lost the fiery eye of 1 8 5 9 . i .
The memory of tbo earnest, honest, noble men 1
met In Wyandott and with whom I labored for a
time to lay down a fundamental law for this new
grand state will ever be cherished with delight
In my behalf express to the little band still re-
I maining my beat wishes and most kindly greet-
ings. I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
S. D . HOUSTON'.
J. P. Slough, of Leavenworth county, was
an Ohio man. H e was a man of strong will,
was in tho war and was promoted, o n account
of valor, to the brigadier generalship. H e was I
appointed chief justice of N e w Mexico, a u d
was killed in a personal dispute.
W. McCullough, of Morris county, was horn
in Scotland. Mr. Kingman remembered him
as being fifteen feet high, and a man who
conld answer aye or nay when called to v o t e
J. W. Forman, of Doniphan county, was
born i n Kentuokv. Ha is at present in Texas
and a miller. I n t h e convention he wag rel
membered as being quiet.
J. Stiarwalt, of Doniphan county, was born
in Kentucky. H e was a merchant a t the
time of the convention. Little is k n o w n of
his history after signing the constitution. *
P. S. Parks, of Leavenworth couuty, w a s
b o m in Indiana. H e was i n t h e legislature,
and afterwards returned to Parkersbnrg, Ind.
where he was au editor. Ho died about t w o
years ago.
. F. Browu, of Leavenworth county, was bornaV-
in Germany. H e died in St. Joe i u 1865.
8, Hippie, of Leavenworth county, was
born in Pennsylvania. After tho convention
ho removed to Atchison couuty. H e entered
the war and aoted as quartermaster. I u 1867
h e w a s elected to the state senate a n d was
 prominent m the affairs of his county. He
died in January of 1878.
S. T. Stinson, of Leavenworth county, was
horn in Maine and was a lawyer. He was a
graduate of one of the prominent colleges, and
was regarded by Judge Kingman as one of the
brightest lawyers. His eye could seo the
comio side of everything. Mr. Kingman paid
a high tribute to.Mr. Stinson.
W. C. McDowell, of Leavenworth county,
was born in Ohio. He was always in earnest,
and was a good lawyer. Reference was made
to the time when all attended a circus in Kan-1
BOS City during the convention. McDowell
entertained the crowd on its return to Wyan-,
dott by singing. He was judge in Leaven-
worth. In 18G5 or 1866, while riding on an -
omnibus iu St. Louis, he was thrown off aud:.
killed.
A. D. MoCune, of Leavenworth county, wasf^
born in Ohio. Little is known of his career'
alter the convention.
Jobu Wright, of Leavenworth county, was'*
born in Indiana. Mr. McClellan spoke of hini,
and said little was known.
\V. Perry, of Leavenworth county, was born
in Indiana. Little could bo given of him. AL
touching incident was related concerning;
him. He hud gone to Colorado, and was taken:,
ill. His wife was then iu Kansas. She was
seut for, but owing fo the means of travel
across the plains sue did not get to her hus-
band till after his death. He had been buried
ft week when she arrived iu Colorado. Going
to the hotel, the proprietor could not tell her
of her husband's death, and at her request
sent her to the room that had been occupied
T by her companion. A man approached, whom
she thought from the sound of footsteps was
I her husband. When he entered the rooms,
I she threw her arms about his nock, aud it was
"sometime before she recognized hur mistake.
. Perrv died in 1865.
R. C. Poster, of Leavenworth county, was I
I bom in Kentucky. He was but 24 years of £
age at the time of the convention. At pres-
our, ho is at Dallas, Tex.
Robert Graham, of Atchison county, was"
born in Ireland. Ho was the oldest man iu
the convention, being 55 years of age. He
died at Atchison, in 1868,
J. TV liosliu, of Johnson county, was born ,
iu Virginia. He was a physician and is still j
living.
E. Moore, of Jackson couuty, w«s born in|
Ohio. Hois Jiving on alarm in Jackson!
county.
B. Wringley, of Donniphan county, was
born in Ohio. He was. a lawyer. Little is.
known of his career. He died iu Texas.
m Mr. W. P. Dutlon sent the following:
SYCAMORE, tilth, July 27, 1882.
Hon. 8. O. Thaeher:
DKAH Silt:—I intended to have been with you
on the 20th, but will hardly make it. My regards
to the boys. 1 noticed in some Kmisas paper that
I had gone back to Vermont I never went back,
lint h«ve lived in Kansas or Illinois ever since
1837. Very truly yours,
W. P. DUTTON.
J. H. Signer, of Allen county, was born in
§: New York. He was in the legislature and
J enlisted iu tliu war. At present he is living
i near Plattsburg, K. Y.
R. J. Porter, of Donniphan. couuty, was
born in Pennsylvania. In 1861 he was elected
sheriff. He died about 1865.
J. M. Winclieli, of Osago county, N. Y., was
president of the convention. He lived in
Wyandott and had a home iu Osage county.
Ho was adroit and understood "ropiug in"
both sides. Active and cultured, ho presidod
with dignity. He went to New York and be-
came a broker. He died about three years
ago, at whieh time he was an editorial writer
on the Now York Timet,
J. T. Burns, of Johnson county, was born in ;•-;
Ohio. He is practicing in Johnson couuty.
Senator Ingalls is »t Washington. No com.-
munieation was received from him, pesslbly
on account of not being properly notified of
the reunion.
The officers of the convention of '59 were
next spoken of. The president, J. M. Wln-
chell, died in New York; Col. John
A. Martin, the seorecary, lives at
Atchison, Kas.; A. S. Blanchard, assistant sec-
retary, lives in New York. Robt. Graham,
enrolling clerk, died two years since. B. J.
Hiutou, also enrolling clerk, is at present edi-
tor of the Gazette at Washington; R 8, Nash,
journal clerk, died at Chicago five years at
Geo. Warren, aergeant-at-arms, has been de.
three or four years; J. M. Fink, doorkeeper, •
dead, and-W. R. Davis, the chaplain, reside
at present at Baldwin City, Kas.
AT DINNER.
After the biographical sketches of the absent!
members were given, an adjournment wait
tasfn for diuuer. During the noon hour in-
teresting stories were told of the convention
,. and its members. In the assembly of '59 there
| were thirty-five Republicans and seventeen
Democrats, eighteen lawyers, sixteen farmers,
eight merchants and five physicians, while
several callings were represented by one man.
Eighteen of the fifty-two men were less than
30 years of age, while elsve
were more than 40 years old. Eofc
Graham was the oldest man, and B. F. Sis
sou the youngest. Forty-two of the msrnb
of the convention were natives of Northern!
states, five of Kentucky, one of Virginia and]
one each of England, Ireland, Scotland
Germany.
It was characteristic of the president of the
assembly to wear a bine coat with brass but-
tons. Mr. Winclieli, soou after the conven-
tion was president, was chairman of a con-
gressional convention. In October of 1859 he |
was defeated when running for the chairman- ,
ship of the convention that nominated state|
officers.
Messrs. Thaoher and Kingman were consid-
ered leaders of the Republican wing of the i
convention and Messrs. Stinson and McDowell I
of the Democratic wing. Judge Thacher is f
spoken of as making the greatest speech of t
convention when lie spoke in opposition to"i
5:
; resolution offered by Mr. McCune, of LeaveU-
: worth county, asking that "free negroes 'Jgj
I excluded from a residence in the state."
Senator Ingalls is remembered a young man Jfe-™.-
: who wore a straw hat having more holes than,1
straws, and which was cone shaped. Ingalls ,\
tt came lrom Atchison. Col. Slough one day ;
.-'; asked if ho was the best specimen that placet
could send. The same remark was made of J
Judge Kingman. "You'll hear from them," I
was the answer to Col. Slough's question. And j
they have been heard from.
Judge Kingman tells a story on himself 5
which he repeated, as it showed in his o p i n i « |
*i how it paid to serve the Lord. The Leav
worth delegation had been accustomed toi
freely. One morning, after the judge
slept on a table in the room where the'een-
vention was held, he awoke and fonoi him-
•:| self without funds. He searched in vain for
the Leavenworth delegation to get a morning;
• treat. As he was going along the streetMjs;
f found a dime. Whisky was only 5 cents*
1 glass then, so the judge took one. He though*;
*S| he had been favored so graciously that he con^J
eluded to spend the second 5 cent piece /or''*,'
drink, and did so, and from that oay'tof"'
he says he has felt better.
Referring to Col. Martin as secretary, ft*
stated that he could decipher every line
manuscript that was sent to him : during; S
convention. '*ii_i
Of the surviving members at the *e*rj»en |
esterday, all but Col. Martin show tjB '
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$tt£> JSJUii iiTiilii .
j beckens them to the grave. Their hair Las
"N grown gray, anil their step ia not so steady as
at the time they did their -work. Col. Biohey
is, perhaps, the best preserved of ail who at-
tended the convention. J. 0. Burnett is the
only one that carries a bald head. E. 1L Hub-
bard was the only original Democrat present
yesterday. 8ince the convention he has be-
come a Republican, and E. G. Ross, who was a
Republican, is now a Democrat.
APTERNOON SESSION.
At 1:30 p. m. the members reassembled at
the chnrch. I t was decided tohold a quarter
centennial celebration on July 5 or 29, 1881,
at Wyandott. Judge Kingman was selected to
address those assembled at that reunion. Some
t a l k was indulged i n of having a reunion
daring the legislature at Topekanext year.
Col. Martin who had been selected to de-
l i v e r t h e address at yesterday's reunion,
then spoke as follows:
COI/. JOHN A. MARTIN'S ADDRESS.
M R . P H E S I D E N T :— It is often charged that par-
ticipants in assemblages of this character are apt
to exaggerate the importance of the occasion they
commemorate, and, after the manner of one of
our poets, sing in chorus: "I celebrate myself.1'
Perhaps I can speak of the Wyandott convention
and its work without being accused of this self-
gratuiation;_for I was more of an observer of its
proceedings than a participant in them. I re-
corded what was done, but I had no part or lot in
the doing. If its work had been crude, or weak, I
could not fairly have been held responsible for the
failure. As it was strong;, efficient and enduring, I
can felicitate you, the survivors of those who
wrought this great service for Kansas, without a;
Bucpioion of self-praise.
. mm, KANSAS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS.
Four conventions framed constitutions for this
state. The first assembled at Topeka, on the 23d
of October, 1855, and adjourned on the 11th of
November, after a session of twenty days. It was
composed of forty-se vc.n members, of whom thirty-
one signed the constitution. On the l o t h of De-
cember this Instrument was submitted to the peo-
ple for ratification or rejection. Only 1,777 ballots
were cost, all but 4 6 being favorable. One of its
sections, a provision excluding negroes and mulat-
toes from the state, was submitted as an in depend,
ent proposition,and adopted by on affirmative vote
of 1,287, to 1 5 3 n gainst it.
The second convention was that held at Le-
compton, which met on the 7th of June, 1857
and after a seasion of four days adjourned until
the 19th of October, a final adjournment being
reached on the 3d of November. It was composed
of sixty-four members, forty-five of whom signed •r,:
the organic law it framed, and its session contin- £f^
ued twenty days. No direct voto on this constltu- J "
tion was provided for. 'Die schedule orderedtwo:
forms of ballot, one, the "constitution with |
slavery," the other, "constitution with no
slavery." It was the old turkey and buzzard
choice. The free state men refused to vote at tre
election, held on the 31st of December, and only
6,712 ballots were east, 0,1-17 being for slavery
and 5 0 9 against slavery. The free state men
hud, however, elected a majority of the territorial- ,
legislature in October, and at a special session of!.''t v<"•*'
that body held in December a law was passed rjro-^''
viding for a direct vote on the constitution. This
election was held on the 14th of January, 4858,
resulting. Against the constitution, 10,266; for,
164—the pro-slavery men not voting. A third
vote on the I.econipton instrument was taken
August 2 , 1 8 5 8 , congress having ordered its re-
submission under the terms of the English bill.
Again it was rejected, the ballots in its favor be-
ing only 1,788, and those against It 11,300.
The Leavenworth convention met at Mined*,
I March 2 3 , 1 8 5 S , and at once adjourned to Leaven-
< worth, whore it reassembled March 25. It was j
I composed ot ninety-five members, was in session '-
only eleven days, and the constitution it framed
was signed by eighty-three porsous. This Instru-
ment was adopted at an election held May 1 1 , by
a very small vote, the pro-slavery men taking no
part in tile contest. It was never a popular organ-
io law, and many free state men who supported it
did so under protest. An earnest effort was made
" by the Republicans to seoure the admission of
Kansas under the Topeka constitution, and by the
| Democrats, with a few exceptions, to bring the
territory in under the Lcoompton constitutiOi
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ut no serious or determined contest vras waged i
in congress for admission under the Leavenworth
constitution, and in less than eight months the
movement in ita behalf was formally abandoned.
THE WYANDOTT CONVENTION.
Early in February, 1859, the territorial legisla-
ture passed an act submitting to the people the
question of calling a constitutional convention.
This vote was taken March 28, and resulted: For,
5 306; against, 1,425. On the 10th of May,
1S59, the Republican party of Kansas was organ-
ized at Osawatomie, and at the election held on the
7th of June, for delegates to the Wyandott con- I
vention the Kepublican and Democratic parties J
confronted each otner in Kansas for the first time. I
The Democrats carried the counties of Leaven- i
worth, Doniphan, Jefferson and Jackson, and |
elected one of the two delegates from Johnson.
The Republicans were successtul in all the other I
! counties voting. The total vote polled was 14,-. 1
j 000. The Republican membership was thirty- g
! five: Democratic, seventeen. S
The convention then chosen assembled on the J
5th day of July, 1859. In its composition it was I =
an unusual, not to say remarkable, Kansas ossem- J
blage. Apparently the chiefs of the contending 1
parties had grown weary of constitution making, g
or regarded this fourth endeavor in that line as a I
predestined failure, for they were conspicuous by j|
their absence. In the Topeka convention nearly y.
every prominent man of the free state party had a rj
sent. Gen. Lane was Its president, and Charles j£
Robinson. Martin F. Conway, Marcus J. Parrott,
William Y. Roberts, George W.Smith, Philip C.
Schuyler, C. K. Holliday. Mark W. Delahay, and
many other recognized free state leaders, were
members. In the Leavenworth convention there
was a similar gathering of widely known free
I state men. Conway was its president, and Lane.
•. Roberts, Thomas Ewing, jr., Henry J. Adams, H.
, P. Johnson. S. N. Wood, T. Dwight Thacher, P. B.
Plumb, Joel K. Goodin, A. Larzalere, W. F. M.
Amy, Charles H. Brausoomb, John Ritchey, and
many other influential free state chiefs or parti-
sans, were among Ha members.
THE MEMBERSHIP.
In the Wyandott convention all the noted free
state leaders were conspicuously absent. Its roll
call was made up of names generally new in Kan-
sas affairs, and largely unknown in either the free .
state or pro-slavery councils. Its president, James
M. Winohell, his colleague, William McCullough,
and John Ritchey, of Shawnee, had been meaner*' j
of the Leavenworth convention; Col. Caleb May,
of Atchison, and W. R. Griffith, of Bourbon, had
been members of both the Topeka and Leaven-
worth conventions; and James M. Arthur, of Linn,
had been a member of the Tope lea convention.
But their prominence was largely local. On the
Democratic side, too, appeared men before unnot-
ed in the annals of the stirringandtremendous con-
flict that had for years made the young territory
the cynosure of a continent's interest. None of
the prominent pro-slavery men who sat in the
Lecoinpton convention or the pro-slavery legisla-
tures—Culhouu, Stringfellow, Henderson, Elmore,
'"•-
"Wilson, Carr and others, appeared in this body.
Perhaps the absence of these party leaders was a
fortunate thing for the convention and the incipi-
ent &t ate. For in discriminating intelligence, in
considerate zeal for the welfare of the people, in
catholic grasp of principles and in capacity for de-
fining theories cleanly and compactly, the mem-
bers of this body were not wanting. On the other
hand there were fewer jealousies and far less
wrangling than would have been possible had the
envious and aspiring party leaders been present.
I think it is certain that the work was better done,
done with more sobriety, sincerity, prudence and
real ability than would have resulted had the rec-
ognized chiefs of the rival parties been on the
floor of the convention. The pioneers—the John
Baptists—of the free state cause were all at Tope-,
ka, and the constitution they framed is disfigured
by some blotches and much useless verbiage. The
leaders were all at Leaveuworth, where they
schemed for precedence and spread traps to catch
one another, and quiirrelud over non-essentials,
and did everything but make a popular constitu-
tion. Lccompton was the last expressiou of a
beaten, desperate and wrong headed, but intel-
lectually vigorous faction, and was really, barring
the mean method of its submission,and its attempt
to perpetuate slavery, an admirable organic law.
The younger men of the territory constituted the
convention at Wyandott. They came upon the.
field fresh, enthusiastic, and with a place in the L
world of thought and action to, conquer. T h e y f ; , /
recognized the fact that they must do extremely {'•••
well to secure popular favor, and they set about Kw*
their task with industry, intelligence and nrujjf I
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denoe. i hey were ubt martyrs or reformers, as
many of those at Topeka were: nor jealous poli-
ticians or faotionists, as mbst of those at Leavon-
worth were. They had nt> old battles to fight over
again, no personal feuds to distract them, no recol-
. lection of former defeats or victorios to reverse i
1 maintain. They were their own prophets. They I
I had had no experience in constitution making,
and hence did not look backward. They were '•>
not specialists. A few had hobbies, but the vast I
majority had no bees buzzing In their bonnets. A *
few were dogmatic, but the many were anxious to \
discuss and willing to be convinced. A few were?"
loquacious, but the majority were thinkers and X.
workers Some were accomplished scholars, but §
the majority were men of ordinary education, ti
whose faculties hod beer, sharpened and trained 3
by the hard experience of an active and earnest [!
life. Many were vigorous, direct, intelligent i:
speakers: several were really eloquent; and a few I
may justly be ranked with the most versatile and K,
brilliant men Kansas has ever numbered amongr.
her citizens.
Very few were old men. Only fifteen of the flfty-P:
two members were over 4 0 . Over one-third were! ,
under 3 0 , and nearly two-thirds under 35. Very'-
few, as I have said, had previously appeared as
representatives of the people in any territorial as--
semblage, and this was especially true of the m e n .
whoBe talents, industry and force soon approved t
them leaders. Samuel A. Kingman had been in
the territory only about eighteen months, and!*'
was unknown outside of Brown county until
he appeared at Wyandott. Solon 0. Thacher was
a young lawyer of Lawrence, never before
prominent in publio affairs. John J. Ingalls
had served, the previous winter, as engrossing j I
clerk of the territorial council. Samuel A. Stin- ! "
son was a young attorney, recently from Maine, f
William C. McDowell hod never been heard of!
outside of Leavenworth, Benjamin P. Simpson was
a boyish-looking lawyer from Miami county, and ;'. .
John T. Burria had been practicing for a year or
two. before justices' courts in Johnson county.
Jolin P. Slough had been a member of the Ohio
legislature, but was a new comer in Kansas; and
K. O. Ross was the publisher of a weekly newspa-
per at Topeka.
One-half of the members had been in the territory
less than two years. Six came in 1854. four in
1355, and twelve in 1S50, while Mr. Forman, of
Doniphan, dated his residence from 1843; Mr.
Pnlraer, of Pottawatomie, from 1854, and Mr.
Houston, of Riley, from 1 8 5 3 . Forty-oue were
from northern states, seven from the south, and
four were of foreign birth—England, Scotland, Ire-
land and Germany each contributing one. It ap-
pears singular that only one of the western states,
Indiana, was represented in the member-
ship, that state furnishing six delegates.
Twelve hailed from New England, Ohio
contributed twelve, Pennsylvania six, and
Mew York four. Only eighteen belonged to the
legal profession—an unusually small number of
lawyers in such a body. Sixteen were farmers,
eight merchants, three physicians, three manufac-
turers, one a mechanic, one a printer, one a laud
agent, and one a surveyor. The oldest member
was Robert Graham, of Atchison, who was 55; the
youngest, Benjamin F. Simpson, of Lykins county
(now Miami), who was 2 3 ,
A WORKING BODY.
It was a working body, from the first hour of Its
session until the last. There is a tradition that the
continental congress which promulgated the Dec-
laration of Independence) was materially liastened
in its deliberations over that Immortal document
by swarms of files that invaded the hall where it
sat, and made the life of its members a burden.
Perhaps the intense heat of the rough plastered £
room where the. convention mot, or tho knowledge £
that territorial sarto would be received by ii»«*ri»-f
1 nate landlords only at a usurious 4ascoiint, lind
something to do with urging dispatch in business. ..
But certainly the convent!* n went to work withan'
energy ami Industry 1 have never seen paralleled
in a Kansas deliberative body since that time. It #'•
perfected its organization, adopted rules for its y
government, disoussed the best mode of procedure \/ ±
\ in framing a constitution, ond appointed a com- or"
' initteo to report upon that subject, during tho first
day's session; all tho. standing committees were
announced on the third day; and by the close of 5L
I the fifth day it had disposed of two very trouble- {.;'
•ome contested election cases, deoldod that the i;
Ohlo constitution should be the model for that ofj
Kansas, perfected arrangements for reporting and •
printing its debates, and instructed its committees H
upon a number of disputed questions. The vote £
on selecting a model for the constitution was, on jffi
theseooud ballot: for the Ohio constitution, 2 5 ;E
vote*; Indiana, 23; and Kentucky, 1. So our ifA
Kansas constitution was modeled nftcr that of •
.Ohio—something. I think, as the farmer's new
house was designed asset his old one; it was !
upon the old Bite.
THE COMMITTEES.
The chairmanships of the different committee*
were assigned as follows: Preamble and bill of
rights, William Hutchinson, of Lawrence; execu-
tive department, John P. Greer, of Shawnee; legis-
lative department, Solon Q. Thacher, of Lawrence;
judicial department, Samuel A. Kingman, of
Brown county; military, James G. Blunt, of An-
derson county; electors and elections, P. H. Town-
send, of Douglas; sahedule, John T. Burris, of
Johnson; apportionment,H.|D. Preston,of Shawnee;
corporations and banking, Robert Graham, of
Atchison; education and publio institutions, W. R.
Griffith, of Bourbou onunty; county and township
organizations, John Ritchey, of Topeka; ordi nance
aud public debt, James Blood, of Lawrence;
finance aud taxation, Benjamin F. Simpson, of
Lykins; amendments and miscellaneous, S. D.
Houston, ot Riley county; federal relations, T. S.
"Wright, of Nemaha county; phraseology and ar-
rangements, John J. IngnlLs, of Atchison.
I have studied the composition of these commit-,
tees with some interest, reviewing the work ofi
their members In tho convention, and recalling
their subsequent careers, and it appears to me that
in making them up, President Winchell exhibited
phenomenally quick and accurate judgment of
men. He was,'indeed, one of the best presiding
officers I have ever known. His imperturbable
coolness, never for au instant ruffled by the most
sudden and passionate outbreaks of excitement in
the convention; his mastery of all
the niceties of parliamentary law; his
uniform courtesy and tact; his promptness and
clearness in stating his decisions; and above all,
the mingled grace aud kindness ond firmness with
which he announced to an indignant member RU
adverse decision, were really wonderful. But
what shall be said of that sti.l mom wonderful
I prescience with which he made up the cotnrait-
v>?- j tees? What induocd this calm, gray eyed, observ-.
;-''' I iug little main, whose brass buttoned blue
I coat was first seen by two-thirds of the
JMi' j convention on the morning of the
|. . 1 5tli of July—whnt impelled him within twenty-
£.'.;. J,four hours, to select an obscure, dull-looking,
! l/'sUoek-headed country doctor as chairman of the
5^*^militory committee, and thus name in connection
with military affairs, for the first time, the only
Kansas soldier who reached a full major general-
ship? How did he happen to pass by a half dozen
inure widely known lawyers, and uppoltit as chair-
man of the judiciary committee,a man who, duriug
more than fifteen years thereafter, occupied a'
place on the supreme bench of the state, for the
renter portion of this time as the chief justice?
f low came he to recognize so quickly, ia the en-
"grossing clerk of the territorial legislature, the
ripest scholar and the fittest man in the body. for,.
tho chairmanship ol'-tha committee to wliloh every
article of the constitution was referred.
for Anal revision and amendment? In
the youngest and most boyish-looking
member he found the man who Was to form, for
• this state, a code of finance and taxation whose;
clear directions and wholesome restrictions have
guarded Kansas against the wasteful extravaganee
of legislatures and the curse of a burdensome pub-
lic debt, during all the tempting aud perilous af-
fairs of its first quarter of a century. And he nam-
ed, as head of the committee- on education, .the
first state superintendent of public instruction.!
All of his appointments were made with rarejudg-
ment. but those mentioned appear notably dis-
cerning.
PKOOKESS OFVTOBK.
On the sixth day a resolution favoring biennial
sessions of the legislature—adopted sixteen year*;
afterword—was submitted and referred. The first
of n long scries of resolutions or proposed sections,
of the constitution prohibiting tho settlement of'
negroesor mulaUoca within the limitsof thestana,
was also Introduced. This question, with others of
a kindred nature, suuh as propositions to prohibit
colored children attending the schools, or to ox- ,
elude them from the university, or to forbid the-
appropriation of any funds tor their education, ana
last, and meanest of all, to deny to negroes the
shelter of county poor houses when poor and help-
less, was voted upon again and again, first in one
form and theu in auother, and to the enduring
m honor of the majority, always defeated. ItseeiM
singular, in this day and generation, that such
theories found persistent and earnest advooatesu
But it should be remembered that all this hsppen-
-, ed beforetho war, when slavery was still sa,''ir^s}*•,'•
, tution" in nearly half the states of the union. The
'JJ? pro-slavery party was, of course, solidly in favor ,
yirSflot excluding freo negroes from the state, and less T
' 4 S t h a n four years prior to the meeting of th e>oby- '
™S vention. the free state party, in voting on the To-
genuine courage and principle to ftfrjyw record

against each and every proposition of this charac-
tor. For very tew members who so voted felt ab-
solutely certain of the indorsement of their consti-
tuents.
The first article of the constitution reported, that
on corporations and banks, was submitted on the
sixth day and considered. It was stated by the
president, that many other committees hod their
reports in the hands of the printer, And during the
next few days they began to come in very rapidly.
The convention, to expedite work, adopted a reso-
lution requiring all committees to report on or be-
fore Saturday, the eleventh day of the session.
T H E BOUNDiYRIES OK TUE 3TATE.
On the seventh day the annexation of that
portion of Nebraska lying south ot the Platte river,
was formally considered. The then organized Ne-
braska counties included in that section of oursU-
ter state had elected delegates t* the convention,
•who were present earnestly advocating annexa-
tion. The proposition was discussed during sev-
- eral days, and the debates took a wide range. The
Nebraska delegates were admitted to seats as hon-
orary members, with a privilege of speaking on
this subject. The final determination, however,
was to preserve the original northern line. Two
influences induced this decision, one political, the
other local and material. Many Republicans (eared
that the South Platte country was, or would be
likely to become, Democratic, Lawrence and To-
peka both aspired to be the state capital, and
their influence was against annexation, because
they feared it would throw the center of popula-
tion far notth of the Kaw.
The preamble and bill of rights was reported on
the tenth day, and opened the whole question of
tho stutu'B boundaries. The committee proposed
the twenty-third meridian as the western line,and
the fortieth parallel as the line on the north. This
would have excluded about ninety miles of terri- •'
tory within the present limits of the state. The
committee's recommendation was, however,
adopted, and stood as the determination of the
convention until the day before the final adjourn-
ment, when Col. May, of Atchison, secured a re-
consideration, and on his motion the twenty-fifth
meridian was substituted for tbe twenty-third.
The northern boundary question was finally set-
•! tled on the fifteenth day, when, by a vote of 19
ayes to 28 nays, the convention refused to memo-
rialize congress to include the South Platte coun-
try within the limits of Kansas.
FEATURES OF THE CONSTITUTION.
On the seventh day the legislative and judicial
committees reported. The legislative article was
considered next day. The committee proposed
that bills might originate in either house, but Mr.
"Winchell submitted a novel amendment, which
required all laws to originate in the house of rep-
resentatives. This was adopted, notwithstanding
the vigorous opposition of Mr. Tbacher, the chair-
man of the committee, by a vote of 37 to 13. It
survived the admission of the state only three
years, being amended in 1864.
On the eighth day the militia article was adop t-
ed; on the ninth day the judicial article was per-
fected, and the article on education and public in-
stitutions reported and discussed; and on the tenth
day the committees on county and township or-
ganizations, and* schedule, reported. The death-
less pertinacity ofa "claim" is illustrated by a pe-
tition presented that day, from Samuel A. Lowe, a
clerk of the so-o&lled "bogus legislature," who
wanted pay for certain work he alleged he had
performed. Only a year ago Mr. Lowe presented
the same claim to cougress, and it was, I believe,
allowed by the house. But the Kansas senators
made such determined war on it that Mr. Lowe
can still sing, "a claim to keep I have."
I have mentioned the fact that Mr. Winchell was
the author of the section providing that all bills
should originate in the house. It should be stated
that Mr. Ingalls was the author of the provision
that "in actions for libel, the truth may be" given in
evidence to the Jury, and if it shall appear that
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the alleged libelous matter was published for jus-
tifiable ends, the accused shall be acquitted." An-
other original provision of the constitution is the
homestead section. This was first proposed by Mr.
Foster, of Leavenworth county, on the sixth day
of the session, and reported by the committee on
miscellaneous and amendments, on the thirteenth
day. No other feature of the constitution, per-
haps, eleeited more animated and earnest debate.
It was discussed for several days; amended, refer-
red, and again submitted. As originally
reported it provided for the exemption
o f a homestead of 160 acres of land, or a house
and lot not exceeding $2,000 in value, or real,
personal and mixed property not exceeding
< $ 2 , 0 0 0 , to any family." This was adopted by a
• vote of 28 ayes to 16 nays. Two days later the
a vote was reconsidered, and President Winchell
*t proposed the wording finally adopted: "A. home-
stead of ltiu acres ot tarmmg land, or of one acre
within the limits of an incorporated town or city,
occupied as a residence by the family of the own-
er, together with all the improvements on the '
same, shall be exempted from forced sale under
any process of law, and shall not be alienated
without the joint consent ol husband and wife,
where the relation exists." Tlfus perfected, it wasl •
adopted by n vote of 3 3 to 7. 4
I thought at the time, however, ana a review of
the proceedings and debates has confirmed my
impression, that favorable action on this provision
was due to the earnest and eloquent advocacy oi
judge Kingman, who was its most zealous, logical
and courageous supporter. The homestead clause
of the Kansas constitution has been severely criti-
cised, but I believe the people of the state ftenerj
ally regard it as a most beneficent provision of
their organic law. For nearly a quarter of a cen-j)
tury it has been maintained, and it still stands, as -
Judge Kingman said it would, guarding "the
home, the hearthstone, the fireside around which a
man may gather hid family with the certainty of
assurance that neither the hand of the law, nor
any, nor all of the uncertainties of life, can eject
them from tho possession of it."
The finance and taxation and the executive
articles were adopted on the fourteenth day, and
the miscellaneous article considered. This origi-
nally provided for the election o f a public printer,
but that section was stricken out after a vigorous
protest by Messrs. Ross and Ingalls. Nine years
later their idea was indorsed, by the adoption of
an amendment creating the office of state printer.
On the seventeenth day the temporary capital
was located at Topeka. the second ballot resulting:
for Topeka, 29; for Lawrence, 14; for Atchison,
6.
THE FIRST "PROHIBITION AMENDMENT."
On the same day a proposition was made, hy Mr.
Preston, of Shawnee county, to amend the miscel-
laneous article by adding the following section:
"Section —, The legislature shall have power
to regulate or prohibit the sale of all alcoholic
liquors, except for mechanical and medicinal pur-
poses."
A motion'made to lay this amendment on the
table, was defeated, by a vote of 1 8 ayes to 3 1
nays. But the anxiety of the members to exclude
from the constitution any provision that might
render its adoption doubtful, or prevent the ad-
mission of the state, finally prevailed, and after a
full interchange of vlows^ Mr. Preston withdrew
his amendment. There is, it is said, nothing new
under the sun. Those who imagine the prohibition
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amendment adopted in 1880 was a new departure
in constitution making, havo nover examined the
records of the Wyandott convention.
THE LAST OF SLAVERY IN KANSAS.
On the nineteenth day occurred the last struggle
over the slavery question in Kansas. Section S of
the bill of rights, prohibiting slavery or involun-
tary servitude, came up for adoption, and it was
moved to add a proviso suspending the operation
ot this section for the period of twelve months,
after the admission of the state. This proviso re-
ceived eleven votes, and twenty-eight were re-
corded against it. A most exciting discussion oc-
curred on the same day, over the apportionment
article, which the Democrats denounced as a
"gerrymander."
T H E I*AST DAYS.
Tho work of the convention was practically
completed on the twenty-first day. The various
articles hod each been considered and adopted,
first in the committee of the whole, then in con-
vention, then referred to the committee on
phraseology and arrangement, and after report of
that committee, again considered by sections and
adopted. But so auxious were the members that
every word used should lie the right word, cxpress-
; ingthe idea Intended most clearly and directly, thatf
! when the reading of tho completed constitution
was finished, on the morning of the twenty-first
day, it was decided to refer it to a special commit-
tee, consisting of Messrs. Ingalls, winchell, Boss
• aud Slough, tor further revision and verification.
This committee reported the same after-
noon and again the constitution was
read by sections, for final revision with the
same painstaking carefulness and attention to the
minutest details. All that afternoon, and all the
next day, with brief interruptions for action on
other closing work, this revision weut on, and it
.- was 5 o'clock in the' afternoon ot the 29th before
the last section was perfected. Then occurred one '
of tho most dramatic scenes of the convention.
Mr. Hutchinson submitted a resolution declaring
that "we do 11now adopt and proceed to sign the
constitution.
A SPIRITED DEBATE.
At once Air. Slough addressed the chair, and
•.after warmly eulogizing the general features of
the constitution, pronouncing it "a model instru-
ment," he formally announced that political ob-
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| joctions {mpliiea himself ancf his Democratic aaso
I elates to decline attaching; their aijfnatures to it '
j Tlie.it objections be stated at length. They were,
I briefly: the curtailment ot the boundaries of the
j state; the large legislative body provided for; the
' exclusion of Indians muds citizens of the United
! States, from the privilege of voting; the registry of
• I voters at the election on the constitution; the re-
i fusal to exclude free negroes from the state; and
i the apportionment.
This action of the Democratic members had been
' foreshadowed for several days, but it was, never-
theless, something of a surprise. The Republic-
ans understood that several of the Democrats
had earnestly opposed such a course, and hoped
that some of them would be governed by their
own convictions, rather than by the mandate of
their caucus. For a few moments after Mr. SI >ugh
concluded, the convention sat, hushed and ex-
pectant. But no other Democratic member rose.
It was evident that the caucus ruled. Then Judge
Thacher, the president pro tern., addressed the
\ chair, in a speech of remarkable vigor and elo-
j quence, accepted the gage of battle thrown down.
"Upon this constitution,11 he declared, ''we will
. meet our opponents in the popular arena. It is a
' hotter, a nobler issue thun even the old free state
I issue. They have thrown down the gnuntlet; we
•joyfully take it up." He then proceeded to de-
j feud, with great earnestness and power, tho feat-
ures of the constitution objected to by Mr. Slough.
"The members of the convention," he asserted,
"have perfected a work; that will be enduring."
The constitution, he affirmed, would "commend
itself to the true and good everywhere, because
through every line and syllable there glows the
generous sunshine of liberty." It was and should
be, he declared:
"Like some tall cliff, that lift* Its awful form,
Swells from the vale, and midway leave the
, storm;
. Though round its breast the rolling clouds shall
*fl spread,
.'; Eternal sunshine settles on Us head."
Bead in the light of subsequent history, these
declarations appear almost prophetic.
SIGNING THE CONSTITUTION.
The twilight shadows were gathering about Wy-
, an'oVottwhen this debate closed, and the conven-
tion prococded to vote on Mr. Hutohlnson's reso-
I lution, which was adopted by 3 4 ayes to 13 nays
> —one Republican and four Democrats being absent. |
' Tho roll was then called and the constitution was
'1 Binned by all tho Republican members except one,
Mr. Wright, of Nemaha, who was absent, sick.
The work of the convention was completed, and
' after voting thanks to ite officers, it adjourned
* without date.
TWO MISTAKES.
Each party, I think, was guilty of one blunder it
inftcrwards seriously regrelted-the Republicans in
refusing to include the South Platte country with-
'LU the boundaries of Kansas; the Democrats in re-
using to sign the constitution they bad labored
Killigently to perfect. I speak of what I consider
the great mistake of the Republicans with all the
more frankness because I was, at the, Untie, in
hearty sympathy with their action, but I feel con-
fident that no Republican member Is living to-day
who does not deplore that decision. And I am
equally conildent that within a brief time after the
convention adjourned there were few Democratic
members who did not seriously regret their reius-
al to sign tho constitution.
"ADDED TO THE STAltS."
On the 4th of October, 1850. the constitution i
3was submitted to the people for ratification or re- K
jeotiou, and, for the first time in the history of U
Kansas, all parties cost a full, free and unhtimi-, ;
dated vote. Tho Republicans favored, s n d t t j f i .
Democrats generally opposed its adoption. Nearl>
10,000 ballots were polled, of which 10,421 were
for and 5,530 against the constitution. , The,
homestead clause submitted M J * i"fflff 5**?»
proposlllon, was ratified by a vote of 8 78fi\Jox to,
4 77'2 sirainstit. Every county in the territory
eVoept two Johnson and Morris, gave a majority
for the constitution. .•-„•'.„
Two months later, December «, state and county
officer* and members of the legislature were
eleotod. and the people of Kansas having exhaust-
ed their authority in state building, M M O
.< awaited the action of eongress. On the 1 " " oj
April 1800, the house of representatives voted
134 to 7 3 , to admit Kansas as a state, under the
I Wvandott constitution. Twice, during the next .••
eight months, tho senate defeated motions to con, ,%,
S u e , t h e Kansas bill, but on the 21st of January, W
1 J198 6 1 , several Southern senators having ""fa?*;
r. Seward "took a pinch of stuff;' J ^ e a U e d H
It passed by a veto <
k
the 28tu of the stnJarsTOSHIi'President"
approved it. Thus young Kansas, throug.. «
diffioulties and turmoils, was "added to the stars." & i S j |
AN ENDUBING CONSTITUTION ffllM
During nearly twenty-two of the most eventful
and exciting years of American history, the con- I
stitutlon thus framed and ratified has defined the I
powers and regulated the duties of the govern-1
ment of Kansas. Three legislatures have voted
down propositions to call a new constitutional
convention. Twelve or fifteen amendments have
been submitted, but only eight have been approv-
ed by the people. Finally, in 1880, the legisla-
\ ture voted to submit a proposal for a new conven- [
I tion, and at the regular election held in November I
of that year, this ballot was taken. The result wasJ
a an indorsement of the old Wyandott consti t ution|
I by[a majority far more emphatic and overwhelming I
' Sj than that by which it was originally adopted, the I
•> Ivote standing 22,870 for, and 146,279 against the
^proposed convention, or nearly seven to one.
y. It is doubtful whether the organic law of any
t other state in the union has more successfully sur-
vived the mutations of time and inconstant public
.sentiment, and the no less fluctuating necessities
of a swiftly developing commonwealth. Of its
seventeen articles, only four, and of its one
. hundred and seventy-eight sections, only eight,
, have ever been amended. And of the eight
, Jj amendments adopted, only five have revoked or
H modifies! the principles or polioy originally formu-
M lated, the others being changes demanded by the
J growth of the state, or by the events of the civil
jwar. The first amendment, ratified in 1 8 0 1 , pro-
vides that no banking Institution shall is-
sue circulating notes of a less denomination
.than SI—the original limitation being
$5. In 1864 the provision requiring
all bills to originate in the house of representa-
tives, was repealed; and a section intended to pre-
" vent United States soldiers from voting, but which
f was so worded that It deprived our volunteers ot
,that right, was also repealed. In 1867 an amend-
ment was adopted disfranchising all persons who
aided the "lost cause," or who were dishonorably
discharged from the United States, or who had
,- defrauded the United States or any state during
f the war. In 1868 the state printer amendment
/ w a s ratified. In 1873 the number «f senators and
: representatives, originally limited to 3 3 and 100,
: respectively, was increased to 4 0 and 125. In
1875 three propositions, each having in view bi-
ennial instead of annual sessions of the legislature,
were adopted. And in 1 8 8 0 the prohibition
amendment was ratified. These are all the
changes that have been made In our. organio law
during nearly a qnarter of a century.
PAItTING AT 'WTANDOTT.
It would violate the proprieties of such an occa-
sion to comment on the personal feuds or partisan
broils which onoe or twice marred the general
harmony and orderly progress of the proceedings.
These were very few, Indeed, and none of them, I
think, outlasted tbe convention. The members
parted, when the final adjournment same, with
mutual respect and good will, and the friendships
formed during the session have been unusually
warm and enduring.
SUBSEQUENT HISTORY.
It seems fitting that, in concluding this sketch of
the convention and its labors, I should briefly nar-
rate the subsequent history of its members. It was
a small company, that which parted here twenty-
three years ago to-day, and It was made up, as I
have said, largely ot young and vigorous men.
But when this reunion was first suggested and I
came to look over the familiar n a m e s l h a d s o
often called during the long, hot days of that far
away July, it was painful to note the havoc death I
had made. It impressed me something as did a ]
roll-call I once witnessed, in the red glare ofl
blvouao fires after one of the great battles of the I
war, when surviving comrades, answeredI
"killed," or "woundod," to one-half the names I
j of a regiment Ten of the fifty-two members com- j
posing the convention I have not heard of for I
many years. Of the remaining forty-two, twenty |
est quietly in
—"The reconciling grave,
Where all alike lie down in peace together."
The largest delegation was that from Leaven-1
worth county, and only ono of the ten gentlemen •
comprising it, R. O. Foster, certainly survives, |
Rare Sam Stinson, whose genial wit and brilliant I
accomplishments won all hearts, was elected at-if
torney general in 1861, by a unanimous vote,!
and died in his old Maine home, in February,.!
1866. William 0. McDowell was chosen judge of 1
tbe First judicial district at the Ant election under I
tho constitution; servedfonryears;and'wsskllles.il
PI by a fall from an omnibus in St. Louis, July 16,
1866. John P. Slough removed to Colorado, was
colonel of a regiment raised in that state, and later
a brigadier general; was appointed after the war,
chief justice of New Mexico, and was killed at
Santa Fe. Samuel Hippie removed to Atchison
county; served as a quartermaster during the
war, was elected state senator in 1867;
and died in January, 1876. 'William Perry
removed to Colorado, where he died.
P. S. ParkB returned to Indiana, and en-
gaged in journalism and the law until his death,
three years ago. Fred Brown died in St, Joseph,
Mo., and John Wright at his home in Leaven-
worth county. Robert Orabam, of Atchison coun-
ty, the oldest member, died in 1868. Three of
the rive members from Doniphan county, Robert
J. Porter, Benjamin Wrigley and John Stairwalt,
are dead. The members from Linn, James M.
Arthur and Josiah Lamb, are both dead, as are
also N. C. Blood of Douglas, and T. S. Wright, of
Nemaha. W. R. Griffith, of Bourbon, was elected
the first state superintendent ot publio instruction
and died, February 12, 1862, before the com-
pletion of the term. James G. Blunt, of Ander-
son, who became a major general during the war,
arid won renown as a brave and skillful soldier,
r*i#§
died in Washington a year or more ago. James
Hanway, of Franklin, after a long life of useful-
ness, died at his old home only a brief while ago.
President James M. Winchell returned to New
York after tho outbreak of the rebellion and re-
sumed his connection with the Times, first as war
correspondent and afterwards as an editorial
writer. Until his death, a few years since, he was
employed upon that great journal.
SCUVIYINO MEMBERS. ' of civil war and the calm of prosperous peace, t h e
Of the surviving members, many have attained
tho highest distinctions of the state, and all, I be-
lieve, are useful and honored citizens. At the first
election under the constitution, Samuel A. King-
man was chosen as associate justice of the supreme
court; in lSGii he waselecteu chief justice, and re-
elected in 1872. Benj. F. Simpson was elected
the first attorney general of the state, but resigned
the position to enter the army, in which he served
throughout the war. He has since been speaker
of the house of representatives, several'times a
state senator, and is now serving his second term
as United States marshal. Solon 0. Thacher was
chosen district judge at the first election under the
constitution, has since occupied many positions of
honor and responsibility, and is a member of the
present state senate. J. C. Burnett, S. D. Houston
and 8. E. Huffman were members of the first state
senate, and Geo. H. Lillio was a member of the first
' house of representatives. E. G. Ross was appoint- >
ed United States senator in 1866, and elected in ;
1367, serving until 1871. John J. Ingalls was '•
chosen as state senator in 1861; was elected
United States senator in 1873, and re-elected in
1879, and is still occupying that distinguished
place. John T. Burris was lieutenant colonel of
' the Tenth Kansas, and subsequently Uistriot judge.
Wm. P. Dutton, James Blood, L. It. Palmer, John i
P. Greer and John Ritchey have filled many posi-1
tions of local trust and prominence, with credit J
and usefulness. H. C. Faster and John W. Forman '
are residing in Texas; William Hutchinson lives in ;
Washington; and CI. B. McClellan, E. MooreandE.
M.Hubbard are still prominent and honored citizens
of the counties they represented. My old friend,
Col. Cablo May, sole surviving member of the
three free state constitutional conventions, lives
in Montgomery county. It Dean Swift was right
in saying that whoever oould make two ears of
corn, or two blades of grass, to grow on a spot of
ground where one grew before, would deserve
better of mankind, and do more essential service
to his country, than the whole race of politicians,"
what honor is due this sturdy Kansas farmer, who,
during a residence of twenty-eight years in the
state, has never—not even in the disastrous seasons
of 1860 and 1874—failed to raise a good crop.
Even the heroic service he rendered the cause of
freedom during the darkest days of the struggle in
Kansas, was less valuable to the state than this
practical and triumphant vindication of its soil
and climate.
"LOST TO SIGHT."
Stalwart, quiet Wm. McCullough I hare not
heard of for many years. John A, Middleton, of
Marshall county, was a soldier in the Seventh
Kansas, removed to Montana in 1864, and I have
learned nothing of him since. H, D. Preston, of
Shawnee; R. L. Williams, P. H. Townsend and
1
Ed. Stokes, of Douglas; Allen Crocker, of Wood-
son; A. I). McGune, of Leavenworth; J. H. Slg-
nor, of Allen, and J. T. Barton, of Johnson, have
all disappeared and left no sign. I know not
whether they are living or dead.
TUB OFFICEUS.
Of the officers of ths convention, queer old
George Warren, sergeant at arms of nearly all the
early Kansas legislatures and conveutions, died
' . ' . 'i..i . ..II ,)..'•'.,.i————, ;•!, .,.'..
':-„ ,_^. . ;ji__'-.:--. •••' _'~lll»jiiiiniiiii •.,.»»
msnyvenrsage. Ed. S. N a s h , the journal o l e r * ,
wasadjutantofthe First JCansas. and died s o m a
years since in Chicago. R o b t . St. Clair G r a h a m ,
one of the enrolling clerks, w a s elected j u d g e o»
the Second judicial district In 1 8 6 6 , and died i«»
1880. Riohard J. Hinton, a l s o a n enrolling: elerte.
isthe editor or the Washington ( D . O.) OasotM, a n d
a widely known journalist. W e r t e r H. Davis, t h o I
chaplain, was a member of t h e first state loglsla-
ture;was chaplain of the T w e l f t h and colonel of t h e
Sixteenth Kansas regiments d u r i n g the war; a n d
is one of the most prominent clergymen of h i i
denomination in the state. S. D . McDonald, print-
er to the convention, is still e n g a g e d in journalism,.
J. M. Funk, the door-keeper, a n d J. L. Blanchard,
the assistant secretary, I h a v e n o t heard from o r
of for many years.
COWOLTjrSIOIT.
I wish I could sketch more itj detail the w o r k
and history of the members o f t h e convention. B u t
this paper is, I know, already t o o long. I have t r i e d
to tell how our constitution w a s made. I o o u l d
.narrate, within reasonable l i m i t s ,
"What workman wrought i t s ribs of steel.
Who made each mast, a n d sail, and rope.
What anvils rang, what h a m m e r s beat.
In what a forge and what a h e a t
Were shaped the anchors o f its hope."
It is eneugM to say that t h e w o r k has p r o v e d
strong and enduring. T h r o u g h the groping i n e x -
perience of our state's childhood and the still m o r e ,
perilous ambitions of its y o u t h , through tho s t o r m ;
Wyandott conventton has justified the confident
hopes of its early friends. T h e most marvelous
changes have been wrought i n this country s i n c e
it was framed. The huge brick building in w h i c h
the convention held its s e s s i o n s , long ago c r u m -
bled and fell. The distracted, dependent and t u r -
bulent territory has grown t o b e a peaceful, p o w -
erful and prosperous state. I t s hundred t h o u s a n d
people have multiplied to a m i l l i o n . Upon its v a s t
and solitary prairies, where t h e n bloomed a w i l d .
and unprofitable vegetation, "wherewith t h e
mower fllleth not his hand, n o r h e that b i n d c t h
sheaves his bosom," miles of g r e e n meadows n o w
glisten with morning d e w , a n d thousand* o f
golden wheat fields s h i m m e r in the n o o n d a y !:
sun, and millions of acres of tasseling c o r n ,
rustling in the sweet t w i l i g h t air. tell of h a r - j
vests so bountiful that t h e y - w o u l d feed m c o n t i -
nent. Every quiet valley a n d prairie swell ia<
dotted with pleasant houass, w h e r e happy c h i l -
dren laugh and play and m e n a n d women g o t h e i r
busy ways in prosperous c o n t e n t . Eager l e a r n e r s
throng 8,000 school houses. Ohuroh bells ring i n
nearly every county from t h e Missouri to the C o l - !
orado line. More than 4 , 0 0 0 m i l e s of r a i l w a y
bind town and country, factory and farm a n d
Store, into one community. A n a over all-the i n - .
stitutfons and activities of t h i s great, i n t e l l i g e n t
and orderly commonwealth, broods the g e n i u s
' and spirit of the Wyandott constitution. U n d e r
its ample authority and direction, just and g e n e r -
| ous laws have maintained t h e r i g h t s of citizenship,
I given protection to labor a n d property, stimulated
j enterprise, multiplied industries, opened to e v e r y
child and youth the door of school and c o l l e g e ,
encouraged morality, fostered temperance, p r o - .
tected the weak, restrained t h e strong, and s t e r n l y
punished outbreaking crime. A n d still the s u n - .
shine of pspular confidence a n d favor falls u p o n
the constitution. It has outlived half of its trainers,'
and when, a quarter of a c e n t u r y hence, the l a s t i
surviving member of tho c o n v e n t i o n awaits the>:~
inevitable hour, the W y a n d o t t constitution m a y
yet be the chart and compass o r d e r i n g and g u i d i n g
the destinies of a state whose imperial manhood ia
foreshadowed by its stalwart a n d stately y o u t h .
AFTEB THIS A D D R E S S .
On motion of Mr. 11 (i. R o s s , of t h e L e a v e n -
worth Standard, the t h a n k s o f t h o s e a s s e m b l e d
were tendered Col. Martin f o r h i s address.
Judge Tliachor t h e n s a i d :
"When I think of the c o n v e n t i o n twenty-three)
years ago, I look at it o b j e c t i v e l y . I look u p o n
the convention as a great p a n o r a m a . When I l i s -
tened to tho address of the secretary I thought o f
the time and of all that told o f tho great battle o f
tho ace that was about t o begin. Wo l
felt it hi that convention. At Inst
there came tho intellectual conflict, and then v i e - •
tory.
t n 1 n R
At that time wo n e v e r t h o u g h t we w ere
J 5 i. f constitution that w o u l d govern 1 0 0 , 0 0 0
500 0 0 0 and 1.000,000 p e o p l e . W e w e r e i n e x i
perienced; had little legislative experience. S o m e -
thing turned us upon the true b a s i s of forming the.
eonslituilou. Our constitution is likened unto t h e
angliali _ constitution of _ XOO years ago.
1 ,:.«J^jW^:**HV2jife,::-'-'.

in« out fta'fciien oorartltuUon li
ehamrM. I rend an author n few dnys
»Ko who Miyg Urn Kiigllah conatltntlen U more
•nltnlile lor ua. That 1 believe !» ualng the writ-
ten pnuatilutlon nnil American Idea la the true
cnnetltutioii. But thla l» the time Tor remlnlnwin.- .^"••'<
cea; 1 don't think we can airtiak too highly of tliono -
Democrat" who refused to •licit the i-onatltutlon,
which hail defbotM aa they Maimed. While all
their fiahirHttre imtiitlaiOicd t» Uia doiimu-itt I
llihtk you will nil any they did well. That body
ftctHimtiliKlt'i'l work that una never been equaled
Hy a similar hmly of men. 11 nut that we can nil
have aninei lilnir tti add to the Internals of the quar-
l friviiirmiinl, ami mako It an oueusiou long to
bv remembered,"
Thanks warn then returned to Kav. Pr.
Ntavensnii, who had ofllc.inli-d M chaplain, and
tothu rilionia whit had tiiudewd the UMOfuijea
the church. The secretary uf the Stato His-. "''v' ; % i m e n t o f r a r 0 merit. It would hardly hava
toririd arKiiitv Watt ordered topritierve n print-
M edconjf of t'ol. Martin'* addrem. Afl*r lien-
p ndlrllou bv !t*V. Hteveitsun the ennatitutiuu-
I at runvuiuinii adjourned milij.Tt. to the call of
I the lmnldnnt.
I When the adjournment had taken )i)ar*i,
i through thn kind newt of Mr. V. J. Lane, edl-
I ilur ni" the WyaiidoU Itffm, the members of j
the ion von thin wnro provided with earriafiua i ':, M> in Kansas, who have pasBeil from earth aadj
•and driven nhoiii Wyandott. The aito oftlie '
'; building in which tha constitution was trained
jj wan vlmled. it waa a four atory brink Struct*
I tare situated on (he Invite, and Curing thn rlv*
- er. The tup fhair wa« used for thn innetlng of
jj the convention, while on thn flour imiued Into-
/ ty below a barroom « M kept. The old men
I seemed to lake aa much interMl lit referring
I Id their labor there as thn graduate. itOM in
§ ape iking nf hi* I'lillpgo career.
I A qileMioii diaeilMed irnoo fhau nny ntlr
| during (be roiiveiitlnn waa Hint uf the negro.
I I'OMIIIIV aan lemeiiihraiire of that dbeUMlon,
I fntnred people am «»day living on the
• «ile nf the building in which
1 thn runalllHtintl waa framed. All that
1 reiiialea of (heold afrtiftttrn t* thn fuutmalhiu.
§ "Yet. there ha» Isten a great change," said
Col. Martin, A* he aloud In .nmi of the alio nf
ihn brick building. "Than Kansas t'lty and
Wyandot! were at«.ut the aauin else, Then
lite Vtni.oil rim in another cttaunsl ttmu
that fellomed now, When) it ritua lo-day J sHHgf)
thrre waa a fnre«l. Then there waa no way tot
% get into llio city vtcrl't I'V ijotiig artulml III*
Muff and entering thn rliy *»« Ham alrec-M
What a change newl and aa I behold it t eatt I
jJj Hut hrl|i hut wonder if another quarter uf a
{ wntnry wtjj^rnduc* a grmlcr change,"
i l t l t o i t t luiics
H i l». It. A . M H U N Y .
Hit.
•UtrNliAV MMUMNO. J l ' h V
T M K m r i f * * i M » r s * «r:.t-si«»W.
1 \V# pryeeht tliia litttgfllBjg a full lr>|H»rt t»(
Uierf uok'n K»U*f4*yftl WjantloUc «it the I
gUrV(Vwf*u| the cunatHulinnal tioivnili'il j
Hi I w j u t * three *»ar» ajn>, Thaaltrry (otil [
U Wfte full nl thrilling, l.'.tvfral, and littlo
MiUltl be a.u.t %« n.l.l mini I.' la that bmly
vi bright mliidVl ;,i'«rai luiakinv; men
mUu "bulltlwl t»otl«r than ibey Mmw."
t'ii. :. ahly tlriiie in I'uS.-nrl Mariin'a
addir.. gtnliu nlber V'urituiiaut l)«w |«n»-
f»Pi!iu<». Tln» tuoTr-rutiMl |o litdd riuarter|.
o»nt#ui;««l M*r«!*ea t*i« reara tr«m t b i a *
tirun IP what Wo would direct tiariuMitarjr
(HlMttiM) M i 1MB * * wituldVtarneelty i»r»;e;
ejJwn »*ery effort lw matte to make that
ootttUm Dim ol Up aomiteal «»«r knowni j
in the hialorjr <»( t*»••"»*•!#, w I I wu»ij
•Mtadnly deaetret U> !>•
M
THE'JOTJK E -NN A I J .
/fV. mrmSUNDAY, JULY SO, 1882,
1
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TWELVE PAGES.
U U * WIANDOXX RKUNION.
TheaddresB of Gnl, John A. Martin nt the
rouulou of the membew nud ofilcora of
W»»mIolt conntitutlonal convention, hoi
at tho city of Wyandott y^ste^d»y, is adocn^
:;
S.-' been potilble to condenio into anoh limitg
more vivid picture of the convention epoch
in Knnsrui, or wore facts oi real higtorioall
inlerest to all tho people of onr slater st»te!|
It hriii|?g before ns onea again mauy of the
at famous leaders in the struggle for freedoml
: • all the strifes of men— Junta H. Lane, Mar-j
: lin P. Oonwny, Marcus ,T. Parrolt, MarkW.!
Dnliihivy, Baniucl A. .Stinaon, James Cr.l
Illnul, William C. McDowell, ItobertQra-j
ham, James M. Winchell, John P. Slough, J
and others. The "Wyandottconvention was)
composed of fifty-two members. Twenty of]
these are dead and ten have so completely I
passed ottt of sight that, If living, old com-1
pnnions of their early days know nothing of!
them. Twenty-two survive, and of these a j
doxeit or more assembled together yesterday
to listen to nu address from their secretary,I
wlut has grown to eminence along with the j
ynttng state which he helped to organise.
Tin) twenty-three years which have rolled |
away since the uasomliliug of that conven-
' » tion have been aveutlul ones, and have j
worked a wonderful revolution not only In
this nountry but thronghont the world.
The Kansas struggle was but the forerunner
or a bloody civil strife, which shook the
ontuttry to i u fooadations and drenched the |
land Iu IIIHIHI. Tho blight of human
slavery, which then overthailowed halfl
the tuition liks a pall, has disappeared]
forever; thn Imndrnon of thnt period are the]
oilisena of lo-dny, eiifrauchlaed and en-
duwml with all the local rights of their j
former luuatma. The progress of tho conn*
try, too, bus been wonderful. It has slnoel
thnt period nf Kansas history beau girdled j
and threaded with railways from the eastern >
aeahoattl to the waaUirn coast—from that
northern lake to.}ha *Vf.,.h"'«.'ii.i>i!fo » ^ ' e s |
u|i|am wpi »i p''«»K •*,l»l Ml»*wu U,U "«r40«
1» pn* **iindnno Jlnjusoin 'ueoi| «uii«| '*«p
•jsjfSMCsaiWBVUi n«H«MK'uK a?mHlm«» suw
•iinaut «iu ti.ujs «m tunoooa
po«..iie u.qilM Uli 'USafRltajl MU" potlinHf H^it
tnie iMiiaiis pMmob ft u«iH(ft'^|im»o<Mitw>l>'»
. ii.!i»..ii ntenitr»]liit<«|dn<»*v tram OMI tnu
|,'«,,,MU*m i | -oosad out »uit|4ni*ip qt|«. wiq
>iMtai«iiy'u»H»i|«lt i»wsr A«I two M*0*iB ,utti
LaatM » uo p»J»»w« ft|«tWl *»*» H»«J , ° * 6
'~adi>noui arjt m »l»ioq wtpo sdoirtAa »r(wu
sjwstr. <n*ainiaeaewati|i ux ••>ool*tt.0„',l?
 SEAHB
T * J U L * 80. 1
coi'Mitremm AIIJIJKKNW.
. AYe publish on the second page o
thlB paper Uie very excellent and •«!•»»•
eatingaddress delivered atWvnni'i.'e
yesterday, before the Cotistltuti iinl
Convention reunion. It will be fou..d
replete with Information in regard to
the history and personnel of the con-
vention, which will interest a great
many people in Kansas at this time,
and will grow more Interest-
ing and valuable as the date
of that important occasion recedes in
history, and the actors therein pass
away, Col. Martin was Seoretary of
the convention, and was the youngest
man connected with it in an ofUoial
capacity, being then not twenty-one
years of age. But he did his work well
in recording the prooeedings of the
body, and has well told ihe story of the
gathering, its purpose, its logic and its
personnel, in this address. We com-
mend its perusal of our readers.
But there is a conspicuous omission
in the personal history of this sketch,
though it is an omission that Col. Mar-
tin would not be expected to fill.
Among the several members and offi-
cers of that Convention, there are none
more deserving and few more
conspicuous, for brilliancy of ser-
vice during the war tban Col. John A..
Martin, the secretary of the Cinven-I
tion and author of the address. En-
tering the army at twenty-three years
of age as Lieut. Colonel of the Eighth
Kansas (Infantry), he soon found him-
self in command of the regiment as
its Colonel, and there, was not a regi-
ment that was better drilled, or better
disciplined, or performed more effi-
cient service than that, and but few ife:
if any regimental commanders who
did harder fighting or rendered more
signal service to their country.
s*
OFFICIAL STATE P A P S ^
VraitUKKD BVBM DA* U T M *•»*
NooKKwliobnrtarifiJTn thttfory
Kansas should omit to wad the admJrablt
address of CM. John A. Martis, paMi«lt*l
in tlit* nioniingV CAWTAI.. I I ' M M M «W <»»
ono of the wont valtwMa oooirilmiUm* yet
made to Kansas, and it i» at lit* same tlttM
very enttrlainintf. <V>I. Mania p r w w u \u
a vigorous, attiki"); and graraful *»* ih*
prominent feuturw uf tint Wyawloiw « * •
ventlon, and skateliea of lb<- vailmm nirin-
ben <>f thHi remaikablu bod* with »klli and
feeling, urn to iuy with rail •ju|lifti**, W*
have often wondered why Oil, M.iriiii ilid
mil writ* jiml the luprr llmt bt» 'ha* hw*
finally given tm; and vra aru sure it vtil b*
received with pleaijirt hy the pfBptvvf M*
State, both on awwunl of lit value .»«hUior*
and he(!«n«c of its vxo*ileu<* M a liiauary
performance. g.
fl. O. Tlntoher llTun in Lajrwpas, wn»W
he practices law. He In la »N prim* «f |
life, and hlrusnli, Ci)lim.«l .\Umn«int \U».
K.N. Hubbard were the iliri* yumiKtU
lo"kinK wnibPiapr-HfM.
Cohmel J. liloodiaajiiinjicriitiaiiirif'.i-vil |
of Lawrence.
JudgoJ. 0. BurttoU IH hide, hearly at .1
well proservnl. Hi- ii now in llsr aUl« |
treapurer'H wlttae ai Tupt'ta.
J)r. Valiiiir h a ii>> rch ml <if Si, Mary'*, I
abdlioka hearty av! wwll prft«rvi.v r.i
10. (<. ROSS i'J Olitiurof Thr l.rmt,,\ru\'\ !
Stmtilnril
K. N. Unbr-ar], the o n l y fv';;inM tletn.*.
nratof Hie e m v e n i l i m UTIMMII e , . i n o w % \
llvmiblimii, if « HUM .'Its ui of Itnn-'-'i.l.
0 , H. MtiClcll HI hi « )itBT.''..,u'. «'t «».,'«.
IOOHS, ami all'.l in ]••> ifMimi i,'! jit) i,.»l
fa<mlli«B.
K. I<. W i H i a ' i ; tlt'»*i'*Hi«ri«U!ir.5»'u'tf u<«
tllim lill.V Jll'lM'llt. 11.' It UflV«'li..:i.;tit III
farm'.iiu.
t V o i u i l Miiriisi UHiW f fit .t.W.r,™
ChuwjHini, ajml' !;>•• i-|i.'.i,yl fr.im „ t i.U'tt
BIH! thin yoiiuij niiisi >if iwi'tv'.j •;• .«•• 11 ii
portly, iiuvlooi.ii:}; (fiH'-Uw-u i t 1< r;y-
four.
MI'l'iiM.AKI.ni '.
Thanha WBW fl'turili il Id li-v. !»,-, b*'j".'lt.
enron tW the «H0 uf llu« rliurh ilitu ,'•*
preveuca.
Oliiuel Mnrthi'i: 8iMr*.v< wir* ordrfld
prewntwl tn tho Btnta lii»i->r(,*i utii ty,
with II rcoii.Mi. lulllu i;i (liearciilM'h.
BlmikHiHim tin' Htate jiMtir^al Rnifty
to nal-u uiitahctvljiu uC ilio nu':.»bt te. tunt
dill rum ted,
Tho liici'tinjr then adJMiriied, *u' : .rt. to
too call of thn frrrsiilciit.
§ A riila over iliii'i'i'y wn* ilipn iNfccn,
and the spot whirr iii'i-BMiuiii ilir IHIIIUIIIK
• In which the ((invention WMM lnt'l w « ;
m vltited. On the (,ito rlnre there lad httn L
• so much dibcuanion rti tlm iieirru fiuitUan i
now stands half a Uc/.!ii KIUVUUI'B iuhabtiad f
by colored peopl»~a stroKpa cciucidanor, t
and a tbema for phllosoidiixing.
Evary courtesy was aliown the vud|«ra,j
The Hyoa hown royally cared (or
party, and Mr. V, J. Lane, of 1 he W*
l Morula, WM n t w U l l v N I H , I U , « I

f Martin addretaedjlt as follow*.
Atchison, Kansas. October 15, 1875'
"" •»"••" iwwwwawwnMBaig
Ai eleven o'clock Col. John A . Martin,
Coalman of the Republican County Com-
-aH**»i celled till WMtlof lu order anil
«}4«*MK5 the convention M follow* j
_ W » « M i<M*ay In the preeenoeof victory.
The ire* I erttee of Ohio, lowe, Ncbmke
M H I R « « Jwrtty b a n hut spoken, »mi re-
entered awl •ftirm.d their devotion to the
gwat partjof Freedom, Uulon and National
liwieety. Thl* splendid triumph I. due to
the aamkenlng ditntcioiin* of the country.
lldtttM end patriotic men begin t» »ce that
however much of • monk the devil,
wham eiefc, wight be, when welt he wen
the euae Incarnate spirit of evil, Winning
« w e triumph* during the Iutfew year*, the
Democratic party tlu-ewoffall dialer*, and
mwdwi iteelf a* the earn* arrogant, disloyal
awl dishonest party that was buried by the
Indignant loyalty and boneatv of the NaUon.
It comfort* o« to-.i*y, in tab county, in lu
old form. ItJa no longer skulking under
fictitious aanwa and stolen professions of no.
UtkeJ faith. It appear* under lu old name
and !u old banner*. Th/mheep'* clothing U
caat off, and the wolfs fang* ere shown. And
M a ooMMUeooe, we hav» the pleasure of
welcoming back to Una Republican rank*
* many honest own who were, for a brief Una,
deceived by the Denneratlo professions of
lam, and wandered away front (he party
0»lr old low. We greet their return
.Jut pteaaure. W« weMome them with
opte am* and jtlad heart*, And wt ahall
go forward with them, touching elbow*
and keeping step to tht same music, to
the fight au«T the viator? of November. The
oantennUry of <onr National existence will
not witness the transfer of thin great genera*
meot to the hand* of thoao who h*vu been
i u moat malignant enemies.
AimiBon. Ks„ Ortober l« 1H17.
..'.nUMiiTiir" r
ATCHISON BRPKBUCANB.
• lh«y Assemble in County Convon-
Hon to Nominate, their Officers.
(Mn . r t*«- »«•« "«««-«»'»«» OMhwiW
The Convention wna Btttted t,. order|
promptly at ten o'clock by Col. « * - ,
M a r i , chairman of the ^ ^ I j
& ^ w i ^ b j ^ r g the call ol thecom-
j& mlttee for the regular County Convention.
™ 1 n calling the Convention to order Col,
(>rNTi.t!MXH orriiR COBVICNTIOH :*—For
*&* I , i m n ' «"!*r*5l n , w I*** •J! I'lsaaent duty to
fall to order the annual Convention* of the
Republican jtarty of Atchison county.
Sometime*tiitaduty ha* been performed in
period* of itrave appreheniton, eometlme*
ilurlitK the denixmdency ol acknowledged
defeat, mmetlme* amid confident anticipa-
tion* of triumph, and aometimM whan « •
juii'iim acelnmation* over vlotorlea won
were rlngta); through the land, llmwheth*
er the political »kle« were dark or clear, I
mve »lwnjs found, and rejoiced to Ond, the
lel*K*ie» reprvKciitltiK the Hepulilican* of
Au-liUiin nmiu*- lnyaltothe prlncipleMof
their |>*rty and ready to fight itabattie* wlthi
alt thiir heatt and all their ntrtngth.
Von enme together to-day, I am aure, a*
full of faith in the Kepuldican party a* on
any furmer occasion. Yon have not altated
one jut or tttlla of your Kopubllcan faith.
You Mii've that the ltepulilic*n party I*
the |<arty of lioucHt gitveniment, of progrem
ive idea*, of true reform, of human right*
and Ami riuau loyalty. You know that It*
whole hUiory i* mi iuiperinhaliln g}orj.
crowded lull ol great deed* and tplemhd
lu-hlevvuiviiii which will netor fade from
ilii' gatelul lenilli'cium of the Nation, It j
ix liaraly of age.*aJ*Jr^rHl JS'ulionnl battle
w«ri fuiiitht '"ily|«wPy-o»e yeurH «u;o. Yet
in thai brief [lunWit han ntHilu the United
State* what it nevor wa* before, a great Na-
tion ; it ha* made our country a Republic in ^
truth im well a* lu theory; u hn* net va*t 9.
armle* iu the Held and put down the wick "
edeet and mont oanaeleM rehvlllnn ever
known; it ha* alemptd out forever that foul"
... eat of National crime*, human elavery; and
B it ha*tilledour hiHtory with a long lint of \
; the linperinliMilo name* of men who. o great |
deed* and pure live* the whole world de-
light/* to honor—1-1 NCIM.N, HKWAKH, CIUBK,
HTAHTON, TIIOMAH, MCPIIKIWON, and a host
of other* among the honored dead, and
11 KANT, HH HUMAN, mid a ho*t of othura
umimg the«i|ually honoied living.
•flila aublime jmrty cnlinted ail the en-
lhii*ia«ni of my youth, a* it did your*. It
.command* the hearty approval of my tatt-h
.'inter year* and experience, a* lam aura it *
(doe* your*. U i* a grand party. It haa
'made »ome mintake*, hut it never did a
mean tiling during it* whole life. It* loy-
alty, it* luve of Freedom, it* courage. Ita
generosity, it« lorglveneiw, have been alike'
fr' Inublime, and tbene high qualities have been
•• wnuplemeutcil with a capacity for nlateamau-
•'altip, for llnanne, andformilitary manage-
ment no len* counpientnis and exalted.
It* enemie*, in wivr and in i«»ce, have
Iwen denjicrato and maliciou*. D.iloroua
prophet* of evil, they have npent their time IP
about eipmlly in pre Holing it* dentruction "•
undcurning iln triumph*. But they have
followed it, always behind, pulling back and i
rhooting whoa, but still following on. They j
were tbuH occupied during all the dreadful j
J ri at* of the war; they have been thua occu-1
pied ever since. They bitterly opposed I
and ileplorcd tho war for the preservation off1
the Union, and when it wan over they pre-
••-•*..
V tended to rejoice in the triumph of
V-^
•f-
 nounced tnWnteHtloi ef Slavery,-but |
they have since acknowledged that the
Republican policy *w right, They vehe-
mently resisted and'decried the green back,
declaring that it was a worthless rag,aont
forth like Cain,ftvagabond with a brand of
ehame on its brow—But they have since de-
clared that the gxeenbaekia the beat money
in the world. They opposed the Homestead
act, but now they acknowledge the benefi-
cent apirit of its provisions. So of every
great policy or accomplishment of the Re-
publican party- its llual triumph has been
won against the determined opposition of
the Democraoy, and received, after it was
won, the reluctant approval of that party.
With such a record the Republican party
has aright to expect the continued devo-
tion of the best minds and heartn of the
country. It has never ceased to deserve that
devotion, and it deserves it now as fully
and fairly as during any period of ita won"
dertul career. It has a right to more than
this. It has a right to expect of its mem-
bers and friends that uuity, concord and
tolerance so essential to Its success. 11 lias a
right to demand of its members thM they
Bha.ll Dot indulge in useless quarrels over
differences whicli only the lapse of time can
finally adjust and reconcile. Every soldier
who followed the old flag will, I think, call
to mind occasions when he firmly believed
that the war was not conducted as it should
be, arid when the gravest differences _ of
opinion concerning the methods' and policy
of his commanders were widely prevalent.
But if he was a true soldier he remembers
also, and with justifiable pride, that while
he may have indulged occasionally in ft lit.
tie wholesome private growling, he never
for sn instant forgot his duty to his coun-
try ; he abated not one jot of his enthusi-
astic devotion to her cause; he dreamed of
nq delight but her service, and he asked no
reward but hex triumph.
In this spirit let us discharge our duty
to-day. In this reverent affection for the
;rand old party of our confidence and love,
? et us forget everything except that we aie
Republioans. Personal feuds have no place
here. Personal disappointments and per-
sonal hates have no right to invade this, ou-
casion with their petty contentions and un-
worthy bitterness. We are delegated to
select as candidates men worthy of Repub-
lican support, and this is the only duty de-
volved upon us by the authority of the Re-
publican voters we represent. We shall find
differences of opinion in making our choice
of candidates, of course, hut we ought to
adjust these differences in a spirit of mutual
tolerance, without criminations or bitter-
ness. Our gune should be pointed at the
common enemy, and never at the soldiers of
A the Republican cause, fighting by our sides.
Animated by such a spirit, actuated by
Buch motives, we shall so perform our duty
as to deserve the confidence reposed in UB
by the Republican voters, and promote the
success of the candidates we shall select.
On motion of Capt. George \V. Stabler, Jno.
A. Martin was elected temporary chairman
| without opposition
The meeting w«a called f« urderbyjuo.
A. Merlin, Esq., chairman of the. Re-pub-
' llcan County Central Committee,«nd opened
j the Convention with the following remarks:
CiXNfUBlltS DP THK t-VrnVINTJON;—
Charged by tlto Republican* of Atchison
county with the duly of placing in nomina-
tion candidal** for various office*, you hare
assembled to-day to perform ll»al drllcale
and important trust.
You meet 011 the uftvirf • Rreat National
contest, in which the Republican party,
§ representing tho loyal wintluirnl and pro-
• greadve policy of it free and enlightened
people, Is again confronted by lb« disloyal i
and reactionary forces which in rcoeml; |
sought, by armed force, |tt destroy the lie I
public.
You belong (o the party which is the beat
product of our National life, The tremon-!
dous events of the past sixteen years havo
formed and moulded iU character and ca-
pacity, It embrace* the mcu who were
driven,firstby love of freedom and then by
love of country. Into i>oliitcal affiliation.
Thus organised, it entered upon Its benefi-
cent career. It saved the Republic. It
abolished Slavery. It enfranchised • raw.
It made just provisions fur the Nation'* dp.
fenders. It repudiated repudiation, and es-
tablished the National credit. It enacted »
homestead law under the provision* of wbi.h
overy man is entitled to a free home, ll
settled the disputed question of the right of
expatriation in accordance with the Ameri-
can doctrine. It established the humane
policy of peaceful arbitration in Interna-
tional controversies. It furnished ft sound
and uniform currency, which withstood tht>
test of a widespreadfinancialpanic without
depression, or the loss of • dollar to any
citizen. It has rednced the national debt,
ainco the close of the war, over six hundred
and seventy millions, uud at the «ame lime
abolished all forms of internal taxation ex-
cept on liquors and tobacco. It has elevated
the Union from a discordant confederacy <>f
States, half free, half slave, into a homo-
geneous Republic, atruneveompact, free, and
respected by all the world.
These are the Reforms accomplished by
the Republican party. They are glorious to
contemplate. They enrich history beyond
precedent. And thus crowned with * glori-
ous and suecejadnl work, and full of fresh
;fe life and vigor,the Republican party marchea
forward to now achievements. It is able
ind willing to meet the new istnea of the
hour as it mot and settled those of the past,
in such a manner ns will liest promote the
,'.'& welfare of all CIHHMS of the people.
Wherever "Reform is necessary," it can be
safely trusted to make it ft practical reality.
And above all it can be implicitly depended
upon to insist upon that Reform which it the
supreme question of this campaign—that Re-
form whioh is necessary to protect the honor
Md preserve the integrity of this Republic,
 VWr
im
!'<• ».l».«»l In tha Mm!*uf Ilia Coiifedtnttet
mi.i UIPII »lti«K, tlint ttip g»Tprnin«itl shall
tint lw (uriied iTPr iti li|KM wist sought In
.Inrttny il.
[wlWCIItlfiilli { i d i t k l l prnpWt* declare
ttmt HIP !<Cpnblic.iU party lltt* lid .•mulishi-d
ii* minimi, and ntiKhi lu tlie, Tlipy are
MtaiftiM M luiry ii, !•'»' they know tlott in
lit* r!>»«-» itmi would follow U«« hungry,
Klfvil.v, rlifrkv nih'rt'.tltretn liltllll fjor^e
Iliptowlten. Til* I'liUMltf Wuit'il rurti-r. but
ilv»T would hm AIM.
Hilt ItMt psriy U It.tl n»i«iK to din. I In •<* -
UtiMtr* and ii« triumph t M JU»I«H newtsary
imw *t Hi mi* (iUXP during Mil tlir year* ttf i u
life II U nirotig in mmiliptn, Una in delnr-
•tiitiniion, rwolut* iu goad work*. Its |>rii>-
• Ipltw art wornd, vital and progressive, run-
SKMITIHB nil Out i« j!l«l Bud ttlluleJOinr ill
itm political pt'oritimf lit the Nation. Ita
jx'Ii.* i* lullv abreast of PVI-Ir demand n(
li.p liitii*. | | ha* gathered wllliin it»rl( nil
lb* II v* Impiil** id ft Kit uovurmnriit. Ii
tr|<rtwfti« wow, «» »i nil iitui'4 ilurtng Ilia
1**1 *it|*«n year*, the liii{lip»i intalligeite.*,
i.*u...(i»m »i..| jit.iitT uf lint American
|*«pW.
NIK h • |>*iijf cannot Itp U-ittcii by i n fur*
~ l i can uals beat iuelf, Tlw |*ople honor
•ml rarer* i( fur IU !' ill hUlory, mid wsnl
la i - t ( m u m p ti« rule. They demand tmty
ih»i ii - l u l l tn< imp lo itself.
ThUtVntrmtimn-tn imnia the ollicers who
*ill I* rlecttHl neat Notemlwr In thi*
county, It has only in he wise in choice
mnl liNrmmtiiiu* in aejh.n to immra a com-
plete victory, I *ji|tpal in vim, therefore,
in bauUh nil |i»«*iiin, nil prejudice, nil Hint-
f « «>r uiii-ti»nut'lpiiPM (ruin your hearts,
Mini in casting ?<<ur vote* t« consider only
the lunipetciuy, tb«i jKijiuUrliy «n«l the
rtmpM of those fur whom y mi vni«. If wh«n
*m» *.|j..ntn il »h»ll be In Kflinnl K"«»l h'rl •
itiK, ilip rr«u!t el tlir i-Jfi-iinn in Aiitliimm
• .mm* U *I»P«ilr ilwiilmt, Vim kiiuw thin,
t urn »un\ Hint thi* knnwtedita ouuht to
}ir.'in|-i y<m ntta mill «U to muiuat furbnr-
•iit-» «nii t'ctiti'ciwiun far IIIP »»ki' u( hsrmuny
Will HUCCtM,
tin luiiiiim uf A. II. Jlr*il!»h, Dr. W. If.
tlriniv* W4t »lcct«4 temporary chairman, he-
ii'K r.HiillirlPil til hia |lUt-|> by A. U. Hllliliili
a o j Ilr. Il^lgcr. iiiii.i luiiil ainilauiii'.
•m
•HBawnt&^v^£"
MchlROii, lUnsu, October lillli, 1878.
|4U'ltlHon C o u n t ) ltrpubllcmiN
ytvi't ik»«i Komlitttt«
IIM> Tlt'kvf
-n*i \\m l»i» Klwtcrt lite First Ttu'silny
tn N«»v«»ml»p.
Tin11'omTiilimi wt»i I'alU'tl Iu uiih'r by
•Mm A. Martin, chairman of the lU'mihliiiui
,hh«aiiMloi»a:
<l»nUnu»n o n i i a Convauiton: .5^,
For iipa riy a !jiurler of a omtttry paai, to
mrj urmi nmaMontgr, iho HopnliHoui party
\m ali'itilriwlly u|iiu>lil lh« Inlifjrity.lha honor
mwl tlm i-rwlll of the Nation, ami UM» in-
trlllxentv, the patrhitiam and thu fonaoicjii*
of tbo twoph' turn mijirovod Ita action. ^ «
hiw inmhi aomp miMiikin.nml paJUtheiKnnlty •
fur llivui, Ihit IIJIMI nil vital (luwtiouii, n f - 1
MID I WlllW thu lllH'rtyof thodli«en,tliB&
Imuiit-nr thi' iippuhllcor liwpmapBrity: orth«
eiMmtry, thu parly lm« bwn right, and the
iKHipic have aimtalnwl il. When tha Ktpnb.,
liiitii t«rty unlit that human alnvery ahoukTaot
be vx tfnili'ii lulu fnni Territory, tho paopl*
niiMiiiiitvl it. When it iilllnmt 1 that tha eleo-
timi of Abraham l.inenhi wan nn causa for
ammniun, the jietnilo au/itniiiotl It. Whan it
iii.iiutniuiil that tin' Union innat and should
j*i praaerviJil, theiHKiphi suslalnod il. VVhon
it iliH-lnml that the jtenpral (lovernmenl jiwl
the jmwer to andw reltclllmwHtatwi, the peo*
pie atixininml it. When it InvcntM) and la-
MKII ilw llhH!iilwrh Itt providi* m«ana for car-
rying on the war, pledging tho faith of th*
RnvernmeiH for their redemption, the jieopla
anainiiiMl It. Wlieii, sorely pressed for funda
t<i |'.iy and e.|iil>> our iirmirs, it isaucil bonds
to raise muuer, ths penplo austidned it. WJ»fti
it iilsillshnl Slavery, the pwiple sustairw It. 1
When it enfranchised the p'reednu-n, tho p e o - |
pie Mistainwl iu These great issues sum np §
the unwt iini'iiitmil iiiiiMionsof the jiii.it ijirnr-
ler of n century, mtd the intuition of the lt*>
pulilit'.ui )«rty it|Min them aecun-d the up-
pruvui nf the |sK>|ile, as it will thu gencroua
itpplause of lmimrtinl hintory.
To^lay |h« Ke]iublit; is confronted-with
new perils, hardly letw ineiincing to its integ-
rity and its pros|Hirlty than were those that
throttWH.il il from lrttiO to l«iiii. <)n the one
hand it is menawl with ri'U'l dominition,
thrt",iteniug not only to revewo many of the
result* that were aupppsetl to lie forever settled
by the war, hut to plunder the Treasury for
the benefit of thoiisantls of Southern elaim-
ants,--elaiinanta presenting bills for every ear
of ctirn, every chicken and every fence-rail
taken by our soldiers, and aggregating in
aiunnnt.'by a system of cummmmung both
principle and interest mutually, hundreds
of iiiillioiH. And on the other bund it is
threatened by it new school of political econ-
omists, hnving 11 hhisphumotm opinion of the
powers uf it (lovernment and profoundly in-
ililleieni tu all the lesson* of history—a new
party, which hits reduced repudiation loafluq
ait by prtiiuwing to make money out of noth-
ing and then pay oil' tho Kntion.il debt
with this materia Iked financial spirit;
a party which, in cflcet, preaches the
iwrnicinus but fascinating folly that tho (Jov-
ermnent c m ittitke. everybody rich by its
I "Hat;" Ilmt there is some easier way ofgettin|r w f
it living than by wpmrcly canting it; ax&.|f HI
(hat those who, for thottsunda of years ]
have boon diggingRuld and silverout of g..
itu Iiiila and rwky gulches hnyo wasted t h ^
time and their htltor, beeuuse all that is neces-
sary lo furnish all the money mankind needs
is thu stamp of a government on a hit of ita>
per . ,. , . J
. l l would he difficult lo determine which of
% these parlies is most dangerous to the \ieace,
• the honor and the prosperity of tho Nation.
Thnaucceas of lite flint would bo a triumph of
 . I.HI.ISWIH QJ'nwltn,•n l5ii»Hi|r*iil Ammoiii.
eiiifti • titinit i'i *ny ttut hr wmiltl lw |l*df
in )>•«•> ih* ImtfcU «f tfir iMitnirr'ntti«l turned "
U. k It) (Ml K*«u bullitt* Drill.iffnoy JH)I
it.i» Mgb witi.n* 11 |irtn«r*»i*« KipublU'*n
.•in. A hnmlrvt y*«m lit MM tii<* mily men
of |li«r t«n>jtl fftm )4<U) |t| |ss,i ujhiii wlh-o
c'»»»iiirt» »M«1 *i-blBt*lii»li!« (li» hUliirUn
will ilci'gbl Hi «lw*ll, Mid nf whom (win
wilt .tux. will b* tb*Kr*»i lMil#r* «f th* lb*
i< iMi.:»« I'fcit— ill* nun who l«il mtr N««
nun ihmugh i b ' daunt > I rtVlllno, mil m ;
(lif t» m l . Of »!**»f f, glut |n»l III* JUTIN < t
l*.ni!l*<ttl> ti.«.
j | i * twi.lrf. ' n i h t pr***ttt r*jnlO*l, in ill I
: ««• niW <)"»'l A* «h»jMu«i r*»l'*«l t«Mitlno in
»!.« *ii\ >'i b'ti-iiitHfTiii'u, Hi* lifi> illii«tr*i*»
ti.« «*ui»n uf Auuiiivta iutlituU.tlit. It'' \-
nn< -4 Hi" if «i product* nf nur !*»( niviliiM
; lion t . ining iif ff.Hii fh«* Milk* ul III* |HK<r
•ml li.«l», l>« ln« tnn«|i»r*tl ih* WW|iWI and
• ,!itti(ftli>m »l lii» li-lliiW fl(l« i n liy |l|i< h riK
«*f l.l»r.-li.li.»r,illl.|| inlrlln', lil« »lrrlitl,< ill-
tj-ru., »r,.| M« aitlmt pHlli. ll«UI. tli- lm» U
Ut M«l Ml >'' >'tsiit«, mul A bit, Witrm. Krii-
• rr.>u« ii<«U A met'luiiii , « Ulmiinn iiimi, n
Ue4.t,rr, * u l ' i r l , » »Lli«l,,.l|i, Jutll'H. A
1 iUia*M «*• **m it. to ih* w«rM In b» » | t u t ,
• J me »nl • »lniMilf*i fair*; in lend * gun'
rijMiMt lu * gr*ti «it<Uiry; and to *t*rl bin
h\ ctniMf« ui-.ui » ww (*t«M uf prunpmuiw di-
ll *«t»|>uicui »nd enduring ia-etc
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^w^ak:&)^l*^l!^toS^. •
i'
;; ul'f'«'t<fhiim|iion.f
i d . lUttMtf, OctoNr 15.1881,
Th* .I*!***!** *l«*t*l u iV|«r»*«iiI tWf
..*t*iiut< m« in th* I'tmiity «Hiv»oii.ui B*M•»-
I iiM i i u n n i It ii*ui llw «UMIt h » M JMlWJ*JI
wuminit. »tl »H biiili *» »f i(* HU.I « u«-i«l >• *»«•>
.tin.i» if mi"'! *l't , ' t ' t<r««liiii'lI nnmili'i'ijf
M»I luiniHii.iii« n.«|..i., uml »urlt|itj.»iil in
t* lit* m •• w\'. Ii»l n*.| |«n nVliK* tlw B it
Y*ni«>n W« • «'i--«»' '"•'
,,r
''I , , l , 1 t f ' l l ""';"" 1
.1 th* I-«IIIII« vvtiimiilr*, Hon. Jiilni A. Mtr-
.,o, Kim HIvli- ii »b.«nftftklAWiwhu-M »i«
Ii.i»n*«l m wuli Kivm mtmiHtoM, tm wurmir
n|i|ilmi<lrti M tfiofliWi
i'.Jl. MAU'US'H *l*Ktt'H-
tltttirw* »»»'"- <Wi»ii.'« « .' - H bK« •«:«•«;
I M h i m*ili*i III<*IIIII«UIIK IKHIT ImrtiiT. 1!
mtalu HW«wpH"rtrij ilu. t:ube mwntimi tn IM
loctutMr* W»t«W «>»»«'" *tint, iu ll»« orrt»m-
»,iion uml »«WJttl«eW of |wrii»», «r« HUB*
urn*" f.ri«>uMi.»:.»iittmo<ji uot clwrlr am<
$,wbBnil*il,»»» .MViniun*!!/ K«*«ly «W»WM»-
tW
lh\t wt»M >» *l«"'«r «»l11 *'»»«"'»••«• ***'
if ii» inb««>H««wt!iaitii all.tr I w dis«$i«n»n en-
ut*lj wiUi iju»«rni"*«'» tlnvrnmeni n «!•
w*r»ii>«t»f.»«>ui«timw unjiwi,fitt|Uf»itl; IIIUB.1
mi error. But » IH «n Hi*olm«> mmllf for
U.« IHUHVUM of lifc.libMtT
,ueu u
M..1
8 w
|.ro|.*ri
l wtT.
Ihirifom it »« lb*' «» »» '*
vtiU ui onlw that they m»y «HC*1)« Hie Kr».ii.
er culamllim of nuMohy.
I»«rirorn«>»ition» tmtuMo governwenls
tic, lb*y Jo not ujmt u» to
iili'uln of HMuy of thtir m*nb«n. Th»]
lirti of iwtUM n»r ocoutntlly m\|
in rwll>« lw ilmy, or to perform ii. But it* I
Muiulwin, rwpwHiog »h«i,B Roml it hun *fcom-
l-li.hiil, IwlivTioK >» X'nu*l iitinclple*,
ana b*Tion twkto U« o»p««r (»t «ro*th,
sii4t»in It beoMUHK it iwilir..^, IHUFB thin uuy
oihw orgnnixttioui Uwir iJ*»l of whwn pnny
opuhi to Im
r IB ib« forra«lon of Rof»mm*m«, too, m«o
j p w W *arrw«l*f orruilo >i<hl* in oultr
th*uh«T m»r*«vo«ily wijor uihti* which
ihry rtK*MJ *» nmr« «*lu»bi« K i, iu ih» fur-
•m«io»of M^r«t«««. MM unit* fjr Hi»pfomo-
iiuu nf oulttln |»lmlpt*»tb«r ht.M in oioi
mini, whil* wnli'ly ill>H<r*t:liH{ Ujun otiier*
Th* U»i«iMloi«i W«f 'mb**o»» m tit rnuki
men of •!'. uml nf M . r*lltliu* fnillw jio»a'of
•Hnmlwi^'iiK" uml iwniliiiom j i n n whotllf
f,r»'»y wnl l» it.ui nitay iigwnuna, b.it wii o
UUCAIHI *ti KKK'" r,>nu'*rniii|{ tvruiu polili
,'tl r|, i Uil t> ,
Tn* uiin ii» »iHilltlonl p*rt» U f.irrauUltd
in ti« N nioml iilmform. Any m vi won i*
lm»e*iu UM pnnolpl** MM BWln* <lic!»r«d/i
In Uio wwlullniw mbipMii »t th* O.myunlion
Nhirh minilunlBil J»m*i A. Umtiiid nnd
Clw»l»r A.^Vrlhnr, ii *. K»publin»n. No
oim in»n, nr thoiunntl miin, o»n «Un* »ny
nun who »nbwtir*i la thw broml e«jd, nay
nf tli* riitbt* of in*mbir«hlp in thj K'pub.
lio«»h^i«*liobl. No nun or binlf nf men
Imvu noy ruht to «tbi to, or mtomti from,
ilini f-irioiilMtwl |i.iliti«»l erMUi l,or *nr
on* of You. umy li>W opimonH Of »ny chtr-
•irtur upnii HUT mh*r ipintlonB un nr tho
win, »ri m l<»K «", *° P*'iffl i n ^
IIIH UiineiplfM i>niin«ui«d to tlw UIIMKO -
phtform, noionn h*«iiny rliiht to U«ny tbr
nrnuintnewi of onr H«puhHwnlinn
i;n,m eoitnin HIWIK uf ROTwnmenlsl policy
uml urineiplM of nciino, w« Mi <"' •««•"»
W« lirltBT* In tb» riKht of ^ery miin, whim
ur hUok, riuh or ixwr, to ovt on« unimlmi-• f !M
ilmcI l*Hoi, wnl in hnvn tbnt bnllot honoaily "
nmmtrtl. \V* l»M»v« that the oiutoowduliui
iiwi^iwry fir th* MIPP wt of tha m«mt»WM
ihnnKI h*Hii diMrihnt»il *nd idJOMUd HB to
nruteel u i l pft»Wi*t American lnoor «nd in-
ilimlrii* Wu bul.BW in nu hontat enrronar,
•iiild, »Uvwr mn) KHenHwkx, WA ft!
pur with fiiu'i olh«. He Mlrft in
iir»wivin({uniinnal'»d the rendu of tho lute
civil w»r. Wu Iwliovo thnt thu BWjy
which |{»v" Itlncoln »nd HarQeld to tho
nwntr* inclndtii in i'» nwmlwwhip the bmt
h*»rt and bwin, th* b*t purpouM nud con-
vie iunf, or IIIH Amnrican people, nnd thnt
'?&• wii* j lit and bontit uov*rnm«nt can be inert
iscrtsinlv «*ciir*d br «fflHWtliWlid* P^rty in
power." Y«t if tin- d I w w i l«-ra wwmblwl
w*r*. ai"kc.l Li wrw utMWWlmt tfc»BH of
uiiMitbiim I m'K:"«"'>'•' ••«> »' w m , , i ' « f * , n i 1
Hut unanimity * « ' IM|irtWWw. Avit ine.u
f»cw nhoiill not ba fomolten. UpneWllfUl
the vital principle* of E»nnblu»mii»m there
is unity; upon all other Mibjecte there should
be toleration. -
Thl< 1* a ItopnMiwn county. It never
uilniogWea mejorlty for Republican Na-
tionel and State ticket*. It ahould ncvar
fail to elect the B-phhllcan local ticket*, end
never will if Republicans do their duly.
ThU is the place to eeltl» pamonal rivalries
 „,vern uwriemignUevy
.It?; whil*&*i«oee*8 of His
other would; b<5 the triumph of n firm com-
posed of credulity, speculation and dishonesty,
•''pooling their issues" to secure cheap money
(for one, gold gambling for the other, nnd re-
pudiation for the third partner.
The Republican party 1B inflexibly opposed
to the aims and objects -of lwth of these or-
ganizations. It proposes to resist nliko the
payment of a single dollar of rebel claims, and
the issue of a Riviglo dollar of "flat acrip."
The Republican party lit the father of the
old fashioned Ureenbnck. It will not be guil-
ty of the crime of infanticide, nor will it |>cr-
mlt another partv to substitute its ugly and
unclean offspring for the beautiful and healthy
child of Republican pntnotlsra. ThcKqmb-
lican party has put the Greenback on an
equality with gold and silver, and It insists that
it shall steadily hold this high place—that it
shall be, as it was originally intended to be
and is now, redeemable, steady in its value
and purchasing oowor, and representing the
dollar of the civilised world because convert-
able into it.
I sincerely believe that the Intelligence, the
patriotism and the honesty of the American
people can be relied upon to Rtistaiii the
Republican party U|toa these issues. And
they aro forces which, after all, any political
party must depend upon for continued power.
The opposing forces may occasionally win In
a skirmish, or triumph hi a battle that is not
decisive; but in the end Bight and Honesty
and Patriotism allied will reach their Ap-
pomottox.
Atchison, K a n s a s , October 9 , 1 8 8 0 .
. . jiii'. 1 1 >' , m ...,L W W •• '• W
. The Republican County Ciinjajition, which
assembleil at the Court House yesterday, was
nam«rioally the largest body of Republicans | |
that ever met in council in the county. Every
seatin the different delegations was tilled by
a (stalwart, and intelligence and earnestness
were stamped upon < very countenance. That
the Republicans of Atchison county mean
business this year, was plainly evidenced by
the interest and imthusiafm manifested by
their delegate representatives in the Conven-
tion yesterday.
. FORENOON SESSION.
The Convention assembleil at 10:30 a. in.,
and was called to order by Col. John A.
Martin, Chairman of the Comity Central
Committee, who stated the object cf the
meeting, ami opened the bait with the follow-
ing address :
Gentleman ,of the Convention:
Yon meet to-day to discharge an import-*-
ant duty. . Yon represent an intelligent, pros-
perous and happy people. You ore members
of a clear-brained, largo-hearted and cour- v
ageous party—a party which is not ashamed
if its record in the past and not afraid of the
future.. Annually, for twenty-three years, I
have such conventions assembled in this j!
bounty.'"'TM?
was In the valley ef t*» ahadow of daattj I
nnd attain »li*<> dt««jH tt»e*«l UM I M 4
wilh'fttuimbwaloi*}: and «f«io wbw.'war
drum* turrlbtird ami IMIII. lUt* »*'» * • • ' * *
in every town ami lt*a»l«t it» «be Owl*; »«*»» j
again when Ktim** w/.*tid »UI< enlhiwit
over tht NatmnViruiuiph j ami ****» a
again through all the light* ana 4 U N I U « . lb* I
*X-il«Himiin ami Iliumll.',4lW•IHW»fif||4l*> *
astir amlvr<wp»ril»,of lln»*»amhtt Mk»*«al
tht> civil war. Ami it in rrediteMn l<t Sit* in-
trlliiienctt wl.h whji.ii ih« work o* f •«*• *m*
VMIIIOM hm hcwi ti»ir>ini*l U»*«, wild i »r» | l
exvpihm*,(b*ir mrniinathwi hntr l*«-n *»
proved al till p.lll«, ind ill* (MrfbUd* Hirjr
aelcoied Invi' pni»*n tuMitj.ir ct tli*uu.Uc.«»-
HIIIHI I<> tliini mi \ a liniratity >| i»!i(l*l for ifc«
ilittiivi i<n|Hi*('d upon ihum.
You meet lo-tlty un tin e t o n f a grew tiki
tioutl iiintrti. IV* niiiiHry Umaneoe* w»*»
u In JMill, b« * "riulM.Hwtn," M t!i...<*whtT
armed, wde*|n»tsiH ««d i« dWhmt a* ***»
bifort. I'- ha* tarn mad* "•olid" t>y mHM«»
and la kept "•olid" \>i outrage* ami fuml*.
wbloh are at MM a lil-giw* la citi!ii«itu« !
andaahamein ihn American na»«. Th*
Cinslilutluual rutin* uf American i ttl»>-tw |
Mr, in at If KM ten uf tlm Hiatet ol i W» l'm< •>
pinWlently denied in i v r t ttepabtloau Tli» I**
ordinary method* nf f.diilcal eonl*>u In** •
been, in rach of thwm Hate*, utterly ait—(
iahed, and rleclinns are dw ld*d, nut by in, •
forltli-s, but bv (he •hiitHrun ami WVulVet, in
by open and il.-ii.mt fraud* <m lite I»PI:..|.IS,I
And one political party-ih* (tarty wlurU 'in ;-j
IHill plottnl, vncomavrdiiiiil dtfendet! |ffa> | |
son; the parly w'lilch, during all Uto i n n uf -
the civil war, did evtrythiug in ita |uwer la W
perplex nnd dishearten lh» people aa-.l «Vfr»t
the government; the party which ha* »v*r
since been maxpieradinv, in all manner o
disguises, from tlm death'a head of lite K i
Klux 11 the fuul'a lirad vt tha lliilai; III*
parly which, in 1 Hill, iu<t on the tea uf our
final tiiuiiiph, aulemaly retclvad thai " th •
war was a failure," and in 1880 li impu-,
dently declaring that it put down th« rauol- '
lion j the patty which, m lSTtt, aoltuwlr r«-
>< eolvedthat the reanraptluu act w a i a l u n - s
drance to resumption, and In liWO u deelar-1
ingtbat it accured reaunipllua; the party "r
which has installed the Brigadiera as the k
masters o| the Nathmal «J*piu*Yu|ihn!.ls |
and defends Ihess erimsa and outrana ti|.tiu
Americao citiitjuabtp hteaiiae It piiflta by
them. • J
For twemj^year^ln tlu.se q/idr*nnia|
struggles, th«/Rfpublic m parly hai bam v'c-
torious. It is a great party, ami « W . d o n e
a great work. There la not to day J p D tha
 ,__ never be car-
and
ried an
beyond the Conventions elected to Warn I
I upon them An intelligent obierver said to-J
nae. a f» w year* ego, just after the tdj iurn-
J tnent of a County Contention : " The whole j
[ticket will be, erected. Whenevera Rapubli-
I oan Convent".™ adjourns, as this one has, in
perfect «rood temoer, the election of ell It* j
nominees is certain." And thie has al waye j
been true. ,; '„ - .-. %
Invoking, in your deliber*'lone, a spirit of
mutualconcession and good will? appealing
to you, one and all, to reraetnbar that withniH
toleration for differences of opinion and of
personal preference, success oannot be hoped
for, I await your pleasure.
AI••.ulaon, KRU«B«, AugwHf,
I " Af i n e conoluaijuft^ of hi* remarks,whicli
were admirable In matter end well delivered,
Col. John A. Martin explained the abac n o
of Senators Iagalls and KvnriKt, read several
letters and telegrams, end then delivered
the following; address:
••., iWow SaMkrifXi is reported that an
old ltuinan once said i "it I wi ro not a Ho-
man citizen, I would be a Oreek." This is
an anniveraary of the First Kanmi i, and up-
on such an ocuisluti, and in a similar spirit, I
declare that if £ was not an Kahili ICansa*
man, I would like to be a Fiist Kansas man.
This is especially a reunion of the Pint
Kansas, but to their festival, with true sol
dierly fellowship, they have invited*!], other
soldiers who care to join in celebrating the
anniversary of one of the most/deaperale
battlee of the war, and especially all 'who
have, not exactly "drank from the ssme can-
teen," but served in the same commands.
With the* exception of my own
regiment, I had, during the
war, a more familiar acquaintance with
the First loan with any other body of Kansas
troops. And the First represented, probably
more than any other ragimen',that magnificent
uplifting of national pride, patriotism and en-
thusiasm which succeeded the first shot at
bumpier. No man whocaonot remember the
epirit of that hour can have any conception of
the fierce, strong, irresistable outburst which
flowed over the whole land when the i|ash of
that gun revealed the nation's danger. There
r was more coolness and deliberation, and no
doubt quite as much sincere pitriotiem and
noble conseQrat'on. to a g«nt cause, in the
formation of regiments under subsequent
'calls. But the men who responded'to Abra-
" ham Lincoln's flrsloall for 75,000 men, rep-
M fatigue, and har<!aliip, i.t.d igp-Mtlt'. uliltill
resented, more than any others,the passionate
resentment and white-heat enthusiasm of that
most startling and momentous event in Aruer
ioan history. To them belonged the soldiers
of the first Kansas- -
And the regiment nobly sustained the
promise of its rapturons and wonderful or-
ganisation. W»ihin two weeks after the
Governor had called for volunteers the
Regiment had its fuli com-
pitmeni Of •
it was la Missouri; within * month after ft
wai sworn into ttrflc* It had formed a Juno-1
tion with U«n. i<*on at Uramt lUvar; and
in but tittle wore than !*• month*, it had
taken part in on* of the mott desperate and
bloody baMjefof the w«r, loelBitowr w l
third ofltf eUk'tifH force, unit by iu unRlncli-
iog courage, determination antf mints*, 'few
lUoling Imperishable iion.tr upon (lie new*
of the Mtat* ,. .
Iu sube»pi«nt career wan mike orwIlittM
audillitini;iiii>hei|. H jurtiflipiuwl In thirty
hatlles mid eki«tulalus; the tramp of iu foot
was heard in eight illflireiii Mutee, from the
Misjuuri to the (iiilf; it marched overall
thousand miles ; it fallowed Hi* «<g it lured
during thu revolving SBMOIU of three long,
gloomy and vvvutfiil yean; il mad* hutnry
wherever It went, and did its full share iu the
work of lunpreming rebellion nod aimtltiLi
Ingslavery; ai.il finally, when the term of
lie service win condoned, a large nuwilwr of j
lu soldlere,re enlisted •< veteran*, to ate the
war through to tbs end.
The soldiers who served in IU rank* have
a jitnt right to be proud of the rac ird
of their regiment, and hi unite, i
on siirh an OMasloti M ilita,]
Inreviv.ng the inelilenU and events of their]
oornrtulahip. Into qoaivin,* mtn'* life, l< I* i
probable, will ever conir such a lining of mi-
Id^noi'.-n as tltitt wltiWi sweptnvirotir I
land twenty years ago, and sent the liiwer nf I
ourynuth and HHOIIOOII htirrritig nil lo the
war What eager, exciting, wall***, paeehm-
ate days thofe were, I'.obahly not tine tif
yoit had the fain us1 cimcepiiun of the r 'al li *
of war. Most of you I bought it would be
over in six iuonti|i or a yeej- We all forgut
that the luon arrayed against m were Am«ri>
cans, and that the war was to be the old, old
story of Ureek meeting Oreek. Atnet of you
thought, no doiitu, as nearly all yeltmteere
did, that you might ho cheated out of a vhaaae
to meet the "insolent foe," by « sodden oil-
lapse of tho Confederacy, and the banning nf
a man named Dtvison iliesmueit of emir
apple treos. I<\iw imagined that the weary
mmiiln would roll on, until tlte throe year*'
term of enlistment should expire, and etill
another year muni elapso liefore Aupmuattnx
came. Jim yo'i did your duty through it nil,
fulfilling every obligation you had made.
And heroin, 1 have always thought, the j
Amer'uian Volunteer exhlbiteI th- n.iMi>i *?
i|imliti«a and the irmsv hWr< i in. A IM' I • i-. i-
a ternb;e ordeal, but it n<virlat» loi't;. h
IH lliu wearji <<'nr(!h,lliH sib in vinila n; thu
picket line, the cheerless bivunur, ill II
inono:nny of oamp duties, the ha d I irr. iln-
long pror-ciwion of daja druggtliti t)ir..uji
spring,slimmer, Hiitumo imd wtuter, -It IM
all of ibese, crowded full of iliMMmfatl, and
wear upon thu puieuc!, eiidiinu i' • N-lii <our-
age of a soldier, and - in I In- im»i a- vvm t'Ms
of irue eolilittrly ipinliiirs. Che'e »'W m«n>
a regiment in the vidunt>*r armv durinsf ilif
war that lost but few UIHII iu trails lint »•*
turned home with renk^ na thin as if tiny
had bten decimated iu a d KMI li-rce <MII-
tf8l8
" They nied no praise HIKIHU ilftoU are
euli-gf," and ibe men c>r tho Fiial Kaiwiii.,.
WOSjijtthered here to day,and those aleetJing
 ihrir loiu-lv uM»rt ihntiiKhniii
!hf H.mili - - Imvo n inumituHnl
dial will 4>mlure forever; ill* Mnirly HMltU*
mtnl • t H rf united, fr*M>, hnpny m«l pmiqier-
OK «vii!Ui\T. Thin W.4D ltn« glad pirturn |
nh'r.h w« imprinted up.ni tin tr hwirts when
ilicjr I -tMcH:r«l|w| IUIIIMIV** 10 th« Mild" if
t''III tl HI) I LilliTh; lliin i« 'l< r^wifil iln>r
wjinf.ir tti»m*»lvM au.l their iiiwit.i.yi ibis
in ili-> iu«pir*llim of lit" tj.iilii'riii;: lu-tn to
iW»; il.ii will In- Ui < iliciii' uf liM iriaiH ni'il
|to»W ei-iUii'im hcnct; Hint (lii* will Ilia pride
*ttit c inwiUn..!!rtfniiMHint *ll WIIHII yon hour
ihcbti*!* <ni|| ilth| "Until i i nl" fill llin IMI
I'm' >IU «nli.
ttktn
itcfciaa*, A i n u ,
THE PENNSYLYANIANS,
mtonv, Htmta.
l*ii'» 1U11 wa» magnificently arrayed ycs-
trhl.iv, nut canctly iu purple IUIII fine linen,
although tli<T,> w.ii it wry lino sprinkling of
Ihww etuiihiodltiut, but itt Isomers nnd HHK*,
nuitUK* uibl lUvorntious, edible* and giHsl old |
lYniisylvmiin eider, mill till till* attribute*
Uml were oalnilate*! to give tin* linll n cheer-
ful uml attractive appearance, and engender
tho good fooling of nninlim, fur which the oe-
easioii wiw planned. On either side wore ar-
ranged large American Hag*, partially draped
and almost .covering the walls, while artistic
tlewrutiiHW with i<miill Hugs tilled tho north
end,fluttering«t every window. In Ihi' renr j
two largo American flag* hung suspended
clear acrnm the rmmi, partitioning oil'the cut- i
sine department from the Imnnuct hull. A
| beautiful iwirtmil, surmounted by the words
'•YVolmmo," was arranged on the fast aide,
* ami two lnrgo American ilng* draped it on
.•Uhw>td«<- Another welcome, with evergreen
trimming*, made an urcb. over the stairway
thai led frimi Uic *trcot. , .„,,, „
r'A '•'- "Old Keystone State," as their mostelncienl Si
At two o'cliK'k Coh Charles ir7Krohs, the |
chairman of the Committee on Arrangements!
appeared on the roHtrtun, and tendered, asf!
8 chairman of the arranging eommitloo, an in-t
I vitatife to all Urn VisitfnK guojts to take aoata
.• I at the banquet table. Thin was followed by
moreraiwieby the band. There were wivcw
I for one hundred and aixty guonto at each ait-
j ting, and aathe band jilayed "Tho Old Hornet'..
Ain't What it Used to be," the viaiting gucsta |
filed in and took aoata at the banquet tabic.
Capt. J. K. Fisher called the attention of
wtagtoaiTof Jtorifcuab^aW «W
would preside atthe banquet, and anno
And then did the valiant and patitnt Penn-;
aylvanliui, nearly two hundred at rung, awault I
UUMO elegantly laden and handsomely presl
pared tablea. "We regret our Inability to rtHl
prodwa the menu of the magnificent unread. I
Wo con only aay that it WOH grand, and wollSf
worthy the individual attention given it by
the augiwl awtunldage. Aa tho dinner r
pruaehed the owl, Pnatdonl Hutherin
roau in Ida tent and gave thefirattout of 1
day: "Pcmwylvania and Kanaaa—Tlte Ki
atone and Central Bute* of tho Union." To||
thin toast Coil. John A. Martin rwponded
follow*:
Mr. l'ronMeiu!
Tim nMiulimof Pcnnaylvaniana held in our,
dty lo-dtiy ia a meeting to bo commended, noli
alone bectuuie it all'oniH ummrlunity for ac\
quaintancedhip among eltiacn* native of tin*
aamo Htnte, und proiuutun wieiul frleiuhih!p«
among them; but becaiue it 1* fuvornblo Ut
the development of that individual nnd Na
Uonal aeullmout which, whllo reverencing
blrth-plneo and old home, ha* a atill high*ij
icvercneo and love for the broad country which
i atrcteJioi from ocean to ocean. Whether ir
i Kaiiau* or in Pennsylvania the same brave oh.
ling lloat* over us; our new home mid onij
nativetitatuara part* of tho name good nun J
and the Union, which tnkoa in it* wide, and
«tmug, and loving embrmie tho whent-lleldn of;. '
Kansas and tho coal-iiulds of Pcnivnylvunlo, ife;-
tliu dearer to us because away oft' there ncnap^'.
the Atlantic are the grave* of our forefather*iijf'
nod here by tho Missouri, half way across tho
Continent, am our hiunea, our wives ami ou|".„
children.- '.\.i " •'--''•^''^ - ; ':*"'' \%
Year* ago, when the paastona "born of out;
Territorial trouble* wore yet llercely bnmbig^j|,
1 heard it aaid that Kausna was " the child ol|§|§
Mawaohiuielta." Tho "Old Bay State," il it^m
true, conl ribitted her full quota towards mould
ing that public sentiment whoso mtliualaatii.
iinpulse* sent so luimy immigrant* to people)
our prairies, and her firm friendship fur Frce|
Kansas did very much to break down the in*
tolerant domination of Slavery within uur borf
den. Tho voice of M.assachusotta,'ihuniw 1
during the revolution of onrforefathers,waa,
eloipient and courageous, and her action swift,
vigorous and determined. Hut Saia. and John
Adams, a conturv ago,had Benjamin Franklin
and Robert Morris, representatives of thi
co-ailjiitor*, and so in tho struggle which mad*
Kansas free, tho wal, tho courage and the com
stancy of Pennsylvania's eon* was conspiouf
ouslv illustrated. I
If Kansas could properly be called the child
of any State, she is the daughter of Jfc*™"1'
vania. But Kansas ia roally opsroov
The blood of all States and all Watlo'
in his veins. The East and the; W
North and tho South, allaectionsand ,
tionalltiea, have sent their sons auu dau
to swell her population and contribute
development. There is a wonderful agt,
tion of peoples in the cltisenship of this yov
Commonwealth j and, jot orthese lxos J*e
a remarkablo eommunitrrjl. f eojfle hoi
I neons, vet diverse; comManirtiie sturd;
 energy;
_ 3Qt$ttiA6alt to estimate what the « •
ofwel^faaiiUT of bloods and tempers.
to -will Win thefixture,but. I bolievo i;
produoe as strong, intelligent nnd vlgorou i
^manhood, «nd W graceful, tender Mid d« •
toted, a womanhood os.thia Continent, or the
4aM<mtti«-, ••••••• WfltfLS , il
*> fdo-notIntend,'however^ to^ttiouM physlr
&<§j^\questipt«," This is Pennsylvania'*
©ayxn^ur ^ ' ^ ; * i # 4 I I J i # W 4 ' c t a 6 '
ikecrtioa -of - ItortfyWonte fowl lM*dbi«, as
brieflyfy»may be,witli tho liisWwy and devel-
opment, political and material, of Kansas^
BtttflraUetme-aakidld anyof youevemoi-
^^BiifrtJntieimilarltiyin the appearance
of the- two States, Pennsylvania and Kansas.
M $ioWii mWrt the map f In sixe, shape and
"'' "* bjWmea, thisfedmtHanoeis «marko-
' ~-*"ertwo-States, of the Union is
§ n oC outlines «n«l appearance
Three side* of oacl*, and tlie
Qu^jimrth, 8ouff?»nd' weat-r-are
ii*>.'tho> 'eaalerri boundary of
ir" an* formed mainly by the
rarimri i Peapj^ianja rfw a tcrri-
•to^flgftOW AJnorVMH ond is 3lt
,o* east and west by 100 miles north nnd
south. Kansas hi a larger State, having a tets-
torfal area of 81,000 square miles, and Stint
~ miles east and west by 200 nortli an)
Both « e longer, in about equal proi-
ns,fiuuithej « o .wide,
'mpsthe reaembhuico botween jtjie two
" ;itso|'imffit
.__ o buth-inftrk'wulch sBunpji
!l•• thorn as of one blood and family, and accounts
Tit
'*" '' ciirio^J. and' interesting,, identification
-^.^^wyl-variia's sons with oyohts inSaifl^
f during the whole of that exciting epoch wliea
State was so prominent a iiguro in, the
"the Nation.
id the relations of the two States have
been indeed curiously interwoven—so ouri*
ously that I. wonder the facta have not attracted
TOOTft-,general attention and remark. Less
tiihna month after the bUI. orji(airiifng\ tlie
Territory of Kansas had become aV law, .-An-
drew II. Boeder, of Penn#Jvjat)ia,. was np^
poittted-the^rst Governor^ At thofiratelec-
tion over hold in the Territory, E. P. Flonni-1
ken, a: Fennsylvafllan, was' this Freo State
_ candidate for Congress. The first Free State|
Jnewapaper
1
ever printed in Kansas was pub-
lished: and edited by. George W. Brown, 4
Pennsylvanian. Thefirstgreat Heal of Kansas
was designed by Gov.Reeder, and engraved by
Robert LoveU.a.; Philadelphia artizan. ' John
L. Dawson, a Pannsylvanian, via? the' second
Governor, appointed for Kansas,, but .lie "de4
elined. ThofirstFree State delegate conven-
Ition. eyer held iu KausaB was .-presided over: by
.Geo. ..W. South, a. Pennsylvanian;' nnd tha
'resolutions adopted, constituting tlie -first plat-
form of tho Free State men, were • mainly
Wen by the deposed Governor, Eeeder.
aqf-onrfirstTerritorial5 Judge* was J, M.
iirreli, a Penusylvanlunt "'l^wTJonyenilon:
winch set m motion the Fruo State govern-
moot organized under th'o::"Topeka Constjto-f
tion," had for its President William Y. Rob-
erts, a Ponnsylvanian j and^atthfeelection held!
that year Andrew H. ReedWReceived, a ma-!
jonty of the^votes cast as the Free State can>
didate for Congress. Wo. Y. Robeits was
elected Lieut. Governor jnder the Topeka
M-i^.*****.
Ul
,R*™w ]
«—.<•-. .... «wi.M>«> «iv», « Pfwn- j
sylvanfa, Introduced ibt flr«t Hit in Cungi
to admit Kansas Into tM Union uadf r the'
peka Constitution, •... ,_ * -ir.
The third Governor of Kan**, **#*»>«•
Gov. Shannon, was John W. Oaary, alto-
wards Governor of Pannsylvaula. Ami IM>,
' liko (luv. linnler, oipwaed ttw CJWU« of lh» ;
; Vno Statu men btfora ha had ln*n in tlw T#r-
! ritory n wiN-k. 1U had lawn hero amp ftxir I
days, In fact, when he Oltlerad tlw. Ijiwiwut-
Comi«ny of Uapl. Stm. Walker, a l*cnn«vl-
vanion, and ono of the fighllnx liwdeni of tit*
¥?. Fruo Stato man, to U luuslarod tutu tha U. &
. i scrrioo. and Uwuoii a proclamation onfaring
-h tho Intadirur Mi^ouiUoa out or KARMU. 1 hir-
ing the whulo term of hh nervhx* hn wa» an
oarnost opponent of the utilragtw ami criinra
which were perpetratwl njun tha Fm' Hw««
men. Ho was MicornHhit by Rulwri J. Walker,
a uativo of tVnnnylvmiiii, who »MHI i-t|«Mi«>l
the cniist! of (lu- Kreu State men; who indutvil
^ them to take part in tlie election htttdiu Octo-
. bur, 1807; ami who threw out the ialkmou*
: returns from Oxford ami Klckaimo prtdnci*
i nnd UoGw county, thus giving (lie Kiw rttalu
,1 party control of both brancht* of (lip L«Kb*-
laturo, and seiuiing a Free .State IMngnio tu
CongreHB,
Tlio Gniashoppor Fall* KrasHtnto C^unvnt-
tion, held in August, 1H57, at which it win de-
cided to vote at thfl-aniiung chvlimi, under
(the promiso of Gov. Walker that tin* vnfo
should ho free and futr, was prvaliicd over oy
Geo. W. Smith, a Peiuwylvaniuii. On tlio ni<
HCinbling of the flmt Frcu Stato I^einlature, f
in December, 1867, C!. K. »ollhlny,a IVniwyl-
vouiau, was oiocteil Prraidont pm lem of tho
Council, mid Geo. W. DuiUltu-, long a tvniilmi
of PcnnHvlvania, ami who came from that
Stale to Ktuwiw, wiw ch'mii SjKNikrr of thj
D«x«tboi'aint, I8-">7,-al tho dwtion held for
Stato oflioon under the Ixicoinpton IXmriioi-
tion, Goo. W. Smith and William V. itidaii*,
.both Pennaylvmiians, ami tho nmtlMntfM «r
itho Fruo Statu men, were cluctud tioveriiur
nnd Lieut. Governor reajieorfvely.
The lost Territorial Lcgixhuurv ni««'uilih<tl
in January, 18t!l, ami it hail iintivu lVmwyl-
wmiausforpresiding olllceakfia both bruiu-h'itt,
and John W. Scott, rljieokcr of the Hon*..
11 Tho bill admitting Kansas iulo tlw I'imm
under tho Wynndotto Coiwtltulion wiw signal
on tho 90th of January, 11(11, by Jamc* Ihi-
chanftu. of Penngylvmiiu |Aiid whtu the fiml
Stato Lagwlatrtre asHeinfflcd,uitrt»en of it-*
members andfourof its ofTu-erH, including the
Speaker of the House, W. W. UpdcgruflJ were
native Pcnnsylvnnians.
The connection of tho aons of PennHylvaniu
with afisjni in Kauww.-politic.tl, military andi(
industrial, has'since J mat titnu l>e«n iqptsW as
prominent and as honorable. Hut f have no
time to trace such details further. I can only I
add that of the officers commanding and tho [
soldiers forming our gallant Kansas regimen to
and companies during the war fur tho Union,
a very large proportion were native. Pennsyl-
vanians; of our civil officers, a United States
Senator, a Governor, a Member of Congress, a
Lieut. Governor, three Superintendents of
Public Instruction, and a number of other
State oflMni" ha— *"— "*"-
Pannsvlvanfans; and
in cva*y Stole juifjlftNture U u \ .
many member* who wore native* of tha "Old "V
Keystone Slate." And, n* Owen Kelp would
Tlin hwt accurate CMMIIN i.f this Suite, tiikcu
in IH?6, shows that i:»,:t!»tl cttixens of Kansas
name ftxmi I'etuwylvHtiia. Only live States,
Mlwmuii, Illinois, lown, Indiana nwl Ohio,
fumUked • lorner number of Immigrant* It*
Kan*a*, J think, however, Umt many morn
uf imr citiwim sre unlives of the tiltl Kevstolic
State. ThnfltftlKWI Oltote do le.il alli'ivr llnW
many were burn in eav.li uf iii« Htatv*, Inn only
"where fruw UJ KMIMW." Of the oitUen* of
Atchison county, (MO emigrated from I'cim-
•jlvaiiln lu Kansas. Duly live Mlnle*, Mi*wu;
rl. Illinois, Ohio, Iaw> and K«w York, fitru*.
Uiied a IIMm't immtviT. I have no doubt
nolle ftlun proportion uf thosn who
from tlie Western Bute* were originally
iVnusvlv.inia,
KNIIMM U a young Suite. It was only *»v
wtivrn year* old last mouth, whiln lVnmyl
vmm lis* rounded n full century uf Klntehnod
Yetln IMU,ju«t 140 veawbeforo WUUmiff
I'cmi landed on the shore* of (lie JVltiwure,
FrnneiixM tie ('omiindn, aS|mni»h commander
of high rank, marched from Mexico through
Kaiws* to it- tiofiliern lKi„inlnry. lie wiw
•irkliirt Ruid unii allvvr mine*, l i e mimed
litem, lltii he found, w he reported, "mighiy
plain*, full of iTixikiil-lmekeil oxen," mid lie
wrote I lint "(lie earth id lite h»l [kWHihle fur
nil kinds .if productions of Hjiaiu; for while it
is very strong mid black, it is well watered hv
brooks, spring* mill rivers." TilU olit Spanish
explorer itiivn M very accurate ttesaripliuii of
(lie Kansasiif today. Bat they didn't receive
hit n'jHitt ill Knghind, which probably ne-
• •niliilofiirlhefnetiii.it I'tnn landed nil (he '
nlmri* uf the JMmrnrw Instead of nailing ii)t
the Mississippi nml Missouri to Kansas.
Kansas was embraced in the grout of land
niiuieiiv Kin^ James I, of Knglami.jjin the Vir-
ginia charter of HRW, I'enmvlvuniii was en-
hrm iil in the grant of Imid made hv I'baric* 11,
of KIIKI.IIIII, tu Wiliinm I'eini, in IHH1. Hut
the J-'rvuch ill .< .ivernl lite Mississippi in HW2,
anil front l)t:il date milit 170:1, Kansas wu* »
r'rcneh ImtsiMtull, It lliell passed inlo the
bands of Spain, in1780 Benjamin Franklin,
llieu in I'urU, Hut mi foot uu^oliutioiw fur the
imiehiiM' nf J^Miwiann, rsliU^h inelndeil Ktm-
MM, In 1900 the lirnt N;i|H>ieon wrtMteil 1/m-
iVraim friiin Spnin, ami nil the :tl>ih of April,
1SIK1, will! it tu the I'nileil Stitten. IViinnvl-
vnniii rnnaiiuil an MtitflLili enlony until it ho-
eiitue :m Ainvrieaii Htnt«.. i t *
A very old poetie.il hf<enil explain* limyj
IVmi^ylviiuhi came lo he Hettleil, in tliotiUtu-
ineni ttutt:
M
I V l l l l rOfllMIH) III p n t l il lU hilt oil"
lieliire Die ICImr, mnl tlinreiore mil nil',
Anotlter enmity to IlKhl put on,
Wltero Ilu eutilil WOIMlltl wttli IIIH hut on,"
< t ?
It tlnewl to wiber l»«we, tiiin iloggerrl vx-
premiti nn itlen thnt fintt uttriicteil pitlilie nl-
tvniiuu to Kitns:iH, nml fur mimv yvant ilhl
imit'h to promote eettlemcnt in tills Slule, i. c,
love of Krueitiiin, religiona, politiciil anil iuili-
viilnal. This Ht'ntiumnt KHVO KUIIMIW her
first siiirt in the wnrld, nml ahu litis kept her
paeonml hor place ever alncv. lulMUOour
old native Statu hail n population of only 002,-
•101, ami in twenty yenra tliis hml inereasoil to
but little oyer a million. Kanaas will far
...it*.*
lW(i. vrhm alio liniUpnpuldtJouof 6 3 I , _
Wu W e ovar 70U.O0O now^mul will lwva
a
vtrnors IIH
<:.,x (LI miny
km t
tithf
WtU
net
i Kit Alii
, how
klu^i. Oiity 0A« railroad
|<1 KevHiou* HtaUi from Kaat to \V«at: i
i luiM two panalng from thu Miwmirl ty ]
lot-ado line, anil a third nearly -half way
Atehimin hoa mora railroada than i
rr*it mimnfat'tiiriii|{ city of Pittsburg, mid I
jrreat a "Bailro«l <kmtr»" as l»hiliia»l- f
. O'liev timki» m«n live there mveu yvati
he turn bn Ooremor, yet thoy aent ua I
ho were worn in before thoy ever aaw.J
lVmmylvanin had nearly three mil-
mlti in lHtUi, yetlhoir Lcglalatute Hi
tljd muuerirnlly, ns in uutfi. Prohably '
mfre Kniwan need* more laws to keep
thin retwoufthle boumia than done therj
Pennavlvanlan.
lylvtmiii is a ({real State, and no son of
tiniler wlierewiver lie may, is ev«rl
to acknowledge his nativity. V l r j |
ay lie thu mother of Htntes, 'but oM J
oystone" is thn Pa.—wpcotolly of KaH»
I think I Imvc uhmvn. And the «ill-({
f ICiinsiW hniliiig from . lVumtylvu
^•jwfeiHwr
^Kiklnjf back over Iho rew>Kt« 6f niir event1
Ail, qftea stormy pact, and contemplating: Uio
proaneroiu present and hopeful future of Kau-
san, it has seemed to me that una pent duty
tlii» Httitb of ourk has forgpM.au. All Nation),
all StntCH, have delight the
names they have given to qlticifSPlHw
ties, the memory of times in tlmoa J
great trouble and dtmget,' jSiuir tlov"
(Ion to tho welfare ofth% ,e by a oou!
KiHius, steadfast, Kelf-srwtfi h|* defence
their riglits mid liliertine. Ilia ono of tliel
crowning glories oftlie Old Keystonu State
that of till the tiovernora whu wieldoil the
cxcoulivojTMwer durhuj tho .^territorial wcut-:
tonoo of Ktiosos tiwre'woi-e three, aua o'my|
three, who did not consort witli. or assuit, or;
exuiue tlioso who invmied mtr'soll with arnieu |
force, munlcietl our people, atnfflsd our ballot-
ImxcM,' burned our towns, anil attempted to
Htille froo Npeech and a free press, In onler to
bliglit this fair lund witli tho curse of human
slavery—nml wette three were Ponnsylvahlims.
And it is a just reproach to Kansas' that not
one of our counties beat| w^o mttoe oPeulier
of thesu throoroeu-r-KoedferiQeary aad Wal-
ker. Kansas owes them much, Their mem-
ory Klmiild lw honored by erery JKahjem.
They have all passed away from the trials and
troubled of this world. This J3t(Mi*y the eights
and liberties of whose p » M §M KBgW
with sui'h self-sacrliiuing *fevoffolu?|uM«l|od.
fast 'courage, cannot now reward them withi
siilmUinlitd gifts. But it can at least testify its!
respect for their memory, and its gratitude ft»
tlieir splendid services in behalf of Ha Mp*
pioneers, by perpctudtlnR their names to
mimes or some of its counties. And this
ought
ought toto do.
ao. KaosaswiU
ivi be justly op«n
 paying
I HIXJ in lnrgoly indebted until three of her (
Mas boar the honored name) of Iiaedor, C
(S«J'-W4kOT--hor only Federal G6v«
* who'hold juHtiwj above imrtieanahip, wk«Jen4|
filched the history or a dark and troubled W j ,
Hod with the record of official duties fumjWi
phonetttly awl bravely discharged; who (ttaqrtlyi
[ kept faith with tho people, ami so doing fby^1*»
buttle, not for a cuigla
r ilioutnnd citiieiiB of n spawely ^lllnd|
Terrjt^-vv but fur all lime, anil l!«- WIIMII* lb*
TUESDAY, AUG. 1,1882
In—tftmm
•**'•• . -,.
i in 11 I„.II< ii HI i . II
>'WIK WYANBOTXK KK-lWiOlV,
Oar telegraph columns on Sunday ;
aing gave an outline of tho meat-
tag held at Wyandotte by the Bucvivors 1
Iftf .those who framed the constitution j
•.••hinder which the people, of Kansas arel
ijnow living, and whioh has been found
v iin^ tho main a wise and wholesome!
charter of rights and privileges. Thej
Atohison Champion, Leavenworth!
Times, and the Kansas City Journal of]
jS^jftda^-!: contain very full reports ofi
[me proceedings of those who niel'.i
[Jthare were but eleven present of the ]
fty-two, who twenty-three years ago j
lined the Wyandotte constitution,
kese and quite a number of the oili-
ens of tho town, enjoyed an exceed- j
igly pleasant re-union. The roll of)
"metnbers was called by Judge Thacher, j
w&Si presided, and where tho names!
t.ttfete not responded to in person or by;;
K 71 nr 'T::. II,- wan lt ,-iii>. itrnii.in.., pin,.
il*tjwfrrthose.-who were present gavel
iclr.infovulation as they possessed ofi
fchem. The occasion was made inter-[
^•eitiug by the very valuable paper pre-
. by Obi. Martin of tho AtchisonI
lampion, who was the secretary of j
|4fte*ooEyentionv This succinct and com-
^ijpiete bistory of the personnel and
: work of the convention'will be, as it
ought to be, preserved by the State
HistoricalSocioty.
|% Itifplt <fa0
Jvl^M. MURDOCK, EDITOR.
W l t - i i i r A . ' K . V X S A S Al'rntVra.'t.Nvj.
('01.. JOHN A. MAKTWrf MIDRRIS.
TUi.'»ur»niii:.: ittttijBJbfn of thr- in-.H «lil> i< I
ruvi" to K.iiin.iH lutt"»ri>BUltiill<ni mill im»l* #'
Ivlil.rh iimtnniriil i'||«< «.••• "ii>Mi'<l !•• Ih*»
' l a r . y (mitt » ri'uiii><» i.ihl ttrrKi'ii uM«r-
ii'.'einion Colt .tnliii A. Sliirllii ili'llvt-ri-4 il|(
mlill'M* Hint i • lid I Uf lii«li»rl,-nl ii>iiiiriK«r' ,,,.,.„
illlil pru-porMMillir***. *'"1. M:ir|lu, r j | H |t|
thai t[tun IIIPI r.iil ".IMII-II 111 • nmjgf [j v ,,,,
M
[.Kuvruury vf lh»' Wyamhtltt) i i . w iitjtli|iii«l
CunrHiil<ui. Tin-!i.|iln *•< iii (u|i ,,( „(, v w i,,
J ill;: ilitiivsl In ;i|| 1.1.1 .iliU-is If ,H\ rtt, | ( ,,,„.
i in llml mum ftir U> I'i'piiHtiii.l',,,)! ;ll ,„ „.,,(,
day. I'.vn-v liilin.:iliiu"-t, i-s.i CimiH ,,• „„,!
and wlili ii iiinjnril) w« \y ,,- |tPri-i.ti:t|ly a.-
I •|U:iinlri|. The lm\i-m.| „| ,,;„.j, ,„,„([. |,,
I Oil. Marlin I- liy tin- w.i.,- ,,i n,,. iis.i,„i.„,
AHI10113I1 HIUUJ i'l' llii'.imi, :tri. p i n „ m^i,,,,.
dauiunlal law wlii.lt Mi.-y ilr.ilt.- I -rill h i . -,
I linvhi-; (tlnhiiMilj «I'at.lii-ivU iHi-iy >l.iiin.
•Wh.'il w.iiKmnii i. imi-.lK, ii,; Kl. (( .| ..|,.r|,
Wluiliinilciiii'li ma I, ami mill, Hu.l im*.
Whatflltvtl I'm;., uHllt IIIIHIHIMM i„ .,
• in what a i.n,-.i. iiihi xviim ii \WM
• I W.T.. Mi.i|.. .i iiio mii'iii.c.i .if ||« a,,,,,. •
X <.'i.|. .Martin, in . l.^in- his II,|I||-,.KS. „„„„.,
jjm M'Vi'U or i h:lit uioil HI « IIMIH IH-OMJ"*! hjc 1,|.
"j niUUUH Wliirtii l«! ni.Miiii.ti, iih-HHi I). I', v , t ..il
ami Allni Vttmhvf, T!„, i.,r,n,., dill .•.ii l |i«.
lU'lllllllVtilllK;,..,. ,,HIHI,V till > i |,|i '«,!,
wll,,,,
> "» IM 'i'l' <•!• tin- i-..ii.litli»ii .,! hit.
IllllgS, hi' ivumvi'il In I'l.liujiilii. II,. ,ii,.,| |M
, ninn. II.- il was v.lm (ri,.,l I.I hiUti liumriwir.
• Uli'il ill ll|U iir;4:illi.- SUM a utntlXtl III li- illiil,.
or pi-oliil.il lln- .si,|(.„r iiili^i.-allii!; li n t|ii rN .
Alton fnii-K.-r. \vi-ln-lii-vi.,i|| t .,| |„ ••,::„,. -,-1,
^!S\s^afd7
LAX UBNTUlLK riiiju^i.w,
Wy. acknowledge tho receipt of , l
auiphlet edition of. the addJ?tii» of
ol. John A. Martin, of the Atchison
I
Ohauiplou, lUdivered at tho reunion of
tho Wyaudotto Constitution (miners.
It is written in Martin's easy, graceful
stylo, and constitutes a valuable uddl-
oiu iiAivno"Jo 8.toiPirjB pio ! "7
BOinSna OM^ iJttnv.poui J u t «(.* f
H8nau,»
mxrm moo pros ^m i'llU0-11 -po.w ur
WOAJMJIIOU BI 00-IOJ 03-U11 V
tint W„&fflUOn MM JO -dn Bis)1

Jte jgmckil ftknild
lsl't]tMhlli;i> ISt INUM.
t l . I . tUS.t.K. iltlltor Hltll rrti|>rl<Mi»r.
Wu lutvi. reerlved nil.! rant] willi great
|<'«u«iiri> ||IH Admjrnhitt pi!,hv<i ii( t'ol. Jiio,
A. Murtih <!-liv.'r<il July Hoth at Wyuii
rinll." nl tho rmiuii-t) of the *(lt*vlvlng menu
-hati ..f lu« cuiiftintS.ni ttmt framed iln-
urciiiic lnw umlw wlttoli KPIIIMIIK has de-
«<d<>|<ift| tr.tn n wild irontixr ro|>ititi to n
r<<tnm«»wo»I.li «'f it million j«Kr.j«U>. CuJ.
Mnf.ii M « thfl lieyUli w r r t s r y uf llmi
fii«!jii|*ttMir<l <'»uvi<iiii>)ii, Mtil thus iKHfll«
jii<" 1 it position Hint I'lmlilotl iijnt tit impm--
tmlly «.|i««rvfl tin' individual* f.uupi>t.iiiK
th« hnily, It* Imx miuln H faithful M well
n* tnl."re»iii;g r.eor.1 in eonipo-lng this n.k
*lr«**, whiVIt will l * HIII.'tin llio tiio.t vnlii-
MI'IU i!.'i'itiiii'tit« mi UK' in the Statu llin-
t-irii-nt fvii-it'ty. The «tl«lr»>-t lit no Km*
\akisbV»* ;i htt«ri»ry pr.nlij.iiun than IMn
retiilhl of liiM'jry,
: ,.&.
*»
HU'chlti <fh»mitttfuJ
Atchison, Kaunas, Soptembar 7tli, 1878.
,. , •,„„,„ w rrtmsfi
HONORS.
'TIM'- <a-uml 1.4'ccptioii Tt'Uiltr.
rri Col. l l u i t l n .
A Nfiunn! Umilnj; ami a Hand of:
Faithful Votloirvr.*.
«.'»iiJi.ltili> whu inun- home after » dnfeal
t w rarely thi* reeipionls uf such honors mi
piihlir iweprion-. and sojeuuiles. t'ul. Mar-
rtlt'ii rei-eni ili.:i-ii-r HI Topeku, however, fur-
nlslits :i nuirk.'.l exception to Hits '-leneral
rulf, SIIMI liwt night, upon lii. return iVtiiii
Topeku, notwithstanding tin- faet thai In' Will
the unfortunate vietint of a I'l.inliinutinii wliirli
reunited iu Id? defeat lor the Governorship, he
wa* Ihiiimvil with mull 11 public ovation a"
even few Mtoiixiftil eamliitatcs wijuV. His
iHAiliiluov hail been a favorite theme with
Altdilsou people, ami wo doubt If over an as-
pirant fur suoli nu honor as the Governorship
uf Kansas went forth to battle with so many
earnest ami heartfelt wish?* friiiii his own
neople for success, iw did he. It was a feeling
*;« Mm
wUloli^U sharnl
irgnrdlww uf polities, cased or rel
are candid in our bellsf Uurt, had he. been
liiltiwsful lmmitiec, he wmdd have }ioliad
k
i? stto'li a vole in Ali'hlsijii emmly as no ntndi-
j date wan i'veriavon.-il willi; that ilie eanvsas
in this innniv wuuM haw lost all giolitiiMil
^iijiiilii'imri., mill In- w.iillil luivo pollitln vote
MI ut'iiik uiiauiiuniH ilmt the np^HMilion
wuuM he iiupi'iii'ptilili'. Ilnl llifse ihi>iinw.,
:ii.- all kvl in tin- inlli.'i' lutpleitsaut Inn Mill.'
ilnli-piililil. |'i|..| |||.|| hi. |.:IIIVIIS« w«a IIIMM
••refill.
t.a.*t iiij;lit alionl rfjhl itVlwh H liirjto lint*
iVtirm'Of our proiiiiiteiil eili/.rti", niiiiihering
several IIUIHIIIII, pttviili.il hv a liraw liuiil
repair.'"! In hii n••|i|i.'lin,1 and lliece lenderi'd
him a loinial ivn pli.in and M-ri'iiade. lion.
[ P.. I' WattK.-urr. nil helialf of I he nswinlitcil
; Ihl'oiii!, Iiiid.Ti'd the welwine. nssuriujr, t'ol.
! Martin llmi'.lie iiiiusuri'ill1 lln-ir rc^ytn at
iii" in<l*i.vlini:n>.i»*lr:il w.'ivmilv ...iniineusuralo
willi their lieliu';.» .'I'tov anil pleasiiif that he
was ^lill tli.' surtli', lu Alchkoll and Kanwi-. in
ihr |n..iti..u he had lakiinl 1'ur iwenly-onc
year.. Wliile he deplored I lie laet lhal Iho
lalH'i;. of iiMnrthmi iw« ilnwliM lu.thp He-
puliliian i>arly, all iiii-ii'ifvin^ I'eallv l" all Its
|H'iuei|.|r'. iiuil a loval di'Yoliou In all its
miMN.'nil aelive pulilieal life in ihe ulisellmli
inter. :|s ..I' IVieuds, tailed I.. inerit that risi-g"
uilioii lie i" rii'ldy deserved, lie was sn wlfish
ti** lo vejniet: with liis fellow eiliwus in the fart
that hisdi'fi'iil IVSIO|IHI him In ihiM- lalairs in
ivhieh his aid and avsi"tanis' lo AlehiMiu and
Kan-a- hail licon sn lull" and so matoriallr
fell.
\l ihe I'niii'liisi.iii of tin" niklrVKS t'ol. Mar-
tin eaiiie forward mi llit'pi.T/,/aaud reKfHmilcd.
He said:
An old tieniiaii friend said tu me, jiisl hc-
fi.ri' leaving Atehismi for Topcka, that he
liu]ieil I would not he nominated, lieeause
litis eilv needed me ai home, Perhaiw he
llltulll have addtsl, willi truth, that iUwould
he helier I'MV me I" ivinaiu at home, among the
old, iiiul iried. and always faiilifnl friends,
win" have known nil", and whom I hisve
known, for su many years.
However this may he, I ion glad l o h e n t
hoi*e lonilgltt, ami 'proud of the reeeplion
you have glvett me. If I had rclurneil a vic-
tor, willi power and WllrtttngO assured, there
would liave heen imllllttU singular 'An such a
ovation, liiven loa del'ealeii eandidale, il is
remarkable, l-'rnin the Imtioia of my heart I
thank vim for I lie generosity nf your wehmnc.
-.All the years of my lnanhnml have been
iassed in {his eity. .1 iirnie here a boy. You
I now me more' iutimatclv than any other
| people in the .State. My faults, my failings,
| and whatever of goud there is in me, you un«
k.
I dei-stand. This i'i immunity has always Wen
genorons to mo, and I have faithfully endeav-
ored lo deserve its regard. I have never, I
think I may truthfully sav, neglected an op-
promote the growlh or ndvauee
if*-" 'HVN0
 Kansasf * ' J % i had a ttfsiftttr, onchnngtfljt'
faithr Iff the'great, future of tiSh young State,'
anaoodisaster Mia* ever clouded this confi-
dence. : "• •, MBXT SWOBMOi* * »
: Xveturn to my old duties with hardly a TKNTION—COt. i O ^ t A. K A i t l s l I»l
shadow of regret. Herd I have lived |tKn« '"**'V>
tinted with my work, for nearly a quarter of Chicago InUsr-Oeoan. , , A . _U_.
a uenturyi There might liave liocn something The Eastern paper*, in dl*cu*«lng the p t a * ™.Wf
more of distinction in the place I sought, hut pointing delegate! to the nest Nation*! fepw>"***1}
purely there wax in it no greater opportunities Oouvantlon, devote much attention. lu. llw *******
lor usefulness. The fund of experience I ^^Hta.Chandkr,Mia'Uenoaw»drofh;-«, 1ml da W*
have gathered during the past mouth and n deign to consider the pl*u or Mr. Martin, «( h««»a«.
half will not be without its uses. 1. saw more Mr?Chandler and Mr. Porbcf are both from sew M l '
of Knnsax than I have ever seen before. 1 land, and thov look at the question from til* t *U«a-
wade many pleasant acquaintances. I had, in point. The fjhaudler plan give* each State r«nr d» • •
the Convention and out of it, an devoted, as gate*-al-lurgu, two delegate* BOW em-.h district r l « * [ ~
generous, as gallant and as faithful friends as
any candidate ever had. They made a manly,
honorable tight, thai had in it nothing to
be ashamed of, an'd their devotion ^von the
plaudits of their opponents and the praise of Un additional dehgnte-at-larg* fit « * Mi-puMlwfc
all men. lenntor In the existing or w\l preceding I'mignw*. «a4
• But I am detaining you too long. Let me ue additional delegate to each diatrlet reprr*vul»H l»» ]
tlfcankyoH again for the eomplimonl yon have ftepnblloMvRepreaBimtlve In either Cmigfe**. U \
jpgtd me, and fr>r the generous words with JUtrlot having a H(>pi\liHe»n Ucpre»Miitaiivp lit It*
jFfiinh yon have welcomed me homo again. present Congress should not h*ve unc in the next. It
If t had roturned a victor I could not have irill Btlll UO entitled to an addition*! delegate. If *
been accorded a more enthusiastic greeting dlatriot that, ha* * Democratic. Ucprewntailve lit th*
Sj Through all the lights and shadows uf twenty- presuut Congress should have a Ifaptthltmn CHOKUM*-
"" one revolving years 1 have been laboring Hi man In thn next, It will bo eutllled Io*n additional del.
promote the development and prosperity uf egato. This plan prepared by Chandler ami Mcllier-
this State and this city, and have found in niv^ son will tnoruiiso the ineinbcrahip of the commlton lt»>
work real pleasure, satisfaction and honor. If 1,034.
t enntinuH tit the same work for an long n The Forbes plan gives each State two tMegWea *»
period in the future, T willy hope that the largo and one delegate for each diatrlet, nud an addi-
coming years may he as pleasant as those uf tional delegate at large for each UepnbllcMi Senator In
$fie past"have been, and that, through them all thocxiating Congress, and en additional di*ttiel del*-
^Euiay be able to deserve that generous eonli- gate for each Republican Representative In lite c*i«t>
Sence, that helpful support, that unfaltering ing Congress. MudiRed so n* to include the provision
Snd large-hearted friendship lite people of this "iu the cxlatlngor next preceding Ouugrea*," IRI*BUH
jSjjJy have always given me. would reduce the uiembvrjtldp of tlie cunvuntion tit W l
rvfter more music Major Downs spoke Until of these plans invidvelhe iduauf addilioualrep-
resentationiu proportion to the ttepuldican vute t<f)«t-
HurieHy and pointedly. He was followed by nally preaentcd by Mr. Martin. Hut hi* method* »e»r
^ o n . C. S. Aldrioh, nf Smith county, one of more direct• III* plan as firat reported gave wwh .Stale
CohMtirtiu's firmest friends in the convention, four delogatoRsitt-birge and one delegate rrotu caelt dis-
who spoke in glowing terms of the honorable trict, and In addition one delegate for*YcrvW,tM*»iiiu<»
and mauly contest made in the convention, east for Garfield In li&(>. Till* would give lite Repub-
licans of every Stale representation according tu their
%aA the. good will and earnest heartiness maximum strength in a presidential year, and intl an
twith which his friends tendered him would the Forbes plan of repr- aeutation In propm i Ion to
elr undivided support, first, last, and all the their alrungth in Oongresa hum uff yo*t'. If any plan
for additional representation is to lie adopted, thn fair-
|mo.
ness ami simplicity nf the Martin plan would lis its
Hon. Webb MeKall, nf Kinith county, was strongest recommendation.
ft called for and spoke briefly. The reoep-
ifln The convention would have, tuider the old ivtieut
|ibn wns concluded by an address by Col. r>- mid by the new Congressional apportionment, rtWiiieiii-
burs. Under the Martin plan it would have N38 mem- !
j&est in which a magnificent tribute was paid bers distributed as follow*!
IsfK Martin; in wli.lch he detailed the earnest Dalogatae District Aitiltilonal
: btato. at large. iluliigatea, dglogate*. Tota>|
H •Wishes of Atchison that success might havu '
-awaited him, but reiterated the assertion that
Mahnint
Arkniimm <1
a7
a It'
ralltoml* 4
the honorable, manly, and straightforward Ooloiwlo i
• if
contest had shorn defeat of its dteappoint- Connecttout
Delaware
t... 4
4 1 •t f 14
jnents, and that the ordeal through which he Florida 4 a
Qoorgla 4 10 14 1%
had.'pnssed had only the more endeared him llllUOlB, 4 ao
tp the hundreds of warm friends who had Indian* 4 is ** w
Iowa,... 4 n ») ret
jwjtiiefwed the unequal contest. ttanaus 4 T va
W
w
Keutnclqf 4 11 «5*1
At the conclusion of Col. Everest's speech .Louisiana 4 a I
Mayor Rohr came forward and proposed Motna...
Maryland •
4
4
i 8
1
t
is
14
three cheers for Col. John A.'Martin, who Maaaachasett* ,,, 4 1 H
IS 14 80
MUUlgaa 4 II
would yet be Governor of Kansas, and they i Mlmwaota .M„ 4 5
•*,ttsu|iiano.iplnftAf5tin?rTrn'n-rmroTVr«w,r-, " 4 t
Q9JBU'J *«uoauaijail»-a JO nvutaituaS) v ? 14
4
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f)»#tr Hi. (1i«ttt}|*r |.i.<n tti.'ir tt.ailil In- m !ln» cnn>>' Hninnvl Un. -malb btmlhiiv.
Jump, ii, Hi'vontii, 11*01*1*.
»t<BlK<tt ISO « l . l r ' * l i ' « . » l . J d V S ' . ''''" •t»J»4r•--"! iMi'^ttll !•, JOIIH A. Murlin. KmiMi. ' • * . '
«-.,<i '."I i d l > l i " » l ' " » tM< l l ' l ' i l l v "I rtll'lil i> •!• «l I.'|I|1"H'II" . Ji.lm i;. N«w, ludiHiiii.
l»'i.n> »'<> Mtii ,-'..iit l l , r t < " | . ' t ' . t | . - i l . » « l ii FfWt * 'tii- Ji'fcn Wi «««<»II> Wen Virglnl*.
Iil'li*r<l A, Kiiiiiir, Now York.
' 1 p e - . i . i u i i d i i t l i i . l i l ' p n n.-Mrll tiv » I V l i n v r a l llttVV lift- W, 11 VV»nuli<irii, MliiliiwuM.
i ' »..-..-.Mii «!>«'-. I»ii'<- m nddHi'iiml rr|tn>l|vM4li%f4 »l all, Wllil*ui A, rii't.'ti, liliml* I.HntJ,
'.I'ni-gi. W. lliHik.T. W-riiKinl.
%«2''"-'i * *(•»<^t*~< ' l , « l i t i f r t * M»-|inli!i>-4n H M I . I I I I V .il niitv W. I', i '*H4iUy, Nllllll I . u o l i i m . l
•-:, "iW**««i:r l ' « <i Ml ...I III i . . m i l d i ' h i l i l r . "Ilii» !!• iiiaiillt'M'! A. '<. Mutiny. lVx«».
W i i i f m t , » » , f-lWm ' l i b - I ' t v i ' l i l l'4IHItfMM 'i* lit" l i n » l » , f It, I . i'yilMMWj IMKiMH,
i :ii I.in. r. Mlnnr, W*»iil|igwn,
>!..> I .'• Hit4l [ l - j ' u l ' . n H I . i n S|iiiui;.<i ')• d l ' l i i ' I m-n «*> 1. h. I l i i n l t l l . KvntuL'*)'.
J i n n . l i < n l . l l i . l !•• a i l i l l l l i l l u i l vnii . III l l i r t ' u t n . , . | i n l i .1-
uriiii)u|i|'niiiii'ii
| lit.- K t . l M I i n l . r m U ' i l i m l l l i - l ,
t i . . ( I K I I ! h . t t i m i d , i l u M i n i m ;itmi in li»«.'il mi lli>< MKMIIUII1 l i r TIIR MlHU'dMUlTTl'H
It. ( > j - ! » *lt v o l t a n d g i v . • rVi'tJi P i t t a II* din (iin|Tii,-" llii'm « e n ' ini^iiit MinMii, W, R. Cli*]
Hull i.i i . M i i n i i i v i l . I . U j j a i . n Ilu- |ii HI ml^til lii< Hindi-
.ii'lui A. Murllii. nnd I'li'inrii i y I,
.Mr. Jiiiiu M, l''utln!» wim iv|MiPii|it<Kt 1>*:
« . . 1 1 . . r u t t i n g .1.1 m i lbi< liutt'ciili-n-Al•lin'tsi' In d n i f i - i i m
l l i u t y 4M.wlnii mid Mr. T. f . J'lutt b,T_
r*.-h M a l t - T W » * n i i l » l lirltiii i l i n iin'iiilii r - l i i | i o f I he:- mtd AM|.«I«III t'lMtnti^tui' I li'iiiTiil iJliiii'ifil
n $ i n i i l i n i i l i . i m i l i t i""j l ' I a l l l l w p l n t i * |in'»Biili'i|^< Klun<r. Tlie MVural pUmi luoptwiit
i l u M » i t n i t>J»M •» tin" * l w n l » * < a w l i l u tiiii'M. k Mosn.1. Miiiiin, 1'nrliOf, t.'liaiidlur, and
* \ i . i . l » , - i l t . i|. 4i In U t f I n b u l b l l l i ' Stilti'H rtml lltn i l l * . I'liimuii, mul t 'InimlliT IniH '
( i n l « . m » t «l«ii'» Hut. tiki- I l u i i l l n • . , ! ; i \ i . MM m l i l i i i i i i ' ' ivi»m jMIIHIIUHI mul exi'lalned a t
i • l i r i i x l h tit . i ' l l v i ' l l t i " l l t i t filntill li.ill llli' i l i » l l r r | « . Ill Tliii liiilH-imiiitltli'ii dvridi'd lint tft
tmrt iii luvi.r of any piyoi'lito jilwi, boi^
| T . w n i (n tin. lull iiiiiiuiiiti'i, m it« mi
U'llny, llm iiillnwiiiu |mi|Hi<iiliiiii« to b*
AltV 17, 1883. ntMMi mul viiti'd u|mii, m c h tiiciubarijf'
Hi t i 'i in m — » • — — • • — I •'» • m — p w w i — .itii<i'»uinutti.'i' ti'Sirvini? Ih»"iiglil in v6W
I'ordltii; In lil.i uwii jiidxmoul u p o n
jirii|HMittiiiu.
•rut: I'luu-oiitTtoxa .
iidnplnil vflll In; MilimlLiud'Vo is sub-couutlittiif;
nltli iintlrtintLr>un tu forinii!".lv< n nlirn * » - ;
1 To to D*nd«rt by tho Mwliiu; of tho RapuUican '.rn iiu: MW twiRtil *(Sf«»!ll ttpouftV .."
Iiy ilic lull nndmtuwt: »»-«^-
Halioual Coraiuiitoo To-D»y. I. h luiil llm viiuiuiy Unstfl uf x»pn-Ronti
a t«iiilrli.'giui'i lorcuciiHiiHtvr nnd twudi
itii tmli rvini'Mini*ilvtitii eoiigioniT
II. Hindi itiuni I HI iiiliiiituind jrvprw
I Tho Matter Canvas&cd at an Informal i Imsuil i I'.iu-r on lit" KHHI r«imliUu*n
t '•.', ultl i'ii», or I'm tvpnbili' in iinjnilii'r« q( 001
III. Nnidl iliiMiiiilllioinil ri:|ire..i'nl»ilon be
Meeting La si Evening. on iiu! ui.nM"imli.iinn vutu for oieuumil
IV. sii.ill iln.' ulili' iiiufilrtprwmMii'ii
mi llic tvpublliiin M nature »ri4 rcpraitnul
Tea FwpMtens f r OsMiderwwn—Mr. GliandUr's c.mi!H"'S 1
V . .-iiiiil Ibu mlilliiuiiRl roiiri-nontAtloa, If
nil IIKIIIIH is oi fiiiinii.'..., lie uu Hi una of t o a
•'i"lilli c o n i t r c u ur u x i u n d t o Un> fortj^eYoi
0,p l,er,( VI. Nimil lli«iiiiVill(lniiidd*lag»t««b9tnriife.
Mr. Dowry** KrMor Untftulug * iir inui f»r fiii'li eiiiiuriaBiuwti. , ..l;fti||
tut)->.lll|K V I I . Sliiill i l u ' M.Uf ili-li'iinles h» « I M U 4 ri
|ii .li'iiill .-•..!•' I'l'llVHIUlnil. -A"
VIII. MIIIU ilm rupuuiliwiHOf ekohdtltric*;
T h f ttttiHi'i.iii i.r ]t«Hiii-Inun t'.ii'iiH'.luwt tho lliiioiliuit.ir ii.ii«.um'»t » nepnrulo « n « M
within tin) dlurlid, m by n. imlidlviidiin oj;!**!
tpWRtU Vlltl I'Uiiillliul'thi! lllHlt i> riilli'i'lll I'ttlUlt vuiivciillin 1 . ,'A•.,
U|um tlio fiiiulilii'nii n:il umil iMinmUU'o, IN. I--I.HH llii' ttntu mnvcutlout b« hold Jiot
Which w i l l lU'fidi! Ujttrtl :i li'.mi nf tlm u n x t tiimi iii,ii: imrnuirs tb*u aiixlydit;s bulwo
u»tloii*i'-"tivi,-niiont , ^ ,','
imtiiiiml taiivi'iilUm u t it» iiifiotiun In IliU S. Miidl ii.e ii,.iiii:iiMinvc]illoHsbB hald
e i i y IUHIHJ'. T i m vurUms tilausi vvlilch litivo ' ibtf twenty day* Uiuiu tbunmtri oouvtiiUOh!
bei'ii propiwiil v 11.»vi ;ii 11^ l-!n» v.tUllliB tmli^r of I stu. c i i v u D t m / ';
tliInj,t tmvii IMVMI tii'f'n« tlm tuiintry fiif nrv- tiindn tho .fiilliiwing.ktuturanai'tif Ui'--$lwt
vriil wiieks, unit tlipy liitvo liwni iHvHy tlnn- li-premfitUUi'iii:
DURIIIJ- IU(U'UM«-.1 by lhi> prvM iiiiil llui l'i'Di»H>. 'l'h« ropiibllBHii n.illoaldcnnvBhttonor
emuistof four ill .i'Riu<i».»l-li»rgo tram I
V t i l i illkeamlon, w l i i i l i li;i< U-wi of Um iVli'iiJ- mid two delopmi-. rmiu imch 00flj«n«i»lo!
li«it clmwoteT, DIWitc»v<'l'>)Hil iiwiili'diversity it I d ; lunw «(hlllioiml dalcgate4.»(<UUf»"'
v( liitutAi, fipliiiuu u p o n Uii' j i i . i i U ivml do- raiiuhllcan senulor In ihu Uicli exIHuftY
prwedlliK cniigvo-s, and tbr«o nddlUonul
fAVuriU |il;iii8, *ml ilu* c'liiimlv MlugttM fur uiinl; rvpubllosn leprsiiati!
of » l « r k ul lljjllt « p •uah0QtlE*s. 'J'lm cU'K'uatu«-*t•'•"
iWornUw). T h o M
:»«fnod \M iteta o'
f^**i lb*
»;-*S2
fety^;iteJi i**fc

life"convention, aoeordiug totftB ilftltaof the
ption oliMioii iioUu«» una BlMcaioms bytbo
S w a t aa ootid bo gafhf ro4-fr"'n coavona^
tidh with• mwtwira uf the oouniiiltos IIIBW'
.Wilt'bo opposition fr> the iiuoptfoa of any of
propositions for it ohangatfrom HOdtliora
«WH^«t«tM,VM|/fts finf Irian projWHed
•"j5utfoo>umlU9e%ill give tho ooaimitteo
1 6 ' w a i i>jflti aywy feature of tho
;jpjj^rtjflfcf»^gi«!iod, tb^. fliral fiction
mmm^mmtfiicy to ti^rioputillouu
l
if#l-,.:. ' • •'*.' ''.•-.'..* ,*,'
frfeltowiiji totter of rojffSatlon was stint
"•liainsmi of the republican national
tii yktbrdtiy.by cjc-SemiUn- Uuraoy:
" '""* ^b.' C;3att, i«nt^8.—To the Hon.
1,1, CUA11DUH OP THE XATIIINAI.
MrrTSic--Lcai Mr: More than two
I ago, UOl only wltliotlV sullelta-
,OUt ooovrury to my wl»b, ropeat-
I was ohosomcurwldiy ol iho Na-
. oommlttefr by the tiuaiiiuoiM
speatod rci|ti«iti of Iha lata I
. &> Arthur, and,, iii. obedl-
; eariiett appoula. 1 atjoopted ihe
da my prlyatt bjatofas, luourrad
and ajashnrged-io tba best ot my I
uttea I .'awed not only to the patty, *v
tovfiBg my eluotjon w»l urtpar-
find aOUvlty oa both stdSi. The
. ibbu meimetowfrf*. iho laboruu
jr i
, : * * < ,pllsh
the ruspoualufltty-
thu reiutuuoilrml,aupremo,
oenaluly
iblo to any limit ol faithful MO la-
iroTlou to the causo on my pari.
jjtVOB no act of mluolu respect 10 iho man-
"(ftlio campaign, either aa toiUKoiiewl
s to any of Ha numberlow dotaiU, that .
iwbuKhly known to our candidates for '
and vlto president, nuU by them ana
f them fully upprotcd, both bol'ora and after
ho' very natoro of the otroilniatancee I
ltodomttiiy ttaliujti iipoH my own toapnll- !
adyat. In ilmi entire CftM|nii(jn, nothing '
tiy me that wns not most heartily buuo- '
Gena. fiarllela uud Arthur,
my regret on their part soenied to be that
was u limit lo ray physical ouduruup '
tlrls regret vafllshud when tlie raw..,
known in November, 18S0, when IT»;
victory had beja/J
.?;fti»To".»t|'
"to ||toi4
„ ._., the ~.j«3fflie-"S8^j crun.it'il that nl' a nninlmr uf It'oiinbliciu Sliitr..
. beside, I haya been afflctod wllhn,
of the eyes since lost May, and for the last I
lofttha Jinvo been Confined, to my house,
led to remain In a darkuilbd room/
4 nof bo pbjrtteally able to Attend the meet* - • ton StuU-8 wimM lmva luat i u vutoa, loitvlUg iiulu
of your committee to-morroW iWrnlng, and
n if-1 were, it would be impoailble for mo to
;sch
»••*•»*>•*-• *• tles.ot seoretdfeiaha I thorofotu
•ijtMjftA ^ttipfijrjl. rtl]ij6^[Tt'."
!*j0U5 cofifmlttte, myltucoro tlioufca ]
i Biony fteta of kludnoaj; and confidence '
abti shown to mo during my oHicial conuee-1
.yltftthe committee, j ->l
TMW the honor WtWUBS,
*R*-
BpnbllmtftiSjnronttlSi * h w tt» JBAtoMI
miiioo meeu taere n « a \V«lnMtlii|. - \ M . f M M
•wltltiti Mr. Cbtwdttir « J U prvwmt, »j.a to wftt^fc »• «
uuitorHlntKi .lohn M, fothtm.ttl M*wwtin»tU. WW
couuttr. flTMBtMoiHa tlmae d'wflatehw UM* «!«••.
John A. Martin, o' Knnairt. inllttir*. t« tb*» fl»» b«
MoniMniHwoyoMHtiitn. Novtitnu hi* t w n li«««<»
on tho Wt>nNt Irom »!hittmi'i«y I. J'lltry »nrt "rnnmae
0 . flittt. Uw lumalniiiu uwinl*i«t»f Ut» attl-e»m-
iultttw.OKiiapt.it lntt"r frtnu Jr'tlloy t« l*o«»la«y
OtiniulW wltlnlt Hi'iMii- to Hitntit Hmi Uto tnaaMou
«f iliMttioti-oi'rBwiitnUiin l*u«ttiii|»ra»t etHiit «u%
lint Klv>w i"» viiiwn MM th« vartinm I'lan*.
Mr. Mart InteiMWMI« to W(nliln«t>m t*i »tta«4
Juout«rttiiHj»l tttn nmn!ii,H»'i nt tti* Volnnl'ar Kol-
dlora' Ilium'. niKl W " » TltMMlM! .itrinaiimiilonHn
lutaiolloR Mt^tHttfiht tit !«'» «lo*t. Mr. MarltnU
lliti ulimr i»t ih< MMMH t:h.,m\ >.i i. baiH l*«t» a
liiiiiiiliiror Urn Nttliiin:il I'mnnllKaa urn"4* I«'IH. anil
!ni- ••••tillORilm.i tin' n u t into in a m y ran**Bll»«i
n wliloli lliinii>!«atl»n Ua* linn inumt, Ml* plait
ljiH'>o.'cii ^l:tlr>l»n iti'li«»UH at lari«» and t'aeti
I'oiiiin i»U>iial Mltttiiti'iin lU'Ii'jOtla. ami tti*n t«
cault ftiiita nunili'leanti' fur avor.v I».*H* K'rpuMt
oan vaff» "itxt fur ITCHIIIIMII in IH>«>. Ha »nt>l:
* It (lit* weinotl Initio ilmt Iho lanll in onr ct>n-
tantii'ii systmn liim mil lumii w» timob ilia luck ot
rnprr icittiititn li>r Hi" ili«'.rlet na Ibu f»i-t t'litl rap-
losiviistliiiii a m mil hittoil upon t1i« liojniidioan
vote lint iipun tntnl I'mnilntlmi. Tli.il K*tn i v * .
fli-Tivliu Slittoa .tn niiiliirt repro'ipituiiiHt. At Tin
oiu;i> Ktnwna, with u rt'li.ilila liiipiiliiieati mniiiiilf
ot 111,111111. iliit not hnvn an liirga it raprtaouiaUtiu »»
South (':ivr>ltD!l. itBil Olitn nu mmn timit KanlfpUv.
1 w>nln lutvo profcriail In ii|:ti:oiiftliliiRi ii'iti»t„<
nivlimroiirointutitni »n1nty untlialiaaianf tlia Kvpnti
llcsiii vuta, lint II.'ITI1 ii'uluriv! m> pin;: ** » aumpyu.
IIIIMO nit wliic.lt all limy moat, i'ho ntilf oliirctinn
Vtruoil In il in tliut It pnrpalmitca Hltl|« n|)tc».nl#
tttm. 1 cnntoiiil tliut Main r«pr< a'litatitin lia« nut
boon tlu> fault nf our anitvontlnna. At t'Uio.n.-o tba
ailiipdiiii i>l" tliu Itisoliitinii ft!t,niii-iu llir rich! nl Hi-
iui1iviitu.il ilnluKnto tn vote ua lio r|ioa» uiinttu
olian«o nf vary few v toa: 1 lu Kcata-Vv. tl« in
New-York, im In PoiiiiMvlvuuim in In tllitiuiaami
•tin KailiiiMtlmt it tha ropiaa nintiim itwl I*I»II
linKotl ouKopuliliciiii vot.'tH It wmtlii Imvi, t'ii|. limtn
Mm vnlii Of it luiiiitmr of Itcmouutir Htnrn nti: in
• If llm t.'liii'HKti CouvoutJon liml bucn lwm''t ult my
plitn, twfluty Stntou wunbl tmvo jiniwil Ittl % m*>a nnd
Stataa ui!('luu«wl,
1
"Aftor Mint Convention I imlarn.l Into eotra-
•pontlenco with ovorv Itopulili,an Mttn t OoimiUa*
1A the Union, ami ioniul that tn twruiy-1lire* .sutoa
tharopreauntntlonin 8tato CotiTonttuna la !i»a»<|
wpon thu Htpntillcun vota j in thrw «r dmr tha r»p-
^waentatioitisliMaoilmjob ieoiiiiii'mniao plau xuato.
- what likiiitilno, and in thtirowaiiiilav I M ohl *ya>
tomliasedon pupntatioa atlll obtalirt, aasapl faa.
ConnecUent, whaxa the repraaentatlou l a b f
 ;»;? -?;^v;*» imil pcrfi'ijlly willing totulk, l t n explained
llU jKn.illull inlly, anil viiluiitm'iTiI to got lip
a terlaa ui IIIU1"» nliowitiif llin ..[uiiUiou, of (liu
"vnrimm Mheuu* ivliIch will bo buforo tb.*'ouni-
InlMo lit tta millini! lit till* «ity on Mmnnu-
it tt i»t V twrntti tiiat., unit (Hit III* vtnmi into slmpo for
MM » 411 HI ABHMm* Y.VWI lit lnililUalluii. 'rim 1'i'xull, wlilch U pro-tonti'it
Kull***. II tt tllti
Kaoata, Urn I'ttiit^tt
t'liiiMKU *I'UHVLU
Hutatl <m Mtf plan. tb» f i t ti Jn i.'wltli, will 1«' fuuiiil'.f Kit-lit jmbtiii lutcrc.1t
*uxwi mi n w plan, l b * r w mill nf v.ilitn In Hivmbiirnut' tint i:iiniiultt«o unrt
i«. 1,7-Ml
trim. 1.7-1" in
in S»t«l»f»«
NrrtuU. *»n IIHM lilt
g n » t wwiiy S I M * * , i f M h i i l « « K»w ]'.iliiii-i;iii'i v c i i v r a H y :
Mr. M m u i t » a a i w U i d w l m l i i r t tic l u . l rnimltlorxit ll ItiM b n i i iipiuri'iit. for ymt* tlint tins
tfco p»>i>- iui«i marin h i tiki >>ls*t « t i l l It m'.Bltt put, lwMSnf ifpri'.vmMiini In lintliDial t'l.nvi'tiliiniM
l u l a I it* b»H'l« <>l Itto ITHMM H i ' oiuni inn ui it l i t i | «
«*s iiiiiiiii. 'I'lic iiliji'. linns tn ituti".
•Wl-
• H M W ^ I H U I « » 1 » ! K < * I < « . t l r M M I : " Y i m i u l i l

I. 'flint ilii'ler siiib ii .-Jyatnin nf ii|'|iiirllilil-

i t »•«» * .ti *.» «*«• t Hi" * M M In tii» v iiiriiKii i muraii-
tt..f1 y » » t « i l l M»« t h n l M m f l i l i t t . I t
i»t»n"{'ii»'«'iitAi)"i» «'f nubile leniiiiii'tit, iv .'i<. in'i tKiii
f t l * M « t < t * o ! r . <«.l >t.<(.'ii»lrn
M | i ( r * * u i i t t i i m nCt-rU lint a t j<tiijHiiii>iii In i l i f i r
U»|.»i-lir..ii *ulf>. t l.n wauhliiti « m r n i i l i ' i t iti
„ m i oi i i i a t t t . *>nl It * » • » l m i i t " » i in Hi" Muiiitvni
fc
Jlo^iw irtlir .-»i»l"». II w u n b l t u n c tn<<*it iiiiic.ii lt'*a
, | « n r l t l t i HI t i l l I n l l « rnt lull it IO|H 1'M'lll ill lull )l;i.|
> i«rnu l.ao-'l Mil llin li. j.ul'H. mi TOWS All tilt* I'lltll*
I . I . I | » . «»', n u t ii.iup ii.<< nit .ml i n |IM u K t w i i m . - • M I « « ,
faaraviM llii'v II>KU«. lltl n i l . ' " l u t e
1It«uvUt
t | i i i l * l i . " r>i<ni>t WMPII t"ti vx.ir*. I'lii.» N i t l l m i a l
n n iiii.'ii* wilt tm ui>UI twliitp itml liti u n i - n l l ' i i i
l« I.I4.IM, I l l . l . r UI.V laliiit H i i n m a U l w l l
l t n n l 1 »(< » M l . liniiir.' Willi U n i t :»i««'V |i>i|iuUtl"ll
Mil.I llflCHWI tit Ki'llUiiiH'IIU Vllll'1. Tttll t'r.M.'lll
« l « ! " . " « I I I . Ii it«H'« llincli i|l)i|«tlro m m . « ill ilu
a i m W H O 111 i * " * . wTien ilu- \Yoaintn i»li»l»« l i m n
jbau (••«• i ' . ! • ui"." ui w i u w l l l . "
I h p i c i t i i n . i iinttt-iiliiin t«l rt liitriiinlUi.tin oinal.t-
• f a t i o n oi ttm ijii.atlui. III It«l fininiiilU'ii, If ll.iirn
I . a m i l i a n Ittd >>I Hi.' I'M I net! mtRi IIIH-H t<> III" Won, |
) I t la ui lli<' ( a . I t h a i w v r r a l , ' l u l » m l iiuHii,.t<t lit t*.
I ti>" tmu.uHWo. l i t i o l t ' Ii«"nl l.uuaii .nut A t . n l n i l -
I h t f . r r t a t i S i - * . Jiavo p*|'t»«»i'it a |itrli'li.llHi< liti Un«
Vi**' 1 '* *"•'«'•"• wJt.i'U g i v o a n o litttliltitfiul rr>|ii<<
! »»'iilai|."i (<• Uotutlill. .ui it)*tlii-'*. , \ n n " ui m i '
I |i|«MK fuilinil»ln>l «rt tilt W'-Ill In li.Hi- 1.1 Ui II llilii
! JMrflilHl t h o I'.'iiat.'a Uir.fi ill I . . i i ^ v . u tun VniHitta
h t a t o a . Wllfl inn .1 I"- m i in.1>'.I It U i ' M a t n a m i l In 1m
|.h'Hl il Wiis iiii|in^ll>1n in imiiiiiiiili' |nihiilru-
Hum «M»3»lty lial I'Kinli.liili i WllO Wcln nut 1 lid I'lmlcii ill'll
nmjiiiily «il' llic ii imbliiiiii Vtiler*, nor of tin:
lull Ulltl "title* l.lnt MUlllS Wll'lc I'li't'lillill Mlli;.-i COllIll ll" .ICI'.ll l l l l
i'ur Ti)iiiliiii .in mmitiii'i"..
Tl. fiiill'i|linl i'i!|<ri's.<iildtitiii of ri luililiinn
VIIIKYH MII-.. lliiJrr tlin iijirmiiini, ilouiml,
III. 1i ir.nlc n.i iilluiviini'o fur tnnrcim'il
v.'i'i.Miiiliil inn Inlliiivliii; iiii'vi-iiHiiil ]uii<iiluliuii,
WMft'lM III llll'"Ilil ul tillll lliflllli..
(.,i lit. i r u m uf •r»n:>i: Pit'luTHWK 'ini; AI'IIIUTIUNJIKJIT
Inr nnl ininil I'IIIIVI'III inn. bavc rciilly boon l b «
>ii^iiiulliili K( Hi" cilllllltlllntN UK'lln^t tbn
" i i n i l i n i " " mill lliu I'ti'iiiim ui ili'lcyiilpn by
|i:ilr» tn-liit'l ut Oiin!iv.ir.|iiliul ilWrinli*. t f
llll) n'|iiiblii':i!i Vl'li'lfd uf iinil Hlitln worn
i'(inilly iv|ii'i'M'u!i'tl. il. W'Uilil be iiiiiiiimtblo in
M'l'iiin llu< iiiiiiiiniiliiin nf ii t'itmlitliitn fur
jni'-iili'iil \vbii\in> nut llic i'lii'i""nliiiii;ijurlly
i»l' tbn n,'|illltlimiM nf lliu I'linnlry.
•* Ai ii liu •din;: ul' Uio tv|<iibltt'iiu niitiniml
("iiiiuilli" lii'bl in Noiv "Ytirli. in July, tbtfO,
ll«l,\. Wlt.l.l,\>l 1\ t'll.tNIH.KK
Miiiiiiill.il ii n:inluliuii tlint tint vt'iHibllrnn
iiilliniuil I'.iiivililiiin nf IJWl iillulllil liu oiiiu-
jur-i'il nf iuiir il.liiMiiia ntliirnc fitnn ourli
Mali, mill I wn li'iuii ciii'li I'liiuromliiiiiil din-
f t i l l , tbc ili'-lrii'l ili'li'tuili'H In bii I'lmmjii b y

r | . i n r l l l i - . l III |l|ll|.l.rl:.iH tU tllt>lr ktll*ll)ttll HI

0«8 '.i— ........ ...rfftajMla;*— '" —•

tlthlrlt't "uiiM'iili.'in. Iii'l.l in Ilu- ninKiv.isimiiil
ili'li'litA Stii'li mi ii|i|ii)i'liiiniiicnt: irimlil iil-
lul ili-lrpllis In 1 Ini wvlTill slllti'S Oil 1'nllriWH,
flic. iv|iultlit'!iii vultt nf I'ai'li Nlnlu iur prcni-
% THE NATO.!. iiEiTill.ir.WM I'l.nl in l."—1>, iiml I liu iv|nilili«ni vutnW wu'li
f!i l">;iitii w.inlil inini'sfiii, licinifMuted iu tlm
tiibli':
tllB lllll VIAS W AI'IVIITlilNMKNT.
By T'»' M.-':;^..i' rJviii.'.-!'-.4it Ci'sMP'Vty,
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A'.boil * 11 •IJ.I.'Jl
('ti'.iluilllil., , \i Ni.:rr.s
Oa Whli'lt Same ILtm^ja nf ih" RppuWifatt t'liluriiilu o tH.t.vi
rainicvtii'lil, :a
Ktt'.ii'jaJ C ;iiJ!!it:M! ant Fi;;iirin^. I'fl.miiii'.... n I\7.ll7l
ii,ir,
1H:IIIII s a.iw;
tnt'lilll ^i M.ilW
! lilliiu;'. •u BIWKtT.
Tl:c Pinp«> e J Hmw ior P.uty Ropre- *:. I liulliiiiii Wl
J.MV.I '.!.'. Btajnl
(•(.'ntntion in CiMivvtttiuii. . i JUIUMIM IS llSljlUT
Ki'iiiiioUy i.i IJI.Wtl
luilii-liiliit... M ltuvmi
W. J^lia A. KiHiti Fi.;tw,i ftt! (lift ItMlUl of Uio .".!::•• It!
Ill ;;s,«ni
?l;liylilll<l.. . .
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(ksaii! H\tei& &&«*& t!li iHMtln
auuhiiwii.... lll5,aCi
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tM isri.iBiii
Mln.'lMiitiil... Hii.MI
7 b » . I I I T I I U K <>f t l i o <'oiiiiiiitlrn W c i l n r a » Mls«..iirl.. :II.N>I
<!«>• l.iKi ly lit lie u I'tilt O u r , .NV.lllHHl.il. l."'j,flli7
:iutv York i.l.!l?J
;;t'viu in 6SAMI
Niiw U'l'tliltf UUtt
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At * meotlui! "f Ui» rownHfem l»"l In
liMtOtt in March, ).<*!,'Mi. UuMidli*
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irtet, »o «dillU»ut4 d«l<f»U< « Ww r-r > <• li
Bttbilaaa neimtnr. and an adtltltunal dUlrint | ; 1 Al*l.»l^» M | U « M H « t l l l
i for «M>h republican teprwwwlnliv t» % A'W«i>«
.=#•*•*•• Jr
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L that that mutter anould be:
Una States and district*. Ho «•
i-trell to anticipate eonteata.
'JVitf Maryland, inn,ulred who wero to a«tox-
or the din t rlnt delegates went to bo e) cut oil
onventlona or in tho Btnto euitvctitlvna,
h«fior replied that that would, bo left for tho
Lluntlou of the Kepubllcana of tin; dwtrlct. It WUH
t vrhicU (ho thought) this nonmiltlic could not
jfjgblBto.
Ir. Washburn, of Mltmc.iuln, tuouuht thiiro would lio
idipiouitv If this'oauimittwo would lay down the rule
jAJrk'ekarly unrt uumtslnkahlywlmt wan expected
fStuui tutddlali'lct limtciid of Umvlii;; overytlilit*
••ndii.
baidier--lluw would you do II, In the iib.wnee uf
S M to UlO maimer of iii'gillil/.lUloll I
ftiahhuru— If 11 oiiniint be done, It ehowa Hint
i f111,61 weakHCPF' lidi'.'vout ill the artlMHO.
§wo ahouldleitvo no option nt ull, lutt lay
"yhiitla tolio done,
ir*-X thiulc It would lie dangerous Rnd lwi«
»8J wlw ahall reprewnt tlio tapublUMu* • Mr. Milium—I um wholly unalilo to itevta* any talr aud
ftVf'iilstrittt. The only Hitre way J« to leave the
There It in. « jori-eineul.
ItU'iln.of KaMshn,** inc-.nb'vo? ihn mili-rnmuutlce,
tho Vjawn wliloh lio ciuei'Saliicd ua shown in the
onosud tiy luiii.
j,.&.• Mit. UHIAN'S si;i»STirrt'i8.
BVgti>t Vtoiran moved as n mill itlfcnte. for all the now
tloim ilmt tho biwtaot rcprewmtutluu ahull re-
tt It him hvcetoforubcou. TH1 J plan, he said, was
BAlte theory Hint Mlts people nee reprcrontnd-*' Icdnaotthe
' py oft-which FrwljAniiM wesc eleeietl—I'xcejit
itorles were liioliuled. Thorn wim no principle
eaor having dotcijutUiohiK-ieii In proportion to
Iter of Hepuulioaus in a illitrlot Titer* might
tt'lKlrantft«e la It, but uo principle, tt would be
^de, which ebbs nud Jlw». There would be uo
(ji&.lt. Tho Btate of New York would not at otto
frre halt «a iiuuy Ropublloan delegate* in tt
t t o at another time. It wua to him a perfectly.
£lng proposition. Hi* turnout opinion wan that If
" lipleottho resolution adopted at the lnalNn-
JEOeaventloii worn carried ont the boals of ronrv-
lon would not be ohangod. . .
.rineuus ouuaUzatlon acenrUIng to the districta
faitad abates. Nobody TM solvit to bo hurt by
i tbu old system to stand, and somebody would
"tit were ohivnged. Bomcbmly would bo dls-
to that extent, and boiirt-burnluga and
ToulUbo created. Kvcry district, whether it
could not eloot a ltopnbllcnn Presidential
TM entitled to be represented at the Natiunal
•Mi Convention. In couolualou he modified Ida
iaklng It; ThBt tho basis ot representation
ro dolente* for eaob Benator, two deleaatea
grreBontottYB inOongrcaB two aeJOCMfi! Srt
'"">i RSty and. two dulofiatoa for the inatrlet of
llKPBlSSliSIXATION OF THIS PEOPLE.
uo?, of Wlaconain, moved to nraund the eubntl-
"riklng out the word» "two delegates for oaou
Dla pruposlliou-waa simply to have dlaU-lct
dion-tresti from the poople. Acoordlng to
t plana-propoaed, there would be 1,400 dole-
^ 1 , 4 0 0 alternates—a body of B.800 men. No
" M'.Would hold ao many. Aaoordlug to hla
auoathore would be aJXmh 000 delogntes and
Mhlorna'tcs. TWa numbeji ho thought certainly
W*5**KU- n « regarded his own propoaltioji |
Jo*,, true Bemooratie-Eepubllean aoheme I
.. v*=itl expression of the people.
| Mlobjgan,. propoaad a body oonaUting of
^ ^ ^ S r ^ * ? ! f e ^ ^ * ^ 9 ' * w m eaoh
iainal dlBtrlct dolo-
p m which tee last
rould reault ft«|KW*»ytioUi4lia
WaSWJwS of Mtntieaotn, thought that W 4«,v
««an u-jfty WMMMI In a eottdltlnniu** w»w V m H i
•verr rndi'i»i ml*ta*e o» any VMUIMI itiuoraiimtn,
tlmimli. «;gum! deal about Ihn nmtWr, and
cmiiina td tun eonoluawn that tt wan nt
ear* or Dim tu tdutngo tho ptroent \t**» \
vt upernMnua. He wai th^refiu* very much HHHIUM W I
vote tnr Hunatm- Lugau'a prnpi>*lltiiii. He eouhl m« nu !!
•wladmn In iuMrf luctrimrd iTjiviHfiiiuttun Utrfmlr-* iHct*
E »n«u»BBiiMliliii'aoiathai Hi'ttuvi'rwlielmlim'.y |t«i|>tih.
nan mid rriliii'liin the I'l'pnxvntitl'iiii i-t iMm.x timi »™
•eiUiH'rwIli-. <>u the whole, taking Intn <'.IU»I,UT«II..II
•tho teiuiMir of tho eotiutrr uui of (he parly, He ttmiiKut U
uinvli'O iii eiiiei'taln any IniiKVitthm.
Mr. Miiaotl, of Wertl Vtrgitt'H, ui*iJe aome ttsnvirv, in
ihe aitmi' vein, favot'lng Sanamt Liigftit'a nutMluum.
' Mr. t'handler eiiK^aii'd KUU Mr. M i .uu wviiini [« IM I
In favor nf luereiiriml repntMUttntWu tor Iteimiiileau
fci iili'x aud yet opinmed hi giving It.
' Mr. J.|.,no«i repiud Ui.it he win m fun r ut II, p;»v|uod
>a could ace a lair way ol t\v\:iA li.
Mr. 1,'iiiiinJii'i- -V'IU «in ii- r.i-.ui' or it pravuUitkli e*o
•beaeceiupllihiMl 1
Mr. Miiaon—Y*'".
Mr. fhandler. Itu you think a pl.m furdnlii): tl can be
flevlBBd 1
llriioltcaltlapliiu.
I Nr. t'handiiu—Youarnfor the law, hut ar.ntnat l u r u
' Mr. IliuuicN, cf town, »ngR*«tad the uafnlrnra. end _
Itupoller of Rtrtuff tu tho nWttnf Ki-uliwky ihe i«»iur •
powerand IUIIUKUCK tu aMmiuual K imbih -'ii ' '..v.-i,- ,
lion im to the rttiiii'n of Mli-iiLiiinii' Iowa. Kniiiuiky K
, nulil eortalniy mil eleot it Kt'puuih'an l'lrn-tvimm , Un>- R
t0T w l l l l B lvt,,v,,l KU
I ' * "h11 1»«» would ]/iUhalilY lnv tint •«, r
ffwould ui-rtaitttyTio ao It tho will or Iht majority «t
IheKaunliHeauvowia of the euuntry w»« eurri* ui tt
e general sentiment of the Unimiiil-
oouiiti-y, a* agpwamrt.tlugag .'"•J ,r 5*B
wua in favor or aoiuo ;d»n mat »vouht trmntnl?e the law
Uiatbtfttea whhiU wero largely lU'iiulttiuan eiiould !mvo
agveatennnnerirethan lliMiinrralli1rftaie*}^ileti-rmm- St
inuthe vaudldatea ami policy of the ltcpublteati Jwriy.
ttn thiToriuv tuvored iln- plan uf am>jd, rciovi..Miiii!i.m,
aiidwni atioiiglymi'tlnidtuvutefiirMr. Manliie plan
Mr. I'Oilgo, of UttaaaehtwatMi argttatl m favor H- luw
nlan of BMiilUtiUiil iciircmininitou lor itc|«ittli> ,t'i MH:<U
and dlatrlela. Tbe iSuilmiul CotircnMnii dM u>ii n-om-
unit thu iii'ople ol tuo country, bttt Winoai'iiUrt tuo n#.
pnlillortii imrty. ., ...
Mi',aiDv/b>tt,ofXantui<ky.«a1B that anythlug whloU
had a totid-uicy in •tUttnuiuV tt>' tt-M"tsllemi« of Keat-
tneltv and nf alien !*u"i'a nn«ht to he avoid ••!,
Mr. l'liloj, or Mmaourl, agreed wit" Mr. Wiwhuurn
that thia was um .it tiinu tor liuiuvir.l-iiie. lU'llumgUl
li liciUirtiiBiiiiidtiytho old ramlntatM Hilti, the He.
piiblUsnuHof Mlaaourl were emiriiy willluit M itive to
fue Ui!|iul>llniin r'.a'ea Unit cant fcutinUval) t-lcci'.ral
vuu'H tho iiimiiliiic ciiutt'id of the uniutuaiiKiia. M>«
uucBtiou WttB liuw in Krt lit it,
Mr. Vnli!nllui>, or Schramm, »xprr»«ed the tipltiloo
timUhntlllieiK-.i li'imh lean t:iiiitciiili>ii IUII IMH mlvcii
to >lil» uiuiuuiiicc any iiiiliiui'ilo• l« clLiiijii'. till' llunta id
repri'Bi'iitiitliin.
Alter aoiuK furtlicr lU^ciumou ihn amondiu.-iiu to the
Logun Hiiiiatliuic wore wnn>lr.iwn.
Mr Krye, of Mitlnn, replied W Meuhjevitmi agalnw the
large «MRi, Uiruu eiinvcuUoua prcv>it' it nil over New-
I'hiiflnuit. lie would rather attilriM* a eniivcniluii o; •J„M>tt
ui en IIBBI niipliiil to iinuniirttc a eniiduti.iii for l*rtMlitaul
limn uaitram tho Hoiwe ui ltciii'i'«cntH<lri<s, Thfro uue
Hiit'ety In large uonveutluue. 'I'un mirniwn «i 1'ennayl-
vuntil Inul com.> iriiiii hor M.oiill OiillleullouH. Wumn a
grunt cilute oi tour milium*nf eeu,ile iioiiiuiuuil tu iiuv-
vrunra by eonveimoua of afeO there «nn »uri' tu l»
trouble. It lvnii<yiv^iilii hud a cuorciittuii of U.aiH)
men nobody would own that ounveuttou or cuiutUaiu
that It wiia nwne i.
Mr. Devere.iui, nt i lenrgln,anld lie did nm dc«lr>- topreaa
tun claim oi any pnrueuiar FrnalUemuu vnuuuUte.
There wero uoeaiulliimi:* no* before Um country t aud
therefore tine wn.i un< llniti to aenh* tlila ilt»|iute.
Air. Btrehaoh, of Aliibiunii, favnrnii tun I.H;IO auban
tuie. It would uut be WlagfiM Mr. Liuouln uadaaid) to
1
HwaphovKKHlncroMlugllicatraiim. If ili.v tried it tu
tlilecriela tnoy tnigut itnd that tho einaiu wul«a\. they
wore eroasiug wua the jjjft,
Mr. Piei'ue, of riiiottrainud, nlan fnvortid the
aulwtltute. l"
and uudar 1
yeara tn»<W«TOi^||f. ffiJifUsved that witaik

!,
«i*^f>'<f#*r,
IJBUll
J f r M tt»i»«t>uWio«4i r o l e for rToaldeut or o i l
ptlUlH' t H iiimulter* ill CotMrciM.
Mr. Ciiimllpr timitfl * tpoorii In whloh ho M M t h a t thit
iptrirt'OU rif ttrfpaj or MCOOM In tun iH'xl 1'|V«I,I<MIIUI
•Multtin ilnpemiril mi wbtstintr t..u ttnilo.iul Itimniilluuii
txMtveuiiixi »>"ii.i n.Miuiii* u u i h v Hi" niti rutuiii
ttarnuali «V»IPIU, nr wroiUor liml I"}«I«III nhniilillni pe-i
ftwtn.il lua m m -Ii of nl'nwiiiK lienioapftMol
ItKHtlllli" lill-llt uuim- lli',nl!lll.' til 'III llliltililll* Hul I iilg
UiH'n tf> ,.»•>!! i-.! unit riml IMMHI dii'iM.i.'. "I'linm * w l i d |
lull in i "U HI n >li 11'I Die i iir ri'pm#«ill.ii in ii ill .'imilii'i-n Km
jmiiii.iun, Ho II-HIHI turn ihe iimirtdi'u wmilil un fully <
a|«-ii«ir«l.
Mr l^'^itB lti.-u*lit th.il lit* «wn iimu i«!tl.m wwt n
r»>>fi't''ii' nnr. mi.i iim mil think ili.u tint priipitMiiunii
In nrnti* I II w i n 11 lUwhlltltO w r m VM«IIIIII.I|I'. |f tl|H
iwmiuKt.n Wrht ri;iji.ni'.i tu tlin mrt ittntnut it itiiiihi miy!
*» I
M l i v l » , ,.( p*|«i!.ti, |irii|i'itlH iimitim*. ttn> Huiithj
I n u t tUMMrity « •!. tiiivitiiuii «f tm iiitliiriii'ii in tn«|j
iMttMIHitlmi Jiuu.miili .t.llr.iliull.
Mr, frrff.nl si i; •". ti.<|i-ii< ••! iim l.-niin si|i'iilluli», I
Ii. ,11,; n i i i t r l ) MtiioK-i) linn |ln> nUI nv «|. in win',
*r.tM|t, njiui mnl tint iMifi Hiti. Tufrii WiwJ
tmt II Mnim in tin, I'liimt ttuii rhMMiil it.M ••HIIVI'IUI.IIH mi
i i u i i pi , .iii'i|iiii.
Mi. l.i'rt i *»limt win Hi, r It wulttil mil ha net tor Uii'i-
plllit lvniu«*r«llt; !*',IMU< Plllliri'ij' llillll lilt' lti'|illl>!li';lllI
IVllV", ".mil limll In ttn'tftlvt' li..|itll'll.'llll lV|lli ;.l lllUIlllil j
Ui l(.'i"H'i will iiu;<w m m illiiitirli. 'limy liuil rtM iiiu.ii!
l l i l l i l i n <|,iulli' <1 ilii il IIIII.
Mi" • intouler ri>j»hi"t «>i Mr I-mjuii unit nrftm-il In ituiw I
l h « llll;Uf<» Utllt (II. ']i !'IV lif I In. piii|iuni'tl l'!|l|I!l»l',
Ml UVt-U ! * * " i " i t-i.il l i m u m vti.iti in |U«< prnjinitpd
chain.-. k M I ' m It i l i i n r.i. in . •! tin* Iti'pllliliiiliil nr '
Hint/-* mn| rltoirtt'lH wiiini' tin iiiiilt'iiiH worn hi tin*
lu.iiu:il(.'. I'll •! ii ii. mil Imr OP jiiilllli'
i.i in**, ii k. .liii.Vi ti.nl |iiii,iii!ii Ui-
i.itiilii .u V$t, , rtini Mmnl hint liiii.n.iit Hi |inhl|ii||M
l u t e * . Knitiii*..}' iii'ni.i limp, muter llm iniiji.i.i-il plun,
rn.u'liJ.fcrtl-M,I.i f :>•• .<. Minimi K.'|Hl'.i||r..| I I'n.11 .III nil
mnl •IWII iVimiil lim> _M. 'J'liut Wii.i iiiiiii.'.i mnl luut
h . i » vi i.i ii" « n » m . i i - l II.
Mr, V.iirtiti r. lit N. Iiilili.l, *niigv lt«K| wlli'thur It
wii.liil nut iw tirll.'l'li *|IMt i.iil llni U.ii.llliil l.ll n'.l'.'ni'll.
II..II I'llllli'H Mil.I i n.i.ill" il III I in. I ' l i l l ^ l i ' x i ' l l l . l l illm^li'l <
,i.l.imii„ mil' (li-liv I- i.itiMi'ti i||"lin- mill an iiiliitlluiiHl
lU«|i««lii|»irr«i«H .'i.nii.i v n l i i MVfll l'i Mir ill llii.r for
J.iin. - A. lirtlllrl.i. il.- ruvn.'.-l rlllini'Unit plim «r k
r n l i l i ' i i l . l l r r ..I I .i. ( i | . - i ill |il,i.l ••ililil II. ilnl
W t l i t l HfrtttllHli.il ...;•! • ! .
Mr, i 'i'- ..i n i l . i . ' i in nl'lnlmiv litu mtutltlHM I tint. Mr,
\V it-Ill., Ii nr, ill .llii.li' •.•l.'i„lii|'iUii'illlii llllll lint 111 ini "il lit
lu'tlliil!„'l|l 1.1. I . ' U .!•> Ill i... il I l«i T III l i l . l k i l l ^ .1 I'llMllhi!
iimu III Kiiiiix mi iiiiiti.r ill-- mil jilmi
Mi. Uii.aU MliitiDt, U i m i v . l , null liln titnllv.'wut In
iti.n-v ti.u- in i n . . . ' ui H HtHllitfii in Ki'ii wui'ili-r tliny
i- .iiiii lirni--lit illi)|ll<HK *lil«'!i w.miil niriif ltin n|i|>r'iv.tl
«i uir rni-.iit.it-T. it mt <m-ii |it«u wi'i*B urvnuutva tlii'ii
Iti' wiiutii miii-n ii-tt MiiKtiiiii.i.
Mr. Lmv. ut ,Mii'.a,IIM, nitt ii'il llii- f.iHiiMiiin I'i'Kiilii-
llllll!
•* KciHltril. Timi ltii*iiii!iiin'riifili!lnrtiiti'!«tiillii'Nutlimnl
I'lmii'iiiliiii HI i - - i - , i n i.i.'iiiiicil. mnl timi niiiii liii'i'i'.i-m
h. MI ittntviuilli-il :.'• Iii i.i' li.i -I'll mum lU'iml'ili-iiii viit.'n
I.H- l'1-i-ii.luiit in 1 - i , HI ;n n .iiiiliuTt-iiMiiiiKi rriift-'mnlil. •
lUm ut Miiti'Miirni-iiii-'i nl|in»irm Iti'iiiilitloitiiiiiiii'iiliiii'x '
lu (In! I'n -iili-ir.iiil i-iii.-imn -ir I ' - i i wiiliimt iii'i'ii'ii-lii-;
tin; rullil "I i'n !. ..illii- ir lf.il. I Hi Ull> rfMltn UI' ilUlri.'l
lllt'l- T IliH lllKt ill'!."
Mr. .N-'W, nr lii.iliiii'i, i)|iinifi'il uuy flliinrti'i iiinlri'- 1
licwnl^'iiiiltir ).ii.,i:ii-i in .tii-ii :.» u ->tii ..lutilo I'm- Il | l i - i
Hilling : ," i'\i I n i , I'lu'i ii, . ' i ' n - ; . ui.il .nni. ,i iin-iiiiii.r |
|lfU-Ml.ril l.l.li Ifli' in..- DltlMlM I:.- ki'|ll sivri't 1 111 iUlli-11
iniiH-vi IIIII. inluii'iil -nii.j.'Mii' 1 111 (l. tlm v n l i i I'Vun in
a-,--! ;HUi. .-.^niniiiil Lu-.- .mir I'.niiil urn In- k.-jii Hi'iri'nl.
"Uil, >'«.".mill Ml. l.liflllU, "tlli'V l!,lll Hi-, M iU'U llioy
.nr. ..in r.ii ri"'l ii-.i! "J' .'..ii 'I'lit.' |l.:iili,'.|i i'.|
•fin; iii.i' .ftVliloli i.'i;i'.M.\i-;i>.
T'n' v.iU' w i n tm-ii inlii-i mi ll»K .-II!I.<;I:IIII«. mnl rf).
»iiiiiil—jvim tu. mi,!» IT. -vn ilio iui;ui itt ^'liiii nf royni'
IH*lltilt,llll WilK ri'tllllH!ll. • '
• Mr. iti.ii.ilirr ili'-li'.-'l tl> luivi' niniMiiT lr-llu<:nf (li,;
(jili-iiii 1:1. mi.i HUgCfUl' 'I it t''i!i '-' lill 7 ii'i'liii');. M- luli-
imli'.l tlial Uie mnili'ii ll.nl iini-n ivil'ili-il liy tiin vniiM nf
r-Ullllnill .IHU iVrriliiiiill m-liwni'i. Hu Willi- pi In linvii
mint in i' iiilii l»i.-ii, mnl t'lnmiiii tlinl lln liml n purlin-
uK'tiuiry i-iK'it. to lanltii npnu a Villi) ou llin oi-i.uluiii priip-
anltiiiii ii l nin ii'iivl.
.Mr. i.utiim iii.-pr-iciilcrt tlm iilln.inm In Hnnllu-iii mid
Twrltnriul iiumiow*. Tliey wt>rt> nil o n mi iMjiiiiIlty huro.
hU, L'lnMidl(irilcl«ii-led uUrtKlit lu nllutle n> Uio irnii
llin uiuilod liml baeu vDtTliid by Hum lim-n umi i'ei'il-
yaUm » « » l m j ) i y wuiitou iwo UP Uiruo re»onl» of
thi»t the Toto shiniia now be
i »a aiueuiliKl b y tlio Bub«ti-
**;.
rSfi'-'»r A'
MMfiniHlM
II d«i'.Mitolu>ll,i*l
t, Mlwy. Viilimtl»», Kim
J ' B I I I K Wl-v»,
W lM9»,
Atrj-ii-Mi'iwr*. .Iiiwell, rebi«er, Ruuurln, Mnrfin,
Uory, Jxnl«e, InV-y, CliMinlir, tWmti Itoptl,
llinihiip. Miiii-i', l*nrvl»—IBi
il liniv Hi innin: timi I IIM IIIIHU of reprPVAUtotion.
lif li'KHlu-i inr iMKiii H.'iiiilnr mil) two for inii'h ill
iivi- lurniiKri-M, iiuii IIIII ili'lcKiiUB fur 1'ncli
anil hip iim 1 )imi u i oft'iiiuiulilii.
Tin)I'nmiiillii'r ilitti mull H ri'Ciiii until 7:'.)0, .
Mimi'iJ) ut' OUOOUtMQ IIKI.KUAIIUJ,
A( lliiM'vrnlun (H'mnnii Mr. l.uiiim, of Mnwmol
ni'iilpiili lifmi In rnVlVtl llin iinrnllnn Tvlilnh t
ili'iiltril tn it'lj', llllll mi/vi'tl to irpninliVr UIB vo
Ini; I lip I.II-IUII .iitlml ili|li>. AH In- liml not votml
lunJoiU., Iim p.iilii to timvo ID reuuuildtr
ri-uuKiiUml.
Tim ili'it «U III'LHUIU'.IInn* Iwtviug linen iliipuastl
tliu ililii.»ilnn tit tln> itiliitllliilt, tlm nevenUi
9 tnKi'ii up. n» fulliWHi "rflmll tliu Btnto a«t«
11
tm i.li-i'ti-U ui it |iii[inlnr ituh'mto Kiutn Convention. .*
it ttim ili-i'lili'il in urn iimrmniivii wit mini ilelmift
\7!i4 iilin nnltli'-Itiupply til tlir ToiTltvirlpti mnl 1)1
n f I'liliiiiiiilu.
iii" itltilitltiirtti-tiHltlt.il winti ".simfi tiit) Htipnh_
uf I In' Vi'liuu • iI'Mti'ii'lit litivn tlli' nil! inn of nhuii-iltig _
K.III:H ul ki'iMi-nin .'.in iii! umi wuliln tlm ttutrjetu or by '
ii H'liiiltviiiiiii u( ilip .iiiiii' I'liiiviiiiiun linn ilmtiloc aon-
Vlilllilllii ("
Tutu Kiivn rl«ft t o II Inn*; illioiutton-
wlupli ii Ki-i'iit vnrlity ut. vlnws WHI preseail
I'liiullv tliu vnin WIIII nun II, ili'.il nil HII iiuii'iiiliuc '
ii-ri.il hj Mr. MI-KIT. ul Ml> Klmiiipl, llnvl, tn BtMe* ...
Il llUH liPli'llllliri' IliM'll lllll lilhllllll, lllriirlUt ll»IPKHt»l
Iim Niinnniii I'mi vi.in inn muy hu oltintt'i! by tbt
LIltiiR it. I in; HIMI i'ii-1, r.illi'il 1 .inul liui' by uulliurlty
Muic. t'uimiiitiiT. it winreliwtml.
'1'iiiil llin i nli' Wit i liilnii on an mnmnlinoin off*;
MP. I.UIIKP. n' Mii.-iHiit-HiiMi'tlH, to ntlil 10 tliu _
piupii'ilinii Iim ivniilH, " nut nil tlnttrlot i l e l i .
i-li'i-iiiil Hliull tin HtiM-t'illlpil by lliu oliliiiM of mob.
n i t i 1'iniii'iiiiiiiii." Tnit w i n iiurmul to, innlilo|
Wi.iiln iii'ipiiHiuiiii ii'iiil:
" li'r.ut.iiif/, 'I'lnil tint lii'imlilii'iiiiH ut 1lio
nun i'.iiii;ii-iwiniiiii iiini liiiH nliull have
niUlnii of lililHiHtlirt tlinlr rlnloitatca
l | n | I'.II'II «• ii.u'iili' liiivniillniiii luiil wll liln tup lii.Hi Pl 'IM, or by _
ilhi.li.ii ui' Muln puiivi".lln'.iii ;lini nil iiiHii-li'i, (teloicttte*
.ti pit il HIIP.1I 1>V'iiciiiilii.il i.y tUu oiliceiuufuttuEdlt
l l i ' l l"ll!V;-|ll|nn'i,"
Mr. .Mii<.i'i', ut in wimOmii, linn i',it pil nsulnst forcing on
lli.'.-inllii tin, iHil.iliitl ini'illuiiH ul !iir. .Nui-lli, undilliuvr. "
Imw iiujiiiMHilili! U wim tn ni-i lip illsliict cnuvon'"
MiiiiBolp|il.
Mr. ClinnilU'l' Riiltl Im liml imnlii tlm oalotp*
tliul Mr. Mi'Kim mnl ttptiiyii It, Itiicluiiiiiii, mida *
tilliiT I'liili-ritl nillpppH In Mii'UlHHlppI, ivoitld obo
i-IKIiim-u ili'li'piliM n-i'il'iiii'il tn Unit, HtntO. Hot:
llli-y nlltflll tO III! HlttlHIIUlt Wit ll tllO JllVrtl'llt IllllUll ..
Afp. Mi'Kn—.So wn mu It y o u m i l only Jut ill Hi
(I.MI 'lll.i'.l
The fi.iiilli pi'iipOHllluii, nit nintimlcil, \ v w tlinn
tn.
Tin'nliiUi pi'iipiMlilun w i n : "Shall thn Htttte Q
VI-II|II.III ii.- luiil mil iit'J ll,mi iiiii'!y nuruiuiotluku si
IIIIJ'H lii'lnrp Iim N'iiiliiinO I'liuvnlulDU I"
ii wip. :i ( rtpil ui wn iimu ill lii-iiilou.
i i i o t.ililu pi .ipiiHii mil iv,IH mi.i.nl HO tin to.EeMt 1
" Whi'ii' Miiiii'itii- i.iiti.-'Htt I'mivi'iiiiiiiiH a m rullou
illHiriPiH, limy iiinill tip luiil wnliin nfioeii th.ye .
lln; i3n11 n l ulivi'liilnn." Tills ivtm llUll IlKiOud to, an
tlb.poHuil or nil tiin luiitturB tVlHifilsU by tUu BUTI-PUI
lUI'i . .
Mr. Vuk'iilltip, of Jfi'urfttfiii, miivuil tn commit oil
prupnitiiliiiift tn ill" null I'Uiiiiulilii'. wil li iii.itruotlu"
luriiinliiip n ini'tli'iit mnl iiiii*. A^iiii.i ID,
Mr. t'lininliur limit ulU-ppil Ihu TuUowInc resolTll
wliliii WiiHUilupiiit ivllmmi. uinii'Hiiliin:
Jienulttit, 'i'lim. tUi tilli trf tin- port B»puhllo*p Nntl
Ciiiivnuliiiii HIIUII hi' mi iii'iiiul umi liliLT.il IIH to invito
' PH.i|u'Paliiiii I w1i limn linpiiHiiiif uuy other tput ol funl .
: ot nil plli/iiiH wliu in'" in luvur ui olevatm*;
umi iliKiiifylin: Aiuttrioau liiDur, prutootmif
| .ill.I cxloudiu^ llDIUO UlilllUtl'lns, K'VlUlf
PDpiiliil' I'llniMtinu tu tho )ii.i.-iin'8 of the
it'iinpiUft frou mufi'iiiiii mnl IUI hoiU'al. ouuatiPK uf
I uud ulloctuully ppottoiluii all iuuuun ngnid l u e
x i i o t l n n o f our nommo-n ooitntry, tiurlvrno are W
support the nommeon of the ootivolition,
hour vf«s tnlniu
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»-"-*Ma^ !»•*$ recorded ^;
^to«Kh»MW«thtewtoto
ggtog MBBlon fatted, "> «** " ^
1 ^ U t s T l O T a and Michigai),
g^Slhrt tb» ndee-1te:»f^
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*™ _^ Tin# i r - T b o RopnbHca*
refund thto afternoon,
i adopt M T » ' w l * *
rib* party in National
T2JI I.«I o'clock b» thn»rw^
noon, and f t t f . • » ! , Tfcoopporio.
l
tarn. w.roled t-y » " ^ S c h » , . d " r .«
of the old pbm ami 1 2 £ ? S * t a S f c Th*
contorttowuajtad by n » r « M - £ £ £
tU »t th.ro itott * "J ^ ^ . j »,
•aoh Senator (wo four w
v i UM for
lar^Undtwo foroaM»each tn«nib»r
^ R I O Ccmgrooa
ol M I *d»
S £2 "SC C ME" *£
Democratic and «»P»DU™' -.. a l l U i n „j ,i„|n
Chondlorylan IWP"* »»» r yo r j J J Jp E l
mtos.bouldbo allovrtd, »°* ' '•»'" "
X a S T o t .x^no^r Don»y hod te£ o*
£ S and Mr. Mortln hod boonrt»«t«vlh. bto
ntaco M R.vr.tory. Afwr oo— * * ^ j !
unimportant natoro. • ^ J S J H
oPpl,LdMr. C h o n d t a r w d b U ^ ^ b y m«^
te that th. M* l»ropo»W«»« rto'.ld »*ro-
locto* and wo old plan rotolnod- MM
"j tute to the p.ndlng prot«|lio«. 1« ^ f T f ^ J
1 ^omo advM.lww.MniboCbwd.or ptolKtotf
11 noprlnoloK TbaBonotor * « « u P P o r ^ i , l 2
Mr W-bborn, et Uto^oU. who . - r t r d
aMBgEGT
 . taTOjr*i *v '.'Wff* oonwntlcti, b*l
. ttar* WM M M r la it, and daobtradl
Itoat Pwiimylyanlit ttapublleua would w i g wemk tooaoifnVw^ife&'Tt^S-i
taw* goft Into trouble If thoy had not ntmjll •ofaltod opposition wouM alwSyTwln F
BoataaHbti* in amall aonTwiHOD*. Mr. HtnM not nrof*r th* C^ndlw i & ^ b n t w M tS
toon, of* Alabama, and Mr. fUrtv, of Rhndil of tto p l u wbtoh bM C n idontod Jn
l«Und. wrr»f with ftouator Logan, and Mr, [ VnrE ^iuT Martin u i . n mmSBtSi. K*
rkro* pradtatad Miat Inoal dtaamlotw in fit J
MTlT Would dUap|*Nir tofora th.» imxt natW-j
It did nut provtdn for Mm oifnrfmT
*ho nddltionnl'dolPKutp* in «S jSSuSc
Tto w«lgh» of opinion t*»ntrxl to to BCHIM-II pivwryw tlin miMfinr now r l m i S d a t »
Mr. nfkMlnr. unit h« tri.sl tu vrarru'iitn it h> j itird provMrd for m additional d»)"J«t«Li
aolmnxly <t«*l«riMK Unit defeat nwnitod H n | w aniMrtluiiad tiiworiUna; to vol/* « n ? a 2 a
iMirty in l*M If It »hould nut rttforiu Ilia pro* J IH. OIP-IPII (it I..IK*. lF (bn planTha4^
wit »y*Mni of rot.r>wntotfi)ii, wliirii rtvoH •id* for tho olmtlna o f t h o t T
aitod what to i-nllinl rtttton borough*. Tin tloiml ilnlegndxi l.v dbttrluN It would
r"iit«tt WM ih«u tvmflnml innlnlv to Mr.l ptOM rloiwly rmmtbl.d tlm Now.York
itnlor1.iinun, tto fortiipr tmtiiul and Iwpit noprptabli. tp lilnu It itemod to a
••nntor Krve, who IIPIIOUII'IKII mifiirtiiimt" Hint, nil iho.t In fnvor of »on)i
totMild plan <utiiijinf
im ami outnio.iNjii«, iiiul thil MUttUtoytnldiiiitluivriinitiHl ii|.,,u ,t phmnior*'
Uttor by Mr. Wok*, of Klorldn, win. np^-ni.-.ll witWrtotonr tlit.it to l-lntn.Uor 0*11. l O t t o S
to to*ouajmrMw not to degrado tho Month mid" todnuldadir inithnf mm tlipy oonld hoTodSE;
l » l u i « « » f •«• I t l l t l t U O * . T l U ' l i ftonntor l , i t n M i lininil th* mtlid i>|»i.onitlun In favor of oWt
mntom*>V to withdraw hi*roution t#Mt«irnrilv iui'!lini|*\ _ i IHIMI^—t*r~
W a m 111* opponent* m dtaimo hi tiroim.*
*t*9mhillu*nU*lHi torv to thaooniUlllliw.lf till'*
a m hut Jlr. iViiu, of Indiana, wrniwni it,
ana ilia i^ami proiHwtlton to retain tho »»i• s
plan was aitu|i!iKi l.y a vola af -JI to W. Mr. j
Ctmnttlw wa« unwilling t<> g|vt> m> tho i-"H * ^ .?'iVJS
1<M, and •loniHiiilwl another vuto, to to tokoi;
upon hi* proposition n« imi.-Mil.ttl by tti(|
adoption uf til* J AII; mi »nU!i|ulo, IV.
faat lixxwnwi bta tonau*, mid h<> dn*lari<d I
that tm had tonn uvareotno by South.fit I
and IVriiturlat dulK^nto*. t!> imtor l-ocmi
fondod How d«lt>'rtt<M. niul rh-ro WM a dittrpj
iMiMun of word* Ix'tw.-oii tto two t.volorx, air. [
I'tiaanW inflating H M | IH> (in.I ii iij.M |ti ill-
m JW'eriil^
tyaraJ Plafii <
Iini" to tl>« utiiKMitlun in tti« tornw win. h lm I t5 ..W i . '-•
hail u*mt. Noma uf tint Houtliorii d»lf«nf(H I
aro-n and p..ndmiiiiml Mr. I*hnndler foe In* I
^ • w l i , and tlnrn w,)» » |inwtio.-t uf trunhlci, I
wlivii llm di'i*t«» «II* tii*<*rr>«i«t»yt by anu'lu'r j
*oto. ounllriiitnie ih" llrnl, tliiM-o Ndn^ '-.'-' yon* I
mm
m
and IfV nay*. A •tutoumni of thi • vola' ti)i-
pnar* in t*« doirtiln.t i.'ixirt Imlow.
Itw maotiUK tin* nlioriioon did not nffrni'l
much atlvntton ham, mid too arlnji'ttM worit
not vary ix>mmun(«atlvo. Tlmrn $ev»Vi lu luivi J
(Man an tuiiirmMion on tnn i<nrt of tho vh-toih
ou« inajorltv and tholr frioiidit uuUido of tlur
oouiatlttoi* that thw (.'handlor, murnnipnt torn j
baala uf riH>r»«.iit«tl..ii, K<•v>rti> •! I>v t(»ttiibll-
itui Sanatoria and nivmlwr* or t 'nnj/nwit wtu ; iiii^'Wfi,''-
In tin" IntoraH of ax Hfrratnry ltlulim.
A Kdntlnnifll idnntiftod with IllOM I
who lujifH'i tod H.'ii itor I.o(jnu, who luu Awi
lawn a niambnr of tho iMininiti<>o tuiil!
wiu> lamolowlv wntt'h.il l|ii« rout«M(, xnlit to.
itay that in hla opinion tho ( humllor pliin win , iMaa^&A&w,'
an MtUrttipt to nxiinv the rolnllvu •ttotlufh "I
Now York, 1'unnnylvnnlu, t'hio. and lit.lt/ittu, I
rut dunn tho Honth, and Rroiitly IIIITWIIH! tint j
&15WWF- !
rwlatttp |NiWor of tho N.ii tli Wi*t. iiii.l Now., I
KiwIan4,wlioi»liIalii#lia«lHiMisti'cmi.'i<nt. THIC-
InKiipMi"''!" "howiiiiitlipptft'i'iot thi'i liiindlprl
phiP, batKiintad out th* olmn«i"i iiidinitodnndl
tUgh)toll tnitt tlin tlcurr* Hiippoi tod Ilia ,-i*or-
Holt. In lo< opinion tho politintl iiiotlrp W M |
*o plain that any olio .VIIM MO it. )|n 10. [
Katdatt Iha uropwlthtn nud tlni contort In ooin-
mlttaa aa indiuatlnK that Mr. Cliiindlpr.nl-
Ihouith in PrtMldont Arthur's Cahinot, wm
•till th* advocnta of Hliilno. Tha Chiimtloi
plan of isovf rniiiK a KtoCo'H Ktranirth by it* l.v
ibllran ContfrMMumi lm r*(Enrdml ni utt«rlj
' ftwlbl*. nut b* iaw raw nwrlt In thi
Whicli pro|xm*d that Itopnblirai
j to tho baala. In hit oplulut
plainly to * * n bolitnd tin- dalo
M*M wbo etinportod Chandlor. whllti no nor
-" W M auparont on lint other ilcla I
MBaoator Logan hinwolt
ttwaaaaldthatthor
* to r«tfo
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 'Tff!*^ CMMMfttiMt
MMRbJtd »t W»»lm»8l.itt y«*frrday,
«>i t « l | » do BVthing lo ebaotfe Iho IMHMI
•>f rp)itr*«nuU«h for tb« nest t'»**id«oUat
t••inv iMiitnii. t< had Uteo pfo(Kw#d to fit*
tile HepobllraB Vt«(<* K(«<iil<tr |»oW«. luat
I be Dpwtwmfu< PiHtr*, dint the 1 > « i ( « n » ,
•Ull tWO OT l l » w «f ««« IfrtttibHcMII ami**
atlhjwled («. t!«i<-»»t\. ur«(anit*ti|,'rapacity,
ha** h*rv»4ftr*> !.».(*• mljehi nut control (Itr )>itriv i n r w a t g t * '
MW. Tim |>t«t«l*at <<t f i v e !!i» HfpoUll'
can Sutir» * alMH0Mf |w«iiion in t h * natty
w*« pvemtleti in Ian t'ammiffo*. by the
4i h»r*K^fl?f»
Vol* of (ho State* ((tut nit- Ii«»|«-tr*dy
"II J»!lHl ItumiH'tiKii'. Mint ihi- l . ' i i H x t i p * Unit bovr
h-f'i Ho Mort.iral v o l * * , unit low tflaloe nf iliu
WE Snrtli flint, aro ptHuiuly hVi'ttullrau bttl
-?.j**-, UI
pw>i><*wi i f tlml Imv* hrru ruled mill rrffu|at*d »«
coolly «o that llu'V H I P nut uf tine.

,M
I TIM i-uuufry should make no misiake a*
to ilif meaning uf thi«. U in tin* opnntng
nf it mw injnimifcii by the Hggrmmrtf
minority, (bat baa fur »imu- year* junnmed
(u tinrr ltd' exclusive tight to speak for
s;'cidj»r Iho Rnjiuliluwiiniii nf tk<* Nation. It
means that tbU minority hold thut, baring
command of i!u> mtliil Southern and the
• • • l u i t i u i ,
greater purl nf the Tarn mini vote, they
•*».«»..•..
MM can obtain enough Northern vot#s from
Democratic citlro ami Btatra to make the
neat Presidential nomination irrespective
nf tlui vol lug milliuna uf Republicans. It
it dillleult to My whether thi* attempt to
S.79 throttle tho party, and run tt by • rotten
arts
borough nnd boss ayatom, 1* moat cliwao-
terixetl by impiuleuce or imbecility. It to
an attempt to rxtnbliiih the Kovernmentof
tbo mimy by tho few; ao uayrunt (hat it
**•*••«••••»•* woulil excite auger if it tltd not provoke

1 ridicule. Of am rue Iho ncboiuo will fail.

Thofc-r«atHepubliran Statos mnst ninke
tho nomination, or it will not bo worth
makiutr. Tho sooner thin is thoroughly
understood the butter. If tbo matter

.**»•* i should boi'omu serious enough far riffht-

eoua wrath, there will be tho hottest gftle
of publio indignation that haa swept over
tlje oonntry for, loUheao tngpy years.
•^hm*», vlrti ft tampmtujw whist* *w» ™_
t •»«• owtlM by Pol. J | % A. Marmrvvropriator' iMrfMb«1
•' ot ih« etymon. Ifjjwia erwiaOft ?W. n?d U«. 'our* of 'that
communicates w«b*^JWfE*Jf'>* l£ I > b* pm*nt a
— aoJy r*0MYid7 ,
„ I hat an official *na*c*ak*nt la Ohio, I
ua«$ loath*
|£rTi»v« an
w
ibttUU
«ii

S?»*fc
ephona ITIKO and arotwiu «Tu»w«« Jn«vit»biy PwaJl tnm
th* jdt wxlttw)of JntoatoMlnt liquor*.
Thar* w*r* Ilk* dlflforaao** of oplntoaa
quart*roi aoaatury »«o. tooehiatlk*
•flow**. b*tt»ai»ihod* or dealing with th* d a w y
. mj*«tion, and, Inter, u to th* ooodw* of
| Bat tbere •hottll b« no djff*r*no» of
tion, among thaw who appruclat*
> t£* t i § ofr**in*t
forth*OoriiUtutlon and law*. lh*n>
Q*ab*now»*U1»rtyth*t I* &otb«a*d

William Pfitiiiulj *aldthat *wh*r* law

ends, tyranny bagta*." OoaMmpt for
and (Usregtrd for law naturally l««d to
anarchy; and aai#«h» - intolwM
«—»—
iBi
*W&ia?Wd**r-*«-
lar gov*rnm*at,... win
gfcttajorlly formi » ^ la*. It
«*$•>*$"# " I T B41 — *-J*«*«^ changed a* p'>h»o
*oloag**lt«*nd*
'b* diaragardad or d*-
t*r to pobHo oni*r
atar got*rw»*ot.
four* §ry twljt.ti
IKS* fc r»Ja- , J«o,A.lfinmn-
 V*i.i: ..
, KA
M««««MWIUI * » 4 ntmfr Ur*umtl*Um»n J ODMMKTK.
.Xf.
IfMUtlj
HiM<Mi>Aiir*t»t Kiititm K A H M * . ?
U»v«\*-„rrr*. Ka*..»*•». J|, $ $ *
MMcl.KUtimUl.XA
T V !M»t> «( Uw> Kiuiiin Kiwuaul
(*••»• It «•*•*•»»* or &)l iin<mtx>r* of tin j ffljilj .X*.
{yilnaiacT
Kufblh K*i»w Infantry) met and wi Wmm KIflflclAftlMn^^&iMMfl
lUolitnl w, tA>
rail*! |»iiH«)«t by f«>|. John A. Martin, o)»f*«* r. ,,
JIA It Uajr, Ot
C1|tl« Huib-ll, Wll<J«»,
«h» MOttOM, IIMV fuiluwiMk' • >tiit*M» of —TW.MiWtf
tib* Ki«.. (» » t»t •li«Mni for llw I'nxtiinjrj
ekfolwlwrKt.
pwr: ", OUH>ANT U,
CM. »oh» A , M m f m , I W d v i t t : L i e u t . ]
f d l John tvwotei, Vk» i'ramdent;,
J.*ttt. t»a*rd llaJnr, Tn**orei. S « r - | Juwnh WmllwwM, HAVeiuift, Mo,
tr***l Cfea* W, Itnat, Hwretary. T J nirtworl, Wathsna, Ji*
MttTMHr II.
tm ««i«tlk«i, a |wi capita tax of "JSc uu!
cwlt m^inl** wa* y«H«l to defray Um] lull
lem.net).
rAj»on^ oftlM .Soelely for printing, j
|«»U«» and Udttv*. nn it, Ion.
_. KOU.
In, Neb.
tl * s . <t*ti»rititn<«l to bold a tvtritneu- Dnlokow, Mo.
1*1 rf•union in l«M. at tin? MIIW tim<-1 OUNfAKT 1.
»n<l |J«>•«• flu> annual tffal* KoldiciV !?•••
iinn'H owur» Uf(V««{t»Mi3nlx.wWtofllb. Monlii Co, KA
Uwt ChiufljAwnoii,tltohttald, Cnnrtora.Oo. KA
11.-> fal|w«ring am »**• ii»m«n and ad* I WM a DavtH. Keokuk, Iowa.
df»•«<•, ..* tit*** attending toe ra-iinion: In the uxoit«mcnt and inttsyaat of|
»tni'«nHiw. meeting HO many old comrades, Sacra-
IMJafekj
ihh * tt*nin. AteMMA, Xi lary Jlust t'uilod to request several pre- j
Ott. Mo, wiittoraKLstor, and hpunu haa hot ob-J
Uinnd their namwi and postofHce ad-
••w»r,4nr *. drew, WillthoKO into whose hands this ,-
MM, k t. ]«.per falls piease send to him the names {
,K*
of any they may remember, whioh have |
,L*a<*«i
boen thus omitted ¥ -

.ka. THk SItVltKTH XANSAB,

<WD>A*T a. The following is a list of members of
« • H-#A UnuwttOwn, JU.
the Seventh Kansas Cavalry who regis-
John Lamuw. A«rhi««i. KA. tered at the Leavenworth re-union:
U m M HupNt. k«it«wtonJt. KA, rtnuAHDnOT.
A^MP ^a«^Ata ^ ^^W-*f(t ^ W *
MtutOol I) R Anthonr, LMvaoffOitt.
Uoiit Ool W 8 JtaMnt, KiinsM CItr, Mo.
KnkfkMMwt, V«lh.»T«ili«. K», COWAKr*.
IMMtflH Xolmo*. L*«i««<iMtinti. K*.
AOIlMOwttB. tAWWImvllh, K.
(MtV) H'W. AhthlMtt. KA 'cionoVXA '.
CrtNTAHY C.
1 tnUn. AlchUuo. KA -•...
T U ItwtlAtttlt, AUHUMXI. K«.
iKaattfer.livar} lit*. K«.
North" Topekm Ka.
ilS."twnw<n*WHl*» KA
' tow AWIUMM. KA H.iv; COMMNT 8.
IU HoW>. M n w i m , Ka, A A ariniu. vnllor FnlU, Kl
.HtaimUM, xa. John I.. Hlnir, Bflea.Ks.
Mm, KA COMTANY f.
, AleblKMl. X*. »Smith. Toptka. ,
iVf, AtrhlwMi. KA Vxik, Helton. K>,'
COWAN* n. sfAon. CauneH Orow, KA.
I ChanOlpr, HlnwathH, KJ.

R irt. North Topekft. K».

;on. LoAvenfforth, Xa.
\ HlRwntha, K»,
Hilton, KontauB.Ks,
•ler, Hiawntha, KA
,Xs.
 j,'Weston, Mo»-: ,„ .
JaWBoSajifer. Mtltonvale, Ky.
J n m eSpringer, Modloluo Lodge, Ks.
j ™ " 1 ' Mndlnltiolod(
COMPAHV u.
J W yhelpa, Ellsworth, Ka. >;, • >
Jamw* WIWWB, Leavenworth, Ka.
H -'" *j i OOltPiltTl.
"tChlltaWftthena, KB.
8 I) Mitchell, Wftthena, K*.
John BaygODu, Troj, Ks.
(Jeo. Abrsros, Ttoblnson, K». ' -J
Flnrin Leber, Wathena, K«u
John W Lowe, Doniphan, Ks,
•niK TRNTH KAKBAB.
The Tenth Kansas oi'ganiBed by tUe
election of Lieut. Colonel J. T. BURRIB
as President; Major H. H. WILLIAMS, of
Ossawiitomie, ^iee President; L. Ko-
CHAT, of Atchison, Secretary; J. K. Hun-
BOH, of Topeka, Corresponding Secre
jt&ry; and B. P. WHOTERB, of Pardee^
jTronsui-cv. The following address was
prepared and adopted;
Comrades of tho Tenth K&asaa Infantry* At
the State soldiers re-uniou at Leavenworth, held
October 10,11 and 12, Severnl members of the
aboverefhraeutheld a meeting, and through their
proper officers ask ot every one ot tbe members of
* - . ™ ^ i , . i . Y , n m M nnfl noat office
to the future 01 our grqna w 'g'^'SEKKK; and
do what weodntomake ItimoryL^TSSui tils
lahjoy 1U blessings In perfect harmony until tne
'^Tha'osnersof Kansas, and those of Kansys eity,
£7arewSwted toTubllsb. the proceedings of
feSuSnof J. M. Harvey, John T. Burrts was
suestedtopwrpore an address to this society ot
to
«ffMmoStSBatthlsmwtt«god]ooni to meet
^thecal! of the . » « m i l | c h M t m a ,,.
LODB RO0M.T, Secretary.
TOE IOWA SOLDIERS.
^.meeting of Iowa soldiers, resident in
Kansas, was held, and a permanent or-
[gani^tion effected by the election of
Che following officers:
President, Hon, Geo. Case, Mankato;
I
Secretary, D. N. Heizer,. Great Bend;
Tr-easurer, Ohas. P. Culver, Great Bend;
Executive Committee, thei >office>rfr and
[BT*B. Bogan, of Bollevillo,' and 0on. Jf.
Wheeler, of Hiawatha.
•'•' - 1 . «,
I'KNNSrLVAIHA BOLJllXRifj!;'
The Pennsylvania soldiarC held a
aeoting at their tent anil orfan'.Ked
[^erinariently under,the. nama.oi '• The
|association of ex-Pennsyl$^soldiers-
] and sailors in Kansas," m i l e follow-
i n g officers: Presidentt H.'L. Millard,
ling; Vice President, C. A. Morris, 1
QM~*^BH> (ju|rjiui>t) wo«<t• u.miui .s»n ^i
*• MIRO pno >idoon»H ' n 8 0 J° sedu!
fcMJO etl IIP*- ootrep.roooe v\ pun 'joof*
*re* va twryBjaojrep .istpanj jo irnsej |
.aY*riiK
tfH?1**'
asafev=t
( iT?idMiW8pniw*irtiiWfUDIof J
JSOB, that he have the credit o( pa
Blnto practical shape the idea, ol a
Ihoms in Kansas, At the September meat
ling of the board of manager*, of Nation*! j
I homes for disabled volunteer soidiejii ,,<3ol,
^Martin offered the fQllowlo|j,,i,»ao1nilo»^
which wu conaldertd and Md over until
i next meeting: .*-,
WBJta»Afl,thanumbrror applicants for
1
jdmleeion to the National home for dis-
abled volunteer soldiers is steadily ia* j
ore'Shiir, and
WHKKSAS, The home* are nowfilledJ
almoet to their maximum cspsolty, and
WHSHBAB, It ia understood that the
military reatrvation of Ft. Riley, Xante*,
Is not accessary for army purpose*, and ia
kely to be abandoned ; and
. . WaaainB, this reservation, with its
| bwraoks end other boitdion, wonld bead-;
Ntbly adipted for a soldiers' home, and
, ...aid aoopmmodate. with very little,
change in buddings, fully 1,000 diaibUd
aoldiere, therefore, M '
Eetolvtd, That this board reipeotfully
ask the Congress of the United States to!
transfer the Fort Riley - military reserva-
tion, with'tls buildings, to the nenttSt of
the hoard, to be need as one of the
'ranches of the home for dteaojjtid Volun-
«6iJ>TKB!i> HOMK IN KANSAS.
There la little question that tbe next OOQ-
gress will provide one or aaoro additional
homes for, disabled volunteers. There is an ]
nclunl.necessity for more such Institutions, {
and congress cannot ignore ti>» demand. A
determined effort will be laffde to secure the
locution of a "Home" in Kansas, and It
ou J ht to stweeeil. There is none west ol the
Mississippi. In Missouri, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska, Colorado and Western territo-
ries, there nrs probably over 50,000 pension-
ers. Oat of this number there are hundreds
who are Unfitted, by reason, of wounds or
• other disabilities incurred in-the war .of the
rebellion,.lot earn a living. Government.
must eveulunlly take care of them, and a
suitable "Homo" should be provided iu th*
midst of their friend1*. Dae Kansas delega-
tion in congress are united upon the ques- i
lion of securing tho location of snoh an
institution in tliek stats. The delegates |
from other stares :west of the Mississippi
should lend UieliTaolive awtstauoe, in wliioh
eveuttheprojeoa^sould^ipiot fail. At the:
j late lofflrexa' rf^abn at Leavenworth

tttlouini***«i|it*r. At the tUHm§\
Uw rtaagers of the National Home for j
disabled voluntaar aoldiew, hald in Mil-
wanke*. In HapiatnW, Col. John A. Mnrtin, I
second >«•<• president, tnlnlitiMKl the follow |
Jw
WninutAK. Tfca number of upplloanM fur ml-
H M M totsaa Kaltena) Horn* for dlMbiml voluu-
t**t anldtara aiataadlly limiaailiiif, and
WilttMjM t t n liotnnt ar* now Allad Atmoat to
thalr nt*»lmum eapaetly; and
WHiMtx, It la imdnretuod Hut lha military
rwwivaittm of Kurt Kllny, Kaa., In mil nacntnary
Hr army puri'nata, aiul la llkaly to bo abandonailj
and
WitKMtAM, TliU ruMrvallon, with li» barrack*
and ollwr building*, would ba admirably udapiod
tar* Mofellrr*' H.'iur, and would fteraramodalo,
«Ml> wry linir ehaao-a In InilMlueja, fully 1,000
.liMWr.l aotaUvrvi tbarefora,
StMoivad, Thai Utl* board raaptwUully a»k« the
•onfflraaaaf lha t'oltod fSaUa to ti«B»f*r llm Fort
Kil*r Military rwwrrmtao, with Ito bullilliup, to
lb* matnrf of Ui» l««nl. to ba uaed aa ona of tlm
bjajosbaaof Uwhamr for disabled volnulMr aoi>
rftata.
At Mi* itNjiirnl of Dot. .Nf wlln, tlio consid-
eration of Ilia abore wm laid ovor until tlio
nest tnoftinf of the hoard, when wa have
ooilouht it will b« approved. Tha hour I of
managers oftae Milwaukee home couaUts
of the proldeutof tli« United HUtta*, HIP
rbiffjiwrioaof the supreme court, ilia see-
irlatv of war, rx-uffleian, with tlio follow-
ing offlcci* and dtrvctnra: flan. Wm. B.
Franklin. president, of Hartford; Col. L. A.
Harris, drat »lco president, of Cincinnati;
Col. John*| Martin, aeennd vioa president,
Aieliism: tint. M. T. McMabon, secretary,
New York; flan. Jumna A. Negley, Pitta-
burgh; MaJ. David C. Kill ton, Hudson, Win,;
Qe*. Joho M. Palmar, Hprlugfleld, III.} Gen.
Charles W. Kobcrla, Honjror, Me.fnrif TTel'.*
OeorgeB. MoClaHau, Oraugo, N. J. If
ibeta inflnentlsl gentlemen ahall KITO Col;
Martin'* rr^oluUen an indorsement, its it Is
[roat welghi
BgBS fMA/Ufi'
iiifi'"iATr atcn^NaN « H A
The cveulug meeting of the ^atic-nal
Republican Ut»wiiiin«« on the 17th inst.,
wasdetobai tociitngica npnn tho life ami
servient of ex-Senator CiiAHM.EB, Dur-
ing the afternoon Mr. MAKIIV, ofKau-
aaa, offered a revolution to appoint n com-- J
mlttoe In draft appropriate, resolutions to
lita memory. This following wtjre pre-
sented in iheivtniiigbyibocouuuittceand I
adopted;
WIIIXKAS, 11M inteilhcence of the
death of the lion. Z.wliwriuh Chandler,
lata Chairman oi' this C'ouiniiUnH, was ru-
DVITIHI by nil id' iu uiuiubura with pro-
lound Morrow. lVr>.on:tl ifwocialloii had
iniiilo tm iiujiiitlnlcil with bin ilttvuti'd ami
sKgraaHivu patriot mm, Hie thorough Hiu«
writy of Ui-i wmvictioua,and lliOntwrllnsL
Nliiniy hmieaty of bin tutiure. Jlo ditd
Willi bin armor on in pcrftrihauue of ox-
nutingiltiiii'H whiili fiilinltrtl nil the nrdor
of bin hi'iiri. iiini all ihu ouor^y oi hin
mind. Itccognizing hin etninvnt and
I'itiilil'til niTviciw u* H public olliwr, A citi-
y.en, and a Mtulwnrt Utptiulioan, his asao-
wmcn upon thn (•niumitU'u douni it proper
to put upiui ri'niMl tlioir high iip{in>oiHtiou
of tiia character aim1 alillitiWj thcrofom,
Ji'mi/n-il, That in the death ol'ZAchariah
Uhainllcr, line Uhuirmuti of the Republi-
can Naiioiml Committee, putrioliain hai
lost one of it* noblwt del'ondcra, liberty
an eiirncut and duvolrd irietid, the public
a faithful acrvant, and the committee'nn
able, enerijfiic, and untiring olHcer.
ltoalvta, That we tender to tho bereaved
family in their ailtictlon our deepest aym-
tiatliy, realizing ihnt bis memory will ever
lie fri'rth and green, mixiuinim; nnd com-
forting them through life's journey.
ltwtlwl, That litis preamble and resolu-
tions he spread upon thn journal of the
committee, nnd a copy thereof be forward-
ed to tho fnntily of our lute Chairman,
JOHN A. MARTIN, Chairman.
J AM KB. P. ROOT,
A. M. T. FKYB,
MAIISIIAI.I, JEWELL,
C. l'*lM.TOtf.
 lb* i •••• •'•' Bf sat ^efltfcUott P F
id!the first slop toward ^^tUxlng #rf^PIHy|
for Ityftrul battle of lftft will hA* fa*M

jtepuMlcww oxpoctto carry tKlattoa^

litis quite clear that out factional JOHN A. MARTIN US 18-78,
IHud dlaagvooraonts must bo atopped, 107ft f!ol. John A. Ma""1*
"%Immediately. The flghte in Pemv
iuOIew York must be made. au'en<
fllsiolibpe ofsucoaas in tha»«ext
J|lfelection, OtKer cnu8cj)J(etfvo< time:
Hmo of the ohiof beginntofts of the..,,„, 1
• x . CARD.

|greoraeuts in those tprtnatajes was tbe nnriuK the post month or more thftvo
faotlon gijowirife^uf«rtivo manner of I ^ K i i numerous totter. *rom
IpsaR? delegates to tho two last Ropub-
§||i|al conventions. That there waa a.
M of high^*rfdg& bulldozing done i»
"''4iD*f(v0rdelegalcB from both: ftew*
p u u a ^ a n i a in 1876 and again* in
Wm by all. Xtoimu<»*miM

I ffowrt until/wUhintfciil 1
cbai-acterthatlcouia inw, * J^
„f,*io4»oan*l

pliuo/ffl^d^ated the pa'

ajte»yl>Ut ite influenco spiv
^jtspd^Borganizatioii and d|
^ftaiosV Republican leaders fc! •for tholr »»»**";* LSS, l h e opportiud-
^J dissaj.isfaiiy.on existing in tli
w*lijjB«dft JB now their djfty to|
|^ OucHue pr^olpal ono/is re- ^ h S position of Oovornor of this

^^readrtta

l k « K y ! B nommaUon

frS? confidence of my perly.and merit

^ ^ A « S S ^ da-
denoT
or o uwould
silence t w HbeStoninrt
f f i Uion •that
» • »long
•
Sa r35al
e n c o to
would
be a be
candidate
Start towould
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be!
fjKES to w. a candidate would be U&
 Delegate Representation
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tBit$r~
At the Jidjuraeeting of the committee, I submitted
a resolution fixing the basis of representation in the
National convention of 1884, aa follows:
"1st. Each State shall bo entitled to fonr delegates
at large.
titledad.
to oneEach Congressional District shall be en-
delegate.
3d. In addition to the delegates at large, each
State shall be entitled to representation in proportion to
its Republican vote; i *., one delegate for every twelve
thousand Republican votes, or fraction of over naif that
number, cast for President in 1880."
It IB apparent that the existing basis of delegate
representation in National Conventions is unjust and un-
republican. The objections to it may be briefly summed
up:
1st, The equal representation of Republican voters
is, under this system, impossible.
2d. A fair expression of Republican sentiment is,
under its operations, impossible.
8d. It makes no allowance for increased represen-
tation following increased population, except at the end
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fJEPUBLIGAH RAIHIONAL © O M M I M E S .
-> REPUBLICAN R&WIOHAI.-*-
B. X. SABIX, Chairman. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
JOHN A. MARTIN, Secretary. D. X. SABIN, Chairman.
GEORGE W. HOOKER, Ass't Secretary. HEADQUARTERS JOHN A. MARTIN, Secretary.
Alabama PAUL STROBACH Montgomery. GEORGE W. BOOKER, Ass't Secretary.
Arkansas . . . . POWELL CLATTOK Little Rook.
California HORACE BAVIn Sun Francisco. HORACE DAVIS, San Francisco, Cal.
Colorado JOHN 3 . ItOUTT Deliver.
Connecticut.. O. H . F L A T T JAMES B. DKYEAUX. Waablaalon, D. C.
Delaware
Florid..
Georgia
Illinois
-- CHRISTIAN F E B I G E R . . . . Wilmington.
WILLIAM W . HICKS
JAMES B . DKYEAOX
JOHN" A . LOGAN
Jack sonv Hie.
W ashing tou,D.C.
Chic.iso.
epublicat} |^atioticci JOHN A . LOGAN. Chicago, III.
J O H N C. HEW, Indianapolis, Ind.
J O H N S . RONNKLLS, Dea Moines, Iowa.
Indiana JOHN C. NEW. Indianapolis. JOHN A . MARTIN, Atchison, Kan.
Iowa JOHN S . RUNNELS D e i Moines.
Kansas JOHN A. JIAKT1N Atchison. HENRY C. WARMOTH, Lawrence, La,
KcntnckT . . . . WILLIAM O. B R A D L E Y . . . Lancaster, JOHN M. FORBES Boston, M a n .
L o u i s i a n a . - . - HENRY R. WARMOTH-... Laurence.
Maine
Maryland
WILLIAM P . F B Y R .
JAMES A . GARY
Lewletxm.
Baltimore.
COMMITTEE. CHAUNCEY I . FILLEY, S t . Louij, H o .
WILLIAM E . CHANDLER, Concord, N . H.
Masaachuaetts JOHN M. F O R B E S - Eoston. GEORGE A . HALSEY, Newark, N. J .
Michigan JAMES H. STONE Detroit.
M i u n e s o t a . . . . D. M. SABiN Still water. THOMAS C. PLATT, New York Cttr.
Misai**ippl... GEORGE C. McKKE •Jackson. WILLIAM F . CANADY. Wilmington, N. C.
Missouri CHAUXCEY I . F I L L E Y . . . S t . Louis. WILLIAM O. COOPER, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.
Ncorafka. . . . J A M E S W . D A W E S CreW.
Nevada- JOHN W . MACKEY Virginia City. J . DONALD CAMERON, HarrlVrorg, P a .
N. Hampshire WILLIAM E . CHANDLER. Concord. ' JOHN W . MASON, Grafton, W . Va.
New J e r s e y . . . GEORGE A. HALSEY Newark.
New Y o r k . . . . THOMAS C. P I A T T Kew York Cite. ELtHU ENOS, Waukesha, W i s .
N . C a r o l i n a . . W . P . CANADY IHlminrtOB. R. O. MeCORMICK, T u o o o , Ar.
Ohio WILLIAM C. COOPER . . . . Mt. Vernon. BTEPHBN B . KLEINS, Kew York City.
Oregon U. C. IRELAND Astoria.
Pennsylvania J . D O N A L D CAMERON UarTisbnrg'.
Rhode Island. WILLIAM A . PIERCE . OlncjriUe.
S . Carolina . . SAMUEL LEE Sumter.
T e n n e s s e e . . . . WILLIAM RULE tCnoxTillc. SUB-(30MMiminHE OB fl^I^AMSBMEKlIS
Teiat A . G. MALLOY Jefferson.
Vermont GEORGE W . H O O K E E . . . . Brattlelnro. -j?OK-
Yi.-Rinia SAMUEL M . Y O S T Stsnnton.
W. Virginia.. JOHN W . MASON
W i s c o n s i n . . . . EL1HU ENOS
Arizona R. C. McCORMICE
Grafton.
Waukesha.
Tuc=on.
£hicago,_ .1884. •SOHVENOJION.
J O H N C. HEW, Indiana.
Dakota 'C. T.McCOY II. M. S A B I N . Minnesota.
Idaho GEORGE L. S H O U P . Salmon City.
Montana ALEXANDER H. EEATT1E Beleua. JOHN A . MARTIN, Kansas.
New M e l l o n . . STEPHEN B . ELKINS Kew York r i t j . POWELL CLAYTON, Arkansas.
Utah a w . BENNETT Sale Lake City.
W a s h i n g t o n . . THOMAS T . MINER P«rt Tiiwu-di'l. J O H N A . LOGAN, Illinois.
Wenntoc. . . . . J O S E P H L . f A R E Y . . CbvTt-i.De. CHRIS. L . MA GEE, P e n n s j t r a n l a .
JSSS-I 'HARLKS B. PIBVIS Waihlni^ton. W . C. COOPER, Ohio.

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I'THIWYANDOTTE CONVENTION-

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WYASTDOTTE AL OOITTOmOff.

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 THE WYANDOTTE CONVENTION.

MR. I'RKHIUKNT :

It is often charged that participants in assemblages of this character

are apt Ml exaggerate the importance or tho occasion thoy commemorate,
anil, after tin* manner of otto of our poetn, mug in chorus : "T celebrate
myself." IVrhajw I can speak of the Wyandotte Convention and its
work without Iwifig accused wfthin solf.grutulatiou | for I was more of an.
observer of it* proceedings tluui a participant in thma. I recorded what
was done, hut I hail no part or lot in tho doing. If its work had been
crude or weak, I could not fairly have boon hold responsible for the tail,
utv, An it wan strong, efficient and enduring, I can felicitate you, the
survivors of those who wrought this groat Rervice fur Kansas, without a
MiHpu-ion of Hclf-prnise.
RAJWAH tTONHTttUtUMUfi I'ONVRNTIUNH.
KonrftMtYvHtbttwframed Constitutions for this Stnto. Tlw first as-
wmblwl nl't'opoka. mi the Wd ofOi-toluir, IHftS, and adjourned on tlui
Uttt of November, after a session of twenty day*. It was composed of
forty.*evou member*, of whom thirty.one' signed the Constitution. On
the lAUl of Ih-eeinher thin instrument was submitted to the people for
ratification or rejectUm. Ouly t,7?7 ballot* worn east, all hut 4U beiug
favorable. Oiw of iu sections, a provision excluding uegrocM and mulat-
loe» from tho Stale, wan submitted an an itulopoudont proposition, and
adopted by .10 altlrmativo vote of l,'2H7, to 45H against it.
The wvond convention was that hold at lieeoiiiplim, which mot on
tho ith of.lune, 1HA7, ami afior .1 se*«inii of four day*, adjourned until tho
IWtb of October, 11finaladjournment being reached 011 the Ud of Novom-
l»r. It was iHiinpoMsl of Msty.four inomhors, forty-five «f if hum signed
tlw organic law it framed, and it* scsiiuii continued twenty days. No
direct vote oil thi* Coii«lilttliou wn» provided for. Tlw Schedule ordered
two forms of ballot, otic the "C institution with Slavery," tlw
other, "t'lMiMituliou with no Slavery." It was tho old tnrkoy and Uuxard
choice. The I'ree Stale tmm refused to vole at the election, hold 011 tho
"21st of December, ami only 0.T18 ballot* were im*t, H.U7 being for Slav-
ery ami ABU against Slavery The Kroo State men had, however, elected
a majority of the Territorial LegWlnluro in October, ami at a special sea.
-ton of that lowly, held in 1),•I-.MIII.IT, a law was passed providiug for a di<
rt'ct vole 00 the I'lii-iituiiuii Thin election was bold nil the 14th of
.January, l*oS, t culling; ugaio*t the Cinstitutiun, ltt.'JUQ; for. MM the
pm-Slavery men not voting. A third vote on tho Leeomptnn instrument
was taken August 'id. IH.'iK.Unncres* having ordered its ro-subtuidsion
iiuder the term* of the Kugliidt bill. Auain it was rejected, tho ItalloU iu
iu favor lieiitg only l,7H(*,nud those against it, ll.HlHl.
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The Leavenworth Convention met nt Minneolu, March '-'oil, IH3*,
and at once adjourned to Leavenworth, where it nMMMMnhlftl March tfolll.
It was composed of ninety-five members, was in session only I'leWfl d ivs,
and the Constitution it framed was signed by oighty-three persons. '1 his
instrument was adopted at an election held May 11th, by n very email
vote, the pro-Slavery men taking no part ill iho <'»int»-st. It vnv>
never a popular organic law, and many Free State men wlm supported it
did so under protest. An earnest effort was made, by \\w Kepublieun*.
to secure the admission of Kansas under the Tcmekn Constitution, ami by
the Democrats, with a few exceptions, to bring the Territory in under llltl
Lecompton Constitution. But no serious or determined mutest was
waged, in Congress, for admission under the Leavenworth Constitution,
and in less than eight months the movement in its behalf was formally
abandoned.
THE WYANDOTTE CONVENTION.
Early in February, 1859, the Territorial Legislature jiussod tin net
submitting to the people the question of callingft.Constitutional Conveu-
tion. This vote was taken March 28th, and resulted : For, fi,.*?l>l>; against.
1,425. On the 10th of May, 1859, the Republican party of Kansas wits
organized, at Osuwatnniie, and at the election held on the i'th »f June, for
delegates to the Wyandotte Convention, the Republican and Democratic
parties confronted each other in Kansas for the first time. The iVum .
crate carried the counties of Leavenworth. Doniphan, Jefferson ami .lack
son, and elected one of the two delegates from .Johnson. The Uepiiidi-
cans were successful in all the other Counties voting, The total vi»t>'
polled was 14,000. The Republican membership was thirty live : I>••]••
ocratic, seventeen.
The Convention then chosen assembled on thefitIt day of.Inly. I s '•'.!
In its composition it was an unusual, not to say rinurkahlc, K:in.i- «...
semblage. Apparently the chiefs of the eoiite'ndiii;: paries hud •"••«>•"
weary of Constitution milking, or regarded this li ill it It endeavor in Shut
linens a predestined failure, for they were conspicuous bv their :ii>••• !e>-
In the Topekn Convention nearly every proinineni man n't'the l't.- Su:-
party had a seat. Gen. Lane was Its President, ami I 'Imrl«*.» Ijwln**-1-•«,
Martin F. Conway, Marcus J. Pnrrott, Win V. ({MINTI*. !•«•». W.Mtnit't,
Philip 0. Schuyler, C. K. Ilolliilay. Mark W. IMahay. and inllliy ..fVr
recognized Free State lenders, were ineiubers. In the l,>-.i.. s;»..i<h t' «•»
ventiou there was a similar gathering of widely known l'n ^l»|i m#u,
Conway was its President, and Lane, Huberts, 'Tim.. Kttine, jr . II. r.n ,1
Adams, II. P. Johnson, S. N. Wood. T l»wlg|il Tlneh. r. (*. \\ |W.J«,
Joel K. Goodin, A- Larzalere, \V. F. .M Amy. HIM.. 11 lit-.,., -.,-.
John Ritclioy, and many other influential Five Stat.- >-)it< :• • i pattiM-.:-.
were among its meinheis.
'I'lIK MKMIIKItSllll'.

In the Wyandotte Convention all (he imird I'r.. !*!:»•. !, .».<.•. v,, •
conspicuously absent.. Its roll-call was ni:id» up *»}'IUIIHI* >vtu-:*ii\ i,r A
;
in Kausas a/litirs, and largely iiiikiinwii in cith.-r lb.-Ki- - . ; , >••.
ftlffX mmU* f l s PwMlwl, James M, Winch,-!!, hi,. ; ..v - \\
McCiillough, and .lohn b'itehev.i.l'Shawnee. hud I n I».<«I(.| i. i
Leavenworth Convention ; Coi. C.leh M„ v ,ot'AHM,,,,. m I W. |; >.. •:
titn, of Bourbon, had been members of both ||jo 1*„|,rk •* m«d !iw I . iV •
yorth Conventions; tunl .las. M. Arthur, ,.f l.mu had i-v». * »•.,>.
;he Topeka Convention. But• their proiuiu.u.v Wi i, hwrh i ••' Mu
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the Democratic side, tt>o, appeared men before unnoted in the annals of
the s t i m u ^ and tivmimdous conflict that had Cor years made the young
Territory lltu cynosure of a Continent's intiiroHt. None of the prominent
pro-Slavery nii'ii who sat in the Ijeenmptou Convention or the pro-Slav-
ery Legislatures—-Calhoun, Striugfnllmv, Henderson, Elmore, Wilson,
C a r r u n d others—appeared in this body.
1'ivhups the ahst net-of these party loaders was a fortunate thing for
the Convention and the incipient Slate. For in discriminating intelli-
gence, in considerate Will lor the welfare of the people, in etitholie grasp
of principles, unil in capacity for deliuing theories clearly and compactly,
tin'incinbers of this body were not wanting. On the other hand, there
won-fewer jealousies mid far less wrangling than would have been possible
had the envious and aspiring parly leaders been present. I think it is
certain thai the work was heller done, done with more sobriety, sincerity,
prudence and real ability, than would have resulted had the recognised
chief-'of the rival parlies been on the tloor of the Convention. The pio-
neers -the John Baptists of the Kree Stale cause were all tit- Topoka,
and I hi' t'ousiiititiou they framed is disfigured by some blotches and mueh
useless verbiage. Tim lenders were all at Leavenworth, where they
schemed fur piveedeime, and sprout! traps to catch one another, and quar-
reled over III ill-essential*, anil did everything lint make a popular Consti-
tution, l.eeoniplon was the last expression of n beaten, desperate and
wrong-headed, but intellectually vigorous faction, and was really, burring
the mean method tiffin submission, and its attempt to perpetuate Slavery,
an admirable organic law.
The younger nun of the Territory constituted Ihe Convention at
Wyandotte They eaine upon the field fresh, enthusiastic, and with a
place in (he Wnrhl nt'thouglii and aetiim to compter. They rceogui/.oil
tie fact that they luu-i d<> exiremelv well to secure popular favor, and
they >et al»mt their Ittsk with indiHry, Iiilflllgi'tt uul nrudenec. They
were not martyrs or reformers, us many of those ai 'lopeka were; nor
jealous pnliiieiaiis in* fiii'liiiiiisl-s, as uio*t of those at Leavenworth were.
They had n>> old buttle* to light over ngain. no personal feud* to distract
them, no reenlleetioii ot former defeats or victories to reverse or maintain.
They were their own prophet* They had had no experience in Consti-
tutinii making, and hence did not limit backward. They were not special-
ist*. A few had hobbies, but the va-t majority had no bees hu/.ziug in
their bonnet,'. A few were dogmatic, bm lite many were anxious to dis-
cus*, and willing to be convinced. A few were lniptaciiius, but the ma-
jority were thinkers and worker-. S»mie were accomplished scholars, hut
the majority were ini'tl of ordinary education, whose faculties had been
sharpened and trained by the hard experience of an uclivc and earnest
life. Many were vigorous, direct, intelligent speakers; several were
n a l l v t'hsiih'tit: nud a few may justly be ranked with lite most versatile
and brilliant men Kansas has ever numbered uniimg her citi/etis.
V.-ry few were old llti'll Uuly fifteen iiflhc fifty two members were
nVcr fortv t'ver one third were under thirty, and nearly two thirds
under thirty live, Very few, H* 1 have until, had previously appeared as
representative* of |l|e people in any rerritoii.il assemblage, and this was
cpcciallv true of (In- men whmc talent-, industry and force soon approved
them leader-. Samuel A Kiinr.nati had been in the Territorv only
abotu eivditeeu mouth*, and was unknown, oiil-ide <>f Hrowit euuuty, until
he appeared al Wyandotte, Solon O, Thin-her wu* a young lawyer of
Lawrence, never before prominent in public allitirs. .John J . Iugalls
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had served, the previous winter, a3 Engrossing Clerk of tho Territorial
Council. Samuel A. Stinson was a young attorney, recently from Maine.
William C. McDowell had never beeu heard of outside of Irfavenwnrtlt,
Benjamin F. Simpson was a boyish-looking lawyer from Miami county,
and John T. Burris bad been practicing, for a year or two, before .in*.
tices' courts in Johnson county. John P. Slough had boon u mc-mhor »»f
the Ohio Legislature, but was a new comer in Kansas; and K. (5, Rns*
was the publisher of a weekly newspaper at Topoku.
One-half of the members had been in the Territory less than two
-f years. Six came iu 185#, four in .1855, and twelvis lu 18f»ti, while Mr.
Forman, of Doniphan, dated his residence from 1848; Mr. Palmer. »(
Pottawatomie, from 1854, and Mr. Houston, of Riley, from ISftSt, Forty -
one were from Northern States, seven from tin; South, and four were of
foreign birth, England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany each contribut-
ing one. It appeara singular that only one of the. Western States. In-
diana, was represented iu the membership, that State furnishiug six del-
egates. Twelve hailed from New England, Ohio contributed twelve,
Pennsylvania six, and New York four. Only eighteen belonged to tin-
legal profession—an unusually small number of lawyers in such a body.
Sixteen were farmers, eight merchants, three physicians, three manufac-
turers, one a mechanic, one a printer, ono a land agent, and one a xur-
veyor. Tho oldest member was Robert Graham, of Atchison, who was
55; the youngest, Benj. F. Simpson, of Lykins Co.. (now Miami, i who
was 23.
A WOUKINO ItUOY.
It was a working body, from the first hour of its session until tin- hi-t
There is a tradition that the Continental Congress which promulgated tin-
Declaration of Independence was materially hastened iu its deliberations
over that immortal document by swarms of Hies (hat invaded rile ball
where it sat, and made the life of it-s members a burden. Perhaps the
intense heat of the rough-plastered room where the Convention nut, Li-
the kuowlcdge that Territorial scrip would be received by iui)iniiiinnte
landlords only at a usurious discount, had something to do with illgifii!
dispatch iu business. But certainly the Convention went t" work wifh
an energy and industry I have never seen paralleled in n Kniisn-. drhb. i
ative body since that time. It perfected its organization, adopted ride-
for its government, discussc I the best mode nf procedure in Iritmiit^ a
Constitution, and appointed a Committee to report UIMI that oubiifl,
during the first day's session; all the standing Coinmilt>i •* wt-iv "an-
nounced on the third'dav; and by the close nf the fifth dav it had t|i*
posed of two very troublesome contested election eases, decided thai the
Ohio Constitution should be the model for (hut of Kansas, imrnrkd sir.
rangements for reporting and printing its debates, and m«trtt> >i-d in
Committees upon a number of disputed questions. The v«H» on M-h-i tm-r«
a model for the Constitution was. on the second ballot: f.>r (In-1 »lii»i'.»»
stitution, 25 votes; Indiana, 2:1; and Kentucky, 1. So nor KMUM* C u
stitution was modeled after that of Ohio "something, J ihiltfc, ,,, rise
farmer's new house was designed after his old one: it was built NJVHI tltr
old sito.
•run foMMirrnix.
The Chairmanships of the ililferent Committer* «eiv »>«iguM «»
follows: Preamble and Hill of Rights -Win. Hutrhiti*cu. u( l,.im,i,.-r
Executive. Department—John P. (ireer. of Shawnee, l.—M.niv.- !»«-.
partment—Solon 0. Thuchor, of Lawrence, ifmlMnl l»rj.,nm.in
Samuel A. Kingman, of Brown Go. Military—Jamiu G. Blunt, of An-
derson Co. Kl'H-torri and Kh-etioiiH—P. H. Towiismnl, of Douglas.
Schedule—John T. llurris, of Johnson. Apportionnumt--H.. I). Proa-
ton, of Shawnee. Corporations ami Hanking—Hubert Graham, of
Atchison. l-MueKtiun and Public Institutions—W. It. Griffith, of Bour-
bon Co. County anil Township Organizations—John Ritchey, of To-
peku Ordinance ami Public Dobt—.Faint's Blood, of Lawrence.
Fiunnt't' ami Taxation- »Ben,j. F. Simpson, of Lykins. Amendments anil
Miseellnneoirs S I). Houston, of Riley Oil. "Federal Relations—T. 8.
Wright, »f Nemaha Co. Phraseology and Arrangement*—John J. In-
irnlls, of Atehison.
I have studied the composition of these Committee, with some in-
terest, reviewing the work of their members in the Convention, and re-
calling their subseipient eareers. And it appears to me thai in making
them up. President Wiuehell exhibited phenomenally ipiiek and ;ieeurato
judgment of men. He was, indeed, one %tl' the best presiding officers I
have ever known. His imperturbable coolness, never for an instant
milled by (he must Midden and passionate outbreaks of exeitenmnt. in the
Conveuti"!!; his mtsterv of allI the niceties of parliamentary law; his
uiiiforin eiuirlesy and (net: his promptness and clearness in stating
his decision* 1 ami above all, the mingled grace iiud kindness nnd linn-
iitss with which he uiiuoiimvd to an indignant member an adverse ill*.
cisitm, were really wonderful. Hut what shall he said of thai still more
wonderful prcM-icuee with whieb he made Up the Commit lees'.' What
iitdlievrl litis calm, grey eyed, observing little man, whose brass.bnttouetl
Idne cml wn»firstvou by two thiiils of the Convention on the morning
of the i'lh of Julv what impelled him. within twentyfoiir hours, to
select an tilisiMin-. dull looking, shock headed country doctor tut Chairman
»f Ihe Military Commitiee, ami thus name in connection with militarv
ntthir*. for the lift time, the only Kansas soldier who reached a ftifl
Major < reiipr.-ilship'" How did he happen to pass by half a dozen more
widely known law vers, .md appoint as Chairman of the Judiciary Com-
mittee, a loiui who. dining more than fifteen years thereafter, oeettpieil a
pliier MII tin- Snprem • Jleucb of the State, for tin' greater portion of this
time .it ihe Chief .ItHiee',' How came he t" recognize so ipiiekly, ill
the Kngr"«siug Clerk of ihe Territorial l/'Vrslatiir". the ripest scholar
and the fill»-M man in ihe body fur the Clmirnianship of the Committee
lit which every article of the CoiMituiion was referred for linal revision
mid amendment'.' lit the youngest and most boyish, looking meinber he
found the man who WHS to f.irm, for this Suite, a mile of Piuuuee ami
Tn\iitii>n wlo'i.- clear directions nmt wholesome reMiiclioUs have guarded
Kansas ititaiusi the wasteful r*tr.tVBgauee of Legislatures and the onrso
of H burdensome public debt, during all the templing and perilous alfuirs
••f its first iinart-T >•!' a century And he named, A* beau id' the Com
millet* tin Jvltlciitiiui, ihe firs! State Superintendent of Public lustrue-
lion. All uf hi* appointments were tuiiile with rare judgment, bttt those
ttienlioued appear notably discerning.
t*Kln)IU«,s Iff Wl»KK
i t(« ihexi.vth day u resolution favoring hieunial sessions of the legis-
lature adopted stsh'eii year*afterward was,submitted and referred The
lint t»fa long series «»f resolutions nr |in»|ntw>t) sections of the Coitstiiutiott,
).r..hibitio-.r the settlement »f negror* or muhiltoe.s within the limits of the
Stale, was iiUo introduced This iittantitHi, with oihers of a kindred na.
dire, stiett a* propositions to prohibit colored children ntU-mliug the
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schools, or to exclude them from the University, or to forbid tho
appropriation of any funds for their education, and last, ami meanest
of all, to deny to negroes the shelter of county poor houses when Omt and
helpless, was voted upon again and again, first in one form and then ill
another, and to the enduring honor of the majority, always defeated 1»
seems singular, in this day and generation, that such theories found per-
sistent and earnest advocates But it sliould he remembered that all tins
happened before the war. wheu slavery was still an "institution" in nearly
halt the States of the Union. The pro-Slavery party was, of course,
solidly in favor of excluding free negroes troin the Stale, and less than
four years prior to the meeting of tho Convention, tho Free State parly,
in voting on the Topeka Constitution, had given a decided majority III
favor of such exclusion. It therefore required genuine courage ami prin-
ciple to go upon record against each and every proposition of this eharae
ter. For very few members who so voted felt absolutely certain of the
endorsement of their constituents.
The first Article of the Constitution reported, that Ml Corporations
and Banks, was submitted on the, sixth day and considered. It was
stated, by the President, that many other Committees bad their report*
iu the hands of the printer, and during the next few days they began to
come in very rapidly. The Convention, to expedite work, adopted a reso-
lution requiring all Committees to report on or before Saturday, the
eleventh day of the session.
THH KOUMSAttltW OK TIIK STATU.
On the seventh day the annexation of that portion of Nebraska ly-
ing south of the Platte river, was formally considered. The then organ-
ized Nebraska counties included iu that section of our sister State bad
elected delegates to the. Convention, who were present earnestly advocat-
ing annexation. This proposition was discussed during several days, and
the debates took a wide range, The Nebraska delegates were adtuittrd
to scats ns honorary members, with the privilege of speaking on lili* Mill*
jeet, The final determination, however, was to preserve the original
Northern line. Two inilueuc.es induced this decision, one political, the
other local and material. Many liopuhlieans feared that the South
Platte Country was, or would bo likely to become. Democratic, haw.
reuce and Topeka both aspired to bo tfte State Capital, and their intln-
ence was against annexation, because they feared it would throw the ecu.
ter of population far north of the Kaw,
The. Preamble, and Bill of Rights was reported on the tenth tiny,
and opened tho whole question of the State's boundaries. The t 'oiuiuiihr
proposed the twenty-third meridian as the western line, and the fortieth
parallel as tho lino on the north. This would have excluded about
ninety miles of territory within tho present limits of the State ' I V
Committee's recommendation was, however, adopted, and stood It* the
determination of the Convention until the tiny before the final adjtuirii'
meut, when Col. May, of Atchison, secured a 'reconsideration, ami on lit*
••^"motion the twenty-fifth .pBHfiil was substituted tbr the tneotv-thinl. The
northern boundary question was finally settled on thefiI twill It duv, when,
byn vote of 1!) ayes to '2il nays, the Convention refused to meiu-oiali/--
Congress to include the South Platte country within the limits of KmiNMr.
V'KATUIUW ItV TUV. CONSTITl'TIUN.
On the seventh day the Legislative and Judicial t'ommitlce-H r«p.r?.d.
Tho Legislative article was considered next dav. The Committer i.r...
posed that bills might originate in either House, but Mr. Wiuehell m»l»
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mitted u novel amendment, whieh required all laws to originate in the
limine nf Representatives. This wns adopted, notwithstanding the vigor-
im« opposition uf Mr. Timelier, th« (Jhuirillttll nf the rmiiiniltee, by a vote
nl*.}7 In III. It survived tlu* admission nf tin- State only three, years,
being nuienilod in lNli-l.
(In the eighth Way tin' Militia article, WIIK adopted; on tilt) ninth day
tin- Judicial article wns perfected,itml the arlii'li' on Kducntinu ami Pun-
lie liisliiutintis reported uinl discussed; ami mi tin- Ittlllh day the Unntinit.-
tITS m» C'utility ami Township <)i;j.aiii/.:it"nitis, anil Schedule, reported.
The that libs* pertinacity nf it "claim "is illustrated by a petition tif».
senlcd that day, from one Samuel A. Lowe, a clerk ttt'tltP so.enllwl "Uo-
gits l.i irislalure." who wanted pay for certain work ho alleged he had per-
fiirimtl Only a your upi Mr. l,n\vc presented the same claim to Con-
giv**, ami it Wits. I believe allowed by |h« House. But the Kansas Sena-
Itttr* made such determined war on it that Mr Lowe ran still sing, "a
I'lullll In keep I have."
I have iiiriiiioinil the fact that Mr Winoliell was ilm miihor nf lltu
section pi.iviiliu; thai all hill- Mtnitlil originate in the Ilutisi* Il slumlil
It" stated IImt Mr. Inuall- was the antlmr of tin- provision ihat "in no-
tions fur lili. I, the I rill h may In- given in evidence In tin- jury, ami if it
sluiil appear thai the alleged libelous ntiiiii1:' was pulilUlled for justilinhle
••lulu, lln- utvitail shall ho m-ipiittod." Aimllicr nriufnutl provision nf the
<'nii>iitnti.<ii i- |hit Ilmmsliad si'i-iimi This ,\as first prnjinmil by Mr.
I'Y-ier, »•!' tvawnwui'lh county, mi tin- sixth ilay of lltu session, and re-
ported by lln- C'••ininillr)' mi Mi-i'i'Ilnneniis mill Amendments, on the
littrii-rtiili day N'tnlher feature nf the (Nilistlllltinil, jirrlmps. elicited
Hiniv atiiimili'd and cariif-t debate It >vas iliscu-s-.'d for several ilays;
atniiidt'd. rtTorreil, and Ugllill -uliiiiltcit. A" originally reported il pro-
vided lor iht' i \etii lit lull <>l "a l|n|||»|i'lti| nf li'ii acres of laml, sit a honso
and !'•! iitil i*%wiliiw ?'.'."•"• in value, or mil. pTi-'inal and mixed pmp.
rilv ii><| I'M- . diiu; |»,IMHI, in any family " This was adopted bv a vnte
••!'.''» iiv.-> in Iti nays Twn days later the \,i>e was reeuu-idcred. and
I'rrdd'iti Win.hell prnp.>M-d llie W"idiii>; dually adopted: "A h o m e
-.Usi'l nf' I *•»» :».-r>s Ml' liu iiiio." html, "f nf nut' IUTC within lllii limits of mi
iti.-.-i pioiit- i luvii i«s >iiv, ••'•••iipi. d as a residence lijr llie family lit ilio
xwioi, in.;.lhi'i- with all tin' iinpinvi :ii"iil- "II tin' s.i:ie'.-hall li" exempted
li.«m ti.i.-.-d s.iii- under ittiy pi'.i.r . -if law, and shall n a b>- alionalt'd
with.•ot lit" j..ntl .-•n^i nt i.f liiishitnd and Brill*, wln-f!' lln- ivl.tlimi oxisls "
M m ' pril'> l-.l. if Wii- ild *jifi-i| by a vnic n|*.']tl|u V.
t lltfHvhl at lln- lini'% bi'Wrvi'i'. mid a n-vii-w nf lln- pini'«i'iliii!;s and
I|I'III||I« Itjw >ii>i|iimid «|#V im|«T*siti|| diil l.tvontbh-a li-m mi thi» pro-
vi.«i«M WHS title I" lb'- •'!tnie>i and it.«pi.ni advni'a'y >'( .Imli;.' Kmuiomi,
tt'liii Wit- Id III"! *eillt»M;«, l"id»;t', mid '•••ina.,'-»ils .u|i|i.'i ii-r The hoine.
-t.iid . Ian. »•! lb- Kan-1. l-<nsitiili"ii ha- IIM-II >v iidy erilieised, Iml
I bi.»e>e lb. |ir.tj«e .(!' lie- <! il" J"ll"tttllv I ivtfl it a- a nil'-! Il ll'lii'llt
jo-.vt T-.ii •! lln ti nr>,;.|||l i tw I'm n ai,v .1 i|H;il|e|' i.| a 11 -itlitry i' hii"
!•.. 11 maiiiiiiim-d, .m I i! tiU ! n : 1 . 1 .lnd,-" Knimian *atd il BIMilil,
>;'iiii«U/ " I hi Imiie-, tie- In aril-, -t-.ii-, tie' fu.dd'' ilfmllld wbirh a man
IlltlV ^iiii* i In* liiinilt Willi lb- '•• -rcaimv >•! assiiraie •••• thai n-illor the
bind .>l'lli» law. 11 <i HIM. !i"i all >•: lite nil •• -llitinlli •* "1 life, eiiti "'jeel
llieni fi.iitt I lie p.« r -inii ••) 11
Tin- riiiiiii..- and l'a\ ;i! mil itli-i tin l'.X>> lllivi llliol - were ailnpli'd
>i|| lln- f.iiiiti-. nib .litv.ali-l lie- Mi< • Ihiiinii- arliil • *"ii*id<i'd. l"iw
i.ii,-tit(tllv pivvided Im lln- ile'li.'it "f » 1'u.Mir I'liniei, Ion thai, s.etion
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was stricken out, after a vigorous protest by Messrs. Kp» «»«d l»g«lk
Nine years later their idea was endorsed, by the adoption of an amend-
raent creating the office of State Printer.
On the seventeenth day the temporary Capital was located at Jopeka,
the second ballot resulting: for Topeka, 2 0 ; for Lawrence, 14; for
Atchison, 6.
TUB FIRST " PKOHIBITIOK AMKNIIMKNT.
On the same day a proposition wasmade, by Mr. Preston, of Shawnee
Co., to amend the Miscellaneous article by adding the following section i
"Sec.—. The Legislature shall have power to regulate or prohibit
the sale of alcoholic liquors, except for mechanical and medioinal
purposes."
A motion made to lay this amendment on the table, was defeated, bv
a vote of 18 ayes to 31 miys. But the anxiety of the members to exclude
from the Constitution any provision that might render its adoption doubt
ful, or prevent the admission of the State, finally prevailed, ami after a
full interchange of views, Mr. Preston withdrew his amendment Then-
is, it is said, nothing new under the sun. Those who imagine that the
prohibition amendment adopted In 1880 was a new departure in < oiisti
tution making, have never examined the records of the Wyandotte r>»n.
volition.
THK LAST OF SI.AVKtSV IX KAN-MS.
On the nineteenth day occurred the lrt«J. struggle over the Slavery
question in Kansas. See. tiof the Bill of Might-, prohibiting Slavery "i
involuntary servitude, came up for adoption, and it w«« moved t> add a
proviso suspending tlu operation of this section lor the period of twelve
mouths after the admission of the State. Thin proviso received < h-vi n
votes, and twenty.eight wore recorded against it. A IIIO-I exciting ill*
cussion occurred, on the same day, over the apportionment article, whieli
the Democrats denounced as a "gerrymander."
riiu UMV I»AV«.
The work of the Convention was practically completed mi tJi«'
twenty-first day. The various article* had each been consider*-1 and
adopted, first in Committee of the whole, then in Con vent lull, (ion re
ferred to the Committee.on Phraseology and Arrangement, ami, niter i<-
port of that Committee, again considered by s.-ctiuns and adopted Cut
so anxious were the memhers that every won' used should be tlo- ri$Uf
word, expressing the idea intended most'clearly and dir.-efiy. thai it-fall
the reading of the completed Constitution was'linished. on the m«oniii;
of the 21st day, if was decided to refer it to a sp-cial committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Ingnlls, Wiiiehell. lioss and Slough, tor further revision
and verification. This Comniill.ee reported the same afternoon, ami
again the Constitution was read by sections, for limit revision, Willi ihe
same painstaking carefulness and attention to the iiiiuufi-f detail* AH
that afternoon, and all the next day, with liri'f interruption-, far 1011,01
on other closing work, flu's revision went on. and it was liveo'clock in llii<
afternoon of the 3"th bclbrc the last section was prrfe I. Then oc-
curred one of the most dramatic scenes of the Convention Mr. Hutch
inson submitted a resolution declaring that •' we do now adopt and pro
ceed to sign the Constitution."
A HI'IBITIJl) HHIi.Vt'K.
At once Mr. Slough addressed the Chair, and after warmly 1 uU.cit-
ing the general features of tlm Constitution, pronouncing it " a model
iii>triniifiit," III' formally auiiouneed that political objee.tiuns impelled
himself mill liis iVmoeratie associates lo decline nltaehiug their signa-
tures tn il. These objections ho staled ill length. They were, briefly: the
curtailment ill* Mil' boundaries uf tilt* Stale; the huge Legislative body
provided li>r; lilt' exclusion »|' Indians made citizens of the United Status,
from the privilege M|' voting: I lie rcgisl ry of voters tit the eloetion on the
Const imiinn; the ivfus.il to exclude free negroes from the S t a l e ; and the
apportionment.
'I'M* ildjnli nf the Deuioeriilio members hail been fnreshnilowed for
several iliiyx, hut il was. nevertheless, something of ii surprise. Tho Re-
publicans understood thai several of the Democrats hud earnestly o p -
pused -neb a course, ami Imped that some id' them would be governed
by their iiwil convictions, nithertliau by (he mandate of their onueus. F o r
a few moment-utter Mr Slough concluded, t\w Convention sat, hushed and
expectant. Hut mi other Democratic member rose. It was evident that
the canons ruled. T i e n J u d g e Thaehrr, (he President pro tarn,, nd-
ilrcv-ci) lln' t'hair. and in a speech nf remarkable vigor and elotpiunoe,
aeeepled the vaii!:c nf battle thrown ilowu. " Upon this Constitution,"
hi- declared, " we will mod iiltf opponents, in the popular arena. It is a
heller, a ladder hwile than even the old Free Slate issue, They have
thrown down the gauntlet: we joyfully lake il up." l i e then proeeei led
I" defend, with g l i a l curliest ncsj and power, the features of the Constitu-
tion objected [n by Mr. Slouch. " T h e numbers nf the Convention," ho
:i-*irt.il, "bttvu pi-iftI'IIII a work that will he enduring." The Cnn-
• ritotii'U. be allii'ioed, would "commend itsidf to the true and good
everywhere, hncutlsr LlittMl",)l iverv lilt*- and syllable there glows the inHI-
eioiis suudiiue i-t' liberty." Ii was and should be. he dnelaretl :

" l.:},r M.mr IrfH rlill, Ot.it til;, if. IUVIHI loon,
Swell II.IIII iiir v i l e , .suit luiilwuv Ic.ii'r • llir toim ;
''|'l!.>t!|l|| n'illld !('• ! ' l r j . | Mir l.'lllilj'. i l m n l . Il.lll I'tiMil,
I!:i;!!l.)| .•..wflKle • •-llles Mil II'- IliMil."

Head in Mi li.rht nf sitb,cipieiit history, the.-e declarations appear

alio—•( prophetic.
MI.NIVI. Til l: roXSTII'l' 11> i S .

Tin- twilight shadow, 'vciv ^atlnrimr about Wyaudnifo win u this

d> bal« r l o r d , and lb>-t'"i'V>niioii proceeded lo vote oil Mr. Mutoiiiii«nii'.s
looiufioli. which Wit< adoplrd In- .'Jl aye" lo I." nay-, nuc Kepiihlicim
and t"Oi I li'oo.iiil.v Ii, in/ a d - n( Tin' roll tftis then called, and the
t',.»(.liinrion was i'Jii-d by all (lo- U>piddioaii members except one, Mr.
Wright, ••!' N. uiaba, ivb» wa ilhseftt. sick. Tin- work of the Convention
«;i.. eoiiHileled, an I all' r Vnlllis; thanks t" il- "|li -eis. it adjourned with
oil! i|j|f<-
IWi" MI.«rvKI•••••

I'.aeb pari v. I thiol.. «a I'llillv of one blunder it aficrward« MfliHWy

n-.rii'lf.d rhc lopubiieaii- ill n l n . ^ i ; : I" include riic South | Mill to
IOIIIIIIV wifbiu the b'liinlaii'" of Kan a-; tin- Di tuoei;jt.s in refusing to
M»;ti :h> < Wi*lUiltioii iln \ hud lab ovd ilili v ullv lo perfect. 1 -peak of
wiiat I eoii-id' r Ihc eieal mistake "f I he lo public.nis with all ihe more
iVaukne-« beeaiiM' 1 wa>, a! tie tim-, in learty rfVlnpitltty with fle-ir ae-
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lion; but I feel confident tluit no .Republican mmillh-r IK tivJlMf to-day
who doea not deplore that decision. And I am c!i]iia!ly t'OlMblt'ltl that
within a brief time after the Convention adjournal, there were tew Di'iii-
ooratic members who did not seriously regret their refusal to sum .tin-
Constitution.
"ADDBD TO TUB STAKS."
On the 4th of October, 18.r)S>, the Constitution was submitted hi the
people for ratification or rejection, and, for the first time in the history
of Kansas, all parties wist a full, ftod and unintimidnled vote. The Ko-
publicans favored, and the Democrats generally opposed it* adopt inn.
Nearly 16,000 ballots were polled, of which 10. HM wore for. ami .Vi.'MI
against the Constitution. The Homestead clause, stilimit ted as an inde-
pendent proposition, was ratified by a vole of* *.7.V< for, In 1.77".' against
it. Every county in the territory 'except two, .Jnluisnii and Mmri*, '.'uvc
a majority for the Constitution.
Two months later, December (5th, State ami ('Nanny officers and
members of the Legislature were elected, and the people of Kansas, hav-
ing exhausted their authority in State building, patiently awaited the
action of Congress. On the II th of April, I Ml), the Mouse of Uepiescii'
tatives voted, 134 to 7.'!, to admit Kansas as a Stale, under the W van
dotte Constitution. Twice, during the next Hglil mouths, ihc Senate ih»-
feated motions to consider the Kansas hill, lull on I he VI.-1 <•!' January.
1861, several Southern Senators having seceded, .Mr. Seward " M«fe a
pinch of snuff "and called it up again. It passed by a vote nl' ; : , ; t" I*',
and on the 29th of the same month President lluchiiliflli approved it.
Thus young Kansas, through many difficulties ami turmoil*, w«* " added
to the Stars."
AN KNiiuuiNii Mi.vsrinmoN.
During nearly twenty-two of the most eventful and exciting year-
of American history, the Constitution thus framed and niiilir.l ha- defined
the powers and regulated the duties id* the government of Kau-.i-. l'hive
Legislatures have voted down propositions to call a in w (W-titurmtuil
Convention. Twelve or fifteen aiucudiuciiis have lion submitted, litil
only eight have been approved by the people Finally, in |W»i, the
Legislature voted to submit H proposal for a new ('••uwiifimi. ami til (he
regular election held in November of ihai year, this halM was fuUii
The result was an endorsement of the old Wyandotte ('.•miituiiiui i.v a
majority far more einpluitie and overwhelming ihau thai In- wheii if wa-
origiually adopted, the vote standing V-J.N'II ibr, ami I lii.;/.!' itguiiH fin-
proposed Convention, or nearly seven hi one.
It is doubtful whether the organic law of anv other -Ma? in (he
Union has more successfully survived the mutation- „t' rime and i;u...u
stant public sentiment, and the no less llimtuuling neer.-mi. -..«' a v.iiti\
developing Commonwealth. Of its soventceu article-, unit fimr. ami i.|
its oue hundred and seventy-eight seetinm;. only eight. Im've ever n.yw
amended. And of the eight, itmendiuciiis adopted, on)* jive Im- iw.keil
or modified the principles or policy oritrimillv formulated, lie- ..jfor- h>
lug changes demanded by the growth of the State, or bv lie- events M|'«Ji«
civil war. lho first amendment, ratified in |8t}|. nr.ivhhs tin- im b*nk
me msntiition shall issue circulating note* of n U » dcn.ooumimn (ban
* l - t h o original limitation being 8.1, In |st;.| ,|„. p,„ V | , | ( , u i-.-.1uiriin;
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ill! hills tn originate i» thti House of Representatives, was repealed; and
a section intended In prevent I). S. soldiers from voting, but which was
so wiinli'd thill it. deprived imr volunteers of that right, was also repealed.
In ISl!7 an amendment was adopted disfranchising all persons wlio aided
the " Lost Cause," or wlio were dishonorably discharged from the army
nC tln« I'nilid Siati's, or who had defrauded the United States or any
Slate during ihe •var. In 18118 tfitf Slate Printer amendment was ruti-
lied. In INT.'! the nninher of Seiinlors and Representatives, originally
limited In rlti and HID, resp ciively, was inereased lo 40 and 120, In
187(3 three propositions, each having in view hiennial insteiul of annual
sessions of the Legislature, were adopted. And in 1880 the Prohibition
amendment was raiilieil. These are all ihe changes that have been made
in our organic law during nearly a quarter of a century.
I ' A I I T I M ; AT WVANHHTTK.

It would violate ihe proprieties of such an occasion to comment on

the personal feuds or parti/au broils which once or twice marred the
general harmony and orderly progress of (he proceedings. These were
very few, indeed, and none n|' ihein, I think, ouilasied (he Convention.
Tim members parted, when the Until adjournment came, with mutual re-
spect ami [fund will, and |hi< friendships formed during the session have
been unusually warm ami enduring.
HltllHKgKKKi' IIMTOItY.
It seems fitting that, in concluding this sketch of the Convention
and it.- labors, 1 should brielly narrate the subsequent history of its mem-
ber.-. It was a small company, tbnl which parted here (wonty-lhrco years
ai'n iiiilay, and ii u.i-uiiide up, as I have said, hugely of young and vigor-
mi,- uii-ii Km when ilii- reunion was lirsl suggested, and 1 came to look over
the familiar WUIU'S 1 had mi oflcu called during the long, hot days of that
far away duly, ii was painful In noli- lite huvoe death had uuule. It im-
pie-sed me -nun-thing as did a roll call 1 once witnessed, in the red glare
uf bivouac tltv* afler mic of the gr -al baltles •«!' the war, when surviving
e o m r n d o un-wercd " killed," or " wounded," to oncdialf ihe names of a
regiment. Ten "I' the tifiy-two members composing the I'nuveulion 1
have n.it luard of for many yeaiv Of the remaining forty-two. twenty
rrat iptii'lly in
" I hr i. ri'iiiililii", r.iuvr.
Win-;,- ill i l l l f lir II.IHH in |.r.m- tnj;r|hcr,"
The ItirgC'l tli-li-^itlinii «ns that from Leawuworlh eotintv, and only
inn: nf the ten ueiilleiiu u comprising il, I{. C, l''ostcr, certainly survives.
Uare Sain Slio-nii. who-e irenial wii and hrillianl aecomplishments won
all In art-, was circled Attoiin v ( i e m r a l in |8l!|, by a iinauiinotis Vole,
ami died in hi-old Maim- home, in I'Ybriiary, Isiill. William t*. Mil*
I W e l l Wji- ih—ii-n ilmlgc »( ihe Midi .ludicial District at the lirst d e c .
lion under tin- I'liu-liiuiion; -erved four year-; ami wa- killed by a fall
fi..m an iiiuiiiluis in Si. |„uiii, .Inly III. \AW Jtilill I'. Slough reiuuved
to Colorado, wa- Colonel «t' a rt'giltirttl raided in thai Slate, and later u
Ilii; adii-r (ii-in-ra!; was appointed. al'i>-r the war, Chief Justice of New
Mexico, ami tva killed al Santa I'V ."-amiiel Hippie removed to Atehi-
-..ii ...iiniv; served a- it ijuurlcriiia.-icr durins: lb.- war; was elected Stutc
Senator in |M;V;; ami d u d in January, |M»H William I'erry removed
I.. Colorad... wheiv he died. P. S Parks returned lo Indiana, and en-
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aged in journalism and the law until his death, three year." ttjfrt. Fred,
fworth
trown died in St. Joseph, Mo., and John Wright lit his home in Leaven-
county. Robert Graham, of Atchison county, tile oldest member,
died in 18G8. Three of the. five members from Doniphan enmity, Knhcrf
J. Porter, Benjamin Wrigley and John Stairwalt, are ifaul Tfc« iin-iii-
bers from Linn, James M. Arthur and Josiah Lamb, aiv both dead, m>
are also N. C. Blood, of Douglas, and T. S. Wright, nf Nemaha- \Y. 15.
Griffith, of Bouibon, was elected the first State Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and died, February Pith, 18B2, beiiire the completion nf his
term. James G. Blunt, of Anderson, who became ;i Major C.enernl dur-
ing the war, and won renown as a bravo and skillful soldier, ditil, in
Washington, a year or more ago. James Han way, of Franklin, itfti'f »
long life of usefulness, died at his old home, only a brief while ago.
President James M. Winohell returned to New York shortly after the
outbreak of the rebellion, and resinned his connection with the Tinim,
first as war correspondent ami afterwards as an editorial writer, Until
his death, a few years since, he was employed upon that great journal.

simvivrNu MtmitKIl*.

Of the surviving mom hers, many have attained the highest distiuc.
tions of the State, and all, I believe are useful ami honored citizens At
the first election under the Constitution, Samuel A. Kinsman was'chosen
as Associate Justice oftlie Supreme Court: in WMI he was elce|,-d
Chief Justice, and re-elected in 1872. Bcnj. !•*, Simpson was elected ; in-
first Attorney General nf the State, hilt resigned the position |n ellti r the
army, in which he served throughout tin' war. lie has sliiii' Imcii
Speaker of the House of Representatives, several times a Stale Senator,
and is now serving his second term as U. S Marshal. Solon < >. Timelier
was chosen District Judge at the first, election under the Ciiiisiitiiii.ui,
has since occupied many positions of honor and responsibility, and i* a
member of the present Slate Senate. ,1. ('. Burnett, S R it»Wt")i Mini
S. E. Hoffman were members of the lirst State Senate, and Deo II
Lillie was a member of the first House of Kepiv..enta(i\v. K ti. |{,K,
was appointed United States Senator in iWflll, ami oleelid in i*ii". s. sviu-
until 1871. John J. lngnlls was chosen as State Sen ,u<r ia l*til : VTH>
elected United States Senator in 187.'!. and re-elected in Is7!i, and in
still occupying that distinguished plaee. John T. t'-urri- wa- l.wnr.
Col. of the 10th Kansas, and subsequently District dud;:.-. Win. I'
Dutton, James Blood, L. 11. I'almer, John' I' (ireer and John It if flu <v
have filled many positions of local trust and prouiim •, with irciljl ami
usefulness. R. C. Foster and John W. I<\iriiiiiu are rcidiii" it; I'.-vi-.
Williiun Hutehinsiai lives in Washington ; and C. I; M-Ci. iiaii. K
Moore and 32, M. Hubbard are still proiuineni and honored .jfi.-:;. ...
the enmities they represented. My old friend, Col. Caleb Mav. .*. m-
viving member of the three Free Slate Constitutional l '.uiv.-iin-.if-. liv .
in Montgomery Co. If Dean Swift was right in savin- thai • wh...-u i
could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to glow oi( a '|»->i
of ground where ime grew liel'orc, would deserve heller of maiikiiel. and
do more essential service to his country, than tin- wh.de rnw «t o di'i
cians," what honor is due. this sturdy'Kansas farmer, M-RO, <Un»i,: ft
residence of twenty-eight years in Mm Stat.-, has m-v.-r not . v . u in Iho
disastrnus seasons of IXfiil and 1871 -failed to rata* a u>u«l creo. I A . M
the heroic service he rendered the eause n,' Freedom ifiiriu-r tin d.nii. f
illljrj* of tht* struggle in Kansas, was less valnnhle to the State than this
practical and Iriulitphimt. vindication of its soil and climate.

"l.OHT TO HJUHT."

Stalwart, quint Win. MeCullough 1 have not heard of for many

years, dohn A. Middletoii, of Marshall Co,, was a soldier in the 7th
Kansas, removed to Montana in 1804, and I h a w learned nothing of him
since. II. I). Preston, of Shawnee; R. L. Williams, P. IT. Townsond
and I'M. Stokes, of Douglas; Allen Crocker, of Woodson; A. D .
SlfC'uilt', of Leavenworth; .1. If. Signer, of Allen, and J. T.Barton,
of Johnson, llmve all disappeared and left no sign. I know not
whether they are living or dead.

THH OKFIt.'KKH.

Of the nllieers of the (^invention, queer old (Senrgo Warren,

Serticnnt-nt-arins »{' nearly all the early Kansas Legislatures and Con-
ventions, died many years ago. Mil. S. Nash, the .loiirnal Clerk, was
Adjutant nf tin- 1st Kansas, and died,some years since, in Chicago, lioht.
St. Clair Craham, one of ihe Kurolliug Clerks, was eleuled Judge, of the
Sccimd Judicial District in IKIili, ami died in IHKO. Uichard J. Hiuton,
alsu an Kurolliug Clerk, is tin' editor of the Washington (I). C.) Gtacttc,
and a widely known journalist. Werter U. Davis, the Chaplain, was a
mcinliiT "I the first State Legislature; was Chaplain of the 12th ami
Colonel of the With Kansas regiments during the war; and is one of the.
most prominent clergymen of ids denomination in the State. S, I). Mc-
I'muilil, printer |«i the Convention, is still engaged in journalism. J, M.
r'uuk, tin- tliinr-kccper, and .1. L. Blnnchurd, the Assistant Secretary, I
have not heard from or of for many years.

rnxrt.rsiiiN.

I wi^h I cnuld sketch mure III detail the work and history of tho
uti'iuhcrs nf ihe C.invenliou. lint this paper is, 1 know, already too long,
t have tried to lell how uitr CtMlxlltittiiitl was made. 1 could not narrate,
within rea-ii'ualile limils,
" Wliit WMII.IMIII «miit:lii its rili'. i*J sli*i*l,
Wile wmli" IMI ti iiii-i, Anil '.all, .out ii»|w,
Wh.i! jitvil. i.in.;. «li.it li.iiiiniri'. l>eiil.
In «lu! ti !"ij'.r .ui.l uh.it .i licit
Wi-ie '.li.i|n->i itir .tiulim . nf It'l lin|>r."
It i» etmiigh t" N»y that the work has proved strong and enduring.
Thmngh tin- gmtting itiexpifictu'e nf our Stale's childhootl anil the still
untie pmiliiu* amliiti'ius nf it> youth, throtigh the sturm of civil war ft|KJ *y
lite cidm »f pi'iMpcrnus peace, (he Wyandnile Cuii%0fTon has jiistiiititl Y>>
the cuuftdeiii hopes nf it* early irieinl-, 'flic u\<»\ marvelous changes
have IH'CU wrovi'.tht in litis country since it wit* framed. The huge hrick
Imiltliiig ui which the Convention held itH serious, lung ago eriimhled
and till The di I met.-d, dependent and lurliuleiti Territory has grown
In he a praci'fitl, pnwerful and hmsiiefriitN State. Its hundred thousand
pi "pie have multiplied tn a million. I'pon it.'i vast and solitary prairies,
where then lilni.tuid a wild and unpr.'iiiaiile vcgctulimi. M wherewith the
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mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom," miles
of green medows now glisten with morning dew, and thousands of golden
wheat fields shimmer in the noonday sun, and millions of acres of tassel-
ing corn, rustling in the sweet twilight air, tell of harvests so bountiful
that they would reed a continent. Every quiet valley and prairie swell is
dotted with pleasant homes, where happy children laugh and play and
men and women go their busy ways in prosperous content. Eager learn-
ers throng eight thousand school houses. Church bells ring in nearly
every county from the Missouri to the Colorado line. More than four
thousand miles of railway bind town and country, factory and farm and
store, into one community. And over all the institutions and activities of
this great, intelligent and orderly Commonwealth, broods the genius and
spirit of the Wyandotte Condition. Under itB ample authority and
direction, just and generous laws have maintained the rights of citizen-
ship, given protection to labor and property, stimulated enterprise, multi-
plied industries, opened to every child and youth the door of school and
college, encouraged morality, fostered temperance, protected the weak,
restrained the strong, and sternly punished outbreaking crime. And still
the sunshine of popular confidence and favor falls upon the Constitution.
It has outlived half of its framers, and when, a quarter of a century
hence, the last surviving member of the Convention awaits the inevitable
hour, the Wyandotte Constitution may yet be the chart and compass or-
dering and guiding the destinies of a State whose imperial manhood is
foreshadowed by its stalwart and stately youth.

Jim Jttto wSmt*k
flK&mSR .OCIMT PTIBMSiaMCOHFAIfS:
jpBOEiaxroita.
CHICAGO. gRIPAY,^SQg_tt3. 1883.
y# ; A gAnraAa. EU&iMEm: •'
: T«i'' twrtwwm rcauum ar*ttw wrrvrrmg
jinembers of tiie Eighth I&ns'as Veteran
•Volunteer Infantry, held af Fort Leaven-
worth, Colonel Johri A. Martin told, In an
eloquent speech, the interesting story of
fc tho old regiment that he commanded. It
B was one of tho first volunteer bodies that
g oaino "to the fore," and served in four of
' the great armies of the Union, Its sorv-
ioe began in what was aftorwtlrn known
as the Army of the Frontier: thence,
early in 1862, it was transferred to tho
Army of the Mississippi; lu tho summer
11
j or the same year it joined tho Army of
tho Ohio, and in November became a part
of the Army of the Cumberland. With
the last-named military division it served
until its final muster out, in January.
1860. - g years harvest could not buy" attest j
I t s career commenced at a very
early period of the civil war,.and ter-
minated long after the Inst hostllo shot had
been fired. Colonel Martin said: "It Is
no-vain-glorious or empty boosting to de-
clare, as. I do, that to have served with tho
Eighth Kansas is a fact of which any muu
has a just right to bo proud. No -'V,
^P J regiment in the army of tlm Union
during tho civil war can cite par-
tlcipatlon in campaigns of greater
magnitude, events of mora ronmntio and
exciting interest, or marches over a vaster
scope of oountry. Nor did any .regiment
more conspicuously illustrate, In camp or
Held, a loftier devotion to duty, a more un-
selfish, patriotism, or a moro constant cour-
age
Comparing the soldierly qualities of
Kansas people with their industry in timed
of peace the Colonel said: "Of what
achievements, in tho enterprises of civil
ute requiring courage, energy, and re-
sourceful vigor, Is such blood and bone and
hoart and brain not capable? Prom 1 he
| most sterile and reluctant soil a manhood
of this order would wrest plenty. Is it
wonderful, then, when earth and «ir eom-
bme to aid its labors, this population
should have made Kansas one of the great-
est and most prosperous States in tho
I 'j s.i nobly ailvjiii.'i-ii.
rh reglment ln s , r v l c o
?A^r i ° ? t»w>l«l
10,750 miles, took part in fifteen battles
1 and many skirmishes, had a total of 70
Wiled, 289 wounded,nM £U missing.
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^MARKATO REVIEW.
• W K D N B ? D , V Y , N O V . 2 S , 1 S 8 8 .
0m M i V V & O K , PruusiiKH.
Tho Eighth JLonsafT
Wo hnvo received a neat littly pam-
phlet containing tho proceedings of the;
Kcunion of tho 8th Kans. Vol, Vol,
InfTy, a t F t . Leavenworth Oct. KUh,;
j 11th and 12th 1883, with the address of
| Col. John A. Martin, and the list of;
.
j members in attendance. The Eighth'
| was a good regiment and won iuippr-
l iahuule honor for the Slate wliieh sent j
it, for the bravo men wlio composed i t , |
and for the Hag it. defended. Three
j torn, tattered and faded battle Hags
' under which it marehod to "vielory or
death," preserved by the Stale at To-
peka and which "all tlie wealth of this
ils bravery and dovolion. |
LINCOLN'S u i r n w i M j SPEECH.
IVeNhllMIt Ulll-ulll mull.. ;| s|UV.-l|J^
vlileh has in
A t the dodl'illliill of llu< n-iu.-lery
PPl IV ll tell t l l l i i i t i j i l l i i l ' l l l U i u i r f l e vii-l'.'i'iir
JSIVMS whieli lifts I m n pi-mmum
Sliest ever iloliveivil no . I T . i 1!>..•
I.. • . n u t I T I ' l l I'il .i'l.V itnllar ..*••,(
, bin, itml n'biell haw K'eMin • l i m i ' l i a r 1 .
till" ellllVl' i:il!ili«ll-:l»'ill>ilH'. »••*'• I. 'I'll,'.
jHtirf.vr-l'n'Mlili'iil
....iiii-i- aieim ini'veti
ill \ i ' i n * * , n »mil
.:., .^iiliei's lii-iuifrlil itirtli II|MI|| iiijsri.-ii!iin til
i - ^ a plitters I
n e w ll.tlinn, culieeixeil ill h U ' M y , us>l
/jjjeiliciiicil lii I tip |irnj'.i>ilii4ii r I •. 11 alt in.-it
UB'e li'e.'ll.'il 1'iplal. N't'W « • ' . T : V !•>,:..!••.I
* : | r i ii grunt eivil war, li'siiii:: u ii>•: !«•»•• " M ;
<fi!nlliiii, oi'iiuy ..... t i i n i T lliltb'll
e t h e r ll.ilI' s • .•.•u.vU <•!
\<u\ lli'iIiiMll'il, eail ! •Hi; I'
Yief nil II fire.-il linll|i--lii-bl ". IJlilt tt'llfj
f r i i l i i i v e e o u i M i n diHlit'iiii' :i p i ' i n -H »t
• Jiliil l i i ' l i l i i s n liiial nwtllHI'plftl'e tt( |ii.i»el
jH'hu have given llieir liv. Hurt f!s>- Vn.
9<>n might live. II is <i!,,n•.fi«ii -!•••• ^ ' . i , , , .
;-,gUll |U*iipi-|' tllHl tt'e sllnllli! r l . ' l l i i li.ll
V I I n lurgei* Ht'ime ,.,,.- wiii'iiiiiiu:
, .milii i|e«||i . Mr
iiiniini iijillnw tliis gr»»tn I
'— t'i\i:
ii i
I In lie hi'Ve ileilliMle.l In till riiilier Km
•lli.iiiiiil.U ln'l'iil'i' I I . ; ( l u l l I r . i i i M'lill VV'M'I. I
^ e i l dead we fttUe inen ttiesit I I X I I - .
;l! e.lllMe I'm' tt'l . .....i|| i l i ' \ i i | i n i i | i . |
II iiiiasiiri' uf .l.'Vuii-iii;' lliii
' " » . ili'i.
. .Jflily r e s u h e laat l l n ; . i l e a l ..!|.i;l n->[
X r v i i i e t l in VtilllJ llml ibis Xillit'Ui ii'i-
^'Ir liiiib shall Imxti II m w I ' i r i ' i ill' I'i'er.'.
Ill) iiiul thai i.viivei'iiuienl i l l ' l b " p.- >|'U-.
' I lie peiiple, a m i Ibr l lie |«. -i »j •(•-, :-li;i!|
I lu'lisli IVIIIII l l n - e a r l l i . "
>Si*^*e
 REUNION PROCEEDINGS

OP THE

M i l l I M S H U M VOL. INFANTRY
AT FT. LEAVENWORTH,KANSAS,

OCTOBER ioth, u t h a n d 12th, 1883,

•——WITH Til!-:-'

I ADDRESS OF COLONEL JOHN A. MARTIN

AMI Tin:

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTH IN ATPENDANCE

i1
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j -V iVIIlPMS', Iw.VN'iVM:
H A 4 K K M . * H«IN, Ilium I'lUNI-KIM
IM*I.
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v.

REUNION PROCEEDINGS •
-OP T H E -

AT F T . L E A V E N W O R T H , KANSAS,

O C T O B E R ioth, n t h and 12th, 1883,

WITH THE -

ADDRESS OF COLONEL JOHN A. MARTIN

•AND THli-

LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTH IN ATTENDANCE.

ATCHISON, KANSAB:
H A S K E L L & BOH, BOOK P I U H T I K S .
1883.
 EIGHTH KANSAS

VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REUNION

AT FT. LEAVENWORTH,

October lOfh, 11th a n d 12th, 1 8 8 3 .

Surviving meinlaw of the Eighth KIUIHUM Veteran Volunteer

Infantry, tu tlu> uiimboi' of almut mm hundred, luwumbled at Camp
Pope, nil the Kurt Li'avi-nwurth ri'sorvatiun, on the 10th, 11th ana
12th uf UetolnT. ISS.M. Tim lmudqnnrUira of the " Society of the
Eighth Kansas" worn fHtahludmd in a Unit nppnmte the fronoral
headquarter*) for tin* Middier*-' nnniiun, deHignutud by a banner
bearing tin- tullnwiittc IWHsrhitluut
•'HKADyUAKTEKS
Kminu KAJWAH VUI.. INKANTKV
Ik) Hrignde, l«t Divimoiu yoth Army (kirptf,
1st Brigade, ml Division, 4th Army Oor|W,
AuMY ȴ THK <'tMIU:Ut.ANI>.
Ht-imalh thin WUH painted tin- badge of the Third Division,
b'uurth Army (Jurps t<> wli'mh tlm regiment was InngoHt at-
tached a blue triangle, bearing the Uillttl'A ill the most prominent
engagement* in which the Eighth tuuk part, viz.:
I'orryviHo. iMiattaiiooga. Poach Tree Oreek.
Lam-aster. Orchard Knob. Ohattnhooehie.
Hrentvillo Pike, Minium Kidgc. Atlanta.
Tullalmma. Km>\villo Onmpnign. Lovojoy Station,
(lapertoirs Kerry. Dnmlridgo, Ntirilivule.
Ohienmangn. Konnosaw Mountain.
On the aftortutmi of t U-twln-r loth the roll wiw called by com-
panies, ami the day was ajwitl in social greetings, in revudting
Fort Leavenworth, ami in reviving recollections uf the campaigns
in which the command took part. Badges, numbed with the
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name and number of the regiment, the division and Of'*"**!*,,^,
which it was attached, the corps badge, and t h e n a m e s of p * *m^
cipal battles in which the Eighth participated, were iurnisli*'*
'.! member present. • . %t the
On Thursday, October H t h , the surviving member* *** ,
Eighth joined in the parade, as a body. On returning l«••• h«
they assembled in the " b i g tent," and were called to <.r<** «,
Oofonel Martin, President of the "Society of t h e Eighth I\i**» .
The Society elected the following officers for the * , 1 t , ~
year, viz:
President—Colonel John A. Martin.
Vice President—Lieutenant-Colonel J o h n Conover.
Secretary—Sergeant Chas. W . Rust.
Treasurer—Lieutenant David Baker.
Brief talks were then made by Lieutenant-Colonel ('« "*** , **
Captains Marion Brooks, Company I, and Samuel R. ! - t : » » " ? •
Company H, and by A. B. Freidrich, O o m p a n y F ; S * "

John M. Holt, Oompany I I ; Godfrey Wahs, Oompany

others..
It was voted to hold the next reunion at, t h e place au«l^ * , n "«•
days fixed for the next general reunion of t h e , soldiers of l"C .a'l^u-s
Surviving members of the Eighth were requested t»« **«'t«M ' "
the Secretary, Clias. W. Rust, Atchison, K a n s a s , the nitiai*** ; l )"'
postoffice address of all soldiers of the regiment, and also t« * n»>iitv
him of the death of any member, or of a c h a n g e in his p» i»»ti«ttt*«i'
address.
The reunion was thoroughly enjoyed by all present. *rin»*y
coming from the most remote distances—and soldiers of 11 »*• r«-gi
ment were present, from California, Iowa, Illinois, N e b r a * U s i . Mi-*
souri, and all parts of Kansas—felt amply repaid, in the i*|i,|» »(vtfi«"!U
of the occasion, for the time and expense of the journey.
At the conclusion of the exercises in t h e " b i g r v s i * . * ' ,'ur
President, Colonel John A. Martin, delivered the follow t ?»;r :nl
dress, which was ordered printed in pamphlet t'orm, t o g o t h . *- »iih
the proceedings of the reunion and the mimes of ! * . . » s f in
attendance:
ADDRESS 01'' COLONEL MAKTltf.
There is always a oharm In reviHiting onee familiar phiees in: . -.:iu
absence, anil to a KottMM soldier this reservation will (jvur poWktM a U-..
interest. Hero nearly all the troops young Kansas Mont to the •• .
organized or equipped. And to those who wero mvislorotl hero; wli ., ,.,,, «,„
tho tirst time under canvas in the old bluo-grass pasturo, and MHMV t,*. »* 5 ,, <i„
first time n soldier's iare, Port Leavenworth will always lie holy fltmtxa. i .
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I Uavo paid (tinny visits to this Pout sitti-o Um ftuwiwivy days of '81, but
novor lmvo tlio seonc.sfind incidents of that partial boon NO vividly recalled as
during tho prosonf occasion. Tlio \vhttn tonls, llm trampled grass, tlio groups
ofmou, half uniformed, half hi cUr/.mi'M dross; tin' st r a i l i n g stacks of arms,
tliu marching columns, the ordmTins ooiuiiii; anil truing, tlio nntos of bugles and
the. music of lifrv and ili'tini- these scenes ami sounds soom tu belong to the
tiirrmlnul puslralhi-!'Ihnli In the poiiueful anil prosperous presniit. The, alien
and unfamiliar feature is this groat tout, ami llm spccclwiiuUhig within its can-
vas walls. The days of'til were tint, distitigiibdiod for talk. Thoy More, days
uf action. The spiuich-mnUnr did liis work then, HM now. I ml not horn on this
wsorvo, I fancy that if " o l d I'rinoo," dial t"rrur of the Kansas recruits, had
naught a man making u'speech on thn reservation, ho would lmvo organized a
drum-head ootnl-niartial al nucc, for his prompt I I'll) I and execution.
The plaeii and lite surround'nins, as 1 have snid, am familiar. And ye.t how
vast tlio eliiiiiLV- thaflinvc lieen wrought since the mustering here, twenty-two
years tun), It is dim hi fill if the adult main population of Kansas at Unit time
greatly exceeded the iinml'ers present at- this iv-niiioii. M'he poor, harassed
ami feeble Territory ha« grown In lie otie of (he ^rentes! Stales in the Union,
rich ill all the eleinents of sale.imiiiiil prosperity; richer still in Hm imperial
mauliooii ofaeili/.euship xvliielt includes representatives of every regiment in
Hie Union army. Hodd'nig along in nil the walks anil w;-ys of our now peace-
ful ami i|itlot Kansas life arc tueii who have lirtlRhl on in erv battle-field of thn
e i v l l w n r ; ineii who were active participants in nil lite events of the greatest
and tniut si in inn drama of the world's history; m e n whoso personal ronollee-
Iinns embrace the story of every uuuvli, eiuup, liivouae, skirmish mid I ml I In in
which llm armies of the Union iimiojed ; men whoso lihttill has linen poured out
in everv eouiliat where patriotism inaintiiiiied the supremacy til our Hag.
Is it any wonder Mini Kauris lias, in tlic uearlv Iwo decades that have
elapsed sincii tin. war closed, -IOWII |«l l«' one of I lie c;reales|, most intcdigout
Mid tiio-l prosperous '•( I In- Slati"." I if whit achievements, in the enterprises
of civil life reipiiring courage, energy mid resourceful vi;..>',-l is • n.-li IdiHid and
lioiin mill Ili'iH'l and brain iW lltlikc* up her pnpiihuinii n-d capable'.' l-'miii the
llinsl slcnte an I reliio'.aut sail, ; manhood of litis order would wrest plenty.
Is if wmi.I. ilot tliai. when I'lirlh i od air combine h> aid il . Iidmrs, ihis popubt-
lint I «l|i<llM have made Klin- a •• olli« of thn ;';•'< ale.-.! and n o : I pri'spi-inn- States
|l> the Union"
I itecl iii.l-av linw Urlllil ilH'l pi-'ini I on, my ilea old i .Mi'-adi's. to meet,
and greet ymi, •lie ami all, Mir-1 no'ie, Il i c i u . leal a hl'h'f linn -.iuce llm
l'.|«hlli Kansas Volunteer Infantry dleh"d its (>ur. in 'In- l-!ue - i n - 4 "I Ihw
iiwci've mi.I was une.f|.ieil into llm service .ii" He. I n«|i<i| Seilea, "• fur tliflil'
years, in during the war."' Unl t'ie vvltleiuei.- Im'lv* ni IIVaMV "f its survivors,
gathered hero (,. day,'.11 Ilio amy itl'lilim's llfdi,. The wime-.ist Mildinis In
its Milks have rcn.lie.l mi Idle line; ||,e t.ldi":| ire iii.v. old mint, Uec.rilin Ihn
sunset of llietr livr->. Ill" lllirdalllp . .nul i-i il aliiei-at uialch and camp, lilid
lllll I'Mllalfli's ol t-iiHle."T)iiriiiotte.| it-i iaal.> in-,tin mid ;lffi;i!l .hi'Suv. il» h-uiv
t-aiil of sei vice ; vevv ni]iu\ Ii !»•• siuco died, thfir lives .ln.iielie.l t-v tioiiinis,
Ml hi- the wnstiuu elteci.. ol the v )acii!(-ii.. in wti.cli they iiarliclp.-.'ed : and the
sllivivois, scalleiv I all over Mi-'i'. act! \ . |C>l-lii.,\ do unl uinnlier oil'" third oi
I he I,in* I men who have auswi ie.| " l i e i e " at il . riill-ialls.
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I t it no vain-glorious or empty boasting to declare, as I do. that to have
served in the Eighth Kansas is a fact of which any man has a just right to ne
proud. N o regiment in tho army of the Union during the civil war can cite
participation in campaigns of greater magnitude, events of more romantic and
exciting interest, or marches over a vaster scope of country. Nor did a n y w p -
ment more conspicuously Illustrate, in camp or field, a loftier devotion to duty
a more unselfish patriotism, or a more constant courage.
The Eighth Kansas served in four of the great armies of the Union. Its
service began in whatwas afterwards known as the " Army of the Frontier;
thence, early in 1862, it was transferred to the " Army of the Mississippi; in
the summer of the same year it joined the " Army of the Ohio ;" and in Novem-
ber became a part of the "Army of the Cumberland." With this military
division it served until its final muster-out, in January, 1866.
Its organization was commenced in August, 1861, and its first company was
mustered in on the 28th of that month. By the 12th of October, eight compa-
nies had been recruited and mustered ; in December, the ninth was added; and
early in J a n u a r y the regiment had its full complement. In February, how-
ever, a reorganization of Kansas regiments was made. Companies D and H,
of the Eighth, which were cavalry, were transferred to the Ninth Kansas;
Companies F and K were consolidated, and three companies of Colonel Gra-
ham's battalion, were transferred to the Eighth, making it a full regiment of
infantry.
From the date of its organization, in September, 1861, until May, 1862. four
oompanles of the regiment did duty along the Missouri border, in Southern
Kansas j others formed part of the post garrteons at Forts Leavenworth, Riley,
Kearney and Laramie. Early in May five companies were ordered to Corinth,
Mississippi, and proceeding to Columbus, Kentuoky, by steamer, they marohed
thence along the line of the Mobile and Ohio railroad to Corinth. After a
service of two months in that army, the Division to which the Eighth was at-
tached was ordered to reinforce General Buell. By rapid marohea through
Eastport, Mississippi, and Florence, Alabama, it joined the " Army of the
Ohio" at Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and took part in the extraordinary cam-
paign Which ended at Louisville, Kentuoky. Thence it moved southward
again, with the command to which it was attached, through Perryville and
Lancaster to Crab Orchard, and thence to Nashville. There it remained nearly
six months, doing provost duty, and there, in February and March, 1868, the
five companies left ill Kansas joined headquarters, and for the first time in its
history the regiment was united.
Early in June, 1863, the Eighth rejoined Its Division at Murfreesboro. I t
participated, during that Summer, In the campaign against Tullahoma, and,
late in August, forming the advance guard of the 20th Corps, crossed the
Tennessee river at Caperton's ferry, in pontoon boats. It took M i « t t » p a r t in
all the movements of the campaign which followed, ending with the battle of
Ohlcamauga and the siege of Chattanooga. On the 28.1 of November. ~ v « i n g
the front of Its brigade as skirmishers,-the Eighth captured Orchard Knob, the
headquarters of Generals Grant and Thomas during the battle. «***™»£
in* two days. On the 25th it participated In the storming of Mission Ridge,
and ita flag was one of the first, If not the first, planted on the summit
 Two rt^y"lat0r t l 1 0 E l g h t h m a r chod, -with its corps, to the relief of Burn-
d a t T c -v t l 3 C v l l l e ' t 0 ( l k l 1art in "W the movoments of that dreadful winter
81 e
' , ^t'd formed a portion of tho rear guard on the retreat from Dan-
emu j/™*ci n •
|a"vl - f l January, UM4, at Strawberry I'laius, East Tennessee, four-flftha
of all t h « ^ ^timbers of the KiglUh than present re-enllsted as veterans. Return-
. VOTM.***!** JWtawyi tho rogltnont received a furlough Tor thirty days. Re-
* , m V j l l n t£ , l t t l l l H l o s ' ' eftrl,y l n A , u , '< 5 t r « t « r » 0 ' 1 to tho South, and took part
in the o.tt. t»I'a,W" 'Wdust Atlanta. Tkeneo, with its corps, It moved baok to
Nasbvlll girtd participated In tho battle which ground tho rebel army of the
West t o *|fc0* W1 '
j ^ x x . yj tlio lirst six months of tho year IKllfi, tho Eighth was stationed

I t s euv»•«,,',', ' l * tu,m

'", H(H,,,« ennuuoncud at a very early period of the
M
civil • w a . t - n' ' terminated IIIIIK after tho lust hostile shot had boon Jlrod. From
the d a . t o <*»** '*" "rKM»lztl"<"1 WllWI Its final luuator-uut, thoro wore l.OHl nameB on
its r o l l s . l* wl M" hMflWl numerical strength tit any ono timo was 877, in March.,
1862. 1Mi.«» ln''K''Ht aggregate lbreo, " present I'nr duty," was ami, at about the
same t l i v t t * .
T l i © r«M",r,*H "''''• Mervleo show that It traveled 10,7ftti miles; participated in
fifteen. V»»«,t ties and in any sklrmlshna; and lost hi battle thren commissioned
o f f i c e r s n , i l d slxty-sKven enlisted men killed, thlrtteu commissioned odiners
a n d t - v v o Hundred and seventy six enlisted mmi wounded ; mid one commis-
s i o n e d O l i v e r and twenty enlisted men misHlngj or a total of seventy killed,
two Javtmvtrwl and eighty-nine wimndtHl, and twenty-one missing; and an ag-
gregn-to «»*" three hundred and eighty killed, wounded and missing. (If the
m i s s i n g , nearly all wen* killed, iiud of the wounded about one-fifth died of
their -w«»»*iid*. The regiment's loss by the nasuattitw of battle, It will thuabe
seen, -vv*\>* nearly *lMy per cent of tho greatest number it ever had present for
duty.
I n t u l t l i l k m t o those IIIKKPM three eniiuulssUtied ellleers ami ninety-two on-
l i s t e d t*x«*«i dli'd i.t'lUwitse; one hundred and nlnety-lwo wore discharged for
disaViil i t i o n resulting I'mm wounds tit dixeasei and tlfty-three died of wound*.
The t o t i x t tmi by death, Including the seventy killed In battle, wivs two hun-
dred, i v t x i l eighteen, and tiy discharge bmmuse nf wounds fttul disease, one hun-
dred. i v i » « l ninety-iwti, making n total Iraw, by death or disability, of four liun«
d r e d s v r M l IMI,
•aSMt •> veglm»<ut Wrought bnek to tlwi Mttite, and deposited at Topaka, thrtft
flags. t Jmler the UiM, curried until II returned home on veteran furlough, In
Febx-x*tvv>-, tstv-t, it marehed H.ttHt tulles, ami lost throe euuuttlsslnurd oflloara
and f o v t >« .(line enlisted men killed, ten mmmhodom'd ollleors and two hundred
and o i j j c U t e f i i entiled men wiHimltst, and twenty enlisted mm ntlsntng. Under
the s o « ^ « » n d . curried until alter the battle of Nashville, it maiehed 2,8tt0 mile*,
and. \ t i H t thr«s< e<uutuW«lotiisl otlleeis wemudmi and MM eapturtsl, and •lght»n
enliHt«M* t„, m M\mi and tifty-elKht wmtmlwl, Under the third lltraveltd •»,«»
nUl«a«, *»v\t »u»t«lmHl uu loss In battln.
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The largest'loas the Eighth sustained in a single engagement waa a t C7»" fi%t
manga, where, out of a total of four hundred and six officers and m e n p rf** ,rr
its killed, wounded and missing numbered two hundred and f o r t y - t h r c W *
sixty per oent of all engaged.

A brief, dull sketch this Is of the services of the Eighth K a n s a s , I V c f > H | (

But I am anxious to condense it into as brief a space as possible, and d t i l 1 '** | ( | |
is, it will revive in your memory a thousand thrilling recollections: meiijX***^,,! •
it is, it will give any soldier, or any intelligent civilian who w a s an i n t o »•* * '.
observer of the events of the war, a fairly comprehensive idea of the !>»»*'* « •
regiment bore in that great straggle. This is all I have sought t o do. It. W * * . .
require volumes to tell the story in full. For this regiment n o t only H S I * * "
" the pomp and circumstance of war," but all its ghastly desolation, i***'"'* '
and despair as well. It sounded all the notes alike of war's peaan niirt ***
dirge. The tramp of its swift and steady march echoed in th.e h i g h \ v « * > J M *
twelve different States. Its bayonets flashed from Fort Laramie to tl»«* •'-***' ,
and from Kansas to North Carolina. At Nashville it did daty i n white u?l« *%*(M*
at Strawberry Plains it was shirtless, shoeless and In rags. I t was &MM"*l*;t*
Kansas and starved in Chattanooga. It hunted guerrillas in M i s s o u r i . «•»* , ""
batted Longstreet's veterans at Chicamauga, stormed the blazing k e i y ; ! * * * *
Mission Ridge, fought a continuous battle from Kennesav.' M o u n t w A * * J *
Atlanta, and broke the lines Of Hood at Nashville. It built roadSy tajr*****0™
rivers, convoyed trains, destroyed railroads, operated mills, polleoii **lt»**"«
gathered crops, and made history. And wherever it was, or w h a t s o e v e r « * W W S |
doing, the calm and patient endurance, the magnificent courage, the »j»l+*i***W
discipline and the unfaltering patriotism of its soldiers could a l w a y s l>o | - « * I M M
on.

I t is pleasant to remember, too, and i a m sure there is no t r u e H n U l t * * * ' «f

the Eighth who will not proudly recall the fact, that on many differoi»I < «**tii>
sious the drill, discipline and military appearance of the r e g i m e n t wor<« **« '«>'
plimented in offlaial orders, issued from corps and army Iieaclquart««»--- Al
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in June, 1863, the following order w a s jmbli.-*l i«-> i •

INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE, 20TH A B M Y OOIIl'M. '

MURPEEESBOKO, J u n e 19th, l M i ; i . .
I take pleasure In reporting to you the following extract f r o m till* « #»J»-'H
of the Inspector of the First Division, especially as the samo r e g m u ' i i t'••• i».»\"
attracted the notice of the Corps Inspector:
JSxtract—"The drill, military appearance and dress of the E i g h t h K •.»»» ••- -,»•»;
the best observed in the Division i thai of the Twenty-fifth Illinois nux I .
(Signed) H. VV. HAM,,
Captain and Inspector F i r s t Dlv ir. • , . » •
Very Respectfully,
HORACE N. F I S H B B ,
Lieutenant-Colonel and Inspector U t • i » . • s v «;,

HEADQUARTERS, 20TH A B M Y CORI^.,

J u n e StQjlll, I •*••.<,.•.
Respectfully referred to Colonel Heg, commanding Third Brimiui*.*. i ...Ai
Division, who will have this credltablo compliment oonvoyod to in** .,•, ,,.,.
mentioned regiments.
By command of Major-General McCook.
A. C. MOOMJRO, Capt. and A» A t ;
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On the lfith of J u l y , 1888, the following order w a s is«ued:
llKAmjlJAKTKRS, DEl'AWTMENT OV THE CDMBERL4SD 1
lNs»'i:«-i;oii UKNKRAI.'H OFKIOE, T O X L A H O M A . J u l y I 5 t h i 8 6 3 \
ror.ONKt.~-l have the honor to mnko the following extract from th'esemi-
mon inllily inspection report ot Iiioutonant-Oolonel H . vC. Fisher A^tLtTn
w.tnr-Ooiiorul Until Army Oorjwi *19Mr> Assistant In-..
spe
Kxtrnft " T h o Klghth Kansas, lately attached to this corps is snlendidlv
i!i[Hl»pwl mill well rarod l.u\ Its lung stay in Nuslivillehas enabled it to attain
n polish to n -mlnlu dogioe Impracticable In tlie field, but its example i s v a l u -
able to tho corps." , "
Very lUwpeutfully,
A. 8. BTJRT, Capt. and A. A. Gh
To Umitvmuit-Oolimol (.ioil.lartl. A. A. « . » '
lirUPlJUAItTKIW, llHCAlt'l'MKNT 01» THE CuMEEBfcAHD, \
T U I / L A H O M A , J u l y 19th, 1863. J
KnHpi'i'lliilly ft'Uinvii to llio commanding ollioer of the Eighth Kansas.
Ity cnmniand ol' Mn|ttr-< tcuoral Roacorans.
W M . M O M I O H A E L , Major and A. A . G,"

A h«w weeks Inter tho following orilor was issued :

11RA UQTT ARTRRS, SOTH ARMY CORPS. 1
Is.sri-.rniu «SKNKUAI.'KOI>!'U>K, WINIUIKHTKR, Tenn., J u l y 31st, 1868. J
t'm.nNKi. I have llio honor to full yntir altoutlou to the following extract
limn tlix leport o i l 'nptain II. W. Hall, A. I. <i. First Division, on the camps of
tho Third lirlttlMlOl
KttriM " T h o I'lunpsiiu" tin1 Kitiiith Kansas and Twonty-liflh Illinois are
tUi« host in ilin l>ivi*inn. These regiments vio with each other i n excellence
in every respect, ami are models worthy of Imitation for any troops w i t h
which ll law lii'i'ii my fortune In assm-hito."
Verv UospccU'iilly,
U n l t u M N. F I S H E R , Lieut.-Col. and A . I. G.
11 KAiiiiUAUTisiia, aunt A R M Y CoRrs, 1
July 31st, 1863. I
liiv-pivll'ulH t'l'ii'iii'il in llii' I'omiiiaiidiug ollioer, Third Brigade, F i r s t
llivlslott. The'i tfin'i'al i-uiiiiiuiudiug the corps is pleased to hear so favorable a
report nfllio nvviioi'iiN of this llriuiailc.
Itv I'miiiimiiit nfMn'tiu-iteiii'ml Sheridan.
(\, |% TIUIUUTON, A. A. U. and Chief of Staff.
Willi Uti-mi oniiucU l may lit t y close thin briof Htory of a regiment w h o s e
career WiiH nlilli' iTi'ililalilf In llio Stato it roprosontod and to the mon w h o
served in lis r.iol.s. I tin tml I'laiui fur Ijiu Kighth higher soldierly qualities
limit III1UII«III l i m a n y o t h e r regiments. I s i m p l y assort that, having g r e a t
•ippiit'iitiitiiiN l i serve it* e n m i t y , il was always oipial to them, and that w h e r e -
o\cr it «•<!•» pl.u'i'il It ilid its whole duty. It was the only Kansas r e g i m e n t
Unit .I-IN.MI iii HIII limit " Army of (ho t'linilii'iland." Ohio, Illinois, I o w a ,
Indiana. Whi'iHi -in. Mli'liiuuti atnl tunny other Stales, had scores of s p l e n d i d
ri>vcl(ii<Mil- in thaiurond iinny, Uitl llm Highlit ulono represented the m a r t i a l
s p l n l Hi' Kniisic. In iis i'units. It wimlil nut liii fair to suy that the regiment was*
i-v.j i n an d uti.iu siljt Uvnuse nl' this fai't. Uul. it in true that, whon It f i r s t
jii|ii».il ilifttiiuv, Ilin Kiiiliili was rogardoil wilh Htmvo BUHplctaU and a g r e a t
iliiul i«t ••iiriiitiiy. \Vlials,.,!Vnr n-ipni't il won, whalsoover roputation it m a d e ,
ttliuts..|.vi>r l.uui'if aiti'iw.inlHi.iiji.yi'il in that (,'ioat army an a woll-dlsolpllned ,
hriivi- ami patriuiii' li.»ly *l soUUl'W, was Ni|iiaroly and fairly earned by h o n o H t
IIIHUIVIIIK. i.»i- il Its.i lirilln-r ini-.-nml KOOII ri'piUo nor the kindly uid of o t h o r
iinsluimtl* »'iiii innUii' n a m - - i Mrt* MUIII« Sialo. to promote Ite fortunes ami l t «
ii-piitiil..ii. Al-tu'. In n un-ut army nil wo liundrod thousand, this little b o d y
..t M-vfti Uuiiilii'd inmi kni«t ntilitttiMM tho lioimr un<l t*\&«A luster to tho fame p C
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•*. .«•«. it lolned the Army of the Cumberland,
Kansas. In less than six monthsafter it j o £ e O ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
v
no regiment was belter or more » ° ™ f
out itsteadUy held the respect and c^nfldenc* o n l t s commanding Generals and

of the troops with which it was most. ™ f ^ y w h i o h w e r e g o numerous in

In the noisy and distracting P o l i t ^ ^ f l o t I t w a a BO far away as to be
. K w 8 a s at that day, the Eighth tad•JflJSft. J e y e r mftdo m 0 n e y o u t 0f
beyond even their echo No man who belonged^ f ^ ^ p o o r 1Q
the war. One and all, <*»"» « * » " ' S X f S * « * and deposited in the
purse as when they entered it. But W J B W | t h Qf m n
Late House at Topeka three torn * g J ^ * £ S £ among her priee-
year*s harvest could not huy. Kansas w y and
fese treasures as long as ^ J ^ ^ ^
feded flags-all that remain of the Eighth Kansas y S S ^ * S * « £ *
glorified the "8
few hundred scattered survivors and the history vran ™ ™
name of the State.
 Thefollowingare the names and postoffice addresses of the
•viving members of the regiment in attendance.
EIKI-l) AN1> STAPK.
<k. J o h n A . Martin, Atchison, Kau.
OVflUt.-Ool. J . L. Abernathy, Lsavon-
t - - 1 -worth, Kan.
_, .«»ut.-coi. Johu OnnoTor, Kanww
*•*• Olty, Mo.
* .llutant 8. O. RUHHOII, Lawrence.
• A d j u t a n t s . R. Wimhor, Atehlmm.
OOMPANY A.
-r J. YminK. M « l v e m , Kan.
* V W ( Hamniftton, l e a v e n worth, Kan.
V 4 \ h n SugttfV, MiimiHipollN, Kan.
<-*o<>. ' r - Hovon, Leavenworth, Kan.
j . (4. Douuu, Leavenworth, Kan.
"jiilui iVMara, Wlnchimtor, Kan.
j « i h n A. Hell, OarUiURN Mo.
<yliaH. Howry. Lonvinwortli, Kan,
UOMl'ANY n,
< l f n . H«M, Council tlrovn, Kan.
f l o u r y MOKUW, HI. Marya, Kan.
joHoph Civiior. Oak MUIH, Kan.
J o h n 1 .Htcnv.or, Ati'tilMim, Kan,
TCdwanl Unnert, Leuvunworlh, Kau,
t,m Uloh, wimioii, Mo.
tluhorl Kmilu, Luavcuworth, Kau.
Kutfi'tut Wollfcfi, liknahitc. Kan.
fVllx Tlilnluuiil, Valley ralln. Kau.
BenmlW't Kotiuus, Leavenworth, Kan.
AUKUHI tJulhi'li, liKiivi'iwvurth, Kiiii.
Cloorn« Until, Ati'hlMon, Kuii,
OUMl'ANY r»,
O w e n K"lov, Atchison. Kan,
W i n , K. t't'rnmmwati, Alohimiti, Kan.
Thwuhirn KKIUV.IOI', lloury City, Kan.
Luther Kllliiahl.
Honry l.uih, AtohUon, Kmi.
A. II. Marltu, CiiiniiiliiuHvilt<<, Kau.
Cltux, \V. HOKI, AII'IIIHOU, Kau.
I'upl. iloo. II. ilnlili, HovnrniicK, Kan,
Win. It. Hhorti'liliu1, Itlawalhn. Kan,
J. %S. Tucker, Kttlut<hiiiit. KUII.
<lim. K. WilKht, Atchison, Kmi,
CluaUvtta Mrauitoer, Alchl»"it, Kau,
I'oMl'ANY JI.
JIIIWH lUrnrm, Woltnore, Kan,
Cha*. Iti'-twti'k, Sniictlia, Kau.
Htt'tmnl Uilillii, UoMitmm, Kan.
II, It. Hanlmi, Frankfort. Kau.
V'.xrn Morton, Hahetlw, Kan.
(I. W . Johnson, Hoiieca, Kau.
Ana I'httlloi. Ittatil*. Kau.
H«n*cA iUrhton, M»»y»vllle, Kau.
Peter Sbavey, Wetmore, Kau.
J. F. Stournu, Habotlov, Kan.
William IjOlblg, Wetmore, Kan.
COMPANY R.
I,. V. Bryant. Iloltou, Kau.
.1. IT. l'opmnoyer, N o r t h Topekn, KH.
Jan. Bawllnwm, Uullford, Kan.
I iliuit. 10. I). Komi, Ilolton. Kau.
Kilwaril RUMHOII, Morlden, Kan.
.1. V. lUohardtt, lturlinname, Kan.
M. J. Spear, llarvayvllla, Kan.
I lector Spurgoon, lOllHWortk, Kan.
I, Htrlle, Queuemo, Kan.
Then, lugorHflll, (.lay Center, Kan.
Cupt. Jno. QraoURh, Leavenworth, Ks. '
II. W. MoCloary, Leiuipe, Kan.
Win. VS. Hlobaniion, w a b a u o i o t Co.
Kan.
COMPANY K.
.lux. H, Day, Colony, Kau.
T. J. Htulloy, Olatlio, Kan.
Chris. Kuilull, Wilder. Kan.
Chrln. Wagner, Mnnthialln, Kan.
Joshua I button, Hiilmttm, Kau.
U. A. l'MBurlch, Topuka, Kan.
COHPANY a.
Lieut. Davlil ltakor, Atchison, Kau.
(•ant. Kobt. KllekhiKor, Atchison, Ka,
John 10. I'lekard, Washington, Kan,
•lului .1. OroouhalaKli, Virgil, K a n ,
.1 OMt>|lh WlllthlUUH, UllYIMIIIH, Mo,
T. I. KorKUHon, wnlhoua, Kan.
I'OMI'ANIV III
W. W. Nyo, ttlawatlin, Kan.
John M. h o l t , Molltiu, Ilia.
It. It. IMoroa, Hiilmn, N*ti.
U. W. CiKly,CallfoHjlH.
('apt. Ham. ft. Htaul«\v, Hlewart, Inwa.
II. It. Htronu. Klk t'reok. Nob.
Jna, M. ftavlH, Hulo, N»b.
Henry K. COUIIIH, tmickow, Mi».
ItMiry lloynr, Uuln, N«t>.
I'UMI'ANY t.
I "Apt. Marlon IlrookH, t'ralria Kill,
tlounot'iitintv, Iowa,
limirrov Wattie, 1'ralrlti Hill, Iowa.
l,*liivctl.' M u l u U , WhtUiCUy, MorrU
i i m n t v , Kan.
Iili'iil. Ctlnw. HlawNon, l.ttahfiehl,
Cruvvuirit county, Kan.
tut Hgi. Win. u . DnvlM, Kwikuk, ta.
Juiuiw Y. itotilnwoft, Uunueino, K m .
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 ANNOUNCEMENT
— O F T HE —

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CONCERNING THE METHOD OiF CALL-

ING T H E NEXT REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, j

^ A circular was issued by the Republican National Committee, on October 8,1880, calling a t t e n -
tion to the above subject. t
B y Rule 10 of the Convention of June, 1880, it was provided that the Republican N a t i o n a l Com-
mittee "shall, within the next twelve months, prescribe methods or rules for the selection o f de*~
egates to the National Convention to be held in 1884, announce the same to the c o u n t r y , and
issue a call for that convention in conformity therewith, provided that such methods 01; r u l e s shall
include and secure to the several Congressional Districts in thg United States the right t o elect
their own delegates to the National Convention." Preliminary to carrying into effect t h e f o r e g o -
ing rule, the National Committee, on July i, 1880, adopted the following:
Resolved, That in order to aid this committee in carrying out the instructions of tie N a t i o n a l
Convention, to prescribe and announce within one year the methods or rules for electing d e l e g a t e s
to t h e next National Convention, request is hereby made for the transmission to the c c m m i t t e e of
plans and suggestions on the subject from any person prior to October 15, 1880. {
l

A t a subsequent meeting the time for such transmission was extended to February 1, 1881;
and it was also voted that a full meeting of the committee should be called, to consider t h e sub-
ject, some time in March, 1881.
Request was also made of the Republicans to whom the circular was sent, and of all o t h e r s , t<
forward any plans or suggestions they might desire to make to the officers of the committee b e f o r e ,
February 1, 1881.
T h e following plans had been previously submitted at the meeting of July I, 1880:

PLAN OF MR. WILLIAM E. CHANDLER OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

T h e Republican National Convention of 1884 shall consist of four delegates-at-large from eacli^
state and two delegates from each Congressional District, all to be chosen at popular conven t i o n s
in such manner as the Republicans of each state may determine, provided the delegates from
each Congressional District shall be the choice of the Republicans of that district, T h e con-
ventions within the states for the election of delegates to the National Convention sha 11 be h e l d at
least one month before the time for the meeting of the National Convention. Notices of c o n t e s t s
may he given to the National Committee, accompanied by full printed statements of the g r o u n d s
of contest, which shall also be made public ; and preference in the order of hearing ar id d e t e r m i n -
in<r contests shall be given by the convention according to the dates of the recep lion o f S U c n
notices and statements by the National Committee.
 PLAN OF MR. JOHN A. MARTIN OF KANSAS.
i

That the Republican National Convention for 1884 shall be composed as follows : First, each
state shall be entitled to four delegates-at-large. Second, each Congressional District shall be
entitled to. one delegate. Third, in addition to delegates-at-large, each state shall be entitled to
representation in proportion to its Republican vote,—that is, one delegate for every 12,000 Repub-
lican votes polled for President in iSSo, or fraction of over one half that number.
The meeting of the National Committee having been called for Washington. March 5, 1881,
Messrs. William E. Chandler, Edward McPherson, and George C. Gorham were designated by
the officers of the committee as a committee to receive all suggestions that might be made, and
to prepare and submit a plan at that meeting. The renewed attention of all Republicans was
called to the question ; and they were requested to communicate their views at any time before
March I. Editors of Republican papers were requested to publish the request and plans, and to
discuss the subject editorially.
At the meeting of the National Committee at the Arlington Hotel in Washington. March 5.
1881, Messrs. Chandler and McPherson submitted the following plan :

METHOD OF CALLING T H E REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1884

The Ro{! llblicnn National Convention of 1884 shall consist of four delegates-at-large (mitt each
state, and I >vn delegates from each Congressional District; an additional dclcgale-al-largc for cu-h
Republican Senator in the then existing or next preceding congress, and an additional district del-
egate for e; ch Republican Representative in such congress,—all to be chosen at popular conven-
tions in sui h manner as the Republicans of each state may determine ; provided the iK'leg.ih's
from each < -ongressional District shall be the choice of the Republicans of that district, in a con-
vention hel I within the district for that purpose.
The conMentions within the states for the election of delegates to the National Convention shall
be held at Itjast one month before the time for the meeting of the National Convention. Notices,
of contests may be given to the National Committee, accompanied by full printed statement?, ill
the ground*, of contest, which shall also be made public; and preference in the order of hearing
and determining contests shall be given by the convention, according to the dates of the recep-
tion of such notices and statements by the National Committee.
Mr. Gorham submitted the following plan:

METHOD OK CALLING T H E REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION Ol- 1884.

The Republican National Convention of 1884 should consist of a number of delegates (mill
each state equal to twice the number of its Senators and Representatives in congress: ami the
Republicans in each state, and others who will act with them, should direct the manner of chous-
ing its delegates.
Messrs. McPherson and Gorham were invited to participate in the discussion of this subject by
the committee, and there was protracted debate on the two que.stions.-~-/m7, of dlntftct repre-
sentation, and second, of representation based upon Republican votes.
Owing to differences of opinion as to the method of working out the details of district repre-
sentation, aiid as to representation based upon Republican votes, the following resolution was
" • •1 • 1 1 ,. 1
»!•• «.-l*,,\t-on •
 3

A N N O U N C E M E N T BY T H E R E P U B L I C A N N A T I O N A L C O M M I T T E R
" EESOLVED, That in accordance with the order of the Republican National Oonvi intion of
1880, the call for the Convention of 1884 shall provide for securing to the several Congressional
Districts the right to elect their own delegates to such National Convention j —
" T h a t the details at the methods or rules to be ineluded in such call shall be determined at a
future meeting of the committee, to be held within one year from this date ; and that the whole
subject be now referred to a Committee of Five, who shall make report at such meeting."
Titos committee appointed under the foregoing resolution consists of
VVM. E. CIIANIU.KK, of New Hampshire.
THOMAS C. PI.ATT, of New York. *
JOHN M. FONIIKS, of Massachusetts.
JOHN A . MAUTIN, of Kansas.
CII.U'MJKY I. FII.I.KV, of Missouri.

It was also instructed to consider and report upon the subject of Territorial and District of
Columbia representation in the National Convention and on the National Committee.
Further opinions of Uepuhlicans and full editorial discussion are desired by the comiViittee,,pn
the subject committed lo them. All the plans suggested to the prior committee were published
in the New York /////,> of February 38, iNNi. Ceneral John A. Martin has printed an argument
in favor of his plan, which he will send to applicants, who may address him at the office of the
('/hunfion, Atchison, Kansas.
S i i ^ c s i i o n s on the Important tpieslions involved may be transmitted lo Mr. Wm. E. Chandler,
ai \Yitttliliigtoii, 11. I"., or 1.1 uiiy member nf the Committee of Five, or to the undersigned at Hart*
for. I.
M A R S H A L L J E W E L L , Chairman,
Hartford, fomi.. March 35, iS.Si.
 iJMUPi'iffias;

•
•".*.' -•<••
ifimfo (gtotegmwoai v
that ever nice in c o n g r e s s . They don c Know
i
| what to do. With the memory of 1870 before
i thorn, they are greatly depressed with the
PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS. I responsibility they lliid t h e m s e l v e s laboring
i under. To esoaou mistakes they will try very
R e p u b l i c a n s Committed to No Indlvld- 1 hard to do n o t h i n g . I think It will bo one of
t m l — D e m o c r a t s • D'omorullzs'd. j t h e most do-nothing Congresses that ever
,A--JV#>IV usseinhlcd."
Joliu A..Muril'ii, of tliu Atchison Champion. " W h a t y o u say about t h o m e m b e r s of tho \*
Secretary o l the National Uupubllcsn Ooiinuit- cominittuo would iscem t o indicate that tho
t o s , p a s s e d t h r o u g h t h e city yesterday o n his work of t h o Convention will n o t b e fore-
shadowed very p l a i n l y . "
w a y h o m e from W a s h i n g t o n . " I d o n ' t think " N o , I think tluit m o s t of tho delegates will
t h e ohoice ot t h e p l a c e lor the Convention was be sent to Chicago uiitnstructod. Of course
In the interoat o t a n y o a n d t d a t o , " ho said In . from 8tates which have c a n d i d a t e s there may . BE
I be Instructions for coinplliuciiliii-y votus given, "5
r e p l y t o a question from a GI.OJIE-DEMOCHAT ; but that will be the e x t e n t of i t . "
r e p o r t e r . ' ' I n d e e d , In canvassing that matter I " H o w about K a n s a s ? "
aa well a s In s e l e c t i n g the Chairman, the com- " I don't think (he dclegntos from that
: State will be instructed for any cimdi-
mltteo'a chief enro soomiid to be to avoid any j date. There Is this t o be said: The
jJv not t h a t m i g h t b e construed as favoring nny- : election of a Democratic Governor there w a s
. b o d y In particular. I might s a y tho iriuinburs tho reSult of 11 collocation ot circumstances
. of t h e c o m m i t t e e luivu no candidate. I talked which might n o t happen again in a hundred
•wit a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ot nil tin.-, {actions Into veurs. You will find Kansas in the Ilcpiihliuan
t which the lust Chicago Convention dlvidod, line n e x t year with an old-time majority of
Grant, Uluinn, Sherman nud Wtiulom men, 50,000." ^
" and t h e y almost universally said t h e y had n o HASKELL'S SOOCKSSOR. .•--..'
c a n d i d a t e a n d d i d n ' t know n o w w h o they " W h o will succeed Haskell, d o you t h i n k ? "
• l"»ild b» for w h e n the uonventlon n u t . " " 1 d o n ' t believe that has taken form v e t .
"•T 10 B a s t m a d e n o Strang pluy for the loca- I have hoard Thatcher of Lawrence, Funstaii
tion I" . of Allen, Senator Warn of Bourbon, Senator
' ' N o . I t s e e m e d to be pretty generally con- •A."".... : Buclniii ot Wyandotte, till spoken of. by the
c e d e d t h a t t h e Con vcniinn should come West. te*SiK«£» • notion At Congress In tliu North Carolina auso,
If y o u l'omeiiibiti-tho votes, four-fifths wire • • T f S f ' j I suppose it Is considered settled that the vu-
divided b e t w e e n Chicago and Ctnei nnatl. The .•"•'• 1 -011110}' must bo idled by election ii'om the new
former g o t It because it was easy of access and !• district. That, however, will uiiikii no diner-
had g o o d hotel accommodations. Those were I eneo In the politics of tho successful etuulldato.
t h o main nrgiiiuouts in Its f a v o r . " He Is hound to be 11 I t c p u b l i c a n . "
" T h o Hulinmu for n new basis 01 representa- J,J, I " Y o u have a v a c a n c y in vour Hoard o t It ill-
t i o n did n o t go through?"' "'^*f-'4. I road Commissioners. Will that alter tho pollt-
".No, That mutter was (ilnousaed and voted 1 ical ooinplexion of tlio b o a r d ? "
o n at tho mooting held tho 17th of lust Janu- j " N o . The last Legislature,you k n o w , p a s s e d
a r y , whan it was resolved to ' tho act muler which the board Is c h o s e n . The
A.UUUUU TO THIS O U ) BASIS. j body did not propose to place the tilling of vu-
Mr. Fryo at our late meeting brought forward , liuiieh's in Ullek's lunula, and they reposed tho
h i s p l a n . It Is the sumo in effect that was in- , power 111 the Executive Council, couiniised of
troduced In J u l y , 188(1, in the committee, ex- , the State otllcers. Tlio(*uvorn<>r will have 0110
c e p t chat be makes tho basis 10,000 instead of 1 rote In the choice of the. new Commissioner.
13,000, IIS I suggested. My plan was submlttuil ; out that Is all. Hopkins, w h o d i e d , was a Kn-
r i g h t alter the Chicago Convention In the iLjiSjuUi 1 publican, llumtil •* is a Deiiiocrut, ami Turner
'•«'-.!, ct aomt apkaei gItn .upI and
t h o u g h t that was, the host Hum ;'S f ,-.flSSIls aUupuhlioan. Tlio new man will be a Ho-
settle it. If it came mi just ' « •:•>•'• i p u b l l c a n . "
1 bcrore 11 campaign the argument would ho
made that it was in s o m e b o d y ' s Interest. It
"was discussed by the committee then and H1*O
; In October following. In March, 1851.
PH• -
• tlin committee again considered it,
: and again t h o following winter.
' g r e w i n s t r e n g t h , but t h e committee
It - '%'
1 tlmilly decided ill January, 188U. not to change
: t h e basis for t h o Coming Convention. Wh 11 r
Fryo brought tho matter up tigniii at this late
SB w e s t i n g there was nut much discussion.
St
4v. #:
•'•• Hrudlcy. l'earco. I.ngan, Cough, and one or
•t\ t w o o t h e r s s p o k e upon It. Members who hud
v o t e d {or it last J a n u a r y Were against It this
t i m e , n o t because they had changed v i e w s
u p o n i t , but because they did not think It
cf;A-
would bo politic to inuko the change just be-
fore ft Coiivuiilloii. Mr. MuGuo, ot Pannsyl-
v u n l n , m o v e d to refer the mutter to the Con-
v e n t i o n , and t h a t carried by a vote ol 25 to 18.
I think tho figures w e r e . "
" Y o u think n new busts will bo adopted then % b
for future Conventions?''
" Ves. My Impression Ha that t h e Noi-tlr- '••m4>mM
w e s t e r n Kepilbllcuil States, .Michigan, Wis-
c o u s i n . Minnesota and Iowa, also Nebraska
ma
mid K a n s a s will Instruct their delegates t o se-
cure a basis of ropi-.sentstion based largely on
the Uonohliciiii v o t e . The members from those
Stall's s e e m e d to think that suuli action would
be tnkuu."
" H o w urfl t h o mntiihars looking upon
TUB OOMINi; CAMIMKCi?"
" A s I told y o u , noihlng e.iune o n t t o s h o w
niiy bias in the conimlttou for any ouudldate.
There was mmiifcslod a desire to avoid thi'lbit - * '•
t e r n e s s s h o w n at Chicago, All the memiiers
t a l k e d hopefully. The liuprnasloii with tliiim
w a s that the prosneot was 'much brighter than
tu 1870 »l'In 1876."
" W h a t d o y o u base confidence u p o n ? " laW*'
" T h o g e n e r a l prosperity lit the country, b u t
m o r e noun t h e harmony which prevails
mining it •publicans. The outlook Is much
better than 11 was a while a g o , Tako the New
York peoplu—l talked with representatives of
b o t h faotloH*, Millor, 1'lutt and others. Tuay
expressed toe greatest aonllduneu of b e i n g
utile to onrry that State next f a l l . "
"How about the Democrats?"
"'They arc t h e worst Irtgh toned lot nf mon
 NaMM****

HiJCHGUTlVK OGjaiflll'VEB.

. l u l l . N A. MAli'lTX, Nivivtary. V..

HKii. \Y. IHiOKKl:, Assistant Stwratary.

i>MMI'R IMVIK. IIWlMHK A. II U.il'.Y.

J H H I!. I U : M : M X .
HIIN A. 1.11,r % N.
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m i s A. M w i l l s .
I K S I I Y I'. U A I I M M T I I .
HIIN M. l - n u n s .
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WILLIAM
T i i m n s r . I'I.ATT.
Wll.l.lAM I'. I'AXAHV.
W i l l i AM I'. I '• •••••Kit.
4, IKIKAI.II i'\Mi:i.iix.
JlHIN IV, UAWIRi
OFFICE
K i . i n r K.Siw,
I!. I'. Mi I ' I I I H I I I K .
Kt'llKS II, I'.I.KIS-S.
v..I'HASm.i',11

A miH'.tinjr ol' ihu Republican National Committc

Washington, {), L\, on Wi'diu-.sday, LHieemlHiF rslh, iS!
clmd'nit,1; upon a ilate ami placr. lor holding tin: m:xt
GmuuitUM will also ulert a Chairman, rice tlov, Marsha
At ihi." uii'i'iiiiL; cf llu: ("ominitttv.r, held in Washiac
lowing ri'solntion was adopted:
•• Hi Utiff i/. Tli.il llu' i . i i l !•«' llii 1 n o w Ki'|Uili|ir,iii N.uiini.il (.'iiiiViiilin
v.;.!!;> I'.l till| ii:-.ll.; .•!'. | i l l l - ' l I'Tti. u: L a l l y . ' •- -lit **il«."I'll-, wllti l l l v ill LlViir nl i'li'v;!
)i.,m in III ll'.i - jlivvn;, !!•'• | M | I'l'i I'lllrilliiill !•• llh' in:i—-.':. llf I 111' |>.'ii|il.', '..'
IS .-lu.iU* | i.-I '"in . iltt l.tim-.u i . ' J i ' - iiir\>*i;. • riiitii nl'itui'ruiiliiltiii ruiiiilrr, ;in

'I'lii- (.'onunitiiv also fixed tin* basis of reprvsenuv

llu: inaniHM- of I'lrcliiu; drlc^aU':-., by till! adoption of ill
• • I ' l l , ' I d i iil'iii .in \ . . i i " ! i : l I '.iiiMiiii.iii "l | S S . | :li.ill i . ' i i - i l ni I'uUr .1.1. •

I iin ;!(••• •t"ii.il I ' l l l l l l .

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!:, hi i i . l litoiu; i!: .ii !• ;y il.'.v I'rtmv llir l i u p ' I I M I I I«>i' llu- lihvlllt;', n | llli" N.iliin

'• Hal \W\ ullir.-.n- "I tl«.- i.iu.'ii-. I M I I ; ! . II.IMI P i ' l i i i l ' . Ii.ll! I n n . ' llu-
i ' u \ c l i l i " i i > , n i l . 1 Mil • .Imil.ii iii'lii •-. .iml lirlll ill llu- I'»-t»:*tr- ill . m y liin.- V hill'
i i " i ! . , i'l i v .nli . i n . ' ; . ' i i . ..I lilt' Si.ilr I ' u m . Iltiutr. i n h i I ' i ' l i i r l I ' . ' i n v i i l i . n i •; .III
. : . ;r.l | i . M . ' i i . l.i III.' iti.ytiiiji ..i Ihc Si,ill- »'.'iiM-iil'mii". A l l I ii n'.i! ili'lfjjali'

" I M . . I ! . I I - ' / . l i - ' 'li,:l! I • :il!.'\v.'.| li.iiii i'.'.i!i T i m l i u y u m l IHHII l!ir lii-.'.r

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."...'! .<i " !.r w.n'i: l>li'..:i.' ; .tn.i 1 ' i r l f l - l i . i - in 111.' i'i,!ri nl lll'.llill ( i s i l l >|l'|i'llllilli
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A lull attrmlatH'o ol" inianlnas is oarntrstly ri-qiic

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^-•. :yHUBSDAY, T>ECEMBB|fa3,li883 $M' t
p j f e * & Oity on the Lake Wins the NextF-
Convention.
j ^ p S n a t o r Sabin, of Minnesota, Elected
Permanent Chairman.
, 1
i, i 'goaator Ery s's Proposition Fails to "Win the Majority's
% "•'••„•' ••> Approval.
An Important Sesaton of tile Republican, '-'^Stagfe
National Committee.
The republican national oommitteo mot at
Moon yesterday in parlor 151 of the Ailing- ;
ton hotel, and a roll call disclosed the pres-
ence of the following named members, or
holders of members' proxies: Alabama, Paul
, robacli; Arkansas, Powell Clayton; Cnlifor-
M ij*fjjg*' Taenator John P. Miller; Connecticut,
$™TWsjftit .<?. H. Plijtt; Delaware, Christian
| g ^ b r i i N Florida, W. W. Hicks; Georgia, J.j
f K^M Deveaux; Illinois, (-Senator J. A. Logan;;
* ^"Indiana, J.C.New; Iowa, J. S. Rnnnols;
-i^.-Aary;'Massachusetts, J. M. Forbes; Michigan,;
| ' 4 , H . Stone; Minnesota, Senator D. H. Sablu;
ifSwisslssippii George C. AIuKuu; Mis-
fJ^jKUfe,:: d I. Pilloy; Nebraska. J. W &>• , ••* 3 at It. It had been charged that he offered
fj|t#ss ; Nevada, Senator John P.
,„J^oSes; New Hampshire, W. E. Chandler,
5Sf^f»V' 'Tersey, tluorgo A. Uaisoy; Now York,
i T . 6; Piatt; North Carolina, W. P. Cnnsdy;
j&Wo.W. ft Cooper, Oregon, J. H. Mitchell;
•Pennsylvania, C. L. Magee; Ithode Island, W.
?Xs«i$«!i»; South Carolina, Samuel Leo; Ten-
'" »e-jv'n>Bule; Toxap, A. U. Malloy; Vor-
Stf*«t W.Hooker; "Virginia, S. M. Yost;
WYirginto,, N. Huff; Wisconsin, Elihu
; , Art«oiva,Levi Baobford; Dakota,.C. T.
Idaho, (!. Ij. Slump; New Miixico, H.
DS; Utah, 0. W. Bennett: Washington
tory, T. .1. Brents; Wyoming. J. L.
jy, Dlstrlot of Columbia, C, B. Purvis,
.he committee was oalled to order by Mr.
John A. Martin, the secretary.
Mr. Chandler nominated ex-Sonator
,<:hafl"oe, of Colorado, as temporary presiding
^officer, and'he -WAS elected unanimously.
After the reading of the Journal, nomina-
tions for permanent chairman were In order,
^CanoT D, M. Sabin, of Minnesota, being nomi-'
ted by Mr.. Elkins, was eleuted by" acslauia-
onator Sabin, on talcing the chair, said
lie deeply :»o*»(Me. of pt^iSUnfi!
• p«ist^».il|ff""' ***••-"• • •'
_. SpSL
C?pWn'|tf4^3|^l?'Si^Mtefttf polL . v „
this tirn^j I'tr'ii$tV however,' that the wo*
tbl'»%j!(&wittee will be characterized by
Bame;MSoimity; With;- wlfb>' I have , J.
eleotea, 'ijnd that then^xt eteotion of < i p i „
li&n president will be by the,same onftril-:
lnous vote of the whole country." [Applause.]
Mr. Elkins offered t i e , following resolu-
tions, which were adopted- by a rising vote:
Xfolved, Thai this committee deplores the
death ot Marshall Jewell, of Conuectlout, its
chairman, distinguished as an eainest^onaUtent,
and valued member of the rerlublrttU6 pltttjfrtRfl*
Ilk origin, and au nottve, Eenerouj, and. zeaknM
participant In its state and national contests, and -,
especially In the memorable presidential oam- •
puignof!880. »•«•"• . . J
It'Mlveri, That as governor, forelRn mlnlstor, and
cabinet officer, the integrity ul his official lies ad-
ded luster to a pure character and patriotic na-
ture) aud made for him a name, which hit patty
and the nation may well be proud to oliurish;
with honor and affection, - •-.
Retained, That these resolutions be entered one
the minutes of the committee and published, and"
thatacpy of the same tie signed by the officers
ol the committee and forwarded to the family of
Mr. Jewell.
^ On motion of Mr. Chandler, it was agreed:
that the committee should first decide upon,
the time and thou tho place of holding the
next national convention.
Mr. Cooper, of Ohio, moved that the time
bo fixed as the first Wednesday in June.
Mr. Elkins' moved to amend by fixing the
date at Tuesday, June 3. Thu amendment
was adopted, and the original motion as
':.,' amended was agrbod to.
Mr. Frye, of Maine, thou submitted his
proposition for a new basis of representation:
at the next national convontion.
Iu support of his proposition, he said that
H presented a subject which demanded hon.
1
est and conscientious attention. Since tho
proposition was made, he had received one,,
hundred republican newspapers from all over)
the north, and the united expression and de-
mand was for reform In the convention.
Doubtless tho consideration of the propoai.
; tiou would be postponed, but yet he had a
! duty to p jrform. When any gen tlenian snade
' a proposition to change the form of the eon-
, vention, every man' who was a candidate for
j president, or who had one, Immediately sniffed
I the proposition in favor of the interests of
Mr. Illalno and in (opposition to the interests
of Mr. Arthur. Was it not possible to con-
ceive tbat a man might make a proposition
without a aolilsh end? When he made %
the proposition, a candidate for
the presidency of the United States
never entered bis head. Ho had not a can-
didate f<>T president in his head, and so help
Mm Ood, lie never again would hsve ft eau-
date. His candidate fur presldout was that
republican—tried and known repub-
lican—who, by his experience, so com-
mended himself to the republican party that
he would unite them throughout the breadth
of the land in his favor. His candidate was
the man whose votes in congress—It h e hap.
peaed to be in congress—and whose aets e « -
side of oongross; cotnwowled him
(• "business interests • of ' toe <
States, and compelled trie btuta
! to oouie wltli thtir strength
< Moan party ao'd save this oopn
If he beiierteVwtJdif•'«l»otgi'rff™
• ham it'greatly, f * K a - Q
other .oMidldate,
the interest'
com

HtgBHWHWHW' '">'••*& '.;B."*lj
J e tasSroiT maiataioiug sertfc,„
: jgp*TO$wtris in their rlghta; and he wished to
say ^.representatives from the south that ho
had ijfver trnokled to the bourbons. Ho had I
nevfr: melted down hia words. He had called
"murder" murdor everywhere, mid no man
oould obargo him With forgettulnosa of the
rights of any one.
Ttfr, Forbes, of Massachusetts, briefly sup-
ported the proposition anbinittod by Mr.
Pryo, stating that the country would crltl-
else the party if it refused to inaugurate re-
form in the organisation of the convention.
The matter was thon laid ovor for the pur-
pose of hearing the delegations in support of
the claims of their various sections of the
country for the holding of the national con-
vention.
r ', On motion of Mr. New, a resolution was i
,1 adopted providing that the chairman shall;
appoint three members of thu committee, •
who, together with the chairman and secre-
tary, shall compose u eommittao to make ar-
rangements for the holding of the convention
at the city of w The resolution was
! adopted.
_ M r . Brewer, Mr, jStfos*, and 8teto Senator
Tedder, of New York, briefly presented the
•lalrns of Chautauqua for selection".
The Pennsylvania delegation was thon ra-
oetTftd, and In a stirring speech by Col. Snow-
"en, of Philadelphia, the olalms of that city
iliu Honor were presented. The plaoe se-
eded for thu holding of the convention *.*
would have very tittle to do with thu naming
of a candidate, and so tar as Pennsylvania
was concerned she had nu candidate to
present, and only desired that the re-
publican party should present thu strongest
and best man lor the ticket. lie tlicu
reviewed the hotel, hall, and tele-
grapulo accommodations of Philadelphia
ana argued that no bettor could he found iu
any other olty in the country. But there
was another point, the central feature of the
Republican platform would ho the protection
of American industry and labor, and it was
well that the convention which represented
the party which upheld that principle
should come to A great oily which had beuit
built up largely by thu Influences nf that
system. The convention should come to tbo
city where thu party was horn, and take a
new impulse for the march to he led on for
the protection of the rights of all men winch
have been guaranteed by the constitution.
i t seemed to him, however, thatthe consti-
tution unwind sumo tinkering In this respect,
so that alt men should havu equal right* be-
fore the law and squat chance in the country
for Hliertv and comfort. If the convention
were held in Philadelphia, it would havon
mighty ott'oot on the campaign before the
jmrty.
Tim liidln.ua delegation wo* the next re-
ce|vvd. awl Mayor Uruhht, nf Indianapolis,
pointed out the advantages of that olty as a
place of holding tbo con volition, reviewing
the hotel aud other facilities which could be
afforded there.
The republicans of ludlana were earnest,
Intelligent, and aeiivo. They ware as faith-
fuI and able as the republicans of any state,
Indlaua atways was a doubttoI state, aud was
likely to buwiue more doubtful iu 1884
should the democratic IHnventton name a
prominently rasntloncd,
- of the
.Hod
...swsSW-. •
I,j: • <5SB£Wl8HBHBH8K
*?*f*?
19
_ pie' d e v i -
lling and oa^abftgf
I
erfuTeuemy. .Hfrthoj^Bua^PrW^-
n Baying that the m'tarilM'oif-:rjhe p*jj
manded that the claim of tndisnat '
eeive respectful consideration:
Mr. • Benjamin Butterworth.'jteljfv^l
I support of the claims of CHnclnuati, atid ig
gusted the advantages which wonla lnijfre
H the republican party by selecting t h a * ^
• I for the convention. Cincinnati was?:
dedicated to any candidate, but waa,.-$
dedicated to the.election of the yopuBl
candidate. The party was national, and'
larger than anyone man, or auy.tbp
men, and if it pleased Provide.
take awoy 1,000 of its loader^'"
nob stop the march of the
an: hour. Ohio was an October i
Ohio would be the national battle j '
of 1881. There the reoublieans would
lose the vantage ground for Nbv'iji
the republican party should lose Ohio.
tober.lt was doubtful whether!, the lost j
oould be recovered. At least, he
"doubting Thomas." He sWodfT
tern ess of the political contes
atating that, tta entry of demos
borders from Kentucky, Pen as.
West Virginia tended to»makA the
doubtful.
Henator Oulloni claimed that'
the best" eonvantion olty in the,"*
and set forth the ad van.'
the way of hotel, railr
the party <
tlen. The repuvbliesii'part:
issue with the democratic party ( .
financial question. Its adversaries-'-'
tempting to reach out into the: great .r,
west and make the fight there) and "
the interest of the party that die oo
should beheld in Chicago. Tlierspu
Illinois expected to be in liaewith i
party and expected that the next repuo
nominee for presidont will bs elected t '
Senator Miller, of New York, said i K Sr-1
claim of Saratoga was baeked by the g
of New York.' The republican party t
yet held a national oonven tion with
borders of New York. Be did not con
stating that it was necessary to be-MQ
for the purpose of carrying the state^
York olnimod to be a republican stated
believed that without Mew York, in''
oausoof the rupublloan party would
stantially hopoloss. But wherever .1
ventlou was held New York would^ __
the republican party. Still that stajftaf
be delighted to have the convention,-?
Saratoga. ' ,; '
Mr. J udson, of New York, said
the eouventlou be located at SwatoJ
only would the Empire State b»:os*[|;
it wonld furnish means to es-riyj^
doubtful states. [Laoghter.] . -;
Mr. Piatt, of Now York, said thj
New York could: be republican.ym
lug the convention held wlthinhe
If Ssratoga ware selected it wonlr
Way towards helping the partyj*
for carrying on the osujpaign r
The balloting was tiien prop*
whole nnmber of votes ®m$
heiug necessary to a choice);*"
: tolloi**-. . •v%-i:':: -M mm
First baliolr-^hl«iga1:tt
Cincinnati, WW?WP™
Heoond-hallet— Chicago. 1 « i
Phi)
 . i amend "tho can f<#8 legates" adopted
<a> the lwfc meeting, by adding''except that in1
She stafe of Louisiana the delegates maybe
elected at any time after tho first of February, i
&x- M*gee, of Pennsylvania, offered »n.;
' endment amending the call, so as t o ' « - i!
id- to ninety days before the meeting of
,e convention, the, time within which dele-"
itjekinay be eloctod. •
$rjfHfoka raised a point of order agalnBt
otU propositions, and pending a decision the
.'committee at 3:40 o'clock took a recess until 7
0'olook .p. m.
' ; "When, the committee reassembled in the
venlng the chairman stated that the peud-
|i»g.*just<question was on Mr. Frya's resolution,
which. Mr. Hicks, of Florida, had • '.V
itred a point of ordor.
,. .The ohair declared tho matter open for
uj discussion.
m; Mr; Frye suggested that the potnt of ordor
'M had been raised too late in the proceedings, a
suggestion which was controverted by Mr.
> Logan, who argued that the resolution pro-
'1 posed was not such a one as tho committee
had the power to act upon. He was willing
to refer It to tho next national convention,
i o r t h a i was the body that hud the right to
consider it.
Mr. Clayton, of Arkansas, contended that
the committee had nothing to do oven with
"the refereuco to the matter. If republicans
•wanted the representation changed thuy
.would, instruct their delegates in tho next
' tlohaS convention to bring the subject uii.
i6 plan proposed by Mr. Frye would rovolti-
mlza the whole^prnceeding of the conveu-
>n. from beginning to end.
LMr^JHagee, ofTenusylvania, moved that
the whole matter be referred to the next
ttional convent inn.
Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire, apeak-
ig to the point of order, thought that Mi.
proposition was clearly bo for o tli u co in-
. , I -Tlie question of expediency was mi-
_ er thing, but there was no doubt in his.
mind that the committee had the right to puss ,
-pen the anestion.
>jiftert long running aUeusaion of the point | v.:
'Mr. Ohandlor addressed himself to
merits of the proposition, which, he
\«&. was sustained by the sentiment of
icing republican communltles,froni which
spubllcan party got the votes tu elect a
dent. That Bohtlmmit was In favor, not of
jr&gmprentmtatlun from the southern states,
itw-vclvirig additional representation to
. 0 northern states. That was a sentiment
which the committee cunld not afford to do-
ilsaor rule down on it point of order. It
ii-'B,'Sentiment which could not be burled
it of sight, but which shunld be mot fairly
•V#qnftroiy by tho voluntary action of the
thorn members of the committed.
Brad lev, of Kentucky, argued that the
r had passed front the control of; the
littoa, and then, proceeding tu a eonsld-
6u of the merits of the resolution, he
plained that the republicans of the south
taunted for giving no electoral votes.
I 'the people of the. south cotijd. go to the
ami vote as tbtj&jjpeonltv. of
north could, thrtjahruiiltl give
votes. lie WMijBftYUied that
l d . b e Ktfked\,to inOrSkWfih« basis of
atetlon
t in owtetfttgn..'||*aCiiiust -
°h»d|^i|#4,,^tgia.<kdrthat
ipsmsfg " j?ss
mm«8Jo\ * IfeiKhttd «0t bee* a r f S W d n , »g» W ;
Carolina, sndfioaJllana the* w o t ^ have ntawij;
beaten. What was the use of daBisjIng tho,
bridge which had carried the |nrt)r o w l I
Was it sate to abandon the old ptstt, vfblMM
had Berved so well, on the very ntn of t t o j ,
contest? . •1 *
Mr. Filley, of Missouri, reviewed the bone-fK
fits which had accrued to tho republican party |
from tho republicanism of the Month. jg
Mr. Buunels, of Iowa, expressed his opinion ,
that the pending pruposltiou was a propers
one, aud that it was perfectly compeUinl lor'
i the sommlttuo to consider it, but ho was con-
vinced that on the ovo of a general election,
wherein it was necessary Unit all republican*,
should pull together, ltsboutd bo relegated to
the convention fur discussion.
Mr. Clotf. of West Virginia, entnred hi*
protest against tho proposition to draw a
"dead Hue" through thu country, ami MT
"uorth of this line, wa will ndvorato republi-
canism, and south uf it, we will turn the
eouutry ovor to bourbonUm." A Inula of
representation, which had given the republi-
can party viotory in 18110, wan halluwod with
associations of Lincoln and t'baeo, and
Seward, the founders of the oarly. The
basis, which had given the party victory tu
180H, 187i!, 187U, and 1BHO, ooulil not l» woolly
vicious, Thesouthorn states ooulil aud Would
give electoral votos for the republican candi-
date In lrMt.
Mr. Magee's motion ws» ilnolly agreed to
—yeas, 35; nays, 18.
Th« following is the vote in detail;
Yeas—Arkansas, t'otor.ido, CuiiuecUeot,
QauriilB, Florida, Iowa, ludiano, Illinois,
Louisiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Minsourl. M »•
ttajiipnl, Nebraska, North Carolina, Njola
C» wlliia, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Khnde
Island, Texas, Virumr., West Virginia.
Idaho, Mew Muxlco, aud i n i h -*i\
Nays- -Alabama, California, l*el*w*ra,
Keutuoky, Maine, Maryland, MateaebuaeUa,
Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, TMmssaaw, vw-
mont, WUeonsin, Ariaona. Uakoto, VV>owing.
New Ramnabiro, and SVasliinglon tarsi-
tory-lH.
Mr. Mnroy, of Loultuwa, mvUrt"4 lb*
regolutiou ud'etvit by him t«l» ntornlBg. M m
' to give te the repubtleann of l.<xil««na aa)i
Urogou the authority tu ho(d t|iwii Uwtrlt*
and state conventions tret li>n«*r Itmwmi—tf
days prior to the mrotlug vr tu« nsiionat ow»-
vuntloii.
The resolution was agreed to.
Mr. Brent*, of Washington tarHtnrr, orArrai
a rosolutluii iilviim six ilnlogau* eoxili to th*
terrlt<trli'» of Wishing Ion and Deknia.on U.»
ground thai awurdluf tn pupuUllaei Uney
were entitled to »dwlmian Into U»« union a*
states, ttejeotod.
Mr. Magoe. "{ I'liiunvlvanla, moved to
amend the cull l>> iusurilng authority ft»r tb*
election uf iwodnltgatt* for entih curniae*
man at Urge Adepied.
The tall, whkh W gw««
adopted, . - -i~
Mr. Chw4Wr offinwl the folio
lutlw, which wo* unanimously ad«
JNolssrl, That this committee
regret and Indignation the
to supppses hnmn.it righu, on
uflVage and an Uouw* count
Tf44*MllVf^llaTW^
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&*»"«/iAw

•yMaim\i!tum»M-
as*.
twmx mm i»;*eU ;
oathathir jlilo hwtei, . Send tor Sabin to a «
|«ve*y way iltted.fti-i
I while Seorstaiy TIIRTHII at
Honei committee Jaat
T1O| «31, for the ttext "^^•trated hW*«tir«:ftt.ingM j
ooitv<mtion; and Inborloui poalHon
muw, U. C, Deo. 12, IMS.—A national j NATIONAL .«KPI'W,K-A« pr*4W
i ounvtniiluii will UKOI at Chicago, ill.,
JV. Juti«8, INM, at )'.' o'clock, hoon, fbr •'•the convention meat* the flele
kurfAativin or candidate* to b* supported foe
trnt iimi via* i-rv iitcnt «t the next otscilc-n. nhnilca of opinion ns to candldatea
npiiiiiknu olvciura of the several autre,
<l otliur VUUT-, wlibout regard to pait im- V'^colvo fair nnd honornhlo tre6tm»nt
llflt-niioa-, who arc In favor of vlevaUni handa of tho chntrmnn nnd eeoretury ol"|
-MHtfylnf American labor, protecting and
.Jinn iiume lu<lu»lri«-». K'VIIIE free, popular national commltko. H
tiluQ tutu* mum* of ilm people, anmring
Vi!fma« and an himest eeuutliig ui' IXIIIOIM. 4^(
"all}' protwtlns all huMM rights in evury
w our common country, tad who d»-
»r* u> promote friendly feeling and peir> . CXil. John A, Mnrtiu, of Kanaaa,
Burnetii hsrsxuty throughout Uia land by 1 of the Tepnblloan national oommitte
—-"-Mnliif a ualhmal government . — _ _ _ . pledeed
]i|l!..« to
..
jjUand nHnoipCt.ar ire cordially Invited % yesterday and il at the Arllnftton. TM
-. —v"Iftwra<••"•'naefi
vniii inet*
n m four
luur Qalagatet at lnfgs, to a liKPURMOAit xeportet that tho o
fmw raoli cuiignwloii"! district two delegates,
^* ami Kr each repr*seiii*uv« at Urge two delegate* qnestlona to he settled at the me»ttng -* '
Ui Ilia nmvsuUoo.
committee were its chairmanship a
The delngauu at l«ne»iball be chosen or ponn-
lardehmaie state conventions, oalltd on noiua* i tlmo nnd plaoo of tho convention. 0-_,c
thairrwenty deje' publlahed nottee, ami held not , ing tho ohnlrmanahlp, he said that aU
moretlautslaty darn bvlbrv tbe time ilxed fwthe i opinion ami that of the few men
Hireling nr ibo national convention,
Tim irp'iblleaiis or the various congressional with whom ho had talked,..,
dUtrleta thai! li*v« ibe option »r nlaetingtheir the ml'Jeut was that It would he aV'f
o»«B«tM at le.iaraie popular delegate ounveu-
Hunt, sailed on rtmlUr notice, and held In the thing to eleut MrJuun M.Forbei.of Ma.
r>in«ae>ilonal districts at any time within the
flltotfl da>* !ic*t prior to the meeting of ma state setts,who hashocn long on theoommitt
Ooureniliiua,orby<uoUlrl>iuuaor toe Kate mm.
famloii" Into d«inot conventions; and inch dein* § hnslness man, docs not hold offloe, and'
none. Among other mombera of
1I gawa aflall be ohnaan in the latter method ir not
ultiied previous to the meeting of tho luio oon>
v«-nubna. All d'strict ilidt-ga'tea shall be accredited
by tk» oRlcara olsuch ilUirict ornuentiona,
, mittee, Mr. John 0. Kew is mentions
m probable chnlrman, Kx-Seuator
T«w dvlexat-'* idall h<- allowed from each terri- name is also mentioned, httt in doe
tory tod one from u>u District of Columbia, simi- pear how he aould be oleote'd, as he
larly unman. i member, bnt simply holds the proxy
Notice* of contests shall be giventothe national
comas I tier, accompanied by full printed slats- S. Routt, of Colorado. Bewi^or Frye i
uieatf vrthvinitmdaulcanteet, which, iliall alio 1 strongly backed. ,
e public.; and preference-in tbe order of
tain aWioriutuliig ouiiicst-i iball ba glvon, I Ool. Martin thought that Uie
nnvsmtion, according to the dates of the •I -would be hold, as usual, the first
m ol such uotioea and statements by the
J com mil toe. S i | June. ;" . ,'• . . .
«. fi.eabln, uhairman: John A. Martin, score- f
- * Thft'hMis of xepreeentatlw t»»e s«te|
taiy; Paul Ktmoncli, Alalmnui Powell Clayton,
Arfcanafa;John K. Mlller.Ciillrormat J.B, Chaflee, the last meeting of the committee at-,
Oileradini t). 11.1'lalt, CuiiiK-ctloutj (NirlHtlau l'uhl- delegates at lurgo from each state and,,,
uor, Oalawaru, Wni. w. HICHN, Florida: JIIIIIOK li. dvlegatea from each congresolon&l d i '
lveTeauix.UoorKla: Jnbn A. Iiogah, Illinoh-; Julin Senator Ifryo is etpeoted to ask; that'-''-
C. Kew, Inilirtiin: John S. Ktiiiuele, lovrn; Vui. t).
Hmdluy. Kemm-ky; frank .Moray, l.ouUlmitt; Win. changed ao that but one delegate shfc
P. VWckSlaliie;Jnnus A.(iary. Maryland: Jnhu M. : eleoted arbitrarily t
l'ortws Ua'«ni-iiusi-ini: Jaiuin M. -"tnur, Mlehljran-, ;, slonol dlstriut, and another m
>!i
:
'*
3 iball be ehoson for oaoh ~-— 10,000
--. T
AltMlttd; Jmmn W. l)*in-n, .Nrlira.kii: John F. S lican votes in the state, the delegates i
J»uii* Beradaj Wlllliim R. L-namllur, Now Hauip-
»ulrc; ThoiMKs 0, 1-lmi, Now Vark; Wllltnm 1\ ;s& to remain as they are. Col. Matt1-
Caaadier, North Carolina: John 0 . Miiohsll, Oro- ''% bring iibnut anbBtantially suoh o>*|
oiR C. !>• Unget-, l'«uiii<yli'niiiiii William A.
f iwrce. llhoiiii Ialaiid: r-'anmcl I.vt-, South
I wluter, but failed. *m
C-aMUiVK William Itulr, TauitUMio; A. U.
Mallar* Tex aw Grorjjo W. Jfciokur. Vermnutj wJL*-r- ^m
Bamiwl M, Yoat, Vlwliiin: Nalhfcn tlorr, \V«i Vir-
•rinla; Mlhll ICnoa. WUeonnln! IflTt llMhf.ird,
ArlM>»nfeT<McCoy, UHkoln; Oetilge 1- rihouii,
^^ ™Utn B. Llklna, NewMeSioii; C, W.
Thtiwaa L, Brim la, Waihlngton ;
Wyoming, and Charlet B.Purrli,
""la.

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4 HEADQUARTERS f

EPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTE H

CHICAGO, MAY 31st, 1S84.

The Delegations from the several States and Territories, are requested to elect,
ind be prepared to report to the Convention, upon its temporary organization, the
following Officers and Committeemen, viz:
One Vice President.
3
One Secretary.
One member of the Committee on Credentials.
One member of the Committee on Permanent Organization.
One member of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business.
One member of the Committee on Resolutions.
One member of the National Republican Committee.
The different State and Territorial Delegations should also elect a Chairman am.
[Secretary, reporting their names to the Secretary of the National Committee, at ib<
irand Pacific Hotel.
All Officers and members of Committees selected by the Delegations from th--
leveral States and Territories, except the member of the Republican Notional Commit'tec
[must be Delegates to the Convention. The member of the National Committer mvd
L o t be a Delegate, but should be citizen of the State or Territory he is appointed |o
Represent.

D. M. S A B I N , Chairman.

JNO. A. MARTIN, Secretary.


STATE Gowmttoi.
A Full Tloket Nominated With John A.
Martin at the Head.
A Platform Adopted that Gives General
Satisfaction and Insures Success.
Tho Proceedings In Full-Other Notes.
IlOIJLrCi^LL
OF THR
ftatc |otte«»ttmt,
TOPEKA, KANSAS, JULY 25,1888.
Ballot \m
MHHtM witii «mnw»«or
sTATB MUNTEU.
_reat political parties o_ . '•fl'trteffliaifi!
exercising '*'T
recent action of Gov. .Glick in exercising
tho pardoning power to relieve guilty par-
ties from just penalties of law' breaking,
upon the ground of alleged wrongs and
irregularities existing at the trisls when
they have not sought a reviow of
their cases in the Supreme
?; Court, is unwarranted usurpation.
iiliythe chief Execucive of the judicial
power of the State, and is an attempt to
destroy tho confidence in the courts,,
thereby inciting lawlessneas_iujd_diRaha
dience to public authority, and such con-
duct on the part of the Governor, under
solemn oath to obey the Constitution and
enforce the laws, merits and deserves the
condemnation of all good citizens, irro-
HsppRtl »« of ,party alHliations and regard-
jlpal views as to the policy of
"hat corporations derive their •
tho Suto and are responsible
for the manner in which
Biich power. Wo (demand
esent railroad law 1)0 so
and amended as to remove
lie features and touuequivoc-
the Hoard of Railroad Com-
i necessary power to accom-1
sought tn lm attained, and to J
plhinno with the reasonable]
board, maclo with reference
;
bra as to which, under the
mid law, such board has hod [
jdlttUon* Tho railway com-
I State are entitled to a fair I
b remuneration for services
iy thorn, but they are
tutrleod and ahoulu not
to establish ratua for the
itaitilng revenue to bo sp-
ent of dividends on illegal
> lsHiies nf stock or interest/
is indebtedness, and wet
: os to support such lawsruull
iny be nw.fssnry to prevent|
> Midi practices,
at tho Republican party of I
1
>r in its history maintained |
! till men ltofore tho lawJ
J to color, i»r previous con!
tudo.uuil will adhere In thtf
X'licv which In tho pastlr.
id the civil rights of nlffl|
i where no ml verso IIHPIHIOUJ
>r low, imultl iilloot them,
lit the Republican pnrty of j
ts voice with tho Nation at
•nidation of tho wisn, .pure
wil.lufnctory administration
iesicr A. Arthur, and that |
E gratitude o| tho itepnbli-
U> ol'Kansss lie and Is here-
our chief Magistrate for
>nrlcHS veto of tho dlsgraco-
iffljWMrtiroknown as tho
U>r Hill," thus rescuing the
>r|i liimiiliiithm ami shame
nve followed ltd passage,
t th* Vlatforiu Committee ]
wived, Col. Anthony oirer-
(inserting this:
at wo favor a Constitution-
kOnl, Anthony explained |
tlia Leavenworth doienv
all loyal ltupuhlicnna, not I
istnl to vote tut full ticket f
 *-: -.V- - . i ^
•'M achlevera'sluTm the Nation. The people t
3 know them, and love them, and propose to !
elect them.
And now, gentlemen, before you, tlm:
delegated representatives of the Republi-
can party or Kansas, I renew my allegl
anco to Republicanism, to Kansas; to herf
constitution, hur laws, and to the platform"
hero adopted, which speaks for each and:
all of them. to
But one ballot was taken in the nomi-t
nation of Lieutonant Governor, Hon. A.
P. Riddle receiving 250 votes out of 852, ^ .
and was then declared tho unanimous W
choice of the Convention. fex-
()n the llrst ballot for Secretary of State I•'•'
Win, Hlgglns led off with 120 votes; Dr. 1 ,,
Allen, of Wichita, 03; Gen. Millard, 09; ffii
Henderson, 88] Orner, 85.
Miller, Urner ami Hendrson wore then
withdrawn.
A second vote was then taken in
which ;J53 voto were given. Allen, of
Wichita, was nominated'with. 5iWH(i votes
against 110'i for Win. Wiggins. Dr.
Allen's nomination vfas then made unani-
mous. Kdwin P. McCaho wa:i then re-
nominated for Auditor nf State liy nee-la.
motion. S. T. Howe was renominated for
Treasurer of .State by acclamation. Mr.
Hnrkor left the chair t<> put. In nomination
for Attorney General, A. it, Campbell, of
jj Topeka.
Mr. Smith, of IJntler, plaeod in nomi-
nation Hon. J. It. Clogstnn, of j-hireka.
S. It. ltrnilfnrd, or Osage county, was
named by an Osase delegate.
Mr. Dixon, of i'tussell, asltrd the votes
of lite delineates for Judge I), O. Nellie, of
,«i Mill* county.
J The first hallut gave ::.'1 votes. I'.rad-
ford, 102; Nelllu, Ml; Clogston, 111; tlamp-
bell. Oil,
A second ballot wns had, with "17 votes,
giving Bradford 1!10; Clogsion, 10u; Nrl-
Us. Iffitt (Campbell, !t.
Third bullet-,-.'inI votes. Hradord, U.I;
Nellis, ISO| and Clayton 71. No choice.
* v The name of Mr. Clayton was withdrawn &
• with the reipleat «>£' his friends to support
SMf Judge Nellis.
V* A Lyon I'tMinly delegate said Hint the
goods cannot he delivered.
Mr. irilioii, «>f owi.-rn i-onuty, Mated that
the request tosupp.iH Nellis did n"t nmie
Irtitu the Greenwood county ih'legMlon,
Fourth ballot-!"..'! v..t'.\i. HrAilionl,
I7H; Nellis, 177. Tlioiv.iiSt. wan received
£&J wlih I'oiitinui'd yells.
Tho ballot Was challon-'ed, on the
grounds that Ford county hail rust it:- iir.il
M'to Rl tlii.-. ballot, ami lli" rijdit of the par
ty mslliig the vote ipie.-'tiuncil.
U was ci'in'cdi-.l HI enr", by Mr, I'rsi!-
ito. fnril'.i I'Ilend;', that another ballot bo hid.
"**• Fifth ballot- ;I,M votes; Bradford, 207;
NVI1K H3t
&> Mr. ihit'lford's nomination was made
unanimous.
Several attempts at u-Muinattn^ speeches
for Mate Superintendent of Public. In-
struction were made, but the delegates
were leo loitt;;ry to listen, but doius'nled
the to'.i call.
Nitmen-U'' tinmen w r o , however, heard
MMIVD tie' confusion. A hoi lot wa<. reach-
ed, <*lvltig !Wt votes, divided amongtwolvo
rsii'ii.lVf >, tvith II. C. Speer leadim; with
_s| v..!.••.; .1. II l.-iwhead.second, with '
*•!*?
Wm. Bishop, US; and Geo. M. Stearns, 88.
No choice.
Second ballot—838 votes, with Lawhead
115,-Speer 102, Bishop 85, Stearns 20, tho
rest being scattered. Again no choice
Third ballot—844 votes, of which Mr.
Lawhead received 240and his nomination
made unanimous. Speer bad 84, Bishop
20. Dr. Krohn moved that the Stats Con-
fjff? trnl Committee consist of twenty-live, one
• for each judicial district and one at large, to
':be appointed by tho chair.
Mr. Hackney offered to amend BO that
r-fT.r^mntmnKr-,. aBMMfty
Chairman Barker he made one of tlio
seven at large.
This motion the chair ruled out of order,
but Mr. Hackney appealed, but the mo-
tion and declared the vote carried. .
Tho chair gained consent to publish the
'$ appointment of the romainlng six members
at largo hereafter.
Tho members of tha Central Committee
were then announced:
First Judicial Distrlct-C. 8. Mllllgan.
Second District—Phil. Kelley.
Third DiKtrlet—M.S. Beal.
Fourth—A. T. Shnrpe.
Fifth—Harrison Kolloy.
Sixth—"W. It. BUleell.
Seventh—W. II. McCluro.
Eighth—W. S. Stambnugh.
Ninth—A. L. Croon.
Tenth—A. 14. Talbot*.
Eleventh—J, M. Uryan.
Twolfth--Wm. Connor.
Thirteenth—SAHA Thompson. :*&%
Fourteenth--1), B. Long.
Fifteenth—J. S. McDowell.
Sixteenth--W. I t Boole.
Seventeenth—T. K. Crall.
Klghtoenth—J. II. PullonwklHr.
Adjourned.
MRMlttiUH ATI.AHU15.
Tat*mc.\, July 17.—In pnreuano.o with a
resolution adopted by the State convention,'
Chairman IiarUcr appoints! the following
members at largo of the Republican Stale
Central Commit too: I*. I\ Donobrnke, ol
Shawnee county: K IJ. Purcoll, of Itlley
c u n t y ; Wirt \V. AV'alton, of Clay county;
II. U lllehter, of Morris county-, D. O.
Kekles, of Uiee county; W, It. Tdwnsond,
of Leavenworth eouiity. A meeting of
Ibe entire cninmittee will be held at the
Windsor hotel, Topeka, July 111, to oll'oct
mi i-ri,'.Mii/,:itinii.

T U B jrOMMTATISTO HPJEECJI.
•'••' We publish below a corrected copy of
Ike Bpeech delivered by Eov. Dr. ICROUK,
of Atchison, in placing before the Re-
publican State convention the name of
Col. JOHN A. MARTIN; a speech, which,
according to the lestimony of many per-
sons present, ovoked an enthusiasm al-
most unprecedented in Kansas:
Mr. Chairman: I can think of noth-
ing that would require moro hardihood
than to i-ise before an assembly like
this, composed of the freo and inlclli-
gent representatives of the free and in-
telligent Republican party of Kansas,
and presume to present to thorn
an unworthy name, upon n
false pretence. Such an attempt,
Mr. Chairman, if made, could
but fail. The men whom I see around
me knor1 ' a t they want; limy know
who son join hero. They realize the
duty and responsibility that rusts upon
them. Thoy are here to act for the
safety, tho honor, the Riiecess of the Re-
publican party of Kansas, which moans
the safoty, honor and prosperity of Kan-
sas horself.
Conscious then, of tho impossibility,
even if tho inclination existed, of deceiv-
ing such a body of men; knowing how
foolish, how futile such an attempt
would be, I arisu to present a name to
this convention which is in itself a
guarantee of good faith, which is in it-
self tho word of honor which may not
be broken, which is in itself a warrant
and pledge of faithful obedience to tho
will of tho Republican party of Kansas.
[ rise to present to a convention of Re-
publicans, hound in honor to do limit"
best for the party which has entrusted
• to them a high and solemn diilv, the
Snamo of a man whose Republicanism is
absolutely without a Haw or
• stain; tho name of one who gave
to the Republican party the ciiHmsiii.sl.ir
affecHrm of his youth, ami who
has (bvomd to ifsoauso tho strength and
dovotion of manhood's mime, A man
who enlisted under tho Republican
I banner before bis face know a heard,
and who has remained steadfast and
dauntless by that standard till ho has
reached tho meridian of manhood and £
loolcs toward tho Rolling sun. A man -I.
who in good and ovil report, who in m
danger and triumph, who amid feeble- Jf?
ness and dissatisfaction, who in the
1 gloom of defeat and in the sunshine) of
victory, and who in every peril, in
ievory crisis, in ovory vicissitude has
stood immovable as a rock, a Repub-
lican.
1 rise te presold, to an asscmbhtgo ol'
Americans, lo men who love their coun-
try, and who in bygone days listened In
her cry of distress, to men who have
t hot in their faces the cannon's burn
rfftwr*
mg breath, to men who have know
the strong tiros of soldierly comradeshi
knit firmer as the days of danger alfoi
I nating with nights of weary walchin.
j rolled by, to men who amid the ion
| forts of homo and peace have not fm
cotten tho sacrilic.es and sufferings r
war, and whose memories are busy M
speak with tho scenes of the just; wli
; | (carry in thoir liearls forever thuja-
's words of dying conn-ados conjuriiu
k '•• them never to forgot; 1 present to Hies
men tho name of a soldi*'
. whoso record is as spotless n
the sunlit snow; who in all tli
i changing scenes of war never failed
2 never faltered, never lingered, till a
' lost ho hung up beside liis heart hslom
,",V^ a bravo and well worn sword.
1 I rim to present lo Kansans, to niei
who love their State, who glory in whu
\\ sho has done, and Hush with my when
they think of what she shall he: tin
name of a Kansas citizen who fur I wen
ty-soven years has labored for the ad-
yaneoment of his Slate. Who lir-t slriv
'mixtemake her free, bus since toiled t.
nuiko lior yreafct whose name is written
on every page or her annals; nnd wlie <•
record runs a golden thread III rough Hit'
warp and wont of lior spl»ndid hi«inry.
I rise to present to faithful iitrii. in
citizens, fathers, husbands, sons, te men
who realize the worth of diaia-ler. wh.i
know in their hearts that the MWIV -.ife
men nro JPH«1 ini'ii: who feel lh.il Utter
than genius, better than .liiniiuf Iali-ilt .
bettor than the eonniiand of in'ttermu
rhetoric, is a pure, brave and l«l,iJi«'r.-
IIIn, 1 rise to pivsmit lo tin e iii>n I'M*
iiiiiiioof nno whu all his lite has tviwej
at the altar of law, win* lias tfwrrtii'il
bis own spirit: who has ever cliinki'"! amJ
lotion when it would have !> «l hint ;ii » i.
path of wrong; ii man who IN h*iu|»n-
site,honest, incorruptible. tUtihfill t^utl
ly, and who, when he plan hi )>;««.]
upon the buult to swear ',-• l,i*lbfullv j
keep ami maintain the I'm Mm;:, n uttd
the laws ul* Kmms. will Kn. p Hi. >i,
as bravelv ami its .-teadily n< he .'» Ihnt
limn up flic blaziinr and l<|. •oijy • I'-
of Misiun Rhlgn,
Mr. (iliiiniian, I pre m l H* •«• -.»•
volition, as its llnniitii'» li«i' tlm .!>;...-
('••veriior o( Kan-ii , .Mm A, Mar l l .
of Atrliis >n.

THIS IVOIUIiVATIiVO SFJEKOM.
}\t'•! We publish below a corrected copy of
the speech delivered by Rev. Dr. KBOUN,
of Atchison, in placing before the Re-
publican State convention the name of
Col. Joiw A. MAKTINJ a speech, which,
according to the testimony of many per-
sons present, ovoiced an enthusiasm al-
most unprecedented in Kansas:
Mr. Chairman: I can think of noth-
ing that would requiro more hardihood
than to rise before an assembly liko
this, composed of tho freo and intelli-
gent representatives of tho free and in-
telligent Republican party of Kansas,
and presume to present (o tlioin
an unworthy name, upon a
false pretence. Such an attempt,
Mr. Chairman, if made, could
but fail, Tho men whom I see around
mo knov "at they want; they know
who son' ' .10111 hero. They realize tho
duty and responsibility that, rests upon
them. Thoy are here to act for the
safety, tho honor, tho success of tho Re-
publican party of Kansas, which means
the safety, honor and prosperity of Kan-
sas herself.
Conscious, then, of tho impossibility,
oven if tho inclination existed, of doroiv-
fi ing such a body of men; knowing how
foolish, how futile such an attempt,
would be, I arise to present a name to
this convention which is in itself a
guarantoo of good faith, which is in it-
self tho word uf honor wliir.li may not
he broken, which is in itself a warrant
and pledge of faithful obedienco to the
will of tho UopiiMieun party of Kansas.
I riso to present to a convention of lift-
publicans, 1M mud in honor to do their
best for tho parly which lias entrusted
to thorn a high and solemn duty, the
name of a man whose Republicanism is
absolutely without; a llaw or
•'stain; tho name of one who gave
to tho Republican party tho enthusiastic
ufl'ecUor. of his youth, and who
has ttavotiiil to its canso the strength and
devotion of manhood's prime. A man
who enlisted under the Republican
banner before his face know a beard,
and who has remained steadfast and
dauntless by that standard till lm hie-
reached the meridian of manhood and j
looks toward tho setting sun, A man ,
who in good and evil report, who in I
danger and triumph, who amid feeble-
ness and dissatisfaction, who in the
gloom of defeat and in the sunshine of
victory, and who in every peril, in
every crisis, in every vicissitude has
stood immovable as a rock, a Kepuh-
lican.
1 rise to present to an assemblage of
Americans, to men who love their coun-
try, and who in bygone days listened lit
her cry of distress, to men who have
felt hot in their faces the cannon's lmni-
: -f. PI
1: " •"'
nig breath, to men who have known
: the strong ties of soldierly comradeship
knit firmer as the days of danger Alter-
nating with nights of weary watching t
rolled by, to meu who amid tho com-
•'.'••.>v:-.. forts of home and peace have not for-
gotten the sacrifices and sufferings of
war, .and whoso memories am busy as I
speak with tho scenes of tho post; who >•:
(carry in their hoarts forovor tho bust
•M "T'."them
• ••;;
Worafl of dying comrados conjuring
never to forget; I prosont to thuso
men tho name of a soldier
whoso record is as spotless as
the sunlit snow; who in all% . tho
•i} changing scones of war never failed,
' never faltered, never lingered, fill a t
last ho hung up beside his hearlhstonti
a bravo and well worn sword.
I riso to present to Kansans, to men
who love their State, who glory in what
she has done, and flush with joy when
they think of what sho shuH be; tho
name of a Kansas citizen who for twen-
ty-seven years has labored for the ad-
vancement of his Slate. Who first striv-
ing to mako her free, has since toiled to
make her greatt whose name is written
on every page or her annals; and who.se
record runs a golden thread through tilt*
war ji and woof of her splendid history.
I riso In present to faithful men, to
citizens, fathers, husbands, sons, to men
who realizo the worth of chaneler. who
know in their hearts that the only safe
men are good men; who feel that l*»fi«*i»
than genius, better than shining ItthflM;
better than tho command of glittering
rhetoric, is a pure, brave and Idamehvt
life, .1 rise to present to thej-e Mien the |
name of one who alt his life has totted
al theiiltar of law, who has governed
his own spirit; Willi lias ever rlnvked am-
bition when it would haw. led him in the
path of wrong; a man who is l«Mi|w<>
lite,honest,incorruptiblo.trtilhful Mild- J
ly, ami who, when he plan'- Mn hand j
upon the book to swear In faithfully
keep and maintain the ('oti.-;lilulinimiid
tho laws of Kansas, will keep llieonrli
as bravelv and as steadily tw lie led hi--
men up I lie blazing ami* Mot*!)' t-loj|»M
of Mission Hidfro.
Mi;. Chairman, I preenl l.i lliiicvi-
vimtion, as its nominee fur the <Hit it ..«'
tiiivernor of Kansas,.I,.hn A, Mai^n.
of Atrhis m.
£/'. mat sa^Hr
•'.;•$"*,
V
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Speaker of the Torritorial House of Kep-

4M fttngunfc rwentativc3. MR, KELLY

sides at Deer Lodge, Moutuna. He
was the first Postmaster of Atchi-
son, It .is unnecessary to state
now re-

Atohigoa, KaaBaa, J u l y 1 9 , 1 8 8 4 . ! that the paper was, at that time, a radical

B B U B W W f t y •i - — ._ , pro-Slavery journal, and the recognized
JtKJPVJtJCICASr 1VO MIX A T I OS 8,
organ of the pro-Slavery party of KunsES.
F o r Vroalrtcnt: November 22d, 1856, P. H. LAEEY,
JAMES 6, BLAINE, of Maine. "formerly of South Oaroliti," purchased
«n interest in the paper, and Dr. STKIKG-
F o r Vlo.o-Frcslaomt: I'ELLOW retired. The Free State men
:•-.'• JOHN A. LOGAN, of Illinois, secured a foothold in Atchison the follow-
ing Spring, and sometime in Juno tho
F o r Pros!iltMitinl E l e c t o r a : Sijua'tcr. wss purchased bf a companv,
At Large .Toim H. RICK, or FtSoott
" D. A. VALNNTINK, of Clay composed cf ex-Senfttcr »S. 0. POMBHOY,
Klrst District A.J.FKW, of Neimilm Judge F. G. ADAMH, n :<\i .Secretary of the
BapOOU " T. O. 1'IOKKllINll, uf Joliiisun
Third " J. I* DKNNISON, or Neosho State Historical Bncii-ly, und the lute
IlOBr. MCBKATNEY, of Junction City. .a
fourth " .1. M, MIM.HK, or Morris
HfUt " v. W. STIIIUUS. or cloud
Sixth " W. 8. TII/NJH, or Trego Judge A»AM8 can, probably, furnish the
;| ; Seventh" T. I . TAYI-OU, of Kono
.', F o r ltciire.wontii.ti vr.n In ConerroHH:
; Klrst District K. N. Mournu„ of Brown
m date cf this transfer. ROBERT S. KBLLY
hiis a complete file of tho Squatter Sover-
> SeCOIllI " J5. II. KUNHTON. eign during the period of his connection
£ Third " II. W. I'KIIKHM, of Labette
fe Fourth " TIKIS. HYAH, of shawnes with, it, find when ho visited Atchison,
f, Fifth " .ToilNA. ANliKiLsnK.oC ltlloy Romn yours ago, lie very kindly pmnitted
;>}<-<*• Sixth " LKWM JlANiiAc.K.of Uslwnio
'•;,}vaJSe»entli " BAH'I, It. i'm-Kits, of Hurvoy ui to ex ami no this file. We have nrver
•tepubllcnii Nlnto Ticket. oi-.ii r. file of tho paper between the date,
*i(Jovornor JORN A. MAUTJN of Mr. KULLY'S withdrawal and our own
i Limit, (iovernor ...A, P. HIUM.K ciKinci'tion with it.
«J hocrotliry ol Stllte R. II. A1.I.KH
if, Auditor of dmto K. i>. MITAIIK
•H Treasurer AisiT. HOWK MOEJBATWEY, ADAMS & Co.—this was
*>'-M Attorney (li-iii'.nil A H . HUAOKIMIII
jsi^^Ropt. of I'uhlk! Instruction ,T. H. LAWIIKAII t!u» Ann namo, we believe—published the
J'•Chief .Tnstlce.,.., A. II. lloirroK
- Assix-liito JOHIICU ....\V. A.JoiiNtrrOK fifnailer until Bomo time early in tho "fall
of 1857, when they nold it to O. F. SHORT.
Tiu> Just iianird gentleman was on engineer
Ou tho 20th liiitf, i",;;, ;, -J-SIJ.-UN and surveyor by |M oAfHlOB, and, it
OIIAMMON will eelcbrato i». r-iAtufafh will bo remembered, was killed
t.iiniver my of its prtuliitr.tlu.i •• l.-r the hy Indians, teveu tit oijgUt years ago, while
irt:»tinK«m««t tit' JIH | ii'ffiii <<!•• .i- atul
hrnprtcitir, ('-1. J.;!is- A. H.»tilt.*.— in chttrgiHif u government surveying party
Tuprht. Cirjiitnt, — >J £ Vt in Southwc.'iioru K:'.iv ;w.
Tlio ('iijiititf. milti I ; U«(.tritlc of five lilr. Suour rcmiiiiitd in charge util-l
years in its Htiuement. ;', j isr/v >nt. i rn- Fc'hrunry, 1S58, when ho raid tho paper
prirtorofTtiK GUAateiiM pur.- - - i d tho to its pr ivont proprii'lfir, who changed its
paper on tin) l S l h o f Ft-binary, lc.'«H, and nmtie to Tin? OUAMIMON. The first insue
;ii tho 20th of the ahim* inmilli Hin lir.l of tho |>.i|ior under thi.i ii.-iino, as we h u e
number, undir hi» contwi, W#* iwMfldi HIMIIMI, born tho dale, "February 20th,
Ho will, therefore, tin llio 2!) h it:••••. «•!»!«• was."
liMtiitlm twenty-fifth ' i i i n i v o i i : v t ' l l i P Wo doubt v» ry much wiiether Atchison
:<uhhVutiim of TllK CHAMPION i :. I.i-.!i:( hud, at that time, over five or six hundred
iii-iniigeimmt. inhabitants. It cL.tmcd it population of
Tlio llwt number of thiH journal, t l u n "about n thousand." but «n]h„«.claim, in
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 With confident faith the old settlers laid
the foundations of » free commonwealth,
Jffe Jlailtj f f e t * * l . and its majestic growth has mere than justi-
fied their most sanguine hopes. The devel-
opment of the Statu has been no less won-
derful than its eventful history, and both
LAwRHi&CE, SEPTEMBER* ti»i have excited tho interest and admiration of
the clvllizod world.
"I am," said Mr. Seward, In 18(10, "pre-
A « 1 W ! A T liUCCUBSI*. pared to declare, and do declare, you people
of Kansas the most intelligent, the bravest,
the most virtuous people lit the United
BICICHG8V AVVKJfI>AlVCUB KVK11 States." Whether this tribute was or was t m
KKOWBT A T THJi »'A1JI. not deserved it Is certain that-noState In th"
Union could then, or can now, claim a
braver, a more intelligent, a more enterpris-
ing, or a moro liberty loving au<< law re-
OTJOSK OK THK OIJD SK1TLEU8' specting population. Nor can any State
MBBTWG. point to a morn romantic history or boost of
more splendid achievements than these
1 that have made Kansas what she Is. Hero
The Sights at Bismarck. 1 the struggle was commenced which grow
and Intensified and spread until tho whole
country was enlisted in its Issue; and hero,
XtHWiJl»in*\v/n*" - '- im—n •.-"-* **n*• - • • four hundred miles long and two
hundrce miles wide, blossoming
Before adjournment for dinner Gov. Rob- witli abundant harvests, dotted
inson Introduced Hon. John A. Martin, with ; with school bouses and churches, and hav-
ing a million and a quarter of busy, prosper-
some very oulogistio remarks. Mr. Martin
was received with great applause. He ous, Intelligent people, Is tho Old and the
New Kansas -the Kansas that lighted up
spoke us follows: the future of our tmajgxiajjgmjhj tu« dear
Mr, Fresidi t anil fellow citlseim.
On the 20r. of September, 1800, one of (lie old days of long ago; the Kansas that ful-
• greatest and moat honored of Americans, filling all tho proud mines of those early
speaking In Lawrence In reply to >n address davH, still holds her regal plnro In tho iige»
Of CJOV. Itobinsoii said: of tho nation mid of the world—the Centra!
"Henceforth, It my conlldonce in tlm State, thn Stinllowor Htuto, and, best nf all,
Amorlc-m; Union wavers,! shall come lioreil the Soldier .State, mi inhering among its peo-
to learn that the Union Is stronger than lin- !i ple representatives of every regliop'il that
man ambition, hocanso It Is founded on l lie; .served In tho Union army. This IK the stii'r
aft nation of the American people. If over 1 I of our love and of our pride, growing al-
shall waver In my affection for freedom, M ways, in intellectual force as well as utatrrltt
shall comoiup hare and revlow it—here,•'•• wealth; nu«i>r falling into rut*; nvvi<r afraid
under tno inspiration of one lmiidrod tonus- | or ashamed to experlineiil and learn; ueier
and freemen, saved trow slavary. Hei.ce-.,• hesitating to accept new 11-^i..iti-tl>llit!••;
forth, these shall not ho my HontlmUs alone,'| i ;ytng now to keep her home* purr ami l.er
but the sentiment of all. Man will come up -. young inauliod dean and healthy, as t.ra velv
to Kansim as they go up to Jorusalom. Thin •> us, in the old days, she ,'tmik up the banner
shall bo a sacred city." of Human KITedoin when It was trailed in
§ the dust by the gnvornmrut, ralum! ii aloft
It U appropriate, therefore, that the. old and protected It mid boro It tt< sneers* and '
settlers of JvunsaH should " come up hero," honor."
to this Moooa of the Kreo Statu pilgrims to
renew their affection for freedom and to
rejoice over the triumphs won In her uume
—here undui- the inspiration not of nun hun-
dred thousand, but of a million nnd a quar-
tsr of froemen, saved from slavery.
The fields, the churches, the school
houaas, to which Mr. Howard referred, in
the speech I hayo quoted from, have been
multiplied an hundred fold. I have utile
doubt that there is mora nionoy Invested In
the ohurubos and school houses of Douglas
county, at the present time, than in these of
all Kansas In ltKKi, The. products of our
market garden this year will exceed in value
all the farm products of the territory
twenty-four years r-go. Too residences
erooted lit KttiH during the present year
will exceed, both In number and hi value,
all the residences of tho toriitnrv at the
date of Its admission Into tho union, Wo
! had not a mile of railway In tlie state at
5 that time; now wo havo neorly n,lKIO miles,
traversing nearly every organUod oountv,
aud tho capital invested In these railways
proUbly exceeds tho value of all tho real
property of tho state at tbo date of Mr.
Snwanl'M visit. We polled WfllQ votes thai
year; wo will poll nearly, if not quite, aw,-
000 this year. AJ1 the live-stock of tho state
at the date of lis admission numbered loss
than'ilO,000 head; this your w* can count
- nearly 4,000,U(lii farm animals, ^'ho four
populous counties of tho statu now
more Inhabitants than tho whole ter-
y had at thq dale of its admission into
T
' ton. •• '••••-..••"*••'.•

T U B NOMIWAMNO 81'KKCU.
•We publish below a corrected oopy of
the speech delivered by Rov. Dr. KBOUN,
of Atchison, in placing before the Re-
•• •:." :
publican State convention the name o('
Col. JOHN A. MABTIN; a speech, which,
according to the testimony of many per-
sons present, evoked an enthusiasm al-
most unprecedented in Kansas:
Mr. Chnirmmi: I can think of noth-
ing that would requiro more hardihood
than to rise before an assembly like
this, composed of the free and in dili-
gent representatives of the free and in-
telligent Republican party of Kansas,
and presume to present to thorn
an nnworlby name, upon it
false pretence. Such an attempt,
Mr. Chairman, if made, could
but fail. Tho men whom I soo around
me knov1 ' a t they want; limy know
who sen '.ami here. They realize the
duty and responsibility that rests upon
them. Thoy are here to act for the
safety, tho honor, the success of the Re-
publican party of Kansas, which moans
tho safety, honor and prosperity ofKan-
sas horself.
Conscious, then, of tho impossibility,
J oven if the inclination existed, of deceiv-
ing such a body of men; knowing how
foolish, how ful-ilo such an attempt
I would he, I arise to presont a name 1.0
| this convention which is in itself a
guarantee of good faith, which is in it-
self tho word of honor which may not
be brokun, which is in itself a warrant
and pledge of faithful obedience to tho
will of tho Republican party of Kansas.
[ rise to present to a convention of Rc-
f iuhlicans, bound in honor to do their
>est for tho party which lias entrusted
to them a high and solemn duty, the
name of a man whose Republicanism is
.absolutely without a Haw or
stein; thu name of one who gave
to thu Republican party tho enthusiastic
auk'ttfu; of bis youth, and who
has davo^'il to its eauso tho strength and
devotion of manhood's pi hue. A man
who enlisted under the Republican
banner before his face knew a beard,
anil wbo lias remained steadfast; and '
dauntless by that standard till ho hasi
reached tho meridian of manhood and |
looks toward the setting sun. >\ man -|,
who in good and nvil report, who in H
danger and triumph, who amid feeble- j p
noss and dissatisfaction, who in the
I gloom of defeat and in the sunshine of
victory, and who in every peril, in
levcrv crisis, in every vicissitude lias
stood immovable as a rock, a Repub-
lican.
1 rise to prosont to an wwomblngo of
f Americans, to men who love Ihoir coun-
t r y , and who in bygone days listened In
her cry of distress, to men who have
felt hot in their faces the cannon's bttrn-
KP**;- tSti.',
mg breath, to men who have known
the strong ties of soldierly comradeship
knit firmer as the days ol danger alter-
nating with nights of weary watching
rolled by, to men who amid the coin-
forts of homo and poaco have not for-
gotten the sacrilices and sufferings of
war, and whoso memories are busy as f
speak with tho scenes of the past; who
.J?I(carry in their hearts forever the tart
.^fworas of dying comrades conjuring ;:
them never to forget; I present to those
men the name ot a soldier
. whoso record is ns spotless tut1
the sunlit snow; who in all tin
^ changing scones of war never failed, M
3 never faltered, nover lingered, till at
' last ho hum* up beside his liearllistniiv
a bravo and well worn sword.
I riso to present to Kansivns, to men
who love their State, who glory in wbal
she has done, and Hush with my when
they think of what she shall !»•: the
name of a Kansas citizen who for twen-
ty-seven years has labored for tint ad-
vancement of his Slate. Who tir.t sliiv- : ? „
inn: to mako her hoe, has since toiled U>
mako lior eroatt whose iiauie i-t written
on every page of her annals; and who c
record runs a golden (hrt'ttd ttli'ongll Ihv
warp and WOOi of her splendid hi-l>>i>.
I riso lo present to faithful men. in
citizens, fathers, husband-', sons, to twit .
who realize the worlhof eliai'.i> ler. who J
know in their hearts that the onlv >.tt'»<
men are good men: who feel that l->t!. <v
than genius. hotter than •hinitig laltnil .
belter than the eouniiand of ulittertud
rhetoric, Mttpure, brave and btamej, ^
life. 1 rise to present to tin o twn rh«<
naiiienf one who all M* life litis i*wc«n|
at the altar of law. who has ^ovem-d
his own spirit: wholmseveiflierkedaiu
lulion when it would have l> •! bite m t'w
path of wrong; a man who is tew )-•">"
air,honest, inioiniptihle.tittlhful kind
ly, and who, when ho plan . hii l:,i«.l
upon tho book to swear [.. tatlliiiilly
keep ami maintain th.-t'.'ii tiiu-: .mni>! |
the law;; of Kansis will keep tit«< ,n0-
as bravelv and as .-!i adily a !»••
men up tin" hla/im,' and' M uly if,
of Mi MIm liidgo.
Mr. Chairman, I piv inl lu *'ui
vi-ntion, as its nomine.* l..i llo . s»;
Coventor of Kan-a , .l.lui A
of Alrhism.
 M
BY D. R. ANTHONY.
SUNDAY, NOViiiMCBER 2, 1884.

Coi.. JOHS A. MARTIN was loyal to his

bis* own state, and alone and unaided ho se-
cured the soldiers'home for Kansas. The peo-
ple uf Leavenworth will be tho last to object
because he was loyal to biu*wn home town,
M
gthe only people who count Unit commend- For I'l-vxiiirnt,
able act of loyalty against him are the onea JAMKS G. BLAINE.
MMidefend the guerrilla M::nmulukn und ftor Vice 1'nxiitiitt,
^the rebel yollou tho free soil of Kansas.
' JOHN A. LOGAN.
JOHN A. MAIITIN brought the soldier's /''»/• I'rrsiiti-ittiiit Mwturiit
home to Kansas, and then did what every JOHN noi/r ui'K,
Other man with a spark of manhood in him P K U I U U T A. VAI.KNTIN-K.
A N D 1 I K W .1. K l M . T .
would do—worked for bis own town. ISAAi: O K I . A N H I I [•li-KKHINU,
Leavenworth secured the prize because .IOSKI'H i.Kin-Ki, IM:NMNO.\,
her natural advantage'! outweighed any J A M KM M t i N H u K M U . I . K K .
K K U U K K I C K W. S ' l T K U K S ,
Atlier point. .. . „„ W I M K l K l i l l HI'ITIT ' U l . T u N
THOMAS TIlOMI'SUN T A Y M U I .
Allli NAILED.
i'Vir Itrjirrsrnttitirr in tMIUIrcnn, A V M I
Col. M a r t i n IH n u t ICouiiuunlbla tut I.UHVIHI- JUxtrkt.
wurth'H 'Nolilloro' U o n m Honurt. K. N. MOKUILL.
To Tun TlMHH,
I n s nptQlaltotU«KniimiHOUy t'imr* (rum liflnv- /•'(>/• f . ' u r i l - H H C ,
•nwnttb, of OutulmraiHi, ilui KIHIIMIUUI U tumlu
that On). Joint A. Mnrllii in cutlrtily rTOiiiiimllilr.
.JOHN A. MARTIN.
"tar I'MKIIIK ttil« city—Loimnnuirtu ti>Hlvonti im- /•'or J.ir a i mi i it I f.'iir.i im>-,
illtlouiil SKI lurriw of lnml unit f M.iion III iiinm-y." A. !». IUDIUIK.
Thl«il»tiiitii'iilln ii.iltrur, null ilium l!nl. MKIIIII
HroM lujuntlio. 1I« woikml liltil mill rxfrdnoil Far f'/iiif JiiMiie of tin .VIIJ.I, ,„r n u n Y ,
grent Innuwii'ii Innnnl* locatliiK (ho tlnmn In K»n-
I U , mid ntlarnUy diwlrtd umt hl« own town . ALHKRT It. HOKTON.
utioulil •Kirn tuayrliw; but t know hit ili.l lint fo-
•ort to unt»lr tntaan, nml dlil not ni-nk to linumti J-'ur ,4amlft(tf> Justin- of t!.<- . \ n / . i , m r ftmi'l
midltloinU liHrilmui or niiinlttlniii. ii|nin l^nvvu- -
worth. IiunknililnntntiMwut iu» •lin)ilo ni'tuf WILLIAM A. .lOllNSTON.
JUIUCK to 001. Mutln, A. (UUlWKt.U.
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KtilM.Mil.ll'-loi Alt: I I . V C S . 10. ». ALLHN
/•'n»- .li:,f:f,.i MI .VMfr,
jt'ol, .liilm V. .Uiivltit's Appointments. KDWARIt V. M.rAHL.
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' lliiwriliu. will 'i|n'iik:i< hilliiv.s:
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 Address to the Colored Voters of Kansas.
ATCHISON, KAS., Oct. 20,1884.
It baa come to our knowledge that colored voters are being
appealed to to vote for Geo. W. Glick, and against Col. John A.
Martin. To us, who know both men, and their record in regard
to our race in Kansas, this should be regarded as an insult.
No colored man who has nny respect for himself, or his peo-
ple, can vote for Geo. W. Glick, on account of the following
facts, which are knowu to us personally, as matters of public
record.
John A. Martin came to Kansas to make it a Free State, and
Geo. W. Glick came to make it a Slave State.
In 1858, John A. Martin began to write for freedom in Ins
paper, the Atchison Champion, and haa done HO ever siuce. In
all these years, Geo. W. Glick has never writteu a word in be-
half of our race, bond or free.
In 1859, Geo. W. Glick began to run for office in this county,
as a pro-slavery, negro-bating Democrat. In 1859, John A.
Martin took part in the first Republican Convention iu Kansas,
which declared "that freedom is national, and slavery iasectional,
and we are inflexibly opposed to its extension to soil now free."
In 1859, Geo. W. Glick WBB for slavery and John A. Martin
was for freedom. In 1859, John A. Martin helped to form th«
Constitution of this State, which declares "that slavery shall
never exist in this State." Geo. W. Glick opposed that consti-
tution because it did not forbid free men of color to utile in (hi*
Stale.
In 1860, when the Legislature had passed a law prohibiting
slavery in Kansas, George W. Glick took part in a Democratic
convention in tho city of Atchison which declared that the Leg-
islature had no right to pass such a law; "that it was in disre-
gard of the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States;
in contravention of the constitutional rights of fifteen States of
tbe Utiion, aud calculated to weaken the bonds of the Union."
John A. Martin favored that law; George W. Glick opposed
aud protested to the last against making Kansas a free State.
In 1801, when the slaveholders begun their war against the
Union, George \V. Glick wits their friend. When the people of
Atchison wero called on to declare whether they were for seces-
sion or 'he Union, John A. Martin supported George Fairchild
and the. Union city ticket, while George W. Glick supported tho
secession ticket, headed by Leonidns Haskell, who culled himself
the " Bordcr-Uuflinn Lawyer."
In 18(11, John A. Martin entered tho Union aririy and fought
for the freedom of our race, while George W. Glick remained at
home and fought with all his ability Lincoln and the Union
cause. John A. Martin marched at the head itf his regiment, car-
rying freedom where he went, while George W. Glick skulked at
home, and so conducted himself as to render himself extremely
obnoxious to bis loyal fellow-citizens.
In 18IK1, while John A. Martin was in tbe army fighting
bravely, George W. Glick, iu bis placa in the State Legislature
was refusing to vote thanka to the Union soldiers who had
brought freedom to the slnvca in Missouri, Arkansas, and tho
Indian Territory.
During the war, John A. Martin fought side by aide with black
men. Geo. \V. Oliek iu 1886, voting, rose, to protest against
colored men being allowed to serve in tbe State militia, declaring
that it wan "degrading " for white men to stand side by side with
negroes. A black man, in his opinion, was not good enough to I
stop a bullet, or fit to be trusted with a gun to defend bis own
fireside.
In 1866, Geo. W. Glick, as member of a Democratic. EttfcM
Convention, supported and voted for a resolution denounc.ng
Congress for "the recognition of negro equality and negro suf-
frage," and declaring everlasting opposition to negro suffrage in
Kansas.
In 1867, John A. Martin declared for adult manhood suffrage
in Kansas, and Geo. W. Glick fought it with all his might.
John A. Martin supported the ammdmmUta the Qimtitution of
the United States which gave to us all tho rights of oiliw'iiahip.
and Geo. W. Glick opposed every one of these amendmentt.
In 1868, when John A. Martin was keeping up the battle for
manhood suffrage. Geo. W. Glick was active in his opposition,
aud was active in the arrest of Albert Parker, of this city, a
man as white as himself, though of colored blood, for illegal
voting, aud solely on account of color.
Such is the record of John A. Martin aud Geo. W. Glie.k, for
twenty years and more. John A. Martiu worked to make KnnnM
a free State; to opeu the State as an asylum for all men; t«
abolish the last vestige of slavery on its soil. Ho fought for tbe
Union, and to break the chains that bound our people. Ho strove
to gain the ballot for us in Kausas. Ho supported our eauw
in tbe nation, and welcomed us in 1870 as free and equal vutrr*.
In all those years Geo. W. Glick hated and despised lift. Eft
did what he could to set up tbe auction block and bring th«
slave-driver's whip into Kansas. Ho tried to shut out freo
negroes from the State. He favored the Rebels, who would have
chained us down forever. He fought emancipation, civil right*,
and equal suffrage. He declared wo wero not good enough to
train in the ranks with white men. Ho annoyed, insulted, and
harassed UB at the polls. He has never in his life voted to give
us a right or a privilege, but has been always, openly or covertly,
our bitter and malignant enemy. While Glick has been doing
this, John A. Martin has been our friend from tho day he landed
in Kansas till tho day he loyally supported Hon. II. 0, llrnee,
tho first colored man ever nominated for tho Legislature, iu this
State, against tho uegro-hater, Geo. W. Glick. John A. Martin
ia our friend to-day, and Geo. W. Glick hates and despise* tin its
he always has done, Certainly no man can do another man n
greater injury than to make him a slave; and Geo, W. Gliok
tried to do this to every black man. He was a friend to slavery
as long as it lived, and it ia not his fault that Kansas is not a
slaveholding country. The colored man who votes for Geo. W.
Glick kisses the hand that smote him iu weakness, and helps to
oflice the man who has never lost an opportunity to degrade htm,
Whatever colored men elsowhero may do, the colored men of
Atchison will not vote for this npiteful vilifier of their race. And
every colored man in Kansas who votes for him will be counted a
traitor to his people, who is willing to barter his principles for a
dollar or a drink.
JOHN L. WALLER.
JOHN MAtlK.
JAMKH CONAWAY. UKOKUK RAM
U. I* HAHKET*.
MK1UUTT DAVIS.
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the logic, the eloquence nor the wit of
orators could do, to arouBe the sluggish
I and convert the doubtful. I am fcratelul
to the bright, enterprising, enthusiastic
iournaliBts of Kansas—and no State
in the Union can boast of brighter I
or better newspapers than can Kansas—
who so ardently and intelligently sup-
ported ruo. I am grateful to hundreds of
Democrats anil Grcenbackors in the
State, who, believing that I stood for
obedience, to law, voted for mo. I am
grateful even to the opposition, who, as a
general rule, treated me courteously and
J fairly. The exceptions to this rule only
•»• 1 einpliosisuid it,
'' There iB iiv me, therefore, no lack of
j gratitude for the signal honor conferred
• upon me by the people of Kansas. In-
deed, tlvo measure of my gratitude is so
fl full and overllowiiur that it weighs upon i ;!,
•''j me, I feel under obligations to so many | ' *'#i
"j people, I mil profoundly grateful to fiu
V many, that when I think of it all, and of
; K how I am to testify my gratitude or re-
quite the obligations I am under, I am
overwhelmed with a sense of the pov-
erty of my vocabulary of thankfuliice',
,' and of the vain aspiration of my desire
' to return even a lithe of my multitudi-
nous obligations.
Hut, grateful as I am to the. republi-
cans of Kansas for tho signal honor they
1 have conferred upon me — an honor
which lills the full measure of
my ambilion—ami proud as 1 am
of the magnificent victory won in
Kansas, I cannot forget that the Repub-
lican banner of the Nation is, for the
lirsl time in twenty-live years, trailing
in defeat. If I loved th« party merely
for its gifts of honor and of otliee; if I
cared nut him: for its principles, and had
no faith in their power to hem-lit uiel
bless the people of America; if I reward-
• ed the contest between the liemoeralie
and the Uenllhliean parties as a mere
scramble tor the 41 tils t»t olliee, 1 would
be content with my own personal vh-|.t
r ry, and accept it as all that 1 was inter-
ested in. Hut 1 am a Itepubliettn not
mily in name, but in fuet. I am a lie-
publican horiuuo I sincerely believe thai
the Republican party Is the purest, Uie
most intelligent, the most progressive,
the most beiH'liceiit OlVltlllftllmtl '.lie
world has ever known. 1 am a Reptibii ,
ran because the Republican parly Hived j
• the Union; bciimscd it abnliHln d slavery;'
heeuuso it eiirnmebised the slave.--; lie i
eanse it has made lids Nation great, l»ee,t
prosperous and seR'-siwtaininu.
j W.tlltt, All 1 Ibis is'h-fmi.l, lh». I *«•*,
, . ,g, . ! l, 1;mamlft,la Republican beeause the. Iv-ptoV
' - a L * ' ' l >" advocates the protection of
"" American industries amllnU>r; IHHWIHC
it is the parly nl school houses, of ed-.i-
:
; cation, of soeial order, uf liiierty, ritgohi
ted bv law; and because u. is a party thai
', has never feared to alt act vleti, however
^Htrniigly entrcm-hed it might be,
I. I HID a Republican bet-ause (lo< lit pub
Jjlienn party woiilil Isi ^haloed tw prefer.
*% Nt rthern (.'o|iperheud to u Uuiuu sol-
der.
I am a Republican bceause the Repuh.
licKiv patty does nut, for ex pi diem•>'#.
sake, ignore its greatest ami hiuvvst ad j
Vis-ales and statesmen, w ltd" it >-lls upon
a pedestal, like a l i e s h i \ hat 111 Hit'
market place, qjirsnoiiternu t political ai
1
m oident, who had lived throughmt the
'! tremendous events of the past quarteroi
a century, utterly unknown outside of
J the small place wherein he resided.
The. Republican papty has emiched
the history of the ago with a lontf list of
imperishable mimes, and umojiu them all
no one shines with aftirWHbrilliant
luster than that of its brave and yl.trioiis
leader in the. late campaign, .lames U.
Blaine,
Is it t-t range, then. Hint even in
the midst of Olir reiohlilig,
over our victory in MHUHVI
my heart luriw to the' man who sttttulit]
have been ihc central thoiiiditaiid l':'iire;
Of this jubilee ••• to the ih iVilted leader
but still the lc;tdct of the UepnliiieiiH
llOsts, lis mileh to d;iVft*a IW'ttlllftg,t;lit'
the Ureatheart of the p.irlv. who never j
sulked in liW tent when oilo-i* «iru pim.
j feri't'tl; ami \vie» never tr. ariiem-i-lv i
Isialibeil hw party in order to ,le:,;ti u
political rival. 1
There are to-dav all o w r t h o html men 1
who proudly ben>t ih.it thev \*4v>\ l»-r 1
Henry Clay, who. in his day and yt-jte.-a
tion, was (lie greatest,braved and iit^IrM j
uf American Statesmen,ami *htt will be 1
, , remembered and revered a thousand1
years after the eleventh I're -i but »t tin-
I'liiletl States is fory..ilt 11. AM SO, ft'
quarter of a century hom-.e. the y.'im,; i
Americans woo this year cist thr'ir htnl
votes for .lamest), Imtiiie and John A. I
Logan, the greatest *l ittsuiau and tin- 1
greatest volunteer soldier of this age.
Will Ulllttt of it 11s the protides! ml n|
their live*.
The great Wn pre,e!it"d, ill
iost'd. a sum-
the eontest jliMl
less rccortl ,f imialtetitnc tin-
- * | Cot eotionilUI to U-pnbttein prim- fhm
.Herein the West, thi' land of frwdotn ..
nod loynltv, the hoiw" ttf M'ltool 1»->IIM'HM
and of s 'Idiers, |to> Ittqiubht'Nu t.mtli
tlatcs received a !tii|t|«ttt tti,ti «a« OA en
thnsnislie as it w«« trtyiWhtlMitlUI. Tlin .
ht-Ht lilood and llMIM »l»>l <'->'t^f t»V'
Amernii abide in the West, It u llie
bright hoy of ihe Uoolv wlt»< leavrs ihr ;
old iiomettertd t" lo.lte a tuiuis nnd a!
fttrlHIl" for lllWHtclf. I", :•> Hiit lit -User itf j
bright olid eitei^ytic I'htWte *!»••, ttlmu
: Iter bnsb.iiitt tslst of r»'mttiu«|j i«» * ms* 1
amlbr. * h r country. WW » l"»>c ainl'
Willllil? eoilSiMil. Ihette nn< lit 1 m«H 4«»«l
Woint'll whit luvi> I p'.fl tin* «••'<• »|!y .
Ywt'Mt'iti land and Mai»sf'»»c • •! il *»lir
' the limyie t 'U "l« t>t le.-l Istly, i-u.-n};, ami.
• illtclilgeiit:!' IHln lUe »;t4-nei> t<l ||j»l
lieb, pr-t ..p -t -ills I all "I, wii-ie « It-tf lira?!-
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.in I nt.'i'. \i •'.'•'X.\'. •" lUibf Aint*.nMt;»
ltin hu|fi'*t ami ;«eAt|',«itt «,tpp»rt. VVB '
"tin lit lessl «i>i,:e,tvti iV.Wttvillt of the
,'. rampaigii. ami p»inl wtih j.Mtl* lollii»»J
ifitClthat Kan««». *» bet K't*lt4k*t> tt<*
j jonly, lea.lt* all it.e >'St»»r jftuJe*
I Tim It. pnblt ts» ptHy **« li-t »I attl*.
It l.tst stoon tltirioK 'bet •«it war. It t«
'it'ill.er >.:»li.' tiiuii •!. «li«iti v c l nor
psnlu ttti.t »eit, It nil tally iU forvv*
it.no itrt Itiwva an I p»"jn»«t li»rtbr' conu»l
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bAY MORNING, SOVEMBKtt 23, 18*t.
I^NHATTAN'S AlANllOMTATION.
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l u d DemonHtratlou In Honor of GOT-,
>r-Klect M a r t i n - Great VlHiubenu and;
•teclmlfi DlHplay—Col. AlarUu'd Ad-;
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inhaltan, Kin., November 22.—Man-s
•n celebrated tho election of Col.l
in A. Martin as Governor and the?
Won by overwhelming majorities of*
entire Republican State ticket, in a
\y creditable manner last night. It
fan occasion unequalled in magnifi-
«» and unparalleled in proportions in
history of this city, which, besides
lg a prosperous business place and
itwrested largely in odueational matters,
H»niposed of enthusiastic people. The
' $n over the Manhattan, Alma & liur-
IO mad brought the distinguished
tor to the city at about 7 o'clock, and
was met at the depot by a committee
id a host of self-invited citizens, who
Jted him with hearty cordiality. He
eteorted to the residence- of Hon. K.
Purcell, where supper was waiting,
'\mlUst partaking of it found the Man-
in Flambeau Club walling to act as
fcguard of honor to conduct him to the
•ffifaenm.
W h e n t h e la«t rocket h a d b e e n . H i n t
S k y w a r d , a n d t h o supply o f candles,
'flower pi its a n d bomb* wan exhausted,
t h e r e was a general rush to obtain HC«1B
I n t h e CnlllattQin, which was -win packi d,
and m a n y wore obliged to stand out-
door*. W h e n Col. Martin ontored t h e
tratMtrift, a few m o m e n t s later, llu was
iftWtil led with deafening chcera.
T h e meeting WUH called to orde-r a t it
o'clock by Senator lieorge S.iireen.l'reK-
1 idetit of t h e Flambeau Club, who said:
•j LAIHKS AND liBNri.KMKN: — F o r the
I "ightli tnmihiiH closed a great political
• "onte.st.inKl w h i l e victory w nut OHM an
« a Nuliuiiul party, we aro here to-night, to
| « ' l e l j i a t e i i i i r victory i n Kaunas a n d t o
IhitHit him w h o m we have elected (lover-
J n o r . In behalf o f o u r ciii/i-iiH, 1 d i k e '
ph'ftJure in p r t w n t i n g to von uur (iov-
'crimr-clcd, Col. J o h n A. Martin.
W h e n Col. M a r t i n stepped forward
land to .k his position near t h e center of
ithu hi age, ii deafening cheer burnt forth,
'which continued, u n i n t e r r u p t e d , f.,r w v
kigleral niiuutc.i. W h e n quiet h a d b e e n r e
p P t u i f t l . t\il. Martin spoke as follow*
1 im®.
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M Y FEIBNDS AND F E L L O W CITIZENS OF
.MANHATTAN:—I came to your jubilee, as
-pjome of you know, with grave reluctance.
PThis was not because I failed to apprec-
iate your generous kindness in desiring
|!tb celebrate my election. It was not be-*
. cause I was not sincerely thankful to ijM
i ^ ^ ^ ^ i ' | you for your earnest support in the c a n - | s |
I vass just closed. It was not because I | H |
1 was not deeply and profoundly sensible IHj
--ftfJthftgreathnnnr dQneme by the peo-Pfe
: p o of this intelligent and prosperous]
I >8lae. Nor was it because I would not b
I willingly and gladly meet with the peo-fe
J pie of this enterprising, beautiful, and t"
growing city, the seat of one of the'
most important of our great institutions I
jot learning—on the occasion of any is
y social or political celebration to which K
if their partiality and kindness might sum-
|mon me.
• But when I first received your invita- *
Jtion, the result of the great quadrennial
•struggle between the opposing and en- 1
'Inuring forces or Loyalty, Liberty and t
fProgress was not yet determined. H
. A n d it seemed to me that ffl
no gratulfttlon, personal to myself, no ffl
celebration of a victory tliat embraced
jonly the narrow counties of a State, was
.^allowable while the tremendous issues
• 11 of the .National eontest were involved in
I come now, in response to your sum-
mens, with a heavy heart. The Repub-
! • J icati victory in Kansas was, I know,
&f complete. The largest vote ever polled
m the btate BIIOWB the largest. Republi-
can majority, and the vote cast for me
exceeds the wildest anticipations of my
most sanguine friends. To receive
] nearly double the votes cast for tho Re-
< publican nominee two years ago; to turn
n
a minority of nearly 10,000 into a major-
ity of nearly 40,001); to be endorsed by a
majority of the votes cast in all but
about a dozen counties of the State: to
receive over 25,000 more votes than were
_ cast for tho Republican candidate for
^President four years ago; and notwith-
standing the fact that, tho whole force of
the enemy's attack was massed against,
me, to fall only a little more than 0,000
I votea btdiind tho pull for James G. Bluino,
} who, for ten years past, ban been the idol
; |«f the people of Kausus—this is indeed a V>
,|,vu-lory, a triumph, of which any man I!
fMWOUld have a just right to feel proud. <"
And f certainly am proud of it, and asti
..grateful as I am proud. I am grateful tol
the generous Republicans of theStato,* •?w
,-who, after nominating me with unprece-'*:
dented unanimity, supported mo with
itn paralleled earnestness and enthusi-
yasm. I am grateful to tho eloquent and &
(viperous speakers, who, in city, town,
v «YiUage and gchool-hnuse plead my causey
? with the people, defended me against*
;nnjust aijsault, and did far more than I'
jimiico to my services orraydeserving, i
1 am grateful, especially, to tho t h o u s - F '
andM of earnest, ontliusiasttc young men
I whose torches, for weeks, turned night'
\, into day fram Doniphan to Uarher, and
1 rromClierokeeto Uieyenno, and who,
with Hashing flambeaux, blailng rockets
 best heart and brain of the Ameri-
can people. It is the party of proud
memories and glorious aspirations. It
has never done anything it has to apolo-
gize for or feel ashamed of. It has gov-
erned the country wisely, honestly,
bravely. It is as great a party to-day aa
it was when Abraham Lincoln led it to
victory, or when Ulysses S. Grant was its
commander, or when James A. Garfield
was its cho -en candidate. Alike in Holds
of war, or finance, or administration, it
has justified tho highest expectations of
loyalty, the honesty and the intelligence
of tho Nation. Pharisees revile, dema-
I gogues denounce, cranks rail at, and
traitors hate it. But is the party of the
honest, sensible, practical, logical
people of the country, and to
them it can safely trust for
vindication and final victory. Four
\ years of Democratic stupiility, dishon-
£ esty, arrogance and disloyalty will nan-
jseaie the Republic, and the people will
ffl turn to tho Republican party as the
«"j needle does to the pole, and gladly and
j proudly restore it to the public conli-
'.v| deuce it linn d'tnu nothing to forfeit, and
I to the power it has never abused.
Governor Martin was frequently inter-
rupted by the storms of applause which
burst from the throats of the enthusias-
tic audience. Kvory man and woman in
s tho large assembly seemed to bo in per-
il leet sympathy with the orator, and to be
^tunable to express their appreciation, i
M At the conclusion of the address Sen-
ior Green wild that there wore other
.ontlenion of prominence present who
could be called upon to speak, but he
Iff presumed tjiattho audioiieo was anxious
* to meet Governor Martin, and that an
opportunity would be ollered them to
grusp his hand, lie was conducted to
the orchestra Htaiul and held a recep-
tion, where the pooplo crowded about
him and wrung his hand, and then dl»
persed to their homes. V. 0. B,
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"'4:*wfar
w » s &
r: • canvass is due to John A. Martin.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27,138*
Governor Martin. [••
To many voters the unexampled
mojority given to John A. Martin for
Governor of Kansas was a great won-
der, " It was a glad surprise to many
of his most ardent supporters. When
the campaign opened it waa a com-
mon-remark that Martin's plurality
would be thirty thousand less than
Blaine's. Toward the close of the
canvass his moBt ardent friends con-
tended that Martin's total vote would
not fall fifteen thousand behind the
vote for Blaine. The result showed
that Martin roeeived 146,677 votes
while Blaine had 153,158, or only
6,481 more votes than Martin.
Several things are proven by this
vote. First,' it is apparent that the
most overrated factor in the cam*
paign was Re submission. The at-
tempt of the opposition to make that
bugbear a winning card was a signal'
failure. If Re-submission was an is-
sue the people of Kansas decided de-
liberately and decisively in the elec-
tion of a'Republican Governor and
legislature that the Republican party
should settle that vexed question.
Second, the canvass proved that
political cowards and croakers are
not able to defeat the Republican
iparty in Kansas. The wise fellows
who went through tho campaign
sucking their thumbs and croaking
that Martin would barely squeeze
through, have bad a lesson impressed
upon their craven hearts not soon to
bo forgotten.
It proved that a bold, vigorous,
manly, aggressive campaign was all
that was needed to win a notable Re-
publican triumph tor the Governor mm.
and legislature in Kansas.
Much of the credit of the State
— ,,..-«-._ __. . . i , I .I,—,,... j/
 ''.•i'i&amam
From the mo meat of ilia nomination
down to the closing of the polls on
the "Fourth of November he was the #ttfittmtt*i
leader of leaders in the Kansas cam-
paign. The moans of the croakers,
the whines of the cravens, the undue
excitement of the extremists did not
affect him.- He gave to all a patient
hewing but he turned neither to the
light nor the left but lifted high the
banner intrusted to him by a conven-
tion of his party and made a manly,
aggressive and uncompromising fight
for Republioan supremacy in Kansas,
The wisdom of his sourstf was certi-
.? fied by the 146*,677 votors who raado
"him Governor.'
•" And the confidence reposed in him
has Jticn well earned. The result is
as honoring to the people of Kansas
as.it is to John A. Martin. He is a
true, manly man. Ho will tnuko a
Govornor of whom overy Kansan will
be proud. His whole life of honest
manly citizenship affords ample guar
an too of his official conduct. There
'will be no buncombe messages and
none of the trickH of a demagogue in niiuUU'ii l«< 1 SH$
his administration. His career M
Governor will be in keeping with his
pas$ twenty-five years of honorable „••-
*nd.tirelenfl devotion to this proud
^.-•H; ASC
young State, whose past history is
I his history; whose marvelous growth
\ owes so much to his patriotic lahortt,
and whose future is as dear to him as
bis own personal honor and his life.

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, 0«o, W. Gliok, at al., Ketira and
»f« John A. Martin, at aL,
aasume the Reiponeibilitiea
of Stats Government.
Of Iho flraudrat Affair* of State
lifer Witnessed--The Inaoga*
Tal Eeocptiun and Ball.
,JMpH»DUUr* Hell wu beaotltally er-
and daoorated fur the amnloloai
of yerte>dty, tha oomnalties 1B
Jthat work, headed by Prof. Wor-
, « chairman, doing thole tttmort to
8h«ai),iear%iic*of the ball tatptm
g ever oaf ire attempted. Without
this halt preaents a graad
With in tun b o walla and oolamaa,
richflttlrg.andfurniture, and bat fair
„ t i deooratlooa an neoreiary. The
gallery ooiumniwereeniilreiad irlth gar
Jaadt ofevargreaat, and the dhandellera
bal the attractive part of
trwii immtnie banner, painted by
Worrell and nnpMdad between two
la tin oanter of the iratt gallery.
as art masterpiece la SUelf, and
following itattatloi dear to
Kaaaae haari; "Praia* Ckd
Iron "whom all bletalnn flow,
flora, l»0,870,sa(l bnahale; wheat, 418,0M,
m boaha'a; otula, 858,825, fruit, 891,718
, 7,Vf?,$W tone. Horn* of plenty
Kaoau produdia oo either aide
worda, headed by .the heads of
oittle, aheap and hog*, grain, frail »ad
Br 1*0 p, m. the galleries were being
with ladles, aad ao genitals* were
without being atoompanlad by
f. The doort to the floor of Basra
Ire hail were kept tookad ami the
Ol oereottwlet, U'Utt. Woi.
id J. & Oolllni, mad* every*
for the reotptloa of the IB>
afpaopla *ba vara eogtag
throagh tha hallt below, oaah
' nearest to tha door*.
before! o'clock tig;;
bead, oompoeei of sixteen
flooa
and wide-awake' maatare of i
thealgaatarid tha '
doorsataithsrend of the hall were!
open, and the surging mie* of people flaw-]
edla,aadaeatag that many would l u n to |
stand, a ran waa msde for
In tan minute* tha hooaa was
solid' mas* of boat In thai
*a*t gallery andpn the main floor, exoeptl
aa open apace about the apeaker** aeaad.1
where aaate had been raaeryed f * ladtea J
and tha retiring offlotra and offloere elect, j
Every arailabla foot of tha t9orwaaoe»j
cupiad beyond thia, wad area thla apaaa j
wan aoon aaatl by tha Inooming orov
The RepreeeataUve'a desks, which
bean stowed away for the ooeaaloa ia
oommlltee rooms, were placed about the j
wallatoearn ae aaate for at m*ar Sadie* aa j
could be thus aaeocamodated, and the etep j
of the speaker** plaifarat alaa utilised aa |
esetaby the fair aex. Ail laaH, It
be said to tha eradlt of afeesr* litgxio* I
and Oolllna, that «hey are entitled to preiee I
for the manner in which they acoomaeo- f
dated theerowda.
MDatoarruaaAyo.
I>ttring the lateri«o*mj>t-*l by i
tn« of the people, the Rifora School I
rendered* very Bto* selection, ablah wag]
looked ttpoaag •xoeediagl* eredille
theboye,allef wboanareyowag and navel
b«ea orgaalaed bat eboat a year. Follow* I
log thla the Oeplta! City band played el
lively eod baaoiifal atr, «ad tha Waaaera [
Star band eooe oaoght op the aoho la the)
gallery aad aaiertalaad the people with|
theirttaeioalability. Prof. Heakti]
and teaeher of the Kefbrm MtaaJ (
thatheiaaalaairttotetafaiaah aWlltf u ]
aliped by thia and Me owe bead.
Capital Ottya. Thela.w mute a.ftee aa>-j
^araetw eod added greatly to tha gaiety |
of the oooealoa,
At about %80 Prof. Heok'a band agaJa I
eirooh op ] :;,/-'•
"aaa TUB oaaeaaum nam nom*?
•r.d to lta Met** adoable die of fl**e ef- j
rioan aed their aoeoaaeor* aaarahj|Jf«iiM
ar« froea tha aate rooma la tha Beat'BjipJ
tbruo«h the doora at §&f,<H*\
BMatiag l i 4M
aeatad by Meaaua. I
adreaTu

e x p l a i n of U e day;. Governor. G.
i1 Oitok,. and Governor eWt John A
arfcln, Immediately in front of the roa-
um were seated the State officers asfol-
We; Hon. R.B, Morris, Superintendent
Insurance; Hdhi Wm. Sims, Secretary
the State Board of Agriculture; Hon S
B Bradford, Attorney General elect; Hon.
S. T Stow*, State Treasurer, past and pres-
ent j Hon. B. P. Mo Oibe, State Auditor,
who wai also re-elec&ed; Hon. W. A>
Johnston, retiring Attorney General
and now , Associate Justice
of the Supreme. Court; Hon. B. M. Valen-
tine, Assflciate Jastioe Sapreme Coun;
Hon, E. B. Allen, Baoretary of State efal
S o n . A. P. Blddle, Lieutenant Governor
elect; Hon. G. P. Smith, retiring, Attorney
General; Hon. H. 0. Speer, retiring Sop*
erintendeut of Poblio Instruction; Hon.
Thomas Moonlight, Adjutant General;
Hob. James Smith, retiring Ssoretsry of
State; and Hon. J. H. Lurhead, State Su-
parhatendenteleot. • ;
At 2.82 Chairman Bonebrake oalled the
aawmblage to order, and announced
prayer by ' Bishop W, X. Ninde, of the
Kansas diocese of the M. & ohuroh, who
ffbjtroth.Oh Godjjo i u v M H e and
by kingdom raleth over aft. We are met
together on thia oooalon to invoke Thy
holy pejjnnaa to inangurate him who hai
been eieuud to a high office by the mf-
frages of a people. We pray the bleating
ofthe Infinite may root upon him. We
pray that the blessing maylist upon atd
thy trim gorem all Kawa«. giro Thy
eemntitteeg h end uourageaod may Thy
flaiiUnoe direct him io his hitch, office.
Grant that W»«if««»|sho precious in hie
eight end Ma health pr«ter»e<i. Give him
wtadom io his adminlttratton and may
hie course ' be such as to promote
aha beat interests, >*f the people.
Grant that eohrUty, and goM morale, and
industry, and alt »lrtn« prevail stnong the
entire people. May bis administration be
noted for its prosperity and may truth,
ois»yj^Timo*re|»th*r«pwv*U. W«
onfJKt,|,(by btewtttg. mny reitupou
thesi associates In offloe and upon the law-
en and the laws of the Legislature.
to ,n
wtjii* v ^ t * *»jr".*» fobp' , *
they enact laws
mmmmm name, lift M»
adr
?lhewj
:
^^* everli^P^«io^P
Ugs&thd . the*pther, -Sen^and
jirit preserve bVnxrerer. ,|kmen. '*
Mr, Bonebrake /•tbeo..|]Mfidaqf|||
(ernor George Wc/aUbk,'^*e^fi||||,
ernor of Kansas, who spoker as folio**
t*H; ' -«W* "*,.-•• .??i~~--
GOTJutsoa wMigzA&pzitiii> fk.:
m£;$niia and Qtnflcmeti—.U' is ^m|"
jfgreac prinoiplftf-of our Derhocratl
|of governmettfthat #<fh*n change* ,ol.
jHears in a peaceful, and orderly manner
1 without disturbing the^hwn^jw;wf
j or effecting the permanence of our x*«
,4 lioan institutions. Our officers are ale
'"""lihey serve their?• allotted time -withe;
I strife or frietlon, and loyally surm
heir trust to their successors chose;
he people at our biennial eleotions.
i the scene presented to you to-u.
You witness the consummation of the c
olared will of the ptople expre
at the ballot box. JwQ*: pe. '
and orderly constitutional' ' '"
chosen offoers/jOf-0^^
ul the people beooirnef absolute; _
not resort to reyolrttd^Jttli^ouri I
butsre governed by tb^&rjne of J
•~tu potent as the de«qWf of J&tt
^atjnjUiIntheir re*ti»ia#sUJ
log rsftiifct «iEtfe*BUii9g Man. WM
fo day, and in the presence of 1
Isembly of the proud and noble -*;d
idaughtersefooje^wriheloyedsr '
| Damooratic theory of govern
exemplified. After disc
. of the great office of the Bx«a
1
State of Kansas for* '
eriod for whioh I „ ,
eo, I now surrender the honors,
,^^*»and»eponslbllidiKj of ^ ^
8 to the distinguished gentleman -
I people by their votes have called 1,
Ivate life to assume <he functions
•offioeand dieoharge the duties
upon him at your Governor for 1
lng biennial term. Hois my folk,
man and neighbor; distinguished 1
trim and a soldier; a man of int
ability, and who has the moral,
ao- bis duty without favo
osn pledge yon that ho wiL
affairs ot yoar Stale wufc e ^
great iutereste, and with a dev„...
welfare of • the people that wi!3U..,
conadeaet andfseunre your as teem;
For myseif I o»A bSWf»y thj
encored to do *»y dBfr by ft
have end ifteai
honor Otv
unblemlihed In i
J saooestor. I am I
' be faithfully gu X
people wfllWt
Uon that Saw
rof th»i
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I > < m * l . « f i"i» » ' » - i v «ij.i«i arbi*fe4 a nailmiel repnuiiitn a* en edto*
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1 enteric g the the hall, in fcht oliam •
ere of the court, beaa himaplf sworn ia as
3M«f Justine by Associate D. A. Valen-
administered the oath, : s
one being sworn touch--
the Holy Biofc, and after
'answering the question "Co you aa;ree to
abide by the constitution," etc., kissed the
book and signed their names to the offi-
cial oath. As each officer was sworn he
Iwas cheered by the audience, and uprna-
Irous applause greeted the two Governors,
gGHck and Martin, as they grasped bands
|and exchanged their most fraternal looks
Mr. Bonehiake then announced a song
|by 'the Modoo club, accompanied by the
•Capital City band and the audience, The
Ihouee was made to ring with the echoes of
f'America" beau'ifully sung.
This was the conclusion of the afternoon
Jprngramme, and the audience began slowly
|to disperse. There were fully 3,000 people
sin the hill, and half as many more unable
iw gain admittance, who were crowding
land pushing fretfully in the ejrridurs below
| and on the stairs. • would be an almost endless task,but suffioe
'XII B RECKl'TION.
At 8:30 Representative hall was again
filled, and tho throng was if anything
tcreater than in the afternoon. The chairs
w n i cleared away, and therefore many
more wore able to gain admittance Go.
"A" were detailed for police duty, and did
their duty most acceptably. At the foot of
each stairway ou each landing and at eaoh
door stood two sentinels, with their rifles
at "present arm"," and no one was admit-
ted but tlumu entitled to such admittance.
Tho tune until 0 o'clock was spent in shak-
ing hands with the State officers, who
stood along the west end of the rooms the
people passing in at the sonth
door and out at the north entrance. Prof.
Heck's orchestra and Marshall's
Militar band furnished delightful
music, and the hour was rawd moat
pleasantly In social chat' The reception
commit tea were excellently drilled, evi-
dently* for everybody was made aoqnalnt-
ed with everybody in a remarkably agree*
'able manner. As In the afternoon the >
M m
galleries woo crowded, and not a few be-
took ih»nvi«lvu to the east wing to escape
j th<t i-.ui. The ladies were in the main,
; attired in-full evening dress, and the gen-
Memen W4re to be teen in tho "very
I ktast."
T B I BALI,.
The Senate cbambsr looked masttifl-
j e«iitly in iu holiday attire of fiw w d ev-
73
1
Erefi*fasjet '
evergreen, and garlands _ jp
Jcled each window and doOCT^ encir-
l&atrer'
every chandelier was suspended a hanging;
basket of evergreens, small Bags protirud
iug from every side. Against the north
wall, back of the speaker's stand, the een*f
tral window was covered with an immense?
Dinner, the work of Professor £L Wor-
. rail, the popular artist. Upon it were the |£
'following words artistically woven among
the myriads of fruit, vegetables and
grain, with the great seal of
the Stale beautifully painted]
fnear the top: "Happy Kansas. Land of L
'plenty; sunshine, solid homes, 6,354.
schools, 1,256 churches, with cattle on 10,-
000 hills." Upon each side of this hand-
some banner were draped enormousflags.§
The stats and stripes were visible wher- •
ever the eye was turned, and those who
are capable of judging declared the deco-
raHoo faultless*
At 9:30 the hall w.«s filled to overflow-
ing with handsome ladies in elegant toi-
lettes, iiml gentlemen in full evening dress.
To attempt to describe the many costumes
it to ff\y that a handsomer and
grander array of exquisite beauty has nev-
er been seen in Kansas. The gallery wan
packed with spect Uora and the numerous
opera glasses in that part of the house
dehoted a desureupon the part of those who
did not dance to see all that was to be
be seen. Prof. Heck's grand oroheatra of
sixteen pieces famished delightful mu-
sic for the following well arranged
PHOl.IUMMB.
1. Quadrille. . _ ,
2. Quadrille
S. Waltz.
4, Lander*.
&. BcbottUohe.
«. Quadrille.
V. Polka.
ft. Quadrille,
9. WaltzQiadrllte.
10. Landers.
11 Walla
11. Virginia Bool.
IS. l'roirio QUCHM.
ii. UiHdxllle.
IS. Walti Landers.
Id. Quadrille.
17. Walts.
18. Quadrille.
19, PoUa.
50.flome.BweotHome.
The prefdreut* was given to thev iaittaff
members of the Legislature, and in tact to
all the-vlsitOM in the city, before the resi-
dent i of Top-**, and for this reason were
the latter required topty for admittance
to the bull room. Everything was done p$p, .
p(MetMa to make the vlaitora feel perfectly
a', home,and it ll the unanimous expres-
sion among many there that Topeka hie I'
won additional laatels for her hospitality.
THE COKitITTBB8-
To ihei»iT«iM<>omraittee»e**^
*——•'- •«• •^^>>)s>sieiiiaji<i..ii>»^i • • - . - v . r » i t | ' i tomfofr* ""
 "HI
hlgtt fOt'lW tttOOMI OT U118 ftO.'
event, aud thai it ffu a
ia unquestioned, lino* every*
thing parsed off BXCOWIIDKIT emooth-
ly, and nothing bui the denee
orowdi wTvml tn at leant mar tb« pleasure
of any who attended. Thu ladiei and gen •
tinmen of tha ommltteti wore element
badges of various c stored fatiu with a gold
pi& bearit g the word "Karma*" upon a
wide band. Following In a Hat of thone
, who r-erve 1 'o make tha inaugural cewmn-
Jntes whetrtieVwnw—. ruetiws*:
Hon. 1'. t. Bjuei>r«kti. t'tiairnun,
Bon. Ooo. W. Kiel, W. A . MHA Oraon,
Ool. A. 8. Jolutaou, IK A. MnnlUm,
W. a. Bella, */. w. itWitapeUur.
KINAM'r: (I IMMIPTKB.
Hon. T. J. Aiuk'wm, Chairmen,
w. W, Haimmiakor, U. A. M union,
| Hio. Joan Mai tin, H. II man toll.
OQMMirrKKlIN MUrtlU
W. A. Hills, t.'lMlrran.
V. 0, Hoimen, w, jr. Whtie.
OJMuirrKKox MILITAHT Art wia,
i apt. W. MoA. Uroon, atatrmaii,
Qapt. A. M. Fuller, Htui, II.X. rraat,
Cap't. J. S. Jjonitnn, Lieut. A. <!.Minora.
OOMMITI'KK fN DXMNATMtf.
rrof. Itonry Worrall, Chairman.
« ej, A. F. Minive,
. T. Oaranangh.
K A, atntl.-i,
ttnn. tr. J. Brown.
OOMMI'lTBHON IN AHUM It At, It U.I,.
t). A. tlotttltm, Cnalrman.
. Kendall, !• ti. Nm 1.
I. Brawn. lvtc't Hnitiii.
COMMltTKK ON I'ltlsriNtl.
ii_ Hou. tijo, W. Hood. Chairman.
[Hon. r. 0. Thatcher, <;. (I tlaknr.
Hoe. J, K. Ututaou. Uoa. w. (nan?.
OOMMmiUOtt tMTITATtUM,
-i_ _ Oui, A. 8. Johuattu. Chairman,
[Hon. *»eo. a. rook, i. n, Hertneioaew,
».fl.>, Kendall. . 0«o. W. Farkhont.
MtOnlTinK WlaHaMTWW.
Kajo»»raillor.tMllt<'rar.ilU»W.
P.uVHoel, nir*ld«uil Uti»r»t uf Tiede. ano
^."'a. Ooiiliii, Moretarj Bterd of M**el»"»
ladCity Council nf r.ipok* ami Ull.'».
Hon. P. t. B«uii'"ira»,panill«uly
gee.!-. r.Hekofatidlady.
.Inn. i V.. HuuMM«udlaily.
Boa. two. W. HIHKI esdiety.
u.ti.unatant ami lady
Hod.J.C. WH«m> ami lady.
Hon, H. K. <'*•«• and lady.
Sea. O. T. Wrl>'U ana lady.
A. a. Italilimnn and leut.
Hti.ti. (I Potter ana U n r
H. RUuatarend led*. ,
Hon. Ocu. K ,ook audi alt.
Oeo. at. N.il'iiiaudladr.
txii. J. K. tiitiwu and led*.
Hon. M*lu K unwlai endiily.
Son, A. 1.. Willi*w« atut lady
F.8.n*rtMtlliil».
1.0, ntootHiiterandUd?.
r. g.utiauuueud u.iy.
¥• r. Wblteand lady.
ton.tl, N. WiKMaiHlledj.
> a Bake* end, lady.
:. f. inilnn and lady,
ton. I. r, at run ami Mr
,TJ Hlfdieiawr *n 1 taly.
. , H.iH«warlaudl«tly.
Hairy Joaeph and lady.
Oej.H.'afiUandl*iy.
J.H. ktulvauaaad'lady.
Dr. A. f. Tunnisy and tady.
V. A, Btrk and fadr.
«ou. Uttwid ii»i'K«"<> and lofty
, H M(i«na, e.».,*nd lady.
1. ti*a«andUdr
\ EandaUajvifady.
J. W . r . «U4h»«a.clljty
T. ti.Th«uj«ai«Jl«ty.
HI
l. Joab Kulra
AM
.. .T.Hiautonao,
1. O. Holman and lady.
A. B. Jatmora and lady. Wssii : . - ; «
W. a. Reetlnaton and lady.
t. Poppendu k and lady.
J. «. Gordon and lady.
flnllfiifrt 1 in iivy ami lady.
Or. J. B ll.ntwn and lady.
r.W. (iihu and lady.
II. W. .!..»»,! aii'l Imlr.
J t c i t
3. K liiMUIardanrtUdy.
i H i u i t h H I U I l a d t •
Kdwln r>«i|t and Udy.
H. H. Mi'Kadtltili »tnl lady.
i Tinman r-irran and tadv.
I'lii'Htfi Tnnrnai, ic . ami lady.
II. M.Cilillaand lady,
WllllaNnrtuiiaud lady.
lir II. W. rtturim.iilK.iiU lady.
Hat. J-ihu !• Knot and lady.
HnNOtlAHY HKI StTlON COMMlTrXS.
Uaml«'»anil c»..n>>ml>vj»iif tliw U'tlalatnre,
Hon, it. K, s M-M11 awl lady.
X it. J. n. J If , n.i.auclf.
:
:#:
I linn. A, II. Vail.A'KII.I la.ly
lt>,n. n«viii ixarmoyerkiid i« l j .
•. .r- Hon.
H it. 11. H. Horn* and lady.
•!. K. Holllday a.id M r .
H.m. tl W. V.*l,i andlatl) .
Hon. Wm. r-ima and la>iy,
Hmt. i ibti i.ti.titumul lady.
II 'ii. J. B, M>'A(I<D ana lady
Unit. Jnlin Martin and lair
Hon. H i*. M<ti>k«r and leuy.
Hon. T. i. Ait.iunmn an,t l»dy.
Hon. i. U. futii'lit and lady.
\t% iianiptot(:
Ai
.. Vttv.niut. Jnti. I d . vim.
T H U l . V M Ut It «.TIO*.
I'hr I M O A l r h U a n t . i n r f i m r * • • n«i*v
^ t i r h i « » u a t u t to iht* lua»ur,«i-».
l i n n I not In i- ttantliMltrk. i u lltr lllai>
ln<> „ ( K » , i . i i . « n r « f » Might)* auttt
MiaH till •
'flto J'(.ii ;;u! ri*»»i"t*: '•'';'. "II M-•n*lity, «»l
mi* >'f li'-i <•-'..t'-m ii-'iii tli'» tiili*,-* «l
<»vi?uv»r »l K;im»i Mttsi Irrt iimvurit-
ti.>u of nrjiXlirr. *•«• .•••; »v«n! tlmt ror«;
'aittt/ iii.'Vrj li.tj (HiiH't! !.rtf..»t', m J lltL
til |Jr»ji'iil>.-;{y IWVIT Will |I«}>|M.'|| itrfatfiji
in «lti» liwtot v i»f A»«d»i•.«»», mid >-i»ti^«
I '|lifritly tfcn litarfiiMliwa' nu<l f<»ltvi{ir*|
I ,i!tiiuii!.i J" 'f»}»**k« a ntitiilxM "I .liter.
a
iwl<nl A'< hii.m iiti*«l»« ttnd f»tt»en<i**t»*J
IViiiiKiitu ibitt ,<fin»l<tr Harwi »u«l
Ut'|ri.-..rtt'.a!h.-. ll.<niH«jf. t'loym »tni|
Wliiiri tin.I titled) Kvli» l<» Topeka It II
IHI «n linnd in »f• «>d *P:MU» U< l - g i n
liimi ,,<i« sal doling, lliajp were rmri'
,'f.trwd l>v * Imin W d m Atrhtuuu
]MHt|d«>; jv.non* lliew Jndgw and Jlre,
t>avid Martin, Air* Monitor lo^iila.
(.tat. W W. U»atlai •« and Mr*. OntUri*,
Mr. and Mrx l'r<d 0.
rt. Henry rlnitth. M
af j j j i 0>»»»iW.

Primal Mr; M, W. Howe, Mr. and
Ifri, Alf. H. Martin, J. P. Pomeroy,
Mrs. Prank Everest, Mrs. Kittle Flem-
ing, Miss Coda. Pagan, Miss Francis, of
Chicago; Chief Justice Horton and
Miss Carrie Horton, Mrs. A. J. Harvvi,
Maj. John M. Orowoll and Mrs. Crowell,
Mr. Andrew Keithline and Miss Cora
Keithline, Mr. and Mrs. Intfen, Rev. Dr.
Philip Krohn, Mr. James A. Lopor.j
Mr. Louis Rochat, Mr. Sam. Hollister,1 '""•
Capt. E. C. Nichols, Mr. J. H. Talbott,
Capt. John Seaton, Miss Katie Talbott,
Dr. Perguson, Mr. Prank Sharp, and
Judge Locker.
These and others will have the pleas-
ure of Haying in future years that they;
witnessed the remarkable spectacle oft;
one of their follow citizens of the good
town of Atchison gracefully surrender-
ing the highest office in the gift of the
people of Kansas, while his neighbor,
living in the same ward, as-
J sumed the trust, the oath of office beinir
administered by another neighbor, the
Chief Justice of theHtate.
A company of the sir.o we have indi-
cated may be supposed to entertain a
great variety of opinions on all subjects,
bat on arriving at Topnka they unani-
mously and shuiltaneously arrived at a
*i common conclusion, viz: that it was
fearfully cold, The inhabitant of
,:>f
.: Atchison, being sheltered by high bills'
| and surrounding forest, is ill adapted to
I endure theiey breezes that sweep broad-
.- »ide on through the empty vastness of
% Tupnka thoroughfares, calling up dr«aiy
thought* of polar seas and tllo Greeley
t-!™Wft axpeditioii. Monday, as jt happcm«ul,
was a typical winlcr day at the Capital.
Tho vasty blackness of the avenues bad
suddenly been petrified by the cold, re-
minding OHO of a ploughed field over-
taken in a late spring by a belaledi
freeze, mid over the corrugated durk4
ue** tho aforesaid north wind pursued
i tin Mohkm visitors with n fury that
m ,; took them by surprise. Notwithstand-
ing Urn inhospitable, elements of I'opeka,
which can neithor be terrifiodby MiNjfttllg
nl' removal of tho Capital or placated by
appropriations; a warm welcome was
^•aoeordud niaur of the Atchison people
I i by personal friend*, and (others found
••iUhriter j|ji»Oot»fand andjbjurthor
V vT
75 i 1
MB
now nearffig t u e i l | | ^ ^ & 6 %
iit and elegance w hfp"• w- ;7 ^Ec|iis^
lady or gentleman expects, of hotel?!
when travelling.
When the immense multitude of peO;
pie had gathered at the west wing
the Capitol at 2 o'clock in the afternoon;
it was discovered that the arrangements!
J'were much more perfect than hereto"*
3 tore. Of course the walls of the buil|«f
ing could not be expanded, but in a few
moments the great slopes of the two
I galleries and the spacious area of the
•floor were filled with spectators, ajl
-comfortably placed, without noise, con-
|Sfusion or struggle; and waiting for and
failently regardful of the approaching
H'excrcises. %
The hall was prettily but simply dee-
| orated with small flags and light trace.
lof evergreens, and suspended like .a
; curtain
en... between the central pillars of
} gallo
allory, and over thqjjfpeakor's ohaig
was an illuminated hanner.witK
inscription: •
"Praise God from whom all blessings'
flow; corn, 190,870,686 bushels; wheat,;
48,050,481 bushels: cattle, 1,858,925;
head;fruit, 331,715 acres; hay, 7,107,369
tons." |
This appearance of Kansas "
Perennial Advertiser excited
interest, and a looker-on remarked'
at the Last Day a Kansas man
riso before the assembled universe,
remark that bofore the exercises
needed any further ho would litartb*
submit a few ligures respecting the ag-
ricultural production of tho 9tM$<<t$
Kansas for the year last past ;• > y
Tho prograinmo was very, proper]
short. Tho master of ceremonies, B^fr.
, l\ I. fionobrako, quite unlike the twl^
I herald who sometimes officiates on sujr
" occasions, neither fluttered nor -blni
terud, but announced the ordwf in..
pleasant and distinct voice
The opening prayer introduced to
many present Bishop Ninde, whose
coming is another evidence of tbe grtf
ing importance of Kansas. The B:
\ has a face of peculiar refinement,
flna lines, arid yet no trace- of aa
cism; of a good, self-restrained
and yet not, as a prominent divinV
described the other day, "a monastery'
on legs."
Thftipeeohes of ao?..GUok *pd •&*' \
^irnc^^m--tb» «*«k *B*J,
 -have oeen JIMS in onr U l c ,,..._, wrappings, „ ^
graphic columns. The ceremony of ad- nine, and than, after having
^ifnlnisterinsr tho oath m i mado more "reoeired," to reaunio your an ti-frees
impressive than uaual. At the eonflu- | ȣf| an and make the utterly * dark
siou of Governor Martin's inaugural he arid ice-cold journey over the founda-
took the oath as administered by Chiof tion* of tho central building to the east
,*|JuHtice Morton, observing thooldeui- wing, whom you entered again upon
^?fcqmof kissing the book. Lieut. Ocv-j light and warmth.
•rnor Hiddle was next escorted by^&jfe;. Tho reception, like the inauguration
LSergeant-at-arm-i 11 iritis In the stand, exi'ivist's in the afternoon, showed that,
| and wai Hworn in like manner, amid in the matter of public ceremonial*,
oleum ailence; and »o on through the Kansas i« leiiruing. There wae none of
pit of Stale officer* elect, concluding tho stampeding of the raw prairie t*-'*
with Mr. Lawlicad, the State Huprrin- ii«l of our history. The entering vis-
I teadent of I'nldu-Instruction. Nut to) i!»iM "kept to thf right." and along an
; ''discriminate on account of color, it ma* ! "....
'•*•"- ^
if avenue >>f approach, indicated by mom-
IH>I« of the committed of arrangement*
yet Us said that no figure in tlii-^ cere-
mouy w*< mure graceful nnd gallant p.«htid at interval*. These- poimlar
(ban that of M, 1*. McOahc, the re-elect- '!»nt|eiii«<n smiled behind thalr satin
ed State Auditor. There was an instant badge* at the passing thromr. recog-
duuppoaranpe of a prejudice, centurie* nised their acquaintance*, and mi bad a
m oW, in the ikpj'liiusB uf white hands all
] over the groat Itatl.
iittlc reception of their own. Coming
to tin, "front itud centre," a« they *ny
on «tr»M* parade, directly in fiotit of the
Alt tli.s being done, tim audience e!ink'« ib«-k Were found Oov. Martin,
perA requested to Jain with tho bind hU gUtorif, Mr», Fret U, Mill*and Mrs.
and the"M.>diWin*iin/iiig"America," Hi ill) Smith; hi* j.i-.',«n»-tn*lattr, Mi'sen
the mnlt demonstrating for the ten Mma Hint Hliiti.- t'halliM, Chief
| iftdttnandth time that "America" i* not .Incite flurtou, <tnd Ilia duutfhter. Mom
rOQr Nation*] hymn, that, in fart, Wn i.'arri" Hort-m, uwd Ihen isx-tJnvernor
< have none. The music was toft to the i<li> k and Mr*, lilu-k. A^iviite .luMire I
band and the Hub; no distinguishable; A. W. .l>.!insoit attl wifo. Hon. St H.
response was heard from the uudo'iic* ! All«ti. s>er;reli»rf of S'.vie, and wilej
The anthem that stir* to* Mi*»l of [ lliirt. f*. II. liiadt«id, Aii.noeytJeneral,
Ameiicans to that tier iijii.«/»iug lltl• and *i.i<'; I loo. .Sunvi"! T. Ilaw«, Traaa*
aot been composed yet. ni"i', and lion, V. V. M«-f**b*. Auditnr,
A few years *gn, to walk al>»ut the tl Will i>« WI-IJ ttij»< tli-rn wa« a ginnl
Jslghborhood of the OaniM or a. deal i#f At4-tiH.u1 in fhw hoe; th« three
ImoonltMW night, was lik«» being Jost un r young lattioi^wo hetteve, l»e>r.»f uaiivei
""\ prairie, but ai Kau**« grow* more uflluiiit). S''ar ill Ii4iid w,%i Mr*.
... _ bt iet the reaulf. There wai »u Mmi- lugal!*, the n'tijiiim* i'f gvnetal att«ii-
day three great ».|H«re Mra'ln of wbitu 'ion, ami. as th* Uoun iv,>r# on atrn
light, the two great wings of the (fe|»i« •lodge M<nt»i and ulln-r Atehinon'It*
tol with a dark space between them, i di<w fitfwed n group b*hU»l Ufa rail-
the JSanUi Fa Lmildm*. f ing. \tuo.Mg the litdien »v!n w«»t and
jj laet the aleps *f\-4bt$t Hind" IV "ill ^ in thi< p*ti nt die r.s>ni
J 1 5
ttti-tnonopoltft legidatiir on hi« * ^ * duniu* th<> eveninrf «m the wife of
t to a night Mention era now guided Chani''*H •r Uipptii^M, uf iheMlata t'ni-
heflaringgaa geti of a corporation vauity, and jtra Judge Wagiiatf, of
l » Illumination of Utth wing4 of the Panla, •
Capitol proclaimed that nothing lea* The intn>di»-'i«>n» la the Ooternor
thtAthe whole structure mm con*iil- were maditkt Mr llmebrake.aad aft«T
|j§f^ffiateji^t&r the purposa* of the
M\ ""•" , on awwaat of lb* no-
th*atari there era* UlMe Ibraiahty;
everybody iuti«duviog »v«rybodr to
I conditUrn of the 4UUH', led to everytnidy el*e,
aveuUnc*. It wae Bocastarj Thti old 3un*te C^aoiher, t »i«ba
jtattend the reception, gradual adjourmoeat
tweenftiMtndteno'ak
 ft{ tt# spacious floor .was waxed till
it shone like a mirror j tine great chan-
deliers poured down a flood of light,
and especially cast their jnost refulgent
rays on a banner, hung behind t b e |
President's chair, bearing this unobtru-
sive sentiment:
I^JiHariDV Kansas. Land of plenty,
sunshine, solid homes, 6,854 "schools*
1,257 churches, with cattle on ten thous-
and hills."
The hall was crowded, but no such
"reign of terror" prevailed as we have
seon before, when men swore audibly
over punched ribs* and women would
have liked to, over torn dresses. The
crowd was large, but not excessive.
Governor Martin witnessed the opening
from a position in ' the north-
eastern corner of the room,
which comer, during the evening,
became the gathering place of the
Atchison partv. Of the beauty of the
ladies and the elegance of their toil-
jj'flts, this chronicler would be glad
•. j t o speak, but not being; able to
1 ^ fjdo justion to the subject, will plead
M with sad sincerity the venerable
* I apology with which so many thousand
L ' letters have been closed; "Excuse* haste
. ' I and a bad pen.1'
I It was noted that the company which
I occupied the floor was largely composed
j p ^ l of strangers, that is, non-residents of
| Topeka. This was not the result of any
I policy of exclusion, but simply the conr-
I teous act of the Topeka people, who
considered that a festival, if it may be
BO culled, in which the whole pooplo of
the State were interested, should be
participated in as far as possible by rep-
> rosanl.utivG.-i of all parts of the common-
wealth.
Mention should bo made of a pictu-
resque feature, the presence of Co. A, of
the State troops, commanded by Cupt. •p^kM
MeA. Green. The young raon in a neat,
| serviceable, and not overloaded uniform
presented a soldierly appearance. They
were regularly posted at the entrances
I of the halls and other salient points, and
relieved at regular intervals. It was
much pleasanter to see those men there
than shivering in, the gale, out in the
it, gfMping tlieir frozen muskets
I with toy fingeri and • waitia g to b» r *
^ K *K2I
Afcohtson, JCanuas, Jan. 38,188B.
'"" van T U I ; HoiiiMutH S I K B .
A fair for the, relief of old • soldietSi '.-?-•
soldiers' widows, and the orphaned 1
children, was begun in Topeka on Mon- \s
day, under the auspices of Lincoln P«stl|
No. 1, G. A. R. and the Lincoln Post ~
Woman's Relief Corps. Gov. MABTIS
in formally declaring the fair ready for
its beneficent-work, said:
"Now abideth Paith, Hope and Char-
ity, these three: but the greatest at
these is Charity.
In no age, and among no other peo-
ple, have these virtues beeu so signally
illustrated us they have been inonr own
age and by the people of the United |
States. .ft,
l''uith in the Republic, in the grandeur M
of its power, in the beneficence of itsjsl
institutions, and in the freedom, hu-f-
m inanity and justice of its rule. This}
sentiment animated and inspired the!
soldiers of the Union during the Jong' . -
and dreadful years of the late oiyi^ww,}
The glad pio.tnro of a country saved^T
disenthralled and enfranchised. Thife
was the liopo imprinted on their hear
that made their long marches S
wearisome, that shortened the lonft' ,
hours of the night watch, and that*
nerved their arms amid the smoke
battle.
And the greatest of these virtues ..
been illustrated, during tlie two decades t>
MUCO the war, by the quick, unfailing
and gunsrous response of the people to
every appeal made in behalf of those:
who thus risked health and life that tbC
Republic might bo preserved. The W
spiration that prompts and organize*
such charity us this, in which-you ladies
and gentlemen of Topeka have engaged
is in every sense honorable to the Oam
tal City. Kindly consideration of tra
needs and suirenngs of the poor or n n - f
fortunate, isalwtivs a grafiious seati-'
ment. liut it is doubly .<o when i t ' baa
(or its obiect. tho relief of men who once
periled their lives for their country, and
I um honored by the part you haw HI
lotted mo to formally open Ibis fair'u»
festival; In tho bustle, rush mads in'1"-E
est of personal and pu
iiclivilira tho people wm
times forget how immeasurable,;^,
the debt of gratitude the Republio ow*t1
to the soldiers. 1 have now and then
heard a good citizen bewailing th«
•jv •• burden of our pension list, and thought
le-sly declaring tbut O o u g j ^ ; $ | £ * x

huwie repreaenteu an womatutmu, and tho'
notes of the song which celebrated her i
beauty and her virtues hod touched hidden '
founte of emotion in thousands of men.
The deep silence that followed was brok-
en by the majestic rausie of "John Brown."
Then how the camp did cheer and shout
and howl.
So, for hours, one alter another, tho
bands tilled the air with mime, and the
soldiers sat, rapt and thrilled, listening!
and cheering alternately. The campfires<
faded out, but the. concert went on, and i t
seems to mo I have never heard such mus-
ic, before or since. At least, I hove never
so appreciated music; never known i t to,
exercise such a spell over listeners; never so j
appreciated its power to thrill and melt
and sway men, as on that far-away au-r
*1 I tumn night, when tho a m y rested Ln tho;
I blue grass meadows of Kentucky, under!
' the sileutstars. f 0. A. leland, Bldorado, April 1, 1*»
Others who speak to-night will [ have,
no doubt, tell you of marches and battles,.
of hardships patiently endured, and of
dangers fearlessly faced. _ The life of a,
soldier had many phases; it w w not devoid,
of pleasure. And this littlo picture of a;
m delightful camp sceno will, I know, recall
memories of hundreds of others, equally
entrancing, in the. minds of my auditors.
The famous Modoc d u b were then iisher-
ed to the front, and delighted the audience
with their beautiful rendition of "March-
ing Thro* Georgia." They were heartily
applauded.
~{1 Governor's Proclamation.
8TATR OF KANSAS, ) John II. Smith, Cherokee, warden.
KUCQTtVB 1 ) » M » T « » I , > John Hammond, Emporia, torm not fia™*^
TOIBKA, July 31, 188!. )
TTrilKSXlS, It has been reported that Urge
YV herds ot catUt, troin that portion ot thu
stele ot Texas 1yln« south of \\\o thirty-fourth »ar-
«U»1 ot north latitude, lire moving northwsril,
tut outfli tUo Imllui country u d the Ousmkta nen-
u»l strip', end
WllxaKJk«,Uhnpter 191 ot tho session lawt ot 1885,
"An tat tor Ui« protection ot oetllt Against Texas,
<[.li-ulo, or Bptnlah tarer, eio„" providM that "BO
KMuchireon aud
drive
or persona
the Ant Mull,
arch anifthe
nr c « u «Bret
to
day
day ntlwtw»sntlie
he nt
December offlrat
D*o*iuU>r
driven luto
day ot
aur roar,
or through
through WIT
county or pert thereof re thte state, ur turnWIT
» tn he driven luto or or
ueuee to be turned or kept upon n y highway,
vaunt, ommuou, or untnatosed pasture within this
*i»t», nay osttle oapeble ot oomtnuntcatln> or It-
eble to Impart whet It known u Text*, tplento or
{tpentoh fever; end,
I W««»«»>", Held chapter 1S1 ot thesession lews ot
IKH.1 declares that ell oettlt train south ot the Uur-
tr.-H-rsMh parallel of north latitude tre oepeblt ot
ouumusitrniluR tnil lUble to Imptrt Texts,
•plonk ur Bpi—
FI'IIIHI* fever; "'JVortiled,
" •' how—
•rer, ' the ewnert or persons lu
•Ter, thet thet It II
vberiie i>r such vatlle thall tbow by tuoh oerllnoate or
•••rllftrtte* *« shell hereafter be designated by tho
livestock sanitary eouiialwloo ot tots steto, that the
.said eattle bed been kept, tlooe the 1st deyot D f
j wisher ot»hepr«»ln>^»""- s- »"\ * v r ~ "
I t t o t u w oioqia. 'irjttnoo » j ^ u i ttigtpm
:
w o t i»uori«oripa dn 1^104 w«t OHM. ' H W
\Q\ iqdo»»nflpi p ttMtjMd turn 'ir«H *•!
£tYNSAS AFFAIR'S. M
The Persounel'pf the State Boards—Leaven-
worth's Railway Facilities—Druggist*'
Certificates—Supreme Court
Opinions—Notes, etc.
. ToPBKi, May 8.—fSpeclal.] While aU the
I appointments on the various state boards have
J been published as made, there are continual tar
, j , J qulrlcs as to w'no arc members of some o n e of
'*• *'#m the boards. In order that the JOUBKAL renders
I may have before them the entire Hat, the book a
of tbu governor's office h a v e been called into
requisition, and the following prepared, g vlng
m
uami'S, addresses and expirations of term of the
^tM* several officers:
TRUSTERS OP 01UWTABLS IKSTITUTtONS.
Philip Krolin, Atchison, April 1, IttiJU.
A. T. SUnrpe, Ottawa, April 1, 1889.
Charles E. Faulkner, 8aliua, April 1.1887.
Jacob 8totlor,Wollmgton, April 1, 1887.
Wm. 3. Orurani Clyde, April 1,18S3.
nsessTS AomcoiTOiui COLI.SO».
Joseph T. KlllfiQtt, Manhattan, Apnl 1,1888.
Tliomos Houshall, Troy, April 1, 1887.
T. P. Mo. re, Holton, April 1.1887.
Alli-ii 1). Lemmon, Newton, April V188B.
A. J?. Fursytlie, Independence, April 1,1888.
IUSOUNT8 NOnMAL SCHOOL.
n. I). Blckson, Nuosho Foils, March16,1887.
Kmiiiiel TlianhiiUBun, Newton, March 10- 1887.
William M. Ilico. Fort Boott, April 1.1880.
Milton Stewart, Wichita, April 1,18S9.
E. W. Warner, Klrwln, April 1, iBBU.
J. II. Franklin, nnssell. April 1,1887.
nKOKKTS STATE OKIVSnelTT.
A. a. Otis, Atchison, April 1, IfH. •
Vft' Osorpo O. Puck, Topoka, April 1,1W.
C. H. Mitchell, Gouda KnrlliKS, April 1,1887.
Frank F. Fltiputrlek, Lctveuworth, AprU 1, l"BS.
%C. W. Smith, Stockton, April J, 1888.
i M . P. Simpson, MePherson. April 1,18S8.
x i s x inerxoTon.
E. A. Scammon, (Mnmbus, June 80,1835.
DIHKCTOnS rSMtl-BNTIABV.
H. II. Lowry, Frankfort, March 11,18SB.
0. 8. Hlatt, l>nvunwortb, April 1,1887.
II. B Hlclitor, Onunoll Grove, April 1,1888.
OTATX noose COMMIBStOH.
ThniHM A Butler, Lyone, torm apt immea.
K.T. Carr, Leavenworth, torm not nnmed.
cojiMissioMBB. or risaintiB.
B. Foe, WamsKO, April 1,18HT. .
BtlF»IltHT«Nt)SNT OT 1NSOIUV0J.
Richard H. Morris, *-tehlson. July 1; NOT.
MTE tTOCK. •SAKITABT OOMKlSalOM.
James W. Hsmdtnn, Wellington. March 85.1883.
W. A. Harris, Wnwood, March SSjlBSi.
.lolin S. White, Ada, March «». 1888.
A. A. Holnombo, Ltavenworih, veterinary snr-
uoun, March •», IHHn.
•T. C. Oaldwell, Topcks, no term «.»*,
ltobnrt B. Stevenson, Iola, no term nxjo.
Andrew J. Felt, Seneca, no term a*i>d.
tKDUSTMAt. »«MnHATOW oOMniastonuRS.
John Hevefanee. Axtell, when ^ K j o a f f l f t e f t .
John E. Bonebrako, Abilene, whan WOKJC is wra-
"''iiilli Bmlth, Mound City, when work it own-
nleted.
HTAM »0A»p Of rMAptll. .
Charles II. Hu.lror. ttiiMt. MewfoSS, 1888.
I). Siirhor. Perry, March S8, 1888.
,1. Milton Welch, La ' ^ ' v ^ ^ W
t Ii.W.rttormont, Topoka, Man-ti.«. 1 m .
\i 8. Tliiberts, Maiilistttn, M a t c h m d g *
F. A. WriRlit, Ametlcns. March «M838,
,1. W. Jennoy, SiUliia, March as, 1888.
b, H. T. Johnson, Atc.lilsim, March. JB,.1887.
W. 8 Rdienck, Qsace City, March »,1880.
enuulSIIONKnOf LABOH STAttSTICS.
f , w k H B.twn, fo-newy, Wy.udutte county,
no torm ftxed. ««,„„.„»
BftUnn Of THATtMAOT.
B. F. Bryantri-lncoln, May 1,18S8.
M r r K8»»r. WMiidotlo, May M888.
V. J.ButTn. Frenonla. May 1, J8M.
W. A Stanford, Florence, May 1,1SH7.
Jurats T. Taylor, Alchisnn, May I. IS07. t-
JA. M, Csllaham, Topuke, May », 1887.
J. A Yotintt,JlnABD
Kmniirle,Of JlBKTISTirr.
May a, 188S. ']
W. Hi gblriay, Hiawatha, May ». 1880.
«.. Xf.„s'lM|lT.
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ARBOR DAY. r
,i...<fc,,iil.— i T i m Itillowititf ii I hi) t i ' x t u l (tity*|
i*££j The following nrtMil* l)«* |iff)('||llint- nnior Mnrtin'H i l i s j m l l H n Urn Ittiulitl
Hillation "as Uwtiuit from llto oxceulivi'
iilcpiinimnii t t y n l r i n Pi'tit w l i c i i H o ' s t r i k o Hr*l (nutt
.: •'. ",Iiick, wla-ii VB lino jiitPtliitiK nUi>to<lo, f%j$k Iilui'i*. It shows thai our ^ovi-i-nof 2
• v o may lit'stick (nil in n tvi-; it will UP I:I-..W- w i f r i i ' s 11 Invi'l hi-ail:
'•fug, .luck, when y'o'ro Hlei-jtiiii;."—Sir Walter
Scott. A T l ' l l l M l N . M lli'll I J , | s s . - , .
11. M Hiivii', s i . I.i'llin. Mihsnnri:
T h e c i i s t o m o f i i | i | i o i i i l i i i g mi arti.tr I l i a v f lii'i'ii lii'fi' SHIM- y r ^ l i T i l i v
' i l n v n o w i t r o v a i l - in n i g h t s t a i r s ul llu- iiioi'tiiti£, a m i h a \ i ' i-u-i'luliv i-xaui :
U n i o n , a n d it is lii'ln-vi'il tluti ii w i l l iiti'il t i n ' s i t i i a l i n i i , w h i i ' l i . ffit 11 llu-
ftutMl lit) Imiiorct in all the Milli". mul t i ' i i m ' o f y o u r ili-iiaii-li'-^, I ti-ar y o n

t t i ' r r i l o r i o * , i l l ' - l v i « t a m i \Vi'»t l u i l u n •

i n « llto l o i l i l n f tin' ( ' m u r a l - i n f i 1 - ••!'
tli'> M i s s o u r i v a l l e y .
W Kniisun wi'ill t o |il.-tlll ill:.- t r - f - it* Mum
I In1 |•»•• • |»l•- n f
T a s i i i c y lii'^an t o p l o w , iitul i > . r r r . - m p
• •t\ m i l l i o n s ol' s l n i l i ' , IVIIII Mini I'm-i-i
IjlrroH n r e filitll't'il e v e r y H'nr, Tilt'
.'love ul" tin 1 It-IIIVIII 1*1 i f i r i's
[ s h o w n iisell'on every f i r m a m i vil-
llitii l o i ; i n c i l i p i n k s n n i l 11n- jfitintiit*
ol' llit* c l i i i i v l i a ii it s i ' l n m l , a n i l tin'
(iinl'i* Ael'e w h e r e lllll' h c l u v e i l it|l»"> :
s l e e p llietl' llist s l e e p . T h i s I'rclili;: I-
i'i|ii:illy s t r o n g in t h e miinl-* n l ' o l i l a m i
VIHIIIK"— in u o i i i i ' i i not lr>s l i m n ni' n;
it leillts t o |i|'i|i'lii-ill l l ' - i l h s ill llir I ; I - '
in;r 'In 1 valtii' i«f l a i n l , litnl in n u n - I n n -
i i t i n g l l i i ' i i - | n ' r i l i ' s ut niir i - i i n i a i ' '
i l m l t h r i v has In-, n till liii'h'rtii' m tin-
rninliill ill K a t i - a s i- l u l l y p . - . . v i | lit
I lit I s i at is I ir- o f o u r o | l r > l lllelioln
lo»ist(i • a m i it It'll-1» In M M " o l I H M U I I
ill iittorniii!: oiu* l i o i u i ' - , niul i i n i . i u -
llll'lll M'l'll' s Ol lilVlllll'is, till' li-lll III
hriiui'-' o f w h l i 4 i w i ' l f o l l o w u n r e i n : .
ilri'H In t i n ' U l - l i l a y s o f I'u-ii' n n l i i . ! ' . :
T h e M a l e w h i e h HIP p i w u e f * I'Minil
t r e e l e s s mill H ili'xcri, n o w li-vir. u p o n >.
ild f e r t i l e IlllHllltl tll.il'e lllllll l i l e l l l l .
m i l l i o n * o f l i i i i t iii'i-- a n i l in*»t<- 1)1:111,
t w o liiuiitri'il t h i m - ri'.*l II.TI-" o f |*tr« j
edl l i m n nit jilau-I'll It} o u r o w n j
|ii'o|ih'.
Ill VleW ul llu-.i' I'li-I-, .illil I'l • •!.".!
il'llir III Hie p n p l i l o » l l l , I, .1.ilili A
M i i r i i n , "ovi'i-noi- „' K M . s i - . ImreUt
Nil ii|inrl T l i u f - i l a y , A | i r i l '.:. i s s * , , . j ,
iifhui'il.iy iiiul i'i--|i"i-iiii!ii i i . | , i i i i i 1;
limy In* uiiiili' 11 •.•I'li'ial In'lt.liv
Si'lu.ifil iillli'i-rs nnil ii-iii-loT. i-,iii ' ; i . . i ! *
ty nil 11111'ltfiyiiiu; m i l ihi< p m |.u .- <<t
Hit! tl.i.v h y j.'iv*ii>!» tln-ir papi!-. n h.i|t
llliy. .-iliil by ilrVi'liu;: -|i'i''iii u i i i i i l i i u i
III l l i o lllllll lllllrlll u l «i'l : Kli'ltlllU
Mini p a r k - . 1
D n i i ' l l t Tii|H'k:i, 111:— Mill ittti- n l |
, M u n l i , A . I». I V M , m e t o f llin . I « I « ' ••.'
thl< t»««'iiiy-liilli l e a r .
1 Ill »\
Hy 11ii> u'ovi'fuor:
'.liilt.N A , M . H . r l N ,
K II. A l . M W , m-iTI'llU'l' I ' l ' s l n l e .
l l o n o t fllllv l l l l l l l ' l - t I'lll.
N o l h i t l i r whati'Vi'i- h i - hi-i-n i|ilt|i' iix •
I In- slriUi'i's, I'ilto'f I n ' V o f fl-.i--.vluT'- .-
i n |lt*« s t a l l ' , tu j i i - : i t \ a rail |'of l f i i n | i . ,
o f tlii'if il-i', I'v i - i l t i - f tlii- .|:il.« ni' Hi.'
I'uiti'il S t a l l ' - . T i n - nj'Wi<"ii i - a;-.
|ii'iivi-il lit Ih • f a i i f i i u! 1H1111111' . - i i m i ' i - .
ha-
• t w o o l « i n i l l i , n» i n I I i.ll'Hi . a i r i . H i -
yt'fs.
S i v m i i l -I f i ' i f 1 "ii 'In n o t i'iuii|iri*';
l i r i l i l l l o ' l A l i - l l l a i n l ' il-ilMi"''-r "I l i l i ' i '
siriki-. | i s i c i i - i t , ! \ . | | 1. . . . u t i o . t ! • :
llu'>-li>'ji iii'-n I n l . i ' i . ' i - I it'll I-I»II. vl
v i i i i - f i l . it i - \ i i - i | . | - '.1 lU'' ' H i ; ' -• < ••- - I
ina--> liraio'li'-- "I i -i -i- -•'!•. J- •-.
Tllilll f i n - - * l ii»i' -, ill " il-liMt-j:
Ull-S, |i|l>-|l.'IIH-|l ll 111 III" | | I - | - ' F I -Ii
-triki'' I hi' i ' i - i l , ' i - .ir - •.(• > 1, .ut.-".
l i s f i i i . " i ' ' ' " Ii iiii'ti, w l i n b-if •? ti-ar.tt -. {-,
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, s t r i k i ' 11 ii! i l i - - t r . i i -.in j--i,>••!-.•: I-
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f tr'ii'Ui itrii»|il » i | » » i l n i i i,,.,4, •«, >,
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l i . i . g i n i i i i m u m i t * * . i-.fi«ii.
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; Uc«, .1. \ i 4. t'-vmt. .*V'.'--i:'«..|. I-
T l t r r n in Ufi' i n (}><• I'M U m l t u t . i
h r m l i l y v<nK?fi"itta!i' t m i D t i vuiir t n a v
n l f n v n l l » l i i i i » | l i H I M Hit* u l l i m l h'tnm
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• 3m m
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Mm •*
m ig is not able to make a
"he ®st:
J. K. HUDBON, Editor and Proprietor.
« HUNDAV MOllNING. MAROH 1,1885.
mm
PRESS AKD MODOC CLUBS |
Baurjiietted by tlta Proprietors of the
Win'lsor Hotel Last Night.
4 Clnciwo, the Oklahoma boomers, prohibi-
A FEAST, MUSIO AND MEM..1
ThaQfMitat Oolatiuu Ever Partaken of
• in a Topoka Hutel.
&GU&ETS FEOM GBEAT STATESMEN.
m thi'in;
A lJM Letter Evont for the Most Popular
Hold iu Kansas or tlm West.
I pun invitation of the proprietors of
th • \\ iud ut lioti'l, tin' memltars of tlu
IV<> .tml Modees flulis partial pal v<d in ;i
(rr.ttnl l..iH.)in't I here hist evening, togeth-
er with :i uumlwr of senators, lepresenta- K
ti- •- ;MI:I prominent eiti/ens nf Topekal:
Mid th>- HlnU>. Tin'bampiel was londorod I
tijf I in* Windsor people as a recognition off
il»'' Unitluc** shown them lijr tin* press ami $
public during their brief rividouiM iu tho'.'
'•ity. It wu* u lumpy thought on I heir'
iWMt -uulttHcreditable to tlii>iti iw it wiwj
i»iii.»yiil'!>- t-i their appreciative nuosto,
Ki'lliiw'mir I la* banquet proper the. miscol-
I.moim* N e m t t * MMMMI opened by Him.
tleo. T. Anthony who expressed a tn>arly
welcome iu U'luilf of lh»> Messrs. Hill anil
htirmliifi'il Hun. .1. It. I'lirtnn, who HJM»UI»
lulu, uuwt i>Ui.|iii'nt manner ronrtiruiug i
"'Hi'' I'li'H'* 'Tin- c>m»tunt memuv of puh-
lii'ity i< the :.ur.'»t rafegiinrd of freedom
and uiiT.ility." Hi* remark* were pertU
ueul and wore i if a elv.iruo.ler no interest
Ittg -mil a themeHO in•puink' u4 to rout-
man I Uii' rk'H' attention of II'IH auditors,
'•|'1M< Stale of KUIIMW" brought out
|»"nivi>rit»r .lohn. A. Miiitin, whoso H.-nti-
iueiitwu« "tMititil how jmliiitiuii adver-
A^|li««»»^r !»>«•< •.^roftt^tl a great and proMpernus
I >l.ui..| know that tin' wntiment I am
nU.ilon t" K<»|Mm4 t". d<*w full jnslico to
lilt ti«»i»WMi uinn know. It drawn public
iill'-ntion. un,l thus multiplies mwtoiiWMi,
It may even atUnct pulroimafC to a limn
..rtH. JiiralirN while. But imm m l v r
" " " TMiSii 'iT MT «
83
aper-
inanentsuccesa. •- - . . . . • .
KunsoB has been in the jdvertiiiing
business for thirty years. ~W\\h. Kan- *
sas, everything in the advertising line
goes. Kansas, fortkreo decades past, has
been the best advertised spot on the con-
tinent. The border troubles, the civil
war, the Price and Quantrell raids, the
drouths o£ 1860 and 1874, the grasshopper
invasions of the same years, John Brown,
Jim Lime, Indian raids, the Benders, the
Centennial exposition, prko exhibsts at
horticultural shows, the railroads, our
flambeau clubs, the Modocs, Tom Ander-
son, our newspapers, cyclones, political and
otherwise; tho St. John-Legate-Clarkson i-
eontroversy; Charley Jones' banner a t g
tion, the new judicial districts, the New
Orleans exhibit, all those, and "a hundred
other things, have contrinutod their share
toward advertising Kansas.
Hut behind and above nil these inspiring
but ephemeral incidents, wonders, troub-
les, incitements and personages, there is
Kansas, growing always, not beeause of
thwe things, but often in spite of
prosnerinrr, not by their
inllui'Jioe entirely, but because Kansas has
nothing that is unsubstantial in her make
up. A fertihi soil, a heidthful climate,.an.
intelligent, enterprising and brave people. I
'I'hiMu are the enduring foundations on]
which have been built our groat and pros- f
pumas commonwealth. Kansas is, RO to
spunk, "idl wool and ayavd wide." Kan-
sas is sound in wind and limb. Kansas is |
thi' electric light of the union. Kansas is
the Htttto of great crops, great
li'M-ils, grout luutut, . g:i>at railr
roads, groat school houses, gn'at dovelpp-
uionl. and j,Teat prosperity. There rt
nothing small about, Kansas except b
rivers, and tluwc were probably _ mau_
Hinall Imcanso lVovidenco, in fashioningw
tho sUite, on-atod aland so rich and goOd
that it was deemed extravagant io waft
nnifli 6f it in big water courses. It is.'
groat pity that the founders o£ Topeka _,
pi all in),' the town did not emulate this
£ grind oMviuple, and make tho streots
"of the capital narrower, so
that they could be paved
without danger of entailing bankruptcy
HI the lut'Owiiom. .
* There was a time, years ago, whan it
| wa* necessary to do a great deal of adverj
1 tising for KansaK. But the reputation oi
tho .iUvte is now fixed. First in corn, fiu
in wheat, first in achool houses, audoen,
| Irid, not only in the heart of the continent
| b u t iu the hearts of its ctttaent, the Kan» •&<
visiis iniin. wheresoever ln> may •wM>drr,l'
• nroinl of his state, and tulvortura, judic-
lloudy or in any other way, its attractions
and advantages.
. "The City of Topeka—lJio progress and
;1tMiti>rpriso of a stato lurobeat exemplified;
' i n her seat of government," was assigned1
Ho Col. C. K. Holliday, who sont *
|WWtlqf Hubstituln tit the person of
vOha*. H. Clee;- ^ ^ " • • " "
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Jte> remain *W»M speoUtor of
prooeddings. In the pretence of so
/ trained » d gifted spesJrors, one
makes no pretenoee to the graces of
ought to be permitted to remain
JE I could neither instruct nor enter-
. you, and certainly I have no desire to
trap*, even for a moment, the imper* p
mat business you are here to transact. ^gp
She Christian miniiter oooupiee a mott
oportant position, and the duties de-
volving on bim are at once delioato and
responsible. In one sense, this is an age diars, vary large, neariv «*) wswone ,
of unbelief | and yet neTcr in an/ other age
was the appeal for light, for faith, fer in- cemetery iran^timitttr at jMSOmsst
struction, m widespread and to strong Af*s*tJ»sJtm^«eii^<f^
Weak men cannot make answer to this de- tin delivered an oration• at the •
w&nd, and the churches of all denomina- large) audieu.
tions ought tofilltheir pulpit* with the tESifsfw&o*«iL„ emebsry.
t figororw ami agmwivt* intollocU in
'eir ranks.
Welster once said: "I thank God in yhatratleno of she various-
,1 am gifted with little of thespin
able to raise niortaU to the ekies, ! r
ret none, at I trust, of that other I
i which woald drag angels down." fy, .*„
n tail, spirit, at least, lean greet and
jrou, and bid you Qod speed in me
lion and TOUT work.
beg you, therefore, to accept my
' congratulations no the growth and [MINNEAPOLIS MK88£N(
'ty of the denomination you ro»
t, and my cordial W^HWIHIIM for
individual wclfiim and happinest, I THURHOAH. MAY Si, 18M
" ' trust that your sessions may ho
and profitable, and that you may XZDXXLkSa do C»a»3staa3>T3KS.
t and all return to your homes ivfrwdied
•trengthi'ned by this fraternal meet-
the) close of the governor's remarks, Memorial l>ny Kxerelaea.
, Johnson, moderator of tin- assembly, Tho day waa all thai could borifwlrodj
g Governor Martin, said: "In [ami thostreets wow In exnuleiit ron»
_ •nameof the 1'nitnd Presbyterian g»n- illllnn for the comfort of the throng of]
»«1 assembly of North America, allow m lii'oplo that Mled the city from mnrn*
thank you for your cordial greeting,
[lug until after nightfall.
of tli(i«i> delegate* are resident* oi
owu state, and others 4T» from otbei "l'tn> procession farmed on HreonUj
*Xt«nding over an espanse of :i, [ atrrri m ID o'clock, umlrr ivntmstt J of I
!l> year* gone by |<loorgo htackousle, *»*I«I«HJ l.y «'ul.j
of the United Preebyterianrlmrtl j l-afland, l>. P. t liljMiimi. W. t). Thomp*
out to bleeding Kansas, and now tho; eon, W. X. Wright amt A.tf.Jaektnan.j
in the return of peace and [ In the following ord*t:
of that bloody strife. Minneapolis f'nrnet Hand
At the close of the** remarks, the C0."O,"lstltrgl..K. H « .
introduced to the assembly See* I Orator or the U»y ami InvltiMl (iiHMta. I
Allen, Auditor lirOabe. ami After* j Renos*w.Ohlo drove, tlatd Hill and)
Oenermi Bradford. When Ihn attorney A«U }*tttl#,ft, A, H.
was brought forward them war* j<'ltl/ni» Inrarrleges n m i ,m horseback. I
aspaeeh. lie said that he mn- Tlin j»rw*rs»li>i» tvaa tow* Hi»n * wit** j
an apology to lb* effect thai be was |lt» length ami proseniiMj' an imposing
i*l to speaking in public, would ' lappoftranee. Arrlrr.tal Highland C«nv
Jelrry tlm IISUHI rrrr-monlsstoflhoortlerj
jor tln'tjtAiid -\t:uy * M < ««udurt<xl by I
jUPora-e Maokunslv, ouleiod br II. J
I Wivkrrlv, < baplalii. smt.OsKtrgw Jack*
jft>n,Oflltitr of the t*ay. Tbt LadlW
! fUUitf t?«ri»« xr««oil tho oocaaiou by j
| decorstloK tlm grsvo* of the fatlon he-
"lib a iTitfiiilfin »f UlsMTli ifctl
 .) will —- •" . • " T*^P—4;
principal seryIces being heS^'titi&'the
grave of Lt. Philip Krouso. #ev. B. P.
Stephenson pronounced the bencdlo-
tlon.
The procession then returned to the
City Cemetery, whero similar services
were held. At 2 o'clook an audience of
two thousand people assembled inside
and around the skating rink to hear
Gov. Martin's address.
The preliminary exercises acoordlng
to the beautiful ritual of the G. A. E.
were oonduoted by Prof. Hillman, and
were very impressive. The ohoir, under
direction of Mr. Gentry, rendered some
appropriate selections, after whlcn
three veterans, who had boen invited
to Boats on the stage, were introduced
to the audience by Comrade Mackenzie.
Their names aro T. T. Nicholas, who
lost all his property in Tennessee dur-
ing the war, because of his pronounced
Unionism, Richard Knight Sr. and T.
M. Davis, who served In tho same com-
pany in the Mexican war with John A.
Logan. They aro very old men and
somewhat docropit, but warofllledwith
the spirit of tho hour and their appear-
ance was grcotod with prolonged ap-
plause.
Gov. Martin was theu introduced and
•poke for an hour. Ills address was en-
tirely dissimilar from tho usual Memo-
rial Day orations, and was refreshing
by tu originality of style.
Me Illustrated the various qualities of
the American soldier by reference to
men of his own command, seleotlngpri-
vate soldiers and detailing tn agrapblo
and eloquent manner their military his-
tory, until they fell In tho line of their
duty. Hli reference to the Ideal "bum-
mer" was received with great merri-
ment and It was plain to bo seen that
he was speaking trom the book.
One of th<> most pathetic and touch-
ing portions of lils address was his eu-
logy of John W. Long, who fell at the
Storming of Nashville, and during Its
delivery many an old soldier wiped
away a tear.
At the chute of Gov. Martin's address
and while many friends were pressing
forward to congratulate him, a young
man introdui*d himself te one of our
cltUfii*. and tagged an Introduction to
the tiovernur. Mr. Huron presented
him, *<u»p«dngk was only tho natural
teSiro of meeting the distinguished ex-
ecutive that actuated him, but he had
another motive and proceeded to tell
Gov. Martin that his name was John
\V. Long, son of the soldier referred to,
;
'-* that he was bom on the day his father
was killed, and named for him.
It afterwards transpired that this"
young man lived at Geneseo, Illinois,
and was visiting in this oounty. He
oame to the Memorial services and was
surprised to hear the Governor of the
State eulogizing his father. The speak-
er, the audience, the surroundings, the
State even being strangers to him. It
is not often thai a writer of fiction con-
ceives a stranger story
SUNDAY MOHNINGK JUNK 7.1888;
Clay Center, Jane 6.—-[Special.
has been a big day for Clay Center.
people commencedtoarrive early .co.
by train and team fro& ^B&eig
towns and the surrou^jffi'^m?'
was on the programme tote;
Governor at the depot this mo
escort him with the cfilebratec,—
Band to his hotel, but the Governc
your correspondent came yeBt_
afternoon preferring a goo&n%b\KiL
at the Henry House to an"'.all M%£
ride. The visiting fire' dep|
ments were duly received* and>tbM|i
other guests were pleasantly entettais
by the good people of this enterp
town. At 8:80 o'clock, this afteiao
crowd assembled CeatMlHi
overflowed Into,
OYW1WBWI U«K..
MBL_¥4^ A. AAA . A A n l
Walton delivered the „
come. He spoke very happl
fifteen minutes. ...
Gov. John A. Martin was"%ewf
ducedand delivered the 'felr-^*^
dress: L
itr. Mayor and laMtt and GWiiKrrwrv.
I have no doubt that the fount
Clay Center confldetf#m,„
rapid and substantial growth
town they had established. Xh
men who looated towns werej L
sangulne.aiad cheerful persons1
mattterjnow bleak and der
their surroundings, nor ho^f,
lng the future really was, the
which they planted their;
to them specially designed
ginning qf all things, as
prosperous city. Before
frame building was
drawn on the map o.
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