KANSAS. 



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The other nominees were II. Miles Moore, for 

 Lieutenaut-Governor, superseded before elec- 

 tion by F. \V. Frasius; Allen G. Thunnan for 

 Secretary of State ; W. II. Willhert for Audi- 

 tor; William H. White for Treasurer; I. F. 

 Differbaker for Attorney-General ; A. N. Cole 

 for Superintendent of Public Instruction ; and 

 W. P. Campbell for Associate Justice of the 

 Supreme Court. Kesolutions were adopted 

 ratifying the work of the St. Louis National 

 Convention, urging the necessity of tariff re- 

 form, and continuing as follow : 



We are opposed to all sumptuary laws as being 

 vicious in principle and unsuccessful in practice ; also 

 the action of the Republican party of Kansas in pass- 

 ing the law for the establishment of a metropolitan 

 police system in certain cities in this State, and for 

 its inequitable and unfair application and enforcement 

 of the same for purely political reasons. We denounce 

 the system as being partial, unjust, and undemocratic. 

 It is'a substantial denial of home rule and the right 

 of local self-government. It impeaches, the intelli- 

 gence, challenges the integrity, and denies the patri- 

 otism of the people ailected by it. It brands them 

 individually and collectively as being ignorant, vic- 

 ious, dishonest, corrupt, and wholly incapable of self- 

 government, and we demand a repeal of the law. 



We oppose any system of State policy which per- 

 mits competition between convict and Chinese labor 

 and the labor of the free American workman. 



We favor the abolition of the grand-jury system as 

 a useless and unnecessary measure, which adds greatly 

 to the cost burdens of a tax-ridden people, and we de- 

 mand its repeal as expensive and inquisitional legal 

 machinery. 



The Prohibitionist Convention was held at 

 Hutchinson on July 18. It nominated the fol- 

 lowing ticket : Governor, Rev. J. D. Botkin, 

 of Wichita ; Lieutenant-Goveraor, R. J. Free- 

 ley ; Secretary of State, L. K. Mclntyre ; 

 Treasurer, R. M. Stonaker; Auditor, Gabriel 

 Burdett; Attorney-General, Stanton A. Hyer; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Miss S. 

 A. Brown ; Associate Justice of the Supreme 

 Court, J. O. Pickering. The usual prohibition 

 resolutions were passed, woman suffrage was 

 demanded, tariff reform was favored, and re- 

 strictions upon immigration, a liberal pension 

 law, and arbitration between nations and be- 

 tween employer and employed were advocated. 

 It was further resolved that 



We demand that the General Government shall by 

 equitable and lawful means own and operate all rail- 

 ways and telegraphs in the interest of the whole 

 people. 



We demand that the interest be so regulated by 

 national law that the average net earnings of capital 

 shall not exceed the average net earnings of agricult- 

 ure and labor. 



We favor such a change in our present system as 

 shall provide for the election of President, Vice- 

 President, and United States Senators by a direct vote 

 of the people. 



We are opposed to the acquisition of landed estates 

 by persons not citizens of the United States, or who 

 have not under oath made bona-Jide declaration of 

 their intention to become such. And we believe the 

 time has come when ownership of land should be so 

 limited as to preserve a reasonable amount as a home- 

 stead for the citizen, and prevent the further acquisi- 

 tion of large bodies by corporations and individual 

 speculators. 



As under the Constitution and laws of the State all 



errors and irregularities of the inferior courts may 

 be corrected by proper proceedings in the Supreme 

 Court, a tribunal composed entirely of Republicans, 

 the action of Gov. Martin in exfrei>ing executive 

 clemency to release convicted liquoi o have 



not sought a review of their cases in the Supreme or 

 other proper court for the correction of errors. i> an 

 attempt to destroy the confidence of the people in the 

 courts, thereby inciting lawlessness and disobedience 

 to public authority ; and such conduct on the part of 

 the Governor, under solemn oath to obey the < 

 tution and enforce the laws, merits and' di .-. rvc> the 

 condemnation of all citizens, irrespective of party af- 

 filiation and regardless of personal views as to the 

 policy of prohibition. 



The Republicans held their State Convention 

 at Topeka on July 26, and on the third ballot 

 nominated Lyman U. Humphrey for Governor. 

 The remainder of the ticket was as follows: 

 Lieutenant-Governor, A. J. Felt; Secretary of 

 State, Williams Higgins ; Auditor, Timothy 

 McCarthy ; Treasurer, James W. Hamilton ; 

 Attorney-General, L. B. Kellogg ; Superin- 

 tendent of Public Instruction, G. W. Winans; 

 Associate Justice, W. A. Johnston. After ap- 

 proving the work of the Chicago convention, 

 and the character of the present State admin- 

 istration, the platform continues as follow : 



We believe in the protection of the home against 

 the saloon. We demand the complete execution of 

 the prohibitory laws in every part of the State, in- 

 cluding the vigorous prosecution of officers who fail 

 to perform their duties under the law. The Repub- 

 lican party of Kansas is convinced that prohibition is 

 right, and" is a success, and we assert that those who 

 seek a refuge in the third, or Prohibition, party, 

 blindly seek a revolution in our Government for that 

 which a revolution can not give. 



We demand stringent laws to protect our working- 

 men against contract, pauper, or Chinese immigrants, 

 and every class who would drag down by mere cheap- 

 ness the standard which American workingmcn are 

 struggling to maintain. We favor American markets 

 for American products, and American wages for the 

 workingmen of America. And we favor such addi- 

 tional legislation as will secure weekly payments of 

 wages to employes of municipal and private corpora- 

 tions, and also a practical apprenticeship law, so that 

 our handicraftsmen may have additional protection 

 against foreign labor. 



All so-called "trusts" or combinations to monopo- 

 lize food-supplies or control productions are dangerous 

 to the interests of the people, and should be prohib- 

 ited under the severest penalties of law. The ''trust " 

 or combination of the packing-houses to drive out of 

 business all other butchers, and thus control the cat- 

 tle markets, as well as the supply and prices of dressed 

 meats, is especially obnoxious and destructive to the 

 interests of all classes of the people, and particularly 

 to those in Western States. 



The Eepublican party will ever retain a sense of 

 gratitude to those through whose valor Kansas and 

 the nation became free, and the union of our States 

 preserved. We especially commend the action of the 

 Legislature in making provision for the maintenance 

 of orphans of soldiers in a soldiers' orphans' home, 

 and we heartily indorse the resolutions adopted by 

 the Grand Army of the Republic at its last State en- 

 campment at Winfield on the subject of pensions. 



We request our railroad commissioners to do all in 

 their power to protect the fanners of this State against 

 the excessive charges in the removal of the vast crops 

 assured to Kansas this year. 



We favor legislation reducing the legal rate of in- 

 terest upon money to six per cent., reducing the maxi- 

 mum contract rate to ten per cent., prohibiting usury, 

 and providing penalties for violations thereof. 



