436 



KANSAS. 



propriations of the session amounted to $457,- 

 477.18. 



The first political convention of the year 

 was held at Lawrence, for the purpose of ap- 

 pointing delegates to the National Prohibition 

 Convention. The following were the resolu- 

 tions adopted : 



The Tempefance people of the State of Kansas, 

 believing that the time has again arrived to present 

 a State ticket composed of persons who are honest, 

 temperate, and capable, hereby unite in the follow- 

 ing declaration of principles : 



1. The legal prohibition of the manufacture, im- 

 portation, and sale, as a beverage, of all intoxicat- 

 ing liquors. 



2. An economical administration of all depart- 

 ments of the Government. 



3. Political reform, by selecting for office none 

 but honest and capable temperance men. 



4. The fostering and improvement of our system 

 of common schools. 



5. The speedy and exemplary punishment of all 

 public officers guilty of embezzlement, the misap- 

 propriation of public funds, or neglect or refusal to 

 perform sworn duties. 



6. We hereby pledge ourselves to a cordial coop- 

 eration with the great national Prohibition party in 

 the carrying out of such principles and measures 

 as may be deemed just and right, which shall be 

 adopted at the approaching convention to be held at 

 Cleveland, Ohio, May 17, 1876. 



But we are firmly opposed to all forms of repu- 

 diation, either State, national, or municipal ; to the 

 appropriation of the public funds for the advance- 

 ment of private enterprises ; and to the further ap- 

 propriation of the public domain for the building 

 of railroads. 



A preference was expressed for the Hon. 

 James G. Blaine, of Maine, as the candidate 

 for President. 



The Democrats held their convention for 

 selecting delegates to the National Convention 

 of the party, at Topeka, on the 18th of May. 

 The sentiments of the gathering were ex- 

 pressed by the following declarations, which 

 were adopted after considerable discussion, by 

 a vote of 182 to 104 : 



Deeming it not inappropriate, upon the era of the 

 approaching Democratic National Convention, that 

 the Democracy of Kansas should define its position 

 upon the financial questions of the day, we do here- 

 by resolve 



1. That we are opposed to all banks of issue, 

 whether chartered by Congress or the State Legisla- 

 tures, and we desire that banking on the part of cor- 

 .porations or private individuals shall be confined by 

 law exclusively to exchange, discount, and deposit. 



2. We demand tliat the act of Congress creating 

 the national banking system be repealed ; tliat the 

 notes of the national banks be withdrawn from cir- 

 culation, and in lieu thereof the paper of the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States be substituted. 



3. That as Congress has the sole power to coin 

 money, and to regulate the value thereof, it should 

 also have the sole power to provide a paper cur- 

 rency for the people. 



4. That such paper currency be made a legal ten- 

 der in the payment of debts, public and private, and 

 that the same be receivable for all demands on the 

 Government, including duties on imports. 



5. That we regard the act of Congress, requiring 

 resumption of specie payments in 1879, the retire- 

 ment of legal tenders, and the substitution of the in- 

 ferior currency of the national currency in its stead, 

 as a fraud and an outrage, and we demand that the 



Democratic House of Eepresentatives in Congress 

 immediately pass a bill for its unconditional repeal, 

 and that the responsibility for the continuance of 

 that infamous measure on the statute-book be thrown 

 on the Senate and President. 



6. That Thomas A. Hendricks. of Indiana, is the 

 first choice of the Democrats of tlie State of Kansas 

 for President of the United States, and that our 

 delegates to the National Convention be, and they 

 are hereby, instructed to support no man for Presi- 

 dent or Vice-President who does not fully indorse 

 our financial resolutions. 



The Republican Convention to appoint dele- 

 gates to the national nominating body at Cin- 

 cinnati was held at Topeka on the 24th of May, 

 and the following resolutions were adopted: 



Resolved, That we reaffirm our devotion to the Ee- 

 publican party which originally rescued Kansas to 

 freedom, and the nation itself from dissolution. We 

 recognize in the Democratic party that same old or- 

 ganization whose relentless hostility to the great 

 doctrines of republican liberty, whose championship 

 of human slavery, and whose treachery to the na- 

 tion's honor and life in her hour of trial and danger, 

 have repeatedly demonstrated its unfitness to be in- 

 trusted with the grave responsibilities of administer- 

 ing the Government. 



Resolved, That this convention recognize the dis- 

 tinguished ability and the eminent public services 

 of the Hon. James G. Blaine, of Maine, late Speaker 

 of the House of Eepresentatives, and declare him 

 the first choice of the people of Kansas for the office 

 of President of the United States. 



The Kepublican Convention for the nomina- 

 tion of candidates for State officers met at 

 Topeka on the 16th of August. It occupied 

 two days, and seven ballots were taken before 

 a Governor was nominated. The ticket finally 

 agreed upon presented : For Governor, George 

 T. Anthony ; for Lieutenant-Governor, M. J. 

 Salter; for Secretary of State, T. H. Cava- 

 nagh; for Auditor, P. I. Bonebrake; for At- 

 torney-General, Willard Davis; for Treasurer, 

 John Francis; for Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, Allen B. Lemmon; for Justice of 

 the Supreme Court, David J. Brewer. 



The resolutions reported by the committee 

 were recommitted after discussion, and the 

 platform as finally adopted was as follows : 



The representatives of the Eepublican party of 

 Kansas, in convention assembled, renew the pledge 

 of their devotion to that grand political organization 

 under whose auspices so many triumphs have been 

 secured, and which, in war and in peace, has faith- 

 fully battled for those cardinal principles which dis- 

 tinguish free governments. As a further pledge of 

 the fidelity of the Eepublicans of Kansas, it is 

 hereby 



1. Senolved, That the platform of principles laid 

 down by the National Convention at Cincinnati 

 meets with our hearty and enthusiastic indorsement, 

 and it is our earnest belief that in their practical ap- 

 plication to the affairs of government lies the surest 

 nope of substantial reform, a faithful discharge of 

 honorable obligations, and a steadfast adherence to 

 the fundamental doctrines established by the results 

 of the war, and the vital legislation incident thereto. 



2. Resolved, That in Eutherford B. Hayes and 

 William A. Wheeler, our candidates for President 

 and Vice-President of the United States, we recog- 

 nize statesmen of tried experience, commanding 

 ability, and spotless integrity ; their letters of ac- 

 ceptance commend them to all sincere lovers of re- 



