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form, and pledge to such reformatory work a faith 

 whkoii I ui* never yet been violated or impugned. 



8. Retoleed, That we should regard with appre- 

 hension the return of the Democratic party to power, 

 as a practical surrender of that ascendency of liberty 

 which wa* secured by so much blood and treasure, 

 un.l a welcome to the control of the government of 

 tin; million influences which for four years sought 

 its overthrow in the field. 



4. Rt&oloed, That in the administration of botli the 

 national and State governments we are in favor of 

 the most rigid economy and the strictest accounta- 

 bility, and that, in view of the depression of the 

 times, it ia peculiarly incumbent upon us to husband 

 our resources, and to postpone such public enter- 

 prises of a costly character as are not absolutely 

 essential to our immediate wants, to a season of re- 

 newed prosperity. 



5. Resolved, That in George T. Anthony, our nom- 

 inee for Governor, we recognize a man of preeminent 

 fitness for the station earnest, capable, and of un- 

 questioned integrity ; tried in positions of trust, no 

 just reproach has ever reached him; and we rely 

 upon his vigor and eloquence for a substantial in- 

 crease to our assured overwhelming majority. Ilia 

 associates on the ticket are men whom the Republi- 

 cans will delight to honor, and by whom their several 

 trusts will be faithfully administered. 



6. Resolved, That we invite the cooperation of all 

 men, whether called "Liberal" or "Independent," 

 to whom "reform" is something more, than an 

 empty name, offering them the guarantee of candi- 

 dates, national and State, whose character and his- 

 tory are an unqualified assurance that under their 

 guidance every vital reform will be advanced by 

 their efforts and influence. 



The Democratic nominating convention was 

 held at Topeka, August 23d. John Martin 

 was nominated for Governor, and the rest of 

 the ticket was made up by a coalition with that 

 of the Greenback party. The Lieutenant-Gov- 

 ernor, Treasurer, Auditor, and Superintendent 

 of Public Instruction, were taken from the 

 Greenback nominations, and the other candi- 

 dates were Democrats. The full ticket was : 

 Governor, John Martin ; Lieutenant-Governor, 

 J. A. Beales ; Secretary of State, 8. M. Palmer; 

 Auditor, H. E. Sheldon; Treasurer, Amos 

 MoLouth; Attorney-General, W.J. McConnell; 

 Superintendent of Public Instruction, Thomas 

 Bartlett ; Judge of the Supreme Court, James 

 Humphrey. The platform adopted by the con- 

 vention was as follows : 



Resolved, That we heartily approve and indorse 

 the declaration of principles, policies, and purposes, 

 made by the National Democratic Convention at St. 

 Louis, as interpreted by the letters of acceptance of 

 the candidates nominated by that convention. 



Resolved, That in the nomination of Samuel J. 

 Tilden for President and Thomas A. Hendricks for 

 Vice-President of the United States the Democratic 

 National Convention has placed before the electors 

 of this country the names of two men whose proved 

 private and public career is an assurance to the 

 people that if elected economy^ purity, ability, 

 and statesmanship, will characterize their AdminiV- 

 tration an assurance that the highest offices in the 

 nation are public trusts and not private perquisites. 



Resolved, That in support of the candidates, on 

 the basis of the St. Louis platform, we will cor- 

 dially cooperate with all men who desire a change 

 and reform in the administration of the political 

 affairs of the nation. 



Resolved, That we invite to cooperate with us in 

 the election of the ticket this day nominated all 



good citizens of this State who desire that capacity, 

 industry, and honesty Hhull xupplant ignorance, idle- 

 ness, and dishonesty in the management f ourSuto 

 attaint, and ask the aid of all g.,oil citizctiH for the 

 protection of the honor of our Stutt-, stained, as it 

 has been, by the peculation and corruption of many 

 of the officers, and to the end that the taxes drawn 

 from the toiling masses of our people shall be ap- 

 plied to the purposes for which they are collected, 

 and not filched from the Treasury to enrich the 

 thieves who have been intrusted with their care. 



Resolved, That we believe it to be to the best in- 

 terests of this nation, and consistent with it* honor, 

 and fair to its creditors, that the standard silver 

 dollar, as it. was prior to the act of 1873, should be 

 coined and made as heretofore a legal tender for all 

 debts. 



The Greenback candidates not taken up by 

 the Democrats were: J. K. Hudson, Gov- 

 ernor ; W. M. Allison, Secretary of State ; J. 

 D. Brunsbaugh, Attorney-General. The ticket 



of the Prohibitionists consisted of: 



Paulson, for Governor ; W. Fairchild, Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor ; William Crosby, Secretary of 

 State ; P. I. Bonebrake, Auditor (same as Re- 

 publican) ; John Francis, Treasurer (same as 

 Republican); A. M. F. Randolph, Attorney- 

 General ; Cyrus W. Harvey, Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction. 



The election on the 7th of November re- 

 sulted in the choice of the Republican nomi- 

 nees. The total vote for presidential electors 

 was 124,057, of which 78,522 were for the Re- 

 publican candidates, 37,902 for the Democrats, 

 7,770 for the Greenback ticket, and 133 were 

 scattering. The plurality of the Hayes and 

 Wheeler ticket over that of Tilden and Hen- 

 dricks was 40,620; majority over all, 32,817. 

 The total vote for Governor was 121,727, of 

 which Anthony had 69,073, Martin. 46,204, 

 Hudson 6,020, Paulson 393, scattering 37. An- 

 thony's plurality over Martin was 22,869; 

 majority over all, 16,410. Three Republican 

 members of Congress were elected. The Legis- 

 lature chosen at the same time consists of 37 

 Republicans and 3 Democrats in the Senate, 

 and 108 Republicans and 18 Democrats and 

 " Opposition " in the House. Two amend- 

 ments to the constitution were ratified. One 

 of these provided that no money should bo 

 drawn from the Treasury, except in pursu- 

 ance of a specific appropriation made by law, 

 and no appropriation should be for a longer 

 period than two years. The other fixed the 

 term of county officers at two years, except 

 county commissioners, whose term of office is 

 to be three years. The vote on the former 

 was 94,345 to 17,681, on the latter 92,054 to 

 1,985. 



The decision of the Supreme Court of the 

 United States in the Osage Land case was ren- 

 dered on the 10th of April, in favor of the set- 

 tlers. The lands in question had been granted 

 by Congress to the Leavenworth, Lawrence 

 & Galveston, and the Missouri, Kansas & 

 Texas Railroad Companies, and patents were 

 issued for a considerable portion of them. 

 They had at the same time been in large part 

 taken up and occupied by settlers. Suit waa 



