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KANSAS. 



Lead and Zinc. The total product of lead 

 in the State for 1891 was 7,204,420 pounds, val- 

 ued at $180,100. and the zinc product 40,527,391 

 pounds, valued at $405,273. The product of 

 zinc is more than one fourth of the total produc- 

 tion of the United States. Lead and zinc are 

 found only in Cherokee and Crawford Counties. 



Agriculture. The following table shows the 

 acreage, amount, and value of several farm prod- 

 ucts in Kansas in 1891 : 



* Sirup and forage. 



Political. The People's Party State Conven- 

 tion met at Wichita on June 16, and nominated 

 L. D. Lewelling for Governor, Percy Daniels for 

 Lieutenant - Governor, R. S. Osborn for Secre- 

 tary of State, Van Buren Prather for Auditor, 

 W. H. Biddle for Treasurer, J. T. Little for At- 

 torney-General, H. N. Gaines for Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, S. H. Allen for Asso- 

 ciate Justice of the Supreme Court, and W. A. 

 Harris for Congressman-at-large. The resolu- 

 tions adopted approve the St. Louis platform 

 and somewhat amplify its demands. They de- 

 clare that government only is good where injury 

 to one is the concern of all ; that public news 

 should be supplied by public agencies; that 

 among other things the Government should pro- 

 vide are public telephones and telegraph lines, 

 and a postal currency for convenience in trans- 

 mitting small sums of money, and that, as nearly 

 as practicable, the mail of all the people should 

 be delivered at their homes free. They denounce 

 the nonaction of the Republican State Senators 

 regarding the Australian ballot bill, the maxi- 

 mum freight bill, and the bill for election of rail- 

 road commissioners by the people, and favor pen- 

 sions for railroad employees injured in the com- 

 pany's service, to be paid by the companies and 

 to be a first lien on their property. 



On June 30 the Republican State Convention 

 met at Topeka, and nominated Abram W. Smith 

 for Governor on the fifth ballot. His competi- 

 tors were E. N. Morrill and M. M. Murdock. 

 For Lieutenant-Governor, Robert F. Moore was 

 nominated; for Secretary of State, William C. 

 Edwards ; for Auditor, Blanche K. Bruce, Jr. ; 

 for Treasurer, John Bruce Lynch ; for Attorney- 

 General, Theodore F. Garver; for Superintend- 

 ent of Public Instruction, James C. Davis ; for 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, Daniel M. Valen- 

 tine. The declaration of principles included the 

 following : 



We are earnestly in favor of such legislation, State 

 and national, as shall prevent gambling in food prod- 

 ucts and other necessaries of life. 



We indorse the recommendation of the Postmaster- 

 General for the Government control of the telegraph 



and telephone service, and we favor the free delivery 

 of mail in the country as well as in towns and cities. 



As the transportation of agricultural products be- 

 gins at the farm, we favor such change in the road 

 laws as will insure the better construction and super- 

 vision of all highways. 



We favor the complete revision of the laws relating 

 to assessment and taxation, and we believe that sound 

 business principles demand that all property be as- 

 sessed at its actual value. 



We demand the enactment of a law making liberal 

 provision for the representation of the State and a dis- 

 play of its resources at the World's Columbian Expo- 

 sition. 



We demand an amendment to the mortgage law so 

 as to provide for a liberal right of redemption of all 

 real property after sale under foreclosure of mortgage. 



We demand the strictest legislation for preserving 

 the purity of the ballot and prohibiting the corrupt 

 use of money. 



We favor the submission to a vote of the people of 

 an amendment to the Constitution eliminating the 

 disqualification of sex in the enjoyment of the elective 

 franchise. 



We favor the nonemployment of children under 

 fourteen years of age in mines, workshops, and fac- 

 tories. 



We disapprove the policy of blacklisting employees 

 by railways or other corporations. 



We insist that the great transportation companies, 

 which derive their corporate existence from Kansas- 

 laws and their financial existence (from Kansas trade 

 and commerce, owe to the people of Kansas fair, equi- 

 table, and honest treatment in the matter of freight 

 rates. 



We also demand of Congress such amendments of 

 the interstate commerce law as will give the people 

 of Kansas and the West the benefits that would ac- 

 crue to them from their location, and will prevent the 

 railroads from rendering valueless the vast sums of 

 money expended in improving the harbors of the 

 Southwest, by charging the people of Kansas prac- 

 tically the same freight tariffs from the Gulf of Mexico, 

 a distance of 700 miles, that they do from New York, 

 1,500 miles. 



On July 6 the Democratic State Convention 

 at Topeka, after a heated discussion, voted to 

 adopt all the nominations made by the People's 

 party three weeks before, both for the State 

 offices and for presidential electors. The Demo- 

 cratic national ticket was approved, and resolu- 

 tions were adopted, including the following: 



That in our judgment the prohibitory amendment 

 and the laws passed in pursuance thereof have not 

 reduced the evils of intemperance, but have been the 

 fruitful source of perjury, bribery, and injustice of 

 every form. This constitutional amendment, and 

 the iaws passed to carry the same into effect, should 

 be repealed, and a reasonable license law be substi- 

 tuted in their stead. 



That we are in favor of liberal appropriations for 

 the World's Columbian Exposition. 



We demand that the next Legislature of this State 

 enact a law which shall provide that railroad com- 

 panies shall be liable for damages suffered by their 

 employees by reason of injuries sustained by such em- 

 ployees in consequence of defects in road, tracks, or 

 rolling stock or other negligence of a railroad com- 

 pany, whether such defect was known to such injured 

 employees or not. 



That it is the duty of the Legislature to enact such 

 legislation as will provide for a just and equitable 

 system of freight rates which shall extend to every 

 locality in the State. 



That the Democrats of Kansas favor the election of 

 the Railroad Commissioners by the people. 



On July 13 the Prohibitionists met in State 

 convention, and nominated the following ticket : 



