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J letter work wan never done by n lie-1 publican convention in KlltlHttH than hat of the (me mat met lit Topeka | Wednesday nfte.noon. 11 WHS mi enthusiastic, harmonious body of eurnestl Republicans and (HI mistakes were | made. The platform is Hlronj:. It is to the 1 point. It deals with living ipicstlons. The declaration in regard to transportation companies is jnsi v, hat the people demand. Tin- treatment of the prohibition ipiestion is judicious and wise. Ill ' will be endorsed by everybody who is at heart a Republican. Let the Democrat- | ic parly antagonize our position on this question ami await the result. The ticket is ns strong as the platform. Kvery candidate is worthy of | the place to which he has been nomliia-| ted. Wo do not know which nomination we like the best. From the gallant Col. John A. Martin for governor, to l'rof. J. II Lawhead for superintendent of public instruction, every candidate is a mnn for whom wo feel the I warmest personal friendship. We I would not change a name on the ticket. We are full of the hurrah spirit. With such a platform and such a ticket the I victory will lie .ill the most nrdent lie- [ publican could hopo for. Again, we Tipcat, the adoption of that platform and the nomination of thai ticket was A | glorious day's work for the Republican' |] party of Kansas.

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^Hpac^^uTkrTtluun.individualIv.as our readers havo a fair knowledge of'nearly allot thou.. It is Uw ticket tbnt wlli hu elected HUM full. The Hepublicans of Kansas went In Topeka through their .cprosentutives for the our purposn of presuming the people with a ticket that would bo victorious at the poll*, i'hey gave the leadership of the light i" this campaign Into tlm hands of that able, emiiienland worthy man. John A. Martin, and they surrounded him with » stuff of emcicnt and honorable men whom the party will delight to follow to n splendid victory.

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The RKCOIID la well pleased with the work n( the Republican Statu convention. The platform is broad and good. It Is not quite HO radical on the prohibition subject as some could wish, but I It suits us. All we now want Is the I honest and faithful enforcement of the I law, believing that It will prove its own worth and firmly establish Itself In public estimation. The arraignment of Governor Ollck rises above party, and appeals to the honor and sense of propriety of every law-abiding citizen of the State. The railroad "plank" Is a dmlrably drawn and pushvs the Republicans to the front in advocacy of the Ttlght In the greut conflict between corporate greed and private Interest. . It Is, in a word, a platform that every Republican can endorse. \ * The ticket is also excellent. Col. | 'John A. Martin, the candidate for gov'eroor, Is a noble man. lie Is a RepubI llcan "all over." lie has done ns much to make Kansas great as any man In it. He will make n clean administration, and rub out the foul blot placed upon the escutcheon of this proud and prosperous State by the narrow-minded fanatic who has brought the blush of shame to every law-loving, oath-respecting citizen of the commonwealth. We especially wish to commend the fairness and courtesy with which the minority in the convention were treated, and the good sense and moderation, generally, that characterized the conflicting elements. The work of the convention appears to give gonernl tat isfactlon in the State, and everything Indicates that the party will roll up an old-time majority this fall.

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THURSDAY. JULY'21, 1884. Nil., JOHN A. MARTIN. The Itepnbllcnii Nominee for UuvernorI of Kansas. Last Thursday, July 17th, at the republican stale convention, Col. John A. Martin was nominated for governor by acclamation. He Is one of the staunch republicans of our state, and no citizen within her borders has done more to make Kansas what she Is to-day. We propose to support him: 1st, because lie is a republican, am) 2d, because we personally, admire the man for his many good traits of character. When our country Witt threatened by armed traitors, ami volunteers were called for, be did not send a substitute to represent him In the Union army, uor did ho remain at home; but, leaving home and frleuds, he went forth under the llrst cull for troops, performed his whole duty, and returned with the remnant of the Union army; but not until the last gun had been llred aud peace restored. We do not admire the prohibition plank in the platform. We were and still are in favor of resubmitting the prohibitory amendment to the voters of the stale at a »)iecliil election, when it can be voted upon without muking it the insueof any political party. Tlllsworlh, tut a county, wc firmly believe is in favorol'resubmission, and we doubt If any candidate for the legislature who is o|>enly opposed to It, coutd be elected. The question of resubmission, however, has nothing whatever to ilo with the governorship. If any of our democratic friend^ or others think differently, then weriskthem why has not Ptovernor (Rick had the | question re-submitted V As it requires

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Col. Jno. A. Martin. Col. John A. Martin has been nominated for Governor. Blx yean ago we voted for him, but uu unholy alliance between Gov. Anthony and Col. J. P. St. John defeated him. Now the men who opposed him are glad enough to give him tho place. Those who two aud three months ago Bald : "Martin should wait four years," are now loud for him. Col. Martin ought to be el* eoted by an overwhelming majority. His work in Kansas Is worthy of recognition. He commenced here before he was of age, and he did splendid ser* "f vice, first as the editor of a free-state ' papef,*wben he was twenty-one, next [' M a sol'dler, then as editor again. No paper has done more for this State, no soldier made a better record. He has always been one of the leaders of the party, though he never claimed to be one of the "boller-tban-you" sort. He bos a character that will stand the test i of a sharp political campaign. He I will be elected and will make a good pvernor.

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THE NOMINATING SPEECH. We publish bolow a oorrcotod copv>of tho ipoooh delivered by Rov. Dr. Krobn, ofAtobison, in plaoing boforo tho liepublican Stato convention tho name of Col. John A. Martin; a speook, whlob, according to tho testimony of many persons present, evoked an enthusiasm almost unprecedented in Kansas: Mr. Chairman; I can think of nothing thai would require moro hardihood than lo rise bct'oro an nnsombly liko this composed of tho froo and intelligent representatives of tho freo and intelligent Republican party of Kansas, and presume to present to them an unworthy namo, upon a falso protenco. Suoh uo attempt, Mr. Chairman, if made, could but fail. Tho toon whom I soo around mo know

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what they want; thoy know who Sent thorn here. Thoy realize the duty aud responsibility that rosts upon thcni. Thoy aro horc to act fortho safoty, tho honor, tho succosa of tho Republican party of Kansas, whioh moans tho safety, honor and prosperity of Kansas hersolf. Conscious, thon, of the impossibility, oven if tho inclination misted, of docoiving such a body of men; knowing how foolish, how futile such mi attempt would be, I ariso (o prosont n namo to this convontion whioh is in itself o guarantee of good faith, which is-in iuulf tho word of honor whioh umy not bo broken, which is in itsolf a warrant and pledge of faithful obedicuco to thu will of tho .Republican party of KansaH. I risu to prosont to a oonvention of Republicans, bound in honor to do their beat for tho >arty whioh has ontrustod to thoin a righ and soloron duty, tho namo of a man whoso Republicanism is absolutely without n flaw or stain; tho namo of ono who gave to the Republican party tho OBthusiasticoffootion of his youth, and who has dovotod to its oauso tho strength tod dovotion of manhood's prime. A man who onlistod under tho republican bannor boforo his faoo knewo board, and. who has romaincd steadfast and dauntless by that standard till ho has reached tho meridian of manhood and looks towards the sotting sun. A roan who in good and evil reports, who in danger and triumph, who amid foobloncss and dissatisfaction, who in tho gloom of dofoat and in tho sunshino of victory, and who in every peril, in cvory crisis, in ovory viois-I situdo has stood immovable as a rock, a'J Repnblioan. I riso to, prosont to an assemblage of I Amoricans, to mon who lovo thoir coun-l try, and who in bygono days listonod to] her cry of distross, to men who. have felt hot in thoir faoos tho cannon's burning breath,Nto men who havo known • the strong ties of soldierly comradoship knit firmor as tbo days of dangor alternating with nights of weary watohing rollod by, to men who amid tho comforts of home and poaco h,avo not forgotten tho soorifi cea and suffering of war, and whoso memories aro busy as I speak with tho soeoes of tho past; who oarry in their hoirts forever the last words of dying comrades con • jnring thorn nover to forget, I present to these mon tho name of a soldier wboso' record is as spotless as tho sunlit snow; who in all tho ohangiog scenes of war never tailod, nevor faltored, norvcr_ )in-

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o* can l make return* lor yourklni nes», your trait, your friendship? 1 oan only say at ttils lime ibal i accept your uominalion with sincere gratitude, and Ibat the duties and roapun- ibilititis it imposes upon mo I shall endeavor to diw charge fuithfully, honestly, and to the best of my ability, cousoioim (hat I have behind roc to guide urn, counsel me, and assist rue, tho host brain, ihu bust thought, thu highest nnil mom enlightened Intelligence, the purest and bravest purpose lu short ihu republican puny of Kansas. This staUi has been my home for nearly twenty-eight years and I have been Identillcd with its growth, lu Interests, my whole life stneo boyhood. I have watched with HDXious solicitude uvery step and stage of lis wonderful development, and over my pride and confidence in Its great future have bean mom than hits titled. I have too, during mat period, glvoo my conscientious adherence to the republican party. No doubt or quos!j tion as to what party my alleglanoe was due has ever entered mv mind. From the vote of its fid mission into the union until tho present time, tho republican party bus steadily controlled the destinies of this state, Can any one truthfully assert that It has not governed wisely and well0 Lot the result of lis rule, thoabounding prosperity that IHU tbo homes of Kansas, the pcaoe, order and sobriety prevailing throughout hor borden, her marvelous growth, unparalleled In tho doveloperaont of any other American state. Let those accomplished facts make answer. In Its Infancy tho republican party of Kansas onriched the history of a dark and troubled period with a record of dtitios bravely and honestly discharged: in Its youth when war drums were throbbing and buttle flags were waving, tho govenor not only proteoted tho border of the state against hostile invasion but | sent more men to the war In proportion to our population than any other state in the union: in its manhood It has given to tho people economical administration, has dotted every hilltop with sohools, has made generous provision for the unfortunate, DM sternly repressed outbreaking crime and ho* made Life and property as secure as they aro any where under the shining sum." ThU is briefly stated, the record of republican administration in Kansas. Match it' If vou con, with the history of any party in any other state, This is not the time for discussion of the broader issues of national politics. Bluine ami Logan need no eulogy. For n quarter of a century, in war and in peace, their careers have been inseperably associated with the grandest and most beneficent achievements of the nation. Tho peo•jtQpA**.

pie know thorn and propose to eloct them. Ami now gentlemen, before you, ihu delegated representatives of tho republican party of Kansas, I rennw my allegiance to republicanism, to Kansax, to hor constitution, her laws and to tho platform here adopted which for one and all of them." Kansas City Journal. Tho nomioa lion of John A. Martin as candidate for Uovornor was justly inado by acclamation. II is party is a unit in his support, and wo say without rosorvo that ho deserves the honor in ovory noose of tho world. In politics, military and business lifo his bost cfTorls have boon dovotod to tho intorcsts of his State, and tho part ho has takon in making Kansas gnat IIOH by no means been small. Mr. Martin's spoooh boforo tho convention wo* a modol. IIpi tributo to his State was just, truthful, and, UDOZr oggeratod, His allusion to tho part tho Republicans had taken in tho great work of civilization, in tho struggle* of war and the grander victories of poacc, was froo of tho idle boasting or politics) bombast. We havo seldom, if over, road a moro porfect acknowledgment of high political honor. Mr. Martin doaorves, and will roooivo, a great majority, Wo oooirratulato tho Kopublioaoi of Kansas on tho good rooord made ye*-' torday, and prodiot lor thorn a viotory at polls in Novomber.ii) aooord wjth UJtJr woll established rooord in tho past. '

vvaiaasD r.vnti ritltol If W I L L . C. B R O W N . Tiiuts:—$1.00 per year, in advance. iJVHITING FRIDAY July 25th 1884 ' The Republican party lu "couveutipn liut week, did ltsell' credit by liorrrtnt^ ting Col. John A. Martin, of Atot'' tor' Governor'. But few men In' state liaVd worked BO ardently fot'^»el flliccet* of the Republican /party siuei the' ^rganliution of the state, and nooe nave given it moid loyal' tjeyotlon thjqt fioa Qoj: M t i t i . He U capable, jibnbat. anti \t elected,,wllj toUKe a good Governor. " ,v " '""' ' -" n

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gross and prosperity of the State, He I was a gallant soldier during the war, and is fitted by a thorough acquaintance of years with all pubHo rat,4' affecting the State or county) a chief magistrate of whom" will be proud. But Col, Martin needa no elaborate words of praise, everybody knows him in the State, and ne wail nominated by acclamation by his part} j ashewUlbeeleotod,by tho peopl verily beUavfr". jjfggjfc• •:

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wt Thursday, July 17lli.nl there, publican stato convention, Col. John A. Martin Was nominated r„r governor liy acclmnntion. Tin is one or tho staunch ropubllcans of our stato. and no elllson within her borders has done morn to mako Knnsim what she is to-day. We propoanln support lilin: Isl, heriiiwu he l» ll lopnl.iirnn. and 2d. I localise w e | personally, ndniiretlio man for liIs many I K'«>d traits of eliaiacler. When our ' country was tlireatonodliy armed trait<>M. and volunteers won. eallod for. | J did not send n Hiilistltiit,. |„ represent him in the Union army, nor did lie remain al liome: l.ni. iraviiiK home mull friends, lie went fortli nndor tho m-st call lor troops, perform.d lib. whole duty, and . returned uiih ||H. nm. nantoni.eri,i..n;,rio> : Mil n„t. ,,iili| Mm last KIII, had l.een iir,..| and ]wm. restorrd. \V« d« mil admire the pmhiI'ilion plank in I ho plat Inn,,, tye were and still are in favor of ri Hiilimt | | hl|{ j Ihnpnihiliiliii;' aiiiemliiieiil In Hie VoU jjrHorthrhiia,. at a wiiwiaj Hn-Hm.

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OUR NEXT GOVERNOR. Col. John Alexander Martin, Heroibllcan candidate for Governor of Kansas, I was born nt Brownsville, Fayette Co.,' Fa., March lUtli, 18:tl). Un hi* mother's I side, lie 1B descended from Col. Brown, after whom the town of llrownsvillc I WHS named, nnd ninoui* his kindred number many of the oldest nnd most famous of the Scotch-Irish families of I

Western FunntyWauin. Amonn hiri ancestors is numbered the nullum Col, Crawford, who was hurneil at the Make I by the Indians. Ills relationship to James 0 . IJInlne is that ol second eonsIn. In the old town of Brownsville he rice I ved u common school edueallou, lint it was such an education us was j;i veil by "Master" Joshua tllbbons, the most famous school teacher of his time and section, whose pupils are scattered all over the country and who revere the I memory of the severe but Just lust ruetor, who left his stem Impress upon I the mind and character of so many' youth, This education was supplemented by what wns virtually another course of Instruction In the olllce of the llrownsvillc CHpyrr, then under the editorship of Mr. both T. Uui-il. nu old tlmo printer nnd editor, u ureal uramtnarlan, who carefully Instructed his apprentices In the science of language. Mr, llnnl was a staunch Whig and a public speaker of great reputation. To! '•Matter;; Gibbous and Mr. llurd, Col. Martin owes all he was enabled to obtain of early education. Be lore leaving tho CUpprr olllce the -ubjccl of this sketch attained to the position of foreman and local editor. Mr. James Martin. Cnl. Martin's | father, removed with his family to Atchison Initio Spring af 18,*>7 and was followed In about six months by his oldest sou, John A., who had becu working for sometime In the olllce of the Commtrcitil-Journal al FltUburg. On i arriving at Atchison John A. Martin I! had youth, a frame of irou, u good knowledge of tho printer's trade, and 1*10 cents. Ho wont to work sticking typo on the Squatter Sovereign and on the Crmader of freedom, a short lived paper established at Doniphan by the brilliant but crratlo James Ilcdpatu. lit February, 1858, tho young printer purchased the Squatter Sovereign. Tbo politics of the paper, originally of tho most virulent pro-slavery type, had been changed prior to the purchase, but in order that there might be no mlstako the young editor changed iho namo ol the sheet to Freedom'* Champion. This paper has continued unlntcruptedly under Col. Martin's proprietorship for over twenty-live years. All this time, |

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On the outbreak of the war ho at once sought to enter the Held, and during Uio summer of 1801 was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of tho Eighth Kansas infantry, u very flue regiment commanded by Col. Wcssols, n regular officer. With this thorough old soldier u his teacher and friend, the young soldier advanced rapidly In the military art. After service at Leavenworth for somo months, the Eighth wan ordered to thu South, with Lieutenant Colonel Martin lu command. Soon after the arrival of thu regiment al Corinth, Miss., it buuuuie incorporated in thu

•Army of the Cumberland, whose gloricH It ever alter shared. In October. 1X02, Lictiicuaui Colonel Martin wan promoted to the Colonelcy of thu regiment. He uii- Provost Marshal, and hi* regiment J'rovoKt Hoard of Nashville from lieceitiber ISU2 to June I Mil. Thu UNI cellenl discipline and Hue appearance of I thu regiment, and thu linn preservation of order lu a great garrison town formed the source of numerous olllclal commendations addressed to Col. Martin. Thu "Klglith," under Col. Martin's command, fought at l'orryvlllu and LanIvaster, Ky.; served lu thu campaign I against Tullahoiua and Chattanooga; i fought bravely at Chlckaumuga, where Col. Martin commanded a1 brigade on tho second day. The command particularly distinguished Itself al Mission Illdgc, and Col. Martin also took part In the terrible march fur thu relief of Ki:o\vlllc. Returning from this march, one of the most severe ever made by American troop.-, the rugliuunt participated lu Sherman's movement as far us Atlanta, lu thu movements uiHlcr.Uuu. Thomas, which dually resulted In Uio destruction of Hood's army, and until Ids uiuitcr-oui nt l'ulaskl, Tonu., in August, 1303, Col. Mnrtlu commanded the Third Hrlgadc, Third Division Fourth Army Corps. During his mill* tary career. Col. Martin became thu trusted friend of Generals Thomas, Rusccruns, Stanley and the grout corps | commanders, and was and Is still tho Idol of his regiment. IteUirtllllg to Atchison at tho close of thu wur, Col. Martin resumed the editorship of his paper, the Atchison ChumJIIUII, llu has held many positions of trust, Federal, Stale and Municipal. As I has been said, lie has oltou represented I his Slate in National conventions; has served as commander in chief of thu 'Grand Army of the Republic of Kansas; j was one of the Unites Stated centennial commissioners, and has been since 1878 a member of the Hoard of Managers of the Soldier's home. Ills life has beuu a constant course of public sorvicc, though It must be coufussed la positions where the labor and the anxiety was nut of all proportion to tho reward lu thu shape of salary. Col. Martin's canvas for Governor In 187S Is well known. llu very narrowly

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and forceful writer was gained through Its columns. After bis retirement from [she military service Col. Martin wu postmaster of Atchison tot twalTe years. Bo was a delegate to every national convention of tba republican party from 1800 to 18^0, end was for many Veers a member of tbe national committee, of which be was chosen secretary on the .retirement of Mr. Dorsey, UoL Martin was J one of the Phlladslphfa Centennial own. I ;n>Utiooers, andfora number of yeers baa I boen one of tbe managers of'tba national military" noma*.'* « ' , •* f \ "\\ ' \l J There is no man in Kansas of hl|ber Ijchsrecter end none more universally 1 esteemed. He t i t personal friend and | eble ohampion of tbe republican nominee for president, and bis nemo at tba bead j I of tba state ticket insure* a return of tba Lpld-tlme republican majorities, v.

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Tin- mini himself M 11 llcpihllcnn, strong mill trie.i und true. Hi* has never fa I lc r I'd In lii< allegiance to (hi* party which hoonnseicntiousl.y believed to lie working In Iliv best way, for the beat uml highest Interests at Kansas. This we nll'know. We all know ihnt two years nun he was up* posed t'll'n* i i n i i i u i l i . i l of Ht, J'llin. We'kuow sunn-kin our in Wlmt hi" disiippolniiiieol 11111*1 have In*-* when 111.; convention ili'i'lih'il agdnst 'lint. Kut tliil-i) WHS no ^.miiii;. or lucking, (M* «ry vt "ntvif gfap.-s '• Tu.teud. ho Ht on-e uciepteil l!iu decision of the convention.and I'l'oni '.mill iv fur ward lie worked nui'd for l i u election of rtt. John as lie could have il me for his own. Suing who h.iil opposed the uomimiiinn ri'iMuhifil lukewarm during the campaign. Some who had woikdl hard for It, c-m-dilcrud tin.'battie fought when the nomination was made niid ii'Hii'd on I heir ours. Not •o with John A. Martin, He worked uml kept on working, and wo feel safe In saying that hud tlio other Republicaii dallies done nu much an did tbo Champion, Kansas would have been spared the humiliation of having for two yearn n Democratic governor. But thU wiw neither the ilisi nor the best that Col, Martin hint dona, for the Mtate of Ilia uiioptlon. From tile Infancy of our mute, und even before It WUH a state, ho was here with voice and pen and personal lulhiunce, nerving the Interests of Kausus and her people, H e . has hern not only Interested In her growth mid devclopmeMt, be hint been a part, of II—as far us one raiiu can be, he ha* been the cause of it. He bus rejoiced in her prosperity, and by big persuasive j-rn and willing voice he has added to her prosperity. I n short, Kansas IIUH had no lirmer or more steadfast friend than lie during all these years of bis life and labor here. Many huvo niiule moro stir about Jt, for the working machinery In Col. Martin's make-up is well oiled and rather noiseless'In operation; but

his services have been well limed, Utiostentatious und Milwtanthil. He I HI* all Iniuoiablt' record as B soldier. He eoniiiuiiuled a regiment | of Kansas boys during (be war, and ho did It well, ait tlie survivors of it will testily. '1'he call to duly never [sounded in vuin lor him. He never lingered in rase when the post of duty I'was the place of danger. He never fullered, hut bravely Mood in his lot till a hard earned peace was won. He wan selected In represent iCnuSUN ut (he Centennial imposition In 1870, and he did It In such a way us to reflect credit mi his ami our mate, us well us to Invite many new settlers to our borders. . He bus conducted a newspaper here [since his boyhood, and it has always and Invariably rung true to the best [ Interests of Hie state, noting her prosperity, heralding her resources and iinviting to a home within her borders. On (he other bund—but enmo to think of It there Is no other hntid. l i e is a sufe man. Everybody knowa where to Hud hlrn. Nobody ever heard or ever expects In hear of John A. Martin us being-.mixed up with any sort of Jobs or rlnus or disreputable trlukery. No one has said soything ugulust III in as a man for .the very good reason that there Is nothing to say. H U purs Mill character [Is beyond reproach, as his Republicanism is without a tlnw or stain, und his reeord as a soldier "as spotless us tbc I sunlit snow." I n the words of Dr, Krohn in presenting his name M i l ' candidate, "For twenty-seven yearn he has labored for the advancement of his state; first striving to make her free, ho has slnon tolled to make bur [great; his name is written on every h)ugu of Jier annuls; and his r«oord' rims u golden thread through the warp und woof of bur spleudld history." ,': . Such Is tho man—a man with nnth,' ling ft) his history that noed shrink from inspection, even In tho searching light of u healed political campaign. 'Now for the platform on whioh h t stands. We will give Itoutlre next week. Read it through and see if It lis not sound to the very eore. I t

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stulca tlio doctrinc7o^heTte7uWlainl| imrty, and It Mates them in im nil. i inlrablc way—in BUCII n wiiy IIH in plenne ninctcnlhi or Ihe party, nml !J not trlvo unnecesury offence to lite re- J inuiniiiK oru-tcntli. Jt IOUCIHM on -Nutimml lopi'-n, endorse* tin- miniiniiK trillion nf Ariliur mul mtlllft* the !-uomi nation nl' liluinc und LOKSII—n hint: which KuiixiiM IIIIK iicin wiiit-i iluj; for eiirlit years to tin, ut leant us fur I * the hruil of (he ticket i« concerned. lit endorses the National platform in lh udhcrencu to the poli« party, und IIH MUCII aliould he faith-, folly anil honestly enforced "that (he; f.jll effect* of prohibition niny he rcn"ixed, that the doelirul will nf the people m.iy In ruijlwttHli an I thu the majesty of the law may lie vinillcateil." Co.ihl any pmhlbltinnUt ink for more, especially when we remember that the mini who Miami* mi the plat' form Ii radical • noujrh in regit rd lo obedience to luw, favors the full ami Impartial enloremienl nf I'. ami ha* atrouglv declared ii-zuiu. inutstutiof title particular law? Due j any law-abiding Hupubllu.ui ask Iwe* than that the luw of thestute made such by thu vote of thu state, •Jull bu enforced ? The platform denounces ami condemns the action of the pro-ent Chief Executive of our stnte In his usurputloiiH of Judicial power, and nlnnc* of the pardoning p-ivvur. In *h» *fclt>ui^it» to make the prohibitory law odious, and the breaking »tf It respectable. What man iu either, parly wlio believe* In the in ijesty uf law mul the keeping of solemn outlm could wWi that less hail been ttahl on this subject'.' It nsks that the present rullroud law •bull be HO amended and strengthened that It may be more euslly carried out. and the rights of both the people and

I the roads bu resncijUnTTtnTseourct In there any one union;; us who | doc* not agree to that ? This U thu platform he stand* on. Is it not n gOitil one? And of thin platform the uiuu who stand* nn It, I sa.VH : "I renew my nllcniuucu In Ke« | publlcalilsin, to Kunu-4, (n her cniisti| tutlnn, her laWH, und to the plallHi-ui here adopted, which speaks for each und all of them."

L i CYGKE JOURNAL | w: '" , SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1884. Thare la not a mora popular Republican in tbt State than Ool. John A. Martin, aditor of the Atchison Champion, who is tba nomlnaa for Gavtrnor. Ha is sound, safa and able—a Republican of Republiaanism only. His unanimous Domination by noolamation, amid grant enthusiasm, was n worthy tribute to bis distinguished lifetlma lerrioe in behalf of tba prinolpUs of tba party by whose suffrages ba will ba made the next Qorsrnor of Kansas.

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JULY 23. W4, Thul Col. John A. Martin will he our next governor there is not II i| nest ion, of dnuh't in our imud. The editor of the Cui'risu lias been a John A. Martin man ever Hinuo we were old enough to voln, und we are truly glad to see him thus honored, Jlelsun old resident of the slide and hns done IIH much lor the republican part* IIH any man iu the statu. The entire ticket is a paid one, one that any republican can heartily support, ami will he elected by one of Kau«aa old time lepubliuum majorites.

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Boaio four weeks ago wo filaced at the head of our oilitoriul column tho name of John A. Martin for governor, and predicted tlint he would bo nominated by ncclanin tiou, Our prediction wna amply i verified by the nctiou of the Kopubliceii | itntu convention nt Topoko, Uie 10th lost. Tlio nomination of Colonel Mnrtin n un • doubtedly the wisest that could have boon made", ftols a mnn of pre-eminent <^altflc&tions, a man who hai boon identified for the pait. 1)0 ycara with tho settling* p ,and: developing the resources of the sfaje of Kansas, a man whoso acts in public life if recorded on tho pages of history Would bo tho major part of tho history of J fvansus sinco her iirst incoption in the tbaltnx of States, a man of unquestioned ntoor'riry, unduuuted courage, e lifo'-lonir ipublrcaa, conservativeajtJMrae. Ool. •Marti u is the free end untrninmolod choice I •of beth factions of thV ltepublioan party | — prohibitionists apd autl-prohlbltlonUu. He will-be olooted next November by (SO,'"00' majority. . NHthcr allele nor any flier mail, dead" or lire, cuu boat'him_ on ^whlsk'y'or an nnti-whUky platfbrny,

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JIO man ever wont into a con TO ntaon- under more aoepioioos circum-1 'stanoos than OoL John A. Martin at I Top©ka,on iho 16th inst, and no| 'man over reoeivod honore more! 'worthily or wore them with more, becoming dignity and grace. Socb 'is the man who will lead the Eopub1ldan boeta to victory in the coming | gubernatorial campaign.

All of Atchison t units I out t<> moot John A. Mnrtin on Inn return from flu: stain convention and in honor of limiioniinoXii'ii. In nuHwer to (ho cull for a speech, ho said:

"J dinilit if 1 cuu make my voico roach thin viixt assemblage. My crutitudo for my welcome liomo far exceeds my men Ity of expressing it. From tho bottom of my heart I thaukyou for this cordial and kind expression of your friendship. I have received from tlio hands of a groat party of« grout Ntutu u wry grout honor. I would feel that I hud Ioat reaped uud reward of my townameu did I not think that they ahared tho honor that has boon conform! upon me. I have lived in Atchison during nil tho years of my manhood. You hnvo known my life. To Atchison I havo donated all tho years of my labor*. Unless my own townsmen aharo in my pleasure I would feci atrip* pod of tho pleasure I fool. I shall not Attempt n speech to-night. I um tirod and weary from tho four or live deya* work in Topcku. 1 predict victory for tho ltepublieiin party in tho nation and stale next November. Wu are goiug to olect Hluino and Logan, and bring back tho old time ltopuhlioan majority to Kansas. Don't bo deceived, my fellow towiibiuen, by tho eroukiug of doubters. Wo arc sure to wiu this full. No ono need doubt the mult. Tho Democrats hnvo won their Iirst nud Inst victory in KaiiNus. Thanking ,i on nguin, follow oitizens, J give place to the nciitlouion who are to follow mo."

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John A. Martin, of Atchison, was nominated as a candidate for Governor, by acclamation, bli nomination having been conceded ever since the work of the county conventions was known. Col. Martin is unquestionably the choice of the Republican party of the state. Up has been identified with the history of Kansas for nearly 28 years, was a gallant soldier during the rebellion nod has been an earnest defender of ovcry principle of human rights as well in timo of poaoo as in time of war.

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\ %JHNIU» •Alton are in luck. The nom•{nation of John A. Martin by the Knom Republicans, for Governor, Is a well* merited tribute to a most popular man and a true oiU*ea. Mr. Martin has .been Identified with the hlitory of Kenj(ev«£*Ine41t; was a-State, and u edU • b£th$^amplon, Atchison, for neari s yearfTha^donrn^t, a little towards . f advancement' and "material prosper* Itf, "Ar a consistent',' leyel headed Republican, he will" be unanimously elected.. ~*

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Tni Itopublican slato convention mot last Tuosday for tho purpose of plucing in nomination a full slato liekot. As thotc is no matorial opposition to Col. Martin for govornor ho will, of eoitrso, bo nominated by ncclimation. This is as it should bo. No bottor qualified or bottor fittod jwiin can bo iound in tho stato. The IIicUAi.u from editor tostypo have lor tho lost six months stood solid for Martin. Hcnoo such unanimity for the gallant Col. Philadelphia- Pros*: RcpiibllcNUS every whero will commend the wisdom of lliu party in Kansas injnakbig UoL John A. Mar tin IT M candidate Tor governor, No Uoptihlican in tho went has a honor record than Col. Mnrliu. lib It tho founder Hud editor of one of the nblcHt Republican papers in that HOC lion, the Atchuton Champion, nud has been prominent iu itate aud national politics for nearly thirty] #*exi. > r^tr services during the war were~markcd' alio by nmuy nets of consplcueus gallantry. Tho Kopublioau party In Kanies, which oxpresied its dlssatisfuutlou wU^ieho uufortunsto nomine-' tiou of fill John iu 1882 by electing a Democratic govornor, will be unltod again tinder thu leadership of Col. Martin.

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Upon this platform we can accept John A. Martin, for though there may be doubts as to his personal opinion on tho subject of prohibition, we regard him as a man of honor who will do his utmost to make the resolutions in that plat* form, living principle*^ the polloy of his administration. And we shall anticipate no leanings toward the side of lawlessness such as we have been called on to denounce in tUe Governor's office in the last two years.

JOHN A. MARTIN. All ball to Uie chief whose brightrecordof glorv Is sialnloss nnil pure M His now fallen snow; Whose pcu bM •mbuttoned fair liberty* story, Whoso sabre has (lushed In the f*ce of her foe, In the flush of his vouUi. In man howl's bright morning, The foundation of freedom In Kansas he laid: The Jeers and llm scoffs of her enemies scorning, Humanity's cause hehAtnover betrayed. When the war-cry of freedom mng out o'er the nallo*. He answered the call wltb a cheer and a song; Aud laid on her altar this noble obligation, A heart and a hand, both loyal and strong. To the front of the battle be led bis brave column, Where the danger was greatest he boldly pressed on; , .» Where death rea|ied a harvest of bloodshed ap palling, *>*' Ills nag was the foremost 'til vlot'ry was won. S Chleamaugeebore witness, as battles before It, TO a courage that quailed not when peril was nlgbi •Mission Ridge SAW the wave of his sabre roll o'er It' • s Atlanta resounded his rallying cry. When his sword was at rest and the contest was over, Wltb vigor he gruaiwd the still mightier pent His courage with gentleness nobly be blended, And pleaded forrightand for Justice to win. A* when In the struggle for freedom's dominion The banner of Kansas he bore lu the van, . So now, in tbe conflict of public opinion) ' • The champion of right, nnd the wellfnre^r man, For the hearth and the homo, for the wife and the mother, • s. ' •' For the pure and tho good, 'gainst the reckws nnd vile, For the bulwurk of law to proteot one onothcr From theourse of lutsmp'ranoe our land would defile.

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Tho first commission issued by GovMartin, and especially the letter with it' breathes such a spirit of patriotism and true sympathy that we pve the letter which accompanies it. It in doubtful whether this little act of remembrance gave more satisfaction to the gallant commander or tho bravo soldior who received it: Tonic A, January 12,188C. 0. 0. Wharton, Etq. Dj-AKtint: It gives mo groat pleasure to transmit to you, a soldier of the Twenty-fifth Illinois Infantry, and wounded while under my command at Cuickamauga, CJa.. the first commission issued and signed by mo as Governor of Kansas. I loavo kopt in mind your request to this cflcct, made aomi* weeks ago, and it gratifies me to be able to comply with it. Yours very truly,

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Tho following outline sketch of tho career I of tho Republican candidates for Governor has | npponred in tho public prom Ool. John Alexander Marllo, Republican candidate for I Governor of KIDMI, n u bora at Brownavilk-, Keyette-co., r»., March 10, 1839. Oa all mother'• atdo, ba la doacaadad from Col. Brown, after whom tba town of Drowniviiie waa named, and among bit kindred number many of the oldeal tad moat femoue of tba Beoteb-lrleb .famlllea of Weatara | Pennaylvanle. Among bla aaeeatorala onmberod tba gallant Col. Crawford, who waa bnroad at tbo atako by tho Indiana. Ilia relatloaablp to Jamea 0. Blaine la that of a aecoadcoualn. la tbo old towa of Brownavlllo ho rocelvod a common.] acbool education, bat It waa ancb aa cdneatloo aa waa given by "Muter" Joabna Gibbons, tbo moat famona acbool teacher of bla time tad aectloa, wboao puoile aro acattered all ovor tba country and who rorore tba memory of tbo aeraro bat Jo.it loatMictor, wbo left bla atcrn Impreia on Ibo mind and | character ol ao many routb. Thla adnctUon waa supplemeatad by wbat vru virtually aaoiher courao of toatruclloa | Inthaofllco of the Browavlllt Clipper, then under tho odltorablpof Mr. BetbT. Uurd, aa old tlmo printer and editor | • groat grammarian, wbo carefully Inatructed bla approntloaa la the actonce of language. Mr. Herd waa a auuneh Whig I tad • public apoakor of great reputation. To "Muter" Gibbone and Mr. Hurt Col. Mania owea alike win enabled to obtain of early education. Before learlng tba Clipper office the anbjecl of tbla aktteb altalaed to tho poaltlon of foreman | tad local editor. Mr. Jamaa Martin, Col. Martln'a father, romnved with bla I family to Atcblaon in the aprlng of 1887, and waa followed la ( about ilx montha hy ble oldaat eoa, John A., wbo had been worklag for aome time la tbe office of tbe Commercial-Journal at IMUiburg. On arriving In Atcblaon John A. Martin I bad youtb, a frame'of Iron, a good knowledge of the prlntar'e trade and lOcenta. lie went to work slicking typo on tbe Bqnattor-Boverolgn end oa tbe Crneader of Freedom, a abort lived paper eatabllabed at Doniphan by tho brilliant and | eccentric Jamea Red path. In February, IBM, Ibe young printer purchaaod tho Squatter-Sovereign. Tbe polltlca of tbe paper, originally of tbe i moat vlrolont Fro-alavery type, bad boon cbangod prior to lb* parchaao, but la order that there might bo ao ralatake, tho new odltor changed tbe name of tbe ebeet to Freedom's Cbampton. Tbla paper baa oxlitcd nalatorruptedly under Col. Martin's proprietorship for over twontr-fiveyoari. All tbla time, iave daring ble aervlce in tbe ermy, Col. Martin | baa edited tbe paper. Col. Martin waa a Free Btate man from tbe day be leaded in Kaaaae, and Identified blmeelf with tbe Free Btato movemeat at once. He waa active la Ike meeting at which tbo Republleaa party of Atcblson-co. waa oigaalaod. Tbe platform adopted at that meeting waa written by him, ead waa afterward adopted almoat without change aa tbe platform of tbe Republican party of Kanaae, on Ite organlaatlnn at tbe fa-1 moua meeting at Oaawatomle. Bla activity and talent brought him into apeedy notice. Bewaeoleeted a State Senator from Brown and Atchisoncoa. before be waa 21. On tbe meeting of the Wyandotte | Conatltutlonal Convention he waa eboeon ita aeoretary, ao

thu bla name la attached to the constitution oaaar w: Kaaaae b u been governed elnce ber admiaaloa intn tbe Union. At tbe meeting of tbo eorvlrora of thai eonvontlon, held one year ago, Col. Martin read a aketcb of tba conatltutlon and tbe men wbo framod It. lie represented Zansaa in tba National Bepnbllcan Convention et Chicago In 1800, and naa elnce aorred aa a delegate to the national conventlona of 1808,1872, 1876 tad 1880. In 1884 be docllned to be a candidate for oloclion aa a delegate to tho Chicago Convention, but be waa, nevertheless, eboeon to reproaeut tbe Btate on tbo aa* tioaal committee, which, owlog to tbo resolution prohibiting Federal officeholders from membership of the commlttoe, be dedlnod, owing to ble poaltlon on thu board of managore of national Koldlare' Home. On tbe outbreak of the war bo at ouco eougbt to enter tbe Bald, and during tbe aummer of 1801 waa appointed nontenant eolonol of UM eighth Kenaaa Infantry, a very fine regiment, commanded by Col. Weeaela, a regular officer. With tbla thorough old Midler aa bla tcaebor and friend, tbe young eoldltr edvanood rapidly la tba military art. After aervlce at Leavenworth for aoo»e montha, the Blfbth waa ordered to tba Booth with Lieutenant Coluael Martin in command. Boon after tbe arrival of tbe regiment at Corinth, Mill., it became Incorporated la tba Army of tbe Cumberland, wboee glorloa it ever after abarad. la October, 1603, Lieutenant Colonel Martin waa promoted to the colonelcy of tbe regiment. He WM provoat mareha) and bla regiment provnat guard at N u b vllle from December, 1108, to June, 1668. The oxcellent discipline and Baa appearance of tbo raglmeot, and tba firm preservation of order In a great garrleoo towa formed tba eouroe of numerous official commondatiene addreeeed to Ool. Martin. Tbe "Eighth," nndorCot. Martln'a command, fought at Perryvtlle and Lancaetor, Ky., aervod in the campaign agalait Tallaboau and Chattanooga i foaghl bravely at Oblckamauga, where Col. Martin commanded a brigade on the eecond dav'a baule. Tba command particularly distlngalabed Itself at Mlaalon Ridge, and Col. Martin aleo took part lathe terrible march fer tbe relief of Kaoxvllle. Retaming from the march, oue of tba moat »evere ever made by American troopi, tba reglmost participated la Ibermaa'i movement u far aa Atlanta. In • the movements under Oe "Theemu, wktck aaaUyjhUQJted In, tbe deatraationof Uood'a army, and ontlHU* «aater out at Pulaakl, Tenn., in Angait, 1808, Co). Martin'commandod tba TMrd brigade. Third dlvlaion, Fourth army oorpi. During bla military career Ool. .Martin became the truitod friend or Oinerali Thomae, Boeeorana, Stanley and tbo great corpa commandara, and waa and la atUI tba Idol of all regiment. Returning to Atchieon, at tbe cloae of tba war, Ool. Martla recused the editorship of hie paper, tba Atchieon Champion. Be haa bold many positions of truat, Fodaral, State and municipal. Aa baa baas aald, be baa often rapreaantad Btate la national ooavaatloai; baa aervod ai commander-la chief of tbe Grand Army of tbe Ropnblte of Kaaeaa; waa oaa of the United Btatei Centennial Commleaionere, aad haa been alnoa 1671 a member of tbe board or manager! of tba Boldiera'Boma. Hli life haa boon a coaitaat c o m e of public aenrieo, thoagh It muit be confuted la poiltlom where the labor and anxiety w u out of all proportion to tba reward In tba ibapa of iiiary. Ool. Martia'a eaavui for Governor In 1878 le well known. • • vary narrowly earapod tbo nomination. Defeated, be did not Bramble, bat patiently awaited tbe i«sue, whatever It might ba. He b u aot been a candidate ilnce nntl) the praeaat campaign. From the firit it waa ovldent that ho waa the choice of an overwhelming majority of Xaaaaa Republican!, and ha w u nominated by acclamation, an honor never before conferred on a gnbanatotlal uadldate in Kanaae, Col. Martln'a domutlo life b u been u fortunate ae ble public career. In 1871 be married Mlee Ida Cballlu, eldeat daughter of Dr. W. L.Challlss, of Atchieon, and b u lived In hie own enbotaatlal brick bonu on tbo bluff In North Atcblaon, overlooking, tho broad Mluourl, ever elnce. Be le the fatber of fonr children. In'every relation of life John A. Martin haa displayed the seme qualities. Ble mind le like ble body, etrong and solid. Be U a thoroughly careful man. end yet a perfectly brave one. Be le quiet, conaiderate of tbe foellnsrs of othore, perfectly truthful, Incapable of trickery, evaelon or deceit. Ilia talents, like hie feelings, are not made for dlaplay, but he li alwaya ••there," calm, cool, reaolnte, efficient when tbe time eomur

Col. kUrtln'e Speech AoeepUnf the Nomina.

Mr. Martin, upon Ukinf the stand addressed tlie convention u follow*: Qtnticmtn of \thc Convention: I am pro* a loundly sensible of Ike distinguished honor I you bare oonferree upon me. To be Mleoted for the chief magistrate of inch a Btale a* tills by even a bare majority of euoh a ooovea* tion M thin would be a distinction of which any citisen might justly be proud. To be nora* inated for that position as I have been by such unprecedented unanimity, and to know that your preference fairly Toicas that of the great party you represent, is an honor thai not only fills the measure of my ambition, not over* whelms me with anxiety. For how shall I do* serve such generous confidence? How oan I' make return for your klodneas, your trust your friendship? I can only say at this time that I accept your nomination with sincere gratitude and that the duties and responsibilities that it imposes on mo I shall endeavor to discharge faithfully, honestly, and to the best of my ability, conscious that I have behind me, to guide, counsel and assist me, the beet brain, the best thought, and the highest and moat enlightened intelligence, the purest and bravest purpose, in short the Republican party of Katsas. ThlsSute hu|been my homo for nearly twenty-eight years. With iu growth, It* interests, lu thoughts, my whole life, slnoe boyhood h u been identified. I have watched with aaxlous solicitude every step and atage of lu wonder* ful development, and every year my. pride and, confidence in its great future have bejn mora than justified. I have, too, during MjQ|i . 3o3, given my conscientious adherence to the Republican party. Doubt or question* at to what party my allegiance was due bts nover entered my mind. From the date of lis ad* mission into the Union until the present time, the Republican party h u steadily controlled the destloios of this Stale. Can any one truth* fully assert that it hu not governed wisely and well 7 Let the results of this rule—the abounding prosperity that fills the hornet Oi Kansas; the peace, order and sobriety prevailing throughout ber borders; her mar* velousgrowth.unparallelled in the development of any other American Slate—let these accompli.lied facta make answer. In Its Infancy the Republican party of Kansas enriohod the history of a dark and troubled period with a record of duties bravely ami honestly discharged. In its youth when war drums wore throbbing and battle flags waving, the government it in* augurs ted not only protected the borders of the State against hostile invuion, but tent more men to the war in proportion to population than any other Slate in the Union. In its manhood it hu given to the people honest, economical administration I h u dotted every

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been inseparably associate*! with the grandest I and most benofiokat achievements of the nation The people know them, and love them, and propose to elect them. And now, gentlemen, before you, the dele| t;ated representatives of the Republican party •f Kantu, I renew my allegiance to RopubliI contain, to Kansas; to her constitution, her -laws, and to the platform here adopted, which | -peaks for each and all of them. Philip Krohn Nominates Martin.

Dr. Krohn's speech in nominating J. A. I Martin for Governor wu u follows: Mr. Chairman—I arise to present a name to taUl eonvention whloh is in itself a guarantee of I good faith, which It in itself the guard of honor | which may not be broken, which It in Itaelf al guarantee and pledge of faithful obedience to the will of the Republican party of Kansas. | I rise to present to a convention of Republicans, bound in honor to do their best for the j party which hat entrusted to them a high and solemn du(y, the name of one whose Republicanism It absolutely without a flaw or stain; [ the name of one who gave to the Republic party lite eothusluUo affection of hit youth, I and who hu devoted to lu cause 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 re* mained steadfast and dauntless by that standard till he h u reached the meridian of man* I hood and looks toward the setting tun. AI man who in good or evil report, who in dan* ger and In triumph, who amid feebleness audi and dissatisfaction, who in the gloom of defeat and In the sunshine of victory, and who in | every peril, in trtrj crisis, in every vlclttl* tude hu stood immovable as a rock, a Repub*1 lioan. I rise to present to an assomblago of | Americans, to men who love their country,! and who in days gone put listened to her cry of distress, to men who have felt'hot in their faces the burning cannon's breath, to men who | have known the strong ties of soldierly comradeship, knit further as days of danger at* tenuated by nighU of weary watching rolled by, to men who amid the comforu of home and

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and peace have not lorgotten sufferings of war, and whoae memoriei u I apeak are busy with the scene* of the put, who carry in their heart* forever the lut wordt of dying oomradea conjuring them never to iorget; I preaent to theae men the name of a aoidier whoae record ii u apotleaa u the sunlit mow; who in all the changing scene* of war never failed, never faltered, never lingered, till at lut he hung up beside hia hearthstone a brave and well worn aword. I riae to present to Kaneana, to men who love their State, who glory in what she h u done, and flush with jor when ther think of what she shall be the name of a Kenean citizen who for twentyseven years hu labored for the advancement of hia Btate. Whofirststriving to make her free, h u since toiled to make her great; whoae name is written on every page of her annals; and whose record runs a golden thread through the warp and woof of her splendid history. I rise to preaent to faithful men, to cltisens, to fathers, husbands, sous, to men who realise the worth of character, who know in their heart* that the only ufe men are good men; who feel that better than genius, better than ahinlng talents, better than the eommand of glittering rhetoric, i* a pure, brave and blameless life. I rl*e to preaent to theae men the name of one who all his life h u bowed at the altar of law; who h u governed hi* own apirit; who h u ever checked ambition when it would have led him in the path of wrong, a man who 1* tern* perate, honest, incorruptible, truthful, kindly, and who, when be places hit hand upon tho book to awear to faithfully keep and maintain tbo constitution and the lawa of Kansas, will keep the oath Vs bravely and u steadily u he led hia men op the bluing and bloody slope* of Mission Ridge. Mr. Cbairman, I present to this convention u I'J nominee for the office of Governor of Kan***, John A. Martin, of Atchison.

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T U B Hartford Cull ia out for 0 . W. AlI bright, a colorod man of Elmendaro, for I 8Utc Senator. Wit arc in roueipt, from tho office of the Blate liiHtoricul Rocioty, of a twentyfour page pamphlet, containing a Hat of newspaper* and periodicals published at present In this Btato. Thoy number 420 in all,of thom> 21 aru dalllos.UOa weeklies, 1 seiui-wcukly, 24 monthlies, 1 semimonthly, 1 tri-monthly,and 4 quarterlies. The regular 'uomes of all of theso, with two or three exceptions, are received by theBoeicty, UM a ireo gift of tho publishers of the BUtto. They are bound in annual or awmi annual volumns and preserved in the library of the Society, In tbe Bute Capitol, for the perusal of the public. mm-mmmmmmmmmmm^mm TUR Hiato Historical Society boa received fruui Charles N, Moflott, of Montour, lowu, cabinot photos of Aaron D. Btevrns and Charles 1'. Tidd, two of the companions of John Drown in tho Harper's Kerry raid, and who hud for years before been aasooistod with him. Btev-, ens was his tried Lieutenant. While he was in Kansas his home was In Topeks more than ulsowheru. Mr. Mofott, the •donor of theae portraits, lived in Shawnee county in lBTili, and at that time Joined Caput in Brown and was associated with him in underground railroad work; was with him at tho Chatham convention, in Canada, in tbe spring of 1858, '•and would have been at tho Harper's Ferry attack, bad he received notice of t h e movement in time, He has been for some 7eare living in Iowa. A Year or two since, he madea visit to his brother, who lives in this county, A OOOB many people are afraid that the fact of the Capital't coming out for |; Col. John A. Martin for Governor will 1 endanger the selection of that gentleman the Republican Convention. They

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I u always readytotfvTaneideaJbSH ling, und is especially willing to do so Inow, »n consideration of the Budden floni lof the Vaptial to our side. lie slato convention last Tuesday was on unusual one. There wns very little crowd, no sort of interest manifested in anything, no enthusiasm, and but for the way they played it ou D. R. Anthony tho convention would have passed off without a note-worthy incident. Anthony was on the slato to go to Chicago. Three of them got through on first ballot, leaving Anthony in tho lurch. On each subsequent ballot Anthony's vote decreased, until Mann, of Jowcll, was elected. J). R. exhibited some wrath and upon his return bom*firedoff the following shot: The parlors of tho Copeland House iu Topeko wore crowded with delegates to the tut* convention who met there Tuesday afternoon, and unanimously passed a vote of censure upon Jim Merrill, declaring that he was an unfit man lor the snpport of Republicans. The foot thai Jim lias for years been the paid agent ill monopolists to corrupt and inlluenco legulaIstion, seems lo have been the reason which Influenced tho resolution of censor*.

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TaunatuY, JUNK 12,1884. IOME of our more radical temperance readers will, no doubt, be somewhat surpvlsfd to note tho name of John A. Martin, of Atbison, at the head of our column as our cbolco for Governor. We have several good and sufficient reasons for supporting Mr. Martin for Governor. In the first piuoe. he can coma nearer polling the solid republican vote iu this state than itnv other man we know of, In the second place, be Is in favor of temper( ance, and iu opposed to a resubmission. Thirdly, tbe Kansas Prohibitionist which puts Itself forward as tbe chamion of prohibition in this state, bit

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* A law weeks-ago the Leavenworth] T1.UOS had a abort artiolfijieeded "Martin ii Souad," wblob^jittrabted a good| deal of mention throughout tuu state. I and called out .miuob ontioism. The more we see and learnftf Ihe poUtloal| situation on the gubernatorial queetlen "the more we feel, thaijkhe Times wu rjght in its coBoYus1g§j, Judging from an anti-prohibltion^stand'point. Let as I examine the polhieel situation and sur" roundings of Col. M*rUa,.and we willj

then be better able to Judge of the oor-l reotnoas of the position and conclusions | of the Times. Six years ago, Governor Anthony was | supported for renomlnatlon by tbe tern* peranco elements of the republican par- j ty. Gtr. St. John had a small follow ing of tho aame kind. Col. Martin waa J the chosen leader of the saloen-keepera and their friends. There was not a! prominent whisky seller in the state that | did not rally to bis standard. '. .".„_ Gov. Anthony not having votes enough I to nominate him his temperanoe frienda went to St. Jobu, aad he wai'ubmiaa^ ed. Two years later, Col. Martin waa again the acknowledged leader aad standard bearer of the antl-prohlbltioa party ia the republican organization,'] and while be was not an active^open;| oaadidate for tbe gubernatorial aoml'j nation, he would have been had theirj been a show of suooesa; bat there; waa j aoc, aa the temperaaoe organisation j waa psrfsot, aad they coatrolUd the alt) 1 nation. Two years ago the Cojonel was again tha leader of the antl-probibr-j tioniats, while Col. Johnson aad Judge Thaohrr represeated the anti-third term elements of tbe prohibitionists', bat r lotorr oaoe more perched on Govt- Jftif John's standard. • iSt^Jll Tbe opposition to the nomination of St John, of wblob Col. Martin waa thai head aad front, organised an opposition cauous of whlob John A. Martin I waa chairman, to draw up a protest} against St. John's renomiaation. Mar- [ tin wrote the protest and submitted it to | tbe caucus, wblob with seme amend* ments, was adopted. Ia a practical! I aaase, that report waa aa opea deolarsvl tlon that its authors woald not support Go v. St John, If nominated It was so | ' oonstruod and acted upon by the andprohibitionists throughout the state, re-1 suiting in tbe eleotioa of GOT. Glick> Seeing tbe futility aad hopelealneas of | auocess ia a square aad distinct Issul, tweeu prohibition aad aatl-probibH Col. Martin was compelled to afakaj-l some concessions to conciliate the lead) j era of tha temperaaoe movement It.bar Ing bis only chance for any hope of ano* oeu ID bia aspirations for the republican nomination for governor. . ? / » : ; / il N^withstanding. bia declarations of I conversion to the prohibition cause, [ there are many, reasoas for believing that he la and will be, tha aame Johh'A.

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Such would accni to be the undoubted shaping of public sentiment in Kanenn to-day. Several County Conventions have been bold, and in ull but Douglas, llio home of .ludgo Timelier, the delegates have been instructed for Martin. And Martin it will be. Kansas Republicans could not fix upon n worthier man, a man whoso Republicanism ia of purer metal, a man whose abilities have born richer mocil of great services to bis State and to his par try. Jno. A. Martin came to Kansas a pour printer in the days when the I great struggle whether Kansas should be free or slave was absorbing the attention of tin: Nation, when j her soil was consecrated to freedom by the blood of hcrlbraVcst sons. In all tbc struggles I of that time tbo young printer bore anVblo and conspicuous part. Ho was tho SecI rotary of tho Convention thatVormu latcd our present (Constitution. 1 Even in those early clays he was a loader. He has boen a leader ever eincc. .*". f Early in tho contc t, be raised a regiment aud went i ito tbc army; and he and his men— what was left of them—cniuolmek pnly when the

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| ~ O U R >' E X T U O V L K N O I ^ . On next Friiir.v. the It'fP me r.c:-:i i iov^fnor of Kansas Will adure." tin- ciicens Of Oswego and Labette enmity, on 'he !«• I Miea involved in Ibc present canvas-, i.'et, ?Dlin A. Martin bus nevci hiilml HI «|H ak r and write ami w«»rk M»r Knisu-. loi 'l"'il ['^Mist twenty-eight ycais. Beg lining M- I young manhood life Willi tin- young .'trug- J u*lMnX Territory, he has kepi Mcp Mi lif* * juarcb ot progres*. MIUI a.«.' isied in nil in-r •material growth, lie rftuii" *\**l aild ii JRIW Up Willi Kansas. |l«lMll»k Up If the swoid in Inn' detciicc and ili'tt «»i our, common country, lie shouidinM his! diuskei and inarched to lite :. nil while J Other* were hesitating ami delibi-ruiing on Kfhe course to pursue. Itowas mi iAKifHtti I In the army, and honest worth «>on [brought promotion till lie was a lender ol ''men,uml marched with his regiment Into many a hotly contested battle. He tueed the enemy and led his men up Lookout mountain, and over Missionary It blue while the hot breath ol belching cannon burned upon liU luce his steps laltered sot. At the close ot the war lie was a lull Colonel, with a brigadier's brevet, and yet thirty sumnicis had not passed over his head. A- in war. faithful, earnest. U trustworthy. Hit in peace lie has shown! | | himself in every way Hie man. A man oil the people, laboring with die people, lor? the people, lie has ever stood abreast the j times, and as a ready writer has nobly won lor iilmselt the eonlideiiee ami trust .oral! who know him. Not an orator but auiauol thought, and lull of plain common sense. Wckuvo noi had bis superior in the exec"**™ oliair ol KIIUSUK since the 1 llrst c^'tipaut Issued his Inaugural. Kungi^ In the tidiness ol her power, and the pride ol her progress will do herself grout* or honor by pluelng so worthy a son in the executive chair. Let Labette county wel*. iome the next governor on the loth. -*

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That expresses it. Only three words; execute the law. Prohibition* isti ask for nothing moro than the faithful and honest ezeoutlon of the law. Wo ask it and expect it; no inoro, no loss, and "by the otoruala" it must bo done. While prolnbltlouists were struggling for principle, sobriety and the best inotrests of socioty, Johu A, Martin, with others, was plotting the da* faat of tho Republican nontiuoo two yours ago.

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BTAVVOIIH. KANRAH JUNK 12, 1884.

A Sampio of Uio support John A. Martin Wl'l Cot Outslclo the Party

Tho fnroman of this oflko is no old goldicr utu1 u democrat, and li-B never taken any intcroBt in republican politics, but ho was also a privato solder under tho command oi John A: Martin, and einco Uui day the IlEnAi.ii first tamo out for Maiiin for governor, ho lias zealously watclicd tlio papers, brought all papers to us with complimenla-

ry notices oi ready to moot ami refute any derogatory remark about his old comtruuulcr. Jlc lute not met .Martin eineo the war, and it is doubtful if John A. over heard of him, yet Tom's reply to all is, "1 nerved under John A. Martin in the war, I don't care if hu in a republican, ho is good enough for me. I would vote lor him for governor if my own lather run against him." 'J hat is the kind of support Martin will got from his own command. Is i t poBsiblo to pay a higher complimont than this.

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Iper. An immediate answer Is import ant to us. Wilt you do us the tutor to bnud your answer to Mr. Campbell, tbe3 bearer of this by Wednesday .morning' ae*t. U-Uol. Martin refused to answer thelf '< (.questions in writing. Ho was willing to [give them verbal aasuranees that bo en* [ dorsad tholr principles, but not over his ['signature, glflng M a reason that if he [did so endorse them it would drive away ffrom him hie old political friends whloh i could not alTord to do.. ... ^jTm We are told that while in Loaven| worth a frw weeks ago he mado a polltI legal oanvuwof the saloons In tbo com •any of a loading anil-prohibitionist, [who Introduced him to the proprietors; act of Itself does not look %as if \ Martin's oonversion to the tamporj cause had taken very deep root. LV 00 f prohibition converts who are [candidates for governor - canvass the [whisky and beer shops• for political I support r Would Gov. St. John or I Judge Thaober or any other true friend " t temperance whether he.was a new or I convert to the. cause do such a thing * •t certainly not. |f"*ia view of all these '"' circumstanoee Jo), Anthony had good reason to believe the* antl-prohlblilon'cause 'would | be safe ltf Col. Martin's hands aa governor of the state, and as an antl-prohibitloaU t would be willing to oonoode the party platform to the prohibitionists if they would accept Matrtin as their candidate for governor. If the Times was | I wrong in Its conclusions, •-:*-*••'"-»**"-•'

at Qui. Martin bos lurnoa.nl> back; on bis life long friends and political supporters, and has come over bag and baggage .to the prohibition camp, as claimed by the Topeka Capital and Manhattan Nationalist, and other prohibition newspapers, it Isrightmad proper that the friends of morality and sobrl, ety extend to him the hand of fellowship; but Is this an established fact, or Is his preterjjdtlrt eonverslon a political •ne,'made to last only till titer election? The saloon • keepers and tholr friends think that lithe nature of It, and that they can afford' to trust .him, arid do trust him, and are. • doing their best to secure his nomination. He la supported by the anU-prohltfUoo. newspapers 6t the state ion the one hand, and by soma, of the leading" prohibition papers on the* other, both, parties are equally confident he ie with them ia sympathy and. prl»> oiple and willing to trast their cause la hie hands as governor of the state. -*It Is becoming painfully- evident thrt; one or "the other -wing ci the republloa*. party is to beaold oat, In case of Martin's nomination arid Section ae governor, to suooeed Qllok. If \ht Topeka Capttal, Manhattan Nationalist, and other professed temperance papers are right, the saloon keajpara aadjJielr friends are wrons-.i.if thatrieatfaci temperance ara. not doomed* to ha sol* oat by their new oonvart,' 'MM "tfjgffl& JwfclblUwl are. •••• . • .»• i-_: ., . . , If Col. Martin has taken ap hie abode with the radical temperance element) the so-called liberal republicans have no more uae.forhun aa their oaadldate for governor than they would have for Van Beanett or St. John; l i fact, not so maoh. A bold,.open enemy is to be preferred to a treaoheroue friend, or two faced mau. who Is trying to sorre God and Mammou, by Mowing h>t and cold in the same breni:.. I* >mlrr,to advance hi* own personal t. „ .V' i»» lacrlrJoe ot prinolplt*. If Ool. .\inttln,Is honest ib his profi")««l coverslou' lo the views of the proh '»\'' •» •««, why did he refuse to answer, Lu wnaug, the questions pro poundod by,,St. John, Cimpbell and others? And; Why-did ho go amongst the saloon keeper* of Leavenworth t o solicit thsir supportf Was this action^ honest, or ootslstent''with such profaar sloes? Wo think act. ! Col. Martin has the reputation of being a oonserratlTe

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struggle was over. His rccor record of his regiment, was u gallant one; every man in his command %*cd him ;evcry "survivor is 'aTMur,"tin missionary to-day. Men who serve under a Colonel lor live long years in u great war, have u pretty ^jood chance to find out what he is ,'Jike, what stuff he is made of. If j s u want to know what Col. Martin is like, just ask one of his old soldiers. Verily, you will find out, jftud become a convert to the Martin His voice and pen in the twenty['five years sinco the war have not WW

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ceased to do yeomun service for ills State and for his party. 'No Kansas paper is so widely quoted in the weekly press of its jjwn State as the Champion. It has . been in the lead in all tho great I auctions that came up for discussion; it has been frank and manly; spoken always tho convictions of its editor i never dodged. It has won triumphs and met defeats. It has *1]W,.g9.t sore nor bolted. On'the question of Prohibition, wnlch has divided tho party in KanH&Col. Martin takes the middle ;ound. He is not a Prohibitionist grsonally; opposed the amendment _jC^tho law. But he has never ceased to iterato and reiterate that » laws of Kansas must and shall [JEeobeycd while they remain on the statute book. d o nofc wai »t to repeat tho St. (-.^Y? JQ^n folly. Kansas has had f^9°£ Q and more than enough of a I^Smocratic Governor. If we ivic .wise, then, wo will put forward a I £ a, ?, < j^ ato u P o n w^om tho charge of fanaticism cannot bo made; butf |; against whose ability and purpose [_to enforce tho laws of the Stato of I Kansas, if cloctcd Governor, not a doubt canb'o breathed. Such a man I is John A. Martin. So far as wo have heard the matt e r canvassed, there seems to be no

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.totin A. M a r t i n . ™ A * Wn InnU over (inr c;; changes wi i i m l here iiiul I l i o i " <:ilr- li"i .11inn A. M i i i l u i i.i dclinc bis p.iMlien W'r w o n i h r if iln- writers of 1 In—•• i, J uiiitily, I: i s\' - ii: • < < 1111 -_r Hum Nitilll IIM bun11 >t. nuinly, htwmitulinif ileedt-? .1 nliH i .\. Mni'iiii |i:. Knini his" Iniy hood, and i hiloiv tin-hi ili- luul :ui exi'iliuec.hc bus ; iH'i'ii it pari nl' Kins.i.-. His life bus | iHi'ii livi'd here, null the story " I " i t In u p a n . .mil iiui an insiiMiillcniil |nirt »!'till' history iif I i l l ' state; ninl \vi- repeal ii'.'.nin, m> IInnuiuly. di-iionest, lawlesx ItllHpH'l I'MIt In- found ill It. I I . ' ha I'.uulc till-Ill:!'.-. I'Clliaps. Mint 11. liph- linvc. I '.'.i i l l r y Imvi? liecu linni'«t utli'K. Mini (hey have lii'CIl reclllicil :i>' <noll .".« ll was realized lliill llii'V Wfl'i-IIIIAIHISV". l i . - hits l i i l l ' i n l w l l h IIK, ninl Willi many nlhi'i' llepuliI'.iiin-. i;i ••(•in it in iiiiirr limit iilicv, I'ul when he linn IKHMI convinced t'.iat lit' w n , wrnn;.' In- ||J|« lii'i'll i|inc'.; Ill uhnniloti Um w n u u ; mi.I wln'i'! hintsell n u n l l i i ! l i in* ni rjhilil, l i e diU'ei-u cd Willi ns, mid w i t h tiu> majority ul' tin- |i«Ni|ile of Kansas H I In whellier prohibition wim I In- Inst ami wises! e.nursn in IIIUU mi (lie luiuprriinet* i|iii'Htinn. l i e lUitltglit i t mil. ihe right way to handle tne matter. The |ltH»|»U' llmiiKlit, Otherwise, and p i l l In l l i i ' constitution u prohibitory clause. Then it became it (|iii'Mtiiiti 'nf law, ami Cut. M a r t i n i.s u luw-iilmllnir limn. IK- stands Hrniui'i'ly. eou«Uie»lly uml faithfully tip for Ihu cuuucenicitl of » Inw wlumi! I'liiii'lnu'iit lu'opposed w i t h nil the power of mil- ni' Hie hirniturot J pens in Kansas. More t'.iilll this, he In nppnHi'd to the iv-upciiiui: nf lh«i n the |iiea lor u re« npeniu^ of the qiieslion lii't'iume »»»i «
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Tilt: soldier eleinpnt ainong Kansiia voters ought to be natislied this Vuur. AYlth "Bluek .UwY." of Illinois In the second iilacu on the presiclcntiid ticket, and t.'ul. Martin ul' the Eighth Kansas Ul the probable nominee for Governor, they can take politics luto the Post room without violating any rules of their organization; they can hold Ll'ostmeetings In their political club I rooms, ami take their drum corps out. to ever political meeting Logan's I "history is the record of the bnttlo of Ih'luumt, of Donaldson, of Shlloh, of A'ie.ksbiirgh. of Lookout Mountain, of Atlantit." Martin s war reenrd may bti i said to bo the record of the Kansas regiment ho led tothe front, lie sunk hi* indlv'ulmillly in Ids command, Ilo v.u.1 simply thuleader of the men who fought with htm, uml if he ever gave n rejwirtcr tin item regarding his movements, it was not given ont that*/* did this, but that the Eighth Kama* did it. Our 1'ost hoys can sing tb$}r campaign songs lor their hero of many battles "with a spirit that will start the world along," but they must not forget in their enthusiasm for him that they have right here in Kansas another soldier who it he gained less glory, divided honors with lite rank and (lie of his command, uml who, since he put oft the garb of war has kept on lu, the name way doing good work for hit-' state as u citizen, us he did brave duty for ids country as a soldier; and doing it in the same unassuming manner as when hu did not ask to be looked up-to as Col. Martin the commander of a regiment, but simply as a soldier in the. Eighth Kansas.

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iftjof Hie would not be likelj to make \h radical change—as from the radOpponent of prohibition and woman fee—to the ardent advocate of these \o» meaanrei. It looks very much If professed conversion to prohiifijfys-nothing more than a political " resorted to for political fucceia. not honesty to both parties, be for Col. Martin in the endP If he rowa in prohibition grace, a* he I'es, why doo* ho not come out honest man and Gnawer in the >\r§ in writing the questions proby the .Tern prrance Committee, hi* •Jxiii.- thereto, In large bold MjJut ever/ono ceuld read and "iHV Instead ef being willing ny amount ot re rbal promises, it nothing, in writing, an honest who intends to fee honest and true [s^rerbai promises, will not hesitate "•^in writing the promisees he makes irdof month,

{& Republican County Oonvcntiou, ^Parsoant to the call the republicans nl KiSe county, met Mi coiimy convention nl Ljons, on Tuesday, 17th, and organized bjc the election of D. J. Fair as temporary dSirmaa and H. C. Tpylor ns temporary xetary. committee of one from each township jfe appointed on crrdentriols, confuting otgN. Q. Hamrick, of Sterling ; Sam Camera, of Washington ; A. W. lioyt, nf Ali a ! U ; Jos. Oledall, of Lincoln; .1. W. Lane, of Union ; L. Goodwin, of Victoria ; &VjSa. Smith, of Farmer : and W. W. Kpicm, oi^ioneer, germaDent organization—T. A. Butler, J & . Bkilcs, W. C. Summers, T. II. IIopo anttW. Lindsey. • «n resolutions—J. lJ.BiiukcrboU, Jacob Hdjopea , T. Bohon, j;. R. Ecklos ami J. A.

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Lincoln—Joseph (ilmidfill, Ch.is Ay Irs uery, A I' MrCowan, \V (,' Tiinunci-H, I: Ji Ecblcs. Sterling-.) K Skills, ,J C Hoopes, T L Powers, T K Na.ih, W
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Lnioti—J W Lam, It L Bragg, L T Barstow,.! A / i n i , .1 \V Crawford, J I) Hrighl, A M llarstow, T T Matlioi, J M Fultz, T | | JI opt'. Washington—Snni Cuiicron, T K Bohim, W T McKn. l'ionui'i--T F. Williinl, W W Spiers. Cailer- .1 (i Kennedy. Joseph Xile, J) Birnt'y. Valley—Mil Kilboruc. Victoria —L Goodwin, C If Liit/.etilicii»f.-, W Liutlscy, Win linsworlli. Kiircka and Knyninml township weft not represented. On motion tin.- report was retired and lid op tod. The committer on permanent organization niadu the following report, which was adopted: We your couiiuitlnu appointed on permanent organization, beg leave in rrport the following : I'eriiiani'iii chairman,.!. C. Clark of At Ian la. Secrotaiy, Thus. L. Power*, ol .Sterling, Assistunl Secretory, H, I!, Echols, ol Lincoln. fSiguctl. I

( T. A. Bt'TWMt, {J.K- ttlMVt, ( W, C. St;MMltnH. Committee. On motion the Mfiflary HU.I instructed to roud the eall lor a senatorial enlivenUon.

On motion, tho convention then proceeded to ballot for eleven delegates and eleven alternates to attend the senatorial convcDtionj Tho chair appointed Messrs. W. 11, Wolf i W. W. Spiers and J. E. Davis nn tollers, j The ballot resulted in tho selection of tho following gentlemen as such delegates anil alternates. PKLKUAIXs. ALTKKNATKK. K B Cowgill, J U Kcnuody. A B Clark, P M Bell. I J E Davis. W. W 8pl

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"Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book," John Alexander Martin, newspaper clippings, 1884, held by Richard Tonsing, 145 Plaza Dr., # 508, Vallejo, California, -USA 94591-3706.

'Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book," John Alexander Martin, newspaper clippings, 1884, held by Richard Tonsing, 145 Plaza Dr.. # 508, Vallejo, California, -USA 94591-3706.

"Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book," John Alexander Martin, newspaper clippings, 1884, held by Richard Tonsing, 145 Plaza Dr., # 508, Vallejo, California, -USA 94591-3706.

"Marie Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book," John Alexander Martin, newspaper clippings, 1884, held by Richard Tonsing, 145 Plaza Dr., # 508, Vallejo, California, -USA 94591-3706.

"Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book," John Alexander Martin, newspaper clippings, 1884, held by Richard Tonsing, 145 Plaza Dr., # 508, Vallejo, California, -USA 94591-3706.

"Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrap Book," John Alexander Martin, newspaper clippings, 1884, held by Richard Tonsing, 145 Plaza Dr., # 508, Vallejo, California, -USA 94591-3706.