Republican State Convention to Nominate 1874 Tickets
The Republicans of the State of Topeka plan a convention in Representative Hall on August 2, 1874 at 10:30 to nominate candidates for Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Auditor Treasurer Attorney General Superintendent of Public Instruction and one Associate Justice. Delegates are allotted by district with one alternate per delegate. Proxies do not grant seating rights.
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Represen
Topeka
Btste
Gentral
Berein
Arkansas City
Kansas
Executive Committee
Reform Convention of
Reform Party
B. Norton
Republican delegate convention set for Humboldt Kansas district
A Republican delegate convention for the Mesond Congressional district of Kansas is scheduled in Humboldt. Each representative district will send two delegates, with Wilson county district four, Andereon counts three. A primary to elect delegates is urged for August 11, led by the Central Committee, with alternates to be chosen.
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State of
Kansas
Humboldt
Alten County
Eleck
Wilson County
Andereon
Congressional
H.W. Coon
Jxo. S. Girxone
Country Republican Convention to nominate county officers
The County Central Committee calls a Republican convention in Tela on September 15 1874 at 8 PM to nominate candidates for Clerk of the District Court County Superintendent of Public Instruction and Probate Judge. Delegates from townships numbers Geneva Derr Creek Gauge Tula Elm Elemore Hambatie Salen Cottage Grove will form a separate body to nominate a representative for the 47th and 48th districts. Each township seats delegates and electors meet September 12 to choose them. Louis Walher chairman.
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Tela
Lo'el P
Ann Ath
Geneva
Derr Creek
Gauge
Tula
Elm
Elemore
Hambatie
Salen
Cottage Crave
Etek
Sdtunlay
Political notices and commentary on Kansas races
The Commonwealth notes H B Norton declines the Democratic ticket for Superintendent of Public Instruction while York exonerates B F Simpson in the Ingalls Times expose. Debate over the Leecher-Tilton affair grows murkier. Judge Dillon's Osage lands railroad case decision due next week. Leavenworth Times suggests Mrs K B Johnson for Leavenworth County Superintendent, praising her competence and popularity.
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Dillon
Osage
Kuge
Kenses
Nomination speculation spans state telegraphs
Dailies publish telegrams from across Kansas hoping to name state convention nominees next Wednesday. Officials warn against premature guesses as dispatches remain unreliable. A Leavenworth Dispatch notes rising Indian warlike deeds and calls for decisive government action after four men were killed near Fort Aubrey.
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Leavenworth
Robert Armstrong
Old Fort Aubrey
Dodge
Dodge City
Indian Territory
Republican Senatorial Convention at Garnett
The Garnett Republican Senatorial Convention convened last Thursday with E. S. Niccolls as chairman and H. L. Henderson as secretary. A credentials committee of J. W. Rice, W. G. Allison, and W. T. McElroy reported delegates, Louis Walker was nominated without opposition and declared the party's candidate for State Senator of the 17th district. Full proceedings and resolutions to appear next week.
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Garnett
E. S. Niccolls
H. L. Henderson
Geneva
J. W. Rice
W. G. Allison
Reform party rhetoric from Kansas echoes Democratic aims
The piece blasts a reform movement as a coalition of Democrats and defeated Republicans seeking office. It questions the honesty and stability of the reformers, arguing they would merely shift power back to Democrats and betray the true principles of the Republican Party.
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Kansas
Republican Party
Reform
Democratic Party
Allen County Candidates Face State Convention Picks
The Republican State Convention will choose fall candidates, including Allen county figures for Secretary and Treasurer. The article argues location should not determine State officer selection and that Emmett and Francis are strong, competent Kansans whose residency should not block their advancement. Emmett is praised as a leading, hard working Republican with deep state ties.
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Register
Republican State Convention
Allen County
Emmett
Francis
Kansas
Political endorsements for state officers urged in Topeka
The piece argues for John Francis as Treasurer and praises D. B. Bramert as a superior Republican candidate for Secretary of State. It notes Bramert as the likely nominee of the Republican State Convention in Topeka and highlights Francis's Civil War service, recent management of the treasury, and suitability for office.
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Fifth
Kaneas Cavalry
Kansas
Francis
State Treasury Office
John Francis
Grasshopper Relief Proposal From State Official
A letter urges using Lieutenant Governor Stover s seven thousand dollars to aid grasshopper devastated counties. The idea: let him distribute funds or buy relief supplies, with county commissioners acting as a distributing committee. Advocates say the Legislature would cover any losses and that the funds could bless destitute Kanes residents without awaiting new appropriations.
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Stover
Grasshopper
Pomeroy
Kanes
Reform and the Reform Party Roots and Rifts
The piece argues the Republican party arose as a reform movement and stresses the divide between reform rhetoric and action. It critiques self serving leaders within the party who fail to prove fitness for office, noting reform requires consistent virtue and integrity to sustain public trust. It laments factional failures that threaten the party and the nation.
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Republican Party
Reform Party
Reform rhetoric and labor rights clash in Kansas era
In a Kansas reform era letter, a farmer protests class tyranny and calls for ballot justice. He portrays labor as oppressed by capital with state power used against honest workers, urging Republican aligned reforms and condemning the reform party. The piece ends with a Kansas superintendent nomination decline from B Norton.
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Industria
Kansas
Republican Party
Farmer
Newspaper denounces promised expose on Senator Ingalls
The Kansas City Times and Associated Press lose credibility in a critical response to a long promised expose of Senator Ingalls. The piece is dismissed as trash with no documentary evidence, relying on a single informant described as dishonest and abusive, while the author states personal acquaintance with the senator but offers no defense.
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Kansas City Times
Associated Press
Itelf
Ingalls
Beecher-Tilton
Chan
Scofield
Glagencad
Kangan
See Aecalmns
See
No clear headline from fragmentary text
A fragment quotes defense of a Kansas figure, noting long residence as a lawyer and scholar. It discusses public perception and the difficulty of proving corruption, referencing St. Joseph and the Kansas City Times, with a Bohemian critic repeating slanders.
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Kansas City Times
Kansas
St. Joseph
Uncle Sam to the Rescue in Loupe Valley
A Omaha dispatch reports General Ord ordered to employ grasshopper afflicted Loupe Valley settlers in building new posts at valley head. Work starts immediately. Lower valley suffers most. inhabitants to be used for labor and supplies. Call for public works in Kansas to employ thousands during upcoming fall and winter.
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Nebraska
Omaha
Ord
Washington
Loupe Valley
Kanran
Learen Wosthames
Geo T Anthony for Governor urged by Emporia News
The Emporia News urges Geo T Anthony as a strong, independent Republican candidate for governor. It highlights his brains honesty independence and prior federal service without misusing funds, arguing he would unite the party and energize the ticket without demagoguery.
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Geo T. Anthony
Mr. Anthony
Geo. T. Anthony
Washington
Anthony
Republican Party
Emporia News
Caution on Kansas Reform and Republican Prospects
A critique of the Topeka reform convention decries weak representation and possible double credentials. It argues the ticket lacks strength, warns Republicans against nominating weak candidates, and urges honest, well known men on the ticket. Also notes a greeting from Mr. Thomas Burke about a memorial monument to be placed by year’s end.
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Topeka
Kansas
McPherson County
Democratic Party
Kansas Democracy
Republican Party
Republican Party of Kansas
Junction City
Union
Thomas Burke
International Eusace Care Oe
Warran
Prairie State notes and county records in Kansas
The report covers a 1 000 000 mortgage recorded in Lyon County by Beiter Me McManus Co. and land deeds in Lyon and other counties. Grasshoppers cause limited damage in Lyon, while bridges near the Kaw see near misses from a smoking cigar. The Kansas Midland Railroad operates Topeka to Kansas City with strong leadership. Mrs McLellan, missing since Monday, is described as a deranged mid sized woman wearing a green dress and sought by her husband and police.
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Lyon County
Beiter, Me McManus , Co
Lyoylin
Kansas Midland Railroad
Topeka
Kansas City
W. W. Fagan
Tom Anderson
the Midland
Lawrence
McLellan
Donald McLellan
Oxsawatomie Insane Asylum
McLelland
Kansas City Times
John Hardin
Higginsville
Lafayette County
Barney McGirl
Buffalo Bridge
Bay County
McGirl
Myre. Lindsay
Johnson
News of the Week and Disturbing World Events
A mixed week summary notes Dexter and Lacey aging into the trotting era, Goldsmith Maid at seventeen, and widespread bond suspensions by at least ninety railroad companies. A Milwaukee murder case involves a choking and suspected suicide after farm grain disputes. A Tennessee ferry feud led to deaths near Point Pleasant, while famine in Palestine prompts urgent charitable appeals. A Kansas City Times report details Hangings and assaults in Missouri and Illinois, with arrests linked to attempted murder, child custody, and a missing boy case amid fragmentary clues from Udell and Philadelphia connections.
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