Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-02
PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMO
CRATIC COUNTY CONVEN-
TON.

bNHi fcFa'ic County tDhNtHtioio i'
!ayrtte county met at the court hou-+s IN
Lexington. on Saturday, tue 18th Of sep
TENDER, 49,. The day va, gloomy and !or-
ni'iding, but the delegations from the sari-
Gus townships were present with u few eN-
ceplions. 4 large ..lot,hy'' of deeply inter-
csted spectators filled the court house to it
utmost capacity. aud watched with great
anxiety tn. acton Of the Contention.
AT II O'Clock A. II. \. \. Le-ucur. chair
man Of the the County Committee. called
the meeting to order. and explained It's Oh
jcct to he the nomination oi county oMcer-.
On motion. Arnold +. Wii-or. of Middleton
township. was elected temporary chairman
and Ethan Allen and l.. W. Groves tempo
rary secretaries of the convention. On
motion Of B. -. Ra-iIni, Of Clay, Il commit
tee COMPOSED of one from each township
! delegation. WAS appointed on credentials.
The following gentlemen Were placed on
sad committee:
Robert Kernc. Lexington township; John
L. Coricr. Middleton: y. &. Doty. Sni-a-Bar:
W. {. Webb. Dover; Benjamin Mackclror.
! Washington: Harvey Higgins. Davis; C.. NJ.
Thomas. Clay J. II. Wciborn. Freedom.
On motion. Evan Young. LrNin@ion; q. Is.
Warren. Dover: L. NJ. Edwards. Middleton ;
Matthew Wayman. Sni-n-ELr: {. l.. Ewing.
Washington; cyrus o>h"rur. Clay: J.. Il.
Horde. Freedom. and Il. /. Conn. Of Davis
township. were appointed Il committee on
I permanent o.,niZati0n.
Til" committee Oh rules and permanent or
"aniZatinn Were: w II. ChilrS. LeXing-
ton; L. ID. Rt-taii. Clay: Thos. VI. With
rr-. Was!,jmrinn; NJ. II. wood. Sni-a-Har:
NJ. l.. li"lt. Dover: W. II. Thornton. Free
dom: George OSBORNE. Davis. ami Chris.
Catrou. OF Middleton township.
On motion Of W II. 'hil">. the conv-u-
iion then abjpnrird until l:3o =. NJ. The
convention promptly assembled again al
this hour.
Ihr ""mmirtrr"n credentials, through i'll
Chairman. II. J. Higgins. reported III" fol-
lowing G"ntirm II ~ entitled to STATS III the
conventions:
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II. l.. iitr,~!ilr. ! e. ti-.iI"r. EI-rn"
Ewin@. g. VI. I'rInrj"v. 4. 4. H,!Ia:i, ".
G. iIIii. .Iphm N.mri". Evan Y"nn=. X. "
k'rn". Robert Au-tin. Robert ],ihri-ov, W
II. ,hilr>. Jas. Mitchell.
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rick.'. u. ii"r'. la:ii"> eihnrh.
DoNrr-W. &. W"lh. WIN White. +. VI
Field. ". II. tub,nrt1. Gr" Warren. Nci-
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The following .irlr:ltr> were reported
rh>.n,. u u,u ! " KIN, "
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i'"'iliiti anu Robert Matthew'S, a>h!h"'"n
township. and Geo. Rhodes. OF Davis, for
I whnr ur,yicS ,,,,J
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iinn reported tor permanent officers of the
ruu,.ut,uu. W. n ,hjL. of I,.yiur,,u
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anu .\'drii-" 'ordcT. secretaries. The c"ln-
! mi,trr on rules and order of business pre-
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49,
lh' u!!"'i>i-h'". H""i committee "n rui"s
anu OF 'rF' ~ "''>'l'>~ III Isl respectfully re-
p"rf ~ ihihNH:
l: lnht i"r parti',n"htlr rHlr> as ':'iI
"""h III " y" ''''' w "'''it'' '''
me "r'rrhinrn' OF lh' r''l,'n'l"n' except a.
n','it "'n,iN,>' i'"' ,t',. -.
: liiai ;.lr ,"i"&iii"h from each township
>tI''t one 81 IFS Hit'ili "r> IL IL chairman.
aihd t;hti IN Voting. each township shall a.
certain II vote 10y ballot or ntIi"rWie'.. Which
'"s S"'h ~. 'I''''"''u re-" '''' ny H"ri
ht' ma" - '"'
anu II N'''"S "i'i .'hH it'>'i"" "l''i "''''ii
can u t""">"Ai> i l" we H'f. ahu III w.
ing ni'h ,Ir nomination 81 ca,"lha'".' iie
secretary >!iail eau tue f"ii"l townships i'll
iipIiabrt!cli order. ana Tie vote OF >ucil
township SHAH tie announced Is above pro-
Niu"'i;,
" l hat Il ,iihJ"i't' oitn" VOTES OF 'l'>c con-
''H'iin ~" q, i'i"''" "''"" any
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=. liia' III "ilI"'tl@ lor any "ih'e ',I'l 'h'
th'ri 'a''"t we h,iiulil">' man >hal' "'
"!"Il':' "i''i ''r'' nai'"i. UNI III n'.i'n'i
,''""t''', ~ III !" t"i''' ""'" a.
"''i'tn'i. 80 :, w
>. J. mn' "n,h' ne i.i''a 90 any ''"h>'iP J.
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sa.r "i ms h,.'H ""'h'i'/r" t.">N' 'he ''iT'
II",, D, H.,
i. Thai no candidate shall he vo,ci tor f"r
any "iI'' e: nor Shall be- considered III 'i"ln''
, 81" ,tm 80, h,,, ,,n.i.,. ,i,",.II ~ ,'a,
son or bl ei,r.I parry nominating him. TIA;
'r Wi! aud" hF u. l'"'-ihn ri tai" "ohE"n'
t,"'. ah' III zoo" '"''h >"fi"'' Tue mum
vot.ll r,.p.c,tulIy report the follow
ing
>, ohpiE Oh h"siNtsa
Law tl,y. Sni-n-l,.r anil WASHINGTON Town
ships to be selected ny such townships an'
rat'',!t ny me '"'S ti'""n:
:, E".'in : ,r,
4. Nomination of Collector.
=: \"lh'htii"n 81 Superintendent %! Pal,
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=. Nomination TT Treasurer,
:. Nomination al Pubic .A.!!uIni-tra.U OF.
y. Nniii!lia'i"h -! I "hiilN >trH"N"f
,m' 90 "'S"
II. NomiuY;i,u of Coroner
II. Nomination of Representative.
. Id. .Noiii,'''i," "i io"hn,'iP Justice aii'
} r,,;ii,h Nv -, ,tn ar In. run,cnt;,m
:. Respectful submitted.
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