The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-09-20
Democratic Convention.
The Ticket Presented Surprising to
All Who Were not In the
Secrets of the Ring"
Full Report Of It.

Saturday morning was very lively In y
consequent upon the arrival Of the deiees.es 10
she Democratic Convention, and the hSeiy ei
forts made by the innocent candidates TO induce
the delegates at that late day to break the ''sis'e'
thst had been prepared for them weeks before 10
r,tify. None Of them were successful, however.
for the pre-arr,nged programme was carried ou'
to the minutest particular.
The convention was organized by the selection
Of Ephraim Meyers - Chairman and zach Sin-
more g Secretary.
A committee on credentials was appointed.
Who soon made Q report % to the delegates En-
titled TO seats, which report was adopted. Al
Ter the adoption of the report, however, II IVES
discovered with dismsy thst several townships
ira committed the grave error Of not sepsrsting
he Liberal from the Democrat delegstes. re-
porting them III - Democrats. The deleen!aoes
ing fhe reqgia,fe INN i4feeR II asH II: s 60
Leafe6 liberals" This effort to cast . saar
uDon these reform delegates BY calling then
Democrats, was too much to be borne, ana
VAS undoubtedly . studied effort to ignore mem.
Xfter the sheep had been separated from The
goats, . communication was submitted rom .
fiberal Convention (which was said TO be in ses-
no saSn . m Sins 1So Of = committee Ma q conisreace o
determine what Offices were to be allotted tothe
sheep and what to the goats: This Was sdopted,
400 n COmmlllcS 6upOlutfuS
thnt the sheep were to have Representative,
Treasurer sud Assessor, and the goats the D4-
snce. some discussion was had on this matter,
rom he Liberals Tecited thsf they were not
ouite ytrvng enough ~ elect some OF their csndi-
dAtes by their v votes, and, therefore, N Of
DE Drmocrsts (what ; trial II must b % themD
II the Democratic would assist . few OF them into
place. As this WIS readily understood by ALL
III COMMITTEE repSrtrd that Il had been Agreed
10 rive the Liberals Representative, Trensuref
and Assessor, ~ they had been instructed by toe
a dsiegate moved that Representative be strick-
an Out. - he thought The Liberal strength In me
county should not entitls them to more man I'VE
yotsd Tor I'll Liberals two years age, e woald
not be ssking too much Of these very LioetAl W
9rnilemen to vote for all Democrats This year.
Inii ,seo.d ;i1s upon p, sa ero veIS pure ns.ensed 81
Dr. IplkersOn and Ur. Woodward, ue iat!ef a.
yocstine such liberal measures - would more
closely Identify the rev L:bcrnis We have win
re Chsir rnaily declared the motion onto OF Of
der. Tue report wss then received and adopted.
psrt ia he Convention. In . few moments ssv-
eeAl virtuous yentlcmsn, who 30 sfrenousiy OBJ
jeossd to being oslIed Democrats, made their ap-
peA1nce. Aad thsreaftsr acted IN very sooS n AZ
br.s the tide Of Democrats, and seemed to glory
Ia 1t.
A rnJaon vas carried tnat me Lioefss AeAs
their nominations nfsf.
xGrREssxrArivI.
! Kiliow, J. L. Higgins and Nicholas
rNd VI k,chsster, were placed IN nofeina-
uos. Mr. Ford dreilprd. sayinS: Under no
e.rsu..'.nes. DO ! ..girs 70 r.p,s:ss, me SSrn-
u" :a a1s snsss ~ y . iSIa broush, tina. gen.
si-Ia.a 10 hi: feet, who thsGAsa then ios the hs
saying the great nstiopsi WAVE which hsd %
snsp,ciousiy started In North Carolin., 0,soo
ktiahl,caa rsyotityl ssrI ~. A. e: OoS EsHu n.-
~Jorityl, would reach Missouri by November. and
~riu14iAaaJ elect him., and might elect Horace
Grosi-y. -
Tbs Liberal candidates for Treasurer were d.
T. Russell AMI j.. T.. Huston. The latter OBJ
tanned tx votes aud the former m. Husfon. Of
Savannah, WAS then made . candidate for the Of
John McMorAn being the only Liberal present.
ID for this once, Wa. VI course, unanimously
Nominated.
sHRRTry.
Fir,, BaiIot-Aiex. Fuller 10, Philip Lewis 81,
Ed. MARYLAND l5k Jos. Bennett 6lH. No choice.
Second BaliOt-sfAxkiand z, Lewis 80, Ben
nets q. Joe Bennst's nominssion was then
made unaaiunous.
PaoBATs JUDGE.
jesse John received 70 votes. but Z. A. Car.
con ''sives him Jessie" with "a votes on the frse
ballot.
ATTORNEY.
John P. Aits~LB, c.. r. Boohsr Is; the latter
bsinx nominated.
coLLDCfOB.
Five Democrats seemed anxious 70 undertake
the task Of collecting the peoples taxes-Messrs:
Clxsby, Lyle, John stewart, y. A. PHILIPPE and
H. Saunders. John Stewart. Of Savannah, VS.
the nominee, receiving Is votes, Phillips 5, Class
By %, Lyle S and n. saunders IL.
ADMINISTRATION.
BY the sivice and urgent request Of the Chair
man (Neysr,l Philip Cook, Of Platte, received
the nom; nation for the once. (,
COUSrY JUpo1.
No less than eight persons wished the privi-
ieee Of levying taxes and spending the money Of
Andrew Cnanty, ~ u County judge. II took dive
ballot. H. determine who should be the lucky 20
man, lpally deciding III favor Of Hugh Lewis,
Of Buchanan county, We believe. Such men NJ
jos. Carson, Jas Brooks, Jas. Strock, John L..
Stanton, j. d. Wright, Robinson and Wade
were set aside for Mr.. Lewis.
SCHOOL sUr-sRiSrnSpRNr.
j. T. MoFsiden, Of Jackson Township, re-
ssivsd the nomination for this post.
sUnvsYoR.
John d. Wright was the nominee for Surveyor.
coR0SER.
.John Z. McL.aiB. of Savannah uaa nomiaafed