Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-11
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- Plain 0tot00ent Of EaesS-HO'
Il Mitchell Was Debated.
= Elsewhere viii b found the pr,
Il ceedings Of this convention whic
held its session at Brownsville Ia
Thursday. The contest was . yer
animated aud exciting one. Coz
saltation and balloting continue
throughout the entire day, and n
result was reached until q late hou
in the evening, when, OH the 15t
ballot, John p. Strother, of Snlin,
was declared tho nominee of the cor
vcntion. The prominent candidate
before the convention were Hull an,
Crandall of Pettis, Strothcr OF Saline
aud Mitchell of Lafayette. Though
bitter war had been made upon Dr.
Hull by the press of Sedalia, aud til
strongest efforts made to prejudice
his own county against him, he de
veloped a strength in the Petit
delegation which surprised ant
shamed his adversnrics. On thu
fourth ballot sixteen out of til,
twenty delegates supported him
which, considering the unscrupuloui
and merciless war which had beer
made upon him in the interest of hi,
rival for several weeks preceding
the convention. was an endorsement,
by his w county of which he and
his friends should justly feel proud.
After the 7th ballot, when his chances
were far ahead of his rival (thc vote
standing Hull II, Crandall p, lie
thanked the convention and grace.
fully retired from the contest. AT
this juncture Hon. NJ. C. Shewalter,
oftlis county, was put in nomination,
with no other object in view but to
take two votes from Mr.. Mitchell
aud we regret to say that two of our
delegates, in the faco Of their instruc-
lions and contrary to the well known
wishes Of tho people whom they
represented, threw away their votes
upon Shewalter, when there was not
4 shadow Of chance for his nomina-
ton.
After the 10th ballot q resolution
was carried to drop the hindmost
candidate. AT this time also Col.
George Vest, of Sedalia, who had
been receiving scattering votes on
previous ballots was put in regular
nomination. He rose to his feet aud
said: che hadnot been a candidate for
the Senate or for any other office. He
believed in the maxim of letting the
Office seek the man, &c. But while
he had not sought this or any other
position, ifthe people or the members
Of this convention saw proper TO COLI
fer the nomination upon him, he
would accept 1t. He would not only
do this, but should he be nominated,
would make the canvass with the
greatest cheerfulness, even if the dis
trict, instead of being Democratic
should poll ten thousand Radical ma
jority." His remarks were delivered
with such all air of sincerity and
e%arnestness as impressed the members
of the convention that he desired the
position, which was unquestionably
the case. lie and his friends no doubt
thought it a good juncture to step
in, and by a graceful speech secure
the nomination by acclamation. But
in this they were disappointed, for
the convention by q large vote en-
phatically declined to be hoodwinked
in this manner. |
Shewalter and Crandall being drop
ped according to rule, after two more
ballots, the contest was narrowed
down t5 Mitchell, Strother and Vest.
The 18th ballot was then taken and
the vote stood, Mitchell %, Strother
20, Vest 20, showing clearly that
Mitchell was the strongest man in the
convention. On this ballot the two
Lafayette delegates who had voted
for Shewaltcr previously. transferred
their votes to Vest. AS there was n
tie between StrOthcr and Vest, nei.
Their Of them could be dropped. As
tho delegates were preparing to 90
into another ballot, Strother with
drew his name in q pathetic speech
which strongly appealed to the SYM
pathies of the convention. The race
was then between Vest and Mitchell.
The Saline delegation withdrew
consultation. In the course OF a
half hour they returned. The counties
we're called. Lafayette voted twenty
for Mitchell and two for Vest, Pettis
voted twenty for Vest, aud Saline
solid for Strother. Al
this point, Jos. l.. Smith, of Lafay-
cite county, seeing that MI. Mitclclrs
na'ne must be dropped, which was
caused solely by the two votes of
Lafayette county, cast by Harris and
Shroyer for Vest. proposed that
Strother be nominated by acclama-
lion. Pettis county moved to lay the
motion Oh the table; Saline aud La
voted down the motion to |,
sy on the table, Pcttis voting solid
or it, and doing all in her power to
ave her mar. Calls for question,
which, being put, resulted in thirty =
our votes for STROLLER, which was ,
efficient to elect, twenty-five being
asst for him by Saline and twelve bv '.
lafayette county. Mr.. jackson, OF
here raised a point of order, :
aging that the rules had not been ,
uspendcd, and insisted OH taking a =
ocular ballot. The chair sustained u
he point Of order. Pettis county, on :
seeing that Stroller i,
sas certainly elected by the action Of J.
lafayette county, announced herself
cady to vote. The counties being y
allied, lafayette first, she voted af- I
cen for Strothcr aud seven for Vest. v
shen DIR. Hull proposed to nominate .
strother by reclamation. Col. " est I
hen "seized time by the forelock,a aud e
aved himself from defeat by getting p
n and usin1 1~anousu. "a sh;. ~ u