New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-02-10
TuEMISSOURI CONVENTION

.-rUrXr Ely THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LlDE"AL
prpUBIICAN STATE COMMITTEE.
-, r6,tor OF The Tribune.
~ than once YOU have rebuked those Who
A. h,r, the Missouri movement under noun
' r obrse and falsehOOd. Though you do not
van 80 be committed 30 that movement the
go of your paper shows desire to state 'io
80 Since The 81. Louis Democrat sold ltsel' 'le'c
-. hoen IN ST. Lsuis no Republican American P"-
-, 10 expose and refute the statements now MUS
% SAINT ont by men whose highest honor 1t Is
80 vrbore living is the work TO be done they wei
- +boir wages. Accounts IN Democratic papers
..b few Republican readers. therefore appear 10
- ;orrpal circulating among the Oldest ana best
W. E,;,aDs throughout the land for opportunity
- rlace the facts before them.
c,,,e,nents regarding the recent Convention OF
- Republicans. which have appeared in The
- -, democrat. The Chicago Post and The Wash
g.. ReY,bIiequ. are not mere mistakes. They
-, a knowledge Of the truth, and are simply
-, 7Be Democrat for example, knows that the
t,:hod LIST which il gave and quotes as the list
,.l.c,tes0 embraces only such names as were
- 70 the reporters before the Convention
arbled. that no roll of the delegates was ever
kIsbed and no complete roll was ever made.
~, content with this, the same and other papers
"a o.ber falsehoods which the imperfect list ltseu
refutes. -. A.. C,,,,.or.
t-on IN that list there Is proof that the ConNcn-
49,. did represent very fully the Liberal Repubh-
,,d did not represent the Democrats OF Mis-
-, Comprising only small part of the paTtlcl-
-,o,s who gave their names or were recognized 10y
-o,o,t.rs. il nevertheless embraces many Of
.to more prominent as 10 show that the ConNen'""
t,llr represented the party and that the party
~O'' aao,te5 was stronger than it appeared in the
o.I.,tion which nominated Gov. b. Giatz Brown
in 1870 49,. +. .s :; .to
W. go mart in the Convention. While all the
..1,.h,lds Of RepublCauism, IN which the Liberal
T,,t had strength in 1870, were represented,
Il single delegates. known to me 10 be Repub-
,i-.Ds vys-e present from the Democratic Counties
% T,,ls,n Platte. Clinton, Lafayette, Monroe ana
M and mol delegate Of any sort was present from
N s-.,.-,t;c counties Of Audrain, Boone, Cal
- Ger Crawford Iurklin, Howard, Laclcde,
-, Mississippi. New-Madrid, Oregon. Usage
porri.,o+ Pulaski, Randolph. Ray, Reynolds KIP
- - Francois Ste G5acyleye, Saline, scott Shah-
80, Vernon. Washington and Wayne. On the
+bsr hand the imperfect list the cau ana proceed
tgs show that the following counties, embracing al
che liberal strongholds, and nearly al the strong
,poDnblicon counties. were represented: Andrew,
Bates Benton Buchanan, Camden, Cape Girardeau'
Carroll Cass. Cedar. Charlton, Clay, Clinton. Cole,
Cooper. Dayiess. Franklin, Gasconade, Gentry,
GruDdy. Howell, Iron. Jackson, Jetfcr-
.on Johnson. Lewis, Livingstone, Macon,
Miller. Monitcau. Monroe, Nodaway, Pettis, Phelps,
Pike. Platte, Polk. Putnam, Rails, St Charles, st.
Clair. 81. Louis. Schuyler Scotland, Shelby, stod-
dard sullivan. Warren. and Wright. These counties
alone cast about 10000 votes for Brown. In addition
90 these. l remember the presence OF delegates
known 10 me, from Greene, lincoln Lafayette Linn
Marion, Montgomery. and Perry. think, though
b,iD unable here 10 consult papers, OF friends who
We're present | cannot positively assert that dele
gates were also present from Atchison, caldwell De
Ealb henry Holt Madison, Morgan, and Webster
But those counties only winch were certainly repre-
nted cast - SO Of the entire 1O4,77l votes given to
Craft Brown. or three-fourths Of the whole The
Democratic counties not represented cast 1852 more
an the Republican counties which can possibly
have been uuropTesentcd cast only l2lO OF the otes
fer Brown. ,.--;,, ,.o... ,r,,oar
when it is remembered that the original bot was
made bv men from only minority OF the couhues'
srd tbe Liberal Republican strength was naturally
found chiefly in those counties, the voters sharing
Ina opinions Of their seeding delegates II my
,1.orection = not at fault, delegates from only %
,-,,aa boltcd and vet their candidates received az
ls+ ,-er m 600 Republican votes. Now, these same
orut,es and at least % more are represented; buJ
we ar told that the demonstration amounts %
Dothiu, because the Democratic counties ana some
Radical sron gholds, sent no delegates Inc Con
,e,tina of 1870 half filed the Senate Chamber the
1oDyer. ION OF 1S73 crowded the Representatives,
Han IN fact while Liberal Republicans OIL an
,Iasse, we're more fully represented than ever
before if was remarked with pleasure and SURPRISE
1v rl ermau Liberals that Tor the iISt time iAeE
Z, e,,. Numbered by American Liberals.
lave truly said that the leaders Of 1910 are now
,;Cl,r 10 adj
-D.. Of afueuce who were not III the trst ConYen-
..,. % part in the recent gathering. The main
.r.i, al both was made by Gov. Brown, and IN each
he rri :, the keynote in 1870 he declared that he
gould plant the banner of Liberalism 90 the grave
Il rebellion -" and in 1872 he throws down the glove
70 oeutIalisn Senator SchuTz, who presided over
heCaaventiOn Of 1870 sent strong letter 10 the re-
.ept rberinc-uot TO define his position Tor that
MS speeches in the Senate have done wa, Chairman
o.. III. Committee on Resolutions IN both Conventions
Cen John Mcneil than whom probably no othef
IAN has more personal and devoted friends among
< 40 Ni,,ouri Radicals led the bolt IN 1870 and was
chairman of the first committee-aIsed IN the recent
Convention. Col. Burnes of Platte addressed both
Conventions; Messrs Finkelnburg and James u.
Blair are now members of Congress Gov Fletcher
prominent IN 1870. has stated that only case ID
court prevented his attendance IN 1872, and every
State senator and Representative, as far 10 know.
who acted in the one Convention participated also
in the other But Judge De Bolt, perhaps the
strongest Radical in the Northwest, who presided
this year; the Hon. Charles 7. johnson, who made
the FIRST speech; Lieut.-GOv. GrayelIy' formerly
member of Congress from the Radical Southwest
the Hon Emil PreetOriOus, leader of the old guard
OF German Radicals in earlier and more trying tlts;
tho Hon James H. Chase former Republican candl-
date for Congress in the Democratic llid Distric';
all these and others of local strength who from one