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ton Of their distinguished guests.
There was no confusion Ia the seating Of
delegates. Capable doorkeeperS and ushers
contributed to the perfect order that ptsYaii-
ed. Colonel p. 8, Ownpby, Of Monroe, act.
ed as The temporary Sergeant at.Arms, and
"a his well known attention to detail are 10
q great MEASURE due the order and h~arpony
that were Characteristic Of the preliminary
proceedings. II was about noon whom
Colonel John o'Day, Chairman Of the State
Central Committee, mounted the platform
and called upon Elder j. G. Reynolds, OF
this city. TO invoke the DiYIDs blessing upon
the convention and lite deliberations, Col.
O'Day then made
AN ELOQUENT mi BILE ADDRESS.
which was plainly Antl-Tildeu and iroauent-
" evoked the most enthusiastlo applause.
He connseled hArmOny.And unity, and earn
estly urged upon the convention 10 select aS
their delegates to Cincinnati patriotic men
who would regard party duty as paramount
to personal preferences. In conclusion, Col.
o'Day named Hon. John +. Williams, Of
Macon, a. temporary Chairman, Capt.
Thomas j. LinRle, Of Henry, acting as en-
porary Secretary. Upon taking the chair,
Col. williams assured the convention that
while he had his personal preferences for
PresideAli and Vice.P Presidential nominees,
il would be his duty and desire to preside
inpaFtially--looking to the interests Of Mis-
souri, Democracy aud deierring entirely 10
the wishes OF the majority.
HIS brief but appropriate remarks were
loudly ApplSued. At Its conclusion, upos
motion, tie following were elected members
Of the respective COMMITTEES named, by Con-
gresslonsl districts.
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
david Murphy, IA. q. Lemon,
&c. s. Van Wagner, s-M. ]. Payne.
s-Geo. ". Bowman, 9-Jobn Evans,
4-D. B. Axteli, l0-I II. Kinley,
5-Joseph Mosby; III. p. Hornor,
G-Joseph Cravsns, I2-L. Turner,
1916. l.. Orswley.
COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
IL d. Walker, Us. II. Owens,
2-F. d. Turner, s-H. +. Hereford,
3--W. r. Stanton, Cavalier Young,
III. N. Selbsrt, lO-D. J. Haston,
CT. W. B. Groves, lis. G. Major,
GA. L. Thomas, l2-W. p. Moro,
13-S. b. Cook.
The committee retired 70 do their work
during which time Senator Vest, EE Gov.
WOodson. Hon. Jas. Craig made eloquent
speeches.
The Committee on credentials then report
ed, after q session Of three hours, most Of
which time had bssn occupied 10 a settle
mont OF tho contested delegates Of the 5t.
Louis Tenth Ward. In this ward the Hyde
ticket had been defeated by the Bell ticket.
Hyde. as editor OF the Republican, proposed
To lead a Tilden delegation 10 MoberIy, but
was badly beaten, He trumped up charges
Of fraud and hotly pressed them before the
credential committee. The antl-Tilden del
pgation was Aually admitted. Hon
XsnAphon Riland, Of Lafayette, making a
strong speech against the transparent thin
ness OF the HYDE tactics. There we're no
other oonlesting delegations and the report OF
the credential committee as submitted was
received and adopted.
Luz OOmhltbce on LFIuuhuouA NEkAHiLh'
ton reported In fsvor of B. Grstz Brown, so
snti.Tilden for permanent President, |. @.
Lingle, Of the Clinton Democrat, for Ssers
tary, There were thirteen Vice Presidents,
the Eighth Congressional District being
represented by Hon. II, ]. Robinson. OF Clay,
Gov. Brown took the chair amid great APP
pIuse aud briefly thanked the convention for
this honor. The roll was then called for the
purpose OF allowing each Congregational Dis
trict 10
NAME IT'S TWO DELEGATES
TO The Cincinnati Convention, and with the
following resulh
First Distrct-Given Campbell and Frank
Harris.
Second DiS~triot-Joseph Pulitzer and G.
W. Francis.
Third DistriOt-Dan, KOswin and John
Carroll.
Fourth Dlstrlot-J. P. Walker and O. D.
Ysncey.
Fifth Dstrict-J. W. Booth and L. B.
Woodside.
Sixth DIstriCt-o. H. Morgan and r. P.
LipzeL
Seventh DislhOl--JOhn COsgrOye and W,
b Staele.
Eighth DistriCt--M. NJ. Munford and Wal
lace Pratt.