The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-09-21

OF tins District Meet and Adjourn
Without Nominating . Congress
sional Candidate

The republicans u this, the seventh
Congressional district met in Convention .
the council chamber in this city At 10 q
ID. to-day, about City Of the seventy ap.
pointed delegates being present.
Milo Blair, chairman Of the congression
81 central committee. called the convention
to order
Hon. w. q. Dallmeyer, Of Cole county
Vas elected temporary chairman, aud NJ
n. Neihsrds, of Hickory Temporary secrsssry
On motion the following committee
consisting Of one member from each coun-
~, ~ below, was appointed BY the chsi'
~ u committee on credentials:
Cole-T. A. Greenup
Monitesu-l. S. Ferguson.
Morgan-B. K. Richardson.
Petiis-W. E. Conner.
Poke +. Bushnell.
johnson "A. VanMeter.
Lsfzyette-E. F. Neinas.
Hickory-John 4. IcCartney-
Milier-E. H. Austin.
Camden-G. w. L. Mitchell
Benton-h. Boeschen.
Daliss and Cooper we're the only counties
10 the district not represented.
On motion Of r. H. Sangree. Of Petite
the above committee on credentials VA
slso made the committee on permanent
organization, after which the convention
adjourned until O'Clock p. On.
The convention was called to order at
p. 10. BY chairman DAIlmeyer.
B. X Richardson, chairman OF the com.
miti.e on credentials and permanent
organization. read the report Of that com.
mittee, which showed full delegation "a
be present and entitled to sea,e in the
convention from every county in the dis.
trict except Dallas, which was entirely
unrepresented; and suggesting that the
temporary chairman and secretary b
made the permanent of6cen.
The report was received and adopted and
the committee discharged.
The following committee, consisting OF
one delegate from each county. vac APP
pointed BY the chair a. a committee on
resolutions:
Bcnton-M ID. Moore.
CAmden-G. W. F. Mitchell.
Cole-T. A. Greenup.
Cooper. e. Beck.
Hickory. A. Mccartney.
Moniteau-C. u. Gordon.
Morgan-B x. Richa dson.
Pettis-P. H. Sangree.
Polk. d. Able.
Johns0n-Wm. +. Chester.
Lzfsyeite-H. w. Thiemao.
A recess of fifteen minutes "a. then
taken q give the committee on resolutions
tune for delibersii0n.
On the re-sssemblins of the convention
the committee on resolutions read ~ their
report the following:
Resolved, That thie convention consid-
ers il inexpedient to nominate a candidate
for representative IN congress, but would
recommend the republicans Of this district
to support Judge Rice.
A psrt Of the committee then read the
following ~ a minority report:
Resolved, That this convention nominate
. republican a candidate for congress in
the seventh district, and ne earnestly
request ell friends Of honest money and
good government to work for his election.
On the vote for the adoption of the
majority report, the fighting became red
hot between the delegates and come pretty
warm speeches we're msde.
q. w. F. Mitchell, of Camden, spoke
ferventIy in favor Of the majority report.
J. B. Upton, Of Polk, delivered . red-hoi
stalwsrt speech. denouncing in bitter terms
the proposed coalition With the green
backer-; opposed supporting = strsisht
greenbacker under any circumstances ;
said thst Judge Rics vas not in sympathy
with the republicans; thI Col. Philips
will beat Rice 5,O00 in this district IL the
republicans join with the greenbackers, for
in thst case o. soon "a republicans unite
with greenb sckers, oil greenbscken OF
democratic sntecedents will fall back into
the democratic party. and leave hut the
republicans to vote for Rice; that there
were not 5000 greenbacker- Of democratic
antecedenis in the state Who vail vote the
greenback ticket this fall; that the 6at
money idea is ~ destructive 70 our form Of
government a. the stsies rights idea.
A. VanMetre, of johnson, swung the
bloody shirt sod dercely favored the mi
nority report.
q. NJ. Gordon, Of Moniiesu. favored vot.
ing for Rice.
A vote by counties was taken on the
question, whether the minority report
should be adopted, which resulted - fol-