Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-08
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NOW That national nominations
nave been made and national plat.
forms constructed the campaign be-
gins to open rapidly. On SATURDAY.
there was a Democratic mass meet.
ing to appoint delegates to the coun-
~ convention, and on Monday night
grand ratification Of the nomination
OF Hancock and English. Besides
these there wa also on SATURDAY.. an
assembly Of the National Greenback
Labor party for the purpose of cop.
s~tructing a county ticket.
DEHocRArlc MASS MEETING.
This body was organized by call.
ing ]. J. Gill to the chair and D
pointing J.. W. Mason secretary.
On motion OF j. Med. T,rimble noml.
nees were requested to explain how
they stood in relation to James Car
roll, Esq.,, candidate for Secretary Of
State, and Capt. Mcintyre, candi.
date for Attorney General. After
doing 30 twelve delegates were sent
70 the county convention to DO held
at Mexico On the 10th day Of July,
whose duty it will be to appoint dele
gates to the State convention that
assemblies It Jefferson City on the
ztss OF July. to nominate state ofi-
Gers and select delegates to the sena-
torial convention OF this district.
The delegates chosen are as fol-
lows: Logan Mundy, H. A. Rick
etts, Z. J. settle, j. F. Llewellyn,
j. Med. Trimlle. B f. O'Rear, G..
r. Macfarlane, Richard A. Byrns.
Capt. Currie, W. w. Fry, S. A.
Craddock and VIM. Pollock, each Of
whom declared he was equally friend
iy to Messrs. Carroll and Mcintyre
and would advocate the nomination
of both.
Salt River township thus presents
to the county and. State two citizens,
both of whom are advocated for the
positions to which they aspire. So
far no objection Of % personal char
acter has been made to either Of
them. 1t is admitted every where
that James Carroll, Esq, 10 eminent
~ qualified to be Secretary of State
and Capt Mcintyre 10 equally well
fitted to be Attorney-G General. 1t has,
however, been suggested in some
quarters that in asking for two state
appointments Audrain is demanding
too much and ought to drop either
Mr.. Carroll or Capt. Mcintyre, but
Salt River township cannot view
things in this light and 10 unwilling
to distinguish between two OF her
citizens, both of whom, il awarded
position, will reflect honor on the
place Of their residence. These gen
tiemen are not taken up and advocat-
ed by their fellow citizens because
Audrain county Is entitled 70 furnish
two nominees u even one, but be-
cause it is thought by them that
they are the best qualified for the
several positions named, of any that
have been or will be presented to the
convention. The positions to be fill
ed are state offices and ought not to
be parcelied out among counties set
ting up claims for them, but given to
the best applicants without reference
to their domieiie, and therefore Salt
River township desires that delegates
shall be rent to the State convention
that will be unwilling TO drop either
of its favorites.
tue NATIONAL GREENBACK-LABOR CON-
vENTIoN.
This body called TO nominate coun-
ty officers, met at the court house on
Saturday, and organized by calling
Bob Kennedy to the chair sud ap-
pointing Capt. D. e. Shea secretary.
The attendance was not half a large
- had been provided for and even
expected. Several townships Vel up
no representation of any sort.
While the committee on credentials
was out, Ed. Haley addressed the
meeting. When the committee re-
ported the number Of delegates pres
ent, the convention proceeded TO the
object for which il had convened.
John II. Harrison, Of Wilson town.
ship, was nominsted for Sheriff; Eu-
gene Jones, of Salt River, for County
Collector C. p. Wade, of Salt River,
for County Treasurer JIM. Atkinson,
ef Salt River, for County Assessor;
JAS: s. Brown, Of Salt River, for Pub
lie Administrator; w. s. Boyd for
County Justice for the Eastern and
G. n. Sims for the Western Division ;
Irv Sims, of Salt River township, for
Representative. No nominations were
made for County Surveyor or Probate
Judge.
The Central Committee is as fol
lows: Siias Wilson, John Sims, J.
B. Coons, j. A. Mahan, N. Dix, c
W. Givens, j. n. Atkinson.
After adjournment, Irv Sims re-
turned thanks for the honor conferred
upon him by his selection for Repre-
sentative.
No platform wal proposed, and IS
there Vas no allusion to any, We re
produce, for the benefit Of our readers,
the Socialistic land, light, air and