The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-09-19
AN OPEN LETTER
To the Republicans of Pettis
County, Missouri.
GREEN RiISE. Sept. IL. ISs2.

On the 18th dav OF August, al the rePub
lican comfy convention. held Al the city
of Sedaiia. two resolutions were passed
which read rs follows:
Resolved, Thst we. the republicans o.
Pettis county, In convention assembled
declare that il would be contrary 10 al
precedeuts and good policy for the state
centra. committee to assume to determine
the course of the republican party Of Mis-
souri, on great questions of principle o,
party policy. SUD we declsre &. ~ il is the
duty Of the state ces:sal commit a. " call =
state conventions at an es:iy DAY. for the
purpose Of shaping the policies Of the re
publican party in the present csmpaigu.
Resolved, That the convention appoin,
eight delegates to represent the republican
party of Petit, county in q state ccnveu
iion. should one be held. and thst said
eight deiet ates or SO many al them ~ shall
the vote allow ed Pe,t.s county Ia said con.
vrntion
In accordance with the slWve resoIu.
tions, the convention elected eight dele
goies Ia attend q state convention to I've
called BY the state central committee
have the honor 10 be one OF the said
eight delegates and therefore have right
TO speak to the rpubiicsus of fertis
county.
The state central committee met 1t the
city of 81. Louis an the .34,h day OF
August, and. after nearing all of TIE trsti.
uo,iy in favor oi the calling of 4 state
convention and all the testimony against
tie calling OF state convention, d. cided
by Il vote of twenty to eight not to call 4
sts'e convention.
do not pretend To saw whether the state
convention acted wise or unwise in their
decision
Ga the 10Th dav OF August call for an
independent republican state convention
was put forth from Jefferson City by one
y. {. Burch, regardless of the fact OF the
stale central committee. Mr. Buich's call
was signed by gentlemen from different
localities of the state, seventeen of whom
reside in the city of Sedalia. Said indie
pendent convention met Is in Jefferson City
on The Goth day of this month. Its pur-
pose is to nominate a state ticket and
make a new central committee.
Now when this convention meets and Or
gsnizes and does the work, we have TWO
distinct republican state organizations in
Missouri. One regular and the other ir-
regular; the independent organization
being irregular, with Mr.. Burch at its
head. or at lesst the power behind the
throne. and the regular state orgauiz-tion
headed by Mr. FiIley.
This independent movement means i've
county republican executive committees liz
, very unity in the state. IL uIezns two
sets al delt gates FROM Missouri To the ma
Toto republican con yeDtion which meets
IN 1854 10 nominate candidates for presi-
dent and vice president.
The del, gates elected by the regular Con-
vention. headed by MIR. FIlley, will be the
regular delegation from Missouri I'D the
national republican convention OF 1854.
| do not sc how any gt''d can come To-
the r,rui.iican party of Missouri ny this
in,i. pendent movement of Mr.. Burch and
his rnagitstors. Ii meadS division oi
the rrrubii an party Of Missouri, and is
more la be d.plor,i than q Democratic cv
clone. I'm the pres, nj lower Lon of cungrs
py counting 'he tw" REACT .->irrs from Nir-
.inia Aid the i"ur srernbacAeTs from
Missouri, We had j',>i -iougn VOTES To seat
the c"nic>ting i,l'ublican congressman
Iron the suulh.
Ii Mr. Burci,'s independent movement i
carried out in full. Ne will lose at least
four congressman from Missouri. aud an
all probability lose our majority in the
national house of representatives To be
elected this fall. Ii is all important that
Is. should elect a majpriIy in the lower
house of congress this fall, as they pass upon
the electoral vote Of ISL
About six months agn, in conversation
with a prominent republican, who Is not .
citizen "f Missouri, | was told that NJ.
iiey was Tie caiI>e of sendirg Gps Grant
delegation from Missouri Ia the Chicago
I'm $3.50; !iiat IL he had been GU:
Il The WAY Missouri would hare sent up
solid Blaine Il, legation. This same gem
Ileman said that matters would he so
in Missouri that by 1854 Mr.
Blaine could set The stale in the national
ii he wanted il. This same
gentleman said that The independent
i'm New York had done wonders
md This same indepcu,i. mt movement
would accomplish what was desired in
,ther states. Now. the way the matter
tand>. we have an inde,nndert movement
N New YORK, and an Independent move
neni I'm Pennsylvania, and an independent
movement i'm Missouri, with several other
tale 20 hear from These states will. ac-
.uri'rg TO programme, - MI independent
delegates To The next national republican
all Of whom will wan, la bc !
Gated and vote ami ran the convention !
With these independent delegations ri the
ioor al orr national convention In 1854, !
,e will cut about The same figure that the |
IL inocr.Iic party cut when they put up !
Breckenridge as presidential candidate !
It the head OF one wing Of their party /
These independent rep'.b lican movements |
mean ruin TO the republican party, and !
ire a, Dangerous in political parties as
mall vox is in the human family
In looking over Mr.. Burch's call ! see
he names al a great many ex-oficials !
rho have been turned out oil office. or
nose terms of Office have expired, and
heir places filled by the pressn, admins
ration. 500.
Ii these officials attribute their r.