The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-22

county.
"rkis is the first time that this,count,
has ever presented q man for the Office
and now she asks favorable consideration
of her representative
Mr.. Williams made mos
eloquent speech, and at every
mention of Coseroves name there Wa
most vigorous applause
Like a Methodist exhorter, Mr.. yelling
ton Gordon, of Boone county, the plac,
where Mac Dearmon was acquitted, put M
the name OF Col. E. c. More. The pro
nunciation of Mr.. More's name did no
arouse that enthusiasm which it issuppOses
the friends of the gentleman expected.
Mr. John c. Herndon, of Howard coun
Gen. John Il. Clark.
Dee Reese, of Benton county, seconded
the nomination of Col. More i'm a speech
which showed intense conviction that BIZ
was following the star II the best man.
ALMOST A PANIC.
Scarcely had the last speaker finished
before word was brought to the chairman
that, owing to the immense crowd in the
rear of the room, the walls were giving
away and there was great danger of the
floor falling in.
With consummate GOODNESS, Chairman
Lacy arose and requested that those In the
rear of the room, next to the door, please
retire, one by one.
This was a surprise to the invited re-
t:rers and for a moment there was hest
fancy, as ii they thought some trick was
to be played. But when the chairman
made known the situation there was a per.
feet acquiescence On the part of the large
crowd and the room was speedily, but care.
fully, evacuated.
1t was we'll that so cool a
man as Judge Lacy had the
cool and clear-brain. man bad been in
his place, there would have been panic
which would, no doubt, have cost several
lives As it was, the desertion of the room
was successfully done, without any more
excitement than if it had been regular
adjournment.
AT SMITHS HALL.
Chairman Lacy announced that he had
talk with parties who occupied the stores
under the court room, and they informed
him that the reported giving away OF the
walls was true and that the exodus from
the room was made none too soon.
81 say this, said Judge Lacy, lin order
to allay any suspicion of trickery which
may exist"
After the delegates had been properly
seated, the gavel of the chairman raped
the convention to order, and he said THE
gentleman from Morgan has the floor.
To this invitation, Mr., A. w. Anthony
responded i'm calm cool and we'll deliber-
ated speech se.ondipg the nomination OF
Col John Cosgrove Mr. Anthony's speech
was not only able, it was classically eio-
quent ard wondrously potent. Through,
out its delivery it was greeted with loud
and rapturous applause.
1t was moved and seconded that nomi-
nations close. The motion was carried
The secretary read the rules which had
been adopted for the casting OF the ballots.
THE TUG OF WAR.
There was an unusual hush produced as
the chairman announced that ballotlng
would now begin. Tally sheets were pro
duced by reporters, and as the roll OF
counties was called, expectancy ran high
and interest pushed itself up to the top
notch of The thermometer.
The following is the result OF
THE BALLoTING:
First ballot-Clark 80, More Is, Cos
grove IL, Baldwin 9.
The second and third ballots we're the
same as the first.
On the fourth ballot Clark lost one,
which went to More.
The fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and
ninth ballots stood the same as the fourth.
The tenth, eleventh and twelfth ballots
stood: Clark %, More q, COsgrove IL.
Baldwin /.
On the thirteenth ballot More gained
the one vote which had been cast for
Baldwin.
The twenty-seventh ballot stood: Clark
26. More IS, Cosgrove 20.
The twenty ninth ballot stood: Clark,
26; More, rs; Cosgrove, %.
On the forty-first ballot, Saline county,
Just for fun, cast one ballot for Baldwin,
which created slight change from the
monotony of the preceding twenty ballots.
At this writing, Ais, it looks as if there
would be no choice this side Ut the millen-
MUM, though the tide in favor Of one man
may set in before ony one knows.
THE FoRTY-FoURTH BALLOT
has been taken, but the result is un-
changed.
While the fifty-third ballot was being
taken, DIR. j. w. Brent, of Upton, was
suddenly overcome with the heat and sank
in fit. He was taken out of the hall and
soon revived.
At 5:l5 the CO invention took recess un-
til 7:30 this evening
LAST NIGHTS SESSION.
After the convention adjourned yester-
day afternoon, the partisans of the candi.
dates met in various groups and canvassed
the situation pretty thoroughly.
There was an rider pulse of anxiety evil
dent as to who would be who, and il was
plainly to be seen that somebody had to be
slaughtered. When Chairman Lacy called
the meeting to order, last night. there was
quite large audience present, aside from
the delegates.
A r,n,phor sffo. Sha ell e. n. =.