Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-09-14
THE FILLEY FACTION DOWNED.
Salt River Republicans Opposed to FIJI.
ley and in Favor Of Straight
Nominations Everywhere.
"Much Ado About Nothing. 1.-The Col.
ored Troops Go Back on
Their First Love.
The Death Blow to the Greenback
Party.

u AStptpAtAtttlS vi bAi lNtNSl GONl-
ship met in the circuit court room
last Saturday to elect Is delegates to
their county convention which meets
in Mexico next Saturday to nominate
a county ticket and send delegates to
the State convention. About IS re-
publieans were present; So of them
were colored men. II. d. Hunter
was elected chairman and W. S.
Hathaway Secretary. Owing to their
being factions in the republican par
ty-the Filley and anti FiIley wings
the convention was rather lively.
The Filley men wanted to elect dele
gates who'were opposed to a State
convention. The: anti-Filley men
wanted delegates who were in favor
of the Jefferson City %conventio 1
called by Burch. 1t was evident on
the first ballot cast that the anti-Fil-
ley men had a large majority. The
eolored men, lead by York johnson,
went back on Filley and voted with
the liberal wing. w. H. Day made a
strong effort to carry the convention
for Filley. knowing that Hunter,
the chairman, was a Filley man, he
moved than the chair appoint a CON-
mittee of five to elect the Is delegates.
After some snarling and personal
chickering's this motion was put and
lost. Day then got the floor and
read the names of fifteen good re-
publcans-most of them Filley men
from a piece of paper and moved
that they be declared the delegates.
The anti-Filley men then made a
grand kick and cried ~'sjobery!"
''slates!" ''cut and dried!" This
motion was lost after more back and
front talk. The anti-Filley men then
moved that the delegates be elected
one at a time. This motion pre-
vailed. 1t was evident that the anti
Filley men would now have plain
sailing. Harry Day, 1. Hall and Maj.
Day were the leaders of the Fllley
wing. I. N. Hathaway, J. w. How
ell and r. f. Lawder lead the anti
Filley wing. York johnson was at
the head of the colored adjunct of
tue anti-Filley crowd. The follow
ing delegates were then elected by
the antl-Filley men: J. B. Botkin,
r. E. Lawder, H. Jacobson, York
Johnson, COL, 1. N. Hathaway, John
Henderson, COL, Perry Ragsdale,
COL, W. H. Rice, George Clark, col.
L. M. Pease, H. Hall, John Basket,
col, T. M. White, D. Householder,
A. c. Barnes. The election of the
delegates was better than a circus.
The anti-Filley men, wishingto bother
the Filley men, who were in the ma.
jority, kept nominating colored men
who were anti-Filley men and in this
way beat two Or three good white
men with colored men. A great deal
of loud talk was INDUCED in during
the voting, and several pet names
could be heard above the genera
clamor. We feared at one time the
police would have to be called in,
We wondered, at the time, if suct
scenes were INDUCED in by the re-
publicans about nothing, what woult
they do if they had any hope of of
fees in this county. Resolutions
were passed favoring straight coun'
ty, State and Congressional nomina
tons, and the convention adjourned
The delegates from the differen
townships will meet in Mexico mex
Saturday, when a straight count.
ticket will be nominated, delegate
sent to the Jefferson City convention
and an anti-Filley county central com
mittee will be elected.
The republican party of Audrain
although hoplessly in the minority,
now in working order again. w
will now have three tickets in tn
field and the strength of each part,
will be polled this fall. The two oil
parties will be all that can be foun'
with a microscope after the election
There will never be another green
t back ticket in the field in Audrai
county.