Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-08-05
OUR NEXT CONGRESSMAN.
His Name is Alexander Graves.
How He was Nominated.

:. HOW he " N0ml00t00.%
From the Kansas City Times. August 3
Promptly at 9 O'Clock Mr.. E.. L Martin, chat
man OF the congressional committee, appear
upon tue stage. and. obtaining the attention
Inc delegates. called the convention To order.
TEMPORARY ORG NIzArIoN.
MIR. Martin then stated that the executive co,
mittee had selected Judge y. w.. WotOrd,
Jackson county as temporary chairman of 4
} convention; W. IL. Brink-r. of Johnson, seer
tary ,and Isaac Jackson. Of Jackson, Ms serxeun
Alarms.
Judge Woaord came forward and was intr,
duced by the chairman. -
Mr.. 5. M. Ford OF jackson county then ohe
ell u resolution that u on credentia
consisting OF one. from each representative Iii
trlct: be appointed by the delegates from enc
cOunty. This motion was carried and the fo
lowing appointed:
Jackson county. irst district-M. W. Ande]
son. Second district-lienry e.. Brookinp
Third distrlct-Dr. Z. j. jenkins. Fourth di.
~trict-ihOmas King.
Joh1.on county. eastern dlstrict-T. j. Cald
well; Western d~lstrict-George 8. Young.
Lafayette cOunty-Wm. II. Carter,
Ihe committee then retired to An anterior,
TO prepare its report.
Mt w. Gales Of Jackson county offered
resolution that u on or,ier OF busin.ss
cohsiating Of one from each representative dis
trict. be appointed.
Mr.. j A. Mcdonald raised u question g
order. Which was sustained by the chair, an
Tue aeieKates waited patiently for the report VI
COMMITTEE ON
After waiting nearly an hour, the committee
through MIR. lhOmas King, reported the follow
ton: '
Jackson county, first district-J. p. Henry
Wallace. Silas Gibson. L. Choat. A. b. CunuiI
w; ID. teake. J. b Van Cleve.
Second di~stTict-Robert Moore, j. j. Moore
H.: Q. Brookiag, j. II Moore, s. h. Eas, MA'e
Third dis!rict-J: w. Wof0rd, j. A. Mellon.
AID. I'll; Martin, w.; +. Hall r .MueI.ischusie
Il. Cleary.
aa Eess'i s, ais;r,st1 Is 8.ssllly: T; Mulcah,y.
feras Henry sis.s' %i;hs as, B. hti IT, w q; K,nx. s. nj:
Jo,nnson county-Dr. j. H. Kinyoun, Lewis
Hurr,s. y; w. Culley II. Davis, O.. Young.
". Z. IKEA A. ID. Cooper, j. 4. Robinson
Jsmes Parker. L.. q. Miller. II. j. Caldwell.
Lafayette so1nsyIM:s Rraay.A. E.Asbury
Robert Greer. apt: John Handlsy, William O.
liam Terrell, ". 7: Wood. Winiam Young. L.
~: sparks, -. 8. fuikersen. John Mann, Will
We lind that Pink Gibson and John arayes.
aeirga.es, ale absent from the Johnson county
convention OF said county the delegates present
are To Cast the entire vote Of thai county.
j.. d. Moore and 8 d. kasley. being absent
recommended that the delegates from the srcOnL
district cast the iull vote Of said district in their
absence.
MIR. Z. Il. Hasbrook moved that the report of
III on credentials b- received, which
motion prevailed.
Before it was adopted Judge Young of Lafay-
move to amend the report to read an
that the whole Jackson county delegation shaIi
cast ths vote from district No: 2"
Mr.. r.. L.. Martin seconded the motion of tho
gentleman IRON Lafayette county. and no obIsc-
ton being raised the report of the
was ~ amended and then adopted.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Mr.. =. x. Hasbrook moved that a
each representative district. ~
Mr. ioung Of johnson county thought the
wopa district. should be stricken out and
8: III. Ford moved to amend the motion. and
thst y OF eight be appointed. iOur
from Jackson. Two from Lslayeae, and two
the following were selected by the Counties:
Jackson county, first district-J. II. Ford;
f.. Hasbr0Ok, fourth dlstrictJ. r. Henry
Johnson county-W. IL. Brinker. Lewis
Lafayette c~ounty-Jndge Young. w. Eerre,,
The ut once retired for Communication
and reported the following order Of bnsinsrs:
l: mat the permanent Organization be the
2. APPOINTMENT of q committee on resoIutinns
OF one from each county.
d. APPOINTMENT Of q congressional executive
4. Nomination of candidates.
8. Report of the committee on resolutions.
b. Adjournment.
ON RULES.
l. IN casting ballots the roll will be called In
First ballot. Jackson county will be called
irst, johnson county second, and Lnfayeite
Second ballot, johnson county will, h. c.na.
irst, Lsfayette second. and Jackson county
Third ballot. Lafayette county will be called
lrSt. JACKSON nnnnfv Saonnt
ame order. ~
2; All ballots shall be cast as follows: Tn.
oil Of counties shall be called by the secretarv
'nd tue Chairman OF each county delegatIon shall
.nnounce the vote.
3. All speeches shall be limited to five m,nu-
"a, anu no delegate shall be allowed To s,esk
more than twice on the same suLiecf- ~
=. me FIRST ballot for candidates shall he an !
8. Any county delegation shall have the right
. any time to Withdraw Tor consultation. the /
line not 10 exceed thirty minutes.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
" motion OF Or. CD. jenkins the chair an.
'oiGaea y Of four on permanent Or
!: AcDonald Of jackson County, q s. Young
. oonnson county and W. 4. Wood of Lalny-
Inc committee reported N follows.
permanent hairman-B. l.. Wondaon
Permanent secretary-W. II. BrInker.
assistant tecretaries-A. 4. Asbury and Thos.
Wee prssidents-Jadge w. T. Wood. j, H.
Alnyonn. Thomas Cleary.
SCI Jackson.
Ihe report was adopted md Mr.
! Souson, Deing introduced by Judge WOnord.
the convention briefly.
REGULAR ORDER OF BUSINESS
Inc iirst REGULAR order of business, that of &C.
I.ng u Sommlttee on resolutions, was then
ken up. tue chair appointing the following:
jh:kson cOnnty-C. II. Hasbrook.
Johnson cIunty-Dr ). IL. Kinyoun.
Lafayette COuUtY-WiUian Nonnr l.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
=. NJ. Ford stated that a. there had been anne
iaerence Of opinion as to how many membrrs
/, u congressional Jackson county
] lour he selected two from Jackson- one from,
olD,soh, and one from Lafayette.
EDWARD Kelly seconded the motion. which was
"Ao"'"s
jackson connty-E. L. Martin, Nj. W. Auder.
On.
johnson couniy-G. S. Young.
Lafayette county,. D.. Conner.
NOMINATING CANDIDATES..
A motion WAS made to adiourn nj this s,.o. ori
.e lt.ceea!ngs' Judge Wood. OF LAFAYETTE.
Eng ~. tue father of the move.
usi' ring. and the nomination oil caniid.'as
eing Declared In order, Mr.. Henry Al WiIhers
'ie Jackson county delegatIsn placed Gaut'
q . rF"hh'ih before the convention.
HON. Z. NJ. MCPHERSON.
10y VI JonhsOn county, In q few
'"ruh l'en nominated Hon. E.. A NickersOn-
ALEXANDER GRAVES.
Judge Wood, on behalf OF the LAFAYETTE county
'irghtlon. nominated Alexander Graves Esq.
Another move 10 adjourn was then made Ibns,
'ne ny Judge Gates, OF jackson county,. The
III being called. It was defeated by a vote of IS
DIR. Miller moved that the convention now nro-
eed TO the hrst Informal ballot, which Was Ear
I'd. The result being us follows:
INFORMAL BALLOT
IHcASoY CnHNfp. Ii