The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-04-01
One Of the Most Disgraceful
Political Conventions Ever
Held in Sedalia.
The Lie Passes Freely. and
With Difficulty a Fight is
Prevented.
The Convention Adjourns With.
out Transacting the Business
Before It.
Proceedings Of Conventions at
Other Places With List of Del
egates Selected.

Pursuant to call of the Central Com
mittee, the republican voters of Pettis
county assembled in mass convention at
Smiths hall at o'clock yesterday after.
noon for the purpose of elecring eight del
egstes 10 the state convention which con-
yenes in this city April 9th, and eight del
egates to the congressional district conven-
ton which meets here on the same date at
8 o'clock a. m.
Although the attendance was not very
large, there seemed to be a hard, settled
expression of countensnce on the phys'og-
nomy of the old war horses, which fore
bodied trouble.
The convention was called TO order BY
E. w. Sinclair, chairman of the county
central committee, who announced that
the first order of business would be the
election of q permanent chairman. For
this position B. G. Wilkerson nominated
E. w. Sinclair, and then commenced
THE PRELIMINARY sKIRNIsH.
Mr.. Wilkerson was about to put the
question on his nomination Of Mr.. Sim
clair. when r. ID. Middleton arose and
stated that he desired to make another
nomination, in the interest of the country
people. and named Joseph Warren, of
Smithton.
Mr.. Wilkerson said that he had no axe
to grind, and had nominated Nr Sinclair
merely as q compliment to that gentleman.
Doc Middleton was about to withdraw
his nomination of Mr.. Warren, when a
gentleman in bis rear prodded him in the
hack and told him to hold on
Ii was suggested that it would be well to
have a secretary, and Louis Hoffman was
appointed temporary secretary.
Mr.. Morey said that he hoped that there
would be no strife engendered between the
city and country.
Mr.. Faulhaber. as a compromise, nomi-
Col. Cloud positively declined. After some
further desultory discussion, the vote wss
about to be taken on the names of MesSrs.
Sinclair and Warren, when it was discov-
cred that the latter gentleman was not pres
ent, whereupon Mr.. Sinclair WIS unani-
mously elected permanent chairman. Louis
Hoffman was elected permanent secretary.
SITTING DOWN ON FILLEY.
B. G. Wilkerson offered the following
resolution:
Resolved, That the del gates elected by
this convention To represent Pettis county
in the state convention at Sedslia, are in
structed that they recognize no other state
convention except that called by the re-
publican committee of which Col. K L.
Van Horn is chairman, and that they rec
ognize no other convention called by any
other person.
In support of his resolution Mr.. Wilker-
son said that he did not desire to make
war upon Filley, but thought that the re-
publican party had no further use for him;
that Mr.. Filley had always had personal
axe TO grind, and sold the patronage of the
stare. He referred TO Mr.. Filley maintain
ing an Office brokerage bureau in Wash
iugion, and concluded hy saying that such
m m should b. deposed from the chair
msnship of the state central committee.
Remarks were made BY several in support
OF the resolution.
Squire Fisher thought this convention
was no, the proper place To- settle differ
ences existing between Mr. Fiiley add Col.
Van Horn, and moved as a substitute FOL
Mr. WilkersOn's resolution the following
Resolved that this convention, IN the inter
est OF unity and harmony In the party, will
not rails In this meeting nor discuss pas
differences, nor the comparative merits al
any person or persons in the party for 20
sitions of honor aud trust, but will defer TO
the voice and will of the party in conven
ton assembled all of these differences
Mr.. Wilkerson said that four years ago
Mr.. Filley was elected chairman of the
state central committee, and that two year
ago he
SET AT DEFIANCE
the wishes of the party and refused to cal
a state convention. A large majority o.
the party refused to be thus dictated TO by
Mr.. Fiiley, and held convention in spite
Of him aud elected Col. r. L. Van Horu
chairman OF the state central committee.
Mr.. Morey raised the point Of order that
the substitute of Squire Fisher was out oil
order, becaus4 it had no connection with
the original resolution. The chair ruled
that the point of order was not we'll taken
A gentleman from the country spoke in
opposition to Mr.. Wilkerson's resolution
stating that in the convention held two years
ago, there were only forty-eight coun-
ties represented, while the remaining sixty
five counties tacitly supported Filley by
failing TO send representatives to the con.
vention.
Judge Shirk took issue with the gentle.
man from the rural districts, and said that
there we're ninety counties represented in
the last state convention, but even If there
were but forty-eight, as stated by the gen.
tleman, they represented forty-eight forty.
ninihs of the republican party of the
state.
w. F. Henry made quite an extended
speech in favor of the WilkersOn resoiu
ton, In which he said that
TWO CONVENTIONS
would convene in this city on the
9th of April and il was important tina
delegates should be instructed which one I,
attend
Squire Fisher replied that in some in