The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-12
Meeting OF the Regular State Re-
publican Committee Of Mis-
souri, in st. Louis.
A Full Meeting of the Committee, Backed
Up by Hundreds of Prominent Re-
publicans Of the State.
Eut One Voice. and That for Harmony
The Rank and File of the Party
Speak Their Minds Freely.

l'o'"HS Vi the regular State Republican
Committee of Missouri, of which Mr..
Chaunccy |. Filley is Chairman, was held
NJ Central Turner Hall in this city to-day
70 addition to full attendance OF mem
1crS, there were hundreds of prominent
Republicans from all parts Of the State in
me room, including most of the leading
Republican editors.
The following account Of the proceed
lngs Is condensed from the report of a 10.
al afternoon paper anything but friendly
% the party as a whole, or to the Regu.
lar Committee as such
At eleven o'clock Mr.. Filley arose and
addressed the meeting. He said that the
meeting was assembled pursuant to call
lssued by the State Central Committee
')r the purpose of agreeing upon course
% be pursued by the Republican party Of
fle State in the interest of harmony
aud the success of the Republi-
can party. Notwithstanding the efforts
which had been made by the regular Re-
publican Committee of the State, every
obstacle has been placed in the way OF
the unity Of the party by a mere fragment
II the Republicans Of the State. This
committee represents the Republican
party OF the State, and it is safe 10 say
That it Is indorsed by ninety per cent. Of
the Republicans Of Missouri.
Mr.. Fillcy read the resolutions lncor-
1oratcd in the call, which were received
with great applause.
The roll was then called.
BLACK SHEEP IN THE FOLD.
When the name Of r. c. Crawel was
reached Mr.. Fillcy asked him whether he
was a member OF the Regular or silk
Stocking Committee,
" | am Republican Of the old Eighth
Congressional District and have been
elected a member Of the State Central
Committee. know OF nobody who has
right to represent the Republicans Of
my district unless have"
F.lley-"I simply want to know
whether you are member of this com
mittcc or not.
Crawcll-"I deny your right to ask
CHS question"
Filley-" Then | understand that you
'lcSlre 10 act with this committee. That's
right. We want you here We want all
ot those gentlemen who pledged them
selves In this hall August y, 1852, TO
stand by this committee, and who after
ward left US, to come here. This is the
place for them" Applause.
CraWcll at the conclusion Of the roll
call, said he had not heard. the name Of
bis old colleague called
Fillcy-"Mr. Harrison's name has
llEn called liz. IN latt, ut,l,-tftst.l &.
FOUR old colleague
Crawell-"l deny the right of Mr.. |
Harrison to take his place on this floor as
= delegate from my district | have in |
my pocket proxy from my colleague" |
I!.Iry-"Nothing having been heard |
ttom your colleague since last October, !
the committee last night elected Mr.. lIar- !
r.son 20 take his place, | will therefore
recognize Mr.. Harrison"
Cr4Wcll-"I appeal from the decision
OF the Chair"
Filley-"It Is out of order, but |
will let the meeting settle it,"
Mr.. Crawcll's appeal received his own |
vote only.
HARMONY.
Mr. Filley then called upon the gentle |
men present to express their views, anda |
plumber from both wings Of the party |
made brief speeches in support of Joint |
action and harmony. Among those who |
advocated harmony was MIR. Carrignrs. |
Of the Tenth Congressional District. who !
announced his desertion of the SIX stock |
ing Committee, bat said he was in favor
OF Joint action above everything else |
Judge John NJ. Filler. of Lawrence. one |
If the Oldest Republicans in the state,
made an address in which he warmly ad-
rocated Joint action and the unification
If the Republcanparty. Mr.. ki,kadden,
Prosecuting Attorney for Green County,
mid he was 4 silk Stocking, but as re-
cards leadership he cared nothing. If Mr..
F.llcy was smart enough to manage the
party in this State, and lead it
70 victory, he didn't know OF anybody he
would rather soldier under. If Mr. Van
Horn was the man for the place he would
support him, What he wanted was har-
Tony and success, and in order to secure
these he would sacrifice his personal feel
Ing entirely.
MORE HARMONY.
The Chairman then called the repre-
sentatives from the different districts to
tel the meeting something about the
feeling among the Republicans in their
localities. Mr.. Boucher, editor of the
FyuqtaiR and Journal at Mount Vernon,
said the feeling in his district was
D..