Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-23
NO

,yas no lawfully organized democratic
convention held in Kansas City this
week to nominate q candidate TOT COLI
gress tor this, the fifth district OF MIS-
souri,. en-,
In its discussion of the subject it will
endeayor to be judicially fair, consid-
ering above the cause Of any gentleman
the interests of the democratic party.
Perhaps in doing so we shall offend
the principals upon either side, as they
NAV think we should be their partl-
sans, but this we cannot help. This Is
no time to subordinate the public good
to private ambition. Either OF the
gentlemen personally concerned Is
competent to represent the party anu
the district, and either OF hem coming
before the people with an unquestioneo
party Endorsement will receive u COT
dial support. 49,
We shall state the salient points
in the controversy, as briefly as is con
sistent with a full understanding there
of.
In the first place, the congressional
executive committee called a congress
siopal convention to be held at Kansas
1 City in these Words
First-That q convention lot tne
| nomination of a democratic canaluate
for congress for the hfth dis.IlcC "
| Missouri be held al Kansas Clty a.
O'Clock p. m, Tuesday, August ~
1884. o, :,
said convention shall be based upon
the vote cast for SHERWOOD, suPf ehae
| nudge, in the election OF 1859; u tlat
the superintendent shall DC one uoiesao
for every 200 votes aud TOT every ila ss-
tional part thereof OF lOO votes OF osei
cast at said election.
Third-The delegates to said conVeh-
ton shall be apportioned among 81 sIo
several representative DISTRICTS NJ 1ui-
lows: johnson county, eastern ais-
trict 7, western district 6-lS. Lalay-
cite county, one district, l6. JACKSON
county. first district 10, secopd district
Ia. third district IL, fourth aistriS'
|ll-S9. Total number OF delegates Co.,
Fourth-In the event any OF the sew
erol counties comprising this district
shall adopt the primary election system
Concerning congressional matters, the
candidates for congress receiving the
HIGHEST number of votes in any repre-
sentative district shall be entitled to
the vote of the delegates of such dis
trict in the congressional convention.
Finding subsequently that the state
convention was to be held August IL,
the committee changed the date to
August ~.
On the same day that the congress
sional committee met tho jackson
county committee also met and order
ed a county convention to be held al
Independence, to select delegates to the
congressional und state conventions and
to promulgate the result OF the prima-
ry election as to county nominees.
The Jackson county committee,
among other thinso, adnnted a resolu-
ton to tho effect that the person who
should receive the greatest number OF
votes in the primary election in Jack
son county for congress should receive
the votes of all its delegates in the con-
gressional convention. As this effect
ually shut out all hope of electing any
one from johnson or Lafayette conn
ties, the rule was considered unfair
and was subsequently amended to read
as follows:-
Resolved, That the names Of the can
didates be placed upon the tickets to DC
voted for at the primary election, and
the candidates receiving tho highest
number of votes In each representative
district in this county shall be entitled
to the votes of all the delegates from
the said district in the congressiOna
, convention; the candidate receiving
the next highest number of votes il
each of said districts shall be entitled
, to the votes of all the delegates in eacl
of said districts % second choice.
Under these rules a primary election
was held in jackson county, in which
Mr.. VIM. H. Wallace carried the first
third and fourth representative dis
!, ~tricts; and Mr.. Franklin carried thu
second representative district by
majority over Mr.. Wallace of twenty
t three votes.
. A primary election was held il
: Lafayette county in which Mr.. Grave
' received 2,s79 votes, and Mr.. Wallace
+ received LOIS.
In johnson county there was no pri
mary election.
The vote of tho respective countie
for Sherwood was, Jackson county
7,73s; Lafayette county, 3,283
johnson county, 1928; thus entitlin!
Jackson county to SO delegates in tn
congressional convention; Lafayett
d to 16, and johnson to IS; and giving t
Jackson county, by reason Of her lare
f er democratic vote, a majority, ovc
o both, of 10 votes.
ell On August 20 the county %conventio
of Jackson county met at IndepeI
dencc, and selected 80 delegates to tn
~ congressional convention; 10 from tn
=" first district, z from the second dis
trict, II from the third district, and ]
from the fourth district. 1t was claim
ed at the time by a minority in thescol
vcntiOn that the delegates to the col
gressional convention should be sele
es ted by the delegates from the reprcse1
Mt tative districts, but the majority dec
be ded that they should be selecte
ty by the whole convention, and oppo
q, toned to the several districts. Before IL
! !? convention adjourned q delegate fro
Z. the second district announced that l
:. and his district colleagues had electt
= 7 delegates to the congressional col
v%cntlOn other than those selected |
, the county convention. No contesti,
= delegates were elected from the four
district during the convention.
Tho county convention in Lafayet
county, In pursuance of the rule
elected 1G delegates to the congressio
r. al convention who were favorable
he Mr.. Graves.
~, The delegates from Johnson count
mt Is III number, were known to be fave
of able to MI. j. J. Cockrell, of Warren
he burg.
le- Mr.. Wallace's vote in the prima
,s- elections In the two counties was,
TOO. Mr.. Eranklin's. 9 49,. Mr. Grav