Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-17
THE sEDALIA CONVENTION.

Il
Heeting Of the Missouri Republican State
| Convention at Sedaiia-The Silk Stocking
and Hoodlunls Join Hands and Profess.
eddy Harmonic Their Diferences-The
Result OF the Gathering.
SEDALIA, Mo-, April 9.
In the Filley unity meeting in Ger.
mania Hall this morning, at eight
o'clock, before the opening of the
convention, Filley himself called for
order. He addressed the several
hundred persons present, saying
that, so far as the committee he was con-
nected with was concerned, nothing
would be left undone to secure unity, so
that when they left the town there would
| be only one committee There should
| be no Filley faction or any other faction.
| He knew only one kind of Republicans
those who stood by the platform of the
party. Personally he had nothing to ask
| from the convention, and he wanted no
| one to urge for anything. Several other
speeches were made, all of the same tenor.
Arrangements were then made for secur-
ing tickets of admission to the Convention
from Van Horn and more speeches fol-
lowed.
THE CONVENTION.
When the doors of the Opera-house
were opened at ten O'Clock this morning
the parquet was soon filled with delegates
and the galleries with spectators. No one
was admitted without ticket, but the ca
pacity of the building was fully tested.
Van Horn, Buckley, Rouse, Henderson,
Judy, Chester krum and other supporters
of Van Horn from city and country, &C.
cupied the stage.
Van Horn passed around a letter from
D. M. Sabin, chairman of the National
Committee, instructing him to forward
the result of the convention at once, and
giving explicit directions, on the proper
method of procedure in cases of con-
tests.
CALLED TO ORDER.
At 1880 Van Horn called the State Con-
vention to order and read the letter from
Sabin. 1t was received with applause.
Van Horn then named Chester X. Krum
as temporary chairman and Jas. G. Broad
well as temporary secretary. Judge
Krum read speech from manuscript en-
bellished with flowers of poetry and rhet-
oric, giving an indirect Endorsement to
the Arthur administration, which was
loudly applauded by the Van Horn par
tisans. Porcher, of Nodaway, moved that
the Committee on Credentials be chosen
by Congressional districts; carried, and
the committee was announced.
General b. NJ. Prentiss, of Bethany,
Silk Stocking candidate for delegate-at-
large, was then called to the platform by
Judge Krum. A
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS
was appointed, one from each Congress
sional District. During the absence of
bo oopmiftao CophroI Ip0 u uapIor
son made a short speech. His closing
remark: 81 am DONE" was received with
loud applause.
A delegate from the Seventh District
moved that Chauncey I. FiIley be invited
to take a seat on the platform in the in
terest of harmony. The motion carried.
Filley came forward to the platform,
and the cheers for him almost took
the roof off. Walking directly to the
edge of the stage, without looking
either to the right or left at the Silk
Stockings around him., he began
speaking. 'Sit down on Chauncey 1.
Filley," said he, 'sand build up the Re-
publican party. have nothing to ask
of this convention and you have accorded
me more than I expected" He then
went on speaking of the result in St.
Louis as triumph for Republican Unity.
He would not, he said, use the detestable,
damnable word, 'sHoodlum," in connec-
ton with what had been one of the fac
tions of the party il st. Louis. Getting
gradually closer and closer as he spoke to
John b. Henderson, who sat silent aud
glum, Filiey, with an intensely dramatic
gesture, clasped
HENDERSON'S RIGHT HAND
as it rested ON the top of his cane, saying:
Snow, here's Republican unity" The
action took the convention by storm
half unwilling, but unable to
resist rose and the old time enemies shook
hands amid a demonstration which
threatened to tear down the house. AS
soon as quiet was restored, adjournment
tor an hour was moved and carried.
The convention was again called to
order, at 2:3O p. m, but as the Committee
on Credentials was not ready to report,
recess was taken for one hour.
Night Session.
SEpALIA. Mo-, April 10.
The convention reassembled at p. m,
and waited about twenty minutes for the
Chairman of the Committee on Creden-
tials to put in an appearance. In the
meantime a resolution was adopted to
the effect that speakers be allowed no
more than five minutes each. Secretary
Broadwell read the report of the Commit
tee on Credentials, showing the election
of the Van Horn delegates. The contests
in the Eighteenth and Twentieth Wards
of St. Louis, and in Audrain and Jasper
Counties, were divided so as to give about
an equal representation of Van Horn and
Filley men. The Silk delegate in the
Eighteenth Ward was admitted and that
of the Twentieth Ward rejected. In the
Audrain and Jasper County matters both
delegations were admitted, each being
given half vote.
A MINORITY REPORT.
The reading of the report was listened
to with deep attention and motion was
made to adopt it after several changes of
minor importance had been made.
Chas. Shweickhardt offered minority
report signed by Messrs. Shweickhardt,
KynS and Love. and claiming the admiS-