The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-06-10

ed that valuable service which he did
to the cause of the union, General Frsnk
p. Blair. (Cheersl.-I came here in be
half OF the union men of Missouri, i am
here in behalf of that state which filed
its quota Of union soldiers for its own
state and furnished a part TO the state OF
Illinois and the state of lows and there
never was q draft in the state of Missouri
sm here in behalf of these republicans
that have
FOUGHT DEMOCRACY AND REBELIsN
during the war and are still lighting democ.
rscy to protest against the republican party
giving sanction to the frauds of the democ.
rscy in the south. fCheers. am not here
advocating the claims of the southern
republicans. say to you, gentlemen of the
north, the free men of the border states and
OF the south know no white republican or
no colored republican. Applause. We
stand shoulder to shoulder, trying 10 re-
deem our country from the curses of bour-
bon democracy. [Cheers.] And / say to you
fellow republicans, living In the east where
we are in q msjority, all that We have to
to fight for is principles not Offices. En-
courage US and do not put the
BRAND UPON Us
that we are not entitled to representation in
Republican national convention. APP
plsuse II is un-Republican. Let us in
the great State of Missouri, and there are
in this Union only eight States casting
more Republican votes than that state,
LET us be encouraged. We do not ask that
the New Jersey four delegates at large shall
be cut down, Connecticut or the other
States. We ask that the States of the Un-
ion be entitled TO an equitable and just
representation, and we believe we shall
receive it from the Republicans of the con-.
vention. [Cheers
MIR. FILLY OF MISSOURI.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Con-
vention
Missouri. democratic as il is, il has done
as much for the republican party as any
state in this great Union. | ask this
convention what il proposes TO do with
that band of patriotic independent re-
publicans of Missouri, who in four di-
strictS i'm 1880, trying by different paths
TO poll $4,000 I'm four districts of the
United States with $1,000 independent
men elected four anti bourbon members
of Congress thereby: and | say i'm the
seats i'm this convention that by
their presence there, was the republican
party of the nation. Enabled to organize |
the Forty seventh congress that year with
republican officials. Now what will you
do under this rule with the $4,000 vino |
united with the greenbackers Will you
rule them out, or will you recognize, as
you have, la a gallant, In deserving man.
ha ~
cans of Missouri as You have the man,
the general, the Independent man Of Vir-
ginia,
MALONE, WHO SAVED THE ORGANIZATION |
OF THE SENATE
to the republican party? We do not
propose to be DISTINGUISHED In any such |
way. am in favor of an increased rep
resentation to the republican states, upon |
their votes so / am in favor of increased |
republican representation upon republican |
votes in the southern states. You cannot |
take from the south what for twenty-five |
years il has enjoyed, You will not surpass
1862. The matter was debated in the ma
tional committee and after the great cy-
clone swept over the northern states #
Michigan, New York and Massachusetts,,
you were not so fast then to adopt this
rule [sppIause] because you had
LOST CoNGRE- sMAN AFTER CONGRESSMAN
in each of these great states. Now give us
fixed give us a ratio of good
votes, but do not cut off my body; do not
cut of my state; do not add so TO any state;
make your ratio so that every state will
have fair show and every republican will
fol- chn. in hn
lion. Loud applause.
A delegate from Iowa declared that the
Mshones of the south should be enccur-
aged and that Iowa would cast twenty-six
solid votes to do so. Cheers. {
Townsend, of New York, also opposed
he proposition as an impulse 10 disfran-
,hise the brave republicans of the south.
West, OF Ohio, also argued against the ,
minority report.
LONG, OF MASSACHUSETTS,
aid it was perfectly evident that the con
Tention was not prepared to adopt the G
news OF the minority report, but they
we're going to elect the next president and
hat fact would 60 far towards settling q
quail rights at the south. AT the end of 4
he next presidential term the matter
nikut DC tdhcu up auu ulsCusseu he .
therefore, hoped that the matter would be {
eferred to the next executive committee. S
Shouts of dissent G
oHARA, OF NORTH CAROLINA,
declared that the adoption of the minority :
eport would be a total surrender of the /
'olitical rights of every republican in the r
outh, white as well as black.
Clayton, Of Arkansas, also opposed the
minority report.
Bishop, OF Massachusetts,. then .
WITHDREW THE REPORT f,
mid great applause, stating that il was
ntirely evident that the sentiment of the Q
was against it.
The majority report was then adopted.
Kelly, of Ohio, from the committee on a
then presented the following s
G the rennrf ON Il