The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-08-12

DIR. Scott Wesley Phillips
Caleb Beldsoe Z. E. Messerly
report adopted.
THE COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT oRGANIzA-
reported as follows:
For permanent chairman, F. A. Samp
son for permanent secretary, j. +. Carter.
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
First, nomination for permanent chair
man and secretary.
Second, nominations for sheriff, prosecut-
ing attorney, treasurer, collector, assessor,
surveyor, and coroner.
Third, appointment of county central
committee.
Fourth, separation of the convention
by judicial districts an nomination of
county judges.
Fifth. separation of the convention In.
TO representative districts and nomination
of car didates. On motion the report of
tie c. inmittee was adopted.
NOMINATIONS
being the first order Of business.
@. ID. Ham nominated for sheriff, Pat.
rick J. eastman, of Houstonia township.
E. j, Smith nominated E. p. Crane, of
Sedalia.
The chair appointed Messrs, L. T. Kirk
and III. Hoffman tellers and interrupted
the proceedings to say that number of spec
linen copies of the American Celt, an Irish
republican paper just started. in st. Louis
had been handed him for distribution with
a request that he call attention to it,
There was no doubt that the democrats
were more alarmed by the detection of
the Irish vote to Blaine, than by any
other one thing. The agent of the paper
was present and would remain in Sedalia
several days canVasing for the paper. and
there was no doubt il should receive en-
enlargement, as all that was necessary to
get an lrlshman 10 vote the republican
ticket, was to induce him 10 read the
paper Mr.. Sampson closed by reading the
contents table of The first number of the
journal.
The agent OF the paper then rose and
announced he would receive subscriptions
at any time, and that they should be left
at the post office.
Mr.. Morey asked if nominations for
sheriff were closed.
The chair replied that they were not.
Mr.. Morey-Then / desire 10 place in
nomination the name of our present ex-
cellent Marshal r. w. Barnett Tcheers1
Mr.. Barnett hope my name,will be witt /.
drawn, and some ether more efficient
person named. / already have one
position and do not care to enter the con-
test for further honors. [Cries of no, mol
Mr.. Morey the name must stand.
There being no further nomination the
convention proceeded to ballot with the
following result:
Barnett...... %
's...s... III
SaSoman .-...... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
10tal......... $500. ......,.. 40
Mr.. Barnett, having received a majority
OF the votes cast was declared elected and
on motion of E. J. Smith, the nomination
was made unanimous.
NOMINATIONS FOB ATTORNEY
were next made "a follows:
Mr.. Blair nominated Louis Hoffman,
Mr. Wise nominated Henry Lamm.
Z. d. Middleton seconded tie nomins-
ton of Mr.. Hoffman.
Mr.. Landmann said he had been re-
quested by Mr.: Hoffman TO say he could
not accept the nomination and he hoped
his name would be Withdrawn.
The chair said he thought Mr.. Hoffman
would be willing to abide by the decision
OF the chair.
Mr.. Crawford desired to know if Mr.
Iamm would accept.
MIR. Wise said he met Mr.. Lamm at La.
monte as he started to the convention and
while he seemed to prefer the nomination