Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-10-02

Audraln. ~
Montgomery 8
Rails. ...... l
Charles 8
warren. .
Total
A tie vote and no nomination.
THE TUG OF WAR.
The chairman of the Audrain coun-
ty delegation now said that Audrain
had gone solidly for Norton. hoping
to break the deadlock. Hav-
ing failed to do so it would on the
next ballot go solidly for Crews. At
this point the Crews men began to
cheer, feeling already sure of victory.
but in an instant Nat Dryden was on
his feet. He declared that Lincoln
county withdrew Norton and would
vote solidly for Hutton. This brought
Audrain back to Hutton and the bal
lot began and proceeded as follows:
Audrain, 10 for Hutton; Franklin, 9
for Crews: Lincoln, 8 for Hutton ;
Montgomery, 4 for Hutton, 3 for
Crews Pike, ID for Crews; Rails, 5
for Crews, l for Hutton, l for Nor
ton !; St. Charles, 8 for Hutton, l for
Crews Warren, 8 for Hutton.
Almost instantly the secretary
arose to announce the vote. AS he
did so, Mr.. Carter of the st. Charles
delegation sprang to his feet, but be-
fore he could address the chair the
vote was announced-Hutton, "a
Crews, 81; Norton, l; and Hutton
was declared the nominee.
Then Mr.. Carter was recognized
and asked to be permitted to change
the vote Of St. Charles county, saying
that it had been cast for Hutton by
mistake. The chair ruled that under
the rules adopted the vote could not
be changed.
Then MIR. Carter asked to he al
lowed to make a personal explana-
nation, saying that without an expla.
nation the st. Charles delegates dare
not face their constituents.
A point of order was raised and
Mr.. Carter was ruled out of order.
Col. Hutton was sent for and made
a few forcible remarks, accepting the
nomination. The convention then
speedily adjourned.
ST. CHARLES EXPLAINS.
After the adjournment a St
Charles delegate said that their vote
had been wrongly cast for Hutton
Their first choice was Norton, and
their second Crews. They had beer
voting as Lincoln county did through
all the balloting, and when theil
chairman announced the vote of thu
county on the 319th ballot he ha6
forgotten the situation Of affairs. ant
automatically miscalled the vote Of
his county, which should have beer
cast for Crews and not for Hutton.
1t is but fair to Col. Hutton to ado
that when he accepted the nomina
ton he knew nothing of the St,
Charles slip, and that it was no
generally understood what the situa
ton Of the St. Charles vote was unit
the convention had adjourned.
ST. CHARLES, Mo-, SEPT &c, "a.
MR. EDIToR-In your issue Of to
day 1 notice il a special communica
ton from Hannibal, Mo-, purport
ing to give the proceedings of tn
congressional convention of th'
Seventh congressional district, whicl
convened in New London, Rail-
county, Mo-, on the 23d inst, tn
statement that the vote of the st
Charles delegation was cast for Col
Hutton by mistake, and that tn
same was intended for Col. Crews.
Such a statement places myself a
chairman of said delegation, the del
egates of said delegation, and especi
ally Col. Hutton in a false position
before the public. The fact is tina
as chairman of the st. Charles del
egation l cast eight votes for Huttol
and n vote for Crews in accordanc
with the wish Of the delegates fror
st. Charles county as / understood
it.
If there were any objections to thi
vote, none were made known to m
at the time.
l make this statement to correc
any misunderstanding concerning th
matter. ROBERT F. LUCKETT,
Chairman Of st. Charles Co. Del
The st. Charles Cosmos Of yester
day, in its report OF the proceeding
of the convention, says:
Considerable cheering followed
and in the confusion Mr.. Carter O
st. Charles county made several at
tempts to attract the attention of tn
chairman. He was not noticed unit
the vote had been announced, whe
he said he wished to change his vot
to Crews.
MIR. Dryden arose to a point Q
order, declaring that Mr.. Carter wa
too late, as the ballot had alread
been announced.