The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-08-24


laration on the question OF prohibition.
| am opposed 10 prohibition.
| am opposed to submission, as
the first step towards prohibition.
Prohibition is the gibberish of crdnks and
imbiciles. will oppose prohibition first
last and forever. ! do not believe prOhi-
bition 20 be the true friend OF temperance,
for it is debasiug-it tends to drag down
the manhoOd-it sbrogates free WILL
At the conclusion of senator Vests
efforts
MAYOR FRANCS
was Gale upon 10 welcome the delegates
TO the convention on behalf of the city of
St. Louis. He extended a cordial welcome
TO the delegates and hoped what was lack
ing in finished Oratory was
furnished IN cordial hospitality.
Judge Lindsey in a very felicitous
speech as chairman OF the committee on
entertainments referred to the superiority
of the country delegates over the ST Louis
delegates in way that created immense
enthusiasm. He good naturally soft soap
ed the delegates, intimated that the COM
mittees were making tremendous efforts to
give the strangers a good time. He then
invited the delegates TO go down on the
Cbouteau saying: 1--WE want TO take you
down on the river and show you what a
fine old lady 81. Louis is We want to show
you her whole front end.'' A burst OF APP
plause interrupted the speaker.
"Of Course" he added when order was
finally restored, "Of course / mean
HER WATER FRONT.
This only, added to the merriment and the
scene in the convention was for a few min
utes one of the widest confusion. Judge
Lindsey finally set down amid thunders Of
applause.
The steamer ChOuteau 4 the foot of
Locust street at p. M. with the members
OF tie convention on board. The steamer
visited the chain of rocks above the city
and then dropped down to Corondalet.
visit was paid to the
Vulcan Iron Works returning at o o'clock.
A band of Jubilee singers sOOthed the saw
age breast Of the bucOlic delegates and
ginger beer cooled his inner man. On the
whole the arrangements 81 he committee
met the appreciation OF every one except
those who got left.
ST. Louis, Aug. l9-Ii was nearly II
O'Clock last night before the committee on
credentials made its report to the democrat
| ic state convention Then a permanent
organization was effected, with Congress
m an DOckery a. chairman. Up 10 this
time the night was passed IN lissening 20
speeches from \. NJ. Alexander. K. C..
KernS and Colonel John L. Crisp, who
created sensation by the following Ie-
marks: 'You are acting tonight well in
accordance with the traditions of your
party, and are disgraciag yourselves almost
a mu h as the mob majority is diSgraeing
and berlesquing at Washington. Deris-
i've cheers and applause ] am here to-
night as a democrat, but only because
can't find anything else ] can be laughter.
] | have done my very best to become some
thing else and have consulted with myself
most carefully to find party more N ac-
cordance with my views and now like old
Job, who fled from trouble and persecution,
1 am here and am as bad as you are.
OLD JUDGE SAWYER, or JACKSON
county, is here with me, so you have two old
Jobs Your learned statesmen who have
represented us In the national council have
talked an Ut governments, but think II Is
a disgrace to the Chr stan era that we have
any government at all. The idea OF the colo
NAL fathers was to get awayfrom government
altogether, and say tonight am Demo
crat and want no government at all (loud
laughter except such as l. absolutely nee
essary for the suppression Of crime and the
support of rel'g ion and industries. have
listened and waited patiently to hear some
thing else talked about besides Washing
ton City. Applause and some hisses.l
am tired of your quartermaSters, and COM
missariat department, whose chief Occupa-
ton it is to tax he people and give
the money to their favOrite humbug>.
Kisses and derisiye cheering and a call 10
order from the chsirl am tired of major
generals / am sick and tired of brigadier
generals. On, i wonder how many Of you
have read the state constitution. and vet
you are here to lay down the law to the
people"
A ballot for supreme Judge was ordered
at midnight, and the result was announced
an hour later, as follow Brace, 263
Henry, 2S7; Martin, 136.
a motion to adjourn till 10 o'clock was
bitterly fought by the Henry people, head
ed by the Kansas City delegation, but on
roll-call was carried at 2;30 a. m.
THE NEW COMMITTEE.
| The committee on permanent organiza-
tion haying decided that the convention
shonld be required to select new state
central committee, caucuSes were held In
all The districts but the Ninth and the fol-
lowing were made: First district, DIR. ID.
Shields, of Marion, reelected; econd dis
trict, H. &. McClanahan, of Sullivan
county, reelected; Third district, James NJ.
Riley, of Clinton, reelected; Fourth dis
trict, WA. Ramsey, of Nodaway, vice j.
L. Carmack. Fifth district, Ed. Nolan, OF
Kansas City, vice DR.. NJ. Munford;
Sixth district, John Elliott, of Cooper,
reelected; Seventh district, w. III.
Biggs, of Pike, vice J. W. Booth; Eighth
district, Judge f. A. NoOnan, reelected
Ninth district, conventions to be held to-
day; Tenth district, Henry Shaw. of St.
Francois, vice w. r. Edgar; Eleventh
district, Edward Silver, of Cole, vice
s. T. Harrison; Twelfth district
w. II. Phelps, of Jasper, vice ID. p. STRAIT
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