Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-04-15
ONE CONVENTION.

10 the Editor of the Ledger,
MExIeo, Mo. April l2e~ri ilaa the fol.
lowing editorial in the lnteliigeaeer of
the Sth inst.
"A matter of Very great concern was
not passed on by the committee, and ia
yet to be settled by that body. That ia,
whether or not there shall he two cam
sentions for the selection of the
county ticket aud the. other to select
delegates 10 the state, congressional
and Judicial conventions. The import
ance of separating tho county canvass
from state and district matters will, We
think, upon due consideration Of the
subject, be apparent to the committee
men. To select the delegation to the
state. congressional and judicial con-
ventions at the time the county ticket
is nominated will afford an opportunity
for trading that Is liable 10 defeat the
will Of the party III the selection OF
state, congressional and judicial dele
gates. 1t is certainly reasonable to an
ucipate that the friends of the county
candidates will trade on the state and
district delegations to advance the in.
terests of their respective faeorites, and
the only way to prevent this and get
| the free and unprecedented expression
of the party is 10 hold separate conven-
| tons
Now, Mr.. Editor, if the worthy editor
of the lntelligencer ,who has been in
our county scarcely two-thlrds of a
YEAR, knew the character of the DEM
ocrats of Audrain, and their manner of
| selecting their delegates to the county
convention, he would never charge them
with being liable to tricks and trades
in their conventions. How can there
be any trading when the Democrats OF
each school district in the county meet
at the same hour and on the same day,
and select sheir delegates TO the county
convention and instruct them how to
vote, on each candidate, for each coun-
ty office, and how to vote for delegates
10 state, congressional and judicial con
ventions?
!, The plan by which the delegates art
selected prevents all this were tn,
Democrats disposed to trade and trick
as the editor of the Intelligencer fear:
they are. If the fears of the editor o
the lntelligencer are we'll FOUNDED
|
have a separate convention to nomi
nate county clerk, separate conyen
ton to nominate a collector, a separate
: convention to nominate prosecuting
] attorney and so on to the end of tn
, ticket. 10 prevent trading, tricks. &c,
according to the editor of the Intelli
gencer.
We only want one convention, and a
5 that convention we want to do ALL OF.
work, while We have full turn out 0
the Democrats. The spirited canvas
made by the Democrats for the count
5 offices brings out a full vote of tn
r, Democrats all over the county, an
that is the time to do all our work.
There is another, and a very stron
reason, that all the work should
t | done at one convention, and it is this
{ AfCer the county convention shall hav
G met and done it's work, in nomlnatin
a county ticket, then the large majorit
of the county Democrats lose all inter
est, and when you call the second cor
g vention to select delegates to state
Y congressional and judicial conventions
:, but few take an interest in it, and ia
to attend the school district conveI
y tions, and the result is the delegate
5 are selected by few, who can, if the
f desired, land there are a few that a
e ways desire) "set up" the delegation
. suit themselves, and often not tn
Democrats Of the county at large.
Mr.. Editor, hope and trust that tn
S Democrats of Audrain, who are note
# abroad for their fairness and geners
r intelligence, will keep their eyes wID
, OPEN and see that their committeeme
do not commit the grave blunder i
Ii calling second convention to nominal
/ candidates TO state, congressional an
5 judicial conventions. Let but one COZ
Il vention be called and let all the wor
be done at that one convention, and
assure you justice will be done to al
which is demanded by the
o RANK AND FILE OF THE DEMOCRACY.