The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-08-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Past Hard Contests in
This District Since 1860
to Date.
The Bolts The Defeats-The
Successes and the Bat
tie TO-Day.
The Figures by Which the PeO-
pies Delegates Have Sought
to Name the Man.

This congressional district has made
history within the past few years tosa
considerable extent, and another notch
will be cut to-day.
The following is the history of the
conventions of the party since 1860 as
far as could be gathered
1860.
John w. Reed was the democratic
candidate for congress. He was OPP
posed by Rev. Frank Mitchell, who
was the Bell and Everett candidate.
Reed was elected. He now resides in
Kansas City.
1862.
There was no democratic uomina-
ti3n this year. Joseph McClurg, of
Camden county, run on the radical
ticket and was elected without oppo-
sition.
1864.
Allen P. Richardson. of Cole
county, was the democratic nominee,
and Joseph McClurg the radical can
didate. Ct course McClurg was
elected. Richardson now resides in
Carthage, Mo-, and is a hale hearty
old gentleman.
1865.
Thomas L. Price, Of Cole county,
was the democratic nominee and Nc
Clurg the radical candidate for re-
election. McClurg was elected.
1868.
The convention met in August in
the old court house in Sedalia, The
late A. C.. Marvin was president of
the convention. j. L. Smith, of Cole,
put - Campbell, o. Morgan, in nom-
nation and III. c. Sinnett, of PettIs,
put Col. John F. Philips, of Pettis
in nomination. Col. Philips was NOM
mated on the first ballot.
Col. Phillips was at Warsaw attend
ing court at the time of the conven
ton. A committee was appointed to
go to Warsaw to confer with Col.
Philips to see if he would accept the
nomination, as it was not then as now. |
The question to be determined at that
time was who was willing to make the
race and be sacrificed. Col Philips
accepted and agreed to make the race.
He made vigorous convass, going
TO almost every precinct in the dis
trict. Of course ne was beaten. as the
race was a forlorn one. 5. 5. Bur
dett, the radical nominee was elected. |
Campbell now resides in California. /
Philips resides in Kansas City.
1870.
The democracy held no convention
that year in this, then the fifth dis
trict. The radicals met in convention
in church at Clinton, on the 18th OF
September, 1870. when X. G.. Cooper,
of Cole county, offered a resolution
endorsing B. Gratz Brown, the liberal
candidate for governor.
The resolution was received with Kisses
and rejected. Cooper. King. Vose
Hickox and many others withdrew
when Mr.. Burdett was nominated byi
THE b LTERs
met Immediately in the court house
and organized by electing :. A. Vose,
IF Cole. president and J. A. Browder,
Of MOnIteau, as secretary.
Frank Rodman, of Cole, Col. F.
w. Hickox, of Pettis, Gen. Geo. r.
Smith,, of Pettis, and E. L. King,
If Cole, were put in nomination.
King was declared the nominee on
he fourth ballot.
King was the candidate of the lib
rails until October 22d the same year.
When by some sort of a traffic, King S;
withdrew and Gen. Smith was from
hat time until the end of the cam
'aign the standard bearer of the liber-
Is, and was voted for by the demo-
rats generally.
Gen. Smith was beaten by Burdett,
Tho was the last republican member :
his district had. Burdett's majority !
Ias 765.
We had almost overlooked the fact
nat in this campaign a very few ar
ent democrats supported Douglas
bale of Cass county, as the demo-
ratio candidate for congress. He r
sceived fifteen votes in Pettis county. !
1872. .
The Congressional Convention for il
372 met in Smiths Hall. this city,
D August Goth. a
There were III delegates in the "
invention. Dallas and Hickory Il
,Hnties were not represented. M
"a. NJ, Lay, of Jefferson City, was IA
lie temporary chairman of the con- C
sntion. and John Montgomery. If. Ia,