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Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
& GIBBS, North Side Square.
Danger of Tipping Tn.

6 AhRPAA6 SP
The Importance a few Mexico pol
iticians attach to themselves re-
minds US of the following anecdote:
During the war it was the habit for
delegations of prominent citizens
to visit Washington to consult with
President Lincoln upon the conduct
of the a Sometimes during the
darkest days a -dozan- or more g the
leading business men of Wilmington,
Del, called upon the President. They
told him that they represented the
''solid men" of Delaware, and that
they had come to discuss the situation
and the means of ending the strug-
gle. After the chairman of the del
egation (who is still in active bust
ness in Washlngton) had finished his
speech the President asked:
$50 you are solid men of Della.
ware?"
eyes," was the reply.
"All from New Castle county,"
eyes, all from New Castle"
"All from Wilmington, tooa"
eyes, all from the same city," re-
piled the gentlemen, in a chorus.
SWELL" remarked Mr.. Lincoln, as
his eyes twinkled, ibid it ever occur
to you gentlemen that there was dan
ger of your little State tipping up
during your absence?" The delega-
ton returned home wiser, but so full
of appreciation of the joke hat their
friends were net long in hearing of
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
CHlLD'S PLAY.
The Congressional Convention
Still in Session.
ROBINSON NOMINATED ONCE, But
THE VOTES WITHDRAWN.
A Dead.Loek-No Ray of Light Yet
Dillydallylng Delegates.
FIRST DAY,

FIRST DAY,
The Congressional convention for
the Seventh district was called to or
der at 1920 o'clock Il, m, by Hon.
Henry Clark, of Montgomery county,
chairman of the Congressional COM
mittce, in a neat and appropriate
speech. He nominated as the unani-
nous choice of the committee for
temporary chairman, Hon. Perry
Wood, of Rails county, and John W.
Jacks, of Montgomery, for temporary
secretary. Both were unanimously
elected. Delegates Macfarlane, of
Audrain, Barnett, of Rails, and
Walker, of st. Charles, were appoint
ed u committee to introduce Mi.
Wood. On taking the chair MIR
Wood made a neat speech, in which
he congratulated this convention
upon the fact that this was the first
time for twenty-five years that a con
vention of Democrats had assembled
under the protecting aegis of a pure,
Democratic administration.
Committees on credentials, perma-
nent organization, rules and order of
business and on resolutions, consist,
ing of n delegate from each county,
were then appointed as follows:
COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS.
Audrain-M. r. X. Biggs.
Franklin-J. z. Donegan.
Lincoln-Wm. A. Woodson.
Montgomery. ID. Barnett.
Pike-R. j. Hawkins.
Ralls-J. b. Hawkins.
st. Charles-T. P. Lee.
Warren-W. A. Jones.
COMMITTEE ON PERMANENT ORGANIZA-
TIoN, RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS.
Audrain-Green Clay.
Franklin-George II. Kahman.
Lincoln-N. G. Dryden
Montgomery-Sol Hughlett.
Pike-John Farrell.
Ralls-T. c. Alexander.
st. Charles-Brice Edwards.
Warren-V. A. Hughes.
COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS.
Audrain-G. B. Macfarlane.
Franklin-S. p. Jones.
Lincoln-John E. Richards.
Montgomery-Henry Clark.
Pike. W. Riggs.
Ralls-Nimrod Waters.
st. Charles-J. NJ. Mittelberger
Warren-V. A. Hughes.
Convention then on motion of Hon
Sol Hughlett, of Montgomery, took
recess until 2 o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention called to order b,
Temporary Chairman Wood at go;
O'Clock, many of the delegates beins
absent.
Tie delegations are arranged a
follows:
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

AN Ohio widow owned a large
gravel bank which q certain railroad
company was very anxious to secure.
Several propositions were made and
rejected, and the president finally
sent his private secretary down with
instructions to offer up to $4,000.
The young man returned after q
couple of days and, when asked now
the business had turned out, replied
81 will accept your offer" "You?"
Exactly. I married the widow and
own the bank"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
From the Committee to b. F. James.

The following is the result of the
deliberation of the COMMITTEE
which met in this city Saturday:
To Benjamin James. Chairman of the meet
ing that on the 18th.
CENTRAL RINGo HOTEL, MEXICO,
Mo-, Aug. %, 1SS6.-DEAR SIR:
Your committee appointed to trans
NIT petitions to Judge r. G. Carter,
asking him to reconsider his accept
ance of the Democratic nomination
for Representative. and also to frame
to him an address on the subject,
beg leave to report that we sent to
Judge Carter circulars containing up
wards of four hundred names, with a
respectful address, requesting his
withdrawal in the interest of har-
mony and honesty in the party.
Judge Carter, after mature delibera-
ton, in q very courteous reply, de-
clines to withdraw, as you have IN
doubtedly been Informed py his
published letter TO your committee.
We, your committee, beg leave to fur
Their report to you and through
you to the signers of the petitions,
that we have so far made an earnest
effort to right the wrong that has
been inflicted upon the Democrats of
the county by trying to induce Judge
Carter to withdraw, and in this we
have signally failed. In his reply
Judge Carter makes nc reference to
the fraud perpetrated in this same
convention which nominated him,
and which is the cause of the dis.
satisfaction in the Democratic ranks
of Audraln county; and it therefore
remains for the people who feel az
grieved to determine in what way
and by what mean the wrong inflict-
| ed shall be righted.
Very Respectfully,
WIZ. STUART, Chairman
JAS. A. ABBAY,
+. Fl. MITCHELL,
r. G. GRAHAM,
THos. a. Boris, Committee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
NOTES.

NOTES.
Walker is bound to have order.
George Adams, of Farber, was a
looker-on.
The Rails county boys are daisies
on the fiirt.
Sheriff Atchison makes a good SER
geant-at-arms.
The ladies again frightened up the
gloom" to-day.
Hutton at one time had "a votes.
Thanks to Pike.
Bob Luckett, of St. Charles, is a
red-hot politician.
Ex-Gov. C. H. Hardin was an in
terested spectator.
Rails seems earnestly intent on
nominating some. one.
The various delegations coquetted
like so many pretty girls.
Jimmie Edwards, of st. Charles,
doomed up as a hustler to-day.
The n vote from Franklin seems
to have gone to Robinson to stay.
Warren is very impartial in her
compliments. She has voted for all.
All delegates are anxious to make
a nomination, but it is to nominate
"our man."
The chairman of Rails sometimes
has trouble in getting his mouth to
pronounce the right name.
No significance is attached to any
change that may take place until a
ballot is cast that dominates some
one.
The way the visitors break for the
front seats reminds one of the bald
heads at a comic opera entertain
ment.
Some of the parties who tried to
manipulate the Audrain delegation in
the interest of another candidate than
Hutton got left, at least to a certain
extent.
"f
The delegations got back to where
they started every time they thought
the other man had a chance to be
nominated.
I. B. Buckner, of Kansas City,
climbed over the railing to caucus
with a delegate. 1t is not necessary
to state the delegate was a Norton
man,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
Coed for Mcintyre.

JEFFERSON Cry, Mo-, Aug. 2S.-
The Democrats of this county held
township conventions this afternoon
to elect delegates to the county con-
ventlon, which meets Tuesday. Hon.
W. s. Pope withdrew from the race
for Representative, which gives Gen.
d. ii. Mcintyre a walkover and IN
sures his election, as the Republicans
do not deem it wise to run a can
didate against him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
SECOND DAY.
MORNING SESSION.

ASiN nEIoiess
Called to order by chairman at
s:l5, and Immediately proceeded to
balloting. A large part of the dele
gates We're tardy. Balloting continued
without change from previous ones
until the Both ballot was reached.
Rails county then made a break by
throwing 4 votes TO Peers. In a
short time the votes settled down to
original mooring, though consider
able complimentary voting was done
by Rails, Pike and Warren counties.
On the 4Sth and succeeding ballots,
Franklin county voted eight for Nor
ton and n for Robinson. After the
Goth ballot the Convention on motion,
of j. p. Fisher, of Rails, took q recess
until 10 o'clock.
AFTER RECESS.
Seventeen ballot same as first except
one vote for Robinson from Frank
lin.
Ballots we're cast without any ma
terial change until the 10th ballot
when the convention adjourned un-
til 2 o'clock p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Called to order by chairman.
Regular order suspended and roll
called for appointment of new central
committee. The following were APP
| pointed:
Audrain-W. W. Fry, E. c. Ken
men.
Pike-W. w. Anderson, C. f.
Porter.
Montgomery. R. knight, Hen
ry Clark.
Warren-W. A. Jones, V. A.
Hughes.
st. Charles-C. j. Walker, J.. N.
Mittelberger.
franklin. 2. Jones, J. H. MUIR
ply.
Lincoln-W. A. Woodson, Nat C.
G. Dryden.
Ralls-Abner S. Smith, J. v. Nc
Pike.
Balloting was then resumed at the
Hist ballot.
The 10th ballot, before any
changes were made, was as follows
Hutton-6 from Audrain, 9 from
Lincoln.
Norton-S from Franklin, 8 from
st. Chaeles.
Robinson-6 from Audrain, 1 from
Franklin, 8 from Montgomery, Il
from Pike, 7 from Rails and 2 from
Warren. Total, SO.
Rails and Warren changed two
each to Norton and Audrain 6 te
Hutton, making the totals as an
nounced: Hutton 81, Robinson %
Norton 20.
Balloting then continued with yer,
few changes until the 261st ballot
after which, on motion of a delegat,
from Franklin county, the convention
at 1886 adjourned until s O'Clock to
morrow morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
Correct. to o Dot.
From the Knox County Democrat.

From the Knox County Democrat.
The Mexico LEDGER expresses our
sentiments to the letter in saying
that when it comes to supporting the
Democratic nominees it knows
neither friend nor foe. 1t is with
the nominees whether they are per-
soual friends or personal enemies.
Our feelings are not and never were
OF such a character as to prevent US
from either working or voting for q
candidate on a ticket, although he
may withhold his patronage from us.
We are always found with the boys,
and are not years in making up our
mind to be with them either.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

looks as though the record might be
beaten this year.
Hon. Perry Wood struck the key
note when he said the temporary
success of no man should he thought
OF for a moment in opposition to the
good Of the democratic party.
Il. +. Luckett, of st Charles, 10
the biggest man In the convention.
He has his own vote and two proxies.
He may not speak as often as some
others, bat will speak louder.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

The Ohio Republican convention
denounced the administration. That
was right. Mr.. Cleveland would no
doubt have been disappointed had
the convention failed to perform that
perfunctory duty. 1t was part of the
philosophy Of compensation. The
annual denunciation Of Republican
administration by the Democrats for
twenty years are of record in all the
newspaper files and political encyclo-
pedias. Il will take the Republicans
. long time to get even.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

for nomination at the hands of this
convention shall be placed before the
convention before balloting begins.
Fourth-After the nominations are
closed the ba.loting for the respect
i've candidates shall be begun and
continued until nomination is made.
In calling the counties for balloting
the successive calls shall commence
in the succession of the alphabetical
order of the counties that is 10 say,
the first ballot shall commence with
the call of Audrain county, the second
with Franklin county, and SO on.
NAT DRYDEN, Ch'm'n.
Sol HUGHLETT, Secy.
Col. Clay, of Audrain, Farrell, of
Pike, and Dryden, of Lincoln, APP
pointed to escort Permanent Chair
man Walker to the chair.
The committee on resolutions asked
further time to report.
Under call of counties for nomina-
tons MIR. Il. G. kennen, OF Audrain,
placed before the convention the
name of Hon. J. f. Hutton; Nat c.
Dryden, of Lincoln. nominated II. II.
Norton; L. r. Downing, of Pike,
nominated Hon. Elijah Robinson ;
Hon. j. z. Wood, of Rails, nominal
ed Richard Dalton; j. Pittman Smith
placed before the convention the
name of Hon. g. +. Peers.
The nomination of Norton was sec
onded by F. M. Clark, of Franklin.
and r. +. Luckett, of St. Charles /;
that of Robinson by j. ID. Barnett,
Of Montgomery.
The first ballot was then taken
with the following result:
Audraip, II votes for Hutton.
Franklin, 8 votes for Norton.
Lincoln, 8 votes for Norton.
Montgomery, Svotes for Robinson.
Pike, IL votes Robinson.
Rails, z votes for Dalton.
St. Charles, 8 votes for Norton.
Warren, 2 for Peers.
Total-Hutton u, Norton 26, Rob.
inson p, Dalton Z, Peers 2.
The second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth
and eleventh were the same as the
first.
On motion of Sol. Hughlett the
convention at 4 O'Clock adjourned
until 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The following are the chairmen O.
the delegations:
Green Clay is chairman of the Au
drain delegation.
Bob Luckett is chairman of the st
Charles delegation.
John B. Fisher is chairman of tn
Rails county delegation.
V. A. Hughes is chairman of thu
Warren county delegation.
Nat Dryden is chairman of tn
Lincoln county delegation.
James North is chairman of tn
Franklin county delegation.
Judge John McCune is Chairman
of the Pike county delegation.
Henry Clark is chairman of tn
Montgomery county delegation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

NOTICE is hereby given that letters of
IN administration upon the estate of p.
G. Skelly, deceased, have been granted
the undersigned, Elizabeth Sicily and
w. E. veerkamp, by the probate court of
Audrain county, Missouri, bearing date
July 10, 1856.
ALI persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit them for
allowance to the administrators within
year after the date or they NAV be
precsuded from any benefit of such estate.
and IL such claims be not exhibited with
in two years from this date they win be
barred.
ELIZABETH SHELLY,
w. e. VEERKAMP,
hit Administrators.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

The delegates to the convention
are sensible men who have the inter-
est of the party at heart. They will
make a nomination; if they can't get
their choice they will take some one
else's choice. The party shonld not
be permitted to suffer in order to
crafty any mans ambition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

JUDGE g.. B. MAcEARLANE, Of Mex
leo, Judge Strother, of Saline, 7. A.
Gill and J. c. Gage, of Kansas City,
T all spoken Of in connection with
Judge Phillips place on the Court
Of Appeals bench. The attorneys Of
Kansas City have united on Gage,
so Judge Strother informs US.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

E. c. Kennen, of Laddonia, a prom
inent young attorney Of Audrain Co.,
was in the city yesterday on lega-
business. MI. Kennen is one of the
Audrain county delegates to the con-
gressional convention and feels SAN
guine Of the nomination of Col. J. E.
Hutton.--Pike County Post.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

The rank and file of those who
signed the petitions will support Car
ter, although some of the leaders
are casting around to find some one
to support. They don't care wheth-
er he is white or black just so they
can have the naming of him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

IRIS SAL to think and cruel to say,
but Mr.. Blaine, Of Maine, still seems
to be somewhat more protuberant in
politics than Mr.. Logan, of Egypt.
Black Jacks luck is inferior to his
moustachios.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
| SWEEPING BOND CALL NEEDED.

The Treasury statement the other
day showed = further gain of more
than a million of dollars in gold and
greenbaeks, making the total gain for
the current month over eleven mil
lions. No wonder that money is
getting scarce and the rates of inter-
est higher.
The bond calls thus far made
svail, but little in increasing the sup
ply of money. The called bonds are
mostly those which have been pledged
by national banks as security for
circulating notes 10 ninety per cent.
of their par, and their payment ON
sequently releases only the ten per
cent. margin on them. The bonds
not thus pledged belong to savings
banks and other moneyed Institutions
which are in no hurry to cash them
SO long as they see the securities
they desire to buy for reinves,meut
steadily falling in price.
What is needed is a sweeping call
OF all the three per cehts outstanding
Such q call would set free about
forty millions of dollars of the Treas
ury hoard and e~ffectually relieve
the money market, besides saving TO
the taxpayers of the country three
millions of dollars a year in interest,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
SpeaKerS-
Secretary and Reporters

M. r. K. Biggs, chairman of the
committee on credentials, then pre-
scented the report of said committee,
showing the following list of dele
gates:
AUDRAIN COUNTY.
J d Smith E Kennen
B r Cauthorn James NJ Harrison
J HPotts NJ r X Biggs
W W Fry, proxy &c Waters
for Alex Carter, Green Clay, proxy
G B Macfarlane for j A Potts
Jacob Shobe NJ Holloway
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
F NJ Clark Joseph Bauman
j G North LIP Jones
G III Kahman z Donegan
Robert Phillips VIM Flynn
II Murphy
LINCOLN COUNTY.
DIR Long Peter Dudley
III T Mudd w A Woodson
T NJ Carter re Magruder
TT Seaton Dryden
j E Richards
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
Sol Hughlett Henry Clark
] ID Barnett Jno r Knight
Lewis Rodgers Ut Hunt
d f Graham w F Wray
l COUNTY.
RI Hawkins Nv Riggs
H L Murray Judge John McCune
Joseph Richardson J E Cash
j f Griffith J FL Orr
L X Downing John T Cash
r Pew John Farrell
James Hughes Porter
RAILS COUNTY.
J P Fisher w McPike
J b Hawkins John S Cleaver
Nimrod Waters jerome Kendrick
TT Alexander
II. CHARLES COUNTY.
RI Luckett, 2 prox w p Wallace
N Mittleberger tt Lee
j b Pritchett DR. Briscoe Sc
c Walker Brice Edwards
+ R I D f Briseoe Luckett, proxy.
WARREN COUNTY.
W A Jones VA Hughes
Report adopted.
Committee on permanent organiza-
ton, rules and order of business re-
ported as follows:
To the Hon. J. r. Wood, temporary chairman of
the Democratic Congressional Convention of
the Seventh Congressional District of Mis-
souri,:
Your committee on permanent Or
g%anization, rules and order of busi-
s have the honor to report to the
convention the following:
For Permanent Chairman-Charles
j. Walker, of st. Charles county.
For Permanent Secretary|ohn
w. Jacks, Of Montgomery county.
For Assistant Secretary-Georee
c. Dyer, Of Warren county.
For Sergeant at Arms-John w.
Atkinson, sheriff of Audrain county,
with power to appoint his assistants.
Your committee recommends the
of the rules of order gov
erning the last General Assembly of
for the government of the
proceedings Of this body, and also
the following further rules:
First-The roll of counties shall be
called in their respective alphabetical
order for the placing Of names of
candidates before the convention for
nomination.
Second-The roll Of counties shall
be called for the seconding of nomi-
nations.
Third-The names of all candidates
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

The HteHigencer reads all Demo
Gratis out of the party who make a
move against Carter in the future.
This same paper abused the LEDGER
for doing this unholy thing. The
earlier the day the better the deed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

Hon. c. E. Peers, of Warren, made
us o pleasant call. Charley labors
under a disadvantage of only having
q small county behind him in the
race but we venture no candidate
stands any better among his home
people than Peers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

An ATTEMPT is being made to run
men for the Legislature who, if they
mad submitted their anne to the
Democrats of Audrain county, would
not have carried their own voting
precinct.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

HAVE this day taken charge of the
4 estate OF Garrett Taylor, deceased. for
'he purpose Of administering the same.
AN persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit them for
to the administrator within
one yea after the date, or thew NAV he
precinded from any benefit Of such estate
ana II such claims be not exhibited within
Two years from this date they win he
forever barred. VAL oe
This 9TH day Of August, 1856.
WARREN b. MCINTYRE.
Lat Pub. Ad. Audrain Co Mo
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

THE ex-Confederate reunions have
been cut loose from fairs where they
meet. This is proper. They should
not be made a drawing card for any
institution.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

EXCEPT for the vigilance Of Sheriff
Atchisen and the information received
from a prisoner the prisoners in the
Mexico Jail would likely be at large
now. He should give the leaders a
dark cell and plenty of water and a
little bread for a few days. :.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

THE rumor that Mr.. Evarts has
been asked to go to Maine to speak
during the canvass seems to be con-
tradicted by the positive fact that
the canvass will last only three weeks.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
Good Enough.

From the Beonvtlle Advertiser.
We publish Vests great speech to-
day. 1t is good reading for all DEM
ocrats from Cleveland down to the
editor Of . country weekly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

THOSE who attended the Marshall
reunion and were instrumental in
bringing the next reunion to Mexico
have the thanks of every citizen and
business man in Mexico. Mexico
can not be surpassed when 1t comes
to entertaining conventions.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

UDGE Jno. +. Phillips was nomi-
na led for congress in the Fifth dis
tr ct. The LEDGER was the first pa.
rsr in the state to suggest him fol
no pos:tinp
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

"Judge VIM. H. Stewart from the
country, vas not in the clark Ian
tern meeting AT the court house.
We are sorry anyone got such an
idea from the LEDGER report ole
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

We have shut down on the Kin
caid- GalIaher discussion unless they
confine themselves to the discussion
of religious topics.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

The Prohibitionists hold their con-
~gressional convention in Mexico
Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02
Latest Market Reports.

A0tObs "WH AEOPVIEus
Following are the latest quotations on
October wheat and corn:
WHEAT-Chicago, opening, 70; clos
ing, 1915; curb, Is bid.
st. Louis, opening, 1873; closing, 1914
curb, 1919.
CoRN--Chicago, opening, 431s; closing,
43.
St. Louis, opening, 39A; closing, 3911ss,
curb, 39h.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

MEMBERS of the City Council should
not take advantage of their official
position to ''get even' with any one
they do not like.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1886-09-02

NOTICE is hereby given that ON tho
~ nrst day Of the next term (Mondsy
oclooer 4, 1861 or as soon thereafter ~
: nearing can be had, 1 shall apply to ths
circuit court Of Audrain county. Missonrs
- from my trust as assignee
sneet 0oIsae. w. w. FRY,
Assignee