The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-08-17

At the conclusion of which Mr..
Richardson moved to adjourn until
s p. m.
Mr.. johnson moved TO amend BY
taking a recess for one hour. The
amendment was put and carried and
recess was taken without declaring the
vote on the motion.
At $50 the convention reassembled
hut before the roll was called Mr..
ORear moved to adjourn till 8 p. N.
The roll of counties was called, all
answering and the chair put the mo-
ton to adjourn. A division was call
ed for and the motion prevailed
though the confusion was so great
that the secretaries were unable to re-
cord the exact vote.
NIGHT SESSION.
After the adjournment and up to the
hour of reconvening, it was interest
ing to watch the delegates and the
trainers of the respective candidates,
few of whom could hardly spare time
to get their supPers so busy were they
in their earnest efforts to FIND some
other way out of their aggravating d.
lena than a surrender of the matter
back to the people: At..Sicher's Hotel
the rooms and the streets in front of
the building were crowded with peo-
pie In earnest conversation and the
amount of lobbying and log rolling ex-
ceeded anything ever seen outside ola
convention for the nomination of a
presidential candidate and it was a
quarter past eight when the chair cal
led the convention to order.
Roll was called and every county
answered.
DR.. w. W. Cooper of Cooper coun-
ty presided pro tenn, and announced
that the first order of business would
be the adoption of the resolution to
refer back.
Mr.. johnson of Cooper county stated
that some OF the delegates had not
arrived and asked that the cOnven-
ton wait for them FIVE minutes.
There being no objections it was so
ordered.
TINE CALLED.
At the expiration of that time the
convention was again called to order
and the circus was commenced by
again announcing that the substitute
was in order.
Mr.. Turner stated that the adjourn
me1t had been taken for the purpose
of perfectiDg that substitute and
offered the following as amendments
thereto:
First to set the date of the primary
election for the third Saturday in
September.
Mr.. Turner stated tue object of the
amendment to be to fix a time for the
election.
Mr.. Wray, of Morgan, opposed the
amendment on the grounds that it
took the jurisdiction out of the hands
of the central committee.
Mr.. Richardson, of Polk, opposed
the amendment on the grounds that
the setting of a date now might con-
flict with other matters.
Mr.. Turner thought the objections
were not valid. He was opposed to
referring this matter to an electoral
commission, called a central COM
mittee,
1t was not known when this matter
was referred who would be candidates,
some of these gentlemen now before
the convention might not them become
candidates and there might be other
candidates, ne then made strong plea
for the setting of the time,
DIR. King was surprised that a gen.
tleman who had been so long in poll
tics should announce such plea as that
this convention had the right TO set
date for a convention.
Mr.. Boyd arose amid cries of ques-
ton and said that an executive COM
mittee was but the creation of con-
vention and was made to act when no
convention was in session and the
position of the gentleman from Pettis
King was absurd. The proposition
was to refer this thing to the commit
tee because we were too cOwardly to
do this thing themselves and assume
the responsibility. 1t would be
pleasant to 90 home and say to our
constituents that We were unable to
select candidate and had delegated
to twelve men to do what ninty-three
could not.
Mr.. johnson thought if there was
any objection to the time named an
other could be fixed.