The Forrest City times., 1888-09-01

made a little speech, in which he promised the ticket to be nominated by majority of 10000 next November. lApplause.l Then be said:
 But in making your choice let you select wisely and let you select well. We have un fortunately been cursed with public pre- in the state of Mis- souri that has heralded it all over the country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast, that we are poor old Missouri. Let us nominate a ticket that we can refer everyone to in the whole United States and say we are grand and progressive old Mis- souri.
 He hoped each delegate would so demean himself as to earn the verdict of Well done. good and faithful ser want when his work was finished. With this he begged to introduce as temporary Chairman Hon. J. J. Rus sell. of Mississippi County. After a short speech by MT. Russell concerning the negro; Dr. Shields announced the temporary officers. The afternoon ses- sion was devoted to speech-making. The committee on rules and organ ization reported the following perma- nent officers of the convention:
 President-James Hagerman of
 Kansas City.
 ice-Presidents-E. ". Stephens of Columbia and Col. Sol. Hughiett of Montgomery County.
 Secretary-T. w. Park of Platte i City.
 Assistant Seeretaries-T NJ. Wins
 ton and W. $. Brotherton of Jefferson
 City.
 Reading Clerks-S. $. Bass of St.
 Louis and W. T. League of Poplar i Bluff
 Sergeant at t-Arms-Thos. Wand of | St. Louis,
 Doorkeeper-A. J. Shockley of Car i rolltOD.
 The report limited nominating
 speeches to ten minutes. 1 The Chair announced that nomina- | tions for Governor were i'll order: W. w. Ramsey of Nodaway present. ed the name of Gov. A. F. Warehouse. W. W. Graves of Bates placed in
 nomination Hon. John NJ. Glover. 1 Hon. R. N. Bodine of Monroe pre-
 sente1 the name of D. R. Francis.
 Samuel kennard of St. Louis sec | onded the nomination of Mir. Francis. Geo. E. Davis of Saline County and i Prof. J. r. Blanten of Adair also sec onded the nomination of MT. Francis. l John H. Lucas of St. Clair seconded | the nomination of Gov Warehouse. Hon. John M Glover next addressed 1 the convention and withdrew his name 1 as a candidate for Governor. At 6:25 ] the roll was called and the ballot was l taken. It was a foregone conclusion 1 that Francis would be nominated, but ! the MOrehouSe men voted stuDbOrnly | for the Governor. and some of the men declined to be controlled by his withdrawal and cast their votes for ! him.
 When John O'Day announced. "Six ! for Francis" from Greene County, l there was cheer.
 The announcement of nineteen round, full votes for Francis, from l Jackson County, called out more ap- 1 plause.
 Several of tue counties having can ! didates for other offices split the votes. so as not to incur hostility from either ] side.
 Randolph's six votes gave Francis | the nomination. All he got after that l was surplus.
 When St. Louis City was called ! Julius :. Walsh announced that the
 fl votes of the delegation were cast | for Francis. The Convention cheered | the vote to the echo. i It was 6:25 D. Tn. when the roll call | commenced. At 6:35 Francis had 239 votes recorded for him and was sure of | nomination. At GAO the roll call ended. | The vote stood: Total vote cast, 470: necessary to choice, 235; Francis had
 received 335i; Morehouse, l264, i Glover, $.
 Mir Ramsey, of Nodaway, moved to make the nomination of Francis unanimous This was seconded by MT | Graves, of Bates, and was put and adopted. MT. Francis was declared | thd nominee of the Convention for the office of Governor. A committee of nine was appointed to bring the nomi nee besore the Convention. In about twenty minutes MT. Francis came in, l leaning on the arm of Mir. Ramsey, and addressed the Convention.