Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-05-24
MISSOURI REPUBLICANS.
Meeting Of the Republican State
Convention at Sedalia.
Oeiegates-at-Large to the Chicago Con-
vention Selected and a Full state
Ticket Nominated-The Pla.-
form as Adopted. Etc.

as adopted. ETC.
The Republican State convention met at
Sedalia on the 18th inst, and shortly after
nooni A. c. Widdecombe. chairman of
the State central committee, called the
convention to order. and prayer was
offered by Rev. ]. J. wilkins, of Calvary
Episcopal Church, Sedalia.
Mayor Crawford delivered an address of
welcome.
Henry Lamm, of Pettis County, tenn
porary chairman. was introduced, and in
his address urged that the campaign be
conducted ON live issues. and not those
which had seen the party defeated in past
years. sour sons,'' he said, fare court
ing the daughters, and our daughters are
being wooed and won by the sons of those
misguided soldiers. but now good citizens,
who were young men during the war; and
in Missouri we want no thing of the dead,
but all of the live issues which will give
Missouri a Republican government and
the prosperity certain TO follow"
On motion of Mr.. Tracy, of the Thir-
teenth district, call lof the district dele
gates for committeeman on the various
convention committees was then had.
The selections made by the several dele
cations were Endorsed by the convention.
Secretary Mott announced that the head
quarters of the Missouri delegation to the
Chicago convention would be at the
Palmer House, room Z.
Recess was then taken to D. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
AT the afternoon session there was a
large attendance of visitors, the ladies
predominating, and by 8 O'Clock seats in
the gallery were at a premium. Promptly
at O'Clock the convention was called to
snrdear hx-f hot r
Chairman Shirk of the committee on
credentials reported no contests. and on
motion of Mr.. Carr, from the Ninth dis
trict, the report was adopted.
petition from Virginia L. Miner, vice.
president of the National Woman's Suf-
frage Association Of Missouri, asking to
be heard by the convention, was read, and
on motion of Senator Porcher of the
Fourth district, was referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions
The action of the committee on perma-
nent organization and order of business
came in the shape of majority and mi
nority report. The former named as per-
manent officers of the convention: Henry
w Lamb, of Pettis, chairman: F. W.
Mott, ST. Louis, secretary; c. S. Crysler,
of Kansas City. and Ford Smith, of st.
Louis, assistant secretaries; Robert E.
Lee, sergeant at arms, and VIM. Zachritz,
assistant.
On order OF business the majority re-
port favored the selection of four dele
gates and four alternates, the appoint
ment of new State central committee,
and adjournment to August 90, at Jeffer-
son City, for the selection of State
ticket. Ten names were attached to the
majority report.
The minority report dissented on adj
journment, and recommended that the
candidates for State and judicial offices
be nominated now. the minority report
was signed by three members of the COM
mittee-
After discussion the minority report was
adopted.
Nominations for four delegates large
to the Republican National Convention
were then declared in order. The call for
nominations was made by Congressional
districts, ten minutes time being allowed
for nomination and five minutes each for
seconds.
Adam Tyce, of the First district, placed
the name of Joseph H. Pelham (colored),
of Hannibal, before the convention.
Senator W. A. Jacobs. of the Second
nominated j. B. Upton, of Polk County.
Winfield S. Miller, of the Third District,
nominated A. c. Witticombe, of Cooper
County.
w. III. Ormsbee, also of the Third Con-
gressional district. nominated Mr.. Chaun-
cey I. Fil1ey, of st. Louis.
Mr.. Sullivan, also of the Third, placed
in nomination DIR. LII. Weatherby, of De
K Id County.
Mr.. Kellogg, of the Fourth, nominated
John d. Dopf. of Atchison County.
Geo. Fl. Botsford, of the Fifth, nomi- |
ns,ted Hon. VIM. w arner.
Dir. Mudd, of the Seventh, placed in
Colonel D. P. Dyer, of st.
Louis.
NJ. G. Reynolds, of st. Louis, nominated
Judge A. ]. Seay, of Franklin County.
Judge Burton, of the Twelfth, placed in
Ebert L. E. Kimball, of Cass
County.
Mr.. Tracy, of the Thirteenth, nominated
J. w. Lampson, of Newton County.
The informal ballot resulted as follows: