The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1890-09-04
preservation OF .he n in U treasury

for the second time since the advent OF the
r Dsm1cr unnnh Psr,y 'n tbe P Paw y;lois Tetaua nsd
yet the tax payers are still asked to subscribe
to and vote the Democratic ticket. We pros
test that the interests of every tax payer,
no matter what his past political affiliations
may have beon, demand u change In tho
adminlstration OF the affairs OF this State, i
Resolred, That we believe no unjust bur.
dcns should be imposed upon minorItles by
Inajorities, yet, believing in the principle
that majoritles should rule, We unhesltat.
ingly and heartily indorsc the action OF
speaker Reed in refusing to permit n minor.
ity to obstruct legislation by being present
In their seats and refusing to vote. :
ReSOlrcd, That we earnestly to
the consideration Of the people OF Missouri
the progressive principles of the Republican
party, aud ask them IL thov can afford long.
or to tulCr tie the supremacy VI a party
whose incficIcncy, to use no hnrshGr term.
is painfully manifested In every dep artincnt
of the State Government
Nominations were called for, for supreme
Judge aud speeches were limited to two
minutes. Colonel Folstan, of the First
district, placed the name of Alexander
W. Mullins, OF Linn County. ?. NJ. Har'
rington, of Adnir. nominated william Har'
risou. of Hannibal. Mr.. Lccper, of Livlngs.
ton County. placed Colonel John II. Hale, OF
| Carroll. Colonel :. II. Boyd, of Spring.
field, placed the name Of John u. Nixon, OF
Laclcdc County, before the convention, and
the nominations closed.
The first roll. call resulted in the selection
Of Major Mullins. 1t was made unanimous
before the figures could be cast up by the
clerks lie had enough to nominate him
before the stampede to change to him com.
mcncel. and was declared the nominee WITH
a round of cheers.
For Railway aud Warehouse Commission
er: James Mcrriieli, OF st. Louis County ;
4. F. Brown. Of ST. Louis William Balm, of
st. Louis County; samuel Headlee, OF
Greene. and Franklin Grifith. OF Jasper.
As on the nomination for supreme Judge,
after the vote had been taken aud Mcrrineld
had received a majority, a stampede of
changes took place, and he was declared
the nominee Of the convention by 'acclama.
tlon.
Fo! Superintendent of Public schools two
cnndilntes were placed in nomination.
Frank l. Sewer. of Newton County, n
william II Lynch. of Wright County. The
ballot resulted: Sewer. So; Lynch. 2sS.
Mr., Sewers nomination was made unan
imous,
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The next business in order was the selec.
ton OF the members OF the central commit
tee, and a. the districts were called the fol.
lowing names were announced:
First District-John l.. Gleason, Marion
County. j Il Musick, Adair.
second District-A. r Terrell, Randolph
l. H.. MINIS. Carroll.
Third Di.trict-Ncls)u Church, Harrison
Fourth pis,rict-Johi l.. Bittinscr. Blu.
chanan, and X. X Townsend, Nudaway.
Ftfth pistrIct-R- Baldwin, johnson, and
Il W. q rurcls, jackson.
SIXTH Di-trict-A a. c. Wlddecombe, Cooper,
ami j, + OBannon, Dallas.
seventh District-J. G. kiscadlon, Frank.
lin County, and K. T.. Lawdcr. Audraln.
Eighth pi-trict-H. 5, Hartman and Clark
II. sampson, -. Louis,
Ninth -Chaunccy !. Filley and A.
II. Cole, -. Louis.
Tenth District-lIenry Z~Iegcnhcin and X.
w. WeDbrr,
Eleventh Dtstrsct-E. +. Boutzcr, Usage,
and James 4 Moore, Laclcde.
Twelfth Di>trict-O. ID. Austin. Bates Coun.
ty, and T. II. Tuttle, Jasper County.
Greene County, and W. il. Dunnrll, Webster.
Fourteenth District-J. +. Lindsey aud 10.
seph koulilcr, Cape Girardeau.
Chauncey l. Finley WAS elected chairman
of the committee.
For the four committeeman at large the
following names were placed before the
convention: james 4 Beach. st Joseph;
j. II. Pelham, Marion County; I. Is. Ilowa.
Wrought, jasper; Z j. kellogg. Holt, j, II.
Harris, Kansas city; W. :, Shlrk. Pettis Il.
c. CrowclI, Kansas City j. c, Temple, st.
Louis; Charles II. Snyder, llenry; +. l..
Wenkler, Howell. The four selected were
James 4. Beach. j. II. Harris. j. II. Pelham.
Il. u. lIowawought.
This concluded the business of the con
v%cntton, but before the adjournment Matt
Reynolds took the stand and made a bricl
but rousing speech, in which he stated tina
the Republican party of Missouri was now
united, and was ON the road to n great vic
tory. After adopting the usual compii
mcntury resolutions the convention ad
journed sine die.
WHO THEY ARE,
Alexander W, Mullins. the nominee 70
Judge Of the supreme Court, Is Il resident o.
Linn County and about fiity.eight year
old. lie served in the Federal army durin,
the war, since which time he has practicct
law, For many years he has been rccug
nizcd as one of the ablest lawyers in til,
State. lie has II Practice in the SuDrem
ana Appellate courts. Politically lie ha
always been II fighting Republican, and per
spnally Ii" Is us clever and well cultured
gentleman rs one ever meets.
james Ii. MrrriIield, the nominee for Rail
road and Warchouse Commissioner, IL ubou
1fty.two years old. when II young man h
enlisted ia the Federal army, and served
with distinction to the close Of the war. IL
settled in Missouri, first ut Scdulia, an,
later ut St Louis, and sought employment
with the Missouri Pacific railway. He ha
now been 4; passenger conductor On thi
road for over seventeen years. and il rec
ognizcd rs one of the most trusted en-
ploycs. lie is Il jolly companion, and Their
Is not an cmpl0yc on the road more popuIa
than Mr.. Merriiicld. In railroad circles h.
is known us "Cyclunc Jim and it Is pre-
dicted by his friends that he will prove
T cyclone to his opponent, W. III. Hickman.
. Tho NOMINEE for State superintendent o
Public Schools, Franklin L. SEWER, is abou
thirty. three years old. lie was born I'm Ohio
but in childhood his parents came to Mis-
souri, ana settled in Knox County Mr.. S ,
yier has been prominently identified witt
the educational interests OF the State eve
since he became of age. At present he re
sides Mt Neosho. lie Is well qualified II
every way for the oillcc Tor which he wa
nominated:
CONGRATULATIONS.
The following telegram was read in til
convention by Chairman McGlnnIs:
WAsHISGToN. ID. c., Aug. Is.
CHAIRMAN ~EPUBLICA STATE CONVENTION
JEFFERSUN CITY, Mo. The Republican Rep
resentativcs in Congress from the State q
Missouri send greetings to the Republican
of Missouri in convention assembled. Ma
the same good feeling and patriotism in til
interest OF Republican success characteriz
your proceedings rs prevailed in the can
yuss of 1883, which led to glorious success |
} the State of Missouri and city of st. Loui.
, Congress has been In session for min
months, and we have given undivided atten
ton to the duties which We assumed whe
I elected. The record of the Fifty. fiEst Con
grrss Is one that the party can point to wit
prlde-the accomplishment of wholcsom
and speedy legislation under rules while
: mmen themselves to every fair. minde
citizen.
!. G. NIEDRiSGHAUs,
NATHAN FRANK,
WILLIAM KINsEY,
W.. III. WADE.
ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
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