The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-09-30
UNION LABOR PARTY
Of Missouri, as Represented by
the Blake and Alldredge
Faction.
In State Convention i'm This
City, to Nominate a State
Ticket.

A faction of the Union Labor party
of Missouri, known as the Alldredge,
or Blake, faction, met IN state conven-
ton, for the purpose of nominating a
stare ticket, in the criminal court
room of The Pettis county cur. h"use,
It's morning.
Il. ere are two factors of the Union
L4bor party in Missouri and they are
wide apart, apparently hOpelessly
apart. One fact on is known as the
Garland faction, from the fact that
w. III. G. ,rland, of St. Louis, is its
leader and chairman of lis state CEN
trail committee. This faction, the
Garland faction, met in state conven-
ton at Jefferson City last month,
adopted platform, declared itself the
only true Union Labor party in Mis-.
souri, and nominated a state ticket.
Its nominees Were y. A. Huntington,
of Christian county, for supreme
Judge; Burwell Fox, of Washington
county. for superintendent OF
public instruction;and Patrick Shannon,
of Kansas City, for railroad and
warehouse commissioner. Of these,
Mr.. Harrington is the only one that
accepted, Messrs. Fox and Sha non
declining.
The faction that convened here to-
day met in response to call issued by
Capt. w. G. Alldredge, chairman of
the state central committee. The
call authorized the election of one
delegate from every labor organiza-
ton and farmers alliance Ii the state
and one from each ward in st. Louis.
As usual, 10 all conventions, there
will be contest for seats from st.
Louis. There are some of the Gar
land faction here from st. Louis, who
will attempt to gain seats, capture the
convention and endorse the Garland
nominees.
Delegates from the socialistic labor
party, the nationalist, and a num-
Der of trades unions and assemblies of
knights of labor, in st. Louis. met at
Fourth aud Valentine streets Wednes-
day night.
They elected three delegates, Fred
Westermeier, Aldolph Heppner and
Phillip Good, ito represent the city
of St. Louis in the state convention
but instructed the delegates to with
draw if any other delegates from ST.
Louis were admitted.
Before the delegates were elected
nearly all the delegation present had
withdrawn from the hall, except those
from the socialists, nationalist and
three or four unions that are composed
principally of socialists.
Members of the union labor st.
Louis city central committee say that
they do not see how the delegates
elected at this meeting can be admit
ted to the state convention, as the
call does not provide for any dele
gates except those elected from the
wards and from individual unions.
Such delegates have been elected,
and left st. Louis last night for Soda
liza, arriving here this morning.
If the delegates from the wards and
unions are admitted, the Blake-Gar-
land fight will come up in the con-
vention.
Mr.. Garland said in q recent inter-
view: Cali we want is to harmo-
nize the union labor party in the
state.
eve held q convention at
Jefferson City which we consider to
be the legal convention. Candidates
for the three state offices to be filled
were nominated. hut only one &C.