The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1892-02-16
1t the following places Committee

1t the following places Committee
IN credentials. commercial club rooms;
on resolutions. room five in
the opera house block /; committee on
order OF business, Gczette's editorial
room.
The following important announce
ment was made by President REYNOLDS
and cheered lustily-that all contests
for representation on committees,
together with all documents aud evil
deuce and arguments concerning said
would be referred to the
various committees and settled by
them in their committee rooms and
that the reports Of the committees to
the convention would be binding.
This transferred the Filley and Anti
Filley contests from the ninth district
to the various committee rooms, there
to be fought out.
The negro delegates, some twenty
five ,r thirty in number, We're re-
quested to meet at the colored Ma
sonic hall Immediately after a journ-
ment of the convention fer noon.
AT 1910, the convention adjourned
to meet al $50.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
At ) o'clock President Reynolds
called he convention 20 order.
The president called for reports Of
crmmitiees.
CD. J. p. Tracey, of Springfield
chairman of the C mmi'tee on order
of business took the platform aud
made the following report:
ORDER OF BUSINESS.
First--Report Of committee on ere
dentials.
Second--RepOri Of committee on
order of business.
Thiri-Report Of committee on res
Olut'ons
Fourth Election of members of
executive committee by congressional
districts.
Fihh--Report Of congressional dis
trict selections OF two delegates aad
two alternates from each district to he
next National convention Of Leagues.
Sixth Election of two delegates
and two sit-rn ,tes from state a, large
to national convention
Seventh Selection of place OF
next state convention.
Eighth Election of officers of
state league for next two years.
Ninth-Go.d of the order.
The committee on ord of business
also reported that bo'h gentlemen
from the Ninth district claiming rep
reseutatinn on the committee on order
Of business withdrew, and agreed In
'e' the report of the committee on
or deniials settle the mooted question
of whether the Filley or antI-Filley
fac'i,n trum the Ninth district be
recogn;z ID IN the convention. Thi:
threw the entire responsibility on the
committee ON credentials, and wa.
greeted with cheers.
During lull IN the proceedings,
President Reynolds announced that al
the request Of large number Of dele
gates tie csnd dates for president OF
the convention would come forward
and speak to the convention for few
minu'es. Loud calls for Harkles,
were heard and Hon. James III. Hark'
less, of Kansas City, came forward
and was introduced to the convention
He Is slim. youthful looking bu,
handsome and intelligent appearing
gentleman. He Acknowledged that b,
WIS candidate for permanent presi
dent of this league ana declared II al
honor worthy the ambition of an,
young republican. He delivered al
enthusiastic speech of about five min
u es duration. i'll which he eulogized
republican men, principles and meas
ures. He wss loudly appiauded.
Hon. John II. b ,thweIl, OF Sedalia
was then loudly called fbr an I came t,
the stage. He delivy red calm sn'
sensible add es- of about fifteen mia.
utes' duration, in which he admitted
he would ike TO be chosen pres'd~nt %
this state league Tor the e:.snii z tive
years and avowed himself a repu,'ic n
from sole to crown, with an arde,t al
miration OF everything republican.
He briefly sketched republican meis
ures and principles in eulosi-tic AnC
fitting words. He eulosiz d the worl
Of Missouri republicans and hono:e'
them for their patriotism
fidelity, courage and principle
He referred 10 the speech OF Hon. X
10 Mills in this city last summer an'
scorched the Honorable Roger q
and his free trade doctriI es in scorch
ing words, to the immense delight O
the delegates. He compared tn