Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-21

w. j. Stone, OF Nevada, was noml-
mated for Governor this afternoon on
the nineteeth ballot. The vote
stood Stone 327, Dalton 1877, Clay
comb 5, Yeaman 3.
FIRST DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
JEFFERSON Cry, Mo-, July 10
The State Democratic Convention
met promptly and at II O'Clock
Chairman Maffitt of the State Cen
trail Committee raped for order
He said that it was incumbent on the
party $ representatives to not only
nWknate a Governor but to elect
him. He then appointed a COM
mittee to escort Temporary Chair
man Dilley to the speakers stand.
When Chairman Dilley closed his
address the Congressional districts
were called for the committee an
nouncement. After the announce
ment was all in the conven-
ton took a recess until 3 O'Clock to
give the committees time to report.
Vice President of Convention from
Ninth diseriet-Geo. w. Whitecot-
ton, of Rails.
Committeeman on Credentials
from Ninth district-Hon. W. II.
Kennan, of Audrain.
On organization and order of bust
ness from Ninth district-M. S.
Goodman, of Pike, Dr.. Crosby, of
st. Charles.
For State Committeeman from
this district, nomination was passed
until nomination of Governor.
BALLoTING BEGINS.
The night session began at 9
o'clock amid the most i%ntolerable
heat. Senator Sam Major, of How
ard, placed DR.. Yeaman in nomina-
ton; Hon. C. C.. Dickinson, of
Henry county, placed W. ]. Stones
name before the convention; Hon.
w. S. Cowherd, Mayor of Kansas
City, nominated James Gibson;
Senator Hazel, of Moniteau, pre-
sented S. Fl. Claycomb's name and
Hon. U. S. Hall, of Randolph,
nominated Richard Dalton.
The first ballot stood-Dalton
1908, Stone 1T, Gibson so, Yeaman
AZ, Clayconlb %.
After six hours of uninterrupted
balloting, during which time Is
ballots were taken, the convention
reached a deadlock and adjourned
until 10 O'Clock tomorrow morning.
The thirteenth ballot tonight
stood-Stone POT, Dalton 1872, Glib
son SO, Yeaman 80, Claycomb Is.
The highest number of votes cast
for Stone was 211 and the highest
for Dalton 203.
TIE PLATFORM.
The Committee on Platform SUBJ
mitted the following, which was
adopted unanimously by the conven-
ton;
We, the delegated representatives
of the Democracy of Missouri, in
State convention assembled, do here
by ratify and indorse the nomination
Of GroverC Cleveland and Adlai Steven
son for President and ice-President
of the United States, and we accept
as our own the declaration of Demo
cratic principles placed before che
country by the convention recently
assembled at Chicago. We especially
commend to the attention of all who
desire to see our free institutions
preserved unilnpaired the declaration
of the Chicago platform regarding
the force bill and the danger with
which it menaces the country.
The Democrats of Missouri have
known what it was to live under a.
government based on Federal coer-
cion and returning board methods,
and they have learned by bitter ex-
perience that its legitimate fruits are
fraud and usurpation, prostitution
OF the ballot, contempt for the peo-|
pies will as expressed at the polls,
robbery of the taxpayers, prohigaey
in the expenditure of the public
moneys ,dishonored officials, BETRAYAL
of trusts, and a weakening of the re-
spect for law, which is the basis of
all civilized government.
We congratulate the people oil
Missouri on the progress of the State.
on its increase in wealth and ON the
wisdom its Democratic Constitution
through the operation of which, with
the Democratic party continuously
IN administrators in the State since
ITS adoption, liberty, life and proper
ty have been protected, the increased
demand for schools and eleemosy-
nary institutions has been complied
with, while at the same time the rate
OF taxation has been steadily reduced.
We point to the record of the
Democratic party under that Consti-
tuition as a conclusive reason for itsl
continuance in BOWER through the
approving ~sufrafes of the voters.
When the Democratic partv as.
summed the administration OF the
State Government in 1873 the bond-
ed debt of the State WINS $40, 1858 900:
on July I, 1892, it had been reduced
10 SC, $4,000.
AT the beginning Of that period