Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-06-16
Democratic Mass Meeting.

In accordance with the call of the
County Central Committee the Demo-
Gratis of Iron county assembled in mass
meeting at the courthouse last Saturday
afternoon. In the absence Of the
chairman of the committee, the meet
ing was called to order shortly after
two o'clock by the secretary, w. II.
Bycrs. +. ID. AXE was chosen as
permanent chairman and II. b. Jones
secretary.
The chair stated that the first bust
ness to be transacted was the selection
of delegates to the Congressional Con-
vention of the Thirteenth District, when
Mr.. J. b. Walker offered the following,
which was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote:
I'VE, the Democrats Of Iron county,
in mass meeting assembled, realizing
that the ensuing campaign to a greater
degree than ever before involves the
rights Of the people, and the remedy
ing Of the wrongs tie masses suffer at
the hands Of favored classes, demand
ing q system of taxation which bears
more equally upon all the people than
does the present one of a protective
tariff, and a money circulation based
upon silver and gold, denounclng the
present silver law, by which that metal
is made an article of commerce to be
manipulated in price by Wall Street
spectators, and demanding the ceaS-
ing Of the favOritism to capitalists in
yolved in the National banking law,
as our favOrite son, standard bearer,
and exponent Of our wishes, we present
to the Democrats Of the 18th Congress
sional District Of Missouri, that man Of
the people, stirling Democrat, able
lawyer, and eloquent orator the Honor
able VIM. r. Edgar, of Iron county,
and instruct our delegates to use all
honorable means to secure his nominal
ton as the Democratic candidate from
this District, and on all questions to
vote as q unit. And as a further mark /
of our confidence and esteem, we ask |
him to name the delegates from this |
county 10 tho Congressional Conven-
ton
In Pursuance Of the resolution, Mr.. |
Edgar then offered the following names |
to compose the delegation, stating that |
at the last convention, Iron county had |
ten delegates, what the ratio of repre- |
would be this year was not |
yet known but in case the same as last,
the twenty names were for delegates
and alternates: VIM. A. Fletcher, A.
p. Vance, f. ID. AXE, 2. Whitworth,
w. K. Read, f. NJ. Logan, J. A. Rey-
burn. j. u. Walker, j. 5. Jordan, w.
j. Russell, James Buford, w. II. Byers,
Joel B. Hollowman, G. w. Farrar, Jr.,
Rob't Hill, j. b. Hampton, |. &. Whit
worth, Bert Gregory, VIM. O'Brien, VIM.
Steffens and j. w. Emerson.
On motion, j. S. Jordan and Dr. g.
w, Hull were chosen as delegates to
the nominating convention for the
Judicial circuit
w. A. Fletcher and Jos. A. Reyburn
were named as delegates to the Hanni-
bal Convention, June 18th, to nomin-
ate a candidate for Judge of the St.
Louis Court of Appeals.
w. r. Edgar and J. b. Walker were
selected as delegates to ST. Louis, July,
9Th, to nominate three candidates for
Judges OF the Supreme Court.
On motion of j. b. Holloman, X. j.
Hill and ID. f. Reese, were elected as
delegates, with j. b. Hampton and
Sam Bond, as alternates to the State
Jefferson City, July 10Th.
Jno. b. Hampton then offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was unani-
mously adopted:
WHEREAS, Richard Dalton, familarly
known as Farmer Dick, is a candi-
date for Gubernatorial honors; and,
WHEREAS, We know him to be
good Democrat, an honest man, and
one in sympathy with the best inter
ests of the people; therefore, be it
''ResOtUed, By the Democrats of Iron
county, in mass meeting assembled,
that the delegates from Iron county to
The State Convention, which meets at
Jefferson City on July 18th, 1892, be
and hereby are instructed to cast the