Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-05-26
The Mass Meeting.
LARGELY ATTENDED By VOTERS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY
TO HAVE THEIR WRONGS
RIGHTED.
Every Township in the County Rep
resented-COngressi0nal CON-
mittee Asked to Recon.
slider Its Action.

mfttee Asked TO Recon.
slider Its Action.
The mass meeting Of Democrats of
this county held at the Court House
Saturday for the purpose of petit
tioning the Congressional Committee
to reconsider its action of last week
in reducing the representation of Au-
drain two delegates in the conven-
ton, was largely attended by people
from both town and country. Every
township in the county was repre-
sented by prominent Democrats who
protested against their rights being
trampled upon.
The convention vas called to order
at 2 O'Clock by Hon. Geo. W. Bat
terton, OF Sailing Township, the chair
man, who stated the meeting was
held purely in the interest of a wrong
ed Democracy and in favor of no
candidate. Prof. W. f. Eeerkamp,
of Laddonia, was secretary.
The chairman appointed the fol-
lowing committee on resolutions:
Salt River Township-Hon. ".
HI. KEENAN,.
ilson-Jas. Z. Sims.
Saling-R. l.. Barnes.
Cuivre-C. A. Dayault.
Loutre-A. J. Douglass.
Prairie-S. +. Kendall.
Linn-James Robnett.
While the committee was pre-
pairing the resolutions DR.. Thos. P.
Rothwell made q short address in
which he stated facts in plain Ian
guage, saying no set Of men had a
right to eurtail the privilege of any
man and voter. The DR.. was heart
lily applauded.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the Democrats Of Audrain
county, in mass meeting assembled,
having learned of the action of the
Democratic Congressional Commit
tee of this District in reducing the
vote of Audrain county in the Con-
gressional Convention to be held at
Montgomery City July 18th, 1892,
tonominate candidate for Congress,
recognizing the great fundamental
truth hat all power is derived from,
and belongs to the speople, and that
when a grievance or wrong has been
done them they have the inherent
right to petition for redress; where
fore, be it
Resolved, That in view of the fact
that the Democratic State Central
Committee of Missouri, composed OF
the best and ablest men chosen from
and by the Democratic party, have,
in fixing a basis of representation to
every convention held, and to be
held, this year in this State
followed an old and well established
precedent by basing the representa-
ton upon the vote cast for Cleveland
in 1888, and in order to do justice
to and give to every Democratic
voter in Audrain county a voice in
nominating a candidate to represent
this District in Congress, we do
hereby most respectfully and earnest
ly demand of the chairman of the
Committee of the Ninth
District of Missouri to call said Con-
gressiona1 Committee together at
once and we kindly ask them, when
assembled, to have the representa-
ton of the Congressional Convention
to be held at Montgomery City on
July 18th, 1892, to nominate a can
didate for Congress, on the vote cast
for Cleveland for President in 1888
instead of the vote cast for CAN'T in
1890, and thereby restore to Au-
drain county her proper and just
representation in said Congressional
Convention.
RESOLVED, That We are willing to
be governed and guided by prece-
dents, provided said ~precedents are
based upon the right and give to all
concerned a fair and just representa-
ton.
On motion of w. Fl. Kennan the
resolutions were adopted without n
dissenting voice and they were or
dered presented to the chairman of
the Congressional Committee, A.
Davault.
Mr.. J. p. Veerkamp moved that
the chair appoint a committee of one
from each township to meet with
the Congressional Committee, in the
event said committee concludes to
reconsider its recent action, and q
committee composed of the same
gentlemen named above was APP
pointed.
j. P. Veerkamp addressed the
meeting briefly and John r. Tor
reyson, of Martinsburg, made a few
pointed remarks which were loudly
cheered. S. b. Cook, who was
John NJ. Daniels proxy in the
Congressional Committee meeting
at Montgomery stated that the report
being circulated that he had worked
in committee for the State vote of
1890 was unqualifedly false,
The meeting was harmonious
throughout.
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