Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-07-14
The Congressional Contest.
NOTHING DONE rET, TIE COMMIT
TEE BEING STILL AT WORK
ON CREDENTIALS.
The Convention Meets at 8 O'Clock
To-Night-The Merton Forces OPP
pose Oral Testimony and Want
Aindasits-Rirst Days
Proceedings.

Afadayits-Rirst Days
Proceedings.
Special nspatch to the Ledger.
MONTGOMERY CRY, No., July IS.
The committee on credentials is
still at work and the convention
win not meet until s O'Clock TO-
night. There win be two reports,
81 for each. The Norton men OPP
pose oral testimony and afidavits
are being taken. None OF the dele
gates favor a dark horse.
There is talk Of running it of on
the Mexico kite-shaped mile track.
There was one fist fight to-day.
Result-No deaths; two wounded.
AuDRAIN DELEGATEs.
In addition to the delegates from
Audrain county attending the con-
vention, quite a numbers friends of
Champ Clark, outside the delegation,
are present. The delegates repre-
senting Audrain are: A. ]. Doug
lass, w. A. Showers, j. w. Barnes,
A. M. Harrison. J. M. Davis, NH.
McCue, J.W. Mason, A. E. Jenkins,
N. E. Mitchell, ii. e. Bowen, B. F.
Dobyns, D. 8. Burroughs and Lee
McFadin. The Audrain county
delegation organized with Judge
Douglass as chairman and B. F.
Dobyns as secretary. Committeeman
on credentials from Audrain county,
u. w. Mason; on order of business,
A. E. Jenkins, and on resolutions,
Lee McFadin. When the represen-
tation was cut down from IS to II
A. M. Harrison and D. s. Burroughs
returned to Mexico. On motion OF
Mr.. Burroughs, Of Audrain county,
the following resolution was adopted
by the Audrain county delegation:
AUDRAIN OPPOSED To A DARK HORSE.
Resolued, That the Audrain coun-
ty delegation recognize no one out
side of Champ Clark for Congress in
the Ninth District. Carried unani.
mously.
A motion prevailed that Audrain
county will notrecognize any primary
but a district primary election to be
held in all of the different counties
the same day, the candidate receiv.
ing the largest number of votes to be
declared the nominee of the Demo.
cratic party Of the Ninth District o.
Missouri.
This resolution was afterward in
troduced in the convention before the
temporary organization was formed
The vote was a tie and the resolution
was not adopted. The nomination
of Henry Clark for chairman was
made by the Champ Clark men. Al,
though Mr.. Clark is a Norton man hs
was considered a fair man and the
friends of Champ Clark, desiring the
convention to proceed to business
without having two chairmen, o.
without any chairman at all, placed
the Norton man in nomination and
he was elected by reclamation.
FIRST DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
MONTGOMERY, Mo-, July 12.-The
Congressional Committee met THU
morning at 10 o'clock to agree upon
temporary organization. Chairman
Davault Of Montgomery County
presided. The fight began there
with a movement on the part of the
Clark men to have the apportion'
ment made by the committee chang
ed from the basis Of reflections in 1885
to those of 1890, which would give
two more votes to Audrain and one
additional each to Pike, Rails and
st. Charles. This failed. Then
came the question of the disposition
of Crawford County in the temper.
airy organization, which precipitated
a hot fight. A majority finally de-
cided that both delegations should
be admitted.
ROW OVER ORGANIZATION.
The chair announced as temper
airy officers: Chairman, Henry
Clark Of Montgomery secretary, B,
+. Dobyns OF Audrafn. Then the
fun began.
Senator Ball of Pike moved as 6
substitute that Geo. w. Whitecot.
ton of Rails be made temporary
chairman, and that the five CLARK
delegates be seated. He argued that
Norton's friends would have a ma.
jority of the Committee on Creden.
tials because they had the larger
number of counties, and that there
fore a temporary organization by
the apparently accredited delegates
could work no injury to Norton.
interests. Besides, he said, the
Congressional Committee hsd nj
right to seat anybody.
Mr.. Pat Avery of Lincoln oppos