The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1892-12-15
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Whereas, he now fills the office o.
prosecuting attorney, for which h,
was nominated and to which hc was
elected by the Dem ocrats of sale
county +; and,
Whereas, during the late campaign
in said county he held himself out a:
being friendly to the candidacy oil
Hon. VIM. J. Stone, the Democratic
nominee for governor, AID as favor.
able to his election and,
Whereas, he did in fact covertly
encourage and support William War
ner, the Republican candidate fol-
governor; and,
Whereas, lie has since the late
election, in the presence Of divers
well known and reputable Democrats,
publicly boosted of tho fact that he
voted for the said William Warner
for the Office Of governor and in like
manner publicly asserted his inten.
ton of voting the entire Republican
7 ticket at the next general election I;
therefore. he it
Resolved, that it is the sense of
the jefferson City Democratic club
that the said w. S. Dawson has by
the means and in the manner above
stated shown himself TO be unworthy
of the further confidence and sup.
port of the Democracy of Cole coun.
ty, and that his conduct in the mat
tiers stated is. deserving of the sew.
eral condemnation and, be it futller
Resolved, that his name be strick.
en- from the roll of this club.
n motion was made TO print the
resolutions in The Trjb"ne nothing
was said about TnE STATE REprBLT.
CAN but we print it Notwithstanding
the absence of q request.
When this part of the work was
concluded, Col. Silver got up and
asked that the report on the. conduct
of the newly elected representative
of Cole county be laid over until the
next meeting it was adopted.
AT this point Judge Oldham asked
permission to introduce 4 resolution
of IN innocent character, but which
was q kind Of q bomb, dynamite so
TO speak. The resolution asked that
a primary election be held for the
purpose Of determining who shall be
postmaster of jefferson City. Col.
Scbrce got up and said that that
power lay with Bland, and all the
primaries on earth could not make
him change his mind one way or an.
other.
This did not satisfy the old time
Democracy Of Judge Oldham. lie
grew wrathy at this high handed
manner Of disposing of Democratic
patronage. The judge said in sub.
stance: ave are the people, and as
the people we have our rights, and |
what is more we will have them re.
spected. Does the word Democracy
mean plutocracy and autocracy; |
When Bland comes here two wears
hence lie will be glad to have at his
heels the Democratic club of ,~Jeffer.
son City, and its voice will be heard.'
When the Judge concluded Jim
thought that he would deliver
Il speech that would go down in his
tory as the effort of his life, and
which would be filed away among
the archives of the club as one of the
most eloquent ever delivered before
it, but he was domed to disappoinl-
ment, when Judge Oldham moved
the resolution 90 over until the
next meeting, which was carried.
1t was decided that the resolution
advising MIR. Cleveland to apporLt
Missouli's young governor to a posi-.
lion in the cabinet, should be for.
in proper style, after which
club adjourned until the first
saturday in January, when it is un-
terstood that they are 10 pass upon
he Democracy of the newly elected
representative to the legislature from
Cole county. Joseph, they are tax.
ng the privates in small doses, and
you are next on the docket,