Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-05-24
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS
Meet In State Convention at Kan
sas City.

State Ticket Placed In Nomination amt
Platform Adopted After Pro-
tracted Second Days Sit-
ting-The Ticket
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 15.-The sill
yer question was the bone of contention
in the democratic state convention
which met here to-day. The most sig
nificant incident of the fight was the
suggestion of Representative Bland al
presidential possibility. This oc
Cured in the vigorous silver speech OF
| Gov. Stone, made IN the convention
while the platform committee was
preparing its report. Mr.. Bland
was received with resounding cheers
lasting several minutes. The popu-
larlty of his pronounced silver views
with the delegates was noticea ole.
The fight in the committee on resolu.
lions over the silver question and the
question of indorsing the national ad.
ministration was waged with earnest.
ness on both sides. The conservative
| men were in the majority and the rad
AS1A S1SoAoh AdfOIcu ny SOu1c 1TcG-Sl1VCE
| delegates was averted.
The convention was called to order
in the Auditorium hall shortly after II
| o'clock.
The hour of converting was set for
IL O'Clock, but owing to the peculiar
manner in which ex-Mayor Noonan, OF
st. Louis, distributed his proxy, the
! state committee was delayed in hold
| ing its session until the matter could
be settled by wire. No less than five
men appeared with proxies duly signed
by Noonan. 1t was finally decided
that Col. VIM. H. Phelps, of Sedalia,
was entitled to representation, and he
was seated.
AS early as 10 o'clock the delegates
began fling into the hall, and at II
o'clock the immense auditorium was
packed with a coatless and perspiring
mass of humanity. Among those
present were: Gov. Stone. ex-Gov.
Francis, Lieut.-Gov O'Meara, Con-
gressmen Bland, Tarsney and Hall;
Coils. Nicholas Bell and Griff Prather.
national committeeman, and host of
state and municipal office-holders.
During the interim, while waiting
for the convention to be called to or
der, the delegates were entertained
by number of impromptu speeches,
all of which were vociferously APP
p1auded.
The Francis faction used every en-
deavor to prevent the convention from
passing resolution denouncing the
administration at Washington. Aman
who stands very close to President
Cleveland, and is also close friend of
Gov. Francis, said an hour before the
meeting and during the preparation of
the report of the committee on resolu-
tions:
"There will be no denunciation of
Cleveland; no denunciation of congress,
and no ratio recommended in the sill
yer plank"
At 1920 p. m. the convention was
called to order and the roll call began.
The temporary officers selected were:
John Med. Trimble, of Kansas City,
for chairman; DR.. d. H., Shields, of
Hannibal, for vice-chairman; w. H
Painter, of Carrollton, for secretary,
and David Wallace, of jackson county,
and Cornelius n. Roach, of Jasper
county. as assistant secretaries.
At the conclusion of the roll call the
usual committees on permanent or
ganization and resolutions were APP
pointed. and the convention took a re-
cess until 2 p. m.
The committee on permanent organi-
zation Immediately withdrew to an
adjoining room, and in less than ten
minutes it had decided upon Gov. w.
]. Stone for permanent chairman and
Simon s. Bass, of st. Louis, for per-
manent secretary. These selections
created considerable surprise, and were
regarded as clever move on the part
of the administration OF Francis fac
ton to conciliate the Stone followers
and thereby secure harmony in the
convention.
When the convention resumed in the
afternoon there were loud cries for ME-:
Bland, but the interchangeable silverite'
had fight on his hands in the COM
mittee on resolutions, and was, unable
to respond.
The time of the convention, during
the wait for the report of the platform
committee was taken up with speech
making until late in the afternoon,
when an adjournment until evening
was taken. Meanwhile thu, fight in
committee for the resolutions favoring
free coinage of silver at the lratio offs
to was in progress, with Gov. Stone
and Mr.. Bland in the minority. The
free-silver men, however, were deter
mined. 4
In the course of the evening, while
the resolutions committee vEts still en-
gagged in a wrangle over. the silver
question, the regular ordsn was dis
pensed with. and nominating speeches
were declared to be IA order, and;
nominations for judge OF the supreme
court and for superintendent of public,
instruction were made.
The convention remained in session,
until a late hour, amir lshgs itself as,
best it could. waiting i'd the settle
nent of the dispute. +
NEW STATE CO. trrrr.
The following is the~l y state. demo-
cratic committee elecse} lin the district
caucuses:
First district, Col. John H. Carroll.
Unionville; second. Robert Lazier;.
Carrollton; third, j. B., Thomas, AL
bany: fourth, James, C. Davis, ST. Jor
seph; fifth. Bernard Gorrigan, Kansas
City; sixth, Maj. Harvey, W.. Salmon
Clinton; seventh, Dr.. JAS Brown, Mar
shall; eighth, VIII j. Zevely, Jefferson
City; ninth, Sam 3. Cook. Mexieo;
tenth, Anton G. Stuever; st. Louis;
eleventh, John Roberts. st. Louis;
twelfth, c. c. Mafitt, st, Louis; thir-
teenth. Henry Roster, Ste Genevieve;
fourteenth, Alex. Sherwood Cape Girar-