Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-06-07
STATE CENTRAL c0MMIrTEE.
Officers Elected and subcommittee
Appointed, With Headquarters
Al st. Loais and Jeffer.
sOn City.
From the st. Louis Republic.

From the st Louis Republic.
The new Democratic State Gen.
trail Committee met In the reading
room of the Laclede Hotel Saturday
morning and organized by the cleo
ton of the following officers:
Chairman, c. G. Maffitt of st.
Louis.
Vice chairman, j. b. Thomas Of
Gentry county.
Secretary J. W. Zevely of Cole
county.
Treasurer, Henry Rozier, OF st.
Genevieve county.
The meeting was perfectly har-
monious. All the members were
present except Bernard Corrigan Of
the Fifth District. Chairman Maj
fit called the meeting to order and
after stating its object excused him
self from further attendance because
of the pressure of private business.
He was represented in the subse-
auent proceedings by Colonel Jas.
II. Carlisle.
When Mr.. Mafiitt withdrew. Hon.
J. B. Thomas took the chair. Col.
John H. Carroll nominated c. G.
Maffitt for reelection as chairman.
Major Harvey W. Salmon of Henry
county nominated Sam B. Cook OF
Audrain. MIR. Maffitt was elected
on the first ballot, Major Salmon's
vote being the only one cast against
him.
The contest for secretary was a lit
tie more spirited, the vote being
divided as follows between Messrs.
Zevely and Cook.
Zevely-J. H. Carroll, First Dis
trict; Robert Lozier, Second Dis
triet; ]. B. Thomas, Third District
J. T. Davis, Fourth District; DR.. J
R. Brown, Seventh District; S. B
Cook, Ninth District; James l.
Carlisle, Twelfth District; Henry
Rozier, Thirteenth District; Alex
Sherwood, Fourteenth District.
Cook-Harvey W. Salmon, Sixth
District; J. W. Zevely, Eighth Dis
trict; Antonio Steuver, Tenth Dis
trict; J. B. Roberts. Eleventh Dis
trict; Thomas Conner, Fifteenth
District.
Mr.. Rozier was elected treasure
by a practically unanimous vote
Thomas Conner of Joplin, who hal
served in that capacity for so long
time, having signified bis desire t
be relieved of the burdens of tn
office.
The campaign will be conducte'
by two subcommittee of the Stat
Committee this year-an Executiv
Committee and a Committee O
Organization-to be named b
Chairman Maffitt within the mex
1.-TWO weeks. The first will consis
of eight members and the second c
three. Colonel Joseph III. Caro-.
of the First District will perhaps b
selected as chairman of the Execu
tive Committee, with these asse
{ ated: Messrs. Lozier of the Secon
E District, Thomas of the Third, Davi
of the Fourth, Brown of tn
Seventh, Zevely (~secretary) of th
Eighth, Maffitt of the Twelfth an
Rozier of the Thirteenth. Head
i. quarters, with Messrs. Carroll an
Zevely Gin charge, will be opened i
st. Louis.
, The headquarters Of the Commit
r tee on Organization will be locate
at Jefferson City, with Alex. Shel
wood of the Fourteenth District a
chairman, and Messrs. Lozier an
: Brown as members.
1t should be understood that th
composition of these committees a
f given did not come from Chairma
Maffitt. but from another membe
of the State Committee. and may
therefore, be incorrectly stated.
/ The Republics informant, how
ever, claimed to know what he wa
! talking about, and the informatio
:. is, perhaps, reliable.
!, Editorially, the st. Louis Re
: public says of the new Secretary
J. W. Zevely, the new Secretary {
the Democratic State Central Con
mittee, has the political experienc
. of a veteran and the enthusiasm {
youth. We believe in young Demo
Gratis who are strict in the doctrine
of the party, and We predict thu
Mr.. Zevely will be one of the bes
Secretaries the committee ever had
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