The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-05-26
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS
Meet in State Convention ct Kan
sas City.
A State Ticket Placed In Nomination and
Q Platform Adopted After FRO
tracted Second Days Sit
ting-The Ticket

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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 as
a 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-
laritv of his pronounced silver views
with the delegates was noticeable
The fight in the committee on resolu-
tions over the silver question and the
question of indorsing the national adj
ministration was waged with earnest
ness on both sides. The conservative
men were in the majority and the rad
ical action. favored by some free-silver
delegates was averted.
The convention was called ia order
in the Auditorium hall shortly after II
o'clock.
The hour of convening 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. II. Phelps, of Sedalia,
was entitled to representation, and he
was seated.
As early as 10 o'clock the delegates
began filing into the hall, and at IL
o'clock the immense auditorium was
| packed with 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 a host of
state and municipal offiee-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 ap'
plauded.
The Francis faction used every en-
deavor to prevent the convention from
passinr resolution denouncing the
administration at Washington. Aman
who stands very close to President
Cleveland, and is also a close friend OF
Gov. Francis, said an hour before the
meeting and during the preparation oi
the report of the committee on resolu,
| tions:
"There will be no denunciation oi
Cleveland; no odenunciation of congress
and no ratio recommended in the sill
yer plank"
At 1920 p. IN. the convention was
called to order and the roll call began
The temporary officers selected We're
John Med. Trimble, of Kansas City
for chairman: DIR. II. II. Shields, o
Hannibal, for vice-chairman; W. ii
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 ap
pointed, and the convention took a re
cess until , p. m.
The committee on permanent Organi
zation Immediately Withdrew to al
adjoining room, and in less than tel
minutes it had decided upon Gov. W
]. Stone for permanent chairman an'
Simon :. Bass, of ST. Louis, for per
manent secretary. These selection
created considerable surprise, and wer
regarded as Il clever move on the par
of the administration or Francis fac
tion to conciliate the Stone follower
and thereby secure harmony in th
convention
When the convention resumed in tn
afternoon there were loud cries for Mr.
Bland, but the indefatigable silveritt
had a fight on his hands in the com
mittee on resolutions, and was unabl
to respond
The time of the convention durini
the wait for the report of the platforu
committee was taken up with speech
making until late in the afternoon
when an adjournment until evening
was taken. Meanwhile the fight i
committee for the resolution favOrin
free coinage of silver at the ratio of l
to was in progress, with Gov. Ston
and Mr.. Bland in the minority. TIL
free-silver men, however, were deter
mined.
In the course of the evening. Will
the resolutions committee was still en-
gagged in wrangle over the silve
question, the regular order was dis
pensed with, and nominating speeche
were declared to be in order, an
nominations for judge OF the suprem
court and for superintendent of publ
instruction were made.
The convention remained in session
until late hour, amusing itself a
best it could, waiting for the settle
ment of the dispute.
NEW STATE COMMITTEE.
The following is the new state demC
cratic committee elected in the distriC
caucuses:
First district, Col. John II. Carol
Unionville; second, Robert Lazie
Carrollton; third, J. Il. Thomas, A
bany: fourth. James c. Davis, st. il
, seph: fiftn. Bernard Corrigan, Kansa
| City: sixth, Maj. Harvey W. Salmon
, Clinton; seventh, DIR. Jas. Brown, Ma
shall: eighth, Will J. Zevely, Jefferso
CITY: ninth, Sam Il. Cook, Mexic'
tenth, Anton C. Stuever. st. Loui
eleventh, John Roberts, st. Loui
{ twelfth, c. c. Maffitt, st. Louis; thi
] teenth, Henry Roster, Ste. Geneviev
fourteenth. Alex. Sherwood, Cape Gira
deau; Fifteenth, Capt. Tom Como
Joplin.
Mai. Salmon it is understood wi
succeed Matfitt as chairman.
The Platform.
KANSAS CITY. Mo, May 16.-At l2:
G n. m. the committee on resolutions a
Il nounced that it had concluded its
$ bors. Two reports were submitte
The following is that of the majori
of the committee:
We. the democracy Of the state OF Nilsson
in convention assembled, hereby reaffirm o
q faith in and adherence TO the time-hOnor
l. To-. 60