Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-08-06
MISSOURI DEMOCRATS.
The State Conventions Opening Session
Looks Like stephens for Governor.


The State Conventions Opening Session.
Looks Like Stephens for Governor
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug. Sat
1915 o'clock Chairman Sam .. Cook,
Of the state central committee called
the democratic state convention to or
der and called on Rev. w. NJ Profits
man, of Jefferson City, who invoked
divine blessing. When Secretary Zeve-
ly read the list of temporary officers
Of the convention and named Judge
James Gibson, of jackson, there was
applause, and later, when Gibson was
introduced, the entire convention
applauded literally. lie thanked
the committee for selecting him
and declared that the convention
would name the next state officers of
Missouri and would indorse the action
Of the Chicago convention. "ln my
Judgment" he went on, that plat
form and ticket has already been in
dorsed.by 6,OOO,OO0 voters of the coun-
try. II is democratic-soundly demo-
cratic. 1t is saying to the people that
we're able to make the laws which will
govern the people Of this country. 1t
is saying that this people can manage
the finances of the country and will do
it by the free coinage of silver at the
ratio of sixteen to one"
The boom for Judge James Gibson,
of Kansas City, for the democratic gu
bernatorial nomination, which seemed
last night to be going up, went down
this morning and at ten o'clock was as
fiat as though it had never been set to
moving and all the signs pointed to the
nomination of Lon V. Stephens on the
first ballot.
The wise ones all seem to think that
the ticket most likely to go through,
unless the convention gets away from
the men who it now seems will control
it, is: Lon V. Stephens, for governor;
IL. A. Bolte, of Washington, for lieu
tenant-governor; II. NJ Ramey, of st.
Joseph, for judge of the supreme court;
James M, Seibert, of Jefferson City, for
auditor; Frank Pitts, of Paris, for
treasurer; A. A. Lesucur, of Jefferson
City, for secretary of state; e. G. Crow
of Webb City, for Encouragement,
and A. j. Connolly, of Warrensburg,
for railroad commissioner.
The delegates meeting by congress
sional districts chose members of the
state central committee and electors
as follows:
State central committee--o. g. Gay, NJ Lew
Is, and w. NJ Marshall, Of Putnam; Second,
N. j. Winter, of Sullivan, and Virgil Conklin,
OF Carroll; Third, John A. Cross, OF clinton,
and John NJ Salee, of Harrison; Fourth,
James Davis, OF Buchanan, and John H.
Christian, Of Atchison; Fifth W. G. Scarritt
and j. S. GrosshaEt, OF Odessa; Sixth, Allen
Glenn, OF Cass, and w, o. Jackson, Of Bates;
Seventh Thomas b. Love, Of Greene
and r. c. Clark Of Howard; Eighth, j. N
Tate, Of Galloway, and j. w. Farriss, OF La
clede; Ninth, Sam d. Cook, Of Audrain, and D.
o. Allison, OF Rails; Tenth, r. G, Seibar of ST.
Louis, and Henry Qusllmont Eleventh, Thorn
as H. Barrett and Il. ]. Warq, Of ST. LOUIS
Twelfth, O. f. Forster and Ben Brady, OF ~.
Louis; Thirteenth, Eli Abe, Of Iron, ana
George A. Lee, of Carter; Fourteenth, c. u
Elkins of Christian, and Paul b. Moore, OF
Mississippi Fifteenth, Gilbert Barber, OF Jas
per, and G. S, Hoss, Of Vernon
Presidential electors-First, c. c. Fogel;
Second, B. r. Rockwell, OF Randolph Third,
w. d. Hamilton, of Daviess; Fourth, W. T.
Jackson, OF Plattei Fifth, Wiley o. Cox OF
konsas City; Sixth, c. G. Dickinson OF Henry
Seventh A. ]. Lyman; Eighth, James e.
Hagen, OF MoDiteaI; Ninth Thomas Cum
mings, OF St. CHARLES; Tentt, William G. Frye,
Of St. Louis; Eleventh, iseix Gun, Of st.
Louis: Twelfth, Dan Hamon, Of ST Louis
Thirteenth Robert Lamah, of Texas county,
Fourteenth, W. N Evans, of Howell Fiji
teenth, John B. Cole, of Barton
The committee on permanent or
ganization chose Charles E. Peers, of
Wargentqn, for permanent chairman of
Che conventiop. He has always been
sound money democrat, bpt he now
thinks that all democrats should vote
the ticket this year even If they do not
like the platform. Making him per-
manent chairman is intended as com
pliment to those democrats who hold
the same views as himself c. Z.
Roach, of Jasper county, was made
permanent secretary and W. jeff Pol
lard, of S. A9uig, reading clerk. The
committee on BlatfoFm CHOSE j. w.
Sullinger, of Gentry county, ion chRir-