The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-16
WANT THE EARTH I
Republicans Fight Like Cats and Dogs
for Place.

st. Joseph, Mo-, May 13.--In the Mis-
souri, state Republican convention yester-
day, when Temporary Chairman Barth-
oldt concluded his speech he refused to
entertain motion except to adjourn. The
anti-Filley followers held caucus, after
adjournment, and attempted to arrange
matters that they might seat the con-
testing delegations in the Eleventh,
Twelfth and Thirteenth districts. A hot
fight was waged in the credentials COM
mittee room and the Filley men refused
to entertain proposition for compro-
mise The Filley men demanded all in
sight, which the Kerens faction was no!
disposed to concede At $3.50 p. m. the ere
dentials committee were not ready to re-
port and the delegates and spectators who
filled the. convention hall amused them
selves by listening to speeches from Fire
Alarm Flanagan, Webster Davis, Maj.
William Warner and others.
/. 1t was not until after II O'clock that
the committee on credentials was ready
called to, order. The committee submitted
two reports, the majority favoring the
settling Of all the contested delegations,
and dividing the vote between the two
factions The majority report was
adopted without debate. The committee
on order Of business recommended the
election first of q state chairman, the
as the final business Of the convention
the election of delegates to the national
convention. This report was unanimously
adopted.
The resolutions indorse protection and
reciprocity, denounce the Wilson bill ano
the administra tion's pension policy and
conclude as follows
eve are firm and emphatic in our de.
mand for honest money. We believe thaf
our money should not be inferior to the
money Of the most enlightened nations
Of earth. We are unalterably opposed tt
any scheme that threatens to debase OF
depreciate our curreny. We favor the
use Of silver as currency, but to the ex-
tent only and under such regulations that
it's parity with the present gold stand
ard can be maintained, and In conse-
quence, we are opposed to the free, I'M
limited and independent coinage Of silver
at ratio of Is to 1.
1--WE recognize the Hon. William Nc
Kinley as the champion of the doctrine o:
protection, q gallant soldier, an able
statesman and true and loyal American
and the delegates elected by this conven-
ton are directed to cast their votes TO,
the nomination Of William Mckinley 70,
president Of the United States -
AT 3 o'clock this morning the roll was
called on delegates at large, there being slS
names before the convention, with three te
be selected, Chauncey I. F.lley, of st
Louis, having been unanimously chosen
The first ballot resulted in the election O.
Major William Warner, of Kansas City,
Niedringhaus, Of st. Louis, Withdrawing in
his favor; Warner received 462 out of the
675 votes cast. The next contest was be-
tween r. G. Kerens and F. g. Niedring-
.haus, of st. Louis. The bitter opposition
to Kerens made itself manifest in the vot-
ing. He failed to receive anything like
the vote that was given Warner, the total
being 222 for Kerens to 484 for Niedring-
haus. Niedringhaus' election was made
unanimous. Col Bittinger, Of ST.. Joseph,
withdrew his name and urged his friends
to vote for Kerens, but this did not save
that gentleman from defeat. On the thirG
ballot John H. Boutwell,, Of Sedalia, was
made the fourth delegate at large to st.
Louis
The last and browning act Of the conven-
ton Immediately before adjournment was
the passage of motion instructing the del
egates to the national convention to elect
Chauncey I. Filley member Of the ma
tional committee.