Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-08-19

companied by good deal of fun. Almost
every one was forced to make speech,
young attorney at GalIatin: and c!ose
friend of e;l-Mayor Davis. of Kansas CITY
The he.t speech was made ny r. ~ E
Tracy, of this place. the president OF tne
local Mckinley Club. who bears iairiS
close resemblance TO the Canton ,r major
Charles Wenneker, who has been the
leagues secretary. Some of his remarks;
especially one to the effect that IT would
be easy to keep the books because for Two
| years past the league has had an empty
treasury,was greeted with shouts OF laugh
District delegates to the Milwaukee con-
| veEtion were elected as follows::,, First dis
t5ig,mI dso G. MsKinley Gnonvillei nn,bs, D; w
Ersn1 scrHbg: chili!eeths. M y J. rogers
rTsn,9n; 5rd Thomas Keey MSsesly mil
toni nFa F. assFGMiam a. Fson or tark f. Lewis
Bethany; B. NJ Gilchrist. Gallatin.
Joseph; Or. H. f. Robinson. Maryville: ].
George Gilbitz. st. Joseph: L. E. McGuin-
Fifth district-Joseph Harris. Kansas
City; George A Neal Kansas City; Au-
gust Witte, Odessa; Joseph Mccoy. 1nde-
| pendence.
Sixth district-Not represented
Seventh district-E. A. Renley. Columbia:
Horace r. Williams, Springfield w. B.
Dgnngan' Bolivar; E F. Leavens SEQ sedalia
/
Fred Sumter. D. W. Ebersoe. J. C. Fisher.
Ninth district-C. P. Covington, Louisi-
ana; c. j., Chapman, Louisiana; R; c.
mann.
Tenth district-Henry Besch. St. Louis:
Julius Wurzburger. St; Louis: Anton
| kracnolowsky, Union; G. A. Wurdeman,
| Old Orchard.
Eleventh district-Dr William c. Rich
| ardson. ST. Louis; Max l.. Ruler. st. Louis.
+. F. Scott. st. Louis; Henry Droste, St.
| Louis.
Twelfth district-A B. Green. St. Louis;
Joseph kletz, st. Louis; NJ. Foerstel. ST.
Louis: Christ Schweiker. 81. Louis.
Thirteenth district-Not represented.
Fourteenth district. 6. Cobb, Cape Gil
rardeau; Moses whybark. Marble Hill:
William B. Davidson, Poplar Bluff; S. Da-
rus. New Madrid.
Fifteenth district-T. r. Haughawout.
Carthage; Harry Mitcher. Nevada; Charles
Davis. Lamar; George II. Bradford, Car
| thage.
New Executive Committee.
Much the most important work which the
league did was the selection of a new ex-
ecutive committee. This body was. the re-
suit of district caucuses; most OF Nv Whisn t,a
names will show that the influence of the
St. Louis men. though not very actively ex-
bsse Payed this not he pace
mttee will play an important part in tn,
campaign which is Just beginning. 1t will
committee and will therefore participate
to a more or less extent in every move or
plan agreed upon by the partys guiding
The committee is composed of the follow.
ing: First district; Ed ". Robinson. G. "
AIowder, Henry /. Eads: Fourth district
Payd Pfyb aAirct A scot joseph h0ha a 4srs Asrrs
Seventh district, W. NJ. Johns, H. R. Will
Jams: Eighth district. not named; N1ntf
| cf Finllav s Flagg
Tent Tenth district. L. L. ]. W. Wall. 4. j. Shores
Eleventh district. John H. Pohlman Henr,
er. c. L. Bevin: Thirteenth district no
named; Fourteenth district. August d
Worth. Park Adam: Fifteenth district 7
3. Haughawout. George H. Bradford.
The choice Of the committee was prac
tically the last order of business the leagu
, will be called upon to do. The special com
o'clock, after which the nominees will b.
heard. Robert f. Lewis will speak at
o'clock. He will be followed by DR.. a. c
Pettyjohn. Perry Freeman, Senator Joh
!, kennish and others.
Big Night Meeting.
Tonight big political meeting was he'll
| in the tent The audience was lars
one and it listened attentively. Man
!: We're ladies. Vice President W: L. Porter
: field acted as chairman. The first speake
/. nounced the Democratic party for its ut
fas aG keep ef sn5ss S prom1ss oowed NaXS
s. Leeper of Kingston made one of tn
: | best speeches of the evening. He took u
: the monetary question and demonstrate
, that the Democratic party has read Jei
= ferson out of itself because his views re
!; ative to silver were opposed to the one
h the party holds now. T. B. Haughawou
!, of Carthage made a forcible speech.
). On the stage were seated DIR. Crosslanc
George C. Crowther. of St. Joseph. VIII
e has just been renominated for congres:
swanger. % Of Milan: Henry ziesenhein. {
St. Louis, and others.
s Tomorrow morning, Chauncey I. File
i will speak. and tomorrow evening, Gener:
). John s. Thomas of Illinois. the Republica
n congressman who has been returned
!, office from generally strongly Demo
: cratic district several times in succession