Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1896-08-13

! snoulu De Dut one electoral ticket
the State representing the candidac
of William J. Bryan for President"
Not half the delegates had arrived
and the resolution was adopted with
out comment.
Five minutes later, Nat Shelton, c
Schuyler, moved reconsideration G
the vote. 1t was carried, and tn
resolution is on the table.
Then began a. scene of disorder
Brace and Ramey men marched abou
the hall yelling like Indians. 1t tool
Chairman Peers 15 minutes to ge
sufficient quiet to announce the orde
of business. @. F. Cochran, of Buch
anan, finally got a hearing througl
the pleading of John Carroll, and pre-
sented the name of Henry NJ. Ramey
/ Editor Cochran spoke briefly, but eff
fectively.
William G. Scarritt, of Kansas City
named the "ideal candidate" Theo
dore Brace, in well-worded, appro
pirate speech. He SAID that judge
Brace had avarice only for truth
malice only for iniquity.
Congressman D. A. DeArmond, in {
quiet, conversational way, presented
the name of D. T. Stratton, of Yer.
non.
w. G. Marshall,- City Counselor oi
st. Louis, seconded the Brace nomi.
nation in somewhat oratorical but
very effective speech.
Parker, of Vernon, added a second
to Ramey.
When MIR. Parker had finished, the
roll called was ordered. 1t was re-
peatedly interrupted by howls and
yells from the opposing sides. The
first ballot resulted:
Brace, 2761a; Ramey, 1853; STRAIT
ton, "a.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Before this vote was announced,
Judge Ramey's motion to make Judge
Braces nomination unanimous was
carried.
Nominations for Railroad and Ware
house Commissioner were next IN or
der. Ben Clark, of st. Louis, moved
that after each ballot the name of the
candidate receiving the lowest num-
Der of votes be dropped, and the mo-
tion prevailed. The roll call for nom
nations then followed.
Nat G. Shelton, of Schuyler County,
nomination Judge Ben F. Bourn, of
Scotland County.
Rothwell, of Randolph County,
nominated Bolivar s. Head, formerly
of the faculty of the Missouri State
University.
John P. Butler, of Sullivan, nomi-
mated R. G. Sain, of Linn.
E. P. Mann, of Dade, nominated A.
j. Connolly, of Johnson.
Miles, of Atchison, nominated John
w. Morris, of Atchison.
William Moore, of Jackson, nomi-
mated Andrew J. Mitchell, of Kansas
City.
Fl. G. Torrance, of Jasper, nomi-
mated Joseph Ell. Garnett, of Jasper.
G. @. Dickerson, of Henry, nomi-
mated Wallace G. Bronaugh, of Jas
per.
Judge J. w. Alexander, of Daviess,
seconded the nomination of Connolly.
Walter McEntire, of st. Louis, nom
mated Timothy ]. Hennessy, of st.
Louis.
Nat Dryden, of st. Louis, nominated
James Scullin, of st. Louis.
Hugh Brady, of st. Louis, in long
linen duster, seconded Scullin's nomi-
nation in a humorous speech that
brought down the convention.
F. R. Deering, of jefferson, nomi-
mated James T. Burnes, of Jefferson.
Senator Orchard, of Howell County,
nominated Thomas Mabrey, of Rip
ley.
Marsh Arnold seconded the nomi-
nation of Mabrey.
Labor Commissioner Lee Meriweth-
er, of st. Louis, seconded the nomina-
tion of Hennessey.
John T. Harling, of Vernon County,
seconded Bronaugh's nomination.
With twelve candidates thus duly
the nominations were declar-
ed closed and the roll call for the first
ballot began.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Bourne, 671s; Head, 391a; Sain, 201a;
Connolly, So; Morris, 49,; Mitchell, 0;
Garnett, %; Bronaugh, SO; Hennessy,
65k; Scullin, 81; Burnes, 4O1s; Ma
brey, 90.
Mitchell, having received no votes,
and Sain, having received the lowest
of votes, were dropped from
the race and before the second ballot
was taken a motion carried to drop
the two lowest candidates after each
ballot. Six ballots were taken. The
race finally narrowed down to Hem
messy and Bourne, the former named
receiving 315 votes to Bourne 217.
Hennessy was declared the nominee.
CHAIRMAN COOKS RESOLUTION.
The next business coming before
the convention was the nomination of
two electors at large and two alter
mates. On motion of Delegate Cook,
of Audrain, John A. Lee, of St. Louis,
and d. @. Allen, of Clay County, we're
for electors at large by
Charles Lemp, of st. Louis, and r.
W. Rechow, OF Polk, were elected
The following resolution, prepared
by Sam B. Cook, of Audrain, was then
offered for adoption:
s1Resolved, That the Democratic
State Committee be invested with full
power and authority to gil any and
oil vacancies that may occur on the
State and electoral ticket; and that it
is the sense OF this convention that
there should be but one electoral tick
ct in this State representing the can