The news boy., 1896-06-13
QUEER PROCEEDINGS


saying too much about last Monday s
bunco game at Benton, but we feel
that the people ought to know it all.
1t has been suggested, by some of
our friends, that it would be "policy"
not to say anything about it, but we
assure these friends that this is not
a policy paper. Anyone who
wishes to find fault with the NEWS
BOY because it tells the truth and
exposes fraud, has the right to do so.
So long as we have lived in Scott
county we have never known that
more delegates were selected to any
State convention than the county
was entitled to. Last Monday it
was different. In order to pull the
wool over the eyes of the already
subsidized delegates, it was
necessary to jumble up list of nine
We are only entitled to three.
On the delegation are j. H. Moore,
]. e. Marshall and VIM. Hunter. If
these men are not gold standard men
then there are none in Scott county.
Understand, we do not say they are
gold standard men, but we do say
that if they are not, then we have
none in Scott county. We are pre-
pared to prove our assertion. Posi-
bly, Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Marshall have
changed their views since the cam
paign opened last March. but Mr..
Hunter still stands by Cleveland,
Carlisle and the gold standard and
talks it every day. He is the most
pronounced gold man in Southeast
Missouri. Is this man the choice of
the people of free silver Scott county
as their delegate to the State Con-
vention?
But here comes some more of their
jobbery. Mr.. Hunters name was
never before the convention. If ii
had been, we should certainly have
asked Mr.. Hunter to express himself
before that convention, and we are
sure he would have made plea fo1
gold-as he does every day of his
life. Tuesday morning Attorney
Kelly came by the Office and we ask
] ed him if he had list of the dele
gates. He said he had only list o.
the State delegates. We copied the
list, but Mr.. Hunters name was moi
on it. The first intimation We ha(
| that Mr.. Hunter was delegate wa:
when the proceedings of the conven
tion were handed US for publication
1t is probable that it was writer
there afterward, or that his nam,
was on the paper and not read to th'
convention. An examination of th'
list shows his name to be last, ant
in different handwriting from th'
rest. We have asked every mai
whom we chauced to meet, that at
tended the convention. if he heart
Mr.. Hunters name mentioned as ;
delegate to the State convention, an,
they all agree that it was not. How
do the people of Scott county lik
such a job put up by these self-style'
honorable men?" When they dis
cover that they cannot elect a ma
even with their picked crowd, the
forge his name, or else suppress it
presence.
| Who did it? We do not believe i
was Mr.. Hunter. Although he wa
present at the convention and wa
one of the chief manipulators-bu
not a delegate-he claimed to be is
norant of the fact that his name wa
among the list of delegates as lat
as Tuesday evening.
That was a remarkable free silve
% convention. If the action of tha
convention does not define John E
Marshall's position on the none
question beyond a reasonable doubt
then we give it up. Such Democrat
and free silver warehouses as Arnold
Frazer, DeReign, Trotter, Campbe
and Martin were ruled out, while i
their stead were placed some of tn
most pronounced gold men in South
east Missouri. We have but baker
dozen of gold men in the county an
every one of them succeeded in gel
ting job as delegate. The sens
torial delegation will be controlle
by gold men who are supporting, an
control the utterances of little gol
standard sheet in the south end {
the county.
THE MYSTERY SOLVED.
Wednesday evening NEwsBoY rt
porter approached Joe L. Moore, tn
man(2) who read off the list of stat
, delegates to the convention, an
: asked him how Mr.. Hunter happene
to get in as delegate. swell, n
: piled our astoot prosecuting attorne.
Judge Norrid asked if Mr.. Hunte
was a delegate and, when informe
that he was not, said, we want hin
on. When Mr.. Moore was aske