The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-24
S22 TOl3 FOR FREE SILVER
Missouri Democrats Practically Solid for
tho white Metal.

MISSOURI Democrats lTActlcaliy Solid Tor
the white Metal
SEDALIA, Mo April EVERY train
to-day is bringing extra cars loaded
with delegates for the Democratic
State convention Tomorrow, though
the silver delegates will be 81 much
in the majority that, SO far as the res
olutions and selection of delegates at
large are concerned, the gathering
will be q very tame affair. The local
fights will. however, give some light
to it Dick BANDS presidential aspir-
ations lend moderate interest to the
gossip and log. rolling.
The first duty of the convention
after it shall have adopted it's resoln-
tions will be the selection OF four del
egates at large to the national con-
vention. That the four will be Sena-
tors Vest and Cockrell, Governor Stone
and ex-Congressman Bland is taken for
granted and nobody else is talked of.
That the convention will adopt a
platform intended to make the test of
q mans Democracy depend on his pro-
fession OF the it to l silver sentiment
which prevails among the delegates
generally, is certain. The politicians
have been counting noses and say that
out Of 535 delegates there are only
thirteen sound money men.
When the State central committee
met this afternoon it was found that
Senator Cochran, who had been select
ed by the free silver caucus for chair
man, wa no. a delegate. Exon
gresham w. H. Hatch and Nj. f. Ben
tnn 0f III No.NchO yHyo ~ n -~,-nHoJ ~
Hatch was selected by a vote of l6 tc
'3. w. jeff Pollard of st. Louis was
chosen for temporary secretary and
Charles Fox of St. Louis, M. S. Raum
OF Putnam county, j. Il. Love of
Springfield and L. Q. Toles of Jeffer-
son City assistants. Levi j.. Brett Of
Lincoln county was chosen for SER
geant-at-arms. l.. +. Gordon will be
doorkeeper.
John A. Knott moved that the State
nominating convention be held Au-
gust 6 at Jefferson City. M. A. Fyke
to amend by making tho place
Kansas City. Nick Bell Of st. Louis
wanted the convention held as long as
possible after the Chicago convention.
He proposed August IL as the date.
Colonel w. H. Phelps of Jasper count
proposed August 10. After a brief
discussion the committee agreed to
make the date August 5, and Jefferson
City as the place.
1t was decided that the candidates
for all State offices should be selected
at the August convention. This will
do away with a separate convention to
a supreme judge. The basis
OF representation will be the same as
to-morrow's convention, making 535
delegates.
Colonel Bill Phelps proposes that, in
view of the troubles IN Kansas City,
the delegates be selected not by county
conventions, but by conventions Of
State representative districts. Nick
Bell proposed that Kansas City adopt
the method used in st. Louis-select
delegates by wards.
NJ. a. Fyke suggested that each
ward and township in jackson county
select it's own delegates to the next
State convention without regard to the
county organization. The matter was
discussed for some time, but was drop
ped. The call vas amended to include
the election of a new State committee
at the August convention.