The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-07-14
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Largely Attended and Harmo-
NOUS in Its Proceedings.
GRAVES WON HANDS DOWN. ="

day, July 1lth. met at the opera
house and was called to order by
III. S. Horn, chairman county com
mittee. S. ". Dooley was elected
temporary chairman and L. A. White
secretary. On motion the chair ap-
pointed the following committees:
| CREDENTIALs:-Dr. W. II. Allen,
Win Hickman, Chas. SniZer, W. nj
Yancy and John Moore.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION AND Or
DER OF BUsINEss:-D. L. Edrington,
w. A. Lansdown, o. NJ. Burkhart,
Ivan Reeder, F. G.. Ashby.
REsoLUTIoNs:-J. d. Allen, ". S.
Mudd, DIR. j. ". Crabtree, Geo. W.
Miers and A. B. Hyde.
Convention took recess to 2:30
p. m.
On reassembling the reports of
the various committees were re
ceived and adopted as reported.
The temporary organization was
made permanent. The order of
business provided, 1st, selection of
judicial delegates, 2nd senatorial,
3rd state and 4th congressional.
The following resolutions were
reported and adopted:
We, the democratic party of Bates
county in convention assembled,
renew our allegiance to the princi
Piles enunciated in the Chicago
platform of 1896, and especially the
brave and fearless stand on the
money question.
We renew our fealty to that fear
less, gifted and eloquent silver
champion, W. j. Bryan and com
mend the patriotic motives which
prompted him to offer his services
to his country in the present war
with Spain.
We heartily endorse the course of
our senators and representatives in
congress from this state, and espe-
cislly our true, loyal and gifted d.
A. DeArmond.
We endorse the wise and econom.
ical administration of the affairs of
Missouri by our democratic officials
from the advent of the party into
power, and especially do we COM
mend the administration of our
present governor, Lon V Stephens,
in the management of state affairs
and deplore the unjust and unseen
ly fight waged on him by some So
called democratic papers.
We further heartily commend the
state administration in it's recent
effort to control the Trusts and Cor
porations of this state, by bringing
the full power of the state to enforce
the laws, as demonstrated by the
recent suits SO ably prosecuted by
Attorney General Grow, assisted by
our fellow townsmsn, W. W. Graves |
We endorse the course of the
chairman of our state committee, |
Hon Sam B Cook in his manage
ment of the last state campaign and |
recommend his retention at the head |
of the state committee.
We send greetings to our brave |
boys at the front now battling to |
uphold the cause of liberty and |
teaching tYrants to respect "old |
glory" and assure them that our
hearts are with them in the strife.
Hon. T. W. Silyers withdrew his
name from further consideration in
a graceful little speech in which he
that he had entered the |
race late and made a creditabIe |
showing, He thanked his support
ers, assured the convention that there
were no ''sore spots pledged his
unqualified support to Mr.. Graves.
The following delegation for Hon.
". ". Graves was then elected
opposition: J. NJ. Christy,
A. ". Thurman, r. A. Bachelor,
Sol Jonas, III. A. Kimbrough, ". s.
Mudd, Jno A. Patterson, Edgar
Wilson, 81. G Walton and Sam l.
Starr.
For senator two delegations were
presented, one for Hon. W. 0. Jack
son and one for T. L. Harper The
vote stood, for Jackson 1911, Har
per S0f The delegates are: c. Il.
Joe Reeder, W B Williams.
E. III. Johannes, ". II. Allen, Joe
L. Smith, DR.. B. E Lusk, J. D.
Wilkerson, Philip Zeal. Jno. B.
Adsir.
Delegates to the state convention
are S. ", Dooley, John Jamison, ".