Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-08-11
Evening Session.

Evening Session.
Ex-Mayor Ed A. Noonan, OF st. Louis,
created a sensation at the evening session
in seconding the nomination of Judge Mar
shall. He referred with savage sarcasm
to the innuendos and insnuatons in the re-
marks of Ex-Governor Stone. He said
every judge on the supreme bench had
asked for the appointment of Marshall. and
Governor Stone personally urged him to
accept an appointment as circuit judge.
This statement was greeted with Kisses,
and when he attempted to proceed the
Kisses We're redoubled. Mr.. Noonan stood
for a moment. his face flushed and then
with 4 gesture of disdain and in tone of
anger, said, i will not remain and address
an audience where SO many people hiss at
facts. and listen to and applaud the ut
terances of man vino has a GrudSe to
resent and an AK to grind
As he spoke, he walked off the platform.
James j. Butler. son of Colonel Ed But.
ler, big, fat politician of ST. Louis, fol-
lowed and stirred UP the matter worse
than ever by naming Mr.. Stone and de-
cIaring that, in praising. Judge Valiant,
Stone was simply repaying the kindness
shown him when Judge Valiant made MIN
receiver of the biggest busted bank in st.
Louis"
This raised roar of applause and hisscs.
Butler fired a few more hot shot and then
retired.
The Stone incident was fast raising a
row. When young Mr.. Jimmy Jones, CT
St. Louis. came forward everyone knew
he was to fire the parting shot for Judge
Valiant, and he did with a fancy flourish
and an emphasis that raised the whole
convention in applause. MIR. Jones declared
that. il 1896, when he and Governor Stone
were Touring the city. of st. Louis. max.
ing silver speeches. they never heard OF
Judge Marshall, except when he was try
ing through the courts to GUST Democrats
from city positions, while Judge Valiant
gave the celebrated Post-Dispatch decision
that held silver organ in the state for
the party.
Although Marshalrs margin was so small
as to be no criterion as to the result of
the Stone movement on platform. especially
in his ideas on expansion. he was pretty
generally supported by the orators of the
day.
| and Bland. The old silver champion, in
| assuming the duties of temporary chair
man, made strong. but almost pathetic
appeal for the pre-eminence of the silver
cause as the national issue of the party.
| The old war hCtah seemed to realize that
the cause he had championed SO aggres-
being obscured by newer and more attract
! i've questions. He spoke as one admonish-
| ing against hopless perverseness.. 1t was
! a plain. direct speech. given with an in
I disputable earnestness all the more pathetic
| because it seemed to elicit so little applause
| from the Democracy of state that had
! hitherto 'honoTed him as a pioneer and de-
| fender of holy cause"
The rules gave the long term to the high
est man If he had ia majority r.a and no tG the
/ a majority of the votes cast. In accord
! ance, each county voted for two men and
/ this cast the county vote twice. The vote
! Eburton. 20: Rarney. II: Valiant. 10. This
! is expected to secure the st. Louis vote
| for Mercer for railroad commissioner. The
| more strength than he had been credited
with and Judge Ramey not so much. st.
! Louis voted solidlv for Marshall. except in
! the Twenty-eighth ward where the five
votes went to Valiant. The Marshall
! forces cut up their vote for second choice
and scattered them about.
The Vernon county delegation voted for
| Marshall and the ST. Louis Marshall forces
| made big demonstration. This was the
| state insane asylum management all were
| in line and forced the Marshall vote.
! The convention adjourned until 3 O'Clock
| Tomorrow amid great confusion The chair
| aided in the adjournment by way of avert
| ing trouble.