Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1900-06-01
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Delegates Selected to the State NOminat-
ing, State Delegate and State
Judicial Conventions.

the courthouse in Keytesvllle Tues
day, May 2o, for the purpose of elect.
} ing ID delegates to the state nominal
ing convention at Kansas City June
to nominate a state ticket; nine
| delegates to the state convention al
| Jefferson City June ID, which will
choose delegates from Missouri to the
Democratic national convention at
Kansas City July 4; nine delegates to
the state judicial convention at Sedalia
| July II to nominate candidate for
judge of the supreme court.
The county convention was called
to order by M. w. Anderson, chair
man of the county Democratic CEN
trail committee.
Gen. E. w. Price nominated Dr.
John S. Wallace of Brunswick as tenn
porary chairman, who was elected by
acclamation.
J. A. Collet nominated r. D. Ed
wards as temporary secretary, whose
election followed without a dissenting
voice.
Temporary Secretary R. D. Ed
wards then read the official call for
the convention.
On motion, the chair appointed 7
w. Davis, J. A CoIet and c. c.
Hammond a committee on rules and
order of business, motions having
been made and carried in the mean
time that delegates present be en-
titled to seats in the convention, and |
that the temporary organization be
made permanent.
Thos. R. Hamilton moved that
committee of five be appointed to
select delegates to the various con-
ventions. E. B, WEIGH offered an
amendtnent.to to the effect that the COM
mittee to select delegates be com
posed OF one from each township. il
A. Collet offered as substitute that
three committees, composed of three,
each, be appointed, one to select
delegates to the state nominating con-
vention, one to name delegates to the
state delegate convention and the
other to choose delegates to The state
judicial convention.
This started a wrange in which
good deal of feeling was ensendered,
one faction opposing and the other
avoring the list of delegates that had
,een slated for the various conven-
ions. The anti-slate faction thought
t was in the majority and so did the
late faction. The chair, however de- u
:lded that the slate faction had it."
He was on the slate.) A division
vas called for, and when the vote was
tie resulted-34 to "a.
A motion to reconsider was then
made, and when the motion was put
he vote stood 43 to "a. J. w.
Davis made the point (O that it re-
uired two. thirds vote to recon- s.
ider, although he admitted afterwards .
lat he knew it did not require two V
lIrds vote )
The chair sustained Mr.. Davis : :
oint (?). :"
Here G.. B. Crawley, this county's :,
tie candidate for judge of the Kansas =,
ity court of appeals, made an open, n
ank statement to the convention Y,
lat twas he who asked that the list 6,
delegates chosen to the state con- gi
be'permitted to pass muster. bi
he wanted to pay certain political
ebts that had been contracted by n,
S friends at the late judicial conven- ar
On at Moberly, and out of Difference A
him the list was elected So
The committee on rules and order E.
business had heard of ''the fight" RI
ID returned to the convention to Fr
ke part in the thickest ofthe fray. ST.
The smoke of battle having cleared ia
ray, the committee retired to make M ~
cir report, and during their absence d'-
convention was addressed by
On. John A. Lee of St. Louis, can. ~ -.
late for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, whose - -
marks were well received, and did -,
lch to get the convention in a good -
NOR