The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1900-05-03
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The BlEss Delesaies Belt and Held q
Meeting Of Their Own.

MssiiaS Of Their Own.
The County Democratic Convention
10 elect delegates to the several Stat,
and Judicial Conventions, met at III,
Court House IN Pennington on Monday
April 80, 1900. pursuant TO call Of ID,
County Democratic Committee. Mas,
meetings we're held at The several voi.
ing precincts Of the county on the Sat.
urdHy previous, TO elect delegates &c
this convention. Il Is a recognized
fact that harmony is not one Of the pre-,
sailing characteristics Of the Democrat.
ic organization IN this county, tho fac.
tional spirit a, times running ~ high
that reason is cast 10 the winds. A
fractional eight WAS prcclpiialed over the
Court OF Appeals Judgship. Hon. NJ.
l., Clardy, General Attorney Of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad, came down
from IT Louis about week before the
holding Of the precinct mas NEE tings,
and in few huurs after bis arrival II
vas 10 the mir that thia county was to
be carried for Judge BigYs, and some
Of the most active adhcrcnis Of What Is
known as the Clardy faction went to
work 10 earnest to carry out that OBJ
ject. Tais met with opposition 10 the
part Of the friends Of Judgcs Wood aud
Goode, and The contest was inaugursIed
fast and furious. The result was very
close. When the convention Assem-.
bled It was discovered that the Wood
GOOde side had p delegates aud the
Riggs side Il, with coniesting drlega.
lions from Desloge precinct.
Chairman Tuliock of the County
Commiite called the convention To OF.
der. Judge Wm, Carter was numl.
mated by the Diggs side for temporary
chairman, and Robert +. Mitchell by
the Wood side. The vote was taken
by precincts. and when Deslngc WAS
called the iiiggs delegation from that
precinct attempted TO vote, when ohjcc.
ton was made on the ground that their
tight 10 seat In the Convention was
contested. Chairman Tulluck II the
County Democratic Committee ruled
that NJ there WAS contest from that
precinct, neither delegation could be
allowed n vote In the convention until
the contest was settled by the commit.
tee on credentials aud passed upon by
the convention. The Biggs side pro-
tested against this ruling, and threat.
ened 10 withdraw, but finally quoted
down. The chair held TO its ruling,
and the vote being announced showed
that MIR. Mitchell received 20 votes
aud Judge Carter IL, whcrcupon Mr.
Mitchell was declared elected temper.
AIRY chairman. JEFF u. ruston was
then elected temporary secretary with
out opposition.
When It came TO proposing commit.
tees on credentials, permanent organ.
iZaiion, resolutions, etc. the war broke |
out afresh. The Woods eide nomi. |
mated the following named gentlemen |
as q committee on credentials; Jack.
son Shaner, II s. Evans, Joe nunkIin,
I. |. Tciicy and NJ. H. Smith. The
Biggs side offered as a substitute Park
hurst sIceth, W. u. Harden, Francis
J. I. Murphy and Hastings
til
Tie substitute, and again the Biggs del
egation from Dcsloge attempted to vote,
but Chairman Mitchell sustained the
ruling Of Chairman Tullock Of the
County Democratic Committee. Again
he Biggs side made strenuous pro-
est, but the chairman held 10 the rule,
Ind the vote being announced, IL showed
10 agains, tho substitute aud II for.
During this time there was much con.
usion aud protestation on tho part Of
he Biggs delegates, and the vote was
allied on the original list nominated
or committee on credentials, which
Fas declared elected. The Biggs del.
gates. and one delegate instructed for
Wood, but who had voted with them,
ol'ed In body aud left the conven.
on
After the bol,ers bad gone tho con. |
cntiun proceeded with the business,
Iecicd committees on permanent or.
resolutions, etc, aud then
waited their reports. The committee
d credentials reported all the delegates
ecied from tho several precincts of the !,
'uniy entitled To soats, except the con.
sting delegations from Dcsloge, which
ere excluded on the evidence sub. Il
lifted, that 10 the confusion and wran- c
G over tho election of delegates at that "a
'ecinet, no vote had been taken on CT
Ihcr list of delegates presented to the
Getting, and there was no war Of tell. Ell
8 that either was elected. The com W
llsee on permanent organization re. II
mmcnded that tho temporary officers Iy
made permanent officers Of the con.
ntion; both Of which reports were "
sulArly adopted. The convention Ia
30 proceeded TO the work Of elcc,ing W,
Iegates TO tho several State aud Ja. Sc
'ial Conventions, With the following Of
Iult;
State Nominating Convention, Kan. nj,
City, June 5ih---joe Dunklin, T.. A.
Bcnham, T.. Z. Swink. John vii. on
ma, J. q. Ballard, Jr., Thomas II. ns
I'm and Ed. Tetley oh
Convention 10 elect Delegates to the
iioual Convention. JefIersou Ci,y,
ne Ill. l.. Page, John Williams,
o. fresnell aud James Warren. Tn
CosFt Of Appeals Judicial Conycn. mi
4, Cape GirArdeau, May 29-F. | Oh
hey, J. ID. Turner, John Spence yer
Jere s. Gossnm. wh
supreme Court Judicial Convention, ina
Ialia, July lI---R, 4. Mitchell. Ira iay