The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-06-07
DEMOCRATS OF MISSOURI.
Kansas City and st. Louis Machines
Are Turned Down. After Days
Fight in Committee.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, June 6.-For COVER
nor-Alexander NJ. Dockery, of Galiattn
For lieutenant governor-John A. Lee.
of St. Louis.
For secretary Of states. B. Cook. OF
Mexico.
For state auditor-Albert o. Allen. Of
New Mairid.
For attorney general-E. c. Crow, of
Webb city.
For state treasurer-R. p. Williams, OF
Fayettc.
For railway and warehouse commission
er-Joseph Harrington. of jefferson City.
Presidential electors at large-James a.
Reed. of Kansas City, aid William A.
Rothwell OF Maoerly.
The Democrats OF Missouri in state con-
ventlon today adopted a platform for the
coming campaign and named full state
ticket. They were in session continuously
from $50 in the morning till $50 in the
evening, declining to take recess till
their work had been completed. The con-
tests in the st: Louis and Kansas City
delegations, which it had taken the ere
dentials committee the whole of yesterday
to untangle, were decided in five minutes
time by the prompt adoption Of the com
for the anti-machine element.
When the resolutions committee pre-
sented its report, there was fight TO
strike out the Endorsement of Gov.
Stephens. It lasted for but minute or
two. and the report was adopted amid
much enthusiasm. The Platform reaffirms
specially specifying l6 to l. enthusiastically
indorses William J. Bryan. denounces
trusts and declares emphatically against
imperialism.
on the trust question 1t says: I'VE de-
nounce as one OF the most trying evils
OF the day the present tendency toward
monopoly and destruction of competition,
particularly the industrial combinations
known as trusts. We arraign the Repuh-
lican party as guilty of the grossest hypoc-
risy in the treatment OF this question in
bot in in
has steadfastiy refused to pass any legis-
lation which has been proposed TO curb
the power of trusts; has failed to with
draw tariff protection from trust-made
goods: has constituted the leaders of trusts
as leaders of its party in the nation and
accepted from them contributions of mil
lions of dollars to It's gigantic corruption
fund, which fact in itself is a men,
ace to the stability OF our free institu-
tons"
Hon. William s. Cowherd was made
permanent chairman and later on in a
ringing speech that set the convention
wild with delight named a. NJ; Dockery,
governor Mr. Dockery was the only
candidate for that office and he was nom
mated by reclamation.
1t took three ballots to select leu
tenant governor. There We're six candi-
dates. r. p. Love and j NJ. Lowe, of
Jackson county; w. II. McClintock. Mari
on county: J. w. Farris T.. A. Noonan
and John A. Lee, of St. Louis. Lee led
from the start and continued to gain.
When jackson county had been reached
on the third ballot Lees nomination was
assured and the other candidates fell
over themselves in Withdrawing from the
race. The nomination was finally made
by acclamation.
There were but two candidates for au-
ditor, Albert O. Allen, of New Madrid
and Frank L. Pitts, of Monroe. and 1t
took but one ballot to nominate Allen.
The vote stood Allen, G93; Pitts $40.
e. c. Grove, of Jasper. was the only
candidate for attorney general and his
nomination was by reclamation.
For Treasurer there were two candi-
dates. \. ii. Bolte, the present lieutenant
governor, and r. +. Williams. of Howard
county. Williams was named on the first
ballot by vote OF G51 to 5i5.
1t took the convention three hours and
half. after the most spirited contest Of
the session. to name railway and ware
house commissioner. There were nine
candidates. Joseph Harrington. of Jeffer-
son City; T. w. Parks, Of Platte City; T.
H. Mcclure, of st. Francis; W. G. Bron-
ough of Henry: Charles II. Vandiver
Lafayette. o. f. Guthrie. 81. Louis Fred
Bell. Montgomery: W. II. Phalen. Adair,
and Baxter Brown. of Kansas city.
NThe irst ballot resulted:
Mcclure. 30. Parks. IN: Harrington.
1874. Bronough 49, Bell. l23; Phalen, l03;
Vandivcr. 20; Brown. 81; Guthrie. a.
on the second ballot Brown withdrew
his name and Mcclure led with 2q5 votes
Parks was second with 261. and Herring
ton third with 29.
on the third ballot Vandiver. Guthrie
and Phalen withdrew and Parks led with
STA Bronough dropped out on the fourth
and his strength went to Harrington,
Who became first with So votes TO Parks
on the fifth ballot tho fight had sim
| mcred down to Harrington and Parks