The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-08-07

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The Republican party Of st. Fran
, co.'s County held a delegated CONVEX
tion al Fiat River iaAI Saturday "a
nominate county ticket. Harmony
u not spelled with big n In the Re.
publican organization, and there Sas
pretty lively time 10 the convention.
] be cause Of the strained relations
between the two recently contendlng
factions rests upon two alleged
grounds. Cue 10 that the old cora
miIsee. Of which AIR. j. W. Buck was
chairman, did not fail into q scheme
to uaturaliEe = number Of Hungarian
miners 10 former campaign In the
interest Of lheir coupiy ticket, and Il
was charged against them that they
didn't want TO elect their ticket, but
simply to control the organization and
reap the benefit Of such patronage as
might come this way from the National
Administration. The other Il, that
opposition TO the old committee was
prompted from another sourcs and for
an entirely different reason. Mr..
Buck, the chairman, the Blessings and
some Of their friends are closely idcntl.
fed With tho 81. Francois County
Electric Railway Company, aud are
very fayorably disposed towards the
Southern Missouri railroad. This
aroused the ire Of the opposition OF
these two Important enterprises, and
they determined to rebake the old
committee, especially Air. Buck and
the Giessiugs who have been very
active In party work. Which Of
these, whether, both or either, caused
the split, we are not able 10 say; we
simply relate that which We have heard
from pretty good Republican authority.
When the convention met, contest
Ing delegations we're sprung from Des-
logo, Flat River and Pennington, tho
aahody knew when, how nor where the
an,i-BBck delegations from Pennington
aud Dosloge were elected. The uou-
test came up GA the Temporary organ.
iEation Of the convention. Polite e.
wins moved that all the delegates from
the conlesilng precincts which were
on both delegations be allowed n
voice in the temporary organization
As Polite aud two or three friends hAp-
pensd to be on both Deslogo delegations
aud there were no Implications on the
delegations from either Pennington or
Flat River, this appeared like rather a !
cinch 10 his favor Alr. Buck offered |
as a substitute that the two delegations
from Flat River, with a half vote each.
be allowed to participate IN the tenn
porary organization, Gas there were
really two separate meetings al that
point which elected delegates, each
called TO order by a eommilleeman), |
and that the delegates elected by the
regular precinct meetings al Farming
ou aud Desloge be allowed to partioi-
pate. The substitute prevailed, aud
bis was Mr.. Bucks first victory.
10 the appointment Of committees
he Back faction paid particular at
enlion TO all except The committee GU
aud this got back at them
y giving them rap over the shoulders
" the County Court on its action 10
granting the Electric Railroad Com
,any a franchise to build their railway
lloug the gravel road, etc. Tho anti
Suck, anu-publc improvement crowd
made another attempt TO down Mr.
Buck by moving that the convention
lect the chairman Of the County Com
nitlee, but this failed also, and 10 the
lection Of committeeman Mr.. Book
ecurcd a majority Of his iriends, end
is viii probably be again elected
hartman when tho committee meets
Of ofgauizIiou.
The following ticket was nominated
Rcprcsen,ative-Rcv q. r. Montgomery.
Prosecuting Attorney Barton Boyer.
Circuit Clnrk-garr uartzhorn.
County Clerk-U. &. G.. EVANS
Collcctor-i'Tentlce Elvins
TrvnsuTcr-A T. gprndlinE.
Probate JudEe-Prof. G. o. Nations.
Sheriff-JamsN Croke.
Presiding judge. W. Hunter.
Judge ist Dist -, G. Thomasaon.
Judge 20 DIST Allen HUI
Coroner-Dr Pred Branning.