Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-01-23
THE STATE COMMITTEE DECIDES AGAINST A GENERAL PRIMARY.
A Resolution Calling n Chairman Seibert to Make a Detailed Report
of His Personal Campaign Collections and Disbursements
Defeated-The Official Can-Chairman
Seiberts Address.

The Democratic state central COM
mittee met at st. Louis, on the 18th,
and decided to hold the judicial on
vention in Springfield on Tuesday,
July s, and the general convention in
st. Joseph, Tuesday, July %.
St. Joseph was the only candidate
for the latter gathering, the other
cities competing for the judicial con-
vention. Springfield received II votes
out of 80 on the seventh ballot, JEFF
ferson City being the closest COM
petitor, with 9 votes.
w. L. Gupton, of the Ninth con-
g~ressional district, introduced a res
olution asking that 30 days be given
Champ Clark in which to present II
petition, signed by 100000 democrats,
calling for a general primary, and
that the state chairman should there
upon issue the call in accordance
with the petition. William Aull, OF
the Seventh district, offered a sub
s%titute, declaring that the state COM
mittee could not assume sue an au-
thority. The substitute was adopted
by a vote of 20 to 10.
Z. A. Glenn presented a resolution
demanding that Chairman j. M. Sci
bert should convene the. finance COM
mittee within two days, and there
make a detailed report of receipts
collected by him personally and eX-
penditures in the campaigns of 1898
and 1900. Upon motion of L. j.. Ward,
of st. Louis, the resolution was ia
bled by a vote of 10 to IL.
Immediately after adjournment
Chairman Seibert issued a call for
the two conventions in accordance
with the action of the committee.
The basis of representation will be
one delegate to each convention for
each 500 votes cast for William j.
Bryan in 1900.
After the tabling of the resolution
by Mr.. Glenn, calling for a fiscal
statement from Chairman Seibert, L.
II. Wagner moved that the matter
be expunged from the records of the
state committee. Virgil Conkling,
who had spoken against the motion
to table, acquiesced. Wagoner's mo-
ton was passed unanimously.
Chairman's OficiaI Call for the Two Con-
ventions.
In pursuance of the order of the Demo-
cratic state central committee of Missou-
ri, made at it's meeting in st. Louis on
January Is, 1902, two separate delegate
conventions of the democratic party of
Missouri are hereby called to be held at
the following times and places:
First-A state judicial convention, to be
held at Springfield on Tuesday, July s, to
nominate three candidates for judges of
the supreme court.
Second-A state convention, to be held
at St. Joseph on Tuesday, July %, to
nominate a candidate for state superin-
tendent of public schools, two candidates
for railroad and warehouse commission
erS, one for a full term of six years and
one for the uneXpired term of the late
Joseph Harrington; also to elect a hair
man of the Democratic safe central com
mittee for a term of two years., and to
select two members of said committee
from each congressional district to serve
for a period of two years.
Delegates to these conventions shall be
elected by representative districts, except
in the city of st. Louis, where they shall
be elected by wards.
To each of these conventions each rep
resentative district in the state outside OF
the city of St. Louis, and each ward in
the city of st. Louis, shall be entitled to
one delegate for every 500 votes or major
fraction thereof cast for Bryan electors
in 1900.
Under this apportionment the severaI
counties and representative districts OF
the state, and the wards of the city OF
st. Louis, are respectively entitled to del.
egates to each of these conventions, as
follows: