The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-28

d. Nortoni of New Cambria nominated
State Senator John. c. Mckinley He
He said that Mckinley had been unani-
mously elected to the senate.
| "He Is a member of the General As
sembly who is the enemy of the boodiers,
He has never been so much as called
before a Grand Jury. He is close to the
farmers. and we must St look S's,o1 to them for
| victory. and not to the cities.
cries of NO. no. made Nortoni say:
| Yes. I mean it,.
seIden P spencer of St. Louis nomi;
| mated Cyrus p. Walbridge. He declared
| that all of the candidates for Governor
! could stand on the platform that had been
| adopted.
| Ter. the reversals of bribe cases; We might
| forget the immunity given to bribe-giv-
crs. he said. but We revolt against the
! man without the taint of Doodle influences
The man whom nominate Is Incapable
of inaincerity or deceit. He Is cyrus T.
Wslbridge of St. Louis
+. w. Coon of Mercer County seconded
the nomination of Mckinley. and said that
no man would be nominated for Governor
who was not Il refOrmer before as well a1
after. election.
There is nothing about him which no--~
explanation or will entail ernbarraSs-
ment.'
LAST REFUGE THE BALLOT
Henry Llmm of Sedalia nominated Rep
l'S''DlallNe JpDfl IL boutwell,.
The glamour and hurrah of this fight
will pass away" he said Your nominee
VIII not secure strength by the enthusiasm
%; this four You want a man who can
stand the searching criticism of days.
weeks and months. We will have to meet
the best and shrewdest politicians of the
country. They have beaten us for more
tl'an thirty years. after record Of fam
tastic performances that would have
SwampeG any "arty in any other State.
We do not assail the Supreme Court. but
Nc n find ha h.. las raF of nd
is in the ballot box. We must change the
law 50 that the ballot box cannot be
nailed down.
We need leader VINO will go the long
est distance. and who is familiar with the
'ntricacies Of the law. My man makes
no personal attack on any other candi-
every inch of him. and his name is John
H.. Boutwell, Of Pettis County
A. G. Knight of Grundy County. sec
onded ,he nomination of Walbridge.
He i the leader who can get the votes.
and he can get the votes, he said Every
interest will say business man. safe man.
man. We want old cy. Give US Wal
bridge. and We farmers can stand him
William Kinsey of St. Louis nominated
Il nominate, a man whose record Is
above reproach.' he said. We are not
here with faetional fight but for the
that surround certain men whose sur
roundinss render them unavailable at this
time say this & wi,h9ut o. a.,ia aitackins ANY, any
more votes out. of St Louis than any
otEe; candidate"
Doctor Max g Starklof of the Tenth
seconded the nomination of Walbridge.
In every political battle he has led his
party to victory" he said. He is fi' TO
lie Governor of Missouri The people of
Missouri are looking TO Us for protection
from Cook. Allen and Stone. Walbrdss
knows no section or creed. Nominate him
and we VII elect him
The roll call was then taken. and before
it was more than half finished it was
plainly seen that Walbridgs would Be-
nominated. He received 459 out OF 765
votes
As soon as the vote was announced.
SeEa;or Mckinley moved that the nomins
tion of Cyrus p. WslbridGe he made
unanimous. Judge Rassieur seconded the
motion. Henry Lsmm. Oh behalf of Mr..
Boutwell,; also seconded il. and the motion
was carried.
Boutwell, and Rassisur to escort MIR Wal
bridge to th" platform. Pending his Pr-
rival. Dan Hughes of Macon moved that
after Mr.. Walhridge had spoken an ad-
morrow. A roll call was ordered and an
adjournment was taken by vote of ts5
to $50
Mr.. walbridge began his talk at 1o:55.
''Is the voice the honest veice of this
convention
Cries of "Yes yes.''
Then it Will be Republican Missouri
under ~ honest count in November If
the people shall make me Governor
promise you that ] will he Governor for
the entire people of this State. and not of
one section or creed. / thank you for the
honor you have conferred upon me-.
The delegates were surprised at tine
brevity of his speech but appiaud lib
orally. Af-er the adjournment manv of -
them went to the stage and congratulated
the nominee