The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-21
FOLK DELEGATION '
FROM ST. LOUIS COUNTY
SEATED BY COMMITTEE.

BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
jefferson City. Mo. July 3D.-The Folk
delegation from ST. Louis County was
seated by the Committee on Credentials
to-day the vote standing Is to 3. Hawes.
McCaffery and Butler OF St. Louis voted
in the negative. The action reverses the
verdict OF the St. Joseph and Joplin con-
vcntions. The recognized delegates are
anti-C Cook. eight in number.
The committee resumed work at Q
o'clock this morning. after the eleven
hour session of last night. Tired. but de-
termiRed TO get, through, the COMMITTEES
labored all the day endeavoring to hasten
the business of the convention. The coun-
ty contest was heard at length, debated
extensively and considered patiently. c.
c Fogle of the First District. Riley Hall
having taken the chair. moved to seat the
+, gular or Folk delegates. Supporting his
motion, Mr.. Fogle said:
whether the township meetings in st.
Louis County were regular or irregular,
both sides recognized the regularity. of the
preliminary meetings; they recognize the
Clayton Convention. Both sides met at
Clayton. They had row. Yet they adj
init that If they had both gone into that
convention it would have been regular.
Now the point lies in whether or not
the continuity of power can be found
from the moment of conveninS of the
Clayton convention up to its adjournment.
and up to the Kirkwood convention. Now
the temporary chairman called the Clay
ton convention to order. and II was IN or
der Then motion was made by an un-
ton was put. 1t was carried. would IKE
to know if one gentleman on this commit
tee can quote one syllable of law or evil
dence against the regularity of adjourninG
that Clayton convention, when II was run
in upon bulldozed and put In confusion.
so. Mr.. Chairman. l move the adop-
ton of my motion
NEW MADRID CONTEST.
Upon first converting, the committee en-
tered upon the New Madrid contest. dis
posing of II in short order The Folk del
egates were seated.
The St Louis County contest was then
called. A larger recital of the evidence
and more argument followed than had been
allowed at St. Joseph. Testimony was in
troduced bearing upon the circumstances
surrounding the primary mass meetings IN
townships and the County Convention at
Clayton. Again was the description of the
habits and vocation of the st: Louis In
dian voter furnished at length for the ben
eft of Democrats of less favored localities.
Thomas Coppinger. for the Folk side
told of the meetings IS held held In ne Ferguson, N on
County Committee. and called in a dark.
small and uncomfortable room, in which
the transaction of business was impossi-
BILE. The Folk men undertook to adjourn
to another and a larger hall, but were
opposed. Finally they did adjourn.
Hawes and McCaffery, by questions. en-
deavored TO strengthen the Hawes con-
tention that the adjournment was not
legal
Charles A. Cunningham supplemented
and corroborated Coppinger. He
serted. among other things. that Repub
lican negroes had been voted for Hawes
in Ferguson. and that to the best of his
knowledge St Louis Indians were pres
ent in large numbers.
HAWES PUTS QUESTIONS.
Hawes undertook the examination OF
Cunningham, developing matters affecting
The St. Louis Republic.
Did you not say to Judge McCaffery
at St Joseph continued Hawes. that
you thought the action of the Folk Demo-
Gratis in Central Township of st. Louis
County wholly upnjustifiable?'
II made some such statement but did
not then know what they were up against
in Central"
Did YOU ever make such statement to
Mr.. Graham. the managing editor of The
St Louis ReDublic?'
II remember that ! did"
What did he say?
He said that | was a blamed fool for
wanting to be fair to the other side
so the managing editor of The st:
Louis Republic" said Hawes loudly. and
in exultant ard satrical vein. so Mr..
Graham declared that you were fool for