The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-06-30
STONE, DOCKERY, CLARK
AND De ARMOND CHOSEN
Continued From Page One,
which mention of Folks name was re- not by Il

not by the hoodlums of St. Louis 1 com,
before you tonight not with anv set
! speech. but with the intention of asserting
! the principles of truth and justice in al
| things, and to stand right there" Cheers
and misses from the convention greeted the
statement
Temporary Chairman Reed raped for
| order and declared that the convention
| should give everybody a fair hearing.
! COMMITTEE REFUSED
TO LOOK AT CREDENTIALS.
That Is all l ask" said Judge Gibson
but what has St. Louis County received
! here? We've not been asked for our ere.
| dentials. We offered them to the Commit.
| tee on Credentials, and they were re-
| fused. Our case was not taken up in any
| way by the committee, and the action OF
| the st Joseph convention was arbitrarily
! followed by the committee of this conven.
| ton"
Judge, Gibson proceeded again to refer
| to the hOOdlum element of St. Louis in.
| terfering in St. Louis County.
cut out that about the hoodlum eIe-
ment' yelled somebody. You're a liar, :,
cried another
Chairman Reed again demanded order
Il am going To let Judge Gibson talk
| until he gets through declared Reed
! Peyton Parks of the committee said that
| the members of his committee were Ia rye
| ly men who mad heard the evidence given
| at st. Joseph. and that the action of this
| committee resulted from a desire to save
uHe' iHat tne maj vote represented the
UNANIMOUS action of men who had been
| Reed, Hawes and Folk men. respectively
| he went on 10 say that the Central Town
| ship Folk Primary Convention had been
! wholly irregular. having been held in Sc
! cret in blacksmith shop.
Doctor lie Grande Atwood then took the
! floor. but was received with catcalls until
| he asserted that the St Louis County Prf-
| mary conventions were not Influenced by
| Indians or any outside influences Then
he was cheered He talked at length on
he declared. who asserts that Indians
voted in st. Louis is guilty of slander
against the Democratic party Of the State.
tWild cheers of approval)
ST. LOUIS DELEGATES
RIDICULE JESSE JOPLIN.
Jesse Joplin, a Folk man and member of
the ST. Louis County Central Committee.
attempted to speak in behalf of the Folk
contentious. The membership of the St.
Louis delegations acted in a disgraceful
manner. hooting. ridiculing and 'shaming
Mr.. Joplin, who is an old and haired
man. certain strength in the Conven-
ton took up the cries and the voice of the
speaker was completely drowned in the
noise. Mr.. Reed demanded order again.
Joplin then stated in tones quivering
with passion that he had never seen in his
20 years such scenes in a courtroom as
were enacted in the Probate Court of St
Louis County on the occasion of the pri-
mary convention: that he and his gray
hairs had been assaulted by five toughs,
but five was too many for my years"
HIS appeal changed the sentiment of the
convention toward him. He was vocifer-
Ously cheered. Then the question recurred
to the adoption of the report, and it was
declared adopted under the gavel The
ayes and noes seemed of about equal
volume.
MENTION OF FOLK CALLS
OUT GENUINE APPLAUSE.
William H. Wallace of Kansas City, who
was defeated for the Senate two years
ago, by Senator Stone. was the first man
to mention Mr.. Folks name before this
during the afternoon session, in dealing
with the prospects of the Democratic
party in the State, he designated the St
Louis Circuit Attorney as the next Gov
ernOr.
The reception accorded Mr. Wallace's
laudation of the well-known prosecutor
should diSsipate the idea that Folk and
anti-Folk divisions wholly sever the two
wings of the party. He was cheered
loudly. continuously, and enthusiastically
the demonstration had a truly genuine
rlng-and when one wave of hurrahs had
Subsided, another came laundering from
the throats of the large audience.
Delegates, as well spectators, were
among those who thus proclaimed their
faith in the successful candidate, and it
would be untruthful to say that n ma
jority of the convention did not contri-
butte to the enthusiasmS though IL is the
fact that strictly speaking, q majority of
the delegates personally were anti-Folk
men.
This is not to intimate that bitterness
has disappeared. There are irrecOncilables,
who seize with avidity upon disgracefui
canards printed by INSCRIPTIONS publish
ers elsewhere, and circulated in Joplin, at
lacking the public and private character
of NJ. Folk.
PLEA FOR HARMONY
HAVING IT'S EFFECT.
But undoubtedly the declarations of Gov
ernor Dockery for unity of purpose among
Democrats, and insisIence down the line
for harmonious front in the campaign
has had tangible effect.
Folk men are quarreling with the ac-
ton of the Credentials Committee on the
st. Louis County contest. 1t was an
nounced that both sides would be called
to state their side. They were not called,
ana the committee, in executive session.
ordered, as was ordered in ST. Joseph, that
both delegations be allowed half vote.
The Folk men claim that the contest
was settled irrespective of the merits of
the case. But both the Folk and anti
Folk representation on the committee de-
clare that the action was taken in the in
terest of harmony, which practically
everybody is talking.
Testimony was allowed in the Clinton
and Jasper contests. The circumstances of
the primaries and primary conventions in
these counties was gone over at length In
Clinton by unanimous action the Reed del
men were favored by vote of II to O. A
minority report to the convention was or
dered in the latter instance.
TOO much effort has been made" said
Congressman Nandiver. ito inject Folk
and anti-Folk into everything at this and
the st. Joseph convention. 1 cannot say
that the Folk men are satisfied with the
action in Jasper or st. Louis counties, but
l believe that the former was done in the
cause of unity in the party. Inasmuch as
the Folk men made no effort to control
the delegations to this convention think
that they can say that. on the whole, they
have been fairly treated
VOICE OF TRIUMPHANT
DEMOCRACY AGAIN HEARD.
THE voice of triumphant and invincible
Democracy is once more heard in the land
of Missouri"
Such was Nj. Reeds initial greeting TO
the convention after being introduced as
temporary chairman by Chairman Roth
well of the State Committee. He then be-
gan a typical Reed speech. His audience
was extremely enthusiastic and his every
sentence was Endorsed by bursts of APP
p.ause.
His first words were directed at the Re-