The St. Louis Republic., 1904-06-22
BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
st Joseph. Mo-, June H.-Judge A. NJ.
Woodson was nominated for the Supreme
bench, Governor Dockery was felicitated
and the Supreme Court was unqualifedly
indorsed as to its honesty and ability to-
day by the Democratic State judicial Con-
yention.
Anti-Folk men were about 100 in the
majority. though feeling was confined to
uncomplimentary sounds very much like
kissing which greeted W. D. vandiver. the
Folk manager. when he took the floor as
delegate from the Thirteenth District.
Aside from such modified examples of
personal bitterness the proceedings OF the
convention proper went of smoothly. BY
the recommendation of the Credentials
Committee the respective Folk and Halves
delegations from St. Louis County were
divided. half vote being allowed to each
delegate
By this act the committee and the con-
vention declared that no Indian out
RACES had been perpetrated in st. Louis
County; in fact. the committee expressly
stated in its report on this contest, the
circumstances relevant to which were
fully aired in testimony. that "the charge
of importing voters from the city of St.
Louis to participate in the Central Town
ship primaries is not sustained by the evil
dence." This evidence had to do with the
primary mass meeting in three townships
and with the rioting at the Clayton Court
vention- Accordingly, the committee in
executive session, after concluding the
testimony. on the theory that Folk and
Hawes each had carried two Of the five
fOWngffrg decided
DIVISION FOR HARMONY.
A member of the committee subsequent
ly declared that a majority had favored
seating all the Hawes men, but that the
division was made in the interests of
harmony"
''The purpose" he said. was to give no
opportunity for charges that this con-
coming Folk convention viii not use this
as excuse to unseat the st. Louis, st.
Louis County, Clinton and Jasper Reed
and Hawes delegations
The Phelps or anu-Barber faction OF
Jasper did not push their contest farther
Eve might have gotten a favorable re-
said Cornelius Roach. but we would have
been beaten In the convention. So what
was the use?
vention about o'clock. The delegates
were tired, and in no mood for speeches.
W. d. Rusk of st. Joseph, in delivering
the address nominating Judge Woodson,
did not fn6 an aDpreciative audience.
They wanted to get away. Said Rusk:
Let me tell you something of our cam
didate. When the Pilgrim Fathers laEded
at Plymouth"
That's doggone long time ago. part
ner," called out some stentorian voice.
Rusk persevered:
In 1873" he began.
Cut it out. too long ago." some one
shouted
Mr.. Rusk then adapted himself to the
humor Of the convention, overlooked his
words about Judge Woodson. He was
educated in the Missouri schools" he de-
clared. That's better" yelled someone
from the Seventh District.
Mr.. Harber, permanent chairman of the
convention. strove to keep order. but
could not keep down the manifestations
Of impatience.
jurist and former Congressman, made the
secondiuC speech. and delivered himself
briefly and to the point. He then moved
tfias Judge Woodson be nominated by ac-
clamation. and It carried on the instant.
Just twenty-five minutes were consumed
by the two speakers. Not half minute
later the delegates were trailing to the
depots.
DocKERY MAKES ADDRESS.
Governor Dockery. on invitation. spoke
early in the afternoon before the conven-
ZION. he pOlnNcu Tie CCouOAuAC
istration of affairs by Democrats. and
summed up the national situation. He
said that IT does not appear whether Par
ker. Hearst or Cockrell will be the nomi-
nee for President, but that IL any one OF
them he and the party must remember
and consider Democratic traditions and
principles.
ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
One mistake OF the anti-FoIk men con-
tributed the one comic strain to the pro-
ceedings. and by virtue of st the st. Louis
County contest leaped into prominence
over that from Jasper.
The State Committee practically had
settled everything last night by tempo
rariiy seating all contested delegations
possessing the s.prima- facie' credentials
Such was the rule adopted.
But 1t developed that the Folk dele
cation from ST. Louis County had the
prima-fscie claims. and Congressman
vandiver. as representing, the Folk in
terests. demanded that the rule be ap-
Piled to st Lorss County Chairman
Rothwell then. by the authority Of the