The St. Louis Republic., 1904-06-22

| Barton further said that he saw r. NJ
n hsd there bee %n S1ner ~ men, EN- that ZEN
| Railway and that there are many Sub
urban and Transit Company employees who
live outside of the city limits.
| where are the city Hmits?' asked Judge
| Broadhead.
Il think they are at Kings highway
replied Barton.
Several statements were made in be-
half of the Folk contentious. Perha3 3s
| the most direct story of the noted prim-
mary was furnished by Charles A Cum
| ninghan1 of Ferguson. AS to the failure
| to name in advance the place and time
of the county convention, Mr.. Cunning
ham said;
COMMITTEE FEARED TRAP.
Doctor Sudduth of Clayton showed me
a letter in which We were asked to
specify a place. 1 said I thought it was
a trap. and gave my opinion that It
| would be better TO wait until next day
| when the committee would meet again.
ana then seeing the situation would act
accordingly.
The next day we decided on the Pro
| bate Court room. We ruled that nobody
| be admitted save those who were pri1na
facie delegates, and that when these
were seated contesting delegations would
/ public. So / told Mr.. Rautbush and
| Claulre Martin to tell their people. 1 was
| standing al the door when they came. fol-
| lowed by crowd. told them that they
Reed. Rautbush and Tom jenkins to wait
| a minute.
| Il tried to hold them back. but could
| not l ran upstairs and asked the
| Sheriff's assistance TO preserve order, but
was refused it. In my judgment there
,,n Were forty for or nifty sI men II there h not en-
Harry Hawes: Was a majority left in
| the haH?"
seventy three went away" -,
| in the. Probate Court room than went
Yes. but I am told that twenty or
more Folk men remained simply to watch,
and did not vote"
William Campbell of Webster Groves also
| spoke for seating the Folk delegation.
Shotwell asserted his conviction that the
Clayton adjournment and the convention
at kirkwood were regular. saying that
formally put and carried. The others
either duplicated this testimony, de-
scribed the preceding primary mass meet
ing in Central. st. Ferdinand and Caron-
OF the presence of Indians" at Claw
ton, Taylor said:
Il saw a large number of people on
cars coming from s.: Louis, and wearing
red badges. l saw The Republics photog-
rapheT attacked and his camera hacked
to pieces by these ruttians wearing red
assistance of the photographer / saw three
men draw revolVers
1T was a crowd of between 400 and 500
that rushed to the Probate. Court room. 1
should say. / told Mr. Joplin 10 keep
them back but they were too many. l
saw several men from st. Louis and I
saw Jenkins put his shoulder down and
push the door in
DELEGATES ARE PROMPT.
The 700 delegates to the convention were
IN town promptly this morning. Among
the arrivals of other weIl-known Demo-
Seibert and Moses p. Wetmore. Governor
Dockery was possessed of special amiabili-
" and good humor. and it was Hello.
Jack: Hello joe" to practically everybody
whom he met. His memory for names is
prodigious.
After the proper cheer of playing bands.
the first session of the convention was
called TO order. Permanent committees
were announced and the convention ad-
iourned to await their reports. The fol-
lowing is the makeup of the commit
tees, the names in the order of congress
SIGNAL districts frOg one to sixteen
Harber, John B. Van Hall. R. E Culver.
y. F. Heitman. ]. S. Briefly, Thomas J.
Delaney. John R, Green. Doctor A. NJ.
Hawes, J: J. Butler. C. A. Revelle, H. A.
Conrad. James McGannon. w. J. Moore.
ResolutiOns-C. ]. Duckworth. H. J.
West, John B. Wood. w. ID. Rusk. Joseph
B. Shannon, Dick Howard, Judge Samuel
Davis, w. A. Davidson, ]. J. Duncan,
Joseph Hannauer. Philip Dwyer. Senator
Dave Nelson, Henry G. Vaeth. T. H. Hud-
Permanent Order of Business-W. H.
Sears w. I. Dameron,- H. B. McEntire,
w. B. Chrisnan. Jacques Harvey. W. L.
Chaney, R. A. HIgdon. N. C. Hickcox. S.
G, Wright, Thomas b. Estep. Judge Hiram
Moore, Thomas d. Kinney, J. B.
Daniels. Charles H Ireland, D. F. Lee,
u. H. Ruckcr.
The permanent officers chosen were:
chairman, E. NJ. Harber. Second District;
secretary, Frank ]. Stever, Fourth Dis
frict; reading secretary. Homer Osborne.
Fourth Distrist; assistant secretary, r. A.
Higdon, Seventh District; assistant sec
rotary, R. H. Musser Third District; as
sistant secretary. B. H. Rucker. Sixteenth
District sergeant-at-arms. E E. Guion,
Twelfth District; assistant sergeant-at-
arms. Peter Waggoner, Tenth District;
assistant serseant-at-arms, J. r. Elliott.
Eighth District
SUPREME COURT RESOLUTION.
For a moment it appeared that unex-
pected ginger would be injected into the
proceedings of the Resolutions Committee.
Joe Shannon Of Kansas City wanted to
know IL the resolution as then proposed
in its Endorsement Of the-State admins
tration also tndorsed State control of the
city police,
j. w. Farrfs seemed inclined to support
some expression condemning State con-
troll. but Chairman David held that such
questions SHOULD go over to the Jefferson
City convention.
One member of the committee wanted
the Supreme Court reference more specific
desired that it indorse that body as ''it
now exists. Change of the verbiage was
lbtIon as originally drafted passed the
committee, went before and was adopted
by the convention.
The resolution in full follows:
Under our American form of govern
ment no department can be more impor-
tant than the judicial department. II in
all others. This is true because the ju-
dietary interprets the Constitution. con-
strues statutes and deals directly and
daily with both the personal and property
Upon the calm. considerate Judgment
wisdom and patriotism of an able and un-
right judiciary. more than anything else,
depends not only the protection of the in
dividual citizen in the enjoyment of life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness hut |
the public safety Itself Il is the sworn
every man. rich or poor. great or humble. |
against the deprivation Of any right TO |
which he may pe entitled as citizen. ex-
cept 1t be done in strict accordance with |
the forms of law.
ANY attempt. therefore, without lust. |
ample and certain cause, to destroy or |
impair public respect for. and confidence |
In. the judiciary of State or nation should |
be unSuaringlv condemned.
Firm in this belief and actuated by this |
spirit, we, the representatives of the Mis- |
souri, Democracy assembled in conven-
tion for the purpose OF nominating a /
Judge of the Supreme Court proclaim |
our pride in the splendid record made BY |
the judiciary OF our State throughout the I
history of the Commonwealth. and hereby |
express. in unequivocal terms. our COM
plete and unShaken confidence In the
learning. honor and integrity of the Su-
preme Court of the State.
''Resolved, further. That we heartily in
dorSe the present Democratic administra-
tion, Of which Governor A. NJ. Dockery
Is the head.