Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-07-14
FRIDAYS SESSIONS.

The morning session was obliged to
adjourn without being able to transact
any business. This was caused by the
failure of the Committee on Resolu-
tions to agree on their report.
At S:03 the Convention was called
to orde and Senator Daniel, chairman,
Committee on Resolutions, read the
report.
The greatest gathering Of the ses-
sion was present and Senator Daniel
could not be heard on account Of the
disorder in the galleries.
At 1857 the reading of the platform
same was carried.
Littleton of New York makes the
speech nominating Judge A. B. Park
er for president. The name of Parker
was the signal for tumultous applause
and was followed by procession of State
standards around the hall.
Senator Carmack of Tennessee Sec
onds nomination Of Parker.
Delmas of California dominates
William r. Hurst. His mention Of
Bryan calls forth loud applause. The
convention was in an uproar of ap-
plause for 40 minutes before e, ].
O'Donnel of Colorado could make the
seconding speech.
Handy of Delaware dominates Judge
Gray.
Great commotion was caused by an
Iowa delegate, who rose to protest
against the chairman Of his State Sec
onding the nomination of Hearst. The
Iowa delegate, Sam Wright, prevented
by his delegation from expressing his
views and escorted to the platform by
delegates from other States addressed
the convention. Tremendous excite
ment was caused by Wright's second
ing of Parker and Iowa refused to re-
ceive Wright when he returned from
the platform.
AT 8 o'clock Saturday morning the
nominations for the presidency were
about closed and the voting was eX-
pected to begin at once. Parker, Hearst
Miles, Gray, Harmon, Olney and Cock
rell were placed in nomination in
speeches that were followed by great
demonstrations among the delegates
and in the audience, which was the
greatest ever gathered in the Coliseum.
When Missouri was reached, Cock
cell vas placed in nomination by Per
manent Chairman Champ Clark, who
relinquished the chair to Senator Bail
ey. Clark's speech was received with
great enthusiasm, and as it progressed
the name Of Cockrell was cheered I'M
til the speaker could not be heard.
Nebraska and Kansas moved their
standards over the Missouri dele
CATION, the first declaration of the
sort developed In the course of the
session. Renewed cheering followed
the move.
At 1870 Champ Clark arose to place
Cockrell in nomination.
81 am going to name the next Presi-
dent of the United States" he began.
He chose a happy vein and had the
sympathy Of the crowd. He protested
against the assertion that the Presi-
dency is impossible to a man from a
Southern State. Men by the score,
he said, are in these states capable of
making splendid Presidents, and such
men, he asserted, were on the platform
with him-Bailey of Texas, Head of
Tennessee, and Williams of Missis-
sippi.
When Clark named Cocl1rell, gal
Ieries and large per cent of the crowd
on the floor broke into cheering. Led
by Governor Dockery, the Missouri
delegation performed prodigies by way
of expressing their sentiments. The
section of the delegation bearing a
waving mass of flags with the Mis-
souri, standard bobbing up and down in
its midst. Flags by the hundred ap-
Feared in the hands of the crowd
No Bryan or Hearst demonstration
excelled that accorded this States
senior Senator.
President Meyer Released.
Denver, Colo: Charles H. Meyer,
president Of the Western federation of
Miners, was released from custody by
Sheriff Bell OF Teller county in this
city Tuesday afternoon after furnish
ing bonds for $4,000 on the charges
of murder and melting riot filed
against him at Cripple Creek. Bonds
were provided by q guarantee com
pany. Meyer has been prisoner 1903
days, and during the greater portion Of
that time was confined in the bull
pen at Telluride on the plea Of mill
tary necessity"