The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-20
COOK VOTES ARE AT STAKE IN ALL OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
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BY A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
jefferson City. Mo. July 19.-Supporters
Of Joseph w Folk dominated the Creden-
tials Committee of the state Nominating
Convention. which held long and laborious
sessions, lasting into early morning. eX-
amining into the many contests and re-
versing several vcrdicts rendered by the
conventions held at St. Joseph and Joplin.
In the Credentials Committee lay the key
note to the pssbable action upon nominees
for Auditor and Secretary of State. Cook
votes were at stake in all the contests
considered.
The results in brief are these: Contest
ing Monroe County delegations. eight
votes, anti-Cook. seated: contesting Clin-
ton delegates. five votes, anti-Cook. seat
ed: regular Folk and Cook, De Kalb dele
gation, four votes. seated.
FoGLE Is CHAIRMAN,
ThsrFolk control became indisputabiy
appafent on the election of a. chairman
Judge C. C. Fogle of Schuyler County was
chosen by vote of 10, 10. l6. The point
became clearer itaftes the vote on the
Clinton and v onroe eases. Discussion and
treatment of the cases by the committee
men was distinguished by. careful fair and
judicial methods.
1,ha h.st of, LAWYERS and professional
,oo,, oitizops of unouestioned standing for
obiIity and integrity. were upon the com
,,,ittea from tho various country districts.
The committee is as strong as. could have
been selected, politically and personally
Its members are as impressively earnest
a class of men. The fact is that few OF
them have devoted time to sitting upon a
,o,,+,,.I oon,rit,ea in MANY wears
Tho f,,u,1ittse on credentials met at S:45
o.o,ock The Monroe Ce,lntv contest was
tho first taken up. ]. II. Whitecotton,
forr,ar sneaker. of the House. appeared on
bebaIf ofsthe contestants He recited the
history of the Monroe case. the salient
noi1tS-of which are that one delegation
u.,. 'sse,ected nv the County Central Com
,,,t,too,,r5 anotbar hv n mass meeting.
81 will show and prove. if the fact is
contested declared Mr.. Whitecotton,
",ba+ tho county committee was against
Mr. Eolk and that when petitioned for,
and comneI,ed TO call a primary, members
s.id. AN right Won will get YOUR pri-
mary hut Won will not get the dele
o,.,as, -
rho corujttee determined that evidence
n
dared n vo,e The chief contention was
that tba action of the committee in ap-
,ointipo tho deleeation was a usurpation
=. ,or-a- u.bicb sbould have boen left to
tt, noonro in mass meeting or convention
~, - to . Hawes and McCarfery voting
j., .ho roc,,,i1o tho contestinp delegation
,,a.+ad
ri ohiof oo,s.ououce is IN Mr. Cook.
1,ba wbitecottor, deIepation. though Mon
roc &c instructed for Cook and Allen. par
.;o,ro+aa in RI. apti-Cook caucus last
-,
CLINTON CONTEST
r,o 5,,,,+or contoe+ WAS cal,ad and do
,,o,onoa q, close fpbt Two conventions
49, bard IN clinton The one called by
,ho old ond tho other bv a new county
oa,.ra, oo,,r,i,,ee Tho former deIepates
pa a,,4 .bo Iot+er EoIk mon The
-. 10 ,,,,,7arstood 70 favor C,ool, and
,ho ,a,+or orr, onti-cook Jobn Cross
ana I,,d,s w;,iam Henry apneared on
,oIo,f 90 ,ho I,o,t, contestants and T. y
Robertson of Clinton County on behalf of
10 paaa forces
pobart answered Robertson do
o,,r;ro that five of nine of the Clinton
County Committee-the new committee
me, organized regularly and called a con-
yention regularly He said that Virgil
Conkiihs hau COME iii'o '"' 'o"n,S anu
had manipulated affairs so that the Old
committee avoided meeting with the new
o,,a- n;z;ne, I, knowing tba,