The St. Louis Republic., 1904-03-02

| the town. and could not be found this
| morning"
Judge Biggs, late Of the Court Of Ap-
peals, citizen of the county and a dele
| gate to the convention, then appealed to
| the Circuit Judge to appoint Deputy Sher-
| ifs. but the Circuit Judge, although in
| the Courthouse at the time, held that he
had no authority to do so in the absence
| of the Sheriff.
AT MERCY OF RUFFIANS.
And SO 1t was that peaceable. law-abid-
ing citizens were at the mercy of a gang
of ruffians, mostly imported from this city
Some idea OF their character may be had
from the fact that one of their squads
was led by John P. Dolan. now under SEN
tence of five years in the Penitentiary for
election frauds. This seems to be the class
of men specially prominent among the
Butler-Hawes Indians
Talk about regularity, Talk about par
ty organization These rufians had no
more respect for it than a Comanche In
dian has for the decalogue"
The temporary chairman appointed by
the regular organization was not allowed
to get to the chair before he was knocked
down and dragged out. Mr.. Yost talks
about photographs. but as soon as a cam
era was brought to bear on the Indian
squads. they seemed to think that here
after their faces might be recognized
made break for the man with the cam
era, knocked him down and smashed his
camera into splinters. It was the most
disgraceful proceeding that 1 have ever
witnessed
The regular convention will be held
next Saturday at Kirkwood and the coun-
ty will be for Folk in the State Conven-
ton. A statement will be given out to-
morrow by the chairman and secretary of
the County Committee. addressed to the
Democrats Of Missouri
r. NJ. YosTs STATEMENT.
r. NJ Yost. idl charge of the Hawes
campaign headquarters. made the follow
ing statement:
1.-THE convention held at Clayton to-day,
with Claud B. Martin as chairman, and
Lee Barton as secretary. met and or
ganized, after the friends of Mr.. Folk
had bolted from the original convention
at the place designated by the County
Committee.
THE convention proceeded in the regu-
lar manner by the appointment of Com
mittee on Credentials, Organization and
Resolution.
The Folk people first met in the Court
house, and. shutting the doors, tried forci-
bly, to prevent the regular Halves dele
gates from participating III the meeting.
Upon the Hawes delegates forcing their
way into the meeting. and while Joseph
J. Gillick, who had been recognized by
the chair, and was on his feet reading n
resolution signed by the twelve Hawes
delegates from Carondelet, the nineteen
Hawes delegates from st. Ferdinand, and
the thirty Hawes delegates from central
townships, Judge Blggs walked over to
where the chairman stood, ard ir1rnedi-
ately after the chairman, D. C. Taylor,
announced an adjournment to Kirkwood
on next Saturday afternoon. March 5,
while Gillick was still on his feet reading
the resolution.
THE motion was not seconded or nut
and the Folk men walked out OF the
hall.
We are prepared to substantiate by
afidyfts by the majority of the people In
the room that no motion to adjourn was
put or carried and that the Folk people
walked from the room, deliberately bolted
the convention, just as they had done in |
st Ferdinand Township on last Satur- |
day.
CONDEMNS INCIDENT.
from the information 1 have at hand. |
aside from the necessary physical force |
used in entering the hall from which
they We're improperly and Illegally ex- |
GUIDED there was no violence committed |
On the part OF Mr.. Hawes's friends. |