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Newspaper
Rich Hill Tribune
Location
Rich Hill, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1902
Page
2
A fragmented historical OCR lists titles and names including Representative bp. B. SWEZY Mounty Clerk A. L. POX and others such as Sheritt TPenewating Attorney and Coroner JOHN DRERWESTER with limited readable context about the positions and jurisdiction.
The Republicans of Bates county are in earnest this year and will give a good account of themselves next November. The convention of District Newsay U M W A closed Saturday evening with work focusing on the scale committee and proposed price scales for operators. A committee was named to present the round statement to the operator party conference as Bill Phelps and Sam Lock have remitted funds amid party discord locally.
In Bates County, the Republican convention at the Opera House elected Judge G P Huckeby as temporary chairman and adopted a businesslike agenda. The afternoon session nomitated a full ticket for county offices and selected delegates for state and national conventions amid resolutions praising Roosevelt and mourning McKinley.
The document records a Republican party platform urging tax reductions, denouncing the Democratic County Court for high taxes and misused funds, and endorsing reform in juror selection and election officer appointments. It notes praise for retiring party leaders and includes remarks by Thos. J. Akins and a resolution backing Geo. Luckey for Congress. A Bates County congressional convention is set for Osceola July 22, with delegate representation by county votes and mass meeting provisions if local election rules fail.
A historical note questions why the firstborn often appears healthiest in a family. It cites expectant mothers using Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription and suggests improvements in vitality, sleep, appetite, and nervousness for mother and child.
A Republican delegate convention for the Sixteenth Senatorial district meets in Osceola St Clair County on July 28 1902 at 10 o clock am The basis of representation is one delegate for each vote Gillson received for state senator The county delegates are Bates ten Cedar eight Henry twelve St Clair eight totaling thirty eight The purpose is to nominate a Republican candidate for state senator select a Senatorial committee and conduct other business chaired by J C Trattam and secretary pro tem F H Banos
Secretary of State Cook outlines campaign expense filing rules for candidates. Rules cover nomination candidates, defeated nominates, and successful nominees with expenses from nomination to election. Penalty for noncompliance is a fine up to one thousand dollars. The piece condemns urban corruption and the influence of trusts and monopoles spreading nationwide.
The Vernon county Democratic convention denounced Hillhelps an om lobbyist and endorsed Sam Cook. The Missouri State Republican notes strong words about Gov Stone and comments on Democratic confidence amid local politics in Vernon county and Missouri.
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