Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1852-02-19
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q qPnrsuan, to a cali o. the citizens of
Wapello county a large number of del.
egates me. in Convention at Oiiumwa
on Friday the l3ih inst, for the purpose
Of promoting the interest of the Lafay-
e,.e, Ind Peoria. (Ill.) and Burlington
and Council Bluffs iowa, Railroad.
The convention was called to order bv
George Glllaspy, os Wapello, and was
organized by appointing Gen. ]. G.
RAMSEY. President pro tenn, and W.
I'll. BRuMrieLD, Sec'y, pro tenn. sa.s9
J On motion of Hon. VIM. Thompson,
Of Henry county, a committee Of one
from each county was appointed TO re-
port permanent officers for the conven..
tion ~" -'A@ A" 74 90 s-'|
s55 That committee was composed of the
following gentlemen: Messrs. Cool
lbaugh, of Desmoins; Mckinney, of
Henry; Gillaspy, of Wapeilo; Clinton,
Of Jefferson; Hollingshead, of Monroe;
Allen, OF Lucas; Crocker, of Keokr.k;
McMain. Of Mills; Ellis. of Davis;
Eastman, Of Mahaska;i Bonney, of Van
Buren,; Marshall, of Louisa; Vincent, of
Marion; and Winchester, Of Polk.
On motion of ]. G.. Hall, all persons
present no, appointed delegates, were in
-viied TO take seats in the convention. f'l
sgr The committee to report permanent of
fcers then returned and reported the fol,
10y loving: gailsa Vi usz la ma I .4sGlr
PRESIDENT, .--
Col. WM. II. WALLACE, of Jef-
'ferson county. -
VICE PRESIDENTS,
IA. Hon. Geo. Temple, Of Desmoines, Co.
stn Hon. VIM. Thompson of Henry, !"
J 4 Daniel Anderson, of Monroe, -
\ Uriah Biggs, Of Wapello, .,4f s., -
E. w. Eastman, of Mahaska, :"
8 M. l., Crocker, Of Keokuk. :"
75s Hon. L. u. Winchester, of Polk, "
81 Hon. J. II. Bonney, Of Van Buren, "
ia Henry Allen, of Lucas,
John HcMain, of Mills, '@Ha I"
Charles Negus, of Jefferson, ."
Joshua Marshall, of Louisa,
Ini John W. Ellis, of Davis, H'a14i
.ys'John Vincent, of Marion. $"
'ra SECRETARIES, II sa..,
"a Wm. II. Brumfeld, of Wapello coun-
~; John II. McKenny Of Desmoines
county. ..fl., ,.., IS
On motion the report was adopted,
and Mr.. Gillaspy conducted. The Presi-.
dent 10 the chair. 800, go, .s,,,,,,..... -,
als Col. Wallace on taking the chair adj
dressed the convention in a very, able
and Interesting manner. pa5 t,g .s;,a5t {
On motion Of j. e. Hall a committee
OF one from each, county was appointed
to draft resolutions expressive Of the
views OF, the Convention. a gal,
~ That committee was composed of the
following gen,lemen: J.,J. Childs, VIM.
Thompson, Uriah Biggs, III. II. Tnm-
bic, N. Culbertson, d. Anderson, E.
w. Eastman, M. i. Crocker, Il. d.
Winchester, j. ii. Bonney, j. McMain,
w. l.. Orr, j. Vincent, j. Marshall.
On motion the convention then adj
journed until 2 o'clock, pm. za ~
2o'clock, p. Nj. ~
The convention assembled pursuant
10 adjournment and was called to order
by the President. slil e a3S'
The committee previously appointed
for that purpose then reported the fol-
lowing 9ai as@ % faat#at
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS:
The citizens Of .Wapello, Jefferson,
Henry, Van Buren, Davis, Des Moines.
Monroe. Mahaska, Keokuk, Polk, Lucas,
Mills, louisa aud Marion counties, OF
the State of Iowa, assembled in conyen-
lion at Ottumwa, on the 18th day Of Feb
ruary, 1852, for the purpose of advan-
cling and bringing to ar early consuma-
ton the project of Railroad from the
city of Burlington on the Mississippi to
the month of the Platte on the Missouri
(which road will form an extension of a
road from Lafayette, Indiana, by way OF
FDaoria Jlisnaio IN tho M;ccicc,n,, D.vo-