The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-07-26
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Mn. EDIroa
S,R:-I zee that the editor Of the Dem.
ocrst is in convulsions, but it il 10 be hop.
ed that he will survive. that we may see
more Of the fair, honorable and gentle.
manly course. As to his personal attack
I will say nothing bu. leave him to his
low, pc rsonal abuse bat with your leave,
I will make few statements m reference
TO his true statement Of The Republican
Convention.
canuo, say what Mr.. Shaw's under.
standing Of my proposition was, but my
understanding was that the delegates OF
Centre township would ballot by them
selves, and tina, the chairman Of the del.
ega,ion should give the result. Of that bal.
lot a. the vote Of the delegation. am
informed by Mr.. Shaw, tina, that was the
course pursued by the delegation from
Polk, and tina, was the course pursued in
the convention q, Cedar Rapids. Had
it been IS he understood it, he would have
been nominated by the ballots tina. were
cas-, for me.
l, will be seen by reference TO the Id
vert.sey Of the 18th inst, tina, the whole
number Of votes to which the whole coun.
" was emitted, aud Mr.. Shaw was the
member OF the committee on the ratio o
representation from Centre township,
wa. ~ votes. There were two town
shlps, Linn and Pennington, unrepre
sented, which were entitled TO three votes
leaving in the convention but SO votes
which was the whole number cast. A
the ballo,ing for Clerk, ]. w. Bagley
Esq, delegate, wa. absent, leaving Blu
6S votes; so that the 35 votes which Mr.
Shaw says were cast for me on the frs
ballot, were 4 majority of the woes cas-.
and majority Of the whole convention.
After the first ballot was had, wa
declared the unanimous choice Of tn,
convention, when as Mr.. Shaw says. b,
left, then the convention nominated
candidate for Prosecuting Attorney. ate
which one of the Sccretary's stated tina
there was an error in the balle. for Clerk
and that they could not tell where or whs
it was, but after the second ballot was Ia
ken, Mr. McClain, one of the Secretaries
stated that four votes Of Polk TOWNSHIP
had been counted twice, and that the,
were still unatle TO account for the othe
vote or votes more than the RICH. NUN
Der.
Wherefore, I made q motion which le,
TO another ballot, and before the resul
was announced by the President, or an,
motion made, the proceedings were oh
jected to by some Of the delegates. whic
led = lengthy discussion, resulting i,
q motion, by Mr.. ]. 5. Tuthill, & VIII
voted for Mr.. Shay all the time, an
was not, as charged BY Mr.. s., one o
my friends, nor is he. l think, an enemy,
to reconsider the two ballots taken, whic
motion was carried, aud resulted, as Nj
s. says, in 80 for him and IS for me
which was = majority Of the CONVENTION
showing that but two were absent. viz
Mr.. Shaw and Mr.. Baglsy.
| II Mr.. Shaw was declared the nom
nee Of the convention, it escaped N
observation, and that Of his best friends
for can And no one who knows Of sue
. motion having been made, or any,hin
like il; il is 4 mistake. ! did not sur
pose, nor do now, that there was an
personal feeling on the part Of his or m
friends, and I am sorry tina. Mr.. s. HI
been misled BY the statements Of some
his Democratic friends (i)
Yours, for the truth, S. 8. DANIEla