St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-08-27
Correspondence of the ST. Charles Intelligencer.
Republican State Convention.
Iowa Cry. Aug. 20. 1851.

oWily u CoiupihuIioh VI lOTCul-
tious circumstances, the responsible
duty of representing Floyd County in
the Republican State Convention, which
met in Iowa City, on the 10th inst,
devolved upon the writer. Compare
lively stranger among you, young
and inexperienced, l deem it due to
you, due to the interests Of our party,
and last and least, due to myself, to
briefly state what those circumstances
were, and what was the course pur-
sued in the State Convention. This is
done that no undue advantage may be
taken of these circumstances and that
action 10y those who may have inter
estcd motives in giving false color
ing to the matter. When the call for
the Republican State Convention reach
ed this County, there was but little
time intervening until the meeting of
that Convention, and, as the season
was an unusually busy one, the Exc
cutive Committee deemed it not prac-
ticablc to call County convention for
tho n,,r,,nse - \ -. =
Thought it proper to choose those del
cgates, and furnish them with the
necessary credentials. There were
chosen Hon. d. Ripley, Messrs. Ches-
ter Buttcrfield, w. p. Gaylord and the
writer. On reaching the city, l found
none Of the other delegates present.
The Committee on Credentials decided
that they would cmbody in their re-
port, only the names of those dele
gates present, allowing those in attend.
ancc to cast the full vote to which
their respective Counties were entitled.
Floyd County was declared entitled to
three votes, the Presidential vote be-
ing taken as the basis of representa-
ton. This action constituted the wri-
ter the only representative from this
County. A disposition existed on the
part Of the whole delegation to that
Convention, to fairly and impartially
divide the nominations, as far as To-
cality was concerned, conceding one
of the candidates to Northern Iowa !;
making that division only subject to
the qualifications of talent, true Re-
publican principles, integrity, and a
capability and fitness fer the rcspcc.
tive stations.
The Convention met at IL o'clock,
A. NJ, and effected temporary orga.
nization-Wm. Vandcver, of Dubuque,
in the Chair, and j. F. Wilson, of JEFF.
ferson, Secretary. After appointing
the usual committees, the Convention
adjourned until 2 o'clock, p. NJ. Upon
again converting, the Committee upon
Permanent Organization reported as
follows Col. A. Saunders, Of -,
President Messrs. G. NJ. Dodge, Of
VIM esick, Vice-Prcsidents; Dr..
Saunde {, Of Scott, and j. Tccsdale
of Johns ,.s,.ss,,ecretaries. To the prom
inent fcatui vet general application,
in the report of the Committee on Gre
dcntials, we have already REFEREED
After the reports Of the Committees
had been adopted, the Convention pro-
ceeded to an informal ballot for the
Office Of Governor. The names of the |
Hons. R. P. Lowe, Of Lee County,
Smith, of Linn County; +. Springer, of
Louisa; j. Thorington, Of Scott; and
Messrs. S. P. Bissell, of Dubuque; and
L. II. Benton, Jr.. of Pottawattamic,
were presented. Tho name Of the Hon.
James NJ. Grimes was also presented,
but some of his friends stated that
they were authorized to say that he
would not accept a nomination. In
formal ballot resulted as follows:
326 votes cast r. p. Lane had 12l,
Smith, 81, f. Springer, 26, s. p. Bissell, 48,
James Thorington, Is, T. II. Benton, 4.
| There were also several votes cast
for the President of the Convention
r Saunders, whose locality and
vote / have forgotten, and some scat
tering votes also cast. Convention
then proceeded to formal ballot, with
the following result:
1888 ballots cast Il. P. lane had 1873, -
Smith, GA, S. p. Bissell. 70, Saunders,
81,
and the remainder scattering. The
name of NJ. Mobley, of Dubuque, was
then presented. Second formal bal
lot ensucd, with the following result
1888 votes cast, of which r. P. Lowe had l7s,
and was thereupon declared the nomi.
nee, by reclamation. An informal
ballot was taken for Lieutenant Gov
ernor, with the names of VIM. Van
dever, of Dubuque County, Prof. o. |
Faville, Of Mitchell County, Hons.
Cattell, of Cedar, Rodman, of Clay
ton, Traer, Of Benton, Wilson, Of JEFF
ferson, Tabor, of Buchanan, Edwards,
Of -, and Messrs. Newcome, Bald
win and Shelladay, before the Conven-
ton. Result as follows:
VIM. vandever had 88, Prot. o. Faville, IS,
j. G. Traer 43, -- Shelladay, 30, and bal
ance scattering.
Prof. Faville and Hon. J. G. Traer
were then called out, and made few
remarks, after which formal ballot
was taken, resulting as follows:
o. Favillc had 1913, w. Vandeyer, ll5-re-
mainder scattering.
i Second formal ballot resulted in the