Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-08-12
The Late Democratic County Com
ysEffGn.

d:side6. Ard that Inevitable iefez. vas 70
he the result. Where the utterly reekiess
eaG nefcenasv character Of tie mac Who
instigated the action Of this bandful Of
bcl'ers Is kuorn, q respoEse 10 bis spleen
arG sagaties IL unneeeassry, bot lest per.
soas residing 6. 4 dis..Bce be led into err
ror. se vii :oake plain Statement Of
fsc.s.
Trtl yiih,D tts !aat rear there has been
To Eirict aOi permanent organization 81
tie Democratic psrtr Of tbis coan,y. Our
population was small, ADD here we're local
9Gessions zaich, O. IL generally The care
is nsS countries, we're deemed u nore
Importance then politica. Hence a, our
conventions the oniy tea, Of membership
yas . promise to support the noaaipses.--
ADcnt ere yeaf aso, toyeses, il vas
deemed inpof,ar. to organizs 10 s;ex 81
'as fact the. We we're % elect member Of
the Legislature, ard that boSy when cen
seasd vss 70 elect y. s. Senator. To
this snI . Democratic Correction was
called 1t Serseanss BioE for The purpose
Of seiscsi0g ce'essses 70 st.spd the Dis-
trict Consent;on II Ashton. A. the resal.
f this Con sensson there was expressed
muck dissstisfsesion, for The resson ths,
il failed 10 accomplishing the important
object had .r sies, viz the organization
Of the Democratic party. 4, this conyen.
ton there ~ss r5ns: nrereEtiorably g vsry
large rrmber Of illegal voters, there beng
nc ra!e adopted CT attempted 70 exclude
such. IL siGit;on to many foreigners
and ncn residents, imported for the occa.
sion, srossd Republican, were allowed e
psrticips.e ss ac;ire operators and voters,
one Of wnor, Two days thereafter, attended
ard made 8 spesca 3, Republican Con.
Tsn'ior, 10 Which lie boaste6 Of biz ex.
plots IN TIE Democratic Convention, sta.
ting ,bs: he belieyei 10 resortirg to ali
tie means in their po.sr 70 dis,rac. and
divide the Democratic party; that If the
Republicans conld not succeed, as be i,e
iiesec they cord not, be was ID favor Of
gstting Democrat abo von!d aid in TIE
oetsst o: GEonoE ". Jogfs who hal been
curse 10 Iowa, and ~hose operations az
Senator bad consisted chiefly 10 specBla.
tons in tow los: that suet result would,
10 bic Judgment, be ths nex, best thing to
a Rsrrhiiaa1 triumph
There yers Drn5er 81 Democrats TLc
ref1se4 10 recognize this rc1vsntion a.
Democrat. che; b4. ne then bslierei
1na nos tsiiese .hai they done ~rong;
trat via I'll lie irregularities tie proper
course was 70 sustain in good .aib the
-9niaees Of Ia: cOr-snl:o5, ara rely
upon fatars eTgr's 10 corrac. aat ;np.o-
Tr'e;.e' that atigtt eriS. That c3nren
tics bag tesn called tho Casasg Conrsn
tic1,' &c By its action his gentleman vas
acm mated and elected to ne Legislature.
I; YES s8staised t. joss l. cAsraELL,
EzsA alLLAED, az veil CO mos. of tba
s:Ler gentlemen sic nor proteg agsinss
the late Convention. The present organ
.. The boilers vas fierce and bitter ia it,
deDurcia:iops Of thoge Who then objected,
decouncirg them sc 55lters, and threaten.
ing TO polish heir names and bod them
up 10 pubic efiem unless they desisted il
tLeir opposition.
The present Convention was regularly
called BY the Democratic Committee, aud
vas vel ATTENDED viii a view to Pre-
vent Illegal voting and oby:aie the same
objections that existed 10 the former Cor.
yeat.on, 60 s5oE - the meeting was or
gained, resolutions were introduced, as
wi.l be seen BY the proceedings. making 2
political test, aai excluding III. such ~
would no: he legal voters 1t the next g
ton. Immediately tbere1pon substitute
vas introduced, without assigning any
reason therefor, or making any objections
to the resolutions already offered. Ihis
substitute was objected 70 for the reason
that i. vent 70 an nBn4sraDtable eAt.ainc
in requiring that all who participated
. must be citizens Of the United States
and OF the State Of Iowa, and thai the
mode Of legal examination which il re
quired was impFaclicable, and would
amount 10 the prescription Of every mar
of foreign birth, whether naturaiizei or
not. These resolutions required com
miitec to be appointed BY the chair who
was 10 carefully examine every voter ahp
presented himself. aud decide whether t.
receive or reject bic vote as " them might
seem in accordance with law. koy il
eas well understood that The law by which
this committee Vas he guided was The
dets.tabie know Nothing law ps~sed by
the lat Legislature. requiring foreigners,
claiming to vote, 10 present their papers
as evidence oil naturalization. For any
such procriptifs rule none were prepared,
no one ever having heard Of ouch ia
Democratic convention, and the substitute /.
aas therefore sery properly voted 3,sn
by more than tao to ono, and the original |
resolutions adopted by vote equally de
oided. TeIlers we're then appointed, and
a ballot had for candidates the names OF
voters were recorded, aud i was the priv |
ilegs Of any person to challenge any one
who offered his vote. The result was the |
nomination Of JoHs r. ALLISON for Clerk |
Of the District Court, and Gro. l.. TACK