Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-10-07
Csuney Nominations.


Position Of the Boilers.
The election Is held on Tuesday neat
this IL therefore our last issue before thai
event, and as the boilers still claim 70 b.
democrats. and TO be prompted in ,hei,
hostility 10 tie democratic nominees solely
by desire to promote the best Interest.
Of the party, Ne propose 10 review their
course, and see 10 what aspect the record
presents them. 10 order that their position
may &c properly appreciated ky our read
sYs.
The grounds upon which they jsstif.
shsn,sslyes sre that tie convention vas
controlled by Illegal voters-."Haf Breeds
- .heg derisiyely style them. These halt
Breeds" aye the old French settlers Of
Woodbury. county, q large majority o.
WON a.e pa.rralizeI citizens. These
zen sre al! democrats, and have partici
psssd in every convention Of the parry
tEs, be. eve. beea teid in this county. ano
o.. ~ho are entitled to = vote. With PER
s.ps sirgie exception, have always voted
Or .ieie,. They we're actiye members Of
tie diIsgen, Conventions which nominated
81 the boiling Office bodies to tie oiEees
they Low bod, sud We challenge the pro.
tuc,ion of singh resolution ever offered.
G, . movemen, ever made Oh the par: O.
one Of the boiters 70 exclude them. or to
diseoun'euauce their attendance. On The
eoDssssy, 90 long as these gentlemen were
the recipients Of favors a. the hands Of the
eonveriions, the French were all right IT,
.seir estim alton, and they would have de
ncanced IN the most unmeasured terms
;he man ~ho would stigma.ize them bg
opprotrious cpi.bsts. 10 the late couven'
ton, for tie FRS: time in the history OF
Woodbury. politics there w.s resolution
inIodaced sna adopted which was design
ed 70 exclude Illegal voters. This resoiu
ton was - E.llo~s: -
Resolved, That those persons only shsll
participate in the proceedings Of this con.
se1Eon slo will he entitled 20 8 yoie .,
the next eleeion."
This resolution was supported BY the
fvicsds Of the nominees, and opposed and
voted against BY the boilers. In addition
70 this, it was resolved By the same con-
vsntioE that hereafter our conventions be
composed Of limited number Of dele
gates in order that the evils incident to
mass meetings might for the future be en-
sirely avoided. Under the above resolu
ton, and to afford every genslsman the
fullest opportunity to objscs to any one Of
SeTing vo,c, the voting vas by ballot,
and the name Of each voter VAS recorded
By secretary. Not one Of the bolt
era interposed ; single objection TO any
one claiming 70 vote, ssd yss they win seek
70 justify themselves for voting the Repob
liean ticket By charging that the conven-
lios wss controlled BY half breeds"
The boilers claim that they went into
she convention sitn the purest intentions.
and shss they were prepared TO support its
nominees il fairly made. Upon this point
Ne submit the following:
In the issue of the bol.ers' orgsn which
preceded the convention was N editorial
10 the following words: I'VE hsss bsen
asked if il is proposed to orgaaizs % in.
dependent democratic party in this coun.
~ Now by whom Is il likely that such
. question was asked and amsng whom
Was the propristy Of organizing ~ ipds.
pendent democratic party in this county
discussed before the convention. Il thess
any other disaGectsd faction that would
have sny motive in contemplating . demo.
cratic organisation in opposition to tbs
one already existing, o. car there b. sDy
satisfactory soIution Of this sigs;f;csns
declaration than to conclude thss the b.lt
ing was but the result Of q plan coacoctsd
IN advance Of the conventios, sad that the
charge Of illegal voting vas seized upon
- pretsxs 70 justify then 10 their tres.
sonabls cosrss. II this 10 . true state Of
abe case, " esn undsssts1d Why il VS.
'ast tbs dss!srssiSs wss sspeaisdly Dsds