Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-07-07

DILLON VS.. Bennett THE FAITH
Full AT LoGGERHEADs-BLAcK REPUBLICAN
TOWNSHIP CoNvENrIoN.-The "cullered" Re
publicans Of Davenport township met in
Convention at the Court House on Saterday
afternoon, to elect fifteen delegates to the
County Convention, which elects delegates
to the Judicial Convention, which meets in
this city on Wednesday to-day. 1t was ex-
pected that there would be a lively time,
and those who attended were treated to q
cheap but pleasant entertainment. There
were not six but four, Richmonds in the
field, whose friends were SO evenly divided
that they tied al the time The aspirants
for legal honors went to the expense If hav-
ing tickets printed containing the names of
persons pledged to them. The ticket favor
able to John F. Dillon for Judge, and Henry
OConnor for Dist let Attorney, was headed
by Theodore Guelich; and that pledged to
Asahel H. Bennett and Joseph B. Leake,
was headed by Nicholas J. Rusch. After
good deal of sparring, and at the proper
time for closing the polls, the votes were
counted, when it was ascertained that only
three delegates, N. J. Rusch, II. Ramming
and Geo. G. Arndt, had been elected, and
there was dead lock on the other twelve
This result was caused by the stupidity of
some Dutchmen who forgot all about Dillon
& Bennett, OConnor 4 Leake, in their deter
mination to vote for the "faterland" at all
hazards. There were seventy-three votes
for the Dillon ticket, and seventy-three votes
for the Bennett ticket. About one hundred
and fifty motions were then made at the
same time to adjourn to "let the three
elected cast the vote Of the township" to
'allow those delegates who received an
equal number Of votes to draw lots;" to
"take men alternately from the Dillon and
Bennett tickets until the delegation was
filed" oil of which were voted down.
Neither party proposed or dared to 60 into
a second ballot, and so motion to adjourn
until Monday at two o'clock finally prevail
ed, when both sides seemed to feel very
much relieved.
MoNDAY's CoNvEsr1oN-On Monday after
noon at two o'clock large and excited
crowd of Republicans were discovered on
the Court House steps, in the hall and on
the stairway. When we arrived at the
scene Of the coming conflict the excitement
had ched fever heat, Bennett men
were gestulating violently. and Dillon men
interpreting their conversation with ad-
iectivea At twenty minutes past 2 the Hon.
Joshua D. Patten, present incumbent of.and
candidate for reelection to, the Office Of
clerk of the District Court, made his ap-
pearance in the hall, and after a slight pas
sage Of compliments, which We were unable
to hear distinctly, with person standing
on the stairway, he proceeded in the ex-
ercise of his official functions as clerk, to
unlock the doors of the Court Room.
The Convention was then Immediately
called to order by the Chairman ofSaturday
and the Secretaries of the former meeting
requested to take their seats On examina.
tions il was discovered that one the Secre-
taries only, DR.. Thos. J. Sanders, was pres.
ent. the other from the exhuberence of his
patriotism or for some other unknown rea-
son, being absent Mr.. Humphrey was then
appointed to act in his placs.
The prsliminaries being thus settled, the
''tug of war" commenced BY the making Of
motion by Mr.. J. B. Lssks (Bsnnst many
! that the polls on this oesasioa remain open