Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-09-11

BLACK HEPUBLSCAN CONVEN.
T1ON.

BLACK REPUBLICAN CONVEN-
TlON.
SHK 6sEAT SCRAMBLE FoR oFFICE OVER.
Long efore the hour at which the grand
Convention the Principalities and powers
OF the Republicans Party was announced
TO be held, the Court House Hall and steps,
and every nook and corner thereof availa-
bic for the button holeing Of delegate was
filled with sanguine Candidates. enthusias.
sstic outsiders and very much used up del
eaates. Ore unfortunate delegate from the
Country, who thoughtlessly put on his best
sest. and u desired 10 please everybody.
esme est w1h fosr huttonholss torn oSt.
ssd positively hosrss With making aud r.
psating promises and pledges 70 the nunsr-
oos Candidates.. The psrtion&el poor
ss!sie e rsllsl.y .EREse'lssa y
less than eleven candidates were ct one
time seen trudging about him like 90
many flies about sugar hogsheal. Indeed
the only wonder we have in the case is. that
any delegate got through the ordeal alive.
Long John Thompson was there. crowned
with glory and very shabby hat. very en-
ergeticsllv pulling and hauling among the
delegat-s. keeping bis eye on every one Of
the instructed" and speaking to them. on
an average. every five minutes, lest perad-
entures. Leake or" the French gentleman"
should get hold Of them. and seduce them
from their faith and the letter of their
instructions Leake also was there but
we refrain. II is not we'll to speak unkird>
ly Of the desd-Requiescat IN pace. we write
as an epitaph over the political grave of
Leake, the unfortunate. Neither was
French behind hand. except when it came
to the vote. Old Mac of course was on
hand, looking like three or four candidates
melted into one. Inslee also was there as
we'll as Fluke, Quinn, Barnes, Davis, Lari-
mer, Henly Ross, Finlay. Farber. Fearhardt
Lam bach and other candidates a. the sands
of the sea or the stars of heaven in multi
tudes
The button-holeing and wire pulling nav
ing been conducted to certain point most
favorable to the designs Of John w. Thomp-
son. the delegates were requested to walk
up stairs into the Court room. Thorington,
as chairman of the County Central Commit
mittee, called the meeting to order, and
stated that the first thing in order was to
nominate temporary chairman.
THE CHAIRMAN
On motion Of King Hiram. who was pres.
ent as large as life and twice as natural. a
Mr.. J. H. Fn1eman, Of Liberty Township,
was nominated temporary chairman, and af-
ter some hesitation. no doubt on account of
his extreme modesty, that gentleman came
forward.
Mr.. Freeman then seated himself for a
no doubt to test the question
whether the chair would sustain the com.
bined weight of himself and his new dieni-
ty. Being apparently satisfied with the re-
suit Of his experiment. he arose and in an
eloquent and impressive manner stated that
1t was now necessary for the meeting to ap.
point secretary.
SOFT sAwDER AT RETAIL.
On motion of Mr. Lane, Messrs Ramming
and McHarg were appointed Secretaries.-
Ramming stated that he was not delegate,
but inasmuch as he was German. and the
Cow ention desired to couciliats that class,
by distributing among them ~ many value.
less honors as possible. he was permitted to
serve
Some German, name unknown. then
moved to appoint . committee of five, with
King Hiram at its head, to examine the
credentials Of the delegates, which motion
was carried and committee appointed.
Mr.. Caldwell then moved to appoint
of one from each precinct, to re-
port permanent officers, which motion was
also carried and committee appointed.
Mr.. Lane then gave notice that he would
soon move to adjourn until after dinner. and
didn't want any more business done until
then, but afterwards moved the appoint
ment Of q committee to report resolutions to
the meeting. and he was himself appointed
70 discharge that duty. in connection with
Dr. Ennis, f. Russell. H. N. Schyles and J.
Masen.
The committee on permanent organization
then came in and reported as follows:
For Prssident-J H. Freeman, Of Liberty
For Vice Presidents-R. Scott and Mr..
Schyles,
For Secretaries-J. H. White, ]. Olshaus-
en- and F. H. Lahrman.
A SPEECH BY THE cHAIR.
Mr.. Freeman, in the chair, then arose and
said that he wished to decline-he had :
very good reason. This vas the first politi.
cal convention he had ever attended he
felt like goose in strange pastare. No's
oy Republicau-Hs looked like one He
therefore desired the committee to accept
his deelination.' Then bethinking him
cell, hs found that he had been rather too
hst In exhibiting his modssty and rhetoric,
and very pertinently suggested that It would
b 'udieisntly early to proceed with the r..
port Of this committee when the committee
On ersdsntials had reported and Il VA dis.
covered which Of the persons present were
entitled to vote.
The Convention then adjourasd until :
o'eloek p. n.
AFTERNOON s1seiox.
70 the meeting Of the eonvsntion the
committee on srsdsntisls reported full
0olo4Atiou present from annh nrAcinat ~