Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1861-09-03
RIpusIrcAN Cousrr CONVENTION.

RIPuBL1cAN CousTr CONVENTION
This annual Convocas,on srths hungry souls
Of Scott county. came ID In due form, st the
Court House, y.s,srdsy. For veeks and
months the aspisInts Tor fodder st the public
rack have slaAbsred not nor slept; but early
| sad late h,ss laid plane. drawn plots. pulled
strings sed counted noses with indsfstigsble
zeal Those who already superintsoded the
A>h pots we're careful 70 70 dispense favors -
not to be forgotten 10 the hour Of their great
necessity. Recorder McCosh. coopsd up In
bic little Office. played his game with . win.
nss's skill. Little fsvors and extensions were
granted with . proviso which strengthened
him yestsrdsy. Sheriff Thorington always
kept an eye for whom he might obliss and
others acted in the same way. The thing was
we'll cooked. and those who tried to get their
fingers into the pot. got them badly burned.
We need not recount the scratching Of grav el
for the various lucrative positions. The big
tight vas over the Office Of Rsce rder and
Treasurer. The aspirants were Jas McCosh
John CoIlins. N J. Ruscb. D. 8. Hswley, VIM.
Gray. II. 8. Finley and Hugh skyles. The
last four had no more show than 70 many blind
mics-but they didn't know It. and on they
vent. The three first we're the champions. o.
Il would have amused the verisst novice in
politics 10 watch the maneuvres Of Mac, Col.
lin and Rusch yesterday morning. as the out.
side delegates began to come in. We coon
discovered how the game was going. Mac
was activity itself. Though cool and collected
10 bic dem esnor and movements, every where
he moved he kept q crowd with him, to which
he talked like father. As he moved along he
brought down his hickory cane with degree
Of decision not to be misconstrued. Possess
ing large breadth Of waIstcost he could face
five or six men at > time, affording al fair
front view Of his beaning countesnce, in
which they read Of future indulgsnces. Col.
iins. being tall. lean man, wss entirely out.
eeneral!ed in this respect. We told him he
would be. But the owning coup d'etat with
Mac was the "get up Of his dress 1t was q
rather shabby coat he wore; Collins indulged
in fine broadcloth. Macs yeskit and breeche es
were seedy to q degree those OF Collins were
new and neatly brushed. Macs hat was Of
good quality, but was led in and had very
greasy band Cor the occasion j Collin.'s stove
pipe was we'll groomed and guil.less of dent or
flemish. Couldn't Collins see he was beaten
Didn't We tell him he would be3 Again, about
ten o'clock. and to meet the country delegs-
'ion. Mac resorted to the bootleg dodge. One
leg Of his pants was hauled up and left to rest
carelessly upon the top Of his right boot leg
There was the finishing stroke Had Collins
eyes and couldn't be see thAt7 Was the fsl-
low playing the offio oe.seeker and not appreciate
master stroke Of that magnitude He might
have dated certain defeat from that moment,
had his mental obtussness not miaguided him
before. That breeches leg-those clothes
that hat, cane and count.nance - is il possi
bls that Collins or Rusch ever went before the
Convention? A. the mon ent Of holding the
convention drew near, Mac, conscious Of bis
power. grew more cool and composed, and let
his brseches leg down Collins became ore
nervous and fidgety. He dsrted from one
man to another-darted off at . tangent-sud
denly wheeling on his heel. and became to him.
self quite unmans geable. When all went into
the Court house, Mao had his ballots hand
somely distributed; Collins vas still snatching
himself about like pea in hot skillet
The meeting came to order-the delegation
vas quite full, and the organization had been
made up before dinner. There was nothing
to do but proceed to ballot.
For Coroner the name Of Dr.. Oshausen was
announced, and he was declared the nominee .
80 With W. r. Campbell for Surv Fey or ; 80, like
wise. with <. L. Gorto q, Supt. Common Schools
Next came the tug Of war. The ballot for
Treasurer and Recorder was announced. TIE
result wss-AcCosh 81, Russh IL, Collins 8,
Gray 7, skyles 8, Hswley 8. Finley 9: Mao
had one majority over the WHOLE
Next came the tug for Sheriff. Thorineton
and Underman went in for the premium. 1t
was supposed all the while that Thorineton
was the only candidate. but the Court hou,e
clique--McCosh, Judge Linderman and possibly
some othsrs, had been working to get the on.
der hold on Thorington aud throw him in the
Convention. apparently without an effort
The plot was laid months ago, and delegates
were tampered with yesterday. but the game
didn't work, Lindermsn was left behind come
fifteen votes. He has been pretending all the
while that be did not want to be Sheriff-he
only wanted TO be elected Judge again-that
was good enough for him. But 1t was all
bosh There Is something rather dirty-in
fact . good deal dirty, about that. But the
game didn't win. Such games rarely ever do.
Big and little there we're thirteen candidates
for Representative. There we're three to be
elected. The successful ones were Jas T. Lane
Davenport; Or. White, LeClaire, and DR..
Porter, Of Blue Grass Those Who went in and
didn't via were, n. @. Davis, Alex. Wells, Bob
Scott. Dr.. Frost. WIN. Barnes, Willard Bar.
rows, N. G. Greer, L. Schricker. NJ. H. Price,
]. s. Mason, and c. s. Els. They didn't touch
bottom anywhere. Wells made speech for
himself-told the Convention who he was i'm
parted the rare information that be had lived
in the county twenty years, that he ornament.
ed the society Of Hickory Grove, that he had
aourished As J. F., and had held various petty
township Offices. played the peda gogue, and.
Of course, hunted gophsrs and killed rattle.
sskss These were his accomplishments but
ne,ouldnv make the Conventio see bic mer.
''s' sAd was lost sigbt Of, 70 his own disgust.