The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-07-04
THEGATE CRY.
KEOKUK. IOWA
WEDNESDAY, 1dREiaoy jdiT I /.


IS 6enkA4y4A 49, AssH.
In the Republican State Convention there
vasa musicaldelegate from Adair county. The
impression prevailed thAt he had been sneking
in tie Democratic Platform until the funny
of incipient intoxication had come down on
him like . food. There was such method,
haweyer< Ia his finn, that he WAS finally ad-
Judged to be sober, and decided TO be wsg.
When nominations were in order for GER
tain Office, he twiried- his hat two or three
times with awful significance, and addressed
the Chair thus:
isMr. President, | wish to place in nomi-
nation my friend John Smith, of Adair, q
man every way qualified for the Office. He
il a patriot gentleman, for he remained at
home and took care Of HIS family during the
whole war. He sticks to his country in eve
nv trial, and was never known to leave that
part where he lives, since he came West.
want to put him in q way to get acquainted
with the world. z / want to put him in way
to excite his love for some other part Of crea-
ton than Adair county. You will confer
favor on us by taking him off our hands.
nominate John Smith,
A roar of laughter followed this unique ad-
dress, and the gentlemsn from Adair remain
"a silent. The Muscatine Journal, whose
editor was in the Convention, gives report
of other passages in the history of the gen
tleman from Adair, as follows:
Every Convention, and every Legislature
has its wag. The wag of the recent State
Convention was a delegate from Adsir-a
middle sized man, rather pot-bellied, with
erect hair, and genial face. denominations
for Secretary of State are in orderr said
Nat. Baker. "Mr. Chairman said the
gentleman from Adair. "1he gentleman
from Adair p said Baker. II nominate VIII
liam B. Hail. of Adair," replied the gentle
man from Adair. After the balloting was
done, the gentleman from Adair made an
other shortspeech: s'Mr. Chairman! change
the vote from William B. Hall, to Col. Ed.
Wright of Cedar-S votes" Then the gen.
tleman from Adair took his seet-on the
floor. William B. Hall, of Adam, was also
nut in nomination for Treasurer, and, we be-
lieve, two or three other offices. So that his
name is probably better known, to-day,
among Republican politicians than that Of
almost any man in Iowa civilian B.
Hall, of Adair," is, in short, immortal
lied. And so is the gentleman from Adair,
only nobody knows his name. The great
question, however, which the Convention
didn't decide, was, whether ''the gentleman
from Adair'' was particularly tight or not. We
sometimes thought he was, and we some.
times thought he wasn't particularly tight.
The facetious part Of the story remains ye1
to be told. Mr.. Ruby, one of the delegate,
from Madison county, went to the gentleman
from Adair, and worked with him to chang,
his vote on the Supreme Court Reportership
1t seems that Mr.. Ruby was in favor Of th.
nomination of Mr.. Stiles, Of Wapello county
Mr.. r. said:
"Can't you change the vote Of Adair coun
ty to our side p
Eyes, of course Fean,f said Adair will
an accommodating DETECTION of his system
The voting went on to conclusion; ant
while the Secretaries were busy footing u,
the columns, Adair, with hat under arm
bawled out:
"Mr. President r.
'The gentleman from Affair." quickly res
ponded President Baker.
"Mr. President, desire to change the vot
Of Adair county
ssThe gentleman from Adair has liberty t
change his vote remarked the President
'Adair" had the ear ofthe expectant Con
vention, and relieved himself after this fash
ion:
"Mr. President, you may instruct the Sec
retaries 10 change the vote of Adair count
from William B. Hall to s. 6. Ruby, Of Mad
ison county,
Amid the general laugh that ensued. it wa
evident that there was one man who was pro
foundry angry. Mr.. Ruby, who had desire.
Adair county to cast its vote for z. II. Stiles
was astounded to find that he had become
candidate himself against his will Unde
the impression that "Adair'' had purposel
done this to lacerate his feelings, he express
ed his intention to leave Convention whic
would tolerate the presence of that ''black
guard from Fontanele. He was made t
understand, however, that Adair had sinpl
perpetrated blunder; and had not intende
to hurt his feelings, and so he continued wit
the Convention until the adjournment.-Res
lister.