The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-06-27

;, Beck !; and the action soon became s
: general that Hon. NJ. E. Cuts. O
I, behalf of Mahaska county made
motion that Beck's nomination b
, made unanimous, which motion wa
carried with vociferous cheers.
Judge Beck, on being loudly calle
Tor, took the stand and said
Gentlemen of the Convention
{, most heartily thank you for this dis
; tinguished h,nor. / assure you tha
what knowledge / have gained il
twenty years practice / will hearth,
give to the discharge of my duties in
cumbcnt upon me, If elected. hav,
been Republican from the first or
ganization of the party, and have
agreed with their principles eveI
since | could distinguish the differ.
ence between right and wrong. Il
] will not become me to have much to
DO with politics-my duties will be o1
aquiet nature. Rut wherever l am
placed, will do all in my power to
sustain 4he right and put down the
the wrong. Again / thank you for
your consideration. [Freat Enthu.
siasm.
Col Williams, Of Johnson county.
moved that the Convention proceed
to the nominations Of Attorney Gen.
eral.,
A motion was made here to first
proceed to the nomination OF can
didate for tho Office Of Superintend-
ent Of Public Instructions, but was
lost, and the Chairman announced
that nominations for the Office of At
torney General were in order.
Hon. J. B. Grinnell nominated
Major Henry O'Conner, Of Musca-
tine.
Capt. Jones nominated Hon w.
=. Hammond, lats Of Jones, but now
OF Polk county.
Mr.. Reed, of Jefferson county.
presented the name of M. Il. McPher-
son, of Madison.
Hon Rush Clark cf johnson Co..
named Col. VIM. Smy th, Of Linn coun.
ty:
The ballot was taken, but before
"W" had been reached counties be-
gan to offer a change Of their votes
from other candidates. To Mr. rA,Tes Nxr
Smythe, Mr.. O'Conner was declared
the nominee of the Convention amid
a storm of tumultuous applause.
On being called 10 the stand, Mr..
O'Col Ilbr said:
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the
Convention II thank you for the
generous and handsome manner in
which this nomination has been
made. do not accept it as person
al compliment, but IS a compliment
to the great principals of the Repub-
lican party, in which l have been a
devoted member and earnest worker.
We here to-day recall the times of
thirteen years ago when we were
under the rule of the Democracy
But we met in Iowa City in 1854 and
organized the Republican party Of
Iowa, and nominated as our stand
ard-bearer one who now occupies a
seatin the U. s. Senate, and him we
to gave 10000 majority.
/ take pleasure in saying that |
have great confidence in our candid
ate for Governor. In the early part
Of the war, when treason raised high
its hydra head. and the waves Of re-
bellion surged high and beat heavily
on the confines of loyalty, Col Sam
uel Merrill, man past middle life
with all the surroundings Of peace
in the midst of a happy home and in
the bosom of a loving family, with
nothing TO wish for or to fear,"-]
gave mp all these attractive scenes
and enjoyments, became boy again
and went into the front rank to up
hold the honorof the country he loved
SO well. Loud applause.1
] thank God that he has been spar
ed to return to us, notwithstanding
the first fash told us that on the 23d
day of May he had shared the same
fate Of the lamonted Abbott and 9th
ers.
You have honored our State in Sc
lecting him as our standai id-bcarer,
and notwithstanding we gave 10000
of q majority for the lamented Lin
coin two years ago, l doubt not that
in October we will give $4,000 for
the ticket tins day nominated.
Again / pledge you to do all in my
power for the success of tho ticket.
The rest Of my speech l will distrib-
ute to the people at large, between
now and election day, and desire to
say that as soon as this Convention
adjourns, shall strip to the waist,
if necessary, and go with our gallant
candidate for tGovcrnor to- every
county in the State. to uphold the
princi pies of the Republican party.
After the conclusion of Major o.
Conner's speech, the convention pro.
ceeded to the nomination Of a candi-
date for Superintendent of Public In
struction.
| Mr.. Luse. Of Johnson, nominated
Hon. d. Franklin Wells, the present
incumbent Of that Office.
Mr.. Ellis, OF Clinton, presented
the name of d. A. Fletcher of Jack