The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-06-27
The Convention and Ticket.

The Republican State Convention
held in this city on the 18th inst, was
the largest representative assemblage of
the party held in this State. The whole
number of votes east was nine hundred
and eighty-ivc, and the number of del
egates actually in attendance was fully
six hundred. The platform adopted is
an admirable one, and the ticket one
which will be received by the Republic
cans throughout the State with univcr-
sal satisfaction.
Col. Samuel Merrill, the nominee for
Governor, is Il native Of Maine, but was
n resident for time of New Hampshire,
where Ivy his own efforts, he established
himself in the mercantile business, and
attained to an influential position AS a
citizen. Although an avoWcd abolit-
| ionist, and New Hampshire was at that
| time a Democratic State, he was twice
elected to the Legislature, and aided in
the first elevation of John =. Hale to the
United States Senate. Soon after his
removal to Iowa and settlement at Me-
Grcgor, he was chosen as one ofthe Rep
rcSentatives from Clayton county in the
General Assembly, and was one Of the
faithful, practical Legislators in that
body. During the late war he received
a commission rs Colonel of the Twenty
/
ry until he was badly wounded while
leading his regiment at the battle of
Black River Bridge, in May, 1868, and
was honorably discharged in May 1864.
AT the battle of Huntsville, in January,
1868, he commanded a force Of less than
one thousand men, and rcpulsed force
of more than four thousand Rebels.
Brgadlcr General Warren, in his official
report of the engagement, said "To Col.
Merrill, in command of the force, | ala
under high obligations for his prudent
iirmness and good dispositions At
the battle OF Potr Gibson he commanded
: u brigade, and had horse shot under
him: Gen. Carr, in his official report
5 said OF the part borne by Colonel Mcr.
: rill III this engagement: by his bra.
very and admirable management of hi.
: brigade, he reflects new honor on hi.
noble State In the battle Of Black
: River, while leading his regiment il
a brilliant charge which carried the en-
a clny's works, he was dangerousl,
= wounded, and>iisabled from active ser
a vice. Since his retirement from militia
/, ~ service, he has devoted himself to til
:, business Of banking. He possesses al
the requisite qualifications for the RI
e nominated and will discharge the dutie
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y the State.
i Col. John Scott. the nominee for l.,
: Governor, is a lawyer by profession
a having been admitted to the bar in Steu
G bcnville, Ohio, but after his admission
# engaged for sometime in the occupatio
1 of an academic teacherin Kentucky. III
/, was resident Of that State at the tim
of the commencement Of the Mexica
: War, and volunteered rs member q
Col. Humphrey MarshaI's regiment q
Y Mounted Volunteers. He was one of
o party of seventy men who We're captul
ed ut Eccarnacion, and taken to the cit
4 of Mexico, where he was held as a pris
a oner of war and then released ut Tam
pico. At the close of the war he return
cd to Kentucky, edited II paper for
r while at Mt. Sterling, and in 1856 re
: moved to Story county, Iowa. He wa
f elected to the State Senate from ths
, District in 1859, and served until th
breaking out of the Rebellion, when h
raised company of vomnt eers, was cleo
ted captain, and when his company be
came part of the Third Iowa Infantr,
! he was commissioned rs 1t. Colonel
lie was Il participant with his regimen
in the battle Of Blue Mills, and his con
, duct throughout was marked by grea
! bravery. In 1868 he was promoted to tn
. Colonelcy Of the Thirty-Second Iowa In
fantry, and rendered faithful service |,
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missis