Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-04

pare Them with such men as Green
r. Clark, Crozier and Ferris, and
choose!
Republican County Conven-
tion.
Republicans of Marion County
met IN delegate convention last Sat
urday.
House called to order at l p. m. by
w. w. Craddick, Chairman of Cen
trail Committee, upon whose motion
j. B. Cotton, Of Pella, was called to
the Chair.
w. w. Craddick was chosen Secre-
.gry, and A. L. Better and F. G. Bar
.fer Assistants.
On motion Committee OH Reso-
lutions WAS appointed, consisting Of
Thos. Ryan, Geo. Kruck, VIM, Rich
ards, A. w. R0uze and G, l.. Collins.
Dan'l Hunt, w. b. Carruthers and
j. Nj. Cathcart were appointed n
Committee on Credentials.
A motion that townships not rep
resented by delegates regularly
chosen may be represented by per-
Sons present from those townships,
prevailed.
The report Of the Committee on
Credentials was read by Mr. Carruth-
ers and adopted. 1t showed all the
townships represented except Polk
and Perry.
Mr.. Ryan read the report ni the
Committee ON Resolutions. The
Resol6IYSns were tfien read and
adopted seridti,n, as follows:
| lss. Resolved, That we heartily ratify
| and endorse the platform adopted by tn,
| last Republican State Convention. be-
| lieving that it contains the principles OF
| the Republican, Party, whose mission We
| do not believe to he accomplished.
| I'd. Resoi0sd, That we demand strict
economy in our county government, and
| that the men who accept nominations
| from this convention the,eby stand
| pledged to the people2f Marion county,
taat they will not ag% AN increase OF
/ salary.
3d. Resolued, That IN the opinion of
| this convention tho old party questions
which have acitatea the country for 40
slany years, are mot all permanently
settled
4th Rcsol0ed, That we invite the 60.
operation of all men regardless OF past
political differences.
The Convention proceeded to nom
ina.ion Of candidates, atte deciding
to vote by townships, rjCa voce.
1t was determined by vote that but
one Representative should be bomi-
mated at time, and that the first
ballot should be confined TO residents
Of the south side Of the river.
Hon. :. Y. Gose, Of Swan, WAX
named, but rose and said he was not
candidate. lie had not authorized
Mr.. Jordan to present his name to
the convention by which he was
nominated the previous week nor
did he say he would accept it unless
lat WAS the wish Of his party and the
people that he should be n candidate.
He had said to Mr.. Jordan that If II
was the general wish of both parties
to unite upon a ticket TO be nominat-
ed on the 23d, he hoped the hepub.
licAn Convention would endorse that
ticket. He would not COW accept q
nomination from any party.
F.. B. Ruckman, Of Union, Capt.
S. S. Arnold, Of Dallas, j. Z. Green
lee, Of Knoxville, and A. w. Rotze,
Of Swan were named. Messrs.
,Greeniee and R0nze declined. An
Informal ballot showed votes for
Arnold........ ............."s.," %
RticK man ..".......,"....,...'''...'' o.
On motion Mr.. Arnold was chosen
iby acclamation. Il. w. Johnston,
ira Kelsey and Alfred Baker, all OF
Summit, were named. Messr5-
johnson and Kelsey declined, and
on motion Mr.. Baker was noninat-
ed by acclamation.
For Auditor, Capt. A. NJ. Clark, Of
Clay was named. Upon being asked
to explain iE reference 10 his nonin-
alton by the Peoples Convention. he
said lie Wao not present, and WAS
nominated without his conseni..
Prof. w. a. Mckee, OF Knoxville,
and Edward MunSell, of Liberty,
were named. Both. upon being
called out, spoke briefly. The baliof
stood