The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-09-09

| The Republican party of Cedar
county met in delegate convention ST
the Court House in Upton, pursuant
to call, on Saturday. Sept. 4th, 1919.
I Col. Jack. Chairman of the Co. Cen
tral Committee, called the meeting
to order at the proper hour, and on
his motion Hon. J. W. Beatty, of
| DAYTON. WAS elected chairman. Chas.
/ l.. L,onglev was. upon motion. chosen
Secretary and E. Grinnell Assistant
| Secretary. Messrs. Alex Motif,
| Saml. Keith and J. II. Leech were
then made Committee on Credentials.
and after the certificates from the
several townships had been placed in
the hands Of the committee the con-
vention adjourned until one o'clock
P. NJ.
Ipon reassembling. after a few
timely remarks by the chair relative
10 the desirability of doing the work
in hand with dellberation and discre-
ton as well as with good feeling and
accord. the committee on credentials
made the following report through
DIR. Keith:
Gentlemen of the Contention -
Your committee find every township
in the county represented BY dele
gates bearing the credentials of
regular election at caucus. as follows:
Cass-Robt. Nicely, Levi Diltz.
.Sprinqfeld-J. w. Todd. A.
Downing, Sr.
lima. Motif, NJ. J. Olmstead.
Daston-J. w. Beatty, ". Spring
stead, \. Nicoll. Thos. Elijah.
-Nasstlion-A. Thorn, d. Elijah.
Pioneer-C. |. Stevens. Harry
Bagley. S. Keith. A. B. Oakley.
/ Red 0ak-Saml. Yule, VIM. B.
Reeder
Roci,est.r--Horace Wright, Geo.
Britain.
.>oringaale-A. B. Cornwall, r. B.
Smith. L. J. Miles, \. +. Smith, Z.
W. Savage. S. S. Cause.
! Ifaad-W. 5. Gano. NJ. c.
Moore.
Cs,.ter-W. P. Wolf, B. Virgins,
w l.. McCroskey, c. Hammond, G.
F. Burroughs, G. W. Smith, A. B.
/ Cobb.
.>aaar Crsek-J. H. Leecb, NJ. H.
/ Miller.
! Feeas3pt--W. A. Rigbv. W.
Helmer. NJ. l.. Simmons. K. A.
Davidson.
Fttr3ai,,gtoa = Amos CLARK. u.
Pingrey, &. Paden.
sesssr-O. {. Pennock, WIN.
Mingus, Philip Madison.
/ {aa.a-Josiah Collins. Joel Faris,
Noses Shellhammer.
\. MoFFT,
S. KEITH, Com.
J. II. LEIGH.
I After the adoption of this report
,he chair announced thai it would
now be in order for the convention
TO begin ballotting for the Domina-
ton Of the several candidates for
county Offices as specified in the call.
But before going farther the follow
ing document was read By the Sec
retary according TO request:
The following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted al Republican
taucus meeting held in Inland township,
August 18th.
WHEREAS, Murder and other heinous
I crimes have been of SO frequent occurrence
5 IN ha n u M
months or two years, and believing that |
capita! punishment would go far toward /
4 remedying the evil, therefore he it
/ Raspitfd, That We are in favor of support I
4 ing suea men only for Senator and Repre- |
/ sentatiyes as are in favor OF enaettng Law
4 making death the penalty for murder and
rape, And be it further
Rssplnsi, That We request the delegates /
in convention assembled TO take the matter
under consideration that we may have fair |
expression Of the feeling OF the PEG pie Of /
Cedar Co. in regard to the matter.
NJ. c. MOORE, Chm.
J. " R.FFENsPER6ER, Sec'y.
The reading of the above was i'm
mediately followed by another:
At the Republican caucus held at pedee,
Iowa Tp, on the 18th Of August, 1915, the |
following resolution was passed, and ii was |
directed that the delegates present it to the |
county Convention, H4=
Rfse2ged, That we are in favor Of a pro
hbitory liquor law and are opposed to
having any person nominated for The Legis-
iature who is in favor OF license law.
VIM MATHER, sec'y.
\ motion to refer the latter resolu-
ton to a committee OF three. to be
appointed by the chair, prevailed:
and after Messrs. VIM. F. Wolf, A.
B. Cornwall and NJ. c. Moore had
been constituted such committee, a
motion prevailed to refer to it the
Inland township resolutions also.
Ballotting was again declared in
order, and after prevalence Of mo-
tion that the frs ballot for each can
didate should be informal, the chair
1 directed al informal ballot for a
candidate for Treasurer by call OF
townships, which resulted as follows
! Sylvanus fates OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES a.
J. j WHICH .........r ..-.+.....--... (
Whereupon, on motion OF }. J.
Wright, Of Dayton, Mr.. Yates wa:
declared nominated by reclamation.
The nomination OF candidate fol
County Auditor was declared mex
III order, and the call Of township.
OH informal ballot resulted as follows
H. 5. Morgrid.e .....,.-......--. r
Moreau Carroll. Observation-Disclosures ........ 2;
4 formal ballot followed a, once
. the result Of which was announced:
II 5. Morgridgs ....,....,.-.-..-.... 81