Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-07
rom the State Register.
IOWA REPUBLICANS.

IOWA REPUBLICANS.
Their Annual State COnven.
tiOn for the Year 1875.
The LARGEST and Most Enthusi-
asaic Convention Held In
lewa 6ince War Times.
All the Counties In the State
hut Five Represented.
Ex-G0v. Kirkwood Nominated
for Governor Unanimously.
The Convention reassembled at half past
/, and was called promptly to order by the
Temporary Chairman. Mr.. Longhridge
announced that tie first thing in order
would be the report from the Committee
on Credentials.
| That Committee, through the Hon. Late
Young, Of Cass, made its report, The re-
| port showed that Nll ot the counties in the
State were represented except Ringgold,
Clay, Ida, Cherokse aud Allamakee.
The report Of the committee was unani-
mousiy adopted as whole.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
| The Committee on permanent organiza-
ton, through Mr.. Van Vslkenburg, of
Lee, made q report, stating that the Com
mihee had selected the following gentle.
men as the permanent officers Of the Con.
vention:
President-H Hon. H. o. Pratt, of Floyd
county.
Vice Presidents, one from each Con-
gressional District. a follows.
lst District-W. w. Junkin, Of Jefferson
| county.
u District Hon. Jchn Q. Tufts, Of
Cedar county.
I'd District-Hon. Albert Boomer, Of
Delaware county.
4th District-Capt. G. W. Dow, Of Floyd
county.
5th District -Oapt II. H. Rood, of Linn
county. s
9Th District-Dr. ]. c. Hinsey, of Wap-
ello county.
7th District Hon. G c. Nourse, Of Polk
county. -
9Th District--Dr. s. M. Ballard. of Audu-
bon county.
oh Di.tric,-Dr. H. c. Mccoy. of Kos
suth county.
Chief Secrstary-CApt. w. v. Lucas.
Assistant Sscretariee-J. Fred. Meyers,
Waldo n. Potter, and 4. G. Barker.
The report of the Committee was unani.
mously adopted.
Mr.. Pratt, in coming to the stand, was
CRESTED with great fervor, and made neat
and telling speech.
Mr.. Pratt's remarks were delivered with
great earnestness and eloquence, aud were
| cpe4edly cheered, showing how hea rtily
in sympathy WAS the great audience with
the impAssioned spirit Of the speaker.
Senator McNutt moved that the Conven-
| ton now proceed to nominate q candidate
| for Governor. Cries of "no," and calls
for the report Of the Committee on Rssolu.
| ions.
The Ohsir inquired if the Committee was
Eeadys % rsport, and u was reported that it
i So the motia Of Mr.. McNut. wa
adopted. s s 4.
| Senator CAmpbsll nominated Gen. j. b
Weaver, OF Davis.
sSAnAtorr NcNnit placed in nomina.
tfon the nAme OF Hon. John Russell,
OF Jones. g
r Mr.. VanValkenberg, of Leo, pre-.
sented the name Of the Hon. JnO. II.
Gear, of Des Moines county.
Hon. Robt. Smythe, OF Linn, w. B.
Fairfield. Of Floyd, were also placed
4 In nomination.
/ MI. Ballard desired to present the
name Of Samuel. j. Kirkwook, oi
johnson. Immense applause.
Gen. Trnmbuli, of Dubuque, asked
II the gentleman had authority to pre-
sent the name of Gov. Kirkwood. >
| MT. Ballard replied, have the su
teorlty OF the great Republican party
Of Iowa.
| This announcement was greeted
| with tremendous cneering, frequently
and uproariously repeated, the Con.
vention giving ftself over to storm
OF reiterating cheers.
Hen. John Russell, Of Jones, rose
amid the .tumult OF cheers, saying
while his name had been presented to
the Convention a. Q candidate he
would not be 8 candidate In opposi.
uon to the great War Governor, whom
hs was pr0ud.t0 esteem 20 highly thai
he preferred him for Governor above
any and all other men. My personal
interests and ambitions are nothing q
compared with the interests Of my
party. So I withdraw my name and
second the motion of the gentleman
from Audubon Is evincing the will
and wish OF the great body Of the Re-
| pnblioansof the Btate. The remarks
~ Mr. Russells made with ali the
frankness and earnestness charActeris-
| dG Of the man, were loudly and re-
1 peatedly cheered.
Mr.. Gear rose In the midst of the
cheering. multitude 10 cay that neither
would he be candidate against the
great popular favorite, Gov. Kirk.
wood. l have been honored by the
great Republican party far beyond my
| deeoRts.s In this convention are men
| who stood calamity by the Republi-
can party last winter-and ballotted
| one hundred and forty times for me
4 for Speaker-not 90 msch for me, a.
though an proud beyond the use oi
words to have received such an honor
but to preserve the party and main.
taan II In power. So l would regard
now and at al timp tho interests ol
4 my party firsts Imost cordially sec.
ond the motion "a nominate the old
War Governor, who sent scventy five
thousand OF our Iowa boys in
blue, cheering 70 the front, to help
% potentially In subdning the rebel
hon, and withdraw my nAmc in his
favor.
| The brief speech OF Mr.. Gear was
delivered with fire and dash, having
IN electrifying effect upon the Con-
fventiop, aud was cheered and ne.
cheered TO the echo.
j Senator Campbell wanted to know
n the friends of Gov. Kirkwood on
the floor did not have . dispatch from
him saying that he was not candi-
date.
| This was answered by cries of 1--WE
don't care II they have" 1T don't
make any difference"