Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-12

itellar. of Marion county; John y.
FLYNN, of Adair, and Jas ii. Stcvcll-
Ison. of Wright, were named. Mr..
Flynn received 81 votes, Mr.. Steven
ison 26. and Mr.. Mastellar 5.
Tho nomination of Mr.. Flynn was
made unanimous.
The candidates offered for ENROLL
ing Clerk. were Mrs. Il Van Pclt, OF
Dubuque, Mrs. Laura A. Berry, of
Story, and Charles f. Blodgett, of
Polk. Mrs. Van Pelt received IL
votes; Mrs. Berry GO, aud Mr.. Blodg-
EFT vote. Mrs. Berry was declared
the nominee.
Engrossing. Clerk came next in or
der and for this position Mr.. M. G..
Caldwell. of Harrison, Mrs. +. r..
Ives, of Wapello, Lucy ID. Evans, of
Muscatinc, Miss Kate Eidridgc, of
Davenport. and Mrs. Anna A. Smith,
of Polk were named.
Mr.. Caldwell received 3 votes, Mrs.
Ives Z, Miss Evans 36, Miss Eldridgc
l3, Mrs. Smith 8.
Miss Evans was declared the chos-
ell nominee.
Four candidates were presented for
Scrgcant-at-Arms: Sidney Burlin-
game, Of Crawford Co.; j. S. Nc
Clure, of Linn; Capt. j. III. Smith, of
Polk. and w. 2. Cowman, of Jasper.
On the first ballot Mr.. Burlingame
received 80 and .Anson Burlingame's
cousin" received | vote. Mr.. Mcclure
IA. Mr.. Smith Ii. and Mr. Cowman 10
votes.
/ Second ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Al, Nc
I Clure 10, Cowan 6, Smith IL. Mr..
Burlingame was declared the success
full candidate.
For Doorkccper.-Upon the first
ballot Mr.. w. l.. Clarke, of Jasper,
received votes: Mr.. Berry. of APP
panoose. q; Mr.. Curry. Of Plymouth,
I s: Mr.. Mcdonnell, Of keokuk. 10: Mr..
Madden. of Polk. Il: Mr.. Rose. of
Warren, q. and Mr.. Feathers. |.
On the second ballot Mr.. Rose re-
ceiyed 80 votes. and was declared the
chosen one.
Four candidates were named for
Postmaster. and on the first ballot
Miss Anna P. Smith. of Van Buren,.
received Is votes; Miss Mary IL.
johnson. of Winnesheik, a. votes !:
Mrs. f. NJ. Elliott, Of Henry, ), and
Mr.. Hayden, of Jefferson, | vote.
Miss johnson was the successful
candidate.
Four candidates also appeared for
| the post of Assistant Postmaster.
Mrs "A. +. Baker, of Jasper, receiv-
edo: Mrs j. A. s. Smith. of Dallas,
80: Miss Mary Il. Hawkins, of Polk,
"a: Miss Anna z. Smith, of Van Buren,
y t-atar M choicp
Second bailot-Mrs Baker, IS: Mrs
j. A. S. Smith, 2; Miss Hawkins, %;
Miss Anna r. Smith, %.
Third ballot no choice.
Fourth ballot--Mrs Baker received
2 votes Mrs J. A. S. Smith, l; Miss
Hawkins, %; Miss Anna r. Smith, 36 !;
Smith, |.
Miss Anna p. Smith was chosen.
On motion. committee of five,
consisting Of Julius IL. Graves Of Du-
buque, Clifford S. Robinson, of Buena
Vista, Rush Clark, of johnson, Sam.
b. Gilliland, of Plymouth, and Elijah
Glendenning, of Wayne. were APP
pointed by the Chair to confer with a
committee of the Senate in regard to
the time and manner of holding the
Senatorial caucns.
Adjourned.
Democratic Caucus.
The Democrats assembled in Joint
Convention i'm the House of Repre-
sentatives yesterday upon the adj
journment of the Honse, for The pur-
pose of comforting together with re-
gard to their action during the ses-
sion of the Legislature.
Senator Murphy called the caucus
to order and called Hon. L.R. Bolter,
of Harrison county. 10 the chair.
The following were nominated for
the different offices:
For Speaker. T.. III. Thaycr. of Clin-
ton.
Chief Clerk. r. r. Brown. of Dn-
buque.
of Marion county.
On motion, no further nominations
were madc,and the caucus adjourned.
SENATE Caucus.
The following were nominated for
the various offices:
Secretary. Theodore Nathway. of
Alamakee.
LIST Assistant Secretary. Archie Nc
Donald. of Van Buren, county.
End Assistant Secretary, II. u. Bos-
quet. Marion county.
Sergeant-at-Arms. j. b. Bissell,
i of Clinton county.
Doorkeepcr. Henry Warden. Clay
TON county.
Janitor. James Dinwiddic. of Iowa
county.
Enrolling Clerk. Ella Mead, of
| Howard county.
Engrossing Clerk. Mrs. Alva Lamb,
of Lucas county.