Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-07
Iowa Republican COnyen-
ton ut Des MOineS.
The Largest Ever Assembled

Dies MONIES, May H.-The Repub-
lican State Convention met at Ii
o'clock with Hon. ii. w. Rothert, of
as temporary chairman, I3o
delegates in actual attendance max
ing the largest political convention
ever held in this State. The forenoon
session was only held an hour, and
was occupied in the appointment of
the various committees.
The committee on resolutions con-
sists of John Ii. Gear, II. M. Barnett,
NJ. G.. Woodruff, A. Converse, "A. ii.
Neidig,E. IL. Stiles, Martin Reed, N.
w. Powell, and Robert Buchanan.
Convention adjourned to 2 o'clock.
At2p. NJ. the convention rcasscm-
bled and the committee on perma-
nent organization reported the Hon.
James +. Wilson as chairman. Mr..
Wilson on taking the chair spoke as
follows:
Gentlemen Of the Convention: You
have conferred great honor upon
me by calling upon me to preside
over your deliberations to-day, for
which honor thank you; and l also
thank the Republican party of Iowa
for sending such a body of intelligent
mon to this convention to-day. / am
satisfied that our action shall be har-
monious, and that whatever we do
shall be done for the interest of the
great party we represent and TOR the
welfare of the country, and that our
selections of delegates to the Cincin-
natl convention will be men true to
the country and true to the party, and
whose support in that convention
will be given to men rooted in the
principles of Republicanism.
With such mon at the head of our
ticket and with such a platform as
will be adopted, we have but to wait
till November to witness one of the
grandcst Republican victories ever
realized in this country. I do not be-
licve that the defeat of the Republic
an party is among the possibilities of
this year, Cheers.] l cannot believe
that that great party that has accom-
plished so much good for our coun-
try in the past, and which stood be-
tween it and destruction when the
dark clouds of war hung over our
existence as a Nation, can be defeated
| in this our first Centennial year. APP
plause. The American people, no
doubt, are capable of doing many
foolish things, but / do not think they
are capable of doing such a foolish
thing as putting out ofpower that
party that crushed slavery, the great
curse of our nation, and placing the
power of the government in the hands
of that party whose birth, growth,
and existence were founded in, sla-
very and whose nurture and strength
were derived from that National
curse. [Cheers.]
My -citizcns, no party has
ever been subjected to such terri
Bile ordeal as has the Republican par
ty for the past few months. Doubt
less bad men have found Judgement
in our ranks and doubtless bad mel
have received places of power an(
trust at the hands of the Republican
party but, how is it with the Other
party. Count out the number of BAG
/. men in the Democratic party ant
how many would 1t have left? While
| say that bad men have found lodg
ment in our ranks, and while the
| Lower House of Congress has beer
F divided into investigating commit
tees to ferret out corruption in the
Republican party, and the public
money has been used to carry out this
purpose, yet think may say with
out contradiction that no party ha
ever come out of such an ordeal a:
the Republican party has been sub
iectcd 10 at the hands of Democrat
: ic Congress, with as clean skirts as thu
Republican party.
, The time has come when the PEG.
pie must take some care of the char
acter and reputation of our public
men. When was such strenuous efforts
made by any party to blacken the
character of any man as have beer
put forth by the Democrats in Con.
gress to tarnish the spotless reputa-
ton Of that gallant man of Maine.
James &. Blaine, deafening ap.
plause] a man who bears the lofties1
character of any of our public men
for honesty, integrity and purity. l
am glad to see, however, that the peo-
pie are coming to understand that
they must consider before they give
credence to Democratic ISLANDERS
against the character of our public
men and that to thus consider is be-
coming a characteristic of the Ameri.
can people,
AS other important business is to
come before the Convention, | will
say in conclusion, let lis cast our eyes
back over the struggles of the past
and remember who our antagonists
were in those dark days that tried
mems souls, and see if we can discov-
er any difference in our enemies OF
to-day and those of war times. Not
the slightest, they are just the same
and do not think the American peo
pie are yet prepared to transfer tho
power of the Government from the
hands of that party that has con-
trollcd ii for the past fifteen years
and who saved it from destruction
and place it again in the hands Of
those men who sought to destroy it
Gathering up the fruits of the past,
; and still adhering to the great princi
plies of the party we represent, ant
thanking God for the triumphs W.
have had, and trusting in Him for TIN
future, let us go forward to new vic
tories and close this our first Centen
NAL year with one of the grandes
Republican victories that has cvel
been achieved for our glorious party
Applause
The following delegates at larg'
were chosen: Hons. James L. vii
son, Hiram Price, Geo. ID. Perkins
and John y. Stone.
ALTERNATEs.
Ex-Gov. Merrill, of Polk; c. i
: Clarkson, of Grundy; Alexande
Clark, of Muscatine, and A. w
Thomas, of Allamakee.
The following are the district del
t cgates:
LIST District-Frank Hatton, of De
n Moines, and S. M, Clark, of Lee.
I'd District-W. T. Shaw, of Jones
and E. S. Bailey, of Clinton.
S Sd District-A. +. Upton, of Clay
t ton, and w. G. Donnan, of Buchanan
4th DISTRICT. w. Mackenzie, o
Franklin, and J. ii. Brush, Of Mitch
ell. T.
9TH Districts. +. Cooper, of Pow
cshiek, and L. S. johnson, Of Benton
9th District. G. Smith, of Jas
j per, and II. L. Tilton, Of Wapello.
+ 7th District. j. Steadman, G
G Clark, and II. Z. Webb, of Polk.
Sth District-John II. Baldwin, {
u Pottawattamic, and i. l.. Brooks {
: Taylor.
9th District-A. C.. Call, of Kossut
and John d. Hunter, of Hamilton.
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES.
II LIST District-Geo. A. Henry, of Va
" Buren,, and Geo. w. McAdam, {
Henry.
= 2d-Jerome Carskadden, of Mu
catinc, and b. +. Thomas of Jackson
3d-Samuel Murdoch. of Clayton
and Joseph Hobson of Fayette.
4th-A A. Moves of CerrO Cord