The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-09-13

Has DceIl IlCeSsuiit III Wis lhIHSoasaeS
locality ever since the meeting of the
Republican Convention, grew thicker
and louder last Saturday forenoon as
the delegates gradually arrived from
various parts of tho county. 1t had
been well known for weeks that the
self-constituted guardians of the par
ty in Tipton-most of whom have
long been Carrying very dull axes and
looking anxiously for grindstone-
had pledged the party vote for one
office where nothing save a whet of
the individual axes aforesaid could be
alleged for cause or consistency. 1t
was also boldly asserted that the
long confiab held the Saturday previ-
Gus by the Chairman of the so-called
independents" with the Upton wet
nurses had resulted in the sale of the
former organization bodily. True, Mr..
Geiger's reputation was against the
charge that he would thus deliberately
sell out party organized by himself
on what he has long claimed to con-
slider vital and paramount principles,
and some were loath to believe the
story even when ii came from those in
the confidence of the managing squad.
But the delivery made Saturday clear
ly proved the transaction-an it was
these things, together with further
''set-up" for another important office,
that kept the pot OF talk boiling SO
fiercely up to the last moment before
calling the Convention to order. There
were plenty of young Democrats and
some older ones who had ideas about
political principles, consistency and
honor, to say nothing of the natural
antipathy which exists against having
ones suffrage pledged in advance OF
snapped like old clothes. 1t was the
management, diversion orsuppression
of such obstreperous customers which
occupied the time.
When at length the meeting was
called to order for it's forenoon session
organization by electing A. Armen
trout of Mechanicsville, Chairman
DIR. n. B. Cotton of Inland, Secretary
and Messrs. J. &. Denny, ]. n. Mel
man and Joseph Weaver, Committee
on Credentials. occupied but few min
utes. Adjournment until after dinner
renewed the wordy warfare, which
thenceforth only grew warmer, ant
was continued half hour after thu
the time set for re-assenbling.
The call for order finally came, how
ever, and after being several times re
peated, the din of conversation slack
ened enough for the Committee OF
Credentials to report. BY filling FIRE
mont and one or two other delegation
with parties from the respective locali
ties who happened to be in town, the.
managed to have every township rep
resented. Quite u number of the dele
cations were full, there probably bein.
over forty Of the sixty-three delegates
for whom the call provided present IN
person. This made the largest Dem
ocratic Convention assembled in Ce
dar county for 10, these many years
And another marked feature was tn
strong sprinkling Of such old wheel
horses as Alex. Hines, Riddle, Stow
Smith, Chas. Foreman, Col. Hard
man, JOS. Downing, 0. c. Jack, ESQ
Snyder, and other equally representa-
tive old-timers.
The report of the Committee was n
sooner disposed of, than up rose a del
egate from Dayton and offered a serie
of three resolutions. The first ardent
ly endorsed and affirmed the platform
of the State Convention just held a
Marshailtown. The second urged tn
nomination by this Convention onl
of candidates of the highest characte
and greatest ability-because lit
evident to the most casual observe
"that capability will hav
"more weight (?) in determining til
elections in this county this ia
Ethan ever before This wa
rich, but it was the third and last re-
olution-a sort of postscript-whic
contained the meat after all. This d
clared that good policy, sound judg'
ment and common fairness dictate
that the different townships in tn
county should, as far as PRACTICABLE
be equally represented on the tick
nominated.
This move gave the party nurses a
electric shock, and the fun began
once. J. n. Neiman Of Center, hast
ly rose and moved as substitute f
the three foregoing resolutions a sil
gle one which combined the substan
OF the original first and second ar
ignored the. third. The substitu
having been seconded, Squire Carr
rose to speak, when the Chair inquir,
if he should not put the question. IT
, Squire thought he would not care pa
ticularly to argue after the thil
had been decided by vote. Then t
Chair wished to know whether t
gentleman desired to speak on t
original resolution or the substitu
. Both" quoth Mr.. Carey. The Oh:
thought he must be confined to I
substitute until that should be disp.
ed of by vote, but finally yielded t
= point. Mr.. c. then proceeded to {
! fend the original resolutions vigoro,
ly-alleging that the substitute b
only been aimed at the third OF
with which no delegate could in ia
ness find fault. The center of I
county, he said, had talked, and st,
led and figured over this matter
great deal, and were no doubt W
wise and well posted, but still
thought other localities might at lie
have the right to humbly present th
~ ideas.
e. Lawyer Neiman came back in re-
ne to the Squire's speech down gr,
he with brakes of. He declared 1t ,
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