Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-08-11
DEMOCRATIC BRAVES.
Assemble in County Convention. The
Ticket of the Bosses with one Exeep-
tion.-Speeches and Slaughter.

tion.- Speeches and Slaughter.
The democrats of Audubon county
held their nominating convention at
the court house last Saturday after
noon. 1t was n large convention, be-
cause the managers had reduced the
ratio of representation, so that there
was one delegate to every fifteen voters
or fraction over. On the whole there
was one delegate for every 1875 votes
for Boies last year, and they were not
all democratic votes.
LEROY COUNTY TICKET.
For Clerk, j. G. +. Wicker of Leroy.
For Auditor, John McGuire, Hamlin
For Attorney, II. G. Carpenter, Leroy
For Recorder, n. III. Beason, Leroy
For Coroner, $3.50, DR.. &. Eyer Leroy
For Supervisor, ID. w. Matthias, Leroy
now IT WAS DONE.
The assembly was called To order by
w. III. OConnell, and according to ar.
rangement O. L. Tyler was called to the
chair, Frank ID. Allen was made secre.
tary, Thos. Kelly assistant On motion
the chair appointed Samuel Graham,
JAS Davis and August Oelke, commit.
tee on credentials, and III. T.. Funk,
Peter Mathisen and John Connrardy,
committee on permanent organization.
While these committees were delib-
Grating there was call for speech
by Prof, Brinkerhoif, but that wasn't
according to the slate. Then some.
thing appeared which was not on the
program. There arese from the table
of the Leroy township delegation
THE GRAND OLD MAN
Mr.. j. X. Evans, the bent but unbrolS-
en- defender of the democratic forefath-
ers. The silvery remnants of his once
lxuriant locks were parted in the mid
die, aifording an air line for the zephyrs.
lie was loaded with musty volumes
and some rivets with which to fasten
the attention of the audience, The old
! gentleman was agitated because u re
publican paper had claimed that Jack
son aud Calhoun had endorsed protec-
ton rs constitutional. lie read u long
document from the must bound parch.
ment, and had Jackson pretty we'll
cleared up according to his unauthenti-
Gated literature. In the meantime Ger,
tain members of the Leroy delegation
had caucused In the jury room and de.
cided that the old disciple was raising
dangerous points. Just us Mr.. Evans
~ WV pihN'ii'N VI "plNlllH
was leading out on Calhoun, VIM. Nal.
Tory rushed from the jury room, tugged
ut Evans coat sleeve and whispered
something that caused tho old gentle.
man to sit down, saying that he would
finish his defense OF the forefathcrs
later rs the committee was ready to 10.
port. The committee did not appea,
for twenty minutes, which would have
afforded sufficient time to complete this
interesting speech. Mr. Evans Is one
of the towering figures of democracy;
he rocked the cradle In which these
domineering infants slumbered during
dem0cracy's critical epoch, and II is
gross insult To suppress his innocent
efforts for free speech, He would re.
Ceiye u respectful hearing In any other
place. The Grand Old Man Of Audi,
bon county democracy was Inundated
in the house of his friends.
After some twenty minutes Of chaos
the committee oh credentials reported
full delegations from every township
except Sharon and recommended seat.
ing several present from there without
credentials. The committee on perma.
nent organization recommended that
the temporary organization be made
permanent, excepting that Chairman
Tyler be side tracked for Prof w. II
Brinkerhoff. On taking the chair the
Professor
TOLD FUR STORY
that conyulsed the convention. IL has
been recited on our streets by soap
fakirs and corn doctors for many years, |
but its strong points were never
brought out better than by Prof. Brink |
| prhntJ Rrinilv "A fpihnT mud
training pup for % fighter and alter, |
mated daily in wrestling him. One day
after the beast became lusty and expert |
he downed the old man and held him |
by the nose until he called for the son
| to take him off. The lad was all wrap,
ped up in the dogs lighting career and
| replied, "hold on, dad, It's the making Of
the pup" This was applied to the pro.
hibitions, the -prohibitionists and
the republican party in Iowa. Then he
endeayored to get up u scare by talking
of the Lodge election bill, which he
denOminated rs the force bill" To
talk of q fair elections bill before a
democratic convention is like fire In u
| powder mill, and the convention ap.
plauded. But the Professor did not
talk of the greatest issue, the tariff,
probably realizing that he has no argu.
ment this year. lie simply appealed
| to prejudice on an issue not In the
present campaign, and to the prejudice
which preserves the solidity Of the
South. However, the Professor told
the pup story so much better than the
soap fakirs and corn doctors that we
congratulate him, and tender the adj
vice to repeat II wherever it will pass
in lieu Of argument. IL makes them
laugh and when they are laughing they
are not thinking It's good democratic
campaigning to keep men from think.
ing.
Bernard Noon and w. L. Brinkerh0ff
were selected as tellers, and the conyen
ton proceeded to
BALLoTING FOR CLERK.
The informal ballot resulted In go for
Geo. Foley, ~ for John Calhoun Ere.
mont Wicker, 20 for John Workman,
II for Hans Marquesen and one for
John b. Doak.
The formal ballot gave Foley %,
Wicker Al, Marquesen IL and Work
man %.
Second formal Wicker 80 I'LL, Fo.
ley 30 Gil, Workman %, Marquesen |.
Ike jenkins withdrew the name of
John Workman, as IL was evident that
he would be crushed beyond Identified
ton on the next ballot.
Third formal Wicker 81, Foley 80. !
The secretary announced Che ballot, and
said Wicker was the nominee, but no
one improved the opportunity for a
nomination to make it unanimous.
They wanted to change the subject.
AUDITOR.
For auditor, the rules were suspend
ed and John McGuire was nominated
by reclamation.
| RECORDER.
Similar motion was made rs to Il. III. |
! Reason for recorder. Nal Bryan, of
Hamin, moved as an amendment that
the secretary cast the full vote of the
convention for Beason. John Conn
rardy and s. A. Graham opposed the
amendment with eloquence, and didn't |
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