Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS
Pottausttamie County Democrats Hold a
Short Session.
DELEGATES TO The STATE CONVENTION
They Are Selected After a Good Deal of
Speech Making of the Usual Sort
other Business Transacted at
the Meeting.

me uem ocrats oil Pottavattamle county
held their convention yesterday in the south
room of the county court house. 1t was
fairly we'll attended, a round dozen OF the
voting precincts being unrepresented at the
time of calling the meeting TO order just one
hour later than the time set in the call
issued by the chairman of the county central
ommittee.
Chairman ]. ]. Shea OF the county central
committee called the meeting to order and
made an enthusiastic speech When he had
finished his arraignment of the republican
party and of certain newspapers that had
been guilty of allowing anony nous commun-
ications to creep into their columns, he re-
forred to an article that appeared in THE
BEE few days ago to the effect that there
was split in the democratic party over the
chail1nanshp of the county central commit
tee. He did not deuy that there was a
split, or that there was dissatisfaction
i'll certain quarters with the work
he had done while chairman. But in order
that the question of who should fill the Office
next year might not DISRUPT the party en-
tircly, he took that opportunity of putting
his resignation in the hands OF the conven-
tion, in order that the office, with all its
magnificent emoluments, might pass into
the hands of some one better able to sub.
serve the interests Of the democratic party"
Temporary Organization.
This formality over, MIR. Shea proposed
Mr.. William Gruneweg for temporary chair
man, and Mr.. Groneweg was elected unani-
mousy. When he took the chair no made
only way the state of Iowa
would ever De rescued from the
ban of prohibition was by democratic votes.
| He did not even give the republicans credit
! for common honesty, saying that no matter
| what sort of a platform they might be
| elected on they would let their consciences
| go 10 the winds as soon as elected and go
back into the prohibition camp. The only
| way to get out OF the financial and tariff
| difficulties lay in the same direction. In
| short, the only salvation the country could
| look for was in the hands of the democrats
| John II. Mithen was elected temporary
| secretary Later on the temporary organi-
| latlou was made permanent. a committee
| was appointed to examine credentials and
| when ii had been put to work recess was
voted until 80 p. m.
| Afternoon Session.
When the committee on credentials made
| it's report at the opening of the afternoon
session, it was learned,that eleven precincts
were not represented, as follows Crescent,
| Cen ter, Hardin, Kane, outside, Norwaik,
Rockford, Washington, Waveand, Wright,
| Sixth ward, Second precinct.
| The report was adopted, whereupou
| Cuppy of AvoCa, moved that in selecting
delegates, fourteen should be chosen from
An amendment was made by w. H. Ware
of Council Bluffs that twelve be selected
from Avoca and fourteen from the country,
but the original motion carried without the
amendment.
A committee was appointed to select dele
gates to the convention. 1t was composed
as follows: o. Ii. Marsh, Peter Witt,
George Dye, Reese Thomas, }. r. Macrae,
John Harding, Thomas Leonard, Thomas
Griever, w. B. Cuppy, D. Vorthman }. B.
Johansen, j. Nansel, Max Reimer, j. w.
Crow, John Dye James Luby, B. B. Dentcr,
B. f. Longnecker. w. S. Lindsey, +.
Nj. Wilson. w. B Reed, w. II. Knephcr,
j. K. Dietrich, George Blaxsim, s. B. Wads-
WORTH Dan Graham, S. Labhart, j. II.
O'Neill George Graves.
While the committee on delegates was
doing its deliberating the list of county cen
tral committeeman was called and found
to consist of the following:
Bclknap, O. Fl. Marsh Boomer L. Jensen
Carson. w. H. Graft; Garner, j. r. Macrae
| Grove, Peter Jamison; Hazel Dell, Thomas
I.eonard James T. II. Griever; Knox, A. A
Eddington; Keg Creek, H, +. Saar; Layton
5. W. :. Forrest; Lewis, j. Nansel; Minden
j. W. Grow; Macedonia, Z. II. McCready
Nicola, r. Clarke,j Silver Creek, B. F. Long
neclfer; Valley, James Duncan; York, Uriat
Mclean; Council Bluffs, c.. Nj. Maynard, G
D. Walters, Il. N. Whlttlesey w. H
Knepher, L. Zurmuehlen, jr., George
Blaxsim, S. Labhart, James j, Kirley, w. G
Boyer.
| Delegates Selected.
The committee on delegates then made it:
report, the following being the delegates Sc
| lected
City Delegation-Thomas Bowman, Rob
ert f. Rain, William Gronoweg, w. II
Knepher, j. Il. Dietrich, John j. Franey, j
e. f. McGee, Frank Trimole, Johu X
Cooper, j. f. Hunt, j. H. O'Neill, S. B
Wadsworth.
County Precincts o. II. Marsh of Belk
nap, l.. Jensen of Boomer, John Garner o
Garner, =. Janson of Grove, r. b. Ely o
Hazel Dell, b. M Callison of James. John p
Stuhr of Knox, j. c. Blackaby of Lincoln, S
w. Forrest of Layton, Il. Jenkins of Lewis
}. N. Kelley of Macedonia, j. w. Crow o
Minden, }. W. Rowland of Neola l.. c
Drury of Valley.
The following were chosen as the eXecu
tive committee of the county central com
mittee: G. S. Dye of Carson, j. b. johnson
of Layton, Herman Mendel of Nicola, w. II
Ware and j. H. Pumer of Council Bluffs.
After these items Of business had beel
transacted the convention adjourned. 1t wa
a noticeable fact that not once during tn
entire convention did any one point witt
pride or view with alarm. This was un
doubtedly an oversight,and will be remedie
at the county convention, which will be hel,
next month to place in nomination candi
dates for county offices