Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-07-28
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
DOBSON FOR SECRETARY OF
STATE, LADD FOR JUDGE.

Conger and James for EIectors-at-Larc
Dawson for Railroad Commissioner
Remley, Mccarthy and Herriott Re-
nominated.
For Secretary of State-G. L. DOBSON,
of Polk county
For Auditor of State-C. G. MCCARTHY,
of Story county.
For Treasurer of State-JOHN HER
RIOIT, of Guthrie county.
For Attorney General-MILTON REM
LEY, of johnson county.
For Railroad Commissioner-E A. DAW-
son, of Bremen county.
For Judge of Supreme Court-SCOTT M.
LADD, of O'Brien county.
DIES MONIES, July 1G.-At II o'clock
yesterday morning the republican
state convention was called to order
by Chairman Mcmillan, of the state
central committee. Rev. H. III. Green
of DEBORAH offered prayer and the
the chairman then announced the i'll
ness of Rollin j. Wilson, and intro
duced Congressman Hepburn as tenn
porary chairman. His address was re-
ceived with enthusiasm After man,
ing the committees the convention ad.
Journed. The committee on resolutions
was composed as follows: First Dis.
trict, Col. ID. G. Palmer, of Washington
county; Second, Senator Ellis. of Clin-
ton; Third, j. II. Funk, of Hardin;
Fourth, G. N. Haugan, of Worth; Fifth,
). Is. Packard, of Marshall; Sixth, w.
Il. Mieservey, of Jasper; Seventh. A.
l.. Wood, of Madison; Eighth, j. Il.
Harsh. of Union; Ninth. Edward Lock-
wood, of Harlan; Tenth, Geo. f. Rob-
erts, of Webster; Eleventh, Z. p.
Heller, of Woodbury..
The districts selected candidates for
electors as follows: First district.
Felix L. Hughes, of Keokuk county;
Second, John Cownie, of Marengo;
Third, George H. Richardson. of
Wright; Fourth, DR.. Amos Babcock. of
Chickasaw; Fifth, Welcome Mowry.
OF Tama; Sixth, w. A. Nichol, of
Monroe; Seventh, E. H. Addison, of
Story; Eighth, Paul Mclean, of Union;
Ninth, ID. l.. Heinsheimer. of Mills:
Tenth, ID. e. Chase, of Hamilton:
Eleventh, Henry Undermine, of Sioux.
When the convention was called to
order in the afternoon the committee
on credentials reported full delepa-
cations from each county and the re-
port was adopted. Smith MCPHERSON
was made permanent chairman, and
addressed the convention briefly.
Senator Allison was called for and
addressed the convention. He was
followed by Senator Gear. The re-
port of the committee on resolutions
was presented by Chairman Roberts
and adopted by reclamation.
For secretary of state Messrs. Dob
son, Chassell, Byrkit and Hanford
were in the field. Mr.. Dobson was
nominated an the third ballot by the
following vote. Dobson 64a, Chassel
32l, Hanford 176, Byrkit ..
The nominations of c. G. Mccarthy
as auditor of state, John Herriot as
treasurer OF state, and Milton Remley
as attorney general were made unani-
nous by reclamation.
For supreme Judge Messrs. Weaver
Leggett, Ryan, Waterman, Harvey
Burnham, Ladd and Lewis were the
candidates. On the sixth ballot Laid |
was nominated by "A vote of 7O4 to 43u
Tor Weaver and for Leggett.
Messrs. Campbell, Dawson and |
kemble were in the race for railroad |
and Dawson was nomi-
mated on the first ballot by the follow
ing vote: Dawson 7Os, Campbell 2o4.
Kemble 2Oo.
Major f. II. Conger, of Polk county.
ana hon. Ed. >. James, of Clinton
county, were unanimously selected as
understandings, and then after the
electors of the congressional districts
had been approved and ratified by the
the convention adjourned
line die.
Following is the new state central
committee: First, II. O. Weaver.
louisa; Second, j. M. Kemble, Mus
'atine; Third, A. NJ Shellito.
5uchanan; Fourth, T. L.. Green, Fay-
tie; Fifth, w. w. Lee, Tama; Sixth,
\. Il. Kendall, Monroe; Seventh, j. M.
Warren;l Eighth. John ID.
burrows, Page; Ninth, /. NJ Treynor.
'ottawattamie; Tenth, John Steven
on, Greene; Eleventh, II. G. Mcmillan.
lyon.
At a meeting of the committee
hartman Mcmillan and Secretary
'reynor were reelected.