Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1896-07-17
'THEREy .vAN CONVENTION
DoBsf FRlFoR SECRETARY OF
ST. LADD FOR JUDGE.


ar LADD FOR JUDGE.
Congo md james for Electors-at-Larse
Daf.son for Railroad Commissioners,
Remlcy, Mccarthy and Herriott Re.
dominated.
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
RIOTT, 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 NJ
LADD, of O'Brien county.
Dies MONIES, July 16.-At IL o'clock
yesterday morning the republican
state convention was called to order
by Chairman Mcmillan, of the state
central committee. Rev Fl. II. Green
of DEBORAH offered prayer and the
the chairman then announced the ILL
ness of Rollin ). Wilson, and intro
duced Congressman Hepburn as tenn
porary chairman. His address was re-
ceived with enthusiasm, After nam
ing the committees the convention ad-
journed. The committee on resolutions
was composed as follows: First Dis.
trict, Col. y. G. Palmer, of Washington
county; Second, Senator Ellis, of elm
ton; Third, j. II. Funk, of Hardin;
Fourth, G. N. Hangar, of Worth, Fifth,
5, B. Packard, of Marshall Sixth, W..
g. Mieservey, of Jasper; Seventh, A.
L, Wood, of Madison; Eighth, j. B.
Harsh, of Union; Ninth, Edward Lock.
wood, of Harlan; Tenth, Geo. E. Rob
erts, of Webster; Eleventh, E. p.
Heller, of Woodbury..
The districts selected candidates for
electors as follows: First district,
Felix L. Hughes, of Keoknk county;
Second, John Cownie, of Marengo;
Third, George H. Richardson, of
Wright: Fourth, DR.. Amos Babcock, Of
Chickasaw; Fifth, Welcome Mowry,
of lama: Sixth, w. A. Nichol, Of
Monroe; Seventh, e. H. Addison, Of
Story; Eighth, Paul Mclean, of Union;
Ninth, D. l.. Heinsheimer, of Mills;
Tenth, D. E. Chase, of Hamilton;
Eleventh, Henry Undermine, of Sioux.
When the convention was called to
order in the afernoon the committee
on credentials reported full delega-
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 NIessrs. Dob
son, Chassen, Byrkit and Hanford
We're in the field. Mr.. Dobson was
nominated an the third ballot by the
following vote. Dobson 64a, Chassell
a2l, Hanford 176, ByrlSit 2.
The nominations of 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, Laid and Lewis were the
candidates On the sixth ballot Laid
was nominated by a vote of 704 to 43O
for Weaver and for Leggett.
Messrs. Campbell, Dawson and
Kemble were in the race for railroad
commissioner, and Dawson was nomi-
mated on the first ballot by the follow
ing vote: Dawson 7os, Campbell PA,
Kemble 202.
Major E. II. Conger, of Polk county,
and Hon. Ed. S. James, of Clinton
county, were unanimously selected as
electors-at-large, and then after the
electors of the congressional districts
had been approved and ratified by the
convention, the convention adjourned
sine die.
Following is the new state central
COMMITTEES: First, Ii. 0. Weaver,
Louisa; Second, j. NJ. Kemble, Mus
catine; Third, A. NJ. Shellito,
Buchanan; Fourth, T. L. Green, Fay
cite; Fifth, w. w. Lee, Tama; Sixth,
n. f. Kendall, Monroe; Seventh, J. NJ.
Kittleman. Warren; Eighth, John D.
Burrows, Page; Ninth, l. NJ Treynor,
Pottawattamie; Tenth, John Steven
son, Greene; Eleventh, H. G. Mcmillan,
Lyon.
At meeting of the committee
Chairman Mcmillan and Secretary
Treynor were reelected.