Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-07-02
HAGER is THE NOMINEE.
The Ninth Congressional District
Convention Takes Ninety Ballots
Before a Choice Is rlade.

enough to prevent a nomination and
the convention balloted all Tuesday
afternoon and evening without result.
The following is brief report of
the proceedings:
MORNING SESSION.
Tie convention was called to order
at 1870 a. m. Tuesday, and l.. Stat
zell, of this county introduced as tenn.
porary chairman. MIR. Statzells
speech on taking the chair was loudly
applauded.
Committees Oh credentials, organiza-
ton and resolutions were appointed
aud the convention took u recess until
l 80 p. m. Audubon county was re-
cOgnized OH the committees as follows:
Credentials, John C. Bonwell; organi.
cation, l.. M. Estes; resolutions, John
Lovelace.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Business was resumed by the con-
vention at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
There was suppressed excitement man
ifested OH the faces of all the delegates
and the hearing of the reports Of the
committees was Il mere formality.
During the adjournment the last
finishing touches had been put on by
the supporters of the four candidates
The opposition to llager WAS known
to be etr0ng enough TO keep him from
the nomination OH the fvsG ballot, but
everybody wanted to see the figures.
The report Of the committee on
credentials was adopted without dis
custom. Permanent organization was
effected with Z. c. Consigny, of Avoca,
as chairman and ID. }. Album, of
Harrison county, us secretary.
The resolutions committee made a
short report adopting the st. Louis
platform and pledging the support Of
the convention to the nominees.
1t was decided to do away with nom
mating speeches and Judge Story, of
Adair, presented the name of A. L..
Hager OH behalf of his delegation
Audubon passed and Cass, through
Mr.. Bruce, htintd Maj. II. q. Curtis
No candidates were forthcoming until
Montgomery was reached. ID. Il.
Miller. of Montgomery presented the
name Of Smith Mcpherson. Pottawat-
TAME sprung little surprise, when
George w. Turner arose and nominal
ed Ii. w. Byers. Each name was
cheered as it was presented, though
Congressman lager had by far the
greatest number of followers, Judging
from the noise.
THE FIRST BALLOT.
The balloting was at once proceeded
with, the first vote being an .p;ormal
one. 1t proved to the same as the first
formal ballot, which was as follows:
IIager 80, Byers q, Curtis IS, Nc,
PhersOn, Fl.
This was the highest vote reached
by Hager during the afternoon. All
interest centered in how Pottawatta-
mic would vote. When one of her
votes went from Hager to Curtis in
the second there was a cheer. In the
third Audubon, which had given Hager
five votes on the previous ballots drop
ped his share to four Byers gaining by
the change. The fourth ballot gave
Hager 49, Byers %, Curtis IS, Nc
Phersou p.
NIKE M'DoNALD's FUN.
Guthrie began dividing its vote OH
the fifth ballot and there was a wild
whoop all around when Hager lost six
from the solid delegation, which were
divided up evenly between the three
other candidates. Hager recovered
three OH the next vote, four Of the
Guthrie votes going back to him. but
Audubon transferred one. from his
string to Byers. On the the eleventh
ballot Mike Mcdonald, the jolly good
fellow from Guthrie, got enthusiastic
and tried to start stampede for
Hager by announcing that Guthrie
had quit foolin' and casts II votes for
Hager.'
There was no break, however, and
the voting continued stubbornly.
The votes varied little each way
all afternoon and evening up to the
seth ballot which gave Hager 46, Byers
25, Curtis 20 and Mcpherson II, when
John Lovelace Of Audubon moved for
adjournment. He announced that
there seemed to be no possible prospect
of doing anything during the evening
and urged that the nomination go over
until Wednesday. This was carried
almost unanimously.
THE FINAL STRUGGLE.
on reassembling Ut the convention,
the Goth ballot was commenced, The
couatiea voting aGout o tha same
lines as the previous cYeElag anti!
Montgomery was reachea Then