Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-31
SHAW AND MILLIMAN
NOMINATED TO LEAD THE RE-
PUELICANS OF IOWA.
Sabin Defeated for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
pubiIcans Express Confidence in
he hat

Sabin Defeated for Superintcndcnt--Rc>
pubilcans Express Confidence in
the Ticket.
CEDAR RAPIDS, August 1o-The re-
publican state convention was called
to order at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing by Chairman Mcmillan, of the
state central committee. Prayer was
offered by the Rev. DR.. Barclay, of ST..
Paufs church, Cedar Rapids, and the
Hon. Chas. NJ. Harl, of Council Bluffs,
who had been selected as temporary
chairman. was then introduced and ad-
dressed the convention. At the close
of his remarks pandemonium reigned
for fully five minutes, so well was the
convention pleased with his remarks.
Committees were then named. Thc
committee on resolutions was made up
as follows: First district, James C.
Davis, Lee county; Second, w. l..
Roach, Muscatine; Third, s. NJ.
Weaver, Hardin; Fourth, Thos. Upde-
graft, Clayton; Fifth, b. Murphy,
Benton; Sixth, Judge H. c. Traverse,
Davis; Seventh, A. Il. Cummins,
Polk; Eighth, j. c. Mabrey, APP
panoose; Ninth, Smith Mcpherson,
Montgomery; Tenth, George Rob-
erts, Webster; Eleventh, Geo. c.
Scott, Plymouth. New members of
the state central committee were chos
en- as follows: First district, II. O.
Weaver, Louisa: Third, C. T. Hancock,
of Dubuque; Fifth, w. d. Lee, Tama;
Sixth, N. +. Kendall, Monroe; Seventh
S. M. Leach, Dallas; Fourth. L. l..
Greene, Fayette; Tenth. John r..
Drugge, Hamilton. At noon the con-
vention adjourned until p. M
Samuel Mahon, of Ottumwa, was
made temporary chairman of the con-
ventiou, and after brief address the
convention proceeded to the nominal
ton of a candidate for governor. w.
E. Fuller, l.. NJ. Shaw, A. b. Funk, j..
Il. Harsh, Matt PARROT, Jas. Harlan
and A. Il. Flickinger were placed in
nomination. Byers and Cownie had
withdrawn. The first ballot re.
suited: Flickingcr $50, Harsh 1913,
PARROT 1913, Fuller ISL, Harlan 1853,
Shaw pa, Funk 29S. The leaders
made slight gains in the second and
third ballots and on the fourth ballot
Shaw was nominated as follows:
Shaw 79s, Parrntt 335, Funk o23, Full
Ter 1O7, Harsh As, Harlan SO.
For acknowledgements, j. II.
Smith, of Linn county; b. +. Clayton,
Geo. Van Houten, of Taylor, and j. C..
Milliman, of Harrison, were placed
before the convention Milliman was
nominated on the first ballot.
Short addresses accepting the nomi-
nations were then made by both the
candidate for governor and lieutenant
governor.
For judge of supreme court, Chas.
T. Leggett, of Jefferson; Charles NJ.
Waterman. of Davenport; Ben Mccoy,
of Mahaska county; and Dan Ryan
were named, and Waterman was nom
mated on the first ballot.
c. l.. Davidson, of Sioux county, was
renominated for railroad commissioner
by acclamation.
Richard L, Barrett, of Usage, Mitch
ell county; Henry Sabin, of Clinton: j.
w. CARRIER, of Pella, Marion county;
and o. ii. Longwell, of Des Moines,
Polk county, were placed in nomina-
tion for superintendent of public
instruction. Barrett was nominated
on the first ballot.
The report of the committee on res
olutions was adopted by a .tanding
vote, and the convention then ad journ-
ed. The platform will be found in an
other column.
The state central committee was re-
organized last-night by the reelection
of chairman II. q. Mcmillan, n. T..
Kendall for vice president and l. Nj.
Treynor for secretary.