Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-21
DEMOCRATS SELECT DELEGATES.


ernoon.
DEMOCRATS SELECT DELEGATES.
County Convention Picks Three Sets
for Three NOminati ting Conventions.
The convention of the democrats of Pot
tawattamie county held yesterday to elect
three sets of twenty three delegates each
to attend the state convention OF the party,
which meets at Marshaltown September 5.
and the judicial and congressional convcn-
tions, which will be held in this city next
Thursday August %, proved a very tame
affair indeed. No enthusiasm, even of the
mildest form, was manifested in the pro-
ceediEgs and the attendance was Of the
slimmest. The convention was held in the
district court room across the hall from
where the republicans of the Ninth con-
gressonal district were fighting out their
battle, and when F. A. Bixby. the city's
chief of police and chairman of the demo-
cratic county central committee, called the
delegates to order there was hardly cor
poral's guard present and that was COM
posed in the main of the members Of the
police force and employees in the different
city departments.
w. Brooks Reed, city treasurer, was
named as temporary chairman ard George
e. R. Hunter as secretary. The following
were appointed as committee on creden-
tials c. j. Dobbins. Sam Underwood and
w. w. Cones, and on motion of Colonel
A. T. Whittlesey, who said he knew some
thing about the time it took for a creden
tials committee to do it's work, an adjourn
ment was taken until l. 80 in the afternoon.
On reassembling in the afternoon the tenn
porary organization was made permanent
and the convention got down to the bus
mess in hand. The committee on creden-
tials reported that all the delegates in at
tendance were duly accredited and the re-
port was adopted and then the following
committee was appointed to select and re-
port three sets of delegates: Adam Ring,
Belknap; John Gunnison, Boomer; William
Currie, Crescent; McMacken, Emil Schurz,
John Halle, ]. R. Danforth, P. ]. Sullivan,
S. G. Underwood. Paul Aylesworth, F. A.
Bixby, Ed Egan, Council Bluffs; H. F. Saar,
Keg Creek; A. McCandless, Knox R. c.
Lewis; J. H. Stuhr, Minden;
James Organ, Nicola; Pat Lane, Pleasant;
Lee Jones, Rockford; William O'Neill, Val
ley; D. l.. Weir and j. N. Wolff, Council
Bluffs.
Three Sets of Delegates.
The committee reported the following
three sets of delegates, which had evidently
been cut and dried beforehand, and the re-
port was adopted:
State OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Dye, Mace
donia Warren Hough, Crescent; Fremont
njamin, Avoca, d. Denny. Council Bluffs;
s. G. Underwood. Council Bluffs; w. G.
James, Council Bluffs; A. w. Wyman. DR..
NJ. c. Christensen, Victor Jennings, w. c.
Boyer, S. B. Wadsworth. e. Shubert. J. ].
Stewart II
Macrae, Council Bluffs; - Keefe Hardin;
John Warner, Valley Charles Hageman;
M. Mckenzie, Silver Creek, p. w. Kramer,
Lewis; w. w. Gardner; J. r. Black, Girls
void. .>F 10. .'
Congressional Conventional A. Casper.
j. r. Dietrich Joe Kline A. T. Whittlesey.
K. T. Montfort, Emmett Tinley, d. L. Weir,
w. c. Egan, C. A. Machan John p Organ,
P. J. Sullivan, John Hinkel, Council Bluffs;
DR.. J. w. Hemsted. Carson; Con Tooney,
Crescent; Lee Jones, L0veland; c. E. Nc
Mullen. Nicola; Robert Mckenzie, Living
O'Neill. Hancock; DR., Harry Peters, Minden;
]. Gunnette, Rockford; R. c. Williams,
Lewis; ]. r. Black Griswold; John Currie,
Underwood; Herman Mendel, Nicola.
Judicial Convention-E. f. Aylesworth,
Fremont BENJAMIN, j. J. Stewart, Emil
c. Aylesworth, Herman Schurz. ]. n. Wolf,
J. Il. Lewis, Phil Wareham, James Hereld,
Frank Guanella. w. II. Ware and Thomas
Council Bluffs; Fremont Benjamin,
Avoca; Riley Clark. Nicola; W. w. Walker,
Crescent; Roscoe Barton, Avoca; A. M,
Scott, Pleasant; II. F. Saar, Keg Creek ].
w. Crow, Mnden; DR.. S. T. Toby, Oakland;
Lee Jones' Rockford.
At the last state democratic convention a
resolution was adopted comforting on the
executive committee of each county the
power to appoint the committeeman from the
various precincts. This is not altogether
by the country 16-to-1 men and the
appointment OF this committee was the
only thing in the convention that caused the
slightest ripple. Some of the delegates were
In favor Of curtailing the power of this
committee and after some discussion on the
matter resolution to the effect that in the
future the executive committee recognize the
recommended by the various
precincts was carried. The executive COM
mittee was named as follows: Judge W. c.
James, Council Bluffs, chairman; w. II.
Ware, Council Bluffs, secretary; ]. w. Hem
sted, Carson; DR.. S. B. Toby, Oakland, and
Alderman ]. B. Atkins, Council Bluffs.
New County Committee.
w. B. Reed was selected as chairman
OF the county central committee, which was
named as follows; Belknap, w. D. Rogers
Boomer, T. J. Smith Carson, George S.
Dye; Crescent, Con Twomey; Center, A. L.
Frizzelle; Garner, ]. r. Macrea Grove,
Peter Frederickson; Hardin, Liner Keith;
Hazel Dell Thomas Leonard; James, S. ID.
Blakly; Keg Creek, H. +. Saar; Knox, Ros-
coe Barton Layton, w. C. Sievers
Lewis, r. C. Wlliams Lincoln,
]. c. Blackaby; Macedonia, S. Dye; Minden,
j. W. Crow; Norwalk. A. o. Wyland; Ne
ola, T. S. Fenlon; Pleasant. A. NJ. Scott
Rockford, II. l.. Fouts: Silver Creek, NJ. Nc
Kenzie; Valley, T. l.. Meyer; Washington,
r. s. Williams; Waveland, H. Talbot
Wright, ]. r. Black; York, Uriah McLean
Kane, First ward, C. III. Banther, Jesse
Walters; Second ward. w. b. Fisher, j. R.
Lewis; Third ward, j. r. Dietrich, p. J.
Sullivan; Fourth ward, Henry Atkins, Ar
thur Slack; Fifth ward, C. A. Machan, ]. ].
O'Hearn; Sixth ward. w. c. Boyer, William
Whiting.
Some Of the faithful were Of the opinion
that Chairman Bixby had been a little too
hasty In issuing q call for the county con-
vopttop to be held In 9optember. A thoY