Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-17


the state ticket nominated by this con- !
vention by death or otherwise.
When Cato Sells name was presented
to the convention he made a speech urg- I
ing the nomination of White and abso-
lutely declining to himself be a candi-
date. He said:
II have said If the time should come
that the conditions at this convention
should make 1t my duty to take the
nomination I should do it, That time
has gone by. / said this morning, and
it is final and absolute, that Twill not
be your candidate at this time.
This morning, because 1 believed the
situation warranted me in doing so,
called upon Mr.. White and urged him
to be candidate. He did not wish 1T,
but finally said, When duty calls me
/ will CO. Gentlemen of the convention,
i beg of you to nominate and elect Fred
e. White"
Mr.. Bashor followed Mr.. Sells and
seconded the nomination of Mr.. White,
at the same time ticking the occasion to
tell the convention that he had not been
fairly used, for 1T had even been charg-
ed that he was a prohibitionisa.
He said when he thought of being a
candidate he wrote Mr. White, asking
White replied that under no crcum-
stances would he accept the nomination.
With that letter in his pocket he had
come to the convention. but last night
he had been asked if he would release
MIR. White from his promise in the in
terest of harmony. This he agreed to I
do and would support Mr.. White both in
the convention and on the stump.
A motion to nominate Fred Z. White
by reclamation was ruled out of order
and roll call ordered. The result was
as follows:
Cato Sells $500. ........ 80. ......192
S. B. Bashor $3.50. -. ..... SAC I
| Fred E. White -. ...... ;. J. -...1421a |
a. g. Daly.... 80
j. II. Dougherty.. JOG
l.. T. Genung IL
| A motion was then carried to make
Mr.. Whites nomination unanimous.
Mr. White was called for and soon APP
! peared, saying:
"Perhaps no man in public life ever
| felt SO singularly as do at this present
time. came here determined to have
4 nothing to do with this nomination. u
/ was determined not TO have my name
come before the convention, and / did
4 not know until l reached Des Moines
! that there would be any move made in
that direction. 1t is not necessary to
say why accept this nomination. Cen
/ tlemen. / accept it.
81 accept it against my judgment, ar
I wish the responsibility was placed up
4 on other and stronger shoulders. 1 ask
you all. individually and collectively
to stand al my back. If you, against
my WILL load this responsibility on me
/ ,.a,, ,o;, al hnr m oil law
| will not be responsible for my down
fall.
With the Infamous history that is
being made by our opponents. and you
and the republicans also know that il
the democrats do their duty the SUI
premacy of the republican party will be
| ended. 1 have not earned this glorious
4 exhibition of confidence in me. l ac-
B cept 1t as sincere on your part and ask
you to do all that in you lies to ratify at
the polls your action today"
4 Before the roll call a motion was
made to refer the nomination of rail-
road commissioner TO the populist con-
vention. This preciptated a row at
Eonce, a large number of the delegates
protesting that they did not want to
ask any populist convention to name
their ticket.
At this point the party leaders exc
icuted coup which saved fusion and at
the Same time made the convention be
kieve it was nominating strictly dem
: ocrasic ticket.
: Secretary Walsh, of the national COM
: mittee, made his voice heard above the
: slamor and said:
Tue time has arrived in this state
q when a democratic convention should
make democratic nominations. I am
not in favor of farming out the prerog-
, atives of this convention. 1t is time for
those people who think we are right to
: come in with US. The place to make
;. democratic nominations is in demo
|cratie convention
t Later on, however, when this nomi-
v nation was reached in regular order the
y name of the populist candidate was
d proposed with the assurance that he
n was a good democrat" and he was
: nominated.
The state central committee met las,
: night and organized by electing George
: Huffman, Des Moines, chairman; E. H
e Beckford, Adair. secretary; and j. b
: Romans, Denison. treasurer. The com
g mittee will meet next week to arrange
! for headquarters and for opening the
r campaign.
n The new central committee is as fol
: lows:
e First district, H. L. Troop. Noun,
: Pleasant; Second dictrict, C. G. Hoop
n we'll, Davenport: Third district, E. NJ
It Carr, Manchester (hold over); Fourth
s district, I. ID. Holden, Mason City (hol6
= over): Fifth district, A. e. Jackson
y Tama; Sixth district, S. F. Mcconnell
It Bloomfield; Seventh district. George
s Huffman, Des Moines; (hold over)
d Eighth district, w. R. Hart, Maloy
n (hold over): Ninth district. E. H. Bick
e ford, Guthrie Center; Tenth district, j
y b. Romans, Denison; Eleventh district
q 7. F. Ward, LeMars, (hold over).
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N Special to Times Republican.
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