The Oskaloosa herald., 1900-05-03
WARD CAUCUS.
Republicans Name Delegates to
County Convention.

rnat Will be held In the Guy May D,
There were some extra fourishes put
on the caucus that met in the Second
ward as will appear later.
FIRST WARD.
There was a small attendance in
the First ward and the business was
soon over. Jack Hensel was chair
man was chairman and Sam Miller
was secretary and VIM. Hall teller.
The delegates are:
Sam Miller, VIM, Hall,
w. Johnson, Prof. A. Hull,
SECOND WARD:
There was warm time in the Sec
ond ward caucus which was called to
meet in the office ofW. S.Kenworthy
on First avenue west. There was a
large attendance on account of the
nature of the call, that of selecting
delegates to three conventions. A
rupture occurred in the meeting and
considerable i'll feeling engendered
but the caucus finally proceeded ac-
cording to the call that had been pub
lished. w. S. Kenworthy was called
to the chair and o. G. G. Phillips was
made secretary. Will Bridges moved
that the delegates called for be
selected by ballot and it was under
stood that the list named were to be
delegated to all the conventions that
were to occur during the season.
There was objection to this and Bart
Sinclair moved and was seconded
that the chairman appoint commit
tee to make nominations. The
amendment was adopted and the
Bridges motion withdrawn. Levi
Shaw, Robert McCord and Martin
Walraven were appointed to nomin
ate delegates to the county convention
that will be held May 5, and will Sc
lect delegates to the first state con-
vention and the congressional con-
vention. The delegates named by
the committee and approved by the
caucus were as follows:
Robt. McCord, w. Gilmore,
Geo. Sterling, H. r. Kendig,
r. P. Bacon, Geo. II. Baugh,
M. Walraven.
The above delegation was also
named to be the delegation to attend
township convention that will be
called later to nominate township
ticket for Oskaloosa township.
Messrs. E. B. Klepper, IA. Hinton
and Geo. I. Cook were appointed by
the chair to select delegates to the
county convention that will name
nominees for office on the county
1t this fall and name delegates to
the second state convention that will
be called ter. The following dele
gates were approved by the caucus:
w. S. Kenworthy, Marc Burket,
Geo. T. Cook, Bart Sinclair,
j. o. Grant, d. Baugh,
G. A. Hinton.
w. S. Kenworthy was made the
ward committeeman for the coming
year:
could be no proxies in the delegation
and the members of the delegations
selected would have the power to cast
the full vote of the ward at any con-
vention at which they were present.
There will be no further caucuses
in the Second ward for the ensuing
season.
There may be an exception, how
ever, as a number in attendance at
the meeting were dissatisfied and they
announced that there would be an
other caucus of the Second ward Re-
publicans held in the Joseph Jones
carriage shop on Friday evening,
May 4.
THIRD WARD.
The Third ward caucus was held in
the court house. There was here a
small attendance. Phil Swayze was
chairman of the meeting and James
Dewitt was made secretary. The fol-
lowing delegates were named:
Jas. A. Irwin, J. b. CruZen,
w. F. Blair, G. II. Hare,
E. @. Rice, S. w. Jones,
H. Tice, w. E. Richie,
w. r. Cowan, Jas. Dewitt.
FOURTH WARD.
There was very quiet time in the
Fourth ward with G.. w. Lafferty in
the chair, at the o. L. & T. Co. barn
and w. w. Haskell as secretary. The
delegates named to the county con-
vention were:
l.. @. Blanchard, w. w. Haskell,
Will Kemble, VIII. Cunningham
r. K. Davis, J. w. Morgan,
r. Spates, w, N. Bennett.
T. j. Price, A. ID. Coleman.
FIFTH WARD.
There was very peaceable time in
the Fifth ward. ID. M. Edwards was
called to the chair and A. f. N.
Hambleton had his old place as secre-
tary. The delegates named were:
A FIN. Hambleton,L. j. Allen,
b. F. Cruzen, H. s. Skanes,
Geo. Andrews, M. Young,
ID. L. Cole, d. M. Edwards.
The caucuses in all the wards with
the single exception of the Second,
were for the selection Of delegates to
the county convention that will be