Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-06
HOLD PRIMARIES.
Democrats Select Delegates to
County Convention.

County Convention.
NAMES OF ASPIRANTS TO OFFICE.
Primaries in the City Held Last Eve
ming, While Many of Those Out
side Were Held Saturday-Personal
Canvass of Gold Democrats Made.
The democrats Of the city of Ottum-
wa held their primaries in the different
wards last evening and selected dele
gates to attend the democratic county
convention to be held at the Grand OPP
era house next Saturday afternoon az
1880 o'clock. The convention is held
for the purpose of placing in nomina-
ton candidate for the Office of coun-
ey auditor, the republican nominee for
which is |. H. Hammond; clerk of the
district court, republican nominee, Fl.
w. Michael; country recorder, repub-
lican nominee, George H. Smith; coun-
ty attorney, republican nominee, D. H.
Emery, and member of the board o.
supervisors, republican nominee, John
M. McElroy.
A personal canvass has been made
by the local democracy of gold demo-
Gratis. Party leaders and henchmen
have seen each man who was known
to have been "off" in 1896, and have
offered him place on the delegation
from his ward if he would but attend
the primary held last evening. This
has been done, of course, simply for
effect
The Candidates.
Candidates for office on the demo-
cratic side of the house are not very
numerous. Republican success seems
to be in the air and has made democ
racy afraid of the avalanche of votes
in November which they see in their
minds eye enveloping them. All men
who have been mentioned for places
on the ticket are good citizens, the ma
jority of them being engaged in bust
ness in this city.
| For auditor nobody seems to be an
avowed candidate but it is the inten-
ton Of democracy to play the game
of politics in what would seem at first
glance to be a shrewd way and indeed
polite manner. 1t is said that they
| intend to placate Washington town
| ship with the candidate for this office
| and nominate a man from Eldon or vi
entity. The difference in the votes on
| the head of the ticket in 1897 was just
| fifty-nine votes in favor of the republi-
can side of the ledger and an increas-
ed majority is looked for this year.
| Just who will be sprung for the place
| is not known. The leaders are keep
| ing mum in regard to his name and in
fact, it is said, have settled upon no
one, the cry seeming to be anybody
| just so Washington township has a
personal worker in the coming cam
paign.
For clerk of the district court, c. B.
| Koett, H. L. Edmunds and Alderman
]. E. Hull are being mentioned. Mr..
Koett is from the second ward, Mr.. Ed
munds from the fourth and Mr.. Hull
from the fifth ward.
For recorder, H. q. Allen has been
an avowed candidate for some months.
He has worked hard for the nomin-
alton and has been lifelong demo-
GRAFT If these entitle a man to place
on the ticket Mr.. Allen should be NOM
mated theodore Stoessel is another
possibility. He is young man and
has lived in Ottumwa a great many
years and is said to be demanding rec
ognition as representative of the
younger democracy.
For county attorney L. G. Hender-
| shott, the man who ran nearly 400
votes ahead of his ticket two years
ago, seems, by all the rules of poll
tics, to be entitled to the nomination.
G. G. Ayres, however, contests this
notion and says it is free for all and
may the man with the best mark
win. Police Judge Charles Halls
friends have been urging him to be-
come candidate but when approach
ed by Courier reporter about it, that
gentleman said that If given the nom
| ination he would accept. From his
conversation it was inferred that he
did not want to be considered as an
avowed candidate but would make the
race if rendered the nomination.
For member of the board of super.
visors William Wilson, of the ninth
precinct, and Alderman Stephen
Barnes, of the sixth ward, are being
talked of. Mr.. Wilson is farmer and
is said to be silver democrat. Mr.
Barnes is the democratic alderman
from the sixth ward where he is also
engaged in business and was the auth.
or of measure reducing the hours OF
city laborers and increasing their pay
but which was sidetracked by the
council for a time. It finally passed
in manner entirely unsatisfactory to
that gentleman and was ultimately en-.
tirely repealed.
So much for the candidates. The
political storm center of the state of
Iowa is said to be in the sixth con.
gressional district with Ottumwa as a
pivotal point. Here, it is said, the
most work will be done and the bit.
terest fight made. That which affects
the congressional nominees is bound
to affect the county ticket to about the
same degree. Republicans are pre-
pairing to open the campaign with Da.
vid B. Henderson, speaker of the house
of representatives, and if this kind of
timber is brought into this county, it
is bound to be hot fight.