The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-09

people as his rule of life. He Is the most
popular POI man in America today BECAUSE zee s,s 81
patriotism, his incompatible character
and splendid abilities. Opposed to this
magnificent ticket we have voice from
Nebraska and a "Reminiscences from 1lli-
nois. Iowa will give not less than 100000
majority for the soldier statesmen, Nc.
Kinley and Roosevelt.
At the conclusion Of Chairman
Roach's address the selections made by
the district caucuses were reported as
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
First district-Rice H. Bell of Lee.
Second district-W. NJ. Morris of Musca-
Third district-w H. Torbert of Du-
buque.
Fourth distrtct-H. A. Kratzenberg of
Winneshiek.
Fifth district-C. A. Gray of Marshall
Sixth district. W. Carr of Poweshiek
Seventh district-C. F. Curtis of Story.
Ninth district-silas Wilson of Cass
Tenth district-George w. Hanna of
Kossuth.
Eleventh district-w. w. Cornwall of
Clay. !
RESOLUTIONS.
First district-Thomas Hedge of Des
Moines.
Second district-c. L Root of Clinton.
.
Fourth district-B. w. Newberry Of
Clayton.
Fifth district-F. G. Pierce of Clayton
Sixth district-W. H. Needham of Keo-
Seventh district-George w. Clark Of
Dallas.
Eighth district-H. M. Towner of
Adams.
Ninth district-Asmus Boysen of Audu-
bon.
Tenth district-C. ]. A. Ericsson of
Eleventh district-F. T. Piper of
CREDENTIALS
First district-Washingto Mullan of
Second Sc district-F. B. Caulson of Iowa
Fourth district-Ed Collins of Worth
Firth district-H. l.. Britherland of
cedar.
Seventh district-w. A. Nickel of Mon
roe.
Eighth Eighth district-John shambaugh of
Eighth dlstrict-w. W. Hill of Page.
, Ninth district-E. M. Hopkins of
Tenth district-c. J. Martin of Greene
Eleventh Districts d. Rineker of
VICE PRESIDENTS.
First dtstrict-Sam Salts of Jefferson
second district-John H. Stevenson Of
-; Third district-George H. Richardson of
Wright. "
Fourth district-Ed Collins of Mitchell
Sixth district-B. f. Carroll of Davis
Warren. VI
Eighth district-c. F. Howell of Appa-
moose. ep0
Ninth DISTRICT. B. Rockefellow Of
Glass; VI
Tenth district-Lewis Larson of Han
cock. ~ Lar
Eleventh district-william Ehlers OF
Woodbury.. ~
The band played patriotic airs while
the audience was gathering for the ar
ternoon session. Considerable difficult
ty was experienced in seating the dele
gates, as outsiders had entered early
and pre-empted delegates seats. The
work of the afternoon was well ad-
vanced before order was secured on the
main floor for the first time and the
disorder due to the excitement of the
pallotlng soon followed. Four hun
dred tickets mysteriously disappeared
and We're In the hands of people with
no authority to hold them, greatly to
the embarrassment Of the managers of
the convention. =
When Chairman Roach was ready to
call the convention to order, the Audi
forum was completely filed The
boxes We're occupied by ladies and dis
tfnguished gentlemen, and there was a
sprinkling of women among the visitors
who occupied seats in the balcony and
gallery.
The committee on credentials report
led every county represented and n
contests.
w. H. Torbett Of Dubuque, Chairman
OF the committee on permanent organ.
.ization, reported. recommending Sem
ator ]. H. Trewin Of Allamakee county
for permanent chairman and the fol-
lowing additional officers:
Secretary-W. c. Elliott Of Audubon.
Assistant secretaries-T. w. Purcell Of
Polk P. John 1. Thompson Of Polk, e. D..
Ksta Of y o. T. Of Of
McNiden of Cerro Gordo and c. T. RAINS
burg of Poweshiek.
r, Reading, clerks-James NJ. Wilson Of
Senterville, and Eugene Anderson Of
Washington.
The committee further recommended
the adoption of the following rules:
That each county be required to vote
IN It's regular turn at roll call.
Ihat no changes be made in the ballot
after the same has been recorded by the
| secretary
That there be no nominating speeches.
a suggestion to do away with in
formal ballots was voted down
1t was decided that the permanent
Niie1ii liisla NC requested 10 make a snort
speech of not more than five minutes.
that the convention might not be ham
pered.
A motion to include recommends
ton that nominations be made by roll
call of districts was tabled.
The report Of the commmittee was
| adopted.
Temporary Chairman Roach named
| Senator Allen, H. M. Let's and ]. G.
| Berryhill as a COMMITTEE to escort
Permanent Chairman Trewin to the
| desk Mr.. Trewin was introduced and
| spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Conventions: This
great honor has come to me entirely
| unexpected and unsolicited. No man
can be called upon to preside over a
| republican convention without being
| filled with just pride. The speech that
was made this morning I wish to
commend to all thoughtful people ev-
| erywhere. The time for action has ar
| rived. Gentleman, what is your pleas
| ure?"
The brief address pleased the audi
ence and he was roundly cheered at
the close. A long delay followed, owing
| to the difficulty in securing order. The
| delegates seats were all occupied and
the aisles We're still full Of delegates.
| The ushers were unable to produce or
der out of chaos. The sergeant-at-
arms requested the delegates to indi-
cate all outsiders that they might be
expelled from the seats. Before this
operation was completed the audience
| became impatient and Chairman Tre-