The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-08-16
A Rowling Caucus.

uOANA oo VIC OOuA iiOOC0 i00Vu1
day afternoon was remarkable one il
meeting. 1t was to many surprise, fol
Ut marked the beginning of the end o.
the Leon ring who have controlled re.
publican politics and nominations fol
many years.
The caucus was the largest ever held
in Leon, the court house being crowded
The fun commenced promptly at
O'Clock, the hour set for the caucus tc
convene. Promptly at 3 O'Clock Mr.. j
ii. Evans arose and moved that Mr.
A. Biddison be selected as chairman ol
the caucus. His motion received mum.
erous seconds. Like flash Postmaster
Ledgerwood was on his feet and an.
nounced in an authoritative manner that
a chairman had already been selected
by j. N. Gates, the county chairman
who was absent, and that there was q
gentleman in the house who had receiv.
ed letter from Mr.. Gates in which he
had appointed him chairman. Upon
this DR.. A. Brown stepped forward and
stated he was the gentleman named in
MIR. Gates letter and in spite of Wig.
orous protest proceeded to read the call
for the caucus. When he had finished
Marion F. Stookey moved that he be
selected chairman and then Gear Reed g
methods were tried to be forced upon
the convention, it being asserted that
DR.. Browns name must be voted on for
chairman before any other name, but
the voters present would not stand for
that kind of raw work and insisted that
Mr.. Biddison's name be also voted up.
on. Finally it was left to rising vote
DR.. Brown to be voted for first and then
MIR. Biddison, but even this was not
agreed upon until Mr.. Evans and others
had stated that they were there to Sc
cure their rights and did not propose to
allow few men to dictate Just what the
convention should do.
When the vote was called DR.. Brown
received votes aud Mr.. Biddison A.
DR.. Brown then retired from the chair
and when Mr.. Biddison took the chair
he was loudly applauded. Knockout
one.
When it came to select secretary the
ring was again knocked out, j. Ii.
Evans defeated S. Varga by an over.
whelming vote, The anti-ring men
however graciously allowed Mr.. Varga
to be named as assistant secretary.
There was then another wrangle as to
how the delegates should be selected,
and the ring received another body
blow which staggered it, motion pre-.
vailing that the delegates be voted upon
one at time. The ring tried to have a
ballot taken and the % persons receiy-
ing the highest number of votes be de-
clared the delegates, but their scheme
did not work.
The char announced that one name
at time would be voted upon and then
every man in the convention jumped to
his feet to be recognized by the chair,
to name delegate. 1t had all been ar
ranged so that A nominated b, and B
A, and it did not take long
to name the following delegates:
+. NJ. Osborn.
r. L. Parrish.
F. Varga:
A. j. Allen,
G. E. Gardner.
HI. j. Landes.
+. +. Bell.
DR.. A. Brown.
]. 2. Wharton.
S. Varga.
w. r. Kline.
Jas. Grandstaf.
John Burns.
& :, + :: 'S !; MsA''.,|s'.
j. ID. Brown.
G. G. Beck.
A. Biddison.
w. "A. Brown.
j. HI. Evans.
s. A. Grayson.
Scott Gardner.
G. M. Truitt.
k r: 4: ssaai.
Geo. +. Woleyer,
When the list is examfHebt-ilt! ~ VII pe
seen that the big majority of the deie
gates do not belong to the ring.
When the selection Of township COM
mitteeman was reached the ring was
knocked completely out, their candidate
is. Varga being defeated four to one by
B. w. Garrett, who is especially disliked
by the Hepburn railroad gang on account
of his ardent support of Cummins in the
senatorial fight, but Mr.. Garrett was
elected by an overwhelming m ajority.
By this time most of the ring hac
commenced to leave the court room
and r. L. Parrish made motion tina
in the future the delegates to the count!
convention be selected by writer
ballot, which he apparently supported
being followed by F. Varga who also de
sired this method adopted, There wa
not single vote cast in favor Of thu
motion.
Having accomplished their purpos
the independent voters then moved t.
adjourn and the motion carried.
1t was indeed badly broken rim
that came out Of the caucus and thei
| growls are loud and deep.
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