Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-23
Delegates Selected in ottumwa
Tuesday Evening.
The CONVENTION NEXT SATURDAY.
VIII Be Held in the Turner Hall Com
mencins at 1880 o'cIock-The Of
fees to Be Filled and Retiring Off.
GERS.
From Wednesdays Daily.

GIOm wednesday S DAILY.
Pursuant to call the republicans of
this city held their primaries in the
several wards, last evening, selecting
delegates and alternates to attend the
republican county convention to be
held at the Turner hall next Saturday
at 1:30 o'clock. These delegates. to-
gether with those selected in the out
side precincts will name the men who
will be elected next November for the
offices of county auditor to succeed
Morgan Griswold,; clerk of the district
court,to succeed o. j. Garriott; county
recorder, to succeed CT. Porter; coun-
ty attorney, to succeed A. w. Enoch,
and one member of the board of super
vlsors, to succeed H. B. Wagers, the
retiring member.
The Delegates and AIternates.
Following are the republican dele
gates and alternates selected in the
different wards:
First Ward.
The first ward primary was held at
A. L. Reynolds drug store on East
Main street. r. L. Tilton presided and
John Hardy acted as secretary. The
following delegates and alternates
were selected:
Delegates-George Withall, w. H.
O'Malley, R. l.. Tilton, William Ram
sell, Harry Hill, George Smith, Mike
Moftit, Eli Hill, A. J. Lewis, E. Peck,
c. G. Lee and l.. A. Culbertson.
Alternates-A. l.. Reynolds, John
Hardy, Andy Hill, J. ]. Lockwood, Jo-
seph Parks and e. j. Baldwin.
Second Ward.
The second ward primary was held
at the city hall, with an attendance of
about one hundred. The meeting was
called to order by N. 3. Carpenter. DIR.
A. 0. Williams was made chairman,
and A. S. Udell secretary. N. E. Car
penter was chosen ward committee
man for the ensuing year. The fol-
lowing delegates and alternates were
chosen:
Delegates-F. w. Simmons, w. B.
Armstrong, A. S. Udell, w. r. Beck,
N. E. Carpenter, Dan Harmon, James
Orr, S. d. Baker, John Scott, Jonas
Sax, George Bjorkman, DR.. A. o. Will
liams, Carey Wilkins, C. L. Simmons
and Don Pool.
Alternates-H. B. Maynard, c. E.
Boude, A. P. Anderson, Harry Leisin-
ger.
j Third Ward.
- The third ward primary was held at
the court house. The meeting was
called to order by Morgan Griswold,
who was also made secretary, and J.
G. Meek was chosen chairman. The
following delegates and alternates
were chosen:
Co ~ ~
Meek, T. P. Spilman, Girls Haw. Alfred
Briggs, w. D. Tisdale, S. M. Birney,
Mike Rowland, William Fielder, C. M.
Hedrick, A. j. Armstrong, G. R. Allen,
Ben Brown and S. L. Houck.
Alternates-J. T. Bowles, J. L,
Moore, John O'Donnell, J.. G.. Hutchin-
son and r. NJ Asbury.
Fourth Ward.
The fourth ward primary was held
at J. A. Belmont's wagon factory. on
South Wapello street, and was attend
ed by about 40 republicans. The
meeting was called to order by Fl. P.
I Keyhoe, B. F. Hyatt was made chair
man and Geo. B. Simmons secretary.
The following delegates were selected:
H. P. Keyhoe, Frank Fielder J. e.
Burnstedt, R. P. Dana, Oscar Arnold,
Capt. S. H. Harper, D. A. LaForce, C.
A. Smith, W. B. Moore, Joe Hinsey.
Chas. Aldridge, A. Mosier, Jack Hall
and George Kitterman.
Fifth Ward
The fifth ward primary was held in
the Schwartz building on. Church
street H. D. Rhine was made chair
man of the meeting and E. G. Sharpe
secretary. The following delegates
and aJternates were chosen:
Delegates-E. G. Sharpe, Ed. Holt,
H. King, j. F. Powell, F. Salter,, H.
Arnold. q. Taylor, H. d. Rhine, George
Blount.
Alternates-Dr. c. c. Powell, Henry
Nudge, Frank Peck, w. A. Randall,
Charles Russell and Frank Lyon.
Sixth Ward.
The sixth ward primary was held at
the Benton street hose house, there
being an attendance of about seventy
five. The meeting was called to order
by |. HI. Hammond and M. l.. Kirk was
elected chairman. Four secretaries
were chosen, as follows. G. ]. Eek
J felt, e. H. Emery, G. w. Whitmore, and
S ]. R. Criley. The following delegates
and alternates were chosen:
Delegates. N. Randall, A. F. Hold
dy, B. H. Picken, G. A. VanDyke, Ben
Briggs, e. II. Emery, ]. R. Criley, w.
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