Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-09-11

upon it's folds, entered largely. Every
speaker was bitter against the admin
istration, and had all the delegates
hypnotized except Patrick Riordan,
when it came time to transact the bus
mess of the day.
1t required no more than one formal
ballot to nominate any of the candi-
dates. Usually there were but few as
pirants for any of the places and the
informal ballot told who the strong
man was.
The Nominations.
After listening to a speech by the
chairman, Lafayette Dudgeon, of Com
petine township, and at one time a
candidate for the legislature from this
district; one Astounding in beautiful
word pictures from John Lewis; one
from SAINT Kirkpatrick, which was re-
markable for it's bitterness against the
administration that puts bread into his
mouth and still another from A. G..
Steck, the convention proceeded to
make the following nominations, the
vote on which is given in detail. and
to adopt resolutions supporting the
candidacy of Mr.. Steck:
For Auditor-lnformal.
E. S. Parker, So; c. l.. Smith, Al; J..
o. Hunnell, 211s; N. F. Reed, S1A.;
Henry Arnold, 1; Theodore Stoessel, g..
j. o. Hunnell arose and said that he
was not candidate and never had
been, and e. J. Bradley withdrew the
name of N. F. Reed.
First Formal.
E. S. Parker, Sly; G. L. Smith, 651l,;
Henry Arnold, 1; Theodore Stoessel,
4; j. o. Hunnell, 2.
The nomination of Mr.. Parker was
made unanimous
For Clerk of District court-lnformal.
G. B. Koett, II; ]. M. Kussart, Al;
N. F. Reed, 81; Thomas Smith, IL.
For CIerk-First Formal.
G. B. Koett, 81; ]. M. Kussart, 81;
Thomas Smith, 2.
Mr.. Koett's nomination was made
unanimous. The calls for Mr.. Koett
were numerous and the chair appoint
ed l.. O. Johnson and ]. M. Kussart to
hunt him up and present him to the
convention. This duty they perform
ed and Mr.. Koett later thanked the
sured them that, if elected, they would
nave 1lO CduSS W lScl doudluSu VI ulU1.
For Recorder-lnformal.
H. E. Allen, 86h; Theodore Stoessel
51H; George Earhart, 16.
Mr.. Earhart withdrew his name and
Theodore Stoessel moved that the bal
lot be made the first formal and that
the nomination of Mr.. Allen be made
unanimous, which was done. The con-
vention called upon Mr.. Allen for a
speech. The gentleman was present
and thanked the convention for his
nomination.
County Attorney-InformaI.
L. G. Hendershott, 711s; C. c. Ayres,
66; Charles Hall, 1919; George F..
Heindel, 1.
County Attorney-First Formal.
L. G. Hendershott, 90; G. c. Ayres,
SO.
On motion of Mr.. Ayres the nominal
ton Of Mr.. Hendershott was made
unanimous.
Member of Board-Informal.
William Wilson, 117H.; Stephen
Barnes, Sly; G. Ostertag, 4; John G..
Jordan, 1.
On motion the ballot was made the
first formal and the nomination of Mr..
Wilson made unanimous.
The Resolutions.
Some time prior to the last nomina-
tion somebody called the attention OF
the chair to the fact that no commit
tee on resolutions had been selected.
The chairman guessed it was not nee
essary but somebody had Steck res
al, IN, hic VII, oh hn
wanted to present and have adopted.
A motion was made that such COM
mittee be appointed and the chair was
compelled to take notice of it. Ac-
cordingly committee was appointed
as given in Saturdays Courier, and af-
ter time they came back with the fol-
lowing which was read and adopted:
1--WE hail with joy (that sounds like
John Lewis) the accommodating evil
dences of democratic success and we
pledge our support to the state and
national platform, and to the democra,
tic candidates, national, state and
county
1--WE congratulate the sixth congress
sional district upon the selection OF
Hon. A. G. Steck as our standard bear
er.
"He has lived here in our midst for
twenty years and we, his neighbors,
who have known him personally and
intimately all this time, take pleasure
in testifying to his splendid character
and sterling worth.
His gentlemanly courtesy, his I'M
failing kindness of disposition, his
broad generosity and the abiding 10y
atty of his friendships have endeared
him in singular degree to all who
know him without regard to politicaf
affiliations.
SIN his genuine sympathies for all
classes without regard to station in
life, he exemplifies the teachings Of
old fashioned democracy and in his
faithful and untiring advocacy turnout
all these years, of the cause of the
common people as well as in his splen-
did ability, we recognize qualifications
of an ideal candidate, and we now
pledge to him our most earnest and
loyal support"
w. A. Fielder, Chairman.
Convention Echoes.
1t would be mistake to say that
the convention was enthusiastic; it
was peaceful, that is all.
The Center township delegation met