Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-22
0TTUMWA MAN IS DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE FOR GOVERNOR OF IOWA

err. He spoke briefly and when he
sat down Hon. John w. Lewis of OF
tumwa took the floor and presented
the name of Thomas J. Phillips. He
was limited to five minutes but he had
spoken fifteen minutes before he sat
down amid whirlwind of applause.
He said in part:
81 present the name of honest. cour-
ageous, blunt, plain, loyal Thomas j.
Phillips of Ottumwa. His genial blunt
honesty, his stalwart courage and his
business ability make him the man for
the honor. whom the democratic party
cannot do better than nominate. He |
differs in almost every particular from
the republican nominee for governor.
He will make a vigorous campaign and |
will be vote getter.
A voice-"What is he, a Democrat"
He is democrat. He served two
terms as mayor of Ottumwa, and the
people of Ottumwa will tell you unan-
imously that the administration of
Tom Phillips was admirable. He grew
I'D a miner. He is diamond in the
rough He has never lost the love
and confidence of the 10000 coal min
ers in the state, though he has attain
ed to distinction and a responsible po-
sition in the business world. His nom
nation will insure strong support from
organized labor, because he is recog-
tnized as friend of the laboring man.
Delegate-"Is this man Phillips, like
Stiger, railroad attorney"
He is moi"
Can he take the stump with A. B.
Cummins?"
He'll let Cummins make the speech
es and he'll get the votes
No Nomination.
The ballot was then taken. Many
of the gold counties, especially those
of the second district, refused to vote
at all. When the roll was once COM
pleted those who had passed were
called and divided up their vote in diff
ferent ways Stiger and Phillips re-
ceived the bulk of the vote.> Other
men received votes, however, among
them Cato Sells, J. B. Weaver. John
N. Redmond and George w. Ball. All
announced that they would not under
any circumstances be candidates, eX-
cept Ball. Scarcely the first ballot
had been completed when counties be-
gan to change their votes, presumably
in the hopes of securing nomination.
Adair changed five from Stiger to
Phillips. Appanoose did likewise.
! Carroll changed several times but
J finally remained as it started, five for
/ Phillips and nine for Stiger. Clayton
) county changed six to Shger, giving
i him sixteen; Clinton changed twenty
t four to Stiger and later changed them
: to Phillips, giving him the full vote
!. of the delegation. Fremont county,
, which had given Sells it fourteen votes
l changed them, giving two to Phillips
a and twelve to Stiger. Green county
. changed it's nine votes from Weaver
!. to Phillips. Harrison county changed
e its sixteen votes votes from Stiger to
Phillips. Humboldt did the same with
g it's five votes. Jasper changed Its
\ eighteen from Redmond to Stiger. Lee
i changed one vote from Stiger to Phil
|. lips, giving him the entire twenty
), eight. Polk county, which originally
d voted eighteen for Phillips, fourteen
4 for Stiger and one for Weaver, chang
J. ed to twenty for Phillips, and thirteer
Q for Stiger. Shelby changed it's twelve
J. from Stiger to Phillips. Wayne gave
its twelve to Phillips. 1t was origin
ally divided. Wright gave it's six votes
to Phillips
DO 6SCllSu WelS IuG lcHSlS Iudl Vic.
II did not note all of the changes giver
, but they were made and called by the
F" reading clerk. In footing up some O
9 them were omitted and the result was
. announced by the clerk as follows
+ Stiger, 562; Phillips, 526; Dedmond
!" 20; Weaver. 13; Ball 10. The tota
4 number of votes cast was 1,131, sever
~ al counties not voting.
ID Phillips Nominated.
n After considerable skirmishing
"a second ballot was ordered as there wa
sr no majority. Only two candidate
IS were voted on on this ballot and it wa
IS extremely close, resulting as follows
"a Phillips, $751;; Stiger, 5S91s. MI
ie Phillips was declared the nominee Q
the convention. Every action was az
companied with great disorder. Dele
$ cations were challenged every fey
n minutes and the chairman was unabl
Il. to make himself heard more than hal
I'd the time.
TX Ferguson for Second Place.
n. The next place on the ticket wa
he lieutenant governor. Four men wel
is placed in nomination: G. E. Ferguso
Nv of Logan L. T. Genung of Glenwoo'
W. T. Davis of Hamburg. Cato Sell
of Vinton. Mr.. Genung immediatel
withdrew, and little later Mr.. NDav,
,rt followed suit This was not don
err however, until the ballot had bee
IT. commenced. Tt was left between Fe
re-. guson and Cato Sells. Great exert
es ment prevailed. Mr.. Sells friends d
clared that it was an insult to him
,h. suggest his name for the place. Son
er one inquired if Mr.. Sells was so mut
he better than the other democrats of tt
he state that he could not run for lie
,rt tenant governor. His name was wit
a drawn by both friends and enemie
he but in every case without authorit
ey He himself had left the hall in di
of gust. Finally the chair consented
ad the withdrawal of his name, eve
nd though no one had direct authority
he do So The convention then procee
ed with the roll call, and several cou
ties had responded before it was q
-, covered that Ferguson was the on
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