Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-11-01
Howard County DeIeg;
On the Senatorial Convention.

Owing to the fact that great deal Of
dissatisfaction exists in the ranks of
the republican party in the 42d Sena-
torial District over the selection of a
candidate from Winnesheik county,
and the further fact that a newspaper
controversy over the situation exists,
it seems desirable and proper that the
republicans of the district should
know all the material facts relating
to the Calmar convent ton, which NOM
mated Mr.. e P. johnson for senator:
and as the undersigned represented
Howard county as delegates to that
convention, they feel it their duty to
submit the facts SO far as they can for
the consideration of the voters.
At the outset we desire to say that
we have no criticism whatever to pass
upon the personality Or qualifications
of Mr.. Johnson, or that we have any
claims or preference for Mr.. Webster
other than he was Howard county
man. We know that there had been
considerable talk, not only in Howard
but in WinneSheik county prior to
the holding OF the convention, as to
which county was entitled to name
the candidate. The DEBORAH Repub-
lican advocted that Winniesheik was
entitled to name the candidate twice
to Howard Is once; the Howard county
papers advocating that the nomina-
tion should alternate, one county be-
ing entitled to 1T just as often as the
other. Thus the question had been
considered deliberately, and as we felt
and unders TODD the mass of the repub-
Iican party in Howard county believed
that the nomination should alternate
from one county to the other just as
it has done since the organization of
the Howard Winnesheik senatorial
district; and entertaining such belief
we prepared the resolu tions which
have been heretofore published in the
republican papers, and need not be
here reproduced.
Briefly stated the proceedings of the
convention were as follows: Imme-
diately after the organization was
completed, MIR. Converse, Of Howard,
their adoption. Before there had
of the merits of the resolutions, Mr..
a. J. Cratzenberg-one of the Winnie
sheik delegates moved to lay tine res
olution on the table. Mr.. Converse
then urged-almost begged of the
Winnesheik delegation-that this be
not done, but asked for full and fair
discussion of the resolutions upon the
merits. While Mr. Converse was urg-
ing this Hon. A. *. Bailey went to
Mr.. Cratzenberg, spoke a few words in
an undertOne, and then Mr.. CratZen-
berg Withdrew his motion to table.
Mr.. Converse then reviewed the his.
tory Of this senatorial district, show
ing that it had been the custom since
its organization for the two counties
to alternate In naming the candidates.
and that following this custom it was
Howard county's turn. Mr.. Bailey,
in opposition to the resolutions,
stated that he was the second senator
from this district, and that his full
term of four years just balanced the
two years or half term, of Hon. S. A.
Converse of Howard; that there
was never any agreement or under
standing that the counties should al
ternate, because no such an agree.
ment could be made which would bind
future conventions, but that it was
always conceded and understood
notice the fiat contradiction of his
two Statements-tllat Winnesheik
should have the senator twice to How
ards once: that the population of
Winnesheik was greater than that of
Howard -neglecting to state, however,
the difference In population, or that
since the organization Of the district
his county had Increased only about
five per cent. while Howard had IL.
creased fifty-hve per cent-and con-
tended that Howard county derived