Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-10-02
FOR COUNTY OFFICERS
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES NAMED
The Convention on Saturday Afternoon
Largely Attended and Contests in
Some Cases Exciting.

BY the time for the democratic
county convention to open on Saturday
afternoon the court room was well fill
ed with the sturdy politicians of the
democratic party. County Chairman
A. Bernatz called the convention to
order and announced the name OF
Attorney Frank Sayre of this city for
temporary chairman, the choice being
ratified by the convention. John f.
Murtha, OF Bluffton township, was
chosen temporary secretary. Upon
motion the chair appointed the follow
ing committee on credentials, one from
each Supervisors district A. c. Heck,
Mr.. Tupka, John Carolan, Samuel
Wise, A. Bernatz After deliberation
this committee reported all townships
represented except Hesper, with total
vote of l03. Their report was accepted
and the committee discharged. On
motion the temporary organization
Was made permanent. Two teliers,
John NARROW and Elmer Rosa, were
appointed, and an informal ballot for
candidate for representative was
taken, resulting Peter E. Haugen 26,
J. j.. Haug 81, A. Bernatz Is, Theo.
Rosa II, A. F. Anundsen 5. Messrs.
Haug, Haugen and Bernatz withdrew
their names, and a formal ballot was
taken: resulting Theo. Rosa 81, A. f.
Anundsen q, A. Bernatz Is, Thee.
Rosa, of Frankville township, being
declared the nominee. The nomination
was on motion declared unanimous.
An informal ballot for Superinten.
dent of Schools was then taken with
the result, G. F. McNevin IS, J. H.
Hoye IL, John NARROW 8. The ballot
was declared a formal one and the
nomination of c. F. McNevin, of Ossian
made unanimous.
An informal ballot for Treasurer
gave Thos. M. Kelly, of DEBORAH, Sc
votes, and the ballot was declared for.
NAL and the nomination made. unani
nous.
1t required three ballots to nominate
candidate for Sheriff. On the infor.
NAL ballot Martin Jones, of Button
received Sc, John H. Kneeskern, OF
Bloomfield, 20, and B. +. Jewell, oil
DEBORAH, Is. The irst formal ballot
resulted Jones As, Kneeskern 80, Jewell
Is, and the second formal ballot Jones
81, Kneeskern AS, Mr.. Jones being then
declared the unanimous nominee.
On motion no candidate for Surveyor
was nominated, the ticket being lef
blank.
For Coroner DR.. G. M. Stevens, OIL
DEBORAH, was nominated by acclama
ton.
The delegates of the second and fifth
Supervisors districts then assembled
in different parts of the room to nomi
nate candidates for Supervisor. TIL,
fifth district nominated Peter f
| Haugen by reclamation, but in tn,
second district there was a lively
scramble between M. A. Kubish anC
p. j Huber, of Fort Atkinson, requir
ing five ballots for nomination. Th,
first informal ballot resulted Kubish IA
Huber IL, 9.13, M. HI. Mcmahon Z, J
H. Hoye / the second informal ballo
Kubish is, Huber IA, 1913, Mcmahon
4; the first formal ballot Kubish II
Huber Is, rs, Mcmahon A; and tn,
second formal ballot Kubish II, Huber
IA, Mcmahon A; and the third forma
ballot, Mr.. Mcmahon and Mr.. Hoyt
having withdrawn, Kubish 20, Huber
IA, which nominated Mr.. Kubish, and
upon motion of Mr.. Huber, it was
made unanimous.
John F. Murtha, of Bluffton town.
ship, then presented the following
resolution, which was unanimously
adopted by the convention by rising
vote:
ueIeas, lne rate Tragedy, causing the
death OF our chief, the President, and that D.
on the elevation of q party candidate to tile
high Office, he then loses his identity as par
tisan, and becomes the ruler of the whole peo-
pie.
Therefore, Be 1t resolved, by the democrats
in convention, that as citizens we regret the
SAD occurrence, and periodically hope that
such attempts will never interrupt the admin
istration of our national government"
The convention then adjourned
TIarly D..unsos o-J