Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-22
GAME CLOSE 70 RIOT
The Carroll Convention Row Was
Rich in MINGLED Music
and Profanity.
The Chairman Is the Object of
Shaken Fists and Fluent
Curses.
Rump Conventions Delegates
Are Said to Be Favorable
to Cummins.
to Times-Republican,


Carroll. May 22.-As stated in the
Times-Repub!ican dispatches last nigh;,
the Carroll county convention held q
monkey and parrot session, which re-
suited in bolt by the Dewey men and
the organization OF a rump convention
Of their own. 1t was the result of a
bitter fight waged between the Garst-
Salinger factions for the control of the
delegates to the senatorial convention.
When the convention was called to
order by County Chairman w. r. Lee.
a Garst-Cummins man, the sheriff
served writ of injunction on him or
dering him to recognize only the Dew
ing delegation from Newton township.
But the chairman paid no attention
and good-sized riot began. He named
A. c. Steele. Garst man. for tenn
porary chairman. There was loud.
clamoring and wild shouting and in an
instant the two factions of the conven-
ton started on a rush toward each 9th
er and a fight seemed imminent Sal
niger rushed to the front and shook his
fist in the face of Chairman Lee. but it
was too late and with a hurrah the
Garst men elected Steele, a tall. IRON
jawed s,ockElan. With d steel gray eye
who doesn't know fear He took the
gavel and the fight seemed decided
then
salinger took the floor and amid the
widest disorder cursed the chairman.
A Garst delegate moved the appoint
lnent of a committee of five on creden-
tials and another eruption followed.
by God. you can't do this kind of a
thing here" roared salinger, shaking
his fist under the chairman's nose.
BY God. we can do as we please
while we have majority retorted the
steel-eyed chairman, with a determina-
ton, and as he advanced from the
platform Salinger retreated.
Then came the defeat and rout of the
Salinger crowd
All the committees named were COM
posed of Garst and Cummins men, and
as final protest Salinger jumped to a
chair and called to his friends to bolt
They rose ard left the hall amid the
jeers and Kisses of those who remained
Senator Garst in the thick of the con-
fusion commenced to sing "Good-by
My Lover, Good by and soon the strain
was taken up in al! parts of the hall
| The noise soon subsidized and the worl,
of the convention was carried out ac.
1 cording tothe program, resulting in tn,
4 election of complete Garst and Cummin
delegations.
/ The resolutions adopted Endorsed
President Mckinley and favored the
election of Senator j. p. Dolliver and
the reelection of Senator w. b. ALI
son to the United States senate. de-
clared the confidence of the convention
in Hon. j. n. Conner and recommended
/ his election TO congress. The Cummins-
| Garst resolution was as follows:
Whereas. The republicans of Carroll
4 county have confidence in the integrity
4 ability. personal purity and statesman
/ ship of Albert b. Cummins, and believe
! ing a large majority of the republicans
of the county favor his nomination al
the Cedar Rapids convention for the
office of governor. be 1t
Resolved, That the delegates from
this county to said Cedar Rapids con-
vention be and are hereby directed t.
cast their votes for Hon. Albert Z
| Cummins for governor; and be il
4 further
Resolved, That the republicans Of
4 Carroll county. here assembled, recog-
nizing the able and conscientious ser.
! vices of Hon. Warren Garst in the state
4 senate hereby heartily endorse his rec.
ord and commend him to the republi.
cans of the Forty-eighth district for re-
nomination and election.
The delegation instructed for Cum.
Minis is as follows:
II. NJ. Macomber, j. F. Grace. w. L
4 Squires, w. +. Putter. w. c. Scott, A
E. Steele, F. a. Charles, w. r. Lee
John Hardy, d. w. Sutherland, L. II
i Salinger.
4 The rump convention. led by Ben Sal
niger, organized with j. b. Hungerforc
as chairman.
4 The Dewing delegation allowed Dew.
4 ing to select his own delegation to tn,
j senatorial convention and named al
uninstructed delegation to the stat,
+. convention, and a majority of township
committeeman chose C. c. Magee a!
chairman of the county central commit
tee.
1 The state delegation chosen by tn,
second convention is favorable to Mr.
4 Cummins. They are as follows:
c. c. Magee. Henry Meyer, D. w
Sutherland. w. c. Stevens. w. w
, Keorte. E. E. Edwards. A. NJ. Lsugel
G.. W. Lafiar. A. Dixon, Myron Young
Charles Ohnson. Henry Whilheling.
Will DO for Culnmins.