Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-08

zied with joy, began a celebration on
the streets that Cedar Rapids will re-
member for years to come. Headed
by the Iowa State band, they marched
from one end of town to the other
shouting and cheering, and with doz-
ems of approprite banners. The cele-
bration was only ended by the depar-
tuTe. of the different crowds to their
homes.
Crowds Admirably Handled.
Everybody was surprised at the able
manner in which the convention was
handled. With one of the largest
crowds ever present at a state con.
vention, it was feared that the city
would be unable to accommodate ill.
This belief was soon dispelled, how
ever visit to the headquarters Of
the room committee showed how mat
| tiers were being treated. The citizens
of Cedar Rapids entered into the spir-
i, of the affair, and their homes were
| thrown open to the convention mana
gers. They expected big crowd and
en- care of many thousands more. The
only place in which the vast assem-
blage was disappointed was in not be-
ing able to get inside the auditorium.
The delegates were seated on the low
er or main floor of this building. The
press was taken care of on and
around the stage. With the influx of
visitors who crowded into the foyer
and aisles of the main floor there were
probably $500 people on that floor. In
the galleries probably twice that many
people were packed like sardines. 1t
was happy gathering. Everybody
chatted with his neighbor and enjoyed
himself. Even at o'clock when the
convention took recess for an hour
the big crowd in the galleries remain
ed in their seats and swelteed and
joked and waited developments.
The Delay.
| The long delay was on the commit
| tee on credentials. This was anti
Cummins, but one of the members
would not sign either a majority or
minority report. The committee went
to work about noon and was not ready
to report until after o'clock
All the fight was on the con-
tested delegations from Jackson and
Carroll counties. Although majority
report was finally brought in unseat-
ling the Cummins delegations from
these counties, the minority report
prevailed when brought to the floor of
| the convention.
Little Interest on Remainder.
Aside from the campaign waged for
governor but little interest was shown
in the remainder of the ticket. Up I'M
til after the convention had met it
looked as though David Brant, of
Clinton, would be the nominee for lieu
/ tenant governor, but as soon as the
Herriott deal was made manifest it
was seen that Cumming was going to
win right on down the line, and that
the man picked by him, and who
could deliver enough votes to assure
his nomination for governor would get
the second place on the ticket.
i However it took Mr.. Herriott two
ballots to control enough votes for a
nomination, and then he had but very
few to spare. He received $50 to
Brant's 7S3. Klemme made very
creditable showing on the first ballot
h but only polled six votes the second
! time.
/ For Judge.
! 8. M. Weaver, of Iowa Falls, the
Cummins candidate for supreme judge,
was within eight votes of the goal on
the first ballot and it was necessary to
vote again. The second time Judge
/ Weaver won by big majority, receiv-
| ing 1.029 votes.
Railroad Commissioner.
Traditions were upset in the race
for the railroad commissioner. We'll
come Mowrey, the present incumbent,
has had only one term, and the
general feeling was that he should
have it again. But the Cummins dele.
cation willed otherwise and after but
one ballot with the Cummins candi-
date, Ed. G. Brown against him, Mr..
Mowery was doomed to defeat Brown,
| receiving the nomination with S55
! votes.
Barrett by Acclamation.
There was no contest for the nomin-
alton for superintendent of public in
struction and r. G. Barrett, the present
incumbent, was re-nominated by accla-
nation.
The Convention.
When the convention was called to
order at 2:15 o'clock by temporary
Chairman Davis, it was not believed
that it would take until nearly 9
o'clock that night to finish up it's
work. However, there soon came
whisperings of trouble on the creden-
tials committee which had not yet re.
ported.
Chairman Davis soon got his big
gathering under control and the Iowa
State band played march. The con.
ivention hall was packed by this time
but the people still kept wedging in
the galleries.
Speeches.
/ There was nothing for the conven
tion to do but wait for the committee
on credentials to report, and while the
crowd was waiting, it began calling on
Senator Dolliyer, who was sitting or