Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-26
Democratic Convention.


Audubon county's democracy met in
delegate convention yesterday. County
chairman r. G. Spencer called Sam
Graham to the chair and G. s. d.
Mason, Jr, to the secretary's desk.
The following committees were ap-
pointed by the chair:
Credentials, d. E. Soar, G. @. Hawk,
Geo. Foley.
Permanent organization, J. NJ. Ora
ham, VIM. Northup, A. Fancher.
Resolutions, Jno. Ward, J. w. Nc
CURE, w. E. Hensley.
The credentials committee reported
all townships represented. The tenn
porary organization was made per-
manent and later Sherm Wright was
made assistant secretary. John Ward
then read the report of the resolutions
committee which was adopted. 1t was
as follows:
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the democrats of Audubon county, in
convention assembled, do hereby reaffrm
| our allegiance to the time -honored principles
| OF the democraCuC party.
We deplore the assassination of President
Mckinley and deem that act national ca
lamity and direct blow at popular govern
ment
We deplore the existence of anarchy in any
| form and do hereby resolve that 1t is the
| sense of this convention that congress should
| speedily enact such laws as will effectually
| check the spread of anarchistic doctrines
and enact such laws as will secure the safety
of the persons of our president and other
public Officers.
| we believe that following such a national
| calamity as the assassltion of president, it
| is the duty OF all law-abiding, patriotic citi
zens to lay aside party organization and
| unite in one common patriotic protest against
| violence in any form, and with this thought
| in view, we believe that in this campaign ma
tional issues should give way to other mat
| tiers that relate only to the citizens OF this
| state and that it may in no way be construed
| TO be reflection on our late president his
acts or policies
| We firmly believe that the laws of this
| state with reference to the taxation of the
| property of corporations. as well as the en-
| forcement of such laws now upon the statute
| books of this state should be revised, that
they should be revised having in view the
great cardinal principles of taxation. That
| the tax burdens of the state should fall
| equitable and fairly upon all classes of taxa
bic property alike and that in the enforce
ment of such laws corporate interests should
| not be granted faVorS not shown to other
classes of taxable property unorganiZed and
not represented in the executive council, and
we hereby pledge the nominee OF this con
in case of his election, he will support and
use all honorable means to secure the enact
ment of such laws as will secure fair, just
and equitable assessment of all of the taxa
BILE property of the state. corporate as well as
| private. and after such laws have been en-
acted. TO secure just and honest enforce
ment of the same.
The chair then bethought himself to
have the call read. Then followed the
nominations. or course there had been
much leaning together OF the wise heads.
The leaders were fixing things. This
was necessary. Then John Ward named
VIM. Armstrong for representative. No
other nomination being made the chair
put the question on his nomination by
reclamation and all voted for it. Usually
when man is nominated for represen-
tative he is called up for speech, but
Mr.. Armstrong was not called up.
ID. E. Soar then nominated Doug
Hamlin for treasurer aud his nomination
was made by reclamation, no negative
votes being cast.
Then j. M. Graham moved for an in.
formal ballot on sheriff. Following is
the vote as we caught it:
Parrot Dryden Jones J MEG.