The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-06-03
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET
FIR Representative
J. p. CONNER
THE CONVENTION.
OF Crawford County

1t would be useless and foolish for the
Review TO attempt to minimize the severity
and importance Of the political struggle
just closed by the republican county con
venton The result was a complete and
sweeping victory for the advocates of the
Crawford county policy, it was a handsome
vote of confidence in Congressman Conner
and his friends and made clear to all the
district that Crawford is prepared to stand
by its home men and its own district and
that is a county to be relied upon. Al
though fully advised of the fact, that an ac-
tive canvass of the county on his part would
force the friends of Judge Conner into a
position of active opposition TO his interests
4 Judge Elwood chose to enter the lists and
he spent more than week in this county.
At this time some of his campaign methods
appear questionable and beneath the dign-
ity of the high position henow holds and to
which he aspires again. We trust that the
reports have beer. exaggerated.
On its face, the convention was a most
harmonious one, but there is no object in
concealing the fact, that there was much
suppressed feeling and some unsurpassed
feeling which has found expression on the
streets, both before and after the conven-
| ton. 1t was a clean cut contest between
those holding different views upon an i'm
portant question of political policy. The
element in favor of the Crawford county
policy won out by large majority. The
test vote on the committee stood II to s in
its favor, and as this was the only approach
| too test vote taken, it must be accepted as
the approximate standing of the two ele-
ments in the convention
Sofar as the Review is concerned the
contest closes without any animosities.
| without any scores to pay off. The Review
stood not for or against any man or set of
men, but for a principle and a course of ac-
ton which it thought just and right 1t has
no enemies to punish even if it could and it
feels that now the atmosphere is cleared the
republicans should hasten to get together
without offering any more aid and comfort
to their common enemy, democracy.
4 There is no room for cry of bossism for
such charge is an insult to the intelligence
OF more than three-fourths of the represent
tative republicans of the county There is
no room Tor the plea that certain portions
OF the county were ignored, for the same
committee that selected the delegates to the
Judicial convention, selected those to the
state convention, and on this delegation
granted to the opposition even more than it
asked. What the Review means is illus
trated by the action in Charter Oak On
Saturday night the Charter Oak caucus de-
cided in favor Of Judge Elwood, and accord
ingly not an anti-Elwood man was upon the
delegation to the county convention. This
was right and proper, the republicans of
that township decided in favor of certain
course and it would have been foolish to
have then turned around and selected dele
gates who would not carry out the wishes of
the successful majority The republicans
of Charter Oak who were left at home. and
they were prominent, Woodworking repub-
licans too, have no reason to complain of
personal ill-treatment, and lust in the same
manner no man who was opposed to the
majority idea in the county convention has
a right to complain because he was not sell
ected as representative of course of ac-
ton with which he was not in harmony.
IL we may add to the number openly in
favor of the course adopted, the number
who although bound by prior pledges ex-
perienced a change of conviction upon a
fuller knowledge of the facts, it will be
| found that fully no out of the 40 delegates
present approved the course adopted by the
convention. 1t is of course to be regretted
that men on both sides allowed themselves
to be carried away by their enthusiasm and
to say things in private and public which
were unkind and unjust and which probably
no one Will regret more than. themselves
upon mature delberation.
| On the whole, we believe the republican.
ism OF the county has gained rather than
lost by the contest. The course adopted
was such as to gain cor Crawford the
respect and confidence of the other coun-
ties of the district. it served notice that
Crawford can care for its own affairs
without outside interference. The repub-
llcans have that added respect for each
other which always comes to chivalrous
men after battle well and manfully
fought out.
We congratulate Hon. ]. P. Conner
upon the splendid way in which his friends
throughout the county rallied to his sup.
port when the situation was fully ex-