Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-31
No fractional Differences of
ANY Kind Make Appear.
ance in Meeting.
RESULT OF cAUCUsEs
Sixth District Names Hon. N. e. Ken
dali of Monroe County as Member
Of Committee on credentials-Geo.
II. Woodson Talks.

! of Committee on Credentials-Geo.
! II, Woodson Talks.
Des Moines, July 30.-(SpeciaL)-
Harmony is the watch word this
morning among the delegates to the
republican state convention.
Cumnns' Forces Control.
1t can be said that the Cummins
forces are in control of the conven-
ton, but they are in control because
there has been no fight made that
could be construed as introducing fac
tional differences in the deliberations
of the convention.
Will Reaffirm Tariff Plank.
There has been some question as to
the force of the declaration with ref
erence to the tariff and as to whether
or not the declaration of the Cedar
Rapids platform on this subject should
be reaff1rmed this year. Mr.. Cummins
has been in favor of reaffirmation.
This will undoubtedly be done. For
this reason it can be said that the
Cummins crowd are in control of the
convention.
No Discord.
The situation was aptly presented
this morning by the Register and
Leader in leading editorial which
said with reference to the discussion
over the platform, that there has
been difference of opinion over the
form of declaration is true but it
was never worthy of the Importance
that even a clash in the committee
would give it."
A Humorous View.
A prominent Sixth district delegate
who is not in favor of reaffirming the
the Cedar Rapids platform in toto
stated the situation humorously as fol-
lows:
"The tariff schedules are not sacred
but any previous expressions made in
the Cedar Rapids platform on this sub
ject are sacred hence the Cedar Rap
Ids platform will be reaffirmed."
The District caucuses.
Following are the results of the eau
cuses in the First, Second, Sixth and
Eighth district delegations:
Sixth District-H. E. Boyd of Powe-
shiek county was named as chairman
of the caucus and Charles K. Need
ham of Keokuk county as secretary
Committeeman were selected as fol-
lows:
Credentials-Joseph Horn of Jasper
countp; permanent organization, Cap
tain j. W. Carr of Poweshiek county;
resolutions, Hon. N. E. Kendall of Mon
roe county; vice president, w. s. Ken
worthy of Mahaska county.
Captain Carr of Poweshiek presented
the name of Hon. N. E. Kendall for
member of the committee on resolu-
tions. No objection whatever, was
made and after his unanimous election
George H. H. Woolson, the colored at
torney, arose and said, las this thing
seems to be nicely fixed / move that
Captain j. W. Carr of Poweshiek coun-
!. ty, be named for the committee on
permanent organization. This raised
a good natured laugh and the nominal
, ton went through without opposition,
Eighth .District-Chairman L. G.
Meecham, of Appanoose county, was
named: secretary, Paul, MacLean, of
Union county; credentials committee,
Senator Allyn of Ringgold county;
land, Lucas county; resolutions, Judge
H. M. Towner, Adams county; vice
president, ]. D. Brown, of Decatur
county. Hon. H. r. Spencer was re-
elected committeeman.
First Observation-Disclosures Hon.
Thos. Hedge, of Des Moines county;
secretary, G. j. Wilson, of Washing.
ton county; committee on credentials
Mr. Payne, of Henry county; resolu.
tons, j. G. Davis, of Lee county; per.
manent organization, Senator Moles
berry, of Louisa county
Second District-Chairman John c.
Campbell, of Jackson county; secre
tary. A. D. Daily, of Clinton county;
resolutions. Carl e. Watson French. OF
Scott county; permanent organization
f. L. Miller, Clinton county; creden
tials, DR.. David Stewart, Johnson coun
4 ty.
Charles w. Phillips was reelected
state committeeman.
A Pleasant Incident.
A pleasant incident occurred in the
first district caucus this morning whe1
Hon j. w. Rowley of Keosauqua sale
he believed there was one delegat,
present who had attended the first re
publican state convention ever held il
Iowa. This convention was held il
Iowa City, in 1856. Among the dele
gates from Van Buren, county wer,
Geo. G. Duffield, and Judge Nourse
who proceeded by stage from Keosau
qua to Iowa City" stated Mr.. Rowley
"Mr. Dufheld is one Of Van Burel
county's delegates to this convention
He is now in this hall. move that h,
be nominated by this caucus to repre-
sent the first dictrict at the state con
vention as one of the yice-presidents.
This motion was enthusiastically sec
ended in all parts of the hail..
M. Duffield moved to. Van Burel
county with his parents in 1887 an,
Itvos todav nm the same farm that his