Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-18
Pleas of Chief Fall on Deaf
Ears.
GETS A FLOOD OF IlLEGRlns
Is Still Firm in His Refusal to Make
the Race in the Third-committee
is Holding a Meeting This After
noon.

that the same reason which brought
about the withdrawal of Henderson
will make it impossible for reconsider
alton, namely: The realization that
unless Henderson pledged his constit-
uents in this district to cary out the
tariff reform enunciated in the plat
form he could not be elected over
Boies and that unless he pledged the
protective tariff interests in the east
that he would refrain from tariff re-
form he could not be reelected speak
er. 1t was case of being between the
devil and the deep sea- So he decided
to withdraw as the best way out of
the difficulty
Still Firm.
Dubuque, Sept. 1S-Speaker Hen
derson is still positive in his declina--
ton of the congressional nomination,
Notwithstanding flood of tele--
grams from all parts of the country
protesting against his decision and I'M
plcring him to reconsider the same.
Call Meeting Today.
d.. G. Glasser, chairman of the con-
gressional committee. has sent out no.
tees for meeting of that body in Du-
buque this afternoon. This. committee
will have to decide on the method of
nominating Col. HenderSon's successor
and Mr.. Glasser asked for their views
On the matter. A majority have al
ready responded that it must be done
by a convention, the remainder favor
ing having the committee do the work
itself. Under the Iowa election law
hNWnUnr m no CT "a ich,
ed that the committee can only fill a
vacancy when the last date at which g
convention can sit Tin this case Oct
~ has passed. The best lawyers here
also agree that the old convention
which originally nominated Col. Hen
. derson at Waterloo must be reconyen-
ed and a new one cannot be called II
is figured out that it will be nearly i'm
possible for this convention to agree
upon a nomination.
Many Candidates Already.
Since Speaker Henderson's with
drawal was announced from one tc
three candidates have sprung UP in
each of the nine counties in the con-
greSsional district, and the combina-
tion of the fewest counties needed tt
make nomination is Dubuque, Della
{ ware and one other-an unlikely I'M
ion, as Dubuque and Delaware ar,
none too friendly politically.
The speakers admirers, while adj
mitting that were the committee this
afternoon unanimously to offer him th,
denomination he would decline it, hop,
the convention which unanimousl,
nominated him once will do the sam,
~ tty1,n 4
Its inability to unite on anyone else
and this second nomination, made af
ter he has expressed his disapprova
of the tariff plank in the state plat,
form, they say he cannot refuse.
OF the candidates already in tn
field for the nomination the most ac
five so far are Charles E. Pickett o
Black Hawk county and J. H. Fun
of Hardin. Then there were ex-Ser
ator Hemenway of Black Hawk, Ser
ator I. F. Hartman of Franklin, d. I
Gibson and E. A. Dawson of Bremen
Judge Birdsall and his law partner
Edward Nagle, of Wright, C. E. A
brook of Hardin, George E. Durhar
and Judge Seeds of Delaware, Cap
Harmon and Capt Holbrook of Bl
chanan, w. Fl. Torbett of Dubuque an
Senator George w. Craig of Butler.
Henderson Says Nothing.
Speaker Henderson resolutely re
fused to add anything to his statemen
of yesterday as to his reasons for ge
ting off the ticket To personal friend
and curious questioners he simpl
pointed to the words Of his write
statement reading
after careful study of the cond
tions and the political views in low
and in my own district am satisfie
| am not in Harmony with a gres
many of the republican voters, who b.
lieve that free trade in whole or i
part will remedy the trust evil 1 b.
lieve it will not but that such a ren
edy is likely to involve the nation
dangerous results, and so believing
feel should not accept the nominatio
for congress which was so generousl
rendered me.
"That is all there is to it." he sal
to close friend who pressed hi
closely.
Was Not Through Fear
Chairman Glasser of the congre
eional committee, Col. Henderson