The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-06-20
CHURCH AND
POWERS WIN.
LONG DRAWN CONTEST FINALLY
SETTLED BY POWERS NOMINATION
Church Renominated by Acclamation,
Crawford Stands by McCreary
for Many Ballots.


2. A. Church and F. M. Powers are
the republican nominees for judge in
this district. Both are we'll fitted for
the positions and there is no question
as to their election. The contest at
Carroll was an interesting one. Craw
ford county carried out its intention of
being loyal to its friends and is thus
able to leave the convention without
regi cts. 1t early became apparent that
Judge Church had a walk-a-way and
at the request OF Calhoun county Mr..
sP. E. c. Lally made the motion for
his denomination by reclamation. Then
commenced the real contest of the con-
-vention on the call of counties for the
nomination for judge to succeed
Judge Elwood, the vote was as follows,
Calhoun 10 for McCreary, Carroll 10
for Powers, crawford II for McCreary,
Greene for Elwood, for Powers, 3
for McCreary and for Hastings. Ida
for Hastings. Sac 9 for Elwood. The
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for more than $50 times. Greene how
ever left McCreary and Hastings and
voted for Powers and for Elwood.
On the afternoon of the second day of
the convention Greene county on the
eleventh ballotof the SCI ion left Elwood
and voted solid)y for Powers. On the
co do itc %N
Creary thus giving him 20 votes Or
within one of a nomination. 1t had
been studiously circulated that Craw-
ford was notin earnest in its support
of McCreary and would leave him
whenever there was d prospect of his
nomination. This was not the case as
was shown by the fact that for two sue
cessive ballots crawford stood by It's
guns and helped to place Mccreary
where one vote from either Greene,
Carroll or Sac would have nominated
him. 1t having been proven by these
three tests that Mccreary could not get
the needed vote from other counties,
it was up to crawford to decide upon a
second choice and this they did voting
solidly for Powers and thus ending a
long hard fought contest. Crawford
would gladly have seen the nomination
of Mccreary and there can be no ques-
tion of loyalty which stood by a cand:-
date for more than three hundred and
eighty ballots and which 20 ed for
him three times when a single vote
from any other county would have as
sared his nomination We have every
reason to believe that Mr.. McCreary
and his friends appreciate this loyalty
and place the blame for his defeat
where it rightly belongs without un
Justly accusing those men from Craw-
ford who spent time and energy in an
honest effort to secure his nomination
While the delegates from crawford are
not so we'll pleased as they would have
been over the nomination of the Cal
houn county man. it is true that Mr.
Powers was the unanimous second
choice of the delegation ana they
therefore have no right to complain {.
the result Judge church received {
splendid endorsement in his unanimous
denomination. He has made a goot
Judge. is we'll liked both on and off o
the bench and was fully deserving o
the high pliment paid him.
Judge Elwood made his own re-nomi
nation an impossibility by his mis-
management and has no one to blar"
for his defeat except himself and tn
i'll advice of some OF his friends. MI
Hastings of Ida made splendid in
preston upon the delegates. He is
growing young man. He is certainl
OF judicial calibre and his many friend
throughout the district hope that th
time may come when they shall b
able to cast their votes for him.
Mr.. Powers is one of the leadin
lawyers Of carroll, his record is clea
clean and straightforward and both i
private and public life his character
beyond reproach. We believe the RI
publicans of this district have ever
reason to be proud OF their judicis
ticket and that it will be elected tn
4 fall by handsome majorities.
Mr.. McCreary proved himself to b
in all things man of his word and b
actions throughout the convention gay
strong denial to all the >defamator
stories which we're circulated in tn
county prior to the last county CO..
vention. We regret Mr.. McCreary
defeat but we are glad to state that
took place without the connivance {
assistance OF crawford county whic
stood by him as long as it had reasol
able hope OF his nomination.