The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-06-12
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION
At Des Moines. Wednesday, Sep
tember 8, 1902.


tee met at the Savery Hotel in Des
Moines last Thursday in most har-
monious meeting and fixed on Wednes-
day, Sept, 8, as the date of the state
convention. The convention will be
held at the Auditorium in Des Moines,
the following temporary officers being
selected:
Temporary chairman-H. G. Taylor,
of Bloomfield.
Temporary secretary-Fred e. Naeve,
of Scott county.
Assistant secretary-C. D. Elder, of
Wright county.
Sergeant-at-arms-E. J. Sankey, of
Decatur county.
Committee on arrangements-G. A..
Huffman, of Des Moines; A. E. Jackson,
of Tama, and S. B. Morrissey, of Har-
Ian.
To the outward seeming all was har.
mony at the meeting. The selection of
Mr.. Taylor for temporary chairman is
regarded as conservative step and one
calculated to mollify any differences
that may exist between factions. Mr..
Taylor is a well known attorney of
southern Iowa. He belongs to the firm
of Taylor & Scarborough, of Bloom
field. He is 42 years old and for lS
years has been in the practice of law.
He is native of Davis county. He was
a delegate tos the national convention Of
1896 and was one of the four members
Of the Iowa delegation that supported
David Bennett Hill, of New York, for
temporary chairman. He was the candi-
Sdate selected by the national commit.
tee, but he was turned down by the
convention and Senator Daniel, of Vir.
ginia, was selected. Taylor stood for
Hill because he believed the party or.
ganization was entitled to consideration.
He was candidate for district judge of
the Second judicial district in the last
judicial campaign and ran several hun
dred ahead of his ticket in Davis county.
He is said to be an able speaker and a
loyal democrat, who has never been a
radical free silver man, though always
voting the ticket. 1t is expected he will
make a strong address and that he will
not touch on the free silver question
further than to say it is not an issue o1
this campaign.
1t was agreed that the campaign this
year should be conducted not only
with view of getting ready for 1904
but also with the object of electine
several congressman from the state thi!
fall. The districts in which hard cam
paigns are planned are the First, Secone
\ Sixth and Eighth. If matters shap,
themselves right the Fourth may alst
become battle ground. 1t developed
that in the First district there is anothe
prominent candidate in addition t,
John j. Seerly of Burlington. This i
John E. Craig of Keokuk. Judge Wad'
is being urged to run in the Second
John P. Reese of Abba in the Sixth ant
in case Senator Claude Porter will no
run in the Eighth, j. B. Sullivan o
Creston is favored by many. V. r. Nc
Ginnis of Leon is also mentioned.
The fact that the state convention
will be held so late will bring it abou
that the congressional conventions viii
be held previous to that time, in al
probability. This, it is believed, will b
a good thing, as 1t will not complicat
congressional politics with any compli
cations that may arise at the state con
vention. A caucus or conference OF tn
leading democrats Of the Eighth'distric
will be held at Osceola sometime be
tween June Is and 20 for the purpose .
agreeing on candidate for Congress
and settling other questions as to tn
congressional cam paign.
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