Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-05-07
I. D. LEE IS CHOSEN
Will Head Sixth District Delega-
ton to Woodmen Head Camp.
SAUNDERS ENDORSED FOR DIRECTOR
Meeting of State Camp of Modern
Woodmen Held Yesterday at Des
Moines Was Stormy Gathering
Frank X. Stebbins Elected Consul.

T. d. Lee of this city, one of the two
representatives of the Wapello county
Woodmen, was selected as a delegate
to the meeting of the head camp of the
NJ w. A., which will be held at Indian
apolis. Ind, June 16. The meeting of
the state camp at Des Moines yester
day was the most bitterly fought gath
ering ever held by the Iowa branch of
the order. The fight was over the en-
dorsement of the Iowa delegation of
candidate for the position of director
to be acted upon at the meeting of the
head camp. The contest was between
the supporters of Col c. G. Saunders
of Council Bluffs, the present incum-
bent, and Jerry Green of Davenport
the retiring state consul. The Saun-
| ders contingent won out after bitter
struggle.
| The Officers.
The election of officers, which was
held at the night session, resulted as
follows:
State consul-Frank X. stebbins,
Iowa City.
state clerk-Peter stephany Man
ming.
e. H. McCutchen of Holstein was Sc
\ lected as chairman of the delegation
to the head camp meeting at Indianap
oils.
John D. Dennison of Clarion was en-
4 dorsed for auditor over A. W. Maxwell
of Seymour.
4 Dan B. Horne of Davenport was en-
. dorsed for head advisor without oppo
sition.
Col Saunders was endorsed for di
rector, defeating Jerry Green by al
most a two to one vote.
Sixth District Delegation.
Mr.. Lee will head the delegation
from the sixth district of the sever
counties in the district, with their nu
! merous Woodmen lodges, hut three
men are selected as delegates to thu
meeting of the head camp and the sc
lection of Mr. Lee is an endorsement
by his fellow members in the jursdic
ton. The sixth district representa-
ton is as follows:
T. D. Lee, Ottumwa; HI. w. Gleason
Oskaloosa; e. NJ. Mclaughlin, New
ton.
Alternates-J. f. Scarborough, 9
Bloomfield, A. w. Kadel of Sigourney
J. T. Kronskop of Brooklyn
Stormy Morning Session.
The caucuses of the various district
were held at $50 yesterday mornin:
and the convention was called to orde
lat 10 o'clock Governor A. B. Cum
minis delivered an address to the dele
gates and then the convention got very
very busy in less time than it takes t
'Iwrite the story. Jerry Green, the retil
ling state consul, presided, and his ru
lings threw the convention into an III
roar at once When he started to al
point a committee on credentials til
Islanders people demanded that the
.be given recognition. Green attemp
led to put the motion which one of hi
ssupporters had made, that the chai
appoint the committee. A Saunder
man yelled for recognition, but wa
turned down More Saunders men wer
ON their feet in an instant, crying fc
recognition. Vote after vote was tai
en- amidst the uproar, and nothing wa
ruled as settled After an hours han
work with the gavel Green started
to talk the delegates into submission
For almost an hour he assailed his o
ponents and in his remarks said mar
bitter things against them.
When Green sat down there was a
solute silence. Then in an instant thel
was a cry for Saunders and Saunde
they would have. 1t was trump
ant moment for the colonel In
twenty minutes speech he tore Il
Green banner from the mast, naile
his own pennant VIGOROUSLY to Il
mast amidst the shouts and cheers
the convention, which arose en- mas
as it cheered At the close of M
Saunders address Delegate Tuffo
yelled motion to adjourn and it w
carried. The forenoon session hi
ended with nothing accomplished
The Afternoon Session.
1t was o'clock before the delegat
=; assembled in the auditorium of the
r M. C. A. in spite of the fact that Il
hour for the meeting had been set f
1.-TWO. Crowds of earnes men were {
a Isembled on the street and in the lob
m of the Kirkwood hotel. Self appoil
g. ed orators harrangued the grouI
at When the convention was called
no order there was hum of expectan
as as Mr. Green adyanced to the front
the stage. The men who had be