Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25
DEMOCRATIC co. CONVENTION.
Delegates Selected to State and Sem
atorial Conventions. Size
of the Attendance.

The democratic delegate county con-
vention met in the court room last
Thursday according to call. From
time immemorial county conventions
have been held on Wednesday, but
Chairman Graham broke over the
long established custom. 1t Is poss-
IDLE the change was made in order to
help the Advocate to scoop of the
news, as Thursday afternoon makes it
too late for the REPUBLICAN to re-
port it until the following Thursday
and gives the Advocate chance to
report it the day after it is held. 1t
was small scoop the Advocate got,
as the convention was very poorly at
tended and almost void of interest.
1t was called to order by chairman
j. M. Graham who called j. p. Lair
forward for chairman and VIM. Nc
Leran Jr. for secretary. r.. G. Spen-
Ger then moved that the chair appoint
a committee of three to report names
of delegates to the state convention
J. M. Graham here moved that a com
mittee on credentials be appointed,
but on. looking around to see where he
was cat" he realized, apparently for
the first time, that the attendance was
too small to apply the credential pro-
cess. SO far as I'VE could observe
there were ten democrats there from
Leroy township and only four other
townships represented and they by
one person from each township as fol-
lows: j. p. Lair from Extra, Fred
Hepp from Lincoln, Berthe Christen-
sen from Sharon, and David Overfield
from Viola. This made convention
of fourteen, so Mel concluded after
taking in the situation, to withdraw
his motion. Mr.. Spencer's motion
then passed.
The chair had two names on his
mind he said, to put on the committee
to propose delegates to the state con-
vention, r. G. Spencer and Berthe
Christensen. Fred Hepp's name was
added. After they had retired j. M.
Graham moved for the appointment
of committee to report names for
delegates for the senatorial convention
which carried. The chairman said
that he would appoint the same com
mittee and said they could just double
the dose, so they doubled the dose and
reported the following delegates who
were appointed:
To state conventions. p. Hoff-
man, A. M. Currier, ID. E. Soar, John
Ward and Geo. F. Kapp. To Sena-
torial conventiOn:-Geo. Ellis, Berthe
Christensen, Amos Fancher, M. f.
Kerwin and j. M. Graham.
j. M. Graham raised the point of
the date of the nominating convention
and discussed it awhile, suggesting
Thursday, August y, whereupOn a
motion was made by John Doak
adopting that date, which motion
passed.
j. M. Graham then moved an ad-
journment, which carried.
j. M. Graham with a little assist
| ance from r. G. Spencer, was the con-
ventiOn.
The committee that selected dele
gates to the state convention was
probably fixed. The chairman knew
who he was to appoint on that COM
mittee. The managers were determin-
| ed to make no mistake this time with
Audubon county about how it should
vote in the senatorial convention.
Three of the five delegates to the
state convention the committee got in
Audubon.
On the overshadowing question:, the
reafrmation of Organism and of the
Kansas City platform, the convention
was silent. 1t didn't resolute re-
solve. The leaders preferred to be
still but have the delegation to suit
them, then if they were beaten in the
state convention they would not have
their own words staring them in the
face when they returned home. Wise
leaders, these democratic manipula-
tors. They are men who dare not
announce their principles for fear of
the result.