Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-14
Democratic
County Ticket.
NAMED BY CONVENTION ON
SATURDAY.
Democrats of Winnesheik County
Nominate County Officers in Har-
monious Convention Satur.
day Afternoon.


at the court room in the j. J. Marsh
building on Saturday afternoon was
we'll attended by delegations from
the south half of the county. but
several OF the northern townships were
not represented.
The convention was called to order
by County Chairman B. E. Jewell,
who announced J. II. Hoye of Jackson
township as temporary chairman. Mr..
Hoye accepted and announced the busi-
ness of the convention. Messrs. T. F.
Schmitz of Ossian and @. @. Coutant
of Decorah were elected temporary Sc
cretaries. On motion of G. n. Houck
the chair appointed as members of a
committee on credentials Q. n.
Houck, Decorah; NJ J. Garter, Os-
sian; NJ. A. Kubish. Fort Atkinson !;
Fl. A. Bigelow. Decorah; Phil Caro-
Ian, Bluffton. After deliberation the
convention found all townships pro-
perly represented except Frankville,
Springfield. Hesper, Madison, Glen
wood. Burr Oak. Fremont and High
land. Jacob Headington Of Hesper
and Ole P Rocksvold of Glenwood
were on motion given seats in the con-
vent:on. with power to cast the full
votes of their townships. On motion
the temporary organization was made
permanent.
The convention then proceeaed to
nominate it's candidates for county
officers. A. G. Heck of Ossian nomi
mated as candidate for County At
torney NJ. J. Carter of Ossian. and
Bayard Elzea of Bluffton nominated
Frank Sayre of Decorah. On motion
an informal ballot was taken by call
of townships, Mr.. Carter receiving 511a
votes and Mr.. Sayre SS1a. An in
formal ballot was then taken, Mr.
Carter receiving 4S votes and Mr.. Sayre
"a, and on motion of Mr.. EIzea DIR.
Carter was declared the unanimous
nominee of the convention for County
1t was a difficult matter to get any
one to accept nomination for Clerk
of the District Court. Dan Shea nomi-
mated John Schupanitz of Washing
ton township, Geo. w. Adams named
@. N. Houck of Decorah, H. A. Bige-
low proposed D. A. Malloy of Castalia
and later j. H. Hoye of Jackson juno
tion Morris Michaelson of Decorah
was nominated by G. N. Honck, and
John Boyle of Ossian by H. A. Bige-
low, but each in turn declined the
Later A. @. Heck nomi-
mated John McAndrews of Decorah.
who was not permitted to decline and
was made the nominee for CLERK by
For Auditor the name of 7. f.
Schmitz was presented, and he was
by acclamation.
For Recorder Ed. Deeney of Jackson
township was also nominated by ac-
clamation.
This completing the county ticket,
the delegates from the second and fifth
districts assembled in
different parts of the room to name
In the second district
Supervisor M. A. Kubish was rsnomi-
nateu by acclamation. In the fifth
district two names were proposed, B.
E. Jewell and Peter E. Haugen, Mr..
Jewell receiving 16 votes and Mr..
Hangen 3. Mr.. Jewell was then
made the unanimous nominee. These
were then ratified by the
convention.
On motion O. N. Houck and Dan
Shea were appointed committee to
escort Mr.. Carter. the candidate for
County Attorney. to the room, who
accepted the nomination in an appro-
pirate speech and thanked the conven-
tion for the honor conferred upon him.
The convention then adjourned.
Following is a list of the delegates
in attendance:
Pleasant-John Headington, Sam
Wise.
Sumner-Joseph Ira, Mat Kalishek,
Nj. V. Kinkor, John Barta.
Lincoln-L. T. Fosse. M. O. Libbey.
Military-A. O. Heck. M. j. Car
ter, t. F. Schmitz, los. Weitgenant,
l.. A. Meyer. J. e. Boyle. VIM. Finne-
gan. j. X. Palmer.
Orleans-H. f. Mcbride. II. O.
Brown, j. Crawford.
Jackson J. II. Hoye, +. j. Kovar-
Tx. Jos. Barloon, Thomas Hoye. j. G..
Swestka.
Calmar-John Shimek, John O..
Kubish, John Mashek, Jos. Slepiska,
lst precinct; John Polinsky, Ed W.nn,
John Benesh. Chas. Wagner, I'd pre-
cinot
Washington-Jos. Beckman. Barney
Schrout, Barney Gehling, John