Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-29
convention Refuses to Instruct
After One of Hottest Fights
In County's Experience
VOTE WAS ALMOST A STAND OFF
County Was Regarded as One of the
Pivotal Ones for the Hearst Follows
ing and Defeat There and in johnson
County May Lose Hearst the State
Wild Scene in Convention.


OF Dubuque county We're such unseem-
", disorderly actions on the floor of a
convention as were witnessed Thurs
day in Germania hall. where delegates
assembled to select representatives to
the state convention. AT no time was
there order or harmony: on the contra
~ all was chaos.
Before the wildly shouting delegates
stood Chairman NJ. ]. Schrup, unable to
command attention. unable to direct
the deliberations. unable to restore or
der. Thus, designing politicians took
advantage of the excited convention
and by trickery and crookedness se>
cured the defeat of the resolutions ems
dorsing Mr.. Hearst.
The vote resulted in 81 to II against
instructions. The climax came when
the committee that was sent out to SCI
lect delegates reported. John r.
Frantzer, an anti instruction delegate,
made a motion to adjourn, his mani
fest purpose being to defeat any effors
to introduce the Hearst resolution
which had been previously presented
by Louis Murphy. The chair recognized
Mr.. Frantzer and the motion to adjourn
was overwhelmingly defeated, but 1t
was feared that the chairman. notwith>
standing, would declare the conven-
ton adjourned. Another vote was de-
nanded by the Hearst men and was
defeated vociferously. Still It was
feared that the chairman would declare
the convention adjourned, and in an
impassioned speech Mr. Murphy ap>
pealed TO the convention not to defeat
the Hearst men by trickery. but square
" and by vote. His plea, dramatic in
It's intensity, found an echo In the DEM
sccratic heart. which ever loves fair
play, and the chairman was forced to
declare the motion lost.
An effort was then made to present
the Hearst resolution, but 1t was again
blocked. Finally Delegate Howard, Of
Cascade, appealed that the convention
extend courtesy to the extent at least
OF hearing the resolution read. Mr..
Murphy argued the adoption OF the
resolution, which contained a clause
endorsing Mr.. Myers for delegate at
large. The anti-Hearst forces objected
to having the reference to Mr.. Myers
appearing with the Hearst endorses
naent. fearing that the resolution would
carry by an overwhelming majority.
The Hearst forces stood well en-
trenched on their ground and insisted
on the resolution going before the con-
yention as read. They urged that they
wanted to compliment Mr.. Myers and
honor him with their support. Finally
Mr.. Myers requested that the endorses
ment be withdrawn. His wishes We're
respected and Mr.. Murphy announced
that notwithstanding the withdrawal of
the endorsement he would again urge
the convention to honor Mr.. Myers
after the disposition Of the resolution.
Great confusion existed during the
balloting, which was by wards and
townships. When the chairman an>E
nounced Concord township 1t was dis
covered that the three delegates had
conc home and that they had given
their proxies to another delegation
which was favorable to Hearst. The
chair ruled that the proxies were null
and void.
wildly shouting and protestins
AGAINST this high handed czarism tho
delegates crowded in front OF the chair.
Disorder unparalleled in the history of
Dubuque county politics was rampant
md the convention was in the pitiable
plight Of a ship without rudder-an
army without general. Then the
townships and wards announced their
vote by fairly shouting them.
When the result was announced the
delegates went home. disguised, for II
was manifest that II fairly handled the
convention would have declared for
Hearst
After the convention q motion was
nlade endorsing Mr.. Myers, but many
Of the delegates had left the hall.