Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-05
DEFEAT REoReANlzERs AT
EVERY POINT IN CON-
TEST FOR SUPREMACY.
E. G. FRENCH CHAIRMAN
J. H. Rogers Made Member Of Commit
tee on Permanent organization--A.
w. Maxwell Has Lively Tilt With
Opponents In Lobby.

Des Moines, May T. Especially
The ease with which the Walsh and
Hearst men carried every point in the
sixth district caucus denotes their
strength throughout the state. e. G.
French of Ottumwa was chairman and
Crawford Davis of Bloomfield, secre-
tary.
On the motion of j. r. Jaques the
caucus the committee on credentials
was appointed. consisting of Hon G.
A. Walsh of Wapello; T. J. Preve Of
Davis and j. r. Clark of Monroe coun-
ties. The committee reported in fav-
or OF seating the delegates of all the
counties except Keokuk, leaving that
without vote until the convention
credentials committee decides which
OF the two delegations is entitled to
seats.
Committeeman Named.
The following men, all for Hearst,
were named by the caucus for the va
rious committees; credentials, j. H.
Rogers of Ottumwa; permanent organ
ization. ]. f. Clark Of Monroe; resolu-
tions, ALI @. Wooster of Mahaska;
vice president. w. S. Masden of Davis,
assistant secretary, Guy e. Hardy Of
Davis.
Instruct for Hearst.
The district delegates to the nation.
al convention are John Doner of AL
bin and George f. Rinehart of New
ton.
Alternates, A. @. Wooster of Mahas-
ka and J. H Newak of I,owcshiek They
are instructed, to vote and work for
Hearst all the time. sden
District caucusses.
The seventh district nasNsl .-Is-.75.J
Likes of Polk county. sIt.ss }, 4 ~ ~
man; j. Fl. TempIeton i5f Knoxvv,. q. !. m Ssfs
credentials: j. l.. Cunninghean' 81
Knoxville on resolutions; II. Cs.Newans
Of Polk aud s. NJ. Hamilton ofsANadi{i
son, district delegates. All afr{ for
Hearst and instructed for him. Walt
II. Butler announced his withdrawal
from the race for delegate at large in
the seventh district caucus this morn
ing.
The second district caucus seat.
ed the regulars Of Scott county.
The delegates to the national con.
vention named are: w. M. Des.
mond, of Clinton; j. B. Murphy, OF
Marengo.
The third district caucus named
OBrlen, OF Buchanan county. and F.
!. Fowler, of BlackhawlS county, for
delegates. 1t also endorsed q. D.
Meyers, of Dubuque, for delegates-at.
large and elected G. w. Miller, of Wav-
erly, state committeeman.
The first district caucus named A.
w. Miller, of Washington, committees
man, and chose for delegates, w. w.
Baldwin, of Burlington, and E. P. Nc
Manns, of Lee county. 1t seated the
regulars from Van Buren and Des
Moines counties. The Hearst con-
testants filed appeals to the conyen-
ton.
Hon. G.. A. Walsh and Hearst were
endorsed in the eighth district caucus.
A. w. Maxwell of Seymour, won the
fight for committeeman and was Sc
lected over the anti-Hearst protests.
The delegates are: A. v. Penn of FREE
mont, and w B. Maring Of Appanoose.
Member Of the credentials committee,
w. ID. Jameson of Page, and Of the
resolutions committee, w. B. Tallman,
of Clarke county
Lobby Talk.
Last night the rumor became circu.
lated about the Savery lobby that the
Hearst men would try to GUST Cullison
from the temporary Craftsmanship be-
fore he would have an opportunity to
make his address to the convention.
A. w. Maxwell, when questioned about
this, refused to make a statement. but
before his refusal he ventured the as
sertion that the action of the Hearst
faction depended entirely upon what
the "other fellows did - upon devel-
opments, in other words. Meanwhile
the "other fellows" were doing every
thing in their power to form an organi-
zation equal or at least partially equal
to the one the Hearst men have been
foming ever since Mr.. Maxwell estab-
lished his bureau in this city.
Mr.. Maxwell said, however. that in
his opinion there was every chance in
favor Of the Hearst victory that has
been predicted right along by the sup
porters of the New York congressman.
journalist
Former Ottumwan For Hearst.
Herman Ostdiek Of Marshalltown,
formerly in business in Ottumwa, is a
Hearst man, and when he and George
sP. Locke, who represents the Hea st
papers and incidentally Is represent
ing Mr.. Hearst here this week, were
approached for an expression of opin.
ion regarding the outlook they were
even too ready to say something. "TeIl
the people" said Mr.. Locke, who is an
old iowa newspaper man and was at
Isdifferent times connected with nearly
every paper in Davenport, "that Mr..
Hearst has the Iowa convention in his
hand--that victory is sure even IL the