Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-03-07

grand jury room at the court house
Seneca Cornell was named as city
central committeeman.
The delegates were as follows:
John Fulmer, James Cullen, l.. E..
Stevens, George Clifton, r. M. Har-
man, Frank Haslach, Hugh Doran,
Miles Crawford, Claude Myers, J. T.
Rowe.
Fourth Ward.
q. A. Trowbridge was nominated as
candidate for alderman from the
fourth ward and the delegation to the
county convention was instructed to
vote as a unit for T. j. Phillips as
candidate for mayor in the fifth ward
primary held last evening. G. l..
Jones and w. B. Murray were chair
man and secretary respectively of the
meeting.
The delegates were J. r. Jaques,
J. Erbacher, W. v. silvers, Dan
O'Brien, G. L. Jones, John Healy, j. j.
Smith, Jesse Grammer, H. L. Ed
munds, P. H. Crowley, Peter Gallagher.
w. B. Murray was named as city
ward committeeman.
A motion was carried that no prox-
les be recognized.
Fifth Ward.
John Weidenfeller was nominated as
candidate for. alderman from the fifth
ward and 1t is said that nearly all of
the delegates chosen are favorable to
the candidacy of T. j. Phillips for
mayor. The meeting was called to or
der by N. Polling and Charles Deeds
was chosen chairman and Charles
Barrier secretary.
j. N. Weidenfeller and Ed. Styre
were the nominees for aldermen and
the informal ballot resulted in vote
of So to 81 in favor of the former. On
motion the ballot was declared formal
Charles Deeds was selected as com
mitteeman for the ensuing two years
The following delegates were chosen:
John Shockley, Lew Stark, Morris
Polling, J. F. Erbacher, j. A. Strader
j. 3. Hull. X. McManus, Charles Deeds
D. r. Chisman, Thos. Shreeves, Alex
Cundiff, Ed. Schartzer.
Alternates - James Baker. p
Schwartz, Fred Holman, William Hen
bricks, Harry Shreeves.
Sixth Ward.
A. M. DeFrance was selected as can
didate for alderman from the sixth
ward and delegation favoring the
candidacy of T. j. Phillips for mayor
was chosen. NJ P Byrne. was chair
man Of the meeting and George Phil
lips, secretary. There were ZIG votes
cast. John Jones was selected com
mitteeman. Following are the names
of the delegates:
I. ]. O'Brien, M. i. Byrne, A. M. De
France. H. G. Williams, Henry How,
ellis, J. H. Sullivan, Howell Price
John Jones, E. G. French. Charles
Schaffer. S. K. Alderdice, George
Howard, Thomas Wells, L. T. Crisman
Seventh Ward.
| H. B. Patterson was the nominee fol
alderman from the seventh ward anG
resolutions were adopted instructine
for I. j. Phillips for mayor, W. w
Rankin for police judge and T. e. Glib
bons for alderman at large. There was
large attendance and considerable
Ill feeling was developed on accou
of what the delegates termed the ar
bitrary rulings of the chairman. ]. w
Lewis was chosen chairman of the
meeting and J.. H. Calhoun secretary
II. A. Shahan was selected commit
teeman. w. W. Rankin, S. ]. Nc
Bride and John Graham were ap
pointed committee to select delegates
and their report was declared carried
Following are the names of the dele
gates:
John w. Lewis, w. F. Harsch, w. A
Whitney, T. e. Gibbons, H. F. Rupe
W. N. Rockwell, Warren Criswell, S
J. Mcbride, Charles Yount and Johr
Graham.