The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-08-30
THE "HAs-BEENs" WIN.
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is not tax payer in Crawford county.
McKim was one of the worst beaten
men we have ever seen in Crawford
county convention even young Joe
Monaghan beating him for second place.
Hoffman for county superintendent
and Meehan for Sheriff were nomin.
ated by reclamation and the battle for
the county attorneyship was the next
on the tapis.
The gang used every effort to de-
feat Shaw Van but without avail.
They succeeding in breaking into the
German townships as never before.
but Van had the nomination cinched.
The first ballot stood Shaw Van 93a,
Richardson 66a. Secretary Caswell
announced the vote with tears in his
eyes and a frog in his throat. 1t was
territul tuff on Csswell to have tie
unannounced" candidate win.
Dick Harvey moved to make the
informal ballot formal. but Bullock
objected. Richardson's friends claim
for the purpose of rubbing it in by
throwing the entire second ward vote
to Shaw Van, and the vote was re-
taken, resulting Shaw Van 96a, Rich
ardson 64a. After this disaster the
gang wanted breathing spell and a
short recess was taken. DR.. Fuester's
name was mentioned for coroner be-
fore the recess but during that time
the bosses found that the east end was
getting nothing and VIM. Byrnes of
Vail was brought out for this office.
The first ballot for Coroner resulted
Fuester so, Byrnes 81. Although
Byines had majer.ty,a second ballot
was taken, resulting, Byrnes 1898,
Fuester 51a.
Hairy Huntington, as John Carey
calls him. was put up for surveyor.
The supervisors were next in order,
Hans Baeth and John Schmadke were
nominated to succeed Schroeder. In
order that the slate might be carried
out, however. Chairman Rohwer took
the bit in his teeth and virtually de-
clared the nomination of Schmadke
out of order. Upon the withdrawal
of Schmadke's name Baeth was nom
mated by reclamation. By what right
the chairman ruled Schmadke out is
something his friends cannot un6e.-
stand.
Much opposition developed to Chas.
Molter. but as predicted the "has-
beens' all hung together and had
enough strength to pull each other
through. Pat 3iernes, VIM. Heiden
and John Hagge were placed in nom
ination against Molter and on the first
ballot he received but bare majority,
the vote standing, Molter 80. Biernes
IA, Heiden %. Hagge "a. Had the
opposition been organized and united
Molter could easily have been beaten.
The second ballot stood Molter 80,
Biernes &c. Heiden 43.
John Cooks place was the next to
he filled. AS with Molter the first
roll showed that a majority of the
democrats did not want Cook but there
was no organization such as the old
board had back Of it. The first ballot
stood Cook BOZ, Schmadke 37a, Eggers
43.
On the second ballot the opposition
fell to pieces and the vote stood Cook
100, Eggers 36, Schmadke Is.
Seeing the uselessness of any oppo-
sition to the slate, Ahart was allowed
nomination by reclamation and the
last place on the ticket went by de-
fault to John Holland because in the
final roundup no one else could be
found to run up against Henry May
nard. After this nomination the con-
vention adjourned having been in
almost continuous session for nearly
three hours.
1t must be conceded that as pro-
phet the Review is not so worse after
all. Nick Vollertsen said that after
reading the Review he hardly thought
it necessary to come to the convention
and he was about right. The only i'm
portant nomination on which the Re-
view missed it guess was on that OF
treasurer, where Evers, who was or
iginally caste for understudy proved
too strong a runner-up for Theo. Kuhl.
The Ticket.
The Review expects to do all in its
power to prevent this from being q
campaign of malice or misrepresen-
tation. 1t has no lies to tell about
any democratic candidate. 1t does
expect to tell the plain unvarnishec
truth. When man asks the votes
of the people for public Office he must
expect that people will look carefully
to his record, to his faults as we'll as
to his virtues. He must expect that