Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-19
COUNTY CONVENTION AT pAvEM
PORT SPLITS, NAMING TWO
DELEGATIONS
PERKINS MEN HURRY
standpatters Finished Their conven.
tlon Before the cummins Men Could
Get Tosether-seIectlon Of Chair
man Starts the Trouble-Hoth slds,
Claim Majority.

Davenport, June 1s.-Scott county
republicans held two conventions Sat.
uroay and named two delegations to
lne "a atate convention, one instructed for
George D.. Perkins for governor and
tne other for Albert B. Cummins. Both
conventions instructed for Senator w.
y. HAYWOOD of Davenport, for secre-
tary of state.
The convention was the largest at.
tended and most exciting ever held In
scott county. The feeling was 80 bit.
terly on both sides when the conven-
ton was called to order by County
Chairman A. Finger, that his standpat
friends among the delegates had to
form guard about him.
Finger named F. D. Let's for chair
man of the convention, and as Let's
Jumped on table to accept, Secretary
Grilk of the county central COMMITTEES.
attempted to usurp the authority OF the
county chairman. and, leaping to the
top of another table proposed State
Representative Calderwood for presid-
ing officer.
Where the Trouble Began,
There is where the trouble began.
Some one pulled Grllk off the table and
before he could get back Chairman
Let's was getting busy. He organized
the convention in regular form, acting
under the direct appointment from the
county chairman.
The standpatters did rapid fireworks
In conducting the business of the con-
vention, and had completed their orga-
nization, passed on the credentials,
selected state and congressional dele
cations, adopted resolutions and ad.
journed before Chairman Calderwoqh
Of ths Gulhmins convsntt th;, vine stood
on a nearby table, could get his gath
ering to order.
stan6pat Delegation.
The delegates named by the stand.
pat convention to the state convention
are: F. D. Let's, Henry w. Phillips.
r. s. Bowman, John Benedict, Hon.
B. F. Seaman Col. j. r. Nutting, Col.
P. W. McManus, S. A. Finger, George
Metzger, D. R. White, j. s. Altman Ed,
Bueford, D. A. L. Hageboeck, Walter
Daniels, S. M. Brown, Ernst Koepke.
DR.. w. F. Speers, @. @. Mcintyre,
Theodore Herzog, j. Fl. Farber, Mum
roe Ell, j. w. Seaman, VIM. Lambert.
Thos. Gardner, Herman Alex Leonard
King e. s. Slaughter, William Rugge.
w. O. Won Koetrich, w. d. Chapman,
Harvey Ives, Jno. Noravek, G. w Pines
and G. #. Cameron.
Resolutions lndorse Perkins.
The standpat resolutions endorse
the national administration, the Iowa
cabinet members, the Iowa delegation
| in congress and instruct for Perkins
for governor, Hayward for secretary
Of state and Dawson for congressman.
The resolution in reference to Perkins
says:
I'VE believe that the mature years,
the experience In public affair and q
lifetime Of constant and effective rc.
publican service entities the Hon. Geo.
D. Perkins of Sioux City, to our en-.
dorsement and support, and we there.
fore instruct our delegates in the state
convention to work and vote at every
stage of the convention proceedings to
secure his nomination for the office ol
governor"
The cummlns Delegation.
The Cummins delegation, which in,
structed for Cummins and Hayward
and to vote as unit on all questions
at the state convention consists OF
w. H. Wilson. A. w. Hamann, Harry
W. Phillips, j. 9. Hall. w. e. Peter.
son, John r. vroy, Joe r. Lane, w. w.
Shirk, Ivan B. Elmegreen, r. X
Brownee. M. e. Calderwood, Ed.
James, James r. Thienson, Paul Mey.
er, James A. Hawley, Thobias Wat.
lsins, A. G. Bush, A. H. Stoltecherg,
Louis Black, w. I. Waterman, G. H.
Murphy, Henry Thuenen, Jr., e. p.
Adler, Geo. Walters, Malcolm McKin.
non, Lon Bryson, Richard Mittle.
buscher, Alfred G. Mueller, Anthony
Burdick, julius Arp, W. J. Martin, %.
s. McCully, G. Watson French and w.
M. Chambalu.
Unusual Method of County COMMITTEES
Preceding the county convention,
the county central committee, which
is under control of the Cummins ma
chine, held meeting and ordered all
credentials and notices of contests to
be filed with the county committee,
which remained in session on the
platform in the convention hall. This
had never before been done In the
history of the county, and the Perkins
delegates objected to the county com.
mittee usurping the rights Of the con
vention committee on credentials
| However the central committee man.
aged to get hold of number of ere.
dentials from country Perkins dele
/ cations.
These credentials were afterwards
! turned over to the committee of the