The Springfield herald., 1906-09-21
STEWART NAMED
WILL BE THE CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR.
W. H. GABBERT RENOMINATED
Work of Republican Convention Com
pleted-The Popular George w. Cook
Named for Conaressman.at.l arue

pleted-The Popular George w. Cook
Named for Congressman large.
DcnVer.-At 1910 O'Clock Friday
morning Chairman d. b. Farley called
the convention to order.
The Rev. j. p. Lucas of Fremont in
voked the divine blessing.
Nominations being in order for TEN
porary chairman, Fred w. Parks OF
Denver placed Congressman Franklin
Il. Brooks in nomination.
Merle d. Vincent of Delta county
nominated w. w. Story of Ouray.
Richard Broad, Jr seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Brooks.
Frank ID. Catlin seconded the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Story The roll was
called and Mr.. Brooks was elected by
vote of G3i to 246.
MIR. Brooks spoke briefly of his de
cision to retire from public life, and
said he appreciated the loyal support
which had been given him by the peo-
pie of the state. He also paid trib-
ute to State Chairman Farley for the
work lie had done for the party dur
Ing the past five years. He then en-
tered upon an elaborate exposition of
the record of the Republican party.
He took occasion to eulogiZe the
Speer Democracy in Denver which he
'siiu o''ou Iol an tHil WIS Soou anu
progressive in the Democratic party
He defended the administration of
Governor Mcdonald, and asked the Re-
publlcans to take no back talk on that
issue. He said that whether the party
went to victory under the dogged
Swedc or the gallant Stewart, the one
who was elected would have hard
time to equal the record of Mcdonald.
Samuel II. Wood was elected tempo
rary secretary. after which the usual
committees on platform, rules, rcsolu-
tions and permanent organization We're
appointed:
After a recess the convention met
again at p. m. and the temporary or
ganiZation was made permanent.
The committee on resolutions not
being ready to report, nominations for
governor were taken up.
r. l.. Holland of Ell Paso county pre-
sented the name of Philip B. Stewart
of Ell Paso county. Mr.. Stewart.
he said. had been a resident of Colo
rado for ten years. and is a good citi-
zen and a true friend-a Coloradan
who loves the state and who is in sym
patnv with its people.
j. G. Starkweather of Denver then
took the platform His candidate, he
said, belonged to the common people.
So dii Abraham Lincoln. His candi-
date, lie said had always run ahead OF
his ticket He moved the nomination
of John A. Holmberg of Denver.
l. n. Stevens of Pueblo nominated
George w. Swink. Mr.. Stevens said
his candidate was the one man who
could defeat Alva Adams, not only in
this state. but in his own county.
There were numerous seconds to the
several nominations.
Roll call was ordered and the first
ballot showed 55S votes for Stewart
159 for Holmberg. 127 for S~ink ana
3S for Governor MCDONALD.
Mr. Stewart having received ma
jority uf the votes OF the convention
was declared the nominee of the con
vention for governor.
The ticket as completed Saturday is
as follows:
For Congressman at Large-George
w. Cook OF Denver.
For Governor-Philip b. Stewart OF
El Paso.
Harper of Gunnison.
For Secretary of State-Timothy
O'Connor of Boulder.
For Auditor-George d. Statler of
Weld.
For Treasurer-A. E. Bent of Prov
ers.
For Attorney Gcneral-W II. Dick
son OF Denver.
For Superintendent of Public In
Observation-Disclosures l.. Craig of JEFF
fersoh.
For Judges of the Supreme Court
w. Il Gabbert OF Denver, Charles F.
Caswell of Mesa.
For Regents of the State University
Charles II. Dudley of Denver j. c.
Bell of Las Animas.
Chairman State Central Committee
-Jonr F. Vivian of jefferson.