Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-26
CONTRASTING DELEGATIONS FROM
WAPELLo couNTY-PERkiNs
MEN SEATED
SHAW FOR PRESIDENT
Resolutions Favor Iowa Man as Success
sor to MISUNDERSTANDING Policy
and Records Of Iowa's Delegation In
Congress Strongly Endorsed-Lacey
Makes Address.

MdkSS Address,
This article is republished entire In
this issue, owing to the omission of a
portion of it from Thursdays issue
Ed
Oskaloosa, May 23.-(Special.)-
Unanimously and by reclamation, the
delegates to the sixth district republi.
can congressional convention, held
here today, nominated Major John F.
Lacey for congress for the tenth con.
secutive time. The Wapello county
contest was decided by the creden.
tials committee Of the convention in
favor of the Perkins delegation by
unanimous vote, and when the com.
mittee's report had been adopted by
the convention without division the
members Of the. Cummins' delegation
from Wapello county marched out OF
the hall in body.
All for Lacey.
Had the wapello county contest
been decided against the Perkins dele.
cation it would have made no differ.
ence in the matter of the nomination
Of Mr.. Lacey, as it was announced
this morning that both the Cummins
delegation and the Perkins delega.
ton stood for the denomination of the
present congressman.
J. c. Mabry Chairman,
The convention was called to order
at IL o'clock this morning by Hon.
Ellsworth Rominger, of Bloomfield,
chairman, Of the sixth district congress
sional committee. Hon. j. C. Mabry,
of Abba, was named as temporary
chairman, Chas. K Needham, Of Sig.
Quincy, was named as secretary and
w. G.. Ray, Of Poweshiek, as read
ing secretary.
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows:
Committee on Credentials.
Davis-W. H. McAchron.
Jasper-W. A. McCord.
.Keokuk--W. A. Young.
sahaska-James A. Dewitt.
Monroe. M. M. Roberts.
Poweshiek-W. c. Rayburn.
Wapello-Contested.
Committee on Permanent rqanlzation
Davis-Frank c. Traverse.
Jasper-W. r. Cooper.
Keokuk-J. R. Speers.
Mahaska-Lewis Lewis.
Monroe. w. Lewis.
Poweshiek-S. A. Darland.
Wapello-Contested
Committee on Resolutions.
Davis. R. Wallace
Jasper-H. M. Robinson.
Keokuk-W. H. McCarty.
Mahaska-Ross Coffin.
Monroe. H. Wilkins.
Poweshiek-H. F. Morton.
Wapello Contested.
Congressional Committeeman.
Jasper-M. D. Riddle.
Davis-E. Rominger.
Keokuk-W. H. Young.
Mahaska-C. v. Hoffman.
Monroe. G. Mccormick.
Poweshiek-W. G.. Ray.
Wapello-Contested
The members of the committees
were named in the usual way on a
roll call. When Wapello county was
reached, Chairman Mabry requested
the contesting delegations to present
their lists OF names for committeeman
and the papers in the contest to the
committees already appointed.
Previous to the opening of the con!
vention, caucuses were held by the
two contesting Wapello county delega.
tons. The Perkins delegation select.
ed the following for members of the
committees:
Credentials. T. Hackworth.
observation-disclosures r. Powell.
Permanent organization-F. B.Clark
F.. B. Clark, the present member Of
the congressional committee from Wa.
pello county was reelected in that ca.
pacity.
The caucus of the Cummins' dele.
cation resulted in the selection of the
following men for members of the
committees:
Credentials-C. w. Whitmore.
Resolutions-W. H. Fetzer. =
Permanent organization-C. o. Tay-
Tor.
Congressional committee-C. J. Elk
felt.
Address by J. c. Mabry.
After the appointment of the com.
mittees by the regular convention, the
credentials committee retired to con-
slider the contest in Wapello county,
and Chairman j. G. Mabry addressed
the convention. making patriotic re-
publican speech, which was closely
listened to and warmly applauded by
the delegates.