Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-12
CUMMlNS IS
VICTOR IN
BLACKHAWk
PERKINS, MEMBER OF cREDEN.
TiAL COMMITTEE wEAkENs,
GOVERNOR WINS OUT
CONTEST rs EXPECTED


rary Claimed That
Perkins Has Majority OF Delegates,
TO Jasper Convention.
Waterloo, June 11.-BlackhawE
county Saturday instructed It's twenty
seven delegates to the state convention
for Cummins. Several of the precinct
delegations were contested, and 1t was
expected that contesting delegation
would be sent from the county by the
standpatters, but the standpat creden-
tials committee In the county conven-
ton seated the Cummins delegates.
One man, a farmer delegate, threw
the convention to Cummins by refusing
to vote for the unseating Of the East
Waterloo delegation. With this dele {
cation out, Perkins would have carried
both committees and convention.
cummlns Men Happy.
When the proc Cummins report was
read to the convention, unaccompanfed
by minority report, the delegates
went Wild stood on chairs and yelled,
threw their hats In the air and kept up
minutes. The Cummins men fully ex-
pected the Waterloo delegation to he
thrown out and their Joy at the favor
able report Of the committee knew no
bounds. The chairman, who was also
a Perkins man, promptly put the mo
tion to adopt the report, and it was
adopted without dissent.
Only one other clash appeared In the
convention and that was as to the man
reg CT rolecting delegates bgt the
Perkins people subsided and Georg5
Ldchty, the Perkins manager, and J. w.
Jarnagtn made happy speeches and the
convention broke up In q perfect repub-
lican love feast to the immense dfsap-
pointment Of the democrats, who had
expected fatal split.
Are for Richards
The resolutions adopted indorse
President Roosevelt, the Iowa senators
and representatives, and the adminis-
tration Of Governor Cummins and fav-
or the enactment of state primary
law, "and such legislation as may be
necessary to eliminate corporate domi-
nation from politics in elections, state
and national"
The delegates to the state conven-
ton are instructed to cast the full vote
of the delegation from Black Hawk for
the nomination Of Cummins without
change" and to use all honorable ef-
forts to place in nomination "our fell
low citizen, Julian w. Richards, for
Office of secretary of state" Richards
has been aligned with the Perkins
forces and has taken an active part in
the campaign. He was endorsed by q
vote Of 81 to 50.
Will Contest.
The methods OF the Cumnfns people
are not endorsed by many Of the cofS+
servative republicans Of Blackhawk
county and 1t is charged that at the pri-
maries the number Of votes cast ex-
ceeded the votes cast for both Roose-
| velt and Parker. In East Waterloo TIA
more votes were cast than Roosevelt
received at the last general election.
There seems little doubt that the Per-
| kins people will send o contesting deli
egation to the state convention.
i cass County Stands Pat
Atlantic. June 1.-THE Cass county
convention was celled to order at II q.
m. Saturday with temporary Chairman
Stultz In the chair. The morning ses-
sion was devoted to the organization
Of conventions and preliminary work.
1 The resolutions committee reported at
IL D. m. The resolutions endorsed
Roosevelt and Smith. and instructed for
George D. Perkins for governor. They
also instructed the state senators and
representatives from this district to
vote for Do1liver to succeed himself as
United States senator. The standpat.
ters were in complete control Of the
convention.
Muscatine Convention.
| Muscatine, Juns 1.-THE Musoatine
county republican convention chose an
anti Cummins delegation to the state
convention Saturday afternoon. al
though the delegation Is unistructed
The governor will receive no votes
from this county. The resolutions en-.
dorse Roosevelt and the state and ma
: tional platform. They refer to Secre
tary Shaw and Secretary Wilson, and
commend the work OF Senators Dol
! liver and Allison and the entire Iowa
, delegation.
, Albert F. Dawson, the second district
: congressman is endorsed. The cenvon
: tion was harmonious and lasted about
one hour and half. The governorshir
fight was not mentioned.
Jasper for Perkins.
Newton, June 11.--Hon. Geo. d
3 Perkins carried Jasper county Satur
, day by vote of "a to 81 for Cummins
{ with one township to hear from. which