Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-22
REGULAR CONVENTION AND cuM4
MINIS CONVENTION HoT+
a. MAKE SELECTIONS,
CENTER EIGHT Plvor
Upon the Decision Of the State conven-'
tlon's Credentials Committee As to-
Four Votes Depends WapeIIo coun4
TVS Vote on the eubernatorial Non,~
ination.

From Mondays Daily.
Two conventions on the same floor
two chairmen trying to preside at one
and the same time upon the same
stage, two sets of delegates
to contest for seats in the,
republican state convention, and
two separate and distinct views as to-
the legality of the deliberations of thei
day-these are some of the net results
OF Wapello county republicanism's
hottest convention, held Saturday at
ternoon at Turner hall in Ottumwa.
Two Wapello county delegations of
twenty.six men each will go to Des
Molnes claiming seats In the republic
can state convention on August 1.
The question as to which Is entitled,
to represent the republicans of thel
county must be settled by the creden-
tials committee Of the convention be4i
fore the permanent organization is eff
fected. Wapello county will have lit /,
tie voice In the preliminary work or
the gathering at Des Moines, but Wa,
pello county Is the observed of all OBJ.
servers for the present at least, and in
this campaign of big things and un.
heard-of actions, Wapello county thus
far holds the first prize, far above the
heads Of any possible rivals.
For Saturdays convention was such
convention as Wapelle county never
saw before and such as The majority
OF those who participated hone she
will never see again II sI
most part. a confusion of yells, boots.
howls and even hisses, that at times
absolutely prevented the transactions
Of business and finally helped to bring
about split that may have great
effect upon the nomination of the next
republican candidate for governor Of
the state.
The Opening Session.
The convention was called to order
by County Chairman I. H. Hammond.
who named George H. Dickens, OF
Competine township as temporary
chairman. Just as Mr.. Dickens took
charge Of the convention Major T. P.
Spilman, at the head Of the Cummins
forces, moved that r. H. Emery be.
substituted for Mr.. Dickens as tempo.l
rary chairman. Then began verita-,
BILE pandemonium of shouts and yells
that was not quieted for thirty min
utes. Finally Major spilman appealed
to his followers to allow the conven--
tion's work to proceed and comparatives
quiet was restored. When the ques,
tion OF naming the credentials com-l
mittee came UP and Emil Fectt had
moved that 1t be named in the regular
way, by roll call, g. w. Whitmore pro-
posed, as substitute, that the cons,
vention form committee Of the whole
on credentials. Mr.. Dickens, as chair,
man, ruled that the precedent that
has been followed for SO many years,
was the one by which the convention
should be governed and the conventions.
proceeded with the selection Of the;
credentials committee
The roll call proceeded without mis..
hap until the eighth precinct, Center
township, was reached. Here two con-,
testing delegations each claimed the,
right to name member of the cre-
dentials committee Charles Schwartzs
was named by the Perkins delegation
first and H. w. Michael was immedi-
ately announced as the Cummins man
to represent the precinct. Formal
notice of contest was served at this
time by G. w. Whitmore, representing
the Cummins forces, and this was fol-
lowed by notice Of contest by Emil
Fecht, representing the Perkins peo-
pie, in the matter of the second ward
Of Ottumwa Mr.. Dickens ruled that;
the contests must be decided by the
credentials committee. When thig
committee had been named the mem
| bers retired to the court
house and 1t was there, in
the supervisors room, that the
contests were gone into fully and
decided. AS stated in the Courier on
Saturday, the committee considered
four contests, those in Center second
and eighth, and that against J. B. Car
man, Of Pleasant township, and that
against three residents Of Washington
third, who, 1t is alleged, were not prop
erly elected delegates. The majority
OF the committee upheld the contest
in the second ward and favored seating
4 the Perkins delegation. The major
ity also favored seating the contested
delegation perkins men) from the
eighth precinct. The minority report
differed on every material point from
the majority report The majority re-
! port, as read to the convention by ]. A.
Ballard follows:
"Your committee begs to report as
follows: We find all townships and
precincts represented and we recon-
mend that the delegates present be en-.
!. titled to cast the full vote of their re-
spective wards and precincts as pub.
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