Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-22
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Then Came the Bolt.
| Then came the bolt. Men in every
part of the house had Kept count Of
the vote and knew the Cun1mins
forces, even with the contested delega.
tions seated, could not control the con.
vention by three votes without the aid
Of the eighth precinct, which had been
awarded to Perkins. Just as Chairman
Dickens advanced to the front Of the
stage to read the result of the ballot
ing, Major Spilman arose on his seat
| in the second ward delegation and,
waving his hands above his head,
shouted: 81 move that e. H. Emery
be made temporary chairman" He
was greeted with chorus of yells and
cheers from the Cummins ranks and
with deafening intensity, until the
hall in a body fifteen or twenty
minutes later. Major Spilman put his
motion and declared it carried, and
Mr.. Emery was lifted to the same
stage where Chairman Dickens was
standing, trying to get order. From .
note book Mr.. Emery read number
Of motions with rapid fire speed and
presumably took votes upon all Of
them, but it was impossible to hear
even a few feet away from him what
he was saying, and the report Of the
Cummins convention, given elsewhere
in this article, is furnished by G. w.
Whitmore.
The Bolt.
The bolt was a quick one. With all
the speed and unanimity Of troops
trained for the purpose, the Cummins
forces rallied about Major Spilman
when he gave the signal climbing over
seats in their enthusiasm, yelling at
the tops of their voices, and throwing
hats and even coats in the air. F. A.
Nimocks leaped to the stage at the
same time that Emery was lifted up,
and, Selling the chair that Mr.. Dick
ems had been using all afternoon, seat
ed Miss Laura Mytton, deputy county
clerk, at table near to Mr.. Emery,
where she attempted to make short
hand record of the proceedings Miss
Mytton had been in attendance at the
convention all afternoon and stated
| when she arrived that she had been
told by Mr.. Nimocks to be there pre-
pared to do shorthand work
Chairman Dickens, during the hub
bub, was endeavoring to restore some
kind of order. When he found that
the south side of the hall and stage
had been pre-empted by the Cummins
forces, he took up position at the
north side, and here the regular con-
vention proceeded until its work was
finished. AS soon as the result of the
vote on the majority and minority re-
ports of the credentials committee had
been announced, the temporary organ
ization was, on motion, made perma-
t1ent, and the convention proceeded to
the selection Of delegates to attend the
state, judicial and congressional con.
ventions and represent Wapello county
at those gatherings. On motion, Chair
man Dickens appointed a committee Of
| five, consisting Of o. L. Campbell, e.
]. Moore, James F. Powell, A. j. Gard.
ner and Thomas Stodghill, to prepare
a list of delegates and submit them to
the convention, as it was impossible
to conduct a roll call while the Gum.
Minis convention, with its shouting
and cheering, was in progress. While
the committee on delegations was
working the Cummins forces withdrew
from the hall in a body and quiet was
restored. The delegations resumed
their seats and the convention from
that time was orderly.
112 to 1909.
When the lists Of delegates had been
read, the selections Of the committee
were ratified by the convention on a
roll call, which developed the fact that.
giving the Cummins forces all the
votes they had on the balloting on the
credentials committees report, and ad-
ding the twenty votes of the second
ward, they were still three votes be-
hind the Perkins supporters for the
control Of the convention, when the
majority report Of the credentials com.
mittee was acted upon.
The result Of this roll call, showing
the votes, cast endorsing the commit
tees selections Of delegations, follows:
Adams ............... .......... 81
Cass .......... ............... g.
CenIeF, ............. s........S IA
center, Z ................. 80. IA
Center, 4
Center, Il
COMPETING .............. .... 81
SOlulHuAd, ...... ..............
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