The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1906-08-09

boxes. sang THE Star spangisd Ban
ner," the audience joining.
Judge Towner appeared and an
nounced that the committee on cre-
dentials could not report until 3
o'clock and that the delegates would
be excused until that hour.
Then the audience stood, waved
fans and handkerchiefs and sang
America"
From America" tho crowd drifted
to I'VE Won't Go Home Tin Morn
ing" 'There'li Be Hot Time" GOOD
Old Summer Time" The Scott Coun-
ty delegation sang, How Dry 1 AM"
The convention reassembled at 5:35
o'clock and when order had been Sc
cured the chairman said the report of
the committee on credentials would be
heard from the committees chairman,
T. ID. Healy. The report showed the
committee had thrown out the Per-
kins delegations in Jasper, Wapello,
Dallas and Audubon Counties and
, seated Cummine delegations. The JET
ferson County delegation was allowed
to retain ITS Seats In the convention.
The report was signed by Healy as
Shoiii anu ~ -. ooNaSS, VA NhNfhih
County, as secretary. Mr. Healy
moved the adoption OF the report and
S. r. Prouty, of Des Moines, second
ed the motion.
The reading of the report was
greeted with storm of mingled
cheers and Kisses and when the chair
man put the motion there was Wig
orous demand for the roll call. The
noise on the Affirmative vote and the
noise on the negative vote sounded
alike,
''The Judgment of the chair is that
the motion is carried and the report
is adopted unanimously"
Whole districts protested and tho
chair revised his ruling to make 1t
read. THE report Is adopted"
The committee on permanent or
ganization signified its readiness to re-
port, and George w. Clarke, who had
been seated in the Dallas County dele-
CATION by the Cummins credentials
committee was introduced as the per-
manent chairman of the convention.
Mr.. Clarke has had ample experience
as a presiding officer, and he handled
the convention well from the start.
"I thank you very much fer this
great honor" Mr.. Clarke said. II
shall not attempt to address you at
this time. We should proceed TO the
business of this convention at once. I
beg of you, gentlemen, to preserve or
der, and I beg of you visitors In the
balcony and gallery to keep quiet.
"Is the committee on resolutions
ready to report?"
The committee was not ready to re-
port, and the chairman said the con-
vention would proceed to the nomina-
tion OF candidates for state offices.
Howard Clark, of Des Moines, nom
mated Albert b. Cuminins, of Polk
County; Capt. J. S. Lothrop, of Sioux
City, nominated Geo. ID, Perkins, of
Woodbury. County, and ID. f. Voris, of
Marion, nominated Capt. Stephen w.
Rathbun, of Linn County.
AT this point the chairman an
nounced that he was requested to state
that Dr. Frank Perterfield, of Cass
County, had withdrawn his name from
the race for the office OF railroad COM
missioner.
The roll call of counties on the vote
for governor proceeded without Incl
dent until Cherokee was reached,
when the startling announcement was
made that Cherokee casts It's thir-
teen votes for George ID. Cummins."
This was evened up when the excit-
ed delegate who announced the vote of
Fremont County said, Twelve for A..
B. Perkins"
The Harrison County man ground
out his Eighteen votes for Perk-
ms" in manner so fierce that no
one was going to dispute his word.
A shrill, piping voice in the ball
cony which announced, "Twenty-one
votes for A. b. Cummins," caused a
hearty laugh.
The big votes of Polk and Potta-
wattamie, the former with ~ for
Cummins and the latter with SO for
Perkins, caused cheers from the fol-
lowers of the two candidates.
When Wapello was called the an
nouncement of the vote was almost
drowned out In the shout OF protest.
Worth County cast nine votes for
Cummings"
The last county was called at 6:15
o'clock.
Before the vote on governor was
announced the chairman called for
the committee on resolutions. The re-
port of the committee was adopted,
but with a strong vote against II.
The vote on governor then was an
nounced. The chairman said: "Albert
B. Cummins having received major
ity of all the votes cast, declare him
to be the nomin ee of the Republican
party of the state for governor of
Iowa"
After speeches by Gov. Cummins
and Hon. Geo. ID. Perkins, the balance
Of the ticket was nominated.
THE PLATFORM.
The Republicans of Iowa In con-