Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-14
Harmony Rules Convention
Nearly All the Candi.
dates Are Chosen by
Unanimous Vote
Field Of Candidates For Treas
urer, Engineer and Aldermen
At Large Requires Two
Ballots For Choice


A. Odenwalder was nominated
& last evening to lead the republi-
+ can forces to victory in the com
ing spring campaign. Seldom in
deed was any movement begun
under more favorable auspices
than was the icty campaign for
Z the republican party at last
/ nights convention.
\ Harmony reigned supreme The
greater number of the nomina-
tions were made by acclamation
end those nominations which
were contested were won on the
first formal ballot. There was
nothing to mar the occasion. Yet
the peace and quiet which was so
noticeably characteristic of the
convention did not indicate list
lessness or laohsof interest on the
part of the delegates and officers 4
of the convention, but q firm and
relentless purpose to name a tick
ct which should carry with 1t all
the attributes of a successful one.
The interest Of the delegates in
the proceedings of the meeting
was intense.
Without hitch the convention
moved forward to the consumma-
ton Of it's purpose. From the
moment that City Chairman l. H.
Hammond called the meeting to
order until adjournment it was
splendid example Of orderly, pur-
posefll and harmonious proceed
ure.
The Convention.
One of the first steps Of the conven
ton was to pass resolution, this &C
tion being taken without dissenting
vote, endorsing the administration u
B. F. Suits, the present mayor Of OF
tumwa and regretting his determine
ton to retire at the conclusion of hi
present term.
Taken as a whole the meeting wa,
one of the most satisfactory ever hell
by the party in Ottumwa and the in
terest and earnestness SO amply dis
played augurs we'll for the success o
the ticket which it nominated.
At 8 o'clock City Chairman l. H
Hammond called the convention to ol
der and announced the temporary OF
ganization as follows:
Chairman-J A. Ballard
Reading clerk-G George Haw. Jr.
Recording clerks-H. w. Merrill an
G. B. Reynolds.
Upon taking his chair Chairma.
Ballard made a brief address, sayin
in part:
Chairman Billiards. Address.
"Gentlemen Of the conventions:
wish to say for the benefit of such !
you as may be worried That am nc
going to make speech However
would be neglecting my duty as a cit
zen if L should fail to thank you fo
this token of esteem or fail to sa
that / appreciate it.
81 am thankful that I am permitte
to preside for short time over
meeting of this character, republ
can convention in this, the city of m
birth and life. We are gathered &
gether as of old; actuated by the sam
motives, impelled by the same desire
and seeking the same ends. We al
determined upon complete succes
ut the polls on March 25.
! "It is a source of pleasure for me I
look at the faces of such gatherin
3as this. You men are gathered heI
from the shops, from the mines, frol
the offices and from the countin
rooms. Fer what purpose? You al
not here simply to nominate ten ca
5didates for the various offices. Ye
are mere with look Of determinatio
upon your faces. You are here to SO
who shall control the destinies of tt
city fer the next two years.
Democratic Sun Clouded.
'If one is to make race, he natu
ally will beforehand look over ii
course over which he is to run. Loo
in, ahead over the course which v
are to run, wnat do we see? The d
nlocratic sun is clouded with clouds
sdissension and strife, malice al
hatred. The time has not been
the last twenty years when OF
chances for a complete victory at Il
polls were so bright if we go out fro
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