Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-03-10
TO THE STATE AND
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS
ARE SELECTED BY COMMIT
TEES AND APPROVED,
A. w. ENOCH NAMED
AS THE CHAIRMAN
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ENDoRs.
ING ALLISON, RoosEvELTs AD-
& MiNisTRATloN AND TAFT's
CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENCY.

The republican county delegate
convention broke up Saturday
afternoon in an uproar of good
fellowship. Resolutions of both the
majority and minority in the reso-
lutions committee were adopted
by the convention after the ma
jority had moved the adoption
and after the minority had moved
substitution.
The resolutions endorse Allison,
Roosevelt's administration and
Taft's candidacy for president. A
list of delegates to the state and
congressional conventions was
chosen.
Absolute harmony prevailed in the
republican county convention Satur-
day afternoon.
A committee on resolutions and one
to name delegates to the state and con-
gressional conventions were named
on roll call Of the several precincts,
each precinct naming one man on
each committee.
Delegates began to assemble at
o'clock this afternoon. They were seat
ed by delegations in alphabetical or
der. Adams came first Then the sew
eral precincts of Center township
were arranged in order toward the
rear of the room.
The convention was not called to
order until Las o'clock, when Chair.
man e. X. Daugherty announced A..
w. Enoch as temporary chairman
B. e. Cramblett was named as read
ing secretary.
3. M. Bowlin, and Walter McNett
we're selected as tellers.
Chairman E,och'S Address.
the convention to ORDER made an ad-
dress to the assemblage saying in part
as follows:
The republican party is the party
Of principle, making for the best Of
all that goes to make a free govern.
ment.
'sIt has stood and still stands for
protective tariff as part Of the con-
stitution
ut has stood and still stands for a
sound currency. For one standard
that of gold
"It has stood, and still stands for
the enforcement Of the laws Of tho
land against the rich and poor alike
y 1T has stood, and still stands for
the enlarged foreign commerce. Sell
ing abroad more than three billion of
dollars worth Of products of the coun-
try.
1T has stood, and still stands for u
policy that will keep all labor en-
ployed at good wages. The right of
labor to protect itself under the same
law that other interests seek protec-
ton.
sit stands for policy that has
made it possible for this country to
build and equip navy big enough to
protect itself from any and all cor.
ners.
1T stands for the regulation of the
corporate interests Of the country, so
as to prevent the usurping Of the
functions Of the government and yet
not be destructive of the principle Of
ownership, nor just and lawful opera
ton of the same
II. L. Waterman moved that com
mittee on credentials be dispensed
with and this motion prevailed.
Major Samuel Mahon moved, and it
was carried, that temporary officers
be made permanent.
On roll call the following commit
tees were appointed the first named
being on resolutions and the second
on the selection delegates:
Adams-Frank Hardy, J. G. Brown
we'll.
Agency. w. Enyart, Alden Nc
Dowell.
Cass-S. Warren, B. E. Cramblet.
Columbia, IF. M. Epperson, J. A.
Lafferty.
Columbia, "A. j. Gardner, C. H.
Stuber.
Competine-A. A. Phelps, H. F..
Davis.
Dahlonega- R. Burns, John Gilt
ner.
Green-W. R. Gift, J. F. Redeem.
Highland-A. j. Davis, E. E. Moore.
Keokuk-A. G. Mcdonald, S. Will.
kins.
Center First-R R. Ramsell A. w.
Peck.
Center Second-W M. Reece, o. L.
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