Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-07-28

III JuQRe WdQo OF iowa ClIy Was "
automobiling with jerry Sullivan {
Des Moines, the two lodging tn
; crowd at headquarters and gettin
out In the open to thresh out thel
differences over the platform, when
, distinguished looking man wearing
broad brimmed hat entered the lobb
! of the Ballingall Several delegate
made for him and hauled him into tn
corner before they found it was NO
J Judge Wade, but the judges brother
: in-law, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick Of d.
; buque. The two men. greatly resembl
each other, although some Of the de-
, egates found it hard to understand
} why brothers-in-law should look s.
near alike.
: Charles o. Holly of Des Moines, VIII
is known as the Democratic Abraham
Lincoln" is one Of the interesting
characters at the convention.
Mark A. Walsh of Clinton, one o
the six Walsh brothers who are power'
J in second district business AFFAIRS al
Wen as in political circles, Is amont
J the delegates. Mr.. Walsh and hi
brothers decided there should be al
interurban between Rock Island ant
Galesburg, so they just went aheac
and built it and trains are now run
ming over it. Mr.. Walsh made hard
fight against Dawson in the race fol
congress two years ago, but was de
Heated.
| w. S. Elerick Of Keosauqua, demo
Gratis candidate for sheriff In Van
Buren, county, is one Of the delegates
He is visiting his brother, DR.. J.W
Elerick while here.
Walter Dewey of Creston, one OF
the democratic candidates for state
railroad commissioner was shaking
hands with his fellow delegates IN
the Ballingall lobby last night. Wash
ington has two candidates" said Mr..
dewey "that's too many and the
democrats will just naturally nave 70
beat both of them"
| I. S. Pepper of lluscatine, demo
cratic candidate for congress from the
second district, has lived IN Wapello,
Davis, Muscatine and Johnson coun-
ties, among others and they all claim
him as native son Sore OF the
Davis county delegates said they
would like tosmove up into the second
district and colonize before the con-
:yentlon to help Pepper out In his tight,
but they just couldn't leave the best
county l.. The state.
DR.. J. w. Reynolds of Creston, the
eight district committeeman, didn't
have the worries last night that some
of the other committeeman had. He
had no opponent in the race for re-
election as committeeman.
J. G. Demar of Des MONIES easily
carries off the honor Of bei- : the tai
Hest man at the convent1o l. ne IS
six feet, five and a half inches tall.
Mr.. Demar started growing When ne
was down In Davis county and Kept
it up after he moved to Polk. He is
a lawyer and formerly represented
Davis county in the state legislature.
L. OConnor, one of Ottumwa's well
known insurance men, is entertaining
his brother, Senator F. A. O'Connor
OF New Hampton. Senator O'Connor
represents the fourth senatorial dis
trict in the upper house of the Iowa
Legislature.
William F. Cakes Of Clinton, who
is democratic candidate for county
attorney in Clinton county, Is secretary
of the convention. He has appointed
Judge l.. NJ. B. Morrissey and Deputy
County Clerk James. Gee as his as
sistants.
James v. Curran was getting In
some good ticks among the delegates
in his candidate for state treasurer
on the democratic ticket. Mr.. Curran
is one Of, the ushers at the convention
hall and he is wearing the same badge
he wore as usher in 1891, n1nSeen
years ago, in Ottumwa. In that con-
vention Horace Boies was renominate1
to make the race against Hiram
Wheeler, and was elected. Now II
the result is the same this fall as It
was then says Jimmy, "this old
badge will be kept as an heirloom IN
the family"
E. D. Deeds of Brighton, father of
City Clerk Charles Deeds Is an at
tendance at the convention. Mr..
Deeds is not delegate but loves to
mingle with the followers OF Andrew
Jackson.
Harold Ayers of Iowa City came to
the city yesterday with party IN his
large automobile. They will remain
over for the convention.
A part of the Des Moines delegation
has q good joke on Henry Reifelman
of Des Moines. Reigelman some
friends and a Des Moines newspaper
man went into local restaurant and
had a big spread. When through
partaking of the delectables, the
waiter handed the amount of the en-
tire bill to Reigelman. He was SO
stunned by the price that he did not
recover until he had paid the bill for
all, and then the rest Of the party
laughed.