The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-07-07

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The original motion was then put
and declared carried and chairman
Stookey proceeded to appoint j. d.
Brown, Geo: E. Mitchell and DR.. l..
j. Lands to select the delegates to
the judicial convention and M. A.
Gammill, G. G. Dye and L. D. CARRIER
to name the delegates to the state
convention.
On motion A. P. Olsen was named
as Judicial committeeman and Dan
Anderson as the congressional COM
mitteeman.
The report of the committee on res
olutions was then read as follows:
we commend to this nation the
sturdy progress of the administration
OF William H. Taft toward the accom-
pllshment OF the ideals of the repub-
llcan party as enunciated in it's last
national platform and in the public
utterances of the president. This
convention bespeaks for his admins
tratlon the strong and earnest sup
port of every loyal republican, wheth-
er in congress or in the ranks.
We renew our faith in and alleg-
lance to the protective policies of re-
publicanism under which the country
has enjoyed marvellous degree of
prosperity, and give our unqualified
endorsement to the legislation enact
ed by the Sixty-frst congress and ap-
proved by president Taft
We heartily and emphatically en-
dorse governor B. F. Carroll. He has
given Iowa a Clean, business admins
ir,o -
highest and most patriotic character,
and we commend his candidacy to
the voters of Iowa upon his official
record
We heartily endorse our candidate
for congress, Hon. H. M. Towner,
and our candidate for county repre-
sentative, /. A. Smith, and all the
other candidates on the republican
national, state and county tickets.
We endorse and commend the Iowa
delegation in congress for all efforts
in support of the administration of
President Taft, and for such aid and
assistance Y; they have given him in
carrying forward his administration
and legislative policies.
With hearty congratulations upon
the accomplishments of the first year
of president Taft's administration
and unfaltering confidence in the
fruitfulness of the years yet to come,
we send these resolutions to the re-
publican state convention by the
hands of our delegates fully in ac-
cord with all their terms and entrust
to these delegates our greeting to
president Taft and the expression of
our loyalty and our admiration.
DR.. B. L. Eiker moved to add the
following resolution to the report:
Resolved, That we endorse the.
course pursued by our United States
senators in the recent congress. Their
integrity, loyalty and patriotism nas
given Iowa position of influence ia
the United States senate to which the
entire state points with pride.
But the standpatters would not
stand for it and on motion the reso-
luton was tabled
DR.. Eiker then presented the fol-
lowing additional resolutions:
We, the republicans of Decatur
county, in convention assembled, feel
that our county has been honored by
having one of it's best citizens and
| loyal republicans nominated for the
office of clerk of the Supreme Court,
and we pledge to Hon. B. w. Garrett
our unqualified support
Immediately a motion was made
to table this resolution also, and on
vote by yea and nay the chair ruled
that the motion to table had carried,
but Dr. Eiker demanded a roll call,
and when the vote was called by pre-
cincts, number of the delegates hav-
ing left the hall to catch their trains,
the motion to table was lost by vote
of S5 29 to 76 1-3, the vote by pre-
cincts being as follows:
Yes No
Bloomington -
Burrell
Davis City ..........2 2 2-3 L 1-3