The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30
Returning Delegates From Fort Madi.
son Convention Did Not APP.
prove judiciary
Fight.
PLAIN DOUBLE CROSS
Fair Minded Democrats Who Valued
Their Words, Appealed to 9th
ers to Maintain Their
Agreement.

A profligate resolution was put
through at the democratic county con-
vention yesterday at Fort Madison
In fact it was more than put through,
1t was put over and put over
contrary to the wishes of that ele.
ment of Lee county democracy who
wished to see the judiciary of Lee
county maintained above the level of
ordinary politics, the same element
lighting to the last ditch, or until
they saw the uselessness of their eff
forts and accordingly united In the
sake of harmony, and made the profli-
gate resolution introduced by one
LowerE a farmer, unanimous. The
resolution whose profligacy caused
bushes to come to the cheeks OF
those democrats who had practically
pledged themselves to keep the
judiciary on high plane, placed the
name of Otto Herminghausen before
the convention as a candidate to op-
pose Judge Hamilton, the republican
nominee.
The Lowery resolution was not
adopted until after a losing fight was
made against it. A substitute motion
was introduced by Attorney Boyd, of
this city which held strictly to the
original arrangement of those interest
ed in the movement to keep the judi.
ciary OF Lee county on the same high
plane on which it has ben for a
number of years, but Attorney Boyd's
substitute motion was lost in the
crowd and on a vote on the Lowery
resolution, the latter resolution was
adopted, but not until after stirring
fight had been made against it. Then,
after it had been adopted, the OPP
posing democrats were obliged to
align themselves with the other side,
for there was a bona fide desire to
make all things unanimous.
Calls clearinghouse the Goat"
The fight over the Lowery motion
was practically a fight between the
| Lee county barristers aligned with
democracy, and Lee county at large.
The barrlsters We're not strong enough
to successfully combat profligate
resolution placing Herminghausen
name before the convention. Return
ing Keokuk delegates from Fort
Madison were disguised with the
step taken. One delegate, man
prominently identified in the ranks of
keokuk democracy, said the move
yesterday meant nothing more than
return to the old days, and he said
he did not believe the people of the
county would stand for the attempt
on. the part of certain democrats to
lower the standing CT the judiciary of
the county. In his opinion, Herming-
hansen is the goat" and is due for a
genuine, old-fashioned shearing by
Judge Hamilton.
The former arrangement by which
the judiciary of Lee county has been
maintained, was made simply be-
cause democrats and republicans
alike agreed and realized that it was
the best for all concerned. The under
standing that amounted to- a gentle
mems agreement has been recognized,
and UP to the present time there has
been no grounds for suspicion of mis-
placed confidence. However, this
time, the republicans were complete
ly double crossed, although it must
be said that certain democrats were
far from being in favor of the double
crossing. The tentative agreement
by which the judiciary has been gov
erned in the past, or for the past
number of years, was reached after
the following conditions had become
established:
Previously the judiciary of the
county was a political issue Later
it was divided between republican
and democratic Judge. With the at
torneys being best qualified to pass
an opinion on the fairness of the
alignment-a republican judge and a
democrat judge-it was agreed by
the republicans and democrats that
such an alignment should be main
tanned, amounting to there being
named no opposing candidate to the
republican candidate, and no opposing
candidate for the democratic candi-
date. The republicans named Judge
Hamilton, and to the surprise and
disgust of the fair-minded democrats,
who, unfortunately, were in the mi.
nority, Lowrey's resolution was put
over"
The Agreement Violated.
Keokuk delegates who returned last
evening stated that they appealed to
the Lowery element as gentlemen, as
men of their word, and as democrats,
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