Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-05

Six Out Of Seven Counties in
Convention Today by Res
olutions and Instructed
Delegates Favor Taft.

Delegates Favor Taft.
Six counties out of the seven in the
sixth district went on record Sat
urday at the county conven
tons with Endorsements of the admin
istration of William Howard Taft anC
for his denomination as the republican
candidate for president. Resolutions
and instructions to the delegates tc
the congressional and state conven
lions were passed in which the ringing
Endorsement Of the president was fea
|tured. Wapello, Monroe, Jasper. Keo
lkuk, Mahaska and Davis were the
counties that will be represented at the
congressional and state conventions by
delegates instructed to work for the
denomination of Mr.. Taft.
| Taft Strong in Mahaska.
Oskaloosa, March 2.-(Special)-
selected Taft delegates for the
district and state convention and
passed strong resolutions favoring the
denomination Of the president. The
resolutions also indorsed J. A. Dewitt,
sixth district committeeman, for dele
gate to the national convention. The
| CAoAi Ae1A u IAC COuNS1LlOu WIS MdJOE
John F. Lacey and J. H. Pickett was
secretary. The chairman of the reso-
| lutinons committee was Rev. E. H.
Waring, the oldest Methodist minister
In Iowa, who is strong Taft man. He
is IS years old. The delegation to the
district and state conventions number
eighteen.
Jasper County for President.
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lutions heartily endorsing William H.
Taft for denomination and instructed
delegates for Taft to the congressional
and state conventions were adopted at
the Jasper county republican county
convention here Saturday. The
Taft delegations to the district and
voters. Out Of total of 1877 dele
ton, 125 were avowed Taft men. J.
ton, which met in the court house.
Monroe Strong for Taft.
Abba, March 4.-(SpeciaD -Four |
teen delegates to the congressional
convention and the same number OF |
the state convention were selected |
this afternoon at the Monroe county |
cations were instructed to cast their !
votes for Taft delegates to the nation |
al convention. There was no resolu-
tons. Out of the 14S delegates in the
convention, 1873 were avowed Taft !
men. The convention met in the
court house at 1870 o'clock. E. G.
Sloan was chairman, A. L. Anderson,
secretary and Thomas Hickenlooper,
reading clerk. & -@.s
Mass Convention for Taft.
Bloomfield, March 4.-(SpeciaD In
the mass convention held by the re-
publicans OF Davis county in the court
house here Saturday, eight dele
gates instructed for William Howard
Taft were selected to attend the con-
gressional convention, and the same
number was named to attend the state
convention Resolutions strongly en-
dorsing Taft were practically unani-
mously passed. Owing to the fact that
precinct caucuses to select delegates
to the county convention was not held
the plan followed at the mass conven-
ton was to select one man from each
of the eighteen precincts to compose
a committee to select the congression-
al and state convention delegates.
keokuk Favors Taft. \
Sigourney, March 4.--(SpeciaD-
The Keokuk county convention gave
Taft the solid vote of the seventy-f1ve
delegates Saturday in convention Eff
teen delegates to both district and state
were elected and instruct
ed to cast their votes for Taft. J. H.
Wiley was chairman of the conven-
Ion. Lew Mahannah, secretary, and
Elmer Lyle, reading secretary.
Lucas County Caucuses.
Charlton, March Am the repub-
lean caucuses held in Lucas county :
friday Taft delegates were selected I
n practically every precinct Out of
! total of sixty delegates in the con-
7ention the precincts thus far heard
rom give Taft thirty-two. The city
II Charlton was strong for Taft. Only !
wo-thirds Of the precincts have re-
ported thus far. The delegates al
eady selected give Taft assurance OF
Import from Lucas county in the con-
'ention next Saturday.
Second District Convention.
Davenport, March A. The second
owa district republican convention c
will be held at Cedar Rapids April "a, 8
n the same day as, and Immediately
recseding the state convention, &C a
ording to a call issued today by r
chairman Joe r. Lane Of Davenport. q
tudents. the first dealing with epoch
making Americans, and the second
nth current happenings or History S
taking Today Professor Harris ar y
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