Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-05
WEEK TO Be BUSY
WITH POLITICS
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT coNvEN.
TON WEDNESDAY AT oskA-
LoosA STARTS THINGS.

TON WEDNESDAY AT OskA-
LoosA STARTS THINGS.
TAFT STRONG IN SIXTH
Meeting Held Saturday Gives President
Almost Unanimous Endorsement
For Renonlnati ion lettings +,
This Week.
Many republican county conventions
and caucuses are to be held IN iowa
! this week. One congressional con-
vention is called for Wednesday, the
sixth district which is to be held at
Oskaloosa. This week, with the ex-
ception Of the first and second dis
tricts, practically will end the conven-
lions in southern Iowa. The Dallas
county convention will be held at
Abel Tuesday, the Story county con-
vention at Nevada Thursday, Marion
at Knoxville Friday, and Warm at
Irdianola Saturday. All are IN the
seventh district. Union, Ringgold,
Taylor, Lucas, Clarke and Decatur
counties of the eighth district Will
hold conventions on Saturday.
Pottawattanie and Montgomery
county conventions will be held on
Tuesday, Mills on Thursday and Adair,
| Audubon, Shelby and Guthrie on Sat
urday. phese are, in the ninth district.
| Jasper Favors denomination.
Newton, March 4.-The Jasper
county republicans In convention
here Saturday elected nineteen dele
gates to the district and state con-
ventions Ringing resolutions favor
ling the denomination of Taft were
passed, and H. B. Allfree, candidate
! for congress in the sixth district, was
given a hearty welcome when he al
dressed the convention. He spoke
with enthusiasm of the Taft policies
and asserted his disposition to flght
/ for the principles of the party IN the
coming campaign He stated that, II
elected, he would fight vigorously and
unreservedly for the principles as
enunciated in the party platform. on
| the other hand he said that If the party
chose to select some one else as their
congressional nominee he would pe
Just as ready to stand by the doctrines
Of the republican party.
| The Delegates.
! Delegates to the district convention
at Oskaloosa Wednesday, March 8:
NJ. A. McCord, V. A. Roberts, Mer-
rett Charlesworth, r. B. Henderson,,
"a. P. Elliott, George Curry, ]. I. Cav
cit. ira J. Mead, D. E. Thompson, y.
III. Boyden, w. I. Price, Fred Silwold,
u. IT. Hand. v. H. Morgan, A. T.
/ Palmer. w. S. Johnson, John DeGoey
I Lory Johnston and w. H. Burroughs
/ Delegates to the state convention al
Cedar Rapids April "a:
Harry Hazlet, Joe Horn, M e. Pen
quite, Chas. Trip, Henry Silwold, b.
! ". Henry, Newton Moore, Geo. Hans,
Eugene Richard, J. w. Hunter, Chas.
! Baker. F.. Bean, O. N. Wagley, Joe
/ Leonard, c. T. Schill, T. J. Campbell,
J. A. Gum, w. r. Cooper, and =. r.
Malmberg.
Henry Silwold, an attorney of New,
ton presented the resolutions, which
are as follows:
We recognize in the president of the
United States man of sterling honor
and pure motives, although he has had
| from the day of his inauguration the
carping criticism OF the place hunters
and demagogues. and has labOred un.
/ der this disadvantage seemingly singly
i and alone: a man who has never de-
( parted from seeking what he honest
i " believed to be for the best interest
Of the entire country.
We believe that it is for the best in
j terest of our country as well as for our
1 party that the precedent conceived IN
the highest patriotism and statesman
ship and set by Washington should re-
main the unwritten law. 1t has been
hcnored by our people in all our past
1 and it's wisdom is so well recognized
THAT at this day, when our country Is
at peace with all the world, there is nc
occasion to mar this splendid record
as we'll as the precedent itself, by the
/ Interpolation of the word "consecu
tive"
We believe in the sufficiency of our
present constitution and in an untram.
meled judiciary of high personal hon
or and integrity, and do not believe
in the old fads, held out by ambitious
politicians as new principles, that
would absolutely change our form OF
government from republic to state
Of anarchy by removing the able and
conscientious Judge in the heat of pub
lice emotion and passion but would re-
tain the politician and trimmer on the
bench. We have faith that these old
gIisms will never be incorporated in a
national republican platform. neither
| will they ever meet the approval of the
American people who believe in gov.
eminent of law.
We favor the denomination of vii.
Ham Howard Taft for the presidency
OF these United States to succeed him
self and pledge him our loyal support
And We instruct our delegates to the
I sixth district and state. conventions to
/. vote unanimously for men as dele
gates to the national convention at
Chicago who will Loyalty support him
Mahaska Endorses President.
1 Oskaloosa, March 1.-The resolutions
ladopted by the republican county
convention here Saturday are com
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