The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-30
Republicans Of County Pass Strong
Resolutions for Party Principle
In the Leo County
Convention.
VACANCIES ON TICKET
W. r. G. kendrlck For County
Attorney and W. s. Hamilton
For Judge Judge Lo-
gan Talked.

uSo W. .. I1dllilLOn was nominal
ted to succeed himself as Judge of the
district court, w. r.. G. Kendrick was
nominated as county attorney. Eras.
tus Layton of Keokuk was nominated
for the office OF supervisor for the
1914 term, and j. P. Kennedy was
named member of the congressional
COMMITTEES by the republicans in
county convention at the court house
IN Fort Madison Saturday morning,
The meeting was called to order
shortly before IL o'clock by County
Chairman George Mattern. r. N
johnson was appointed temporary
chairman and elected permanent
chairman, and Leslie Smith, clerk or
the convention. A committee was ap-
pointed, one from eacn precinct, to
name delegates to the state conyen-
ton, with the following result: VIM.
Logan, J. R. Frailey, j. P. Kenre DIV.
Y. 3. Stewart, r N. Johnson. H. l..
Sawyer, A. Hollingsworth, w. ). R.
Beck. Jno L. Benbow, w. G. Blood,
n. R. Collins T. B. Snyder, A. l..
Parsons, Felix L. Hughes, A. p.
Brown, F. P. Barbour, H. Bengtson.
The committee on resolutions: II. I.
Pickard, r. A. Gardner, joseph Car.
yer, George B. Stewart, and Hazen /.
Sawyer, presented a resolution strong
ly endorsing the administration Of
President Taft and the platform OF
the republican party adopted at Chi
cago, and pledged their hearty. sun.
port to the president The resolution
also strongly endorsed Congressman
Kennedy and Judge w. S. Hamilton
and urged upon the voters the wisdom
OF taking the iudgeship out of poll
tics. 1t further recommended the
candidates for county offices as prac.
tical, experienced and Trustworthy
men and asked the voters for their
support
K On motion of j. R. Frailey the coun-
lty central committee was authorized
to fill its membership by appointment.
On motion of ]. P. Kennedy the organ
ization of the county central commit
tee was deferred to a later date, sub
liect to the call of the chairman.
Speeches had been barred earlier in
the session, but later there was an in
'sistent demand for an address from
Judge Logan and he responded. as fol-
lows:
Stand by the party and stand by
the Flag. Every old soldier in this
county who carried a wounded leg
owes it to democratic bullets. The
republican party has stood for law and
good government and protection from
1854 to the present time, and my only
advice is to stick by the party and
stick by the flag"
Hazen /. Sawyer was next called
upon and said: 'sTt is a little diff
cult under the present conditions
with the democratic party laboring
under the hot sun of Maryland in an
endeavor to select candidate, to say
anything without feeling that one NAV
make mistake and say something
that may hurt persons feelings. Il
want to say this. For a good many
years the republican party of Iowa has
been more or less divided. 1t has not
been a,matter of principle, but rather
due to different leadership. 1 have
talked with good many men who
claimed to be progressives. have
been identified, myself. with the So
allied standpat crowd. And whenever
we sat down and began to talk prin-
ciples we have been able to agree.
When We talk about men we disagree.
The republican party and the princi-
pies of the republican party are above
all men, Men may come and men
may go, they may have success and
they may go down to defeat, but the
principle lives on forever, after the
men who differ in their ambitions
have passed on and are gone forever.
"The republicans of Iowa are nearer
together today than they have been
for the past twelve years. Even to
the standnatters in the republican con-
vention the nomination of Cummins
looked mighty good. He had mighty
good chance had it not been for that
man who for seven years held the
honor of presiding at the head of this
nation and whose selfishness and am
bition proclaimed the doctrine of rule
or ruin" In closing, he stated that
he expects to see next fall one of the
greatest republican victories the ma
fion has ever seen
]. P. Kennedy of Montrose said:
We're going through strenuous
times; some of the differences in the
republican party are going to disap-
pear What We want is a rest from
politics for couple of months. l look
for good republican vote this fall.
Get the republicans all to go to the
polls and we will VIM
r. n Johnson: Il am glad to lis
ten to the remarks Of the gentlemen,