Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-05-16
Chairman Reed is Boosted
as Delegate-at-Large and
N. L. Arrison for Ser
geant-at-Arms.
2 BLOOMFIELD MEN
ARE PROMINENT
Henry Taylor Will Probably
be Permanent Chairman
and S. f. Mcconnell One
Of District Delegates.
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IBY E. G. DOUGHERTY.l
Burlington, May 15.-With the char.
acteristic energy of the Ottumwa and
Wapello county democrats, the hub OF
the sixth congressional district Will be
represented to considerable extent IN
the conduct of the state democratic c
convention here tomorrow. An "
tumwan, State Chairman N. F. Reed,
will call the meeting to order. A
Bloomfield man, Henry Taylor, WILL
probably be the permanent chairman,
and il the Iowa delegation is instructed
for Champ Clark, toward which all In
dications now point, N. l.. Arr1son or
Dttumwa, will be the sergeant.at-
arms at the national convention IN
Baltimore.
Probable Sixth District Delegates.
While only majority of the leaders
OF the sixth district democrats have
arrived in Burlington, they have oeen
active, and at the district headquar'
ters in the Hotel Burlington, the hum
Of the houn' dawg song was inter
mingled with discussions Of the men
who will be the sixth district delegates
to the Mg convention. It is almost
an assured fact that s, F. Mcconnell
of Bloom6eld. will be the frat choice
81 tomorrow,s caucus. As the other
district delegates, John W.. Plat OF
Montezuma, O. p. Myers OF Newton,
and ex-Congressman Dan w. Hamilton
OF Sigourney, are being boosted. NC
Connell and Platt are strong clark
men. while Hamilton leans toward Will
son, and Myers is for Bryan. Because
OF the Clark sentiment in the district,
It is assured that the two delegates
will be instructed for Clark. ,~.
Reed Slated on Big Four.
While not active in the competition
for delegate-at-large, State Chairman
N. F. Reeds friends announced TINS
morning with positiveness that the
Ottumwa leader would be one of the
Iowa representatives at the Baltimore
meeting. The other three on the
Clark slate are Claude r. Porter OF
Centerville, M. F. Healy Of Fort Dodge
and Emmett Tinley Of Council Bluffs.
4 There is some talk among the Clark
supporters of sending eight delegates
to the national conv ention with half
vote each. The field Of candidates for
the extra half vote is led by Frank
O'Conner of New Hampton, Congress
man I. S. Pepper of Muscatine, form
erly of Ottumwa, NJ R. Huber and F.
L. Fleming. of Mason City, and Thos.
Stivers, publisher Of the Burlington
Gazette. TO the last named demo-
crat, much of the credit Is due for
the unusual preparations made by
Burlington to entertain 1oWa's democ'
racy. Colonel Tom is whale for
energy and from the hospitality al
ready shown by the citizens of Bur
lington his efforts have not been IN
vain.
Mike FaIvey on the Job.
Mike Falvey of Abba, sergeant-at-
arms Of the convention, arrived mere
this morning, and after comfortably
housing Mrs. Flavey in hotel ne I'M
mediately set to work on the prel1mln-
ary duties of his important office. With
Falyey was Newt Arrison OF OttumWa,
whom several members of the state
committee are boosting for sergeant
alarms of the national convention.
Mr.. Arrison wants to get the rudi-
ments Of his coming task and Falvey
has already shown himself to be the
man that knows the job. "
For permanent chairman of the
convention Henry Taylor of Bloom
field. is among the first spoken of and
II ia likely that Mr.. Taylor will be
given the honor unless the convention
names Temporary Chairman Healy as
the permanent officer. -..a..
Probable First and Second Delegates.
R. B. Louden who will head the
Fairfield contingent tomorrow morn
ing, will be one Of the two delegates
to be selected to the national conven-
ton at the first district caucus. J. n.
Pettibone of Burlington, who has been
one Of the big factors in arranging for
the reception Of the delegates here,
will be the other district delegate.
Henry Vollmer Of Davenport and w.
J. Mcdonald of Iowa City, Will be
selected as the second district dele
gates.
Woodbury. Contestants Here.
Judge VanWagenen, heading twenty
Wilson delegates from Woodbury. coun-
ty, will make a strenuous effort to get
his delegation seated at tomorrows
convention. He will be opposed by w.
n. Farnsworth Of Sioux City, who
leads the Clark delegates, only five OF
whom are present. The Wilson rae
tion maintain that the Clark suppor-
ters purchased enough voters to select
Clark delegates, and the Wilson men
left tho cousty convention hall and