The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-06

and selection Of delegates for the |
state Democratic convention the fol. !
lowing committee was selected: T. |
r. Osborne, Fl. s. Rosecrans, ]. F.
Reams, Clint Shaw and w. G. Boat.
man.
With the completion of the select
ion and appointment of committees
the convention adjourned to recon
vene at two O'Clock this afternoon,
Meeting again at two o'clock this
afternoon the democratic county con.
rention was called to order by tempo
rary chairman Cornelius Yer PIoeg.
Upon the recommendation of the
committee on permanent organization
the temporary organization was made
permanent, and Attorney G. Yer Ploeg
made permanent chairman, with G. e.
Munroe as permanent secretary. .
The following resolution drafted by
the resolutions committee was pre-
scented and adopted by the conven-
ton:
| WE, the democrats Of Mahaska
leounty, in convention assembled, re-
viewing the record of achievement of
the past three years, challenge COM
Irarison of that record. L.
| "The great lobby of the special priv
ileged class. that had long dominated
our national law making body, has
been driven from Washington; the
tariff has been revised, downward. In
the interest of the people; the. Fed.
eral Reserve Banking law, acknowl-
edged by all financiers, to be the
greatest piece of constructive legisla-
ton ever placed upon the statute
books, has taken from Wall Street the
power to ever again force financial
panic upon the country; there will
never be repetition of 1869, 1873,
1877, 1893 and 1907 in this. country.
Encouraged by the wise, conserva.
Tive administration of public affairs,
the helpful and much needed legisla.
tive enactments, every department of
Industry, agriculture, manufacturing,
Transportation, as well as the banking
Interests of the country are enjoying
a period of prosperity unprecedented
In the historyo of the nation.
Through the most trying days in
the history Of the republic, with the
nations of Europe engaged in the
lbloodiest war of all history, beset on
every hand by the lingo press and the
unpatriotic but ambitious politicians
of the country, the democratic presi-
dent, Woodrow Wilson, has kept the
banner OF the republic flying above a
100 100000 people in peace and in
honor In the words of the great
Kentucky statesman, Without or.
lphaning single American child, with
out widowing a single American moth.
Ter, without firing single gun or shed
\ 4, fr<.t
the most militant spirit that ever
brooded above battlefield the con-
cession of American demands and
American rights Therefore, be IT
"Resolved, That we hereby endorse
1.-THE National Democratic platform, our
national candidates and pledge our
unqualified support of the principles
of Democracy as exemplified in the
administration of Woodrow Wilson"
Delegates and alternates to the state
convention recommended by the com
mittee on delegates and appointed
were: ..a
Delegates-E. f. belong of Scott
W. C. Heitsman OF, New Sharon, ]. l.
Brown of Rose HILL. T. r. Osborne o.
New Sharon. J. F. ,Ream of East Gar
field, H. e. Davis of Oskaloosa, B. J
Snyder of Oskaloosa, Fred DeCook o.
Leighton, William Pomeroy OF Lin
coin, H. S. Rosecrans of Oskaloosa
Frank Bacon of Adams, |. N. Taylor o.
Spring Creek.
Alternates-Ed Sheesley of Rich
land, Freeman Eveland Of Jefferson
Inc Evans of Union, c. E. Munroe Of
Oskaloosa, Fred Reed of Monroe, By
ron Roberts of Barnes City, Berry
Aldridge of Fremont, J. r. Jarard Of
Spring Creek, J. l.. Milligan Of Oska
loosa, John McFall of Des Moines, o
E. Smith of Harrison, T. e. Graham
of Oskaloosa.
A resolution authorizing the Ma
haska county delegation to the state
democratic convention to vote for II
S. Rosecrans of Oskaloosa for Sixth
district member of the state centra
committee was introduced and adopt
. ed.
, Filling vacancies in the party ticke
left open at the last primary election
Ed Bowen of Oskaloosa was nominal
ed for position of county auditor, anC
William F. Pomeroy of Lincoln town
ship as a member of the county boarC
of supervisors. r,.
The Prohibition.
Prohibition county convention wal
unusually small, with about six PEG
pie in attendance. The meeting wai
J called for two o'clock. but two-thirt.
: found but six people there. The Sc
/ lection of the delegates to the state
i convention was the only business mat
ter which came before the convention
: for consideration and after these APP
pointments we're made the meetin;
was adjourned Up until 2:45 there
} had been no county ticket discussed
and in all probability there will bt
none. ..