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jsT^: Throne—Agrarian Question.
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Disconcerted utterly at this unex
^pected development, the leaders of the
majorityr in the house hastily sum
nioned a caucus of the constitutional
democratic deputies. President Mour
omtseff, instead of sending the address
to Baron Fredericks, minister of the
imperial house, immediately issued a
call for a meeting of parliament.
WU TING TEMPERANCE WORKER.
Formed Minister to Washington Re
forming Empress Dowager of China.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 21.—Former
i^mister WU Ting Fang, who was con
certed to total abstinence by Mrs. J,
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Henderson, wife of the former sena
or from Missouri, has written to
iends here, stating that he was start
ing an active campaign in China and
Iready had induced the dowager em
I iresa to give up champagne.
OLDEST WOMAN STRICKEN.
t.Mrs. Mary Ann Perigo, Aged 103, Dies
i\ -At Leon,
Leon, May 21.—Mrs. Mary Ann Pe
rrigo, aged 103, and the oldest white
-person in Iowa, died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. S. H. Briley near
"here, from blood poisoning, caused by
the scratch of a cat which she was pet
ting. There was no question about
her age, as several of the family rec
ords contain abundant proof.
STUDENTS DUCK HOTEL MAN.
Fifty Schoolboys Take Revenge on
•i. Public Host.
Andover, Mass., May 21.—Fifty stu
dents dragged a hotel proprietor to a
j)ond and ducked him because he had
made trouble for a student caught kiss
ing a waitress.
1 BROOKLYN HANDICAP.
i^'^okalon is First, Dandelion Second
and The Picket Third.
Gravesend, 111., May 21.—The Brook
.^yn handicap," mile and a quarter, Toka
'Jon, first Dandelion, second The
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Picket, third. Time, 2:05 3-5.
'J§ HOLDS FIRST SESSION.
y- .New Parliament of Hungary Meets— British eubj
ship broker
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Premier Cheered.
Budapest. May 21.—The new Hun
igarian parliament held its first sitting
.v IOWANS GET SCHOLARSHIPS.
[Honors Won by Harry H. Marvin and
'i. Charles M. Roberts at Columbia.
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A ersitj- has awarded scholarships, '16re
'tworth about $150 per year each, to the ex
Hairy H. Marvin of Grinnoll, la., and
fihas. McGibney Roberts of Mount
'"fV«rnon. Iowa,
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SAY RUSSIAN OFFICIALS
ARE- CONDEMNED TO DEATH
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Threatened Storm Over Refusal of
|'4V Emperor to Receive Delegation With
Reply to the Speech From the
PV^- .' '.
St. Petersburg, May 21.—It is ru
mored that the military court had con
demned to death Lieutenant General
.Stoessel, who commanded ttye Russian
forces at Port Arthur and Admiral Ne
bogatoff, who commanded one of Ad
miral Rojestvensky's squadrons and
who surrendered during the naval bat
tie in the sea of Japan to the Japan
ese.
Clash Is Prevented..
The threatened storm over the em
peror's refusal to receive the delega
tlon from the lower house of parlia
ment appointed to present to him the
"reply, to the speech from the throne
has been averted. The house this af
ternoon adopted a resolution to pro
ceed with the regular order of busi
ness aad a discussion of the Agrarian
question began/
jfe Would Not Receive Deputation.
fa. bomb was thrown into the narlla
mentary camp yesterday after&j^n by
a note received by President Moyuromt
seff of the lower house from Peterhoff,
which, "instead of making an appoint
ment for an 'audience at which'he and
the deputation could present the ad
dress in refily to the speech from the
throne, contained the information that
Emperor Nicholas would not receive
the deputation and that the address
must fce presented through the minis
try of the court.
ATTACKED BY PIRATES.
Moors Take Passengers From Steamer
Flying American Flag.
Melllla, Morocco, May 21.—The
steamer Manolita, bound from Te
tuan for this port and flying the
American flag, has been attacked
by Moor? who took away some of
her passengers.
SAY BDRTON
MOST RESIGN
SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS DECI
SION OF LOWER COURT IN
SENATOR BURTON CASE
Washington, D. C., May 21.—The su
preme court of the United States today
rendered a decision in the case of
United States Senator Ralph Burton,
against Burton, affirming the decision
of the lower court by which Burton was
sentenced to six months' imprisonment
in jail and required to pay a fine of
$2,500 and deprived of the right here
after to hold office under the govern
ment. The opinion was by Justice Har
lan. All points made in Burton's inter
est were overruled.
Must Resign.
If Senator Burton does not resign
"at once," n- a promient senator puts
it, a resr'-frn will be introduced to
declare I .'.s ceat vacant.
Burton was prosecuted on the
charge of violating the section of the
revised statutes which prohibits sena
tors and representatives from receiv
ing compensation for services render
ed before any of the government de
partments in afay matter In which the
government may be interested.
Motion for Rehearing.
Immediately after the promulgation
of its. decision the supreme court
granted a motion to give sixty days to
Burton in which to prepare a petition
for a rehearing. This action will have
the effect of taking the case over until
the next term of court, beginning in
October.
ARE STILL INDORSING BRYAN.
Thirty-three Counties In Missouri Have
Declared for Nebraskan.
St. Louis, Mo., May 21.— Although
it is two years yet until the presiden
tial campaign opens, the democrats pf
thirty-three counties in Missouri have
come out unqualifiedly for Bryan. Ten
mass ^conventions Saturday indorsed
the Nebraskan. Some say the instruc
tions have been procured by politi
cians allied with the old machine who
opposed Governor Folk, who seek thus
to defeat his aspirations to be the
democratic candidate.
POPE IMPROVING.
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Will Not Resume Audiences
End of Week.
Rome, May 21.—When Dr. Lapponi
visited the pope this morning he
found the pontiff had passed a good
night, and his general condition had
improved. The doctor allowed the
pope to get up for a few hours but ad
vised him not to resume his audiences
until the end of the week.
FRICK FEARS FOR HIS LIFE.
Remains Under Eyefe of Bodyguard to
Avoid Second Attack.
Beverly, Mass., May 21.—Henry C.
Frick, fearing a second attack by An
archist Berkman, who recently was re
leased from prison, is under the care
of a bodyguard constantly. He will
leave for New York tonight.
CONSUL SHOT
W. H. STUART, LARGE SHIP BROK
ER AT BATOUM KILLED BY
UNKNOWN MAN
Batoum, Hay 21.—W. H: Stuart,
American vice consul, was shot and
killed at his country place last night.
The assassin, escaped. Stuart was a
gi one of the largest
:ers of Batoum.
ry troubles last
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today. Premier Wekerle was vocifer
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SOURCE OF FRICTION BETWEEN
MEXICO AND UNITED STATES
MAY BE REMOVER
BATE BILL TO HOUSE
Little Interest In Measure by Mem
bers of the House or Galleries—
House Considers Bill to Regulate
Enlistments and Punishments In
Revenue Cutter Service.
Washington, D. C., May 21.—Secre
tary Root for the United States and
Ambassador Casasus for the Mexican
government today signed the treaty
regulating the use of the waters of the
Rio Grande river, which, if approved
by the senate, will remove what has
been for twenty years past a source of
friction in the relations of the two
countries.
The Rate Bll.
Washington, D. C„ May 21.—With
out the faintest show of Interest either
on the part of the members of the
house or galleries the railroad rate bill
came back to the house today from the
senate somewhat disfigured but istill
recognizable. The bill went to the
speaker's table. This being "suspen
sion day," the house took up the con
sideration of -the senate bill to "regu
late enlistment and punishments in the
United States revenue cutter service."
Nominations.
The President sent to the senate to
day the following nominations:
"Consul general—Louis H. Ayme, Il
linois, at Lisbon, Portugal.
Commissioner general of immigra
tion—Frank P. Sargent, Illinois.
Postmasters: Illinois—J.i\y. Patter
son, Braidwood J. Clark, Moweaqua
J. W. Stauffer, Pittsfleld C. F. Hack
er, Lacon.
Iqfra—A, C. Doyle, McGregor.
Nebraska—J. H: Tower'," Sutton.
South Dakota—W. A. Lyons, Geddes.
[SPKCIAL CORRESPONDENCE.]
Washington Bureau of the Courier,
Washington, D. C., May 21.
Attention has been directed to the
Spanish Treaty Claims commission by
the part recently played by ex-Senator
William E. Chandler, who is the presi
dent of the commission.
In view of the statements made by
Mr. Chandler in connection with the
Bailey-Tillman negotiations with the
President, which terminated in the de
velopment of a question of
veracity between the President
and Mr. Chandler, it is not
difficult to believe that Mr. Chan
dler's term of service may be abbre
viated. If not this, then the entire
commission may be put out of .busi
ness, in fact there have been sugges
tions that within a couple or three
years the entire matter, or such cases
as at that time remained unadjudicated
might be turned over to the court of
claims for final settlement.
Investigate Claims.
The commission was organized
March 9, 1901, by the appointment of
five members, who act as judges, and
an assistant attorney general, who han.
dies the government's side of the
cases. Former Congressman William
E. Fuller, of West Union, Iowa, fills
the last-named office.
The function of the commission is
to pass upon the equitableness of
claims of citizens of the United States
whose property in Cuba was damaged
or destroyed during the wars between
Spain and Cuba. By the terms of the
treaty of Paris the United States as
sumed to pay all such claims.
Many Cases Filed.
There have been filed 542 cases
amounting to nearly $62,000,000,
Awards to the amount of $362,252, .in
volving eighteen cases, have been
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UNITE ON MAN
JOHN P. DENNISON OF DUBUQUE
TO BE DEMOCRATIC CANDI.
DATE FOR GOVERNOR
Sioux City, May 21.—John P. Denni
son, a young attorney of Dubuque, is,
politicians say, to receive the demo
cratic nomination,for governor of Iowa
on a silver platter. There was talk
for a time of ex-Congressmen M. J,
Wade and J. M. Parsons as the most
available candidates. Dennison was
for either one who would accept it.
Wade eliminated himself by consent
ing to run for congress again in the
second district and Parsons declined
to enter the race, preferring to con
tinue a lucrative law practice.
For the first time in years there is
harmony in the democratic ranks.
Erennlpon is acceptable to all factions.
He was a Bryan man of the more con
servative type, and- achieved fame as
a stump speaker in support of the reg
ular ticket in each campaign,
Dennison is 36 years old.gy^yt
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VOLUME 58 OTTUMWA, WAPELLO COUNTY, IOWA, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1906
TREATY IS
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AID FRISCO
SUFFERERS
PRESBYTERIAN GENERAL ASSEM
BLY VOTES TO GIVE $300,000
."•TO CHURCHES
O S O S E I E
Forty-five Presbyteries Submit Over
tures—No Action Taken Regarding
Publication of Proprietary Medicines
Containing Alcohol—The Cumber
land General Assembly.
Des Moines, May 21.—The Presby
terlan general assembly today unani
mously adopted a resolution calling on
the Presbyterian churches of America
to raise $300,000 for the relief of the
churches which suffered from the San
Francisco disaster. The third Sunday
In June, or as soon thereafter as pos
sible, is the date fixed for taking up a
collection in every church.
Submits Report. •J/5
The committee on bills and over
tures submitted Its first report today
recommending action on several Im
portant IssueB. In each case action
by the assembly followed the recom
mendation by the committee. In the
overture of the Presbytery of Free
port. 111., requesting that the Journals
of the assembly refrain from print
ing advertising of proprietary medi
cines containing alcohol. The assem
bly deprecates public action of such
advertisements but takes no action
because the specific overture does not
apply to journals of the assembly.
Forms of Service.
Forty-five presbyteries submitted
overtures on "common worship and
forms of service." The commltee rec
ommended that these all be laid on
the table to be taken up when the re
port of the committee on forms and
service i8 reached.
Await Decision.
Decatur, III., May 21.—The Cumber
land Presbyterians are awaiting with
great interest the decision in the suit
to enjoin them from uniting with the
Presbyterian church. It was said this
morning that a decision would be ren
dered this afternoon.
The assembly held only a short ses
sion and adjourned to give the commit
tees time to prepare their reports. The
delegation to the inter-church confer
ence of federation reported, recom
mending for the adoption of the plan of
federation prepared by that confer
ence.
Denounce Parlor Gambling. V:'
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Dayton, O., May 21.—The American
Baptist Home Missionary society
closed the celebration of Its seventy
fourth anniversary today with the elec
tion of'Hon. W. S. Shaltennberger, sec
ond assistant postmaster general, as
president. Resolutions were- adopted
opetltion congres sto demand certifi
cates from revenue collectors showing
whiskies sold to "speak easles con
demn parlor gambling, commonly
called progressive euchre, and bridge
whist demands more stringent en
forcement of the laws governing the
race horse gambling, and approves the
efforts of Ohio's governor to suppress
the sale of intoxicating liquors and to
enforce the Sunday closing laws. This
afternoon the ninety-second anniver
sary of the American Baptist Mission
ary union, the oldest Baptist mission
society in the world, began.
WAS WORTH
BIG MONEY
8AYS INSURANCE COMPANIES
TOOK GOOD CARE OF SENA
TPR8 AT AWPANY
Washington, D.C., May 21—Some ad
ditional inside light was thrown on in
surance methods in New York today
by Representative James A. Goulden
before the house committee on judi
ciary considering the Ames bill for
the regulation of Insurance in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Goulden is gener
al agent for the Penn Mutual Life Ins.
Co. in New York. "Why," he said,
"it was a well conceded fact that to
be a senator at Albany was worth
anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 a
year and that the money came largely
from the insurance companies. This
is not a secret, every New York man
knows it, I know it well."
TWO GIRL8 KILLED.
Black Diamond Express on the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Strikes Them.
Athens, Pa., May 21.—Alta Ttogers,
aged fifteen, and Anna Bayler, aged
thirteen, daughters of business men of
this place, were insttuitly killed by the
Black Diamond express last night on
the Lehigh Valley railroad. The girls
were caught on a high trestle and
were unable to sat ~.f nf t.ho ay of
the train.
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WAS BIG DAY
FOR PERKINS
8IOUX CITY CANDIDATE WINS
MANY DELEGATES TO STATE
CONVENTION,
"STANDPAT" VICTORIES
Mahaska County Instructs for Per
kins, Lacey and Hltes—Standpatters
Carry Fremont, Clark, Louisa,
Wayne, Adams arid Decatur Coun
ties—The Bolt In Des Moines County
KeosauquS,, May 21.—(Special)—The
Van Buren county republican conven
tlon today selected a solid standpat
delegation to the state convention.
Van Buren county has thirteen dele
gates. E. L. McCold of ICeosauqua
was endorsed for congress and an
thorlzed to select his own delegation
to the congressional convention. W.
M. Walker of Keosauqua was endorsed
for judge of the second jullcial dls
trict and authorized to select his own
delegation.
Des Moines, May 21.—Saturday
was a big day for Hon. George
D. Perkins, a total of 166 votes be
ing added to the standpat column
Placing Wapello county In the doubt
ful column Governor Cummins has
534. delegates, Perkins 300, Rathbun
90. Other unlnstructed standpat dele
gates number 66, making a total of 456
anti-Cummins delegates.
The Mahaska county convention in:
structed for Perkins, Major Lacey for
congress and D. A. Hites for secretary
of state. Cummins carried Tama
county which has seventeen delegates.
The counties where conventions or
caucuses were held Saturday and
which went for Perkins are as fol
lows:
Freniont county .»•..* ........ 12
Clark county 10
Van Buren county 13
Mahaska cojhnty J........ 21
Cedar county 14
Louisa county 12
Des Moines county 23
Wayne county 12
Adams county 10
Decatur county 13
Wapello county (contested) 26
Total .....166
Contest In Des Moines County.
A story comes from Burlington that
Chairman Copeland, the Cummins
manager In Des Moines county, will
head a contesting delegation from that
county. The Cummins people had only
seven votes in the convention until a
contest in one of the wards of Bur
lington, which appeared to have been
carried for Perkins by a vote of 114 to
115, was decided in their favor. This
gaye Cummins 27 votes to 173 for Per
kins. Just the grounds of contest are
not understood here.- It is evident that
both factions are fighting every step
of the way, and it is probable that
there may be a number of contests be
fore the state convention.
Mr. Perkins r.'as a visitor at head
quarters yesterday. He expressed as
greatly pleased by the prospects. His
managers assured him that by the end
of this week Gov. Cummins would
have a minority of the delegsftes
selected.
Taking the instructed Perkins and
Rathbun delegates and those selected
but not instructed, who are classed as
standpatters, the Perkins people claim
505 delegates to 543 for Cummins, and
say the conventions and caucuses to
be held the coming week are in their
territory and with the exception of
Webster county, will be practically
certain to go standpat.
Perkins Confident of Victory.
In speaking of the situation Mr.
Perkins said: "The tide has turned
towards the real republicans. The re
sults of Saturday, adding 166 delegates
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ERS AND DEPUTY SHER-'
IFF8 EXPECTED
Bloomington, 111., May 21.—Rloutous
striking miners, it is reported here,
made several attempts to burn the
shaft and other property of the Cardiff
Coal company at Cardiff, Livingston
county. The trouble was due to an at
tempt of the company to operate the
mine with non-union labor.
The sheriff with a posse of deputies,
armed with rifles. Is defending the
mine. It is feared the strikers, who
are composed mostly of Italians, will
make an attack on the deputies. A
call for troops is expectetd and the
militia companies are being held in
readiness. ,,,
Mine on Fire,
Pittsburg, May 21.—The Hazel Kirke
coal mine, near Bentleyville, is report
ed to be on fire. A number of men
are BaJd to be in the mine-
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LOSS WAS EXAGGERATED.
All Danger From the Wisconsin Forest
Fires Is Past.
Marinette, Wis., May 21.-—All
danger from forest fires Is past. It
Is raining this morning and the
wind has died out. The loss every
where Is believed to have been
greatly exaggerated.
SAIL FOR
WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO WRECK.
Collision With Telegraph Pole on Erie
Lake Road 8peedway.
Erie, Pa., May 21.—One woman Is
killed and three other persons are lh
the Hamot hospital hert In a serious
conditjon as a result of an automobile
accident on the lake road shortly af
ter midnight near Glrard, this county.
The party had left Cleveland early in
the evening to make the run to Erie,
with the intention of going on to Buf
falo yesterday morning.
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DOMINGO
SIX HUNDRED MARINE8 ON CRUIS
ER COLUMBIA UNDER SE
CRET ORDERS
Philadelphia, Pa., May 21.—The cru
ser Columbia sailed from League Is
land today under secret orders with
600 marines aboard. It is understood
the vessel will go to Guantanamo and
thence to Santo Domingo.
Defies Congress.
Washington, D. C., May 21.—The ad
ministration has emerged from the
railroad rate fight to find itself con
fronted with the ever recurring Santo
Domingan question. Ex-President Mo
rales has informed President Roose
velt that if congress adjourns without
ratification of the pending treaty
which authorizes American Interven
tion in the island he will inaugurate a
revolution against the existing govern
ment with the slogan: "Santo Domin
go for the Dominicans."
Morales will want from the United
States these things: Return of the
$1,300,000 of Dominican customs now
on deposit in New York withdrawal
of Americans from Dominican cus
toms houses and of American war
ships from Dominican waters an
American protectorate without the in
tervention character, and employment
of an American military officer to or:
ganize and train an army.
PALMA AGAIN PRESIDENT.
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BODY IS FOUND.
Remains of Unidentified Man Found
in River at Muscatine.
Muscatine, May 21.—(Special.)—
The body of an unknown man was
found in the river here Sunday, hav
ing been in the water six months.
There is no clue to his Identity.
8EVEN THOUSAND QUIT WORK.
Brotherhood of Painters of New York
City Inaugurate Strike.
New York, May 21.—Strike of the
Brotherhood of Painters, which has
7,000 members in the city, began to
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ENGINEER KILLS DAUGHTER
AFTER MAN TO WHOM SHE
WAS ENGAGED LEFT HOU8E
•Woodcllff, N. J., May 21.—John Cole,
an engineer, killed his daughter, Maria,
with an axe today, probably fatally
injured his wife with the same wea
pon, then killed himself by shooting.
The tragedy followed the departure
from the Coles house of a young man
to whom it isNsald the daughter was
engaged.
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WIGGINS RE-ELECTED.
Again Chosen for 8upreme. Regent of
the Royal Arcanum.
Old Point, Va., May 21.—The su
preme council of the Royal Arcanum
today re-elected Howard C. Wiggins
supreme regent and the entire list of
officers. A resolution reaffirming the
present rate of asseawwutt was adopt
ed •unanimously, j"
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CENTER EIGHT PIVOT!
The Opening 8esslon.
The convention was called to orded'
by County Chairman I. H. Hammond,
who named George H. Dickens, oF
Competlne township as temporary!' ,/
chairman. Just as Mr. Dickens toole fegis
ah&rge
that
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Cuba's Fourth Birthday Is Second
augural Date.
Havana, May 21.—President Palma
was inaugurated at noon yesterday in
the presence of the diplomatic corps
In full uniform and government offl
dais. None of the liberal members of
congress attended.
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of the convention Major T. P.
Spllman, at the head of the Cummins
forces, moved that E. H. Emery be
substituted for Mr. Dickens ae tempo«l 4®^
rary chairman. Then began a verIta- "if
ble pandemonium of shouts and yells
was not quieted for thirty mln« j.
utes. Finally Major Spllman appealed!
to his followers to allow the conven-**1^
tlon's work to proceed and comparative
quiet was restored. When the ques^
tlon o£ naming the credentials com« %.«•,
mlttee came up and Emil Fecht had -M'«
moved that it be named in the regular'
way, by roll call, C. W. Whitmore pro- a
posed, as a substitute, that the con-nj 4
vention form a committee of the whola*
on credentials. Mr. Dickens, as chair-W
man, ruled that the precedent thaw
as be or so an a
was the one by which the conventioai
should be governed and the convention# *,
proceeded with the selection of the'
credentials committee.
The roll call proceeded without m!s-|
hap until the eighth precinct, Centei»l$»ii?
township, was reached. Here two con-*
testing delegations each claimed tho'
right to name a member of the creH
dentlals committee. Charles Schwartz
was named by the Perkins delegation
first and H. W. Michael was Immedi
ately announced as the Cummins man
to represent the precinct. Formal
notice of contest was
Saturday, the committee considered!
four contests, those in Center second
and eighth, and that against J. B.
man, of Pleasant township, and that
against three residents of Washington $3$.
third, who, it is alleged, were not prop
erly elected delegates. The majority M?
of the committee upheld the contest
in the Second ward and favored seating dftar
the Perkins' delegation. The major
ity also favored seating the contested %if£
delegation (Perkins men) from the
eighth precinct. The minority report fl
uttered on ©very material point from
the majority report. The majority re
port, as read to the convention by J. A. 's&p
Ballard follows:
"Your committee begs to report as
follows: We find all townships and *•$
precincts represented and we recom- fwg
mend that the delegates present be en*
titled to cast the full vote of their re-'
spectlve wards and preclnctB as pub*:
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Upon th© Decision of the State Conven*'
tlon's Credentials Committee As t*
Four Votes Depends Wapello Count
ty*s Vote on the Gubernatorial Nonut
Inatlon.
BYom Monday's Dally.
Two conventions on the Bame floor#*
two chairmen trying to preside at ona *^SI
and the same time upon the same
stage, two sets of delegates
to contest for seats In th®'
republican state convention, andj
two separate and distinct views as Ur
tho legality of the deliberations of that
day—these are sotne of the net resulta-i
of Wapello county republicanism'#'
hottest convention, held Saturday af
ternoon at Turner hall in Ottumwa,
Two Wapello county delegations off
twenty-six men each will go to Dea
Moines claiming seats in the" republi
can state convention on August 1*
The question as to which is entitled.,
to represent the republicans of th?
county must be settled by the credfen*.
tials committee of the convention be-i
fore the permanent organization 1b ef-1!"p
fected. Wapello county will have lit- sr \l
tie voice in the preliminary work
aS
HOUkl V, v/v
th?
oth
at he in a in W a
pello county is the observed of all ob"
servers for the present at least, and ia
this campaign big things and un- Iff
heard-of actions, Wapello county thus #1
far holds the first prize, far above the
heads of any possible rivals.
1
For Saturday's convontion was such''
a convention as Wapello, county never
saw before and such as Ihe majority
of those Wh9 participated
will never see again.- "If
most part, a confusion of yells, hoots,
howls and even hisses, that at times
absolutely prevented the transaction
of buslnesB and finally helped to brln#
about a split that may have a great
effect upon the nomination of the next
republican candidate for governor of
the state.
X":P
•M
j*
'If I
Berved
at this
time by C. W, Whitmore, representing^
the Cummins forces, and this was fol
lowed by a notice of contest by Emil,5
Fecht, representing the Perkins peo-u
pie', in the matter of the second ward]!
of Ottumwa. Mr. Dickens ruled thaw?
the contests must be decided by the}
credentials committee. When thief
committee had been named the mem-«f|
bers. retired to the court
house and it was there, la $$
the supervisors' room, that the
contests were gone Into fully and
decided. As stated in the Courier on
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