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Shaw for Governor leads with unanimous nomination at Iowa GOP
August convention in Sac City crowds 4000 as L. M. Shaw of Crawford wins the gubernatorial nomination on the fourth ballot. Waterman named supreme judge by acclimation after Downie and Parrott withdraw. J. C. Milliman nominated for lieutenant governor and L. Davidson named railroad commissioner. Barrett unanimously chosen for superintendent of instruction. Platform endorses taxation fairness and antipoverty aims.
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Mane
Conny Craw
W. Harrison Want
Supreme Judee
Wantlowe
le Davi Eons
Hom Bass
Railroad Ci Giant
Byers
Flickinger
Shaw
Sentimel
Downie
Waterman
Allison
Overnor Larrabee
McMillan
C. M. Harl
Council Bluffs
Harl
L. M. Shaw
Crawford
Hawkeye
Committee On Resolutions
Committee On Permanent Organization
Samuel Mahon
Wapello County
Perry County
Matt Parrott
Black Hawk County
W. E. Fuller
Fayette County
Thomas B. Harsh
Union County
A. T. Flickinger
Pottawattamie County
John Downie
Iowa County
Parrott
Funk
Harlan
Fuller
Harsh
Heauh
Hall
Nomin
Woodburys County
Blackhawk
J. C. Milliman
Logan
Harrison County
Judge Leggett
Jefferson County
Judge Waterman
Sioux County
Ben Marsh
Mahaska County
David Ryan
Leggett
L Davidson
J. H. Barrett
Mitchell County
G. H. Longwell
Polk
Henry Sabin
Des Moines
J. H. Garber
Pella
Barrett
Committee On Resovations