Shaw Captures Iowa Gubernatorial Nomination After Ballots
In Cedar Rapids Aug 19 the Iowa convention completes a rapid ballot sequence for governor and other posts. L M Shaw wins the gubernatorial nomination on the third formal ballot amid county shifts and cheers. Milliman secures the lieutenant governor nomination, Waterman the Supreme Judge post, and Davidson the railroad commissioner. Barrett later chosen for superintendent of public instruction.
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Parrott
Funk
Fuller
Shaw
Harlan
Eickinger
Harsh
Vlieckinger
Flickinger
Woodbury
O’brien
Plymouth
Marsh
Puler
Messrs. Mullen
Black Hawk County
Mack
Buena Vista
Stedman
Pottawattamie
Taylor
J.C. Milliman
Harrison
Mr. Shaw
Milliman
Harrison County
Mgr. Milliman
McKinley
Dingley
Bryant
McIriley
Charles T. Leggett
Judge Waterman
Waterman
Leggett
C. L. Davidson
Hull
Barrett
Osage
J. H. Garber
Marion County
O. H. Lonwell
Polk
Henry Sabin
Leutenant
Barrett Nominee Declared By Acclamation At Convention
Garber's name was withdrawn and Barrett was declared the nominee by acclamation. Delegates grew restive as near 6 o'clock approached. The committee on resolutions read the platform to loud approval and the convention adjourned sine die after its adoption.
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Barrett
Garber
Committee On Resolutions
Thomas Updegraff
Platform Adopted by Iowa Republicans Acknowledges McKinley Victory
Iowa Republicans reaffirm the St. Louis platform, praise William McKinley and tariff reforms, and pledge strict economy, fair taxation, and equal opportunity. They praise Governor Drake, congratulate James Wilson for agriculture leadership, support railway worker indemnity laws, and seek voter confidence in the November election.
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St. Louis
Iowa
William McKinley
United States
Congress
Republican Party
General Assembly
Drake
James Wilson
Sketches of the Prize Winners Pinned by Iowa Republicans
Leslie M. Shaw of Denison nominated for governor, born in Vermont, moved to Iowa in 1869. He funded legal practice, banking interests, and a strong campaign record with sixty speeches last fall. Charles M. Waterman, Davenport born, is identified as supreme judge candidate.
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Iowa Repubicans
Leslie M. Shaw
Denison
Vermont
Iowa
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Iowa College of Law
Methodist Church
Charles M. Waterman
Supreme Judge
Davenport
Iowa Political Figures and Local Court Careers Highlight 1847 Record
Frankfort Kentucky notes trace a Davenport and Scott county legal career from admission to the bar in 1873 to district judge in 1887 and re election campaigns. It profiles Richard C Barrett Iowa education official roles and four unopposed superintendent elections. J C Milliman, 50, Saratoga NY born, Iowa mover since 1865, Harrison county recorder, real estate banker, state legislator.
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Frankfort
Iowa
Davison & True
Davenport
Scott County
General Assembly
John N. Rogers
Gannon
Judge Waterman
Richard C. Barrett
Waverly
Cornell College
Mitchell County
Barrett
Town State Teachers’ Association
Educational Council
Iowa State Teachers’ Reading Circle
Flis
J.C. Milliman
Saratoga County
New York
Lie
Harrison County
Armer Stern
Milliman
Little Florence Cox Bails Asteep and Does Not Commit Death
Florence Cox fourteen adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Cox of 21 Abingdon square hid in the cellar of her home Tuesday morning as New York and Jersey City police hunted for her to prevent a suicide. She had written a will and left notes but woke and resumed normal life at noon avoiding self harm.
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Florence Cox
New York
Charles Cox
Abingdon Square
Jersey City
Tula
Mammia
Florence
Frederick J. Coudert Very Ill at Bar Harbor
Frederick J. Coudert international law authority lies dangerously ill from nervous prostration at his Bar Harbor cottage. Illness began four weeks earlier after a collapse in his office and subsequent death of his brother Charles. Despite some rallies, his condition remains critical and his friends fear for his recovery.
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New York
Frederick J. Coudert
Bar Ilarbor
Coudert
Merechun
N. J
Charles Coudert
Bar Tarbor
Woman Breaks the Record Peculiar Matrimonial Career
In St Louis a woman identified as Mia Campbell-Spencer-Winslow eloped to Afton and secretly married her first husband Will Spencer. She has been divorced twice and married twice in three months, with a decree and 5000 damages awarded from a suburban railroad on May 22.
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St. Louis
Mia
Gussie Campbell-Spencer-Winslow
Afton
Will Spencer
Walter 5S Marder
Kansas City
Gussie
Middle of the Road Populists in Convention
Des Moines August 20. The middle of the road populist state convention opened with A W Weeks as chair and A W Ricker as temporary chairman. Ricker warned that the competitive system underpins wealth inequality and must be destroyed in favor of reforms. He denounced fusion with the Democrats and urged a united, anti plutocracy movement leading toward a new dawn for the commonwealth.
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Des Moines
A. W. C. Weeks
Winterset
A. W. Ricker
Iowa City
Seeven
Chicago
Greenback Party
Grover Cleveland
Bryan
Maryland
Democratic Party
Chicago Democratic
Commonwealth
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L. M. Shaw
Crawford County
Cedar Rapids
Watterman
Supreme Court
Davidson
Sabin
General Taylor
John C. Fremont
Rocky Mountains
Abraham Lincoln
U. S. Grant
Wm. McKinley
Millman
Frederic R. Coudert
Hawkeye State
Ricker
Reform Party
People’s Party State Central Committee
Omaha
Democrat
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