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It was not until the year of Mr. Barnard's death, in 1898, that mining leases were made with Geo. S. Finney that began to promise a development of the mine. Numerous test pits had been dug, and all looked promising .. Several shipments of ore had been made for practical tryout in the furnace, and these were continued from time to time, with promising results. The lease to Mr. Fin- ney was "for the purpose of boring and mining for iron and other minerals for the period of twenty years from May 1, 1899. Second party to pay ten cents per ton royalty for all iron mined, and pay for annually 10,000 tons as a minimum output, whether mined or not. Lessee shall have the sole and exclusive option to purchase said premises at any time before the first day of May, 1901, at or for the sum of $20,000, less the amount of royalty already paid at time of pur- chase." In April, 1900, Mr. Finney assigned his lease and option to George A. Nehrhood, and the Waukon Iron Company was organized and incorporated, with D. J. Murphy, president ; C. H. Earle, vice president ; Geo. A. Nehrhood, secre- tary, and S. H. Eddy, treasurer, who with M. K. Norton comprised the board of directors. The capital stock of the company was $50,000, which was increased to $500,000 in June of the following year. Mr. Nehrhood transferred the lease and option to this corporation, and a plant was erected for the reduction of the ore as stated by Mr. Orr in his chapter on the geology of the region.
The transportation question was one of the greatest problems to be solved, but in 1902 a promoter of interurban railroads appeared and incorporated "The Iowa Hematite Railway Company," with the plausible purpose of connecting Lansing and Waukon with other points, and furnishing transportation of ore to Waukon or down the Village Creek valley to the Mississippi river. The incorpo- rators were William Ingram, president, and Lewis W. Beard, secretary-treasurer; with a capital first placed at $25,000 but later increased to $250,000, with an authorization for an increase to $1,500,000. Franchises were obtained of the towns and of the county, but the scheme did not materialize.
John M. Barthell died in March, 1902, and his two sons, M. J. and B. F., became the owners of the property by transfer from the other heirs, and they in October, 1906, executed a deed of the premises to the Waukon Iron Company for the consideration originally named, $20,000. In 1907 the Missouri Iron Com- pany with unlimited capital and experience to utilize it obtained control of the property, with the gratifying result as told by Mr. Erwin in his paper.
In this connection it is appropriate to give a brief sketch of Mr. Charles Barnard, who was instrumental in bringing this mine to the attention of the public. Born on the Isle of Wight, and on the farm later occupied by Queen Victoria's summer residence, when a year and a half old he was brought to America by his parents, Thomas and Mary Barnard, who settled on Wheeling
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island, in the Ohio river. Here he learned the rudiments of fruit growing, his father starting a nursery, and when he was about fifteen they moved to Belmont county, Ohio, and ran a market garden for the city of Wheeling. In 1865 he came to Iowa and settled at Waukon, where he engaged in the nursery business which he carried on very successfully until the close of a busy life. He was a practical man and wanted to see all our natural resources utilized. It was at his insistence that L. W. Hersey united with him in building, of stone from local quarries, the double store on the east side of Allamakee street, in 1867. Two years later the upper story was finished off for a public hall, and Barnard Hall was for years the hall of the town. Mr. Barnard had two great desires: one the building of a local railroad, which he helped very materially to accomplish ; and the other the development of the iron mine, which he began to see hope for previous to his death.
CHAPTER IX
AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES
Allamakee county is classed as one of the finest agricultural regions, because of the fertility of its soil and the diversity of its physical features. Although considerable of its area is uncultivable because of its bluffs, a large part of this formation is suitable for stock ranges, and the valleys between are extremely fertile. In the earlier years the principal crop was wheat, the continued growing of which so impoverished the prairie soil that it was gradually discontinued, and greater attention paid to other grains, stock-raising and the dairy; and this diversity of products introduced a new area of prosperity for the farming com- munity.
But little can be said of manufactures, as this branch of industry has not been properly fostered, owing largely to inadequate transportation facilities. Our streams afford many fine water powers, which were early utilized for milling purposes until the failure of the once staple crop, wheat. Statistics are meagre as to present manufacturing plants in this county ; the state census of 1905, the latest authority available, being silent on this point. With the establishment of immense dams for the creation and dissemination of electric power, and the facility and cheapness with which this power can be applied, it would seem to be only a question of time and transportation when a new source of wealth may be properly developed, and manufactures established which will support a largely increased population. In 1875, when the flouring mills and woolen mills were in operation, the value of our manufactures was given at $745,072; while in 1895 the output had dwindled to $307,542.
The question of the decreased population throughout the state during the past twenty years has received considerable attention of late. In Allamakee county this has been quite marked since 1880 when our population reached its height, as shown by the annexed table :
1849
277
1869
16.766
1850
777
1870
17,868
1851
1,300
1873
18,304
1852
2,000
1875 19.168
1854
4,266
1880
19,791
1856
7.709
1885
18,335
1859
10,843
1890
17,907
1860
12,237
1895
17,981
1863
13,465.
1900
. 18,71 I
1865
13,957
1905
18,222
1867
16,003
1910
17,328
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One explanation of this decrease may be read in the following comparisons :
Year 1880
1905
Number of farms in the county
2,44I
2,241
Number of acres in farms.
345,795
371,985
Value of farms and buildings
$5,836,445
$1I,600,777
Value of farm implements.
334,126
459,907
It is noticeable that while the number of farms decreased by 200 in the twenty- five years, their acreage increased over 26,000, and their value almost doubled; indicating that of the large families in the earlier years very many of the sons have found new homes in the farther west, while those remaining have increased their holdings.
The following tables are suggestive also, showing among other things the decrease in wheat and the great increase in other crops and livestock :
Improved
Wheat, Bushels.
Corn, Bushels.
Oats, Bushels.
Barley, Bushels. 22,315
Potatoes, Bushels.
Apples, Value.
1875
134,767
946,089
906,620
443,129
134,119
1880
535,674
1,510,394
628,387
177,377
. ...
1885.
162,782
272,242
1,179,885
886,405
.....
166,862
. .......
1890
104,836
1,590,217
1,440,377
197,891
. .....
1895.
190,385
51,255
920,526
1,386,530
166,490
81,215
$ 7,527
1905.
208,065
19,05 I
1,760,078
1,266,299
342,655
162,509
22,380
Horses and Mules,
Cattle,
Swine,
Sheep,
Poultry and Eggs, Value.
Year.
No.
Value.
No.
Value.
No.
Value.
No. Value.
1875. . . 7,610
19,652
19,770
. . . .
7,372
1880. . . 7,921
16,408
22,939
4,055
1895. ..
12,29I
$348,884
30,195
$390,278
43,135
$254,227
3.683
$ 9,269
$ 67,119
1905. .
. .
10,470
637,978
45,685
668,062
44,269
244,675
5,731
19,528
153,733
The dairy products of the county as given by the state census were $300,146 in 1895, and $329,295 in 1905.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
Agreeable to a notice signed by Geo. C. Shattuck, John Raymond, D. H. Gilbert, John A. Townsend, Thos. A. Minard and Robert Isted, a meeting was held at Waukon, on the 7th day of June, 1853, of which John Raymond was president and Joel Baker, secretary, and which resulted in the formation of the "Allamakee County Agricultural and Mechanical Society." The first officers of the society were :
President-John A. Wakefield.
Vice Presidents-Robert Isted, John Laughlin, Wm. C. Thompson.
Recording Secretary-J. J. Shaw.
Corresponding Secretary-John Haney, Jr.
Treasurer-A. J. Hersey.
...
Year.
Lands.
UPPER IOWA POWER COMPANY-PLANT NO. 2
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UPPER IOWA POWER COMPANY-DAM AND POWER PLANT DESTROYED MARCH 24, 1907
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The original roll showed a membership of eighteen persons, as follows:
John Raymond, John S. Clark, Robert Isted, M. B. Lyons, John A. Wake- field, Reuben Smith, C. W. Cutler, Absalom Thornburg, L. S. Pratt, M. Lash- man. G. C. Shattuck, D. H. Gilbert, J. M. Cushing, Ezra Reed, A. J. Hersey, Scott Shattuck, Austin Smith, John Haney, Jr.
June 23d at a meeting of the directors it was voted that there be a county fair at Waukon on the 13th of November. At this fair Ezra Reed and G. C. Shattuck took premiums on sheep. Robert Isted, John M. Cushing, and Shat- tuck, took premiums on swine. Patrick Keenan, John Raymond, D. H. Gilbert, Robert Isted, and Abraham Bush, took premiums on cattle. Jehial Johnson, J. B. Cutler, Moses Shaft, G. C. Shattuck, took premiums on vegetables. L. Ab- bott took premium on wheat. Moses Shaft on corn. John A. Wakefield on best ten acres of corn. Benjamin Beard, L. Abbott, Mrs. L. T. Woodcock, Mrs. J. A. Townsend, Mrs. J. M. Cushing, and Mrs. Prescott, took premiums on house- hold products. This was the first agricultural fair ever held in the county, and for those early days was a grand success, although held on the open prairie.
The society continued to hold occasional fairs with more or less success, for years. At a meeting held in Waukon January 8, 1868, the society was reorgan- ized as the "Allamakee County Agricultural Society," under which title it still exists. At the time of reorganization John Haney, Jr., became president, John Plank, Sr., vice president, D. W. Adams, secretary, and Charles Paulk, treasurer. A tract of seventeen acres adjoining the town of Waukon on the north, was purchased for fair grounds, enclosed with an eight-foot tight board fence. and a half mile race course laid out and graded, at a total cost of $2,129.48, and nearly all paid for by the ensuing fair that fall. Exhibition buildings, grand stands, and other improvements were made from time to time, and the fairs were very generally successful until recent years, when all county fairs were largely given over to the amusement features.
A few years ago the society sold its grounds to the city of Waukon. which has its waterworks plant located thereon, and devoted the proceeds to the con- struction of a new and larger grand stand and other improvements, and clearing off of incumbrance. It reserved the use of the grounds for fairs and other exhibitions, and its later exhibits have met with better financial results, a renewed interest being manifested through the county. Its forty-fifth annual fair is to be held in this year, 1913. The present officers of the society are:
President-B. O. Swebakken.
Vice President-Otto Helming.
Secretary-George S. Hall.
Treasurer-T. B. Stock.
Directors-Center, Ole Rema; Fairview, J. J. Broderick; Franklin, Floyd Clark; French Creek, Andy Laughlin; Hanover, Tom O'Brien; Iowa, Fred Meyer ; Jefferson, Tom Mullaney; Lafayette, James Mooney; Lansing, Lou Hirth; Linton, J. C. Campbell; Ludlow, A. S. Pieper; Makee, E. W. Goody- koontz; Paint Creek, H. A. Hendrickson; Post, C. P. Bachtell; Taylor, O. H. Monserud ; Union City, Ben Hartley ; Union Prairie, John T. Baxter ; Waterloo. Ben Schwartzhoff ; Makee, J. C. Beedy, honorary member.
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FARMERS INSTITUTE
Of greater practical benefit than the fairs, to the farming community, has been the Farmers' Short Course held annually for the past three winters at Waukon, under the auspices of the Allamakee Farmers' Institute, with instructors from the State College at Ames. These courses have attracted a large attend- ance from all over the county, and aroused much enthusiasm in regard to improvement of agricultural conditions. The officers of the Farmers' Institute for the current year are :
President- C. G. Helming.
Treasurer-D. D. Ronan.
Secretary-A. G. Meiners. Assistant Secretary-B. C. Opfer.
Vice Presidents-Center, Fred Ericson ; Fairview, Anton Wachter ; Frank- lin, Gordon Clark; French Creek, Andrew Laughlin ; Hanover, Oscar Jacobson ; Iowa, Thomas Reburn; Jefferson, James Barlow; Lafayette, Leslie Gruber ; Lansing, Thomas Teeling; Linton, Muryl Hefner; Ludlow, John Simmons ; Makee, Adam Herman; Paint Creek, I. I. Satrang; Post, E. R. Smith ; Taylor, Bernard Houlihan ; Union City, Alfred Meiners; Union Prairie, J. P. O'Neill, Jr .; Waterloo, John Hermanson.
CHAPTER X
POLITICS
In considering the politics of the county we should take a look at the early political conditions in the state. The tradition that "Iowa was settled by emi- grants from New England" is but partly true. The predominance of the southern element up to the middle fifties has been fairly well established, made up chiefly of sons of Virginia and their sons from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. This accounts for the system of county government by commissioners, at first, instead of the New England town meeting plan; and it is responsible for the county judge plan prevailing from 1851 to 1860, which became intolerable for its autocratic power.
The influx of settlers from the south by way of the Ohio river and through Missouri came about chiefly through the fact that the Iowa region, from 1821 to 1834, while a part of the unorganized territory of the United States, was looked after by army officers and Indian agents who were largely of southern nativity and predilections. Numerous instances bear out this theory. Col. Zachary Taylor, stationed at Fort Crawford, was a Virginian, and Lieut. Jeffer- son Davis, with him, a Kentuckian. Lieut. Albert M. Lea, Iowa explorer, was a North Carolinian; and one of his chief aids was Capt. Nathan Boone, youngest son of Daniel Boone. Gen. E. B. Gaines, another Virginian. Gen. Henry Atkinson, after whom was named Fort Atkinson in Winneshiek county, a North Carolinian. And Lieuts. Simon B. Buckner, Henry Heth, A. Buford, and Alex. W. Reynolds, stationed here at times, and Robert E. Lee in the southern part of the state, all became general officers in the Confederate army. Their reports attracted pioneers from their own states.
The mining regions at Galena and all southwestern Wisconsin were largely occupied by men from Kentucky and Tennessee, many of whom returned to their native states for the winters. Robert Lucas, first territorial Governor, was a native of Virginia, as was also Gen. Joseph M. Street, the Indian agent at Fort Crawford. In the first territorial legislature in 1838, there were twenty south- erners and five New Englanders, the remainder being from intermediate states. In the state legislature of 1854 were twenty-six southerners to thirteen New Englanders. In the constitutional conventions of 1844, '46, and even in '57, the delegates from south of Mason and Dixon's line considerably outnumbered those from New England. Rev. D. D. Lowrey, Allamakee's first preacher, was a Kentuckian.
Of course not nearly all of the settlers from the south were committed to the southern institution ; many doubtless had emigrated to escape from regions
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of human bondage. In 1846 Iowa was admitted as the first free state west of the Mississippi. And in the early fifties the prairie schooner was getting in its work across the northern part of Illinois and Wisconsin, and the tide from New England flowed so abundantly that in 1860 occurred the change of county gov- ernment from one man power to that of the township system, resulting in the county board of supervisors.
It seems, however, that the township system did not continue in general favor with the people of the state. Objections were made that the body was unwieldy and expensive, and that the thinly populated townships, wielded an undue proportion of power in the board compared with their actual voting strength, and in 1871, the system was so modified as to vest the powers of the former board in a body to be composed of three or five supervisors. From the time of this law going into effect, the affairs of this county have been under the control of a board of supervisors consisting of three members.
In 1854 James W. Grimes was elected Governor, indicating a revolution in the political control of the state; and at the same time James Harlan was sent to the United States senate. From this time down to the present day the line of republican governors is unbroken except by the election by small majorities of Gov. Horace Boies, in 1889 and 1891.
From the time of its organization Allamakee county has fluctuated in its political faith, though for the first forty years it was generally counted in the democratic column, where it was found in over two-thirds of the elections for state officials. But in presidential years, with a full vote and the greater princi- ples at stake, it nearly always showed its allegiance to the republican party, the only exceptions being in the 1864 Mcclellan campaign and the three Cleveland campaigns. The 1912 election was no exception to the rule, as less than one-half of the Roosevelt vote would have given the county to Taft instead of Wilson.
In this connection the following tables will be found of value for reference :
VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
Year.
Republican.
Vote.
Democratic.
Vote.
Rep.
Dem.
1852.
Scott (Whig)
1.12
Pierce
123
19
. ..
1856. Fremont
630
Buchanan
500
130
...
1860.
Lincoln
1,185
Douglas
1,151
34
.. .
1864.
Lincoln 1,146
McClellan
1,331
1868.
Grant
1,543
Seymour
1,403
140
1872.
Grant
1,455
Greeley
1,384
71
. . .
1876.
Hayes
1,709
Tilden
1,646
63
. ..
1880 .* Garfield
1,838
Hancock
1,53I
307
. . .
1884.
Blaine
1,731
Cleveland
2,023
120
1892.
Harrison
1,832
Cleveland
1,956
124
1896.
McKinley
2,472
Bryan
,897
575
...
1900.
McKinley
2,660
Bryan
1,850
810
. . .
1904.
Roosevelt
2,609
Parker
1,571
1,038
...
1908.
Taft
2,521
Bryan
1,725
796
...
1912.+ Taft
1,296
Wilson
1,767
. ....
498
*Weaver (Greenback), 332.
+Roosevelt ( Progressive), 1,273.
. .
274
1888.
Harrison
1,903
Cleveland
2,005
185
Plurality.
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PAST AND PRESENT OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR
Plurality.
Year. Republican. Vote.
Democratic. Vote.
Rep.
Dem.
1850. J. L. Thompson ( Whig) ... 27
Stephen Hempstead 30
3
1854. Jas. W. Grimes (Whig) 299
Curtis Bates 197
102
. .
1857. Ralph P. Lowe. 543
Ben M. Samuels. .. 574
3I
I859. S. J. Kirkwood. 743
A. C. Dodge. 1,025
. .
SECRETARY OF STATE
Year.
Republican.
Vote.
Democratic. Vote.
Rep.
Dem.
1856 .* Elijah Sells
414
George Snyder
359
85
. ..
I858. Elijah Sells 660
Samuel Douglas 789
J. M. Corse. 1,137
16
. ..
I862. James Wright 792
R. H. Sylvester 1,047
255
[866. Ed Wright
1,2II
L. G. Van Anda. 1,212
31
David Hammer
1,413
136
..
Chas. Doerr
1,256
58
. ..
1872. Josiah T. Young. 1,455
E. A. Guilbert 1,430
25
. . .
I874. Josiah T. Young. 1,229
David Morgant 1.100
J. H. Stubenrauch. 1,932
21
93
18So.+ J. A. T. Hull. 1,839
A. B. Keith.
1,522
317
. ..
1882.§ J. A. T. Hull.
1,235
T. O. Walker 1,488
253
1884. Frank D. Jackson
1,73I
1886. Frank D. Jackson.
1,783
Cato Sells
1,934
.....
151
. .
1871.
C. C. Carpenter
1,257
Joseph C. Knapp. 1,363
106
1873-
C. C. Carpenter.
1,049
J. G. Vale* 1,536
487
1875.
S. J. Kirkwood 1,833
Shephard Leffler 2,157
324
1877.
John H. Gear. 1,547
John P. Irish ** 1,540
7
. .
1879.
John H. Gear.
1,795
2II
...
1881.
Buren R. Sherman. 1,355
L. G. Kinnet 1,258
97
. .
1883.
Buren R. Sherman
1,564
L. G. Kinne+ 1,786
222
1885.
Wm. Larrabee
1,514
Chas. Whiting&
2,018
...
. .
314
I889.
Jos. Hutchinson
1,704
Horace Boies 1,987
....
. .
423
1893.
Frank D. Jackson
1,97I
Horace Boies 1,900
71
...
1895.
F. M. Drake.
2,122
W. I. Babb
1,754
368
. . .
1897.
Leslie M. Shaw 2,174
F. E. White.
1,763
4II
..
I899.
Leslie M. Shaw 2,251
F. E. White.
1,799
452
. ..
I90I.
A. B. Cummins. 2,206
T. J. Phillips 1,549
657
...
1903. A. B. Cummins. 2,338
J. B. Sullivan 1,682
656
...
1906. A. B. Cummins 2,215
Claude R. Porter. 1,863
352
1908. B. F. Carroll.
2,349
Fred E. White .. 1,654
695
. . .
1910. B. F. Carroll. 2,176
Claude R. Porter .. 1,684
492
. .
1912. Geo. W. Clarke.
1,922
Edward G. Dunn .. 1,741
18I
. ..
*Anti-Monopoly.
+Greenback vote, 254.
** Greenback vote, 109.
1
**** Greenback vote, 206.
#Greenback vote, 183. § Fusion.
....
35
1863.
Wm. M. Stone.
997
J. M. Tuttle. . 1,343
.....
346
1865.
Wm. M. Stone.
1,004
Thos. H. Benton. . 1,270
.....
266
1867.
Samuel Merrill
1,216
Chas. Mason 1,307
91
1869. Samuel Merrill 1,485
Geo. Gillaspie 1,435
50
282
I861. S. J. Kirkwood
955
Wni. H. Merritt. 990
..
..
188
1864. James Wright 1,1.47
J. H. Wallace. 1,335
I868. Ed Wright 1,549
1870. Ed Wright
1,314
1876. Josiah T. Young 1,953
1878. J. A. T. Hull. 1.712
E. M. Farnsworth. 1,80;
Jas. Dooley 2,010
..
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Wm. Larrabee 1,627
T. J. Anderson 1,941
283
I891.
H. C. Wheeler
1,762
Horace Boies 2,185
504
1887.
H. H. Trimble 1,584
Plurality.
I29
1860. Elijah Sells I,I53
. .
17I
116
PAST AND PRESENT OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
1888. Frank D. Jackson 1,903
W. Mellenry ..... 2,024
121
1890. WV. M. McFarland. 1,788
W. H. Chamberlain 2,067
... 279
1892. W. M. McFarland 1,817
J. H. McConlogue. 1,966
.. . 149
1894. W. M. McFarland. 2,136
H. L. Carr 1.913
582 . . .
1898. Geo. L. Dobson.
2,287
C. R. Porter 1,430
857
. . .
1900.
Wm. B. Martin. 2,645
2,187
Richard Burke 1,596
591
. .
1904. Wm. B. Martin. 2,578
Chas. A. Dickson. 1,592
986
. ..
1906
Wm. C. Hayward. 2,305
J. S. McLuen 1.626
679
. .
1908. Wm. C. Hayward.
2,367
Julius Ruge 1,019
748
. .
1910. Wm. C. Hayward.
2,073
A. J. Anders. 1,537
536
. ..
1912. W'm. S. Allen.
1,910
Chas. B. Murtagh. 1,702
208
. . .
*First record found.
+Anti-Monopoly.
+Greenback vote, 334. §Greenback vote. 303.
The first record we find of a formal organization in this county of the fol- lowers of a designated political faith bears date, December 10, 1853, when the following notice was circulated :
To the Democratic Voters of Allamakee County:
FELLOW CITIZENS: You are hereby notified that a meeting will be held at Waukon on Saturday, Dec. 24, 1853, for the purpose of taking into considera- tion the propriety of an immediate organization of the democratic party in our county. Also for the further purpose of appointing delegates to the state con- vention, etc.
W. C. THOMPSON, JAS. W. FLINT, M. B. LYONS, Committee.
At this meeting Edward Eells was chosen chairman and C. J. White, secre- tary, and it was
"Resolved, That the democrats of the county of Allamakee ought to and hereby do organize themselves into a regular political party, according to the time-hon- ored usages of the same, both in the state and nation, and as an auxiliary thereto."
The central committee consisted of Archa Whaley, Reuben Sencebaugh, Wm. H. Morrison, Edward Eells and A. J. Hersey.
The township committees were :
Union City-Geo. Spence, Wm. Dennison, G. W. Carver. Lansing-Richard Luckins. A. J. Tillotson, Jas. P. Hughes. Lafayette-W. C. Thompson, R. Ottman, O. S. Conkey. Makee-C. Paulk. T. Minard, Aug. Hersey. Union Prairie-J. E. S. Morgan, Loren Eells, George Merrill. Ludlow-E. Reed, Luther Howes, Henry Beaver.
Jefferson-W. F. Ross, Henry Coffman, H. Burgess. Paint Creek-Andrew Mitchell, Thos. Anderson, Geo. Watkins. Taylor-David Harper, Michael Dignan, Otto Langfield. Linton-Allen Scott. L. W. Hays, Henry Johnson. Franklin-John Brisco, Austin Smith, John S. Clark. Post-James Arnold, Reuben Smith.
Horatio F. Dale .. 1.755
381 . ..
1896. Geo. L. Dobson.
2,495
S. B. Crane. 1,847
798
...
1902. Wm. B. Martin.
117
PAST AND PRESENT OF ALLAMAKEE COUNTY
Wm. H. Morrison, S. A. Tupper and J. W. Flint were appointed delegates to the state convention.
The convention thereupon "resolved" to authorize the central committee to fix the ratio of representation; "that we have undiminished confidence in the administration of the general government, and will continue to give our undi- vided support ;" the state government "merits our approbation and continued confidence ;" our senators, "for their uniform attachment to democratic principles, are entitled to the cordial support of every true democrat," and the "gratitude, influence and support of every true friend of western interest."
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