Upon the acquittal of Brown he was, on the 14th of July, reinstated. The Legislature subsequently refunded to him the amount he had paid the attorneys who had conducted his defense.
At the Republican State Convention at Des Moines on the 25th of August, 1886, the following candidates were nominated: for Secretary of State, F. D. Jackson; Auditor, J. A. Lyons; Treasurer, V. P. Twombly; Attorney-General, A. J. Baker; Clerk Supreme Court, G. B. Pray; Reporter Supreme Court, E. C. Ebersole.
At the Democratic and Greenback State conventions the following candidates were agreed upon and supported by both parties: Secretary of State, Cato Sells; Auditor, Paul Guelich; Treasurer, Daniel Campbell; Attorney-General, C. H. Mackay; Clerk Supreme Court, William Theophilus; Supreme Court Reporter, E. P. Bradley.
The Prohibition candidates were, for Secretary of State, V. C. Farnam; Auditor, J. L. McReynolds; Treasurer, J. Mickelwait; Attorney-General, Jacob Rogers; Clerk Supreme Court, E. B. Howard; Supreme Court Reporter, J. W. Wolfe.
The Republican candidates were elected by a plurality of nearly 15,000. The Republicans also elected eight Representatives to Congress, while the opposition elected three.
The Republican State Convention of 1887 renominated Governor Larrabee and Lieutenant-Governor Hull. Gifford S. Robinson was nominated for Judge of Supreme Court and Henry Sabin for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The Democrats nominated T. J. Anderson for Governor; J. M, Elder for Lieutenant-Governor; C. S. Fogg for Supreme Judge, and H. W. Sawyer for Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The Labor organization placed the following candidates in the field: Governor, M. J. Cain; Lieutenant-Governor,
