Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-06-15
Ala convention Ofthe Democratic del


wit: Recorder, County Commissioners
Clerk, School Commissioner, Treasurer
and Assessor, Probate Justice efthe Peace,
County Commissioners, and County Sur
veyor DIR. ALEXANDER SPENCER was
elected President, and DR.. ChGuneey HotE.
man and William Smith, appointed Sec
retaries. Whereupon, the several Dele.
gates were called upon to present their
credentials, as the several Precincts were
called by the Seeretaries-and The follow
ing'appeared:
KdnkGkee-not represented,
Rock Village-William Rowe, David
Bloom and G. w. Kerns.
Plainfeld-Lyman Foster, Alexander
Spencer and George R. Dyer.
Du Page-Amos G. Paxson and Fran
els E. Towner.
Jackson-John Alexander and Michael
Rogers.
Oregon-Alexander F. Foster and 5.
r. Rathbun.
Lockport-Pa,rick O'Mara, Jr., John
Gregory and Patrick Bourke.
Romeo-Thomas Mcclure and Nicho-
las Mulvy.
Dallas-Alric B. Mead and Edward
Graghan.
West Joiet--William Smith, Michael
Shields, and Henry Herschbach.
Joliet--Henry ID. Higgenbotham, Ste
phen- Potter and Tunis Kendrick.
Thorn Creek-WilIiam Kinney.
Hickory Creek-Chauncey Hoffman,
William Cougar.
Round GroUe Shepard Stevens, Thorn
as McMahan.
Spring CreeE-Normand Hawley and
Albin Smith.
1Forked Creek--Prssented three sets of
credentials.
Van Buren--Presented two sets ofcre-
dentials. Whereupon it was
Resolved, upon motion, That a CON-
mittee of Eve be apPoi tied by the Presi-
dent, to examine and report upon the
above contested credentials and George
r. Dyer, Henry Herschbach, Michael
Rogers, Normand Hawley and William
Smith, were appointed said committee
who after having retired for some time, to
examine the subject, returned and report
ed to the convention the names of the fol
lowing persons, as the legally constituted
delegates, to wit:
Forked CreeR--Don A. Watson. James
w. Johnston, S. Yates Baldwin & Henry
r. v nipple.
Van Buren--Burke Van Alstyne and
John Howley. Whereupon it was
Resolved, upon motion, That the report
of said committee be adopted and there
Upon, the following delegates withdrew
from the convention, to wit:
Romeo-Thomas Mcclure and Niche
las Mulyy,
.Lockporf--Patrick O'Mara, Jr., John
Gregory, and Patrick Bourke.
Van Buren--Burke Van Alstyne and
John Howley
Round Grope--shepard Stevens and
Thomas McMahan.
DdllaS-Edward Graghan.
Whereupon it was
Resolved. on motion, That the con
vention proceed to hallot for the nomina
ton Of candidate for tho offica Of Re
corder; aRd
Thomas Hatton, by majority Of all the
votes in saidctnvention wss-daly ,nensin
latad. - fft.stt ~ fthEf
Nelson ID Elwood, Ly like majority
was nominated for County Commissioners
Clerk. f5aA i ,i.5 /"
Samuel Goodspeed, by i like majority, /
was nomsnated for School Commissioner.
= Royal E. Barber, by like majority,
was nominated for Assessor d Treasurer
Abijah Cagwin, by like majority,
was nominaied. for Probate Justice Of the
Peace.
Robert j. Boylan, by a like majority,
was Nominated for County Surveyor.
Samuel Davis, by like majority, was
nominated for County Commissioner.
Resolved, on motion, That the Central
Corresponding Committee, and the other
committees appointed at the last county
convention be continued for the current
year.
Resolved, on motion, That William
Smith, Alexander Spencer, James w
Johnston, George R. Dyer and 8. Yates
Baldwin, be appointed committee tc
draft and publish resolutions, expressive
ofthe sense of this convention.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
Convention be signed by the President
and Secretaries and published in the 10
liet Signal and Chicago Democrat.
70 70 A. SPENCER, Cha.
GHAuNonE sl HoEFnAS' seo'y..
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To the Democracy Of Will County.
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