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


wit: Recorder, County Commissioners
Clerk, School Commissioner, Treasurer
and Assessor, Probate Justice efthe Peace,
County Commissioner, and County Sur
veyor; DR.. ALEXANDER SPENCER was
elected President, and DR.. Cbduneey Hofr.
man and William Smith. appointed Sec.
retaries. WheFeupon, the several Dele.
gates were called upon to present their
credentials, as the several Precincts were
called by the Secretaries-and the follow
ing'appeared.
hGnkGkee-not represented,
Rock ViIldge-William Rowe, David
Bloom and G.. w. Kerns.
PlGinfeld-Lyman Foster, Alexander
Spencer and George R. Dyer.
Du Page-Amos c. Paxson and Fran
els E. Towner.
Jackson-John Alexander and Michael
Rogers.
Oregon-Alexander F. Foster and ).
R. Rathbun.
Lockport Patrick O'Mara, Jr., John
Gregory and Patrick Bourke.
Romeo-Thomas Mcclure and Nicho-
las MuIvy.
Da1as-Alric B. Mead and Edward
Graghan.
West Joliet--William Smith, Michael
Shields, and Henry Herschbach.
Jolis,--Henry ID. Higgenbotham, Ste-
phen Potter and Tuns Kendrick.
Thorn Creek-Wili Kinney.
Hickory Creek-Cbauncey Hoffman,
William Cougar.
Round GroUe Shepard Stevens, Thorn
as McMahan.
Spring Creek-Normand Hawley and
Albin Smith.
lF'orked Creek--Presented three sets of
credentials.
Van BHren--Presented two sets ofcre-
dentials. Whereupon it was
Resolved, upon motion, That a CON-
mittee of Ave be apPoi Ited 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 CrecR--Don A. WatsoR. James
w. Johnston, S. Yates Baldwin Henry
r. " 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 Nicho-
las Mulyy,
Lockport--Patrick O'Mara. IT,, John
Gregory, and Patrick Bourke.
Van Buren--Burke Van Alstyne and |
John Howley
Round Grope--Shepard Stevens and
Thomas McMahan.
Dallas--Edward GraghaIn.
Whereupon il was
Resolved, on motion. That the con
vention proceed to ballot for Inc aomina-
'tion Of candidate for the Office Of Re
corder; and
Thomas Haiton, by majority Of a i the
vOtesin saidctnvention was-daly .neinin.
ated. N1l1 tE
Nelson.D Elwood, by a like slnaiofiiy
was dominated for County Conimi ssicners
Clerk 2 saae Z .I.5
Samuel Goodspeed, by 4 Ike maiorIty,
was nominated for School Commissioner.
:. Royal E. Barber, by like majority,
was nominated for Assessorsd d treasurer.
..AbJah Cagwin, by a like majority,
was dominated for Probate Justice Of the
Peace.
Robert. ]. -BoyIan, by like majority,
was dominated for County Surveyor.
Samuel Davis, by a, like majority. was
nominated for County Commissioners.
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.
s Johnston, George R. Dyer and s. Yates
Baldwin, be appointed committee to
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.
w., - A. SPENCER, Cha.
GHAUNoEE HoFFMAN, ssc,v.
WILLIAM SMITH, 'S'
To the Democracy Of Will County.
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