The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-07-18
Proceedings Of the Republican Convention,
July IL, 1857.


Proceedings Of the Republican Convention,
-... July IL, 1857.
Convention met at 2 o'clock =. NJ,
Thos. james, Esq, presiding.
On motion Of Robt. Cover, Esq, a
committee on credentials was appointed,
consisting of Messrs. Joel Grinncll DR..
j. Maynard and Robt. Cover
The committee made their report which
was amended and adopted, as follows:
Centre township 81 delegates, viz:
Thos. Manly, Davis McCarn, ANDREW
Ford, Haven Starr, Hiram Hammond,
S. p. Daniels, Aaron Gilbert, Israel
Nudge, j. Maynard, II. g. Coe, A s.
Motiett, 0. r. Reeves, SOL Aldrich, J.
". Kynett, J. l.. Roy, JAS. Ford, Luz
thor Brady, Capt. Jno. Spence. A. s.
Lyle, Ames Carter and j. Reeder.
Springfield 6 delegates, viz:
Thos. Jones, Mons. Vorney, Thos. VIM,
J.. Stratton, Nathan Tober and ii. G.
Gill. a.. -
Inland, 2 delegates, viz:
Merrills Wiley and C. S. Pound.
Iowa, 3 delegates, viz:
Shallock Negus, j. W. Cattell and
Rev. Mcfarland.
Linn, del-Geo. Smith.
Rochester, delegates, viz:
Sol. Roster and Robt. W. Cooper.
Cass, 2 delegates, viz:
Robt. Cover and NJ. Munsell.
Cover TIP, delegates, viz:
W. p. Wolf, Ed. Wright, Isaac Geu-
ell and Thos. Reeves
Dayton, 4 delegates, viz:
Thos. Robinson, Sol Garretson, Vim.
il. Hoy and Homer Frink. .-
Fremont, 3 delegates, viz:
Elisha Brown, Robt. Davidson and f.
L. Brown.
haSsiioH, delegates, VIZ:
IL. Il. Potter and +. A. Gates.
Pennington, 4 delegates, viz:
L. Butterfeld and John Turner
Sugar Creek, 3 delegates, viz:
Capt. J. s. Lewis, Jno. Crissman and
Seth Southworth.
Red Oak, 8 delegates, viz:
W. A. Rigby and Samuel Yule.
Springfield, 6 delegates, viz:
j. Ii. Cue, Thes. Tracy, j. l.. Brad
shaw, Henry Whorton and b. S. Clark
Pioneer, 3 delegates, viz:
ID. II. Comstock, David Palmer and C.
Striker. ...-..
1 Motion made to vote by townships
each township casting the whole number
Of votes they were entitled to, and in
case of division among the delegates,
to cast pro rata vote.
The committee On permanent organi-
cation was given further time to report.
On motion, the convention elected two
vice presidents, as follows:
j. II. Leech, of Sugar Creek, and J.
W. Cattell, of Iowa.
The committee on candidates then
made their report. The candidates re-
ported by the committee were as follows:
For County Judge-Geo. Smith
For Assessor and Treasurer-Edcar
Wright, Joel Grinncll, Alonzo Shaw, s.
s. Daniels, Henry Reicart, Hiram Ham
mond and JOS H. Cue.
For Shcrif-Chauncy Finch, Il. H.
Kerr, Jos. III. Cue, w. ii. Hammond,
Adam s. Lyle and Ludlow Dunfce.
For ASSESSOR A. Gray, Zenas
Brown. Shadlock Negus and T. NJ. Cur
It's.
For Sarvcyor-Martin G. Miller, VIM
McLain and L. ID. Durbin.
For Coroner-B. j.. Boynton, G. A.
Pound, Austin Parsons and Capt. Jno
Spence.
The report Of the committee was adopt
cd
On motion, the convention then pro-
cecdcd to ballot for candidates
On motion Of Wells Spicer, George
Smith, Esq was declared the unanimous
choice OF the convention for candidate
for County Judge. The vote was enthu-
slastic and followed by cheers.
The convention then proceeded to bal
lot for Recorder aud Treasurer, with the
following result:
s. S. Daniels, l0yotes
j. ii. Cue, 50 /"