The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-06-19
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s The next thing on the programme was the
appointment Of delegates: After several
were appointed, Col. A. WILLIAMS moved
that Col. A. q. FoRD be one Of tho dele
gates to the State Convention. This again
brought TEST to the floor. He said he was
opposed to FoaD being one of tho delegates,
until he had done something to identify
himself with the Democratic party-he had
never voted with them, nor made a speech
that he knew Of. Col. SHERMAN suggested
that Col. Form be sworn to answer ques-.
tons. Col. TEST said he would not believe
him under oath. This remark Of Col. TEsr's
brought up the aforesaid Col. FORD, who, in
most plaintive manner, assured them that
he had been Democrat ever since the de-
feat of General Scorr-that he voted for
Col. Test for the Senate, and concluded, by
begging most piteously to be one of the
delegates. The melton was then put by the
motion. putter, and carried in the afirma-
tive, so Col. Ford was received into full
communion and fellowship. .fs. d..
After the delegates were all appointed,
Col. HooroN moved that the meeting pro-
coed to appoint delegates to attend the Ju-
dicial District Convention. s.s..a..
Judge RIDDLE was opposed to this mo-
tion-said the County was not half repre-
scented here, and the time had better be de-
layed, and another meeting called and gen.
eral notice thereof given. Col. JAMES was
in favor Of appointing at this meeting. He
said there were as many here as would ever
get together at one time. As for the peo-
pie in the East part of the County, they
would not attend any how, they cared, he
said, ono more about the Democratic par
ty, than hog did about Sunday" A SEN
sible people out there, concluded. Col.
HooroN's motion was withdrawn.
After which, Col. LARIxER offered q reso-
luton instructing the delegates who attend
the district Convention, to vote for ED.
JOHNSON, for Congress, and in case they
did not attend, that the President Of the
Convention be authorized to cast the vote Of
Pottawattamie County for said JouNsoS.-
This called forth very interesting discus
sion, in which all the aforesaid military
gentlemen in the house participated. Col.
JAMES was particularly eloquent in defence
of the resolution, alleging, as the strongest
reason, why Ed. JOHNSON was the man, that
no had proved himself dishonest, and that
was the kind of men to legislate. But the
resolution was lost.
Pending the motion on LARIMER's resolu-
ton, Col. S. Z. WIcKs arose, and said
that he represented the yeomanry of the
County, and when he come to this meeting,
he thought he was coming to Democratic
meeting, but was badly fooled, and there
fore he would move that the meeting now
adjourn sine adie. But the motion putter
would not entertain Col. WIcK's motion, so
it had to lie over, (under the rules of the
house) till resolution was passed tender
ing the thanks of the meeting to the officers
thereof, for the very able, impartial and dig
niied manner in which they had acted and
presided-and also resolution to have the
proceedings published in all the Democratic
papers in Iowa, Nebraska and the Sand
wich Islands. And thus ended the meeting,
and here ends my history. PUBLICO.
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