St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-12
Reported for the 81 Charles City integcnccr
Tenth Judicial District Republican

The delegates appo,htea ny VIC I've
publicans of the several counties OF
the 10th Judicial District assembled
at the Court House in West Union on
Monday, August 9th, 1858, and were
called to order by l.. c. Noble, OF
Fayettc county, when the convention
temporarily organized by elcctlnS for
Pesident-Hon. G. A. Ncwcomb, OF
Fayette.
Secretory-H. II. Whaley, of Win
niskeik.
Assistant Secretary-A. b. F. Hill
dreth, of Floyd.
On motion, it was
Voted That the Chairman appointa
Committee, consisting of one from
each County, on credentials.
The Chair appointed as such COM
mittee the following gentlemen:
Aiamakee-L. Calkins.
Butlcr-M. NJ. Trumbull
Brmer-G. W. Buddick.
Clou,oa-Reuben Noble.
Chirkosar--J. II. Powers.
Faueiie-Joscph Hobson.
Horard-J. +. Webster.
Wom-S. B. Starr.
lItchdt-Wm. Ramsdell
Winnisheik-J. T. Atkins.
Voted, That the Chair appoint a
committee of five to report officers for
the permanent organization OF the
convention.
The Chair appointed as such COM
mittec the following gentlemen:
III. II. Chatterton of Alamakee; D..
Smith, Winnisheik ; j. w. Foster,
Fayettc w. p. Gaylord, Floyd F.
C. Rice, Mitchell.
Voted, That no one shall act AS
member of the committee on Gre
dcntials from counties sending two
sets of delegates, until the committee
have determined which set OF dele
gates are entitled to seats in the con-
vention.
Voted, That the convention adjourn
to meet again at o'clock, 7. NJ.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
Convention met pursuant to adj
iournment-thc President III the Char.
The committee on permanent organ
ization, through their chairman, Mr..
Chatterton, reported as follows:
CA. Ncwcomb, President.
H. w. Whaley, Secretaries.
Joseph Hobson,
Mr.. Hildreth, Though not a dele
gate was retained as Assistant Sec
rotary.
The Committee on credentials,
through Joseph Hobson, reported the
delegates entitled to seats as follows
Alamakse-H r. Chatterton, Francis
Rodman, L. Calkins, A. j. Jersey,
Thomas Crawford.
Buiier-M. Bailey, NJ. NJ. Trumbull
Bremer--H A. Miles, Geo. w. Rud,
dick, o. C. Harrington.
Camoa-Reubcn Noble, VIM. II.
Stearns, Doty, j. A. Stoddard, 5.
p. Woodward, J. 7. H. Scott, +. 3
Mason, Thomas Arnold, Amos Pcarsal
CAickasam-W. +. Beach, ). Ii.
Powers, Il. b. Woodbridge.
Fawtte--C. A. cwcomb, j. Bos'
well, C. o. Myers, Joseph Hobson, j.
w. Foster, Thomas kincaid.
Hom-S. B. Starr, Silas Smith, w
p. Gaylord, A. r. Prescott.
Mitchell WIN. Ramsdel, /. B. Par
kerr +. C. Rice, - Clyde.
Hopord-Chas. Thnrber, J. F. Web
Vi iTne 3 aley;f r &&tkHih nsopD i. Smith
l.. Bulls, n. B. Burdick.
Voted-That the report be accepted
and the committee discharged.
On motion to adopt the report, dis.
cussion was had by Messrs. A. Scott,
r. Noble, +. Price, +. Rodman, NJ.
Bailey, j. A. Powers, d. A. Babcock, of
Bradford, and VIM. Tucker of Chicka-
saw, after which the report was adopt
ed.
Adjourned till I o'clock.
Convention met pursuant to ad,
journment-thc President in the Chair.
Toted-That the convention take an
informal ballot for a candidate for Dis.
trict Judge.
Toted-That Tellers be appointed,
when the Chair appointed CO. Myers,
and j. Il. Atkins.
Upon the informal ballot for District
Judge the vote stood as follows
f. H. Williams of Clayton county. ... q
Samuel Murdoch of Clayton county. ...... 10
Scattering. .............,......
Voted, To take direct ballot for a
candidate for District Judge, result:
f. II. Williams Observation-Disclosures. %
samuel Murdoch. .................... Is
when E. II. Williams of Clayton coun-
ty was declared the nominee of the
Convention, for Judge of the 10th Ju-
dicial District.
Voted, TO ballot by counties for a
candidate for District Attorney, which
vote resulted as follows
Milo McGlathery of Fayete county. .... "a
ID. w. Poindexter of Floyd county ...... Is
Scattering. observation-disclosures. D
whereupon Milo McGlathery was de-
clarcd the nominee of the Convention,
for District Attorney.
Voted, To proceed to ballot for
candidate for Member of the State
Board of Education, which vote result
ed as follows
A B. +. Hildreth of Floyd county. ....... 80
l. b. Parker of Mitchell county. ........... II
when A. b. F. Hildreth was unani-
mously declared the nominee of the
Convention for member of the State
Board Of Education.
Voted, That Central District Com.
mittee be chosen from Fayette coun-
ty, when the Chair appointed, A. b.
Brown, Joseph Hobson, E. z. Stow, G.
X. Bent, Thomas Kincaid
Voted, That when this convention
adjourns, it adjourn determined to
elect the ticket now nominated.
Judge Williams, being introduced,
addressed the Convention at length
upon the political issues of the day.
Mr.. McGlathery was called, but did
not aDpear.