The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1859-09-24
Council District Convention.


The Delegates of the Seventh Council
District Convention, composed of the coun
ties of Shawnee, Usage and Breckenridge,
met pursuant to cali by the Central Com
#mittee. at Burlingame, on Monday Septem
Der 21st. and was organized by the cleo
ton of Mr. w. w. Ross. of Shawnee coun
ty, as President, and L. T. Heritage, of
Breckenridge county. as Secretary.
On motion the chair appointed Messrs.
Brown and Huntoon, of Shawnee; Stotler
and Nickel. of Breckenridge; Adams and
Sheldon, of Usage, as a Committee on APP
portionment.
On motion the Chair appointed Messrs
Hannah and Holmes. of Shawnee; Swim
and Eskridge, of Breckenridge: and Shell
don of Usage. as Committee on creden-
tials.
On motion the Chair appointed Messrs.
Fish, Brown, Stotler, Spencer and Sheldon,
as Committee upon permanent organization.
The Committee upon apportionment re-
ported viz: That We would recommend
The following apportionment of Delegates
TO the several counties here represented,
viz; Shawnee Is. Breckenridge 10, Usage
2. which report was adopted.
The Committee on Credentials reported
as follows: That we are unable to deter
mine who are the delegates 10 the District,
and who the delegates to the County Con-
vention. there being Convention at the
same place on the same day, to nominate a
county ticket for Shawnee county, and the
delegates to the county Convention having
been instructed to select from their number
the delegates to the District Convention,
and they would recommend that the dele
yates from Shawnee, meet and select from
their number Is delegates to the District
Convention, acc riding to the report of the
committee on apportionment, and farther
We find that there has been elected seven
delegates from Usage county, and We would
also recommend that they meet and select
from their number two delegates in accor-
dance with the report of Committee on ap
portionment. s
Report adopted, and a recess of twenty
minutes, had to allow Shawnee ard Usage
counties to select their delegates.
Convention came TO order and the follow
ing gentlemen were announced as delegates:
.Shawnee County-Holmes, Gardner, w
w. Ross, G.. w. Spencer. of Topeka; Mof-
fit, of Tecumseh casting four votes for that
township; Brown, Overstreet and Cook of
Auburn; Huff and Playford, Burlingame;
casting two votes:
Osoge.--L. r. Adams and H. Sheldon.
Breckenridge.-J. Stotler, L. T. Herr
tage and D. Swim.
The rest of the delegates who were elect
ed from Breckenridge being absent. P. B.
Plumb, G. v. Eskridge, A. l.. Baker, w.
H. Nickel. G. Columbia, and r. w. Cloud
being present, were admitted as delegates.
On motion the Committee on Permanent
Organization reported-For President, T.
Play ord; For Vice President. G. w. Spen-
Ger; For Secretary, L. 7. Heritage.
On motion the Convention proceeded to
ali informal ballot for Councilman.
Messrs. w. w. Ross Of Topeka, and L.
r. Adams of Usage were appointed lellers
by the Chair.
The result of the first informal ballot was
as follows: Chester Thomas of Shawnee,
IT; j. R, Swallow of Breckenridge, 10.
On motion Mr.. Thomas was declared the
nominee by acclamation.
Mr.. Thomas was then called for, and
made few remarks taking broad RApubl:-
can grounds, and thanking the Convention
for the honor conferred upon him, after
which the Convention adjourned.
THOMAS PLAYFORD, Pres't.
L. T. HERITAGE, Sec'y.