New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1865-09-08
Proceedings of the SuIdiers'
Convention. 49,.


On motion, Captain Webster Bal
linger was called to the chair pro tea.
A H Ward and Lieut.. Francis Welt
man were appointed secretaries
pro tem Of The Convention. e.. -. -. o
On motion. committee Of five on
credentials was appointed by the chair
consisting gof Capt. G WdClark, Lieut.
mckinney, Edmund Jaegar, Lieut. N
q Martin, Lieut.. VIM. O'Donahue.
On motion Of Capt Clark. Capt.
Laughlin of Jasper county, was appoint
ed chairman of said committee. ..,....
On m ton the Convention adjourned
until 2 o'clock p. m. y : ."a, ...
TWO O'clock p. NJ.
Meeting called to order by the chair
Mr.. Murray offered the following
resolution: '' "'
Resolved That this Is exclusively
soldiers vention, and that none
but those who were soldiers in the St r
vice of the United States be admitted
as delegates to this convention, and
all those who are delegates to the cop
perhead convention to rorrow be exclu-
ded as delegates to this convention. .
Captain Edwards offered the follow
ing amendment: The words and loyal
citizens to be inserted after the word
soldiers in the second line, and after
the words 'Uni.ed States in the fourth
line, and the words convention that
meets on the 24th,' to be inserted for
the words 'c"pperhead convsntlon.'
The resolution as amended was then
carried.
The report Of the conmit,ea on cre-
a"ut.a,s was recei'ol arc adopted, Is
.oiovs:
The committee would report that the
following delegates from the different
counties are entitled to seats in this
convention: Lieut. Charles Shepard,
J P Mcdaniel, WIN Potter, Capt W
Ba|lnger, Capt VIM Edwards, Edmund
Jaeger, 1st Serg't II A Winther W
G Buck, Serg't D Wright, P G Brian,
Lieut. II D Henderson, Capt J W
Clark, J w McCaddin, Lieut. s Nc
Kinney, Lieut. N G Martin, Capt A
M Ault. Capt J W sennett, David
Beams, B Chaplin, Jacob Harden.
Lieut. VIM y D,nahue, G w Huxfo'd
! Addison Dovis, Smith Childs, II Il
Jones l Ewing, Col H H Trimble.
Golfer of K9okuk county W E Hous' \
1t R r Portnw, 1t N II Ward, W }
Jeffey, 1t Hardman, L Mowery, LII
Myers, N s Faulkner, J B Fox, G +
Kelner, N W Laughlin, Col G }
CLARK, James r Web', L VanHorn
Albert Jsnes. Sergt E HOLIDAY, Wn
D Lyon, F Hardin, w II Woodrow
Capt T H Myer, Sergt John Lomao,
Private Jnhn G Powers, 1t L A Gar
rett, Chaplain A J Barto Private S
Studsman, Sergt E Attmore, Drum
Mnjor Clemshnw, Capt H Brown. Il
F Weitman, Sergt H J Ovens, E Z
Loss, Henry Damn, Levi Gardner, J
Lowell, Alfred Mathews, sergt VIM S
Russell, G w Loomis. ..
The Committee would further report
that the following gentlemen from Mad
ison county desire to participate in the
deliberations of this convention: NJ [
Mcpherson, John H Kelley W c
ewton, B F. Murray, A Bra ford
Robert A Stett, Sam G Ruby, } T
Brock. W Pursel, S B Cherry, G n
Elliot. On examining their crede'.
tials, we find that the convention tha
nominated these gentlemen adopted th'
following resolutions:
Resolved, I'd, That while we de
recate the actiou of the Union Stat
Convention which assembled at De-
Moines, June, 14th 1865, in agitatin.
the negro suffrage question, yet W
heartily endorse the nominations Q
said convention.
1t will be perceived that these gen
tlemen are not entitled to seats, as the,
do not bring themselves within tn