Charles City intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa) 1864-1866, 1865-06-22
Republican State Convention.
sf Dn MorHEs, June IA, 1856


The Republican State Convention
was called to order by H. NJ. Hoxie
Chairman Of the State Central Commit.
tee. at eleven O'Clock in the forenoon.
Colonel j. j. Woods, of jackson
county. was appointed temporary
President. Don Carlos, of Jasper
county, and Charles Aldricb, Of Ham.
ilton comfy, were appointed tempe
rary Secretaries. - sa 1gsms
A Committee on Permanent Organi.
cation was constituted as follows :
First Judicial District, j. H. William.
son; Second, L. H. Stiles Third, DR..
NJ. L. Vansandt Fourth, Cbas. Burke |;
Fifth. Colonel p. p. Henderson Sixth,
j. b. Grinnell /; Seventh, Henry O'Con.
ner Eighth. Colonel Williams ;
Ninth, u. A. Wiltse Tenth, D. E.
Preston I; Eleventh, Chas. II. Emery
Twelfth. S. j. Mckinley. -
A Committee on Credentials was ap.
pointed as follows: First Judicial
District, Captain G. w. Edwards Sec.
ond. DR.. J. d. Wright; Third. j. A.
Cornish Fourth. j. II. Smith; Fifth,
Captain John P. McEwen Sixth, Cap.
tain j. F. Warner !; Seventh, j. B. Ea.
ton /; Eigth, C. r. Scott Ninth, Peter
Melendy; Tenth. DR.. j. Il. Taylor /;
Eleventh, J. H. Bradley; Twelfth, C=f,
tain r. q. Reiniger. &, 4
The following Committee on Reso-
lutons was appointed First Judicial
District, Hon. George w. McCrary, of
Lee county Second. H. Tannabiil, Of
Appanoose Third, J. w. McDill, of
Union; Fourth. Morris McHenry. of
Crawford Fifth. F. w. Palmer, Of
Polk Sixth. Hon. G. w. Slagle. of
Jefferson !; Seventh. Edward Russell, of
Scott Eighth. William Wolf, of Co.
dar Ninth, j.. Rich. of Buchanan /;
Tenth, Hon. B. T. Hunt, of Clayton /:
Eleventh. Colonel John Scott, of Story;
Twelfth, N. q. Deering. -
Adjourned till 2 o'clock.
# ~ AFTERNOON session. si
At Q o'clock in the afternoon the
Convention reconvened. G. w. Ed.
wards presented report Of the Com.
mittee on credentials, showing seven
ty-eight counties represented, casting
eight hundred and NINETY live votes.
The Committee on Permanent Or.
ganization reported for President,
Hon. A. H. BERGMAN, Of Henry county,
and for Vice Presidents. General H. T.
Reid. Colonel w. F. Sapp, and others,
and for Secretary, James Thorington,
with . numerous corps of assistants
Mr.. BERGMAN, upon assuming the chair,
briefly addressed the Convention.
aH fH STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
On motion the Convention proceed.
ed to appoint the State Central Com.
mittee for the ensuing year, ss fol.
lows First Judicial District, j. F.
Tracy. Of Burlington Second. S. A.
Moore. of Davis Third. E. T. Smith,
of Taylor Fourth, j. II. Smith, oil
Harrison Fifth, G. G. Nourse. of Polk
Sixth, VIM. Loughridge. Of Mahaska
Seventh, b. Whitney, Jr., of Clinton
Eighth, w. G. Thompson. of Linn
Ninth. j. N. Brsyton. Of Delaware
Tenth, Thomas Updcgraif. Of Clayton
Eleventh. U. B. Richards, Of Webster
Twelfth. J. G. Patterson, Of Floyd.
FOR GOVERNOR. "f@ai
On motion, the Convention proceed.
ed to al informal vote BY counties. for
Governor. Hon. William Hale. OF
Mills, nominated William N. Stone
Y. james. Of Cedar. nominated j. w.
Cattell. Of Polk. Whole number OF
votes on the informal ballot, S81. Of
which 865 were cast for Stone, 40 for
Croker and It's for Cattell where.