Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1868-05-07
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AIr. w. /. Vestal moved lhai E.
Clarke, be alternate foe A. SaundsFa.
b MaHfield moved that 5. G. SAITH
be alternate for L. GeiNrd.
Gen. Livingston m'wed thai ]. @.
Miller be alternate for 3. MaxgelL
The several motions were adopted
Gen. Strickland moved that the dele
gates from the Seualorial districts rec
Ommend each q member Of sko STATE
) Central Committee, and that tie chair
sb.n .-7pOinI persons 90 recommended.
Carried.
a 81 S,svar, .-nOved that The next
State Convention be hem Al Linooln.
Mr. Strickland moved 10 ams.- oy M
sersing Omaha instead Of Lincoln.
On division on the Amendments ths
vote was yeas ~ nays %. So il vas
lost.
Mr.. Dundy moved to lay the original
motion on the table. On division the
question resulted. as announced bv tho
chair, yeas 25 nays Is.
DR.. A. S. Stewart appealed from the
ueClsiOn OF the chair.
Upon the question Of sustaining The
chair, the roll was called and resulted
yeas % nays "a, so the decision Of the
chair was reversed.
Question recurring on the original
motion.
Mr.. Fox moved TO insert Bellevue ia.
stead Of Lincoln. Lost.
Geo. r. Smith moved 10 insert Plaiss.
mouth instead Of Lincoln.
Gen. Livingston demanded previous
question ca DR.. Stewards motion. The
previous question, being seconded,
On the original motion 10 hold the
next convention at Lincoln, the vote was
in the affirmative.
Mr.. Smiley moved that the next State
Convention be held on the 2nd Wednas.
day 10 August preceding the next State
election. Adopted.
Al the suggestion Of the several dele
cations the President appointed the fol-
lowing.
STATE Central CommifIs.
Hlnman Rhodes, Of Johnson,
X. X. Livingston, Of Cass,
0 A. Abbot Of Hall,
W. w. Carder. Of Lancaster,
j. s. Church, Of Nemeha,
4. K. Valentine, Of Douglas,
4. b. Taylor, Of Douglas,
X. NJ. Rolfe, Of Otoe,
n. b. Larsh, Of Oioe,
Z. H. Barnard, of Dodge,
A. Rockwell. Of Burt,
T. Z. Cunningham, Of Richardson,
II. ID. Hathaway of Cass.
E. S. Dundy called the attention OF
the convention 70 the basis Of representa-.
lation 10 future conventions.
Gen, Strickland moved that the basis
Of representation be upon the entire vote
for Governor.
Mr.. Church moved 10 amend by maxi
ing the basis Metropolitan vote for Pres
ident in November.
The amendment was adopted.
The chairman called the attention Of
the convention TO the last resolution OF
the platform because be supposed il had
been passed unwislingly by the cOnVen-
lion.
Mr.. Strickland moved that the vote by
which lhe las. resolution wos adopted Be
re.considered.
The motion prevailed, and the resolu-
Iion was re-cOpamilted for amendment.
Mr.. Howard moved a recess Of twenty
minutes, to permit the several Judicial
District Conventions te meet. Carried.
After Recess.
Gen. Livingston from the committee
on Resolutions reported that majority
OF the committee were in favor Of with
drawing the resolution which had been
re.commiIted. The report was adopted.
The judicial District Delegates repor.
ted for District Attorney.
For lsl District, o. B. Hewei,
ID ]. G.. Gown,
Sd Z. F. Gray.
Gen. Livingston read a Resolution as
a substitute for the one Withdrawn.
Dir. Gerard moved It's adoption. Mr.
Veslal moved that The resolution be laid
on the table.
No quorum appearing, on molten ot
OIL. Daird, me Convention adjourned
sine die
SAMUEL MAxwELL, Can.
- "a. Howard, Secv.