Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1871-09-01
Republican Convention.

4
called the Convention to order an
read the call.
On motion Of Chas. Aldrich, Hon
Cicero Close, of Cedar township, wa
made Chairman of the Convention
On motion of Mr.. Elwell, Matt
PARROT, of East Waterloo, and E. A
Snyder, OF Cedar Falls, were mad
secretaries. ....a. ....G Use 1H#
On motion Of Mr.. Humphrey,
committee of five was appointed OF
CredeAtials. .. ........ .........
The Chair named, as such commit
tee: -.."aa5@"f Sd. ...
&c. Humphrey, of Eagle town
ship. -f. ...''.'nsa a.+.. &".s&
G. May, of Cedar Falls.
r. J. McQuilkin, Of La Porte.
L. A. Cobb, of Waterloo.
III. NJ. Crittenden, Of East Water
loo. ...r .. -.r... ..ss.4... f....
On motion OF C. w. Snyder, Con
vention adjourned till half past on,
O'Clock p. M. s... s..
. AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention met pursuant to ad
journmept. ... aa.u.ea ,aau 1"-".
The Committee on Credentials re.
ported the following PERSONS entitled
to seats In the Convention, rs dele.
gates from the several townships:
Union-John Ferguson and Man.
uel Gratreaks.
Neutrality-suspicious. Tsnnyson auG
Isaac High. -..ss#tsH
Mt. Vernon---John s. Kyler
+Ti--.snas HoIIwRy anu y. N. Bau
field. uaa 5u. .-.'. sss.# ...a.. ..-
al Bennington-John Burke, Thoma.
Welstead aud ID. ID. Fuller. 1891.
Lester---Charles Cook aud John
Barker. a@n. lt-> f. ~t u.t... r..a H
Barclay--Elon st. John, Aaron
Chapman and w. ID. Thayer.
Poyner---E. L. McStay, Hiram
White and liza Ellis. ..,. $685..
East Wateriou-E. Il. Peniletan
ii. NJ. trttenden, d. l.. Hardy, f.
l.. Cutler, Malt. Parrot. ID. w. Pur.
ker. ". Russell, and =. A. Farweli
Waterfowl. IL. Leavitt, l.. "A
Cobb. Charles Aldrich, +. ]. Sitter.
ling, John Elwell, w. M. Lamphere
and G. w. Miller.
Cedar Falls--S. Wilson, J. @.
Rownd, G.. w. Barnard, Caleb May,
J. Thompson, q. w. Snyder, N
Rodenbsck, F. A. Hotchkiss and A
d. Barnum. .r
Black Hawk-W. A. CottrelI, A,
r. Freeman and It. P. Hathaway.
Orange-Wm. l.. Carpenter, J. M
McStay and ID. III. Fish.
Cedar-C. Close and ]. Gay.
Fox-J. G. Rosecrans, A. A. Robe
and G. Thomas.
Spring Creek-J. B. Orr and A.
Sutherland. "."-s ..
Big Creek-W. III. Briukerhoff,
Thos. Mcfarland, r. ]. McQuilkin,
]. M. Wright. ]. G. Durham, and
III. b. Eighmey. q"
Lincoln-C. B. Miller, w. F. Null.
mex. .".s.@ "f
On motion of Mr.. Aldrich, the re-
port was adopted. 80. .....,
~f On motion of Mr.. Eiwell, the
Chair appointed committee of Ave
to report, for the consideration of the
Convention, the names of delegates
to the 3Sth District Senatorial Con-
vention.
The Chair named, rs such commits
zee, John Elwell, of Waterloo; w.
II. Brinkerhoff. of La Porte; E. E.
McStay, OF Poyner; A. d. Barnum,
of Cedar Falls, and o. E. Hardy, of
East Waterloo.
During the absence of this COM
mittee, on motion of Mr.. Miller, q
committee Of three was appointed to
report names Of = County Central
Committee for the ensuing year.
The Chair named, as such commit
tee, G. w. Miller, of Waterloo; 8.
Wilson, Of Cedar Falls, and r. J.
McQuilkin, Of La Porte. ..
The Chair here announced as tell.
ers, Charles Aldrich, OF Waterloo,
and F. Z. Cutler, of East Waterloo.
Mr.. Elwell, from the Committee
OH Senatorial Delegates, recommend
ing the following persons as dele
gates to the Senatorial Convention /:
p. I'll. Conger, l.. A. Cobb, and
Charles Aldrich, of Waterloo; Jere-
miah Gay, of Cedar; Jas. Ridpath,
Of Spring Greek; Peter Melendy, Of
Cedar Falls; Jesse WATSON, OF La
Porte; W.. Russell, of East Water
looi E. Z. McStay, of Poynsr; J. E.
of Lester; HI. NJ. Crittsn-
den, of East Waterloo; J. b. Powers,
Of Cedar Fails; Caleb May. OF Cedar
Falls; John M. Wright, of La Porte,
and +. g. Miller. of Lincoln. a.....
A motion was made to adopt tie
report. Mr.. Sutherland, Spring
Creek, moved 10 amend by striking
,ut the name of Jas. Ridpath. The
WAS lost. The report
was adopted. Ts"H.@
q On motion OF Mr.. Miller, the con.
rention proceeded to an Informal
ballot for two Representatives to rep
resent Black Hawk county in the
,ext Legislature. "a##-." '.. 81.
The names Of w. l.. Carpenter, of
Orange, Geo. b. Van Saun, of Cedar
Pals, and Cicero Close. of Cedar,
we're presented. Mr.. Sutherland pre-
ented the name of Geo. Hayzlett, of
Mr.. Brinkerhoff of Laporte,
tated that he spoke by authority In
aging that Mr.. Hayzlett would not
,e a candidate. @- a1 .f.-
The ballot resulted a. follows:
40 "-a.- ID as.'t..2 bas II
- ~ s.-sE' B ....t....4 600 .z-ss.gFr.