The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-07-18
COUNTY ooNvENrIoM.

COUNTY CoMvEMTIoN.
Proceedings Of the Delegate Ne
publican Convention Of Oedsr
County, held ct Upton, satur-
day, July 18th, III.
The delegates from the respective
townships convened ct the Court
House in Upton, aud shortly after one
o'clock the meeting was called to order
BY E. II. Pound, Chairman County
Central Committee, upon whose NOM
ination Hon. J. c. Chambers was
chosen chairman.
Upon motion Of 8. L. Smith Chas.
L. Longley was elected Secretary.
A motion prevailing that . commit
tee Of three b appointed upon creden-
tislr. the chair appointed Messrs. 8. v.
I.andt, Zed. ElIyson and J. @. TUFTS
g said committee.
E. NJ. Brink offered the following
resolution. which was adopted:
Resolved, That the COMMITTEES upon
credentials DO instructed to ascertain
that oil the delegates to this C0nven-
ton endorse the candidates Of the Ma
tionai Republican Convention.
Pending the report Of the committee
upon credentials. Hon. r. Cover
made the resolution just passed the
text Of some remarks by which the
Convention understood him q de.
clining to be delegate under such ,
test.
The COMMITTEES on Credentials be-
ing absent long time, . motion that
it be called upon for report prevailed.
The chair appointed A. B. Oakley, to
inform aaid committee Its report was
called for. Jdst - : motion was be-
ing entertained to send ! committee
to see what had become of Mr. Oakley,
the committee came in aud the follow
Ing report was presented:
Cdss.-2 delegates George Diltz.
Ccater.-7 delegates. ID. Shearer,
WIN. Dean, s. L. smith. G. L. Long
ley, E. NJ. Brink, E. H. Pound, 5. v.
Landt.
Dayton.-5 delegates. p. Fergu.
son, r. RsckiugtOn, B. A. Mink, j. b.
Mitchell. 8. s. Camp.
Fairfield. - delegates-R. L. Moore,
8. X. hegsrty.
Huntington. delegates-J. c..
Tufts, A. Nesbitt, H. s. Mortgridge.
Fremont -3 delegates-S. H. Ma
ley, james Davidson, NJ. L. Simmons.
G0ver.-3 delegates-R. f. Camp
bell, Sol. Teegarden, A. d. Stiles.
Inland.-3 delegates-Recommend
]. e. Belts.
Ioya.-3 delegates-G. J. Maris, u.
Eilyson, VIM. Mather.
Linn.-No representation.
Mdssillon.--3 delegates - Ephraim
Brink. David Elijah, J. s. Burwell.
Pioneer.-4 delegates-A. b. Oakley,
J. 8. Salisbury, Geo. E. Jones, H.
Bagley.
Red Oak.-2 delegates-John Dorcas
Samuel Yuie.
Rochester.-2 delegates-Amos Barn.
ard. f. NJ. Brown.
Springddle.-5 delegates-C. +. PEN
rose, A. b. Corn wall. J. Peurose, J. C..
Chambers, Geo. Lamboru.
Springfield. delegates Rev. J. At.
kinson, Thos. Shearer, DR.. +. III. Rel
CART.
Sugar Creek.--2 delegates-J. H
Leech, c. p. Furst.
s. V. LANDr, Chm.
Motion that the report be accepted
prevailed. Its adoption being moved,
. motion TO strike out the names re-
ported by the COMMITTEES as delegates
from Fremont township and to insert
in their stead the names Of the confess
ting delegation, after hearing Of the
evidence in the case and prolonged
debate, was lost. The motion to adopt
then prevailed.
A motion that we now proceed {,
select delegates to the Congressional
Convention was carried.
Here II was brought to the notice Of
tile Convention that the remarks Of
Hon. Robt Cover had been misunder-
stood that he had merely expressed
his views as thinking man upon the
necessity Of reform and purity In po-
litical parties, and that he did not re-
pudiate the nominees Of the Philadel-
phia Convention !; whereupon motion
prevailed that the adoption Of the re-
port Of committee on credentials be
reconsidered. A motion was then
made and unanimously carried that
the report be amended by the reinser-
ton of the name o! r. Cover as one
Of the delegates from Case township.
Report adopted as amended.
It was moved that one from each
township be made committee to Sc
lect delegates to the Congressional
Convention. An amendment to the
effect that said committee nominate
delegates also to the s ate aud Judicial
Conventions was accepted by maker
Of original motion. A motion by S.
v. Landt that the chairman appoint q
committee Of five to nominate said
delegates, offered ~ q substitute, was
carried.
The chair appointed as such Commit
tee Messrs. J. d. Shsarer, 4. B. Oak.
ley. J. H. Leech. A. b. Cornwall, and
A. Nesbitt.
The committee thus appointed
after brief conference, reported
through its chairman, Mr.. J. ID. Shear
er, the following lists Of delegates to
the several conventions:
| To the State Convention-John C.
Chambers, J. w. Beatty, Henry Mort
gridge, A. q. Miller, J. Harvey Leech
VIM. Baker, Samuel H. Maley, Henry
Wharton, Jr., John Safely, Zadok Ell
| Tyson.
To the Congressional Convention
J. @. Tufts, J. p. Ferguson, w. H
Morrow, r. q. Scott, Geo. +. Jones,
| s. v. Landt, J. Atkinson, G. l.. Long
ley, A. b. Cornwall, Robt. Campbell.
To the Judicial VIM.
r. Wolf, >. v. Landt, H. G. Carr, s
l.. Smith, NJ. Mclaughlin, J. s. Sails
bury, f. NJ. Brink, J. d. Shearer, f
II. Pound, w. H. Morrow.
Upon motion the report was accept
ed. Upon motion, adopted.
s. v. Landt introduced the follow
Ing resolution, which was unanimous
| ~ adOnted.