The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-10-08
THE CONVENTION,
LARGE ATTENDANCE AND VERY
HARMONIOUS ACTION,
COL. JOHN COCHRANE NOMI-
MATED BY ACCLAMATION.

The Congressional Convention, for the
9Th district, was called to order, at
Neocosiman Hall at 1870, yesterday, by
Hon. E. Colman, chairman of the COM
mittee.
Hon. E. G. McFetridge, of Dodge
county, was made chairman, and Mr.
Ed Borcherdt, of Manitowoc, Secretary
The following persons were appointed
a committee on credentials:
Charles Luling, o. G. Bissell, Geo. F.
Wheeler, Nathan Cole and T. G. Shove
Committee on Resolutions-E. Col
man, A. d. Jones, H. Barber, J. A.
Bentley and J. A. Watrous
The Convention then adjourned to
meet at o'clock
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention met at 2 o'clock and
was called to order by the Chairman
The Committee on Credentials made the
following report which was adopted:
Fond du Lac-Charles Susan, J. A.
Watrous, O. G. Bissell, j. f. McNeel,
ID. Lyons, E. F. Vinton, E. Colman, D.
d. Jones, r. G. Kelley, O. G. Wolcott
Manitowoc-T. G. Shove, Charles Lu-
ling, A. D. Jones, Ed. Borcherdt. They
cast the full vote of the county.
Dodge County-E. G.. McFetridge,
Geo. Z. Wheeler, J. II. Brinkerhoff, A.
J. Mccoy, Hiram Barber, B. F. Gibbs,
Arthur Burnham, G. E. Lewis, J. S.
Church, Sam. Allen, DR.. O. Clark.
They cast the full vote of the county.
Sheboygan-Jos eph Richardson, N.
Colo, Geo. Marsh, Charles Rogers, n.
@. Harmon, j. L. Dockstader; who
cast the full vote of the county.
The Committee on Resolutions made
the following report, which was adopted
without discussion:
That we have full faith and conf
dence In the purposes and principles of
the Republican party; that it will be in
the future, as it has in the past, expose
errors and correct abuses wherever
found that it viii protect the weak
against the strong, and insist upon equal
rights to al.
That the party was organized to STAY
the spread of slavery and to secure equal
rights to all, and that its special mission
III that direction will not be ended as
long DIS White League, color lines and
other rehellious organizations exist.
That the action of Congress in abolish
ing the ''moiety system" so-called, pre-
venting the farming out of the collec-
ton of the revenues, repeating the act
increasing salaries, reducing the annual
appropriations nearly S27, 200, 600, dis
countenancing all lobby influence and
schemes for plumber, and In all things
eyincing a disposition to economise ex-
pendltures and purify legislation, meets
with cur hearty approval.
We commend the courage of the Re
publican party in instituting investiga-
ton of all alleged corruptions in Office,
sparing neither partlzans nor enemies.
We demand constant vigilance to pre-
vent frauds upon the government, and
most careful legislation to prevent and
to punish the peculatlon and embezzle-
ment by public Officials.
That we favor such Improvement of
the navigation of our inland lakes and
rivers, both State and national, as shall
prevent unjust discrimination and IN
reasonable extortion on the part of rail
way or other compositions engaged In
III transporting the products of the coun-
try, and which ask for nothing but just
ice to all we repel with scorn the charge
that we seek to coniscate the property
of others, nor do we believe that either