The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-08-21
COUNTY CONVENTIONS


+ The county convention assembled IN
the court house at 10 clock a m. on
[ saturday 18th ult. j. !. Dupuy was call
ed to the chair and j. NJ. Hubbard re-
quessed 70 act as temporary secretary.
a On. motion Of Jesse NoFment theehaig-
man appointed the following eommiEtss
on eredensials, viz. Jesse NorHent, II
"a La1abesA Is z 4 Pledge s S
y eCann and J. " Wilkes a'hs 1>
uiittse retired and alter examining 3
sredentiAls. made report 10 9
convention which was received and edopt
ted Regular delegates Rers prssentI
from all the districts except 10th and / "a
The following committee was appoiated
on permanent organization and order Of
businsgs, viz; E E. Lowe, + H esrgtil,
Il D Enbank, .t.W Wilkes J sB Harris
A. T. MeNeal, A. G. Shaw J. NJ. Macon
s. I. Agent, J. J. Chambers, J. r. ReeYesl
Alvin Bishop, X. Nnckolls, W. S. Horns
by, P. Northern, -Wm. Rush.. 81
After consultation the committee of
fered the following l.. -..- ..'''' =. -
Your committee on permanent aorganiI
cation and order of business beg leave
to report for permanent president of the
| convention A. T. McSeal and for perHa-
nent secretary, ]. NJ. Hubbard i
Z This part of the report being received
a 4. McNeaI assumed the duties %
permanent president aud }. M. Hub
bard those of permanent Sc ,rstary. In
accordance with the suggestion OF th'
committee the following vas adopted d
the ord r of business: s,,'--', - - 80
F. l st. The appointment of delegates atc
the gibernatorisi conyentioa;;'' z. ~ @4f'
ID. To the congressiouate ohveation.
3D. To the senatorial convention.
9Th To the hOaterial convention SO
| S5th. The nominaaon of a candidate
for the legislature. The committee alsC
recommended taeadopjqn Of the two
third rule and that the vote cast fo
LiviEgstOh gius the ylRst election be tht
basiseof epresehtation- eash district &
cast one vote for every thirty cast Iol
Ligingst0n, and one vote for every frac
ton OF fifteen and over. Adopted.
On motion of A. H. Rose. citizens pres
ent from districts 10 aud IT We're invites
t to seats in the conFeDtioq, &, P. Nc
lClendon and III McOlendon of the 6tl
| district and J. 81 ttaeobs Of the 18th dis
trict were recognized as delegates. l--
f. On motion Of 6. P. Foute, the delsga-
tons were allowed to retire for the-pur
| pose Of selecting such delegates As the
desired to represent them in the guber
material congressional senatorial an
RoateEial conventions subject to the ap
proval Of the county convention. Ais
that those for the senatorial and HOateria
conventions be the same. .is.,-1r 81.
4 The following. were reported and ep
proved by the convention - E.
pa For the congressional cenveation, dis
sriet Me-, l. Hobart Patterson, Pat Nc
Lotion, q. b. Wright, D. Reaves, ". 1
Gather, J. q. 'Southali, +. L Pledge, j
y a. Lowe. n.,ataii., ! siIais Il taH ~ l'R
E.. No. O. NJ ". Perry, z. D. Rose Rob
Harris. J h 5, BelOte, 7 T. H. C5argill
No 3. w. P. Castlebury, w. L. BairC
% b Polk JssT Eubauk, } MsshiSgRl
Nos4 J. q johnson, P. c. Wilk
I'd. AsDunean, q. n. smith, " N JON
son, j. T. Hundley
No. 5. WA sCdratheEa, J b Harris,
q sI5sEhpTa, n D Clintau. 4 aE,isyvsEz
:. No. G. L Bills, r l. Lightfort, Jess
fmket, A p giller, ) d EFuh bsfd
"a Vs;ssp i d 5Nask, r q sYeJtOn,
Z Baker T. JzWsltop, H-AndersOp,s !
Neeiys B Macon " & Keapey,1
Pisces j Il EaVags,- q Il p FOplsSotz
Coleman, ,RsH Wood, LsBAlAmzsJ
4RIchafds6n. ''''1 a-'l zsss 80 g.
= No 6. L Gay, &C Thompson, P Web
C P Malone, = G SheasisT rrgr
, No. 81 r B Ray, en- MflOnes, q Che
LEa. ..iEoI 81 ,1571ss gel1-as 80 i+@ 90
No .; r. w saith, s 7 Aysut. U
+ West j NJ Morgan, ) W Lake So 81
No.I0. d A Ferguson, J G, Russell
John Cox 3. =. - .--5--.l
No. IL. J L Rossou, a r Doris. G
Nolsn, q NJ Lambeth, w McReaves.
No. 10. AZ Bishop, , s simpson, J
Sasser. s'-sa' s
No. I3 Julius Crawford, B Vaughn
r NuekoHs, J Shelton, L Coburn.
NoI4.-W1J Blair, Wiley Fort, w