The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-10-01

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Prom lie she,oygan Times.

honor, and the delegates came together
each with the hops that their candidat
would be the successful one.
The Convestion was called to order a
the Court House at O'Clock P. NJ, by F
Q. Thorp, Chairman of the Congressional
1 Committee, and, on molten Of ii. S. Pier
pent, of Manitowoc county, Hon. A. Scot
Sloan, of Dodge, present Attorney Genera
! of the State was elected Chairman of th,
( Convention.
Z. G. Olmstsd, Of the Manitowoc PILor
and b. C. Gowdy, Of the Beaver Dam Dem
ocraf, were elected secretaries. P. K
Martin, OF Fond Gu L.c, julius Wolf, o
Sheboygan. II. C. Griffith, of Dodge, AM
II. S. Pierpont, of Mani.o~ co. were chosen
Vice Presidents.
On motion Of S. W. Lamoreu1, of Dodge
| Committee composed OF one Delegate a
large, and one from each county, was sp
pointed On credentials. The COMMITTEE
consisted of Chas. Barwig. of Dodge, a
large, C. w. White. of Mauitowoc, Franz
Taylor, of Fond du Lac, NJ. Winter, oi
Sheboygan, and J. Bodden, Of Dodge.
A Committee on Resolutions were alec
appointed, composed of Chas. II. Gardner,
of Dodge. at large; A. X. Delany, OF
Dodge: L. Keach, Of Sheboysan; II. c.
Sherwin, of Fond du Lac, and II. S. Pier.
pont, OF Manitowoc.
A recess of one hour was taken for com
mittees to prepare their reports, and the
delegates to put themselves In the right
trim for action.
At the exr iratioa Of the recess the Con-
ventipn was called to order, and Mr. b ,r-
wig, from the Committee on Credentials,
reported the following persons as delegates
DODGE COUNTY.
13 h senatorial distrie A. S. S oan. Chas Barwig
Is assembly district JON Medley, p Griffith
q asseA-biy dislric p c. Gowdy. c. Jerman
ii ass smbly distri' y. Bodden ) w. Llmor .uI
s.h assembly district-A. X Delau,, Wm. Rusch
5.h and 9Th wards Watertown--Chas. Ii. Gan dnel
FOND DU LAC COUNTY.
'sti senatorlai district-C W. FrieIrichs. F
30 senatorial els ric.-J KIo,z. P K Martin.
tst ASSEMBLY olstrics-H. .. Sherwin. q. D
HinkleY.
81 assembly distric.-Joseph Wolf. s. II. mead
81 assembly district-L. Brost ]. Liberty
sHEBoYGAN COUNTY.
let senatorial district-Jos. Osthelder J. Clifford
ist assembly district Water: Chas oesling
3 assembly "istrict-Louis Wolt,J r. Carrel.
MANIT0WUC COUNTY,
18th senatorial district-T. G. 0lmstsd. A. Witt-
mann.
1t assembly d,s,ric,-M. Tau-her. D. Schneider
land.
81 assembly distric.-u. S Pierpont, c. W
White.
After the report of the Committee on
Credentials, the Committee en- Resolutions
reported. This report constitute d the
platform of the CONVENTION, which We
published last week
Mr., Delany, of Dodge, move that the
Convention proceed to ballot ric1 roce, a,
the name of each delegate is callod by the
clerf, for a candidate for member of
Congress for the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict of the State, ard that the first ballo,
be Informal Motion adopted. The in
formal ballot resulted as follows:
S. d. Burchar'i, of Dodge, Is; F.. S.
Bragg, Of Fond du Lac. 10; Conrad krez,
of Sheboygan, s; Joseph Villas, of Mani
towoc, s. Whole number Of votes, Al.
E-ci, candidate received the vote u hi.
county only.
Tue formal b.lloting was then com
menccl, and was continued without any
changes from the above until after the
take a recess Of ten minutes, which was
carried.
Bailoting Was again resumed after the
short season of button-holing was over,
proceeded with exactly the same result rs
before until the 32i balloting WAS an
nounced, when on motion Of Louis " OLD
recess was taken to half past O'Clock in
the evening.
7 l2 O'Clock p. M.-Ou opening Ct the
/
from acting as secretary, and p. Mulhol
Land, Of the same county, appointed in hi'
place. ~
The balloting was resumed and patiently
continued with tie same result as that al
the beginning, until the 50th was An.
nounced. wheu Mr.. Pierpout moved to ad'
journ until 9 O'Clock next morning, whici
mo tion Was lost, as also was o motion to
take recess for ten minutes.
The 5lst ballot was taken without
change, when Mr.. Pierpont renewed hi:
motion to adjourn, which was again votet
down.
SD ballot taken with the same result.
! Mr. Sloan called Vice President Pier
pont to the chair, and taking the aoor re.
nswed the motion to adjourn to 9 O'Clock
/ tomorrow morning. lie thought nothing
would be gained by further balioting then,
but if they slept over the matter they nigh
be better able to agree in theiracton wher
they again came together. Motion adopted
| WEDNESDAY,, 9 O'clock a.m.-Yoting a.
was resumed and continued to the CID
ballot, T. II. Ilotehkiss received the Fot'
Of the Sheboygsu delegation for time
when a recess of 80 minutes was taken.
Eight more ballots were taken, includ
Jog the 10th. In one Of these, the I'D
Burchard gained one vote, receiving l6
and in Eve oil them Brag. increased one
rote, receiving ii, and Villas received al
addition u one snd two votes, scoring
and 10. -s sss -
After the 56th ballot, on motion Of Loui
Wolf, the conventioa topk recess till
l-2 p. m, - aF
/ L. O'CLOCK p. m.-Baliotlbg resume
and up to and Including the 9Ist vote, stoo
Burchard Is. Bragg II, Villas r. The
vote was, for Burchard Is, Bragg 10, Yila
Q, krez4. B. Williams ., and So ntinue
with some increase Oh Bragg and Villas an
loss On krez, to the l0lst WHICH was
for Burchard, IL for Bragg, l2 for Villa
ard for Williams.
On motion of J Osthelder the conveniio
took recess for half ap hour.
In the l02 ballot Villas received Is vote