The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-04-02

TlRut uiIcctiOu'
Claims to be the Regular Nominee.
In ais letter of the oath of March
Dwight May says:
claim to be the regularly nom.
mated candidate of the party"
Well, let US see. 4 convention was
called to meet at Kalamazoo on the
18th day OF February last, at the
Court House, at II o'clock, noon. AS.
suming on the spur of the moment that
the call was regular, and that the per-
son making that call was authorized to
do so, convention was Immediately
called for this county, and caucuses
held in nearly or quito all of the town.
ships of this county. Although the
weather was very inclement, seventy.two
delegates put in an appearance, bearing
the proper credentials from the pri.
maries where they had been chosen.
Before the day for the assembling of
our county convention, rumors reached
this county Of certain unfair practices
that had been resorted to in Kalama.
zoo, by which the convention of that
county was packed for Dwight May
that the convention had really been
called by Mr.. May himself, using Mr..
Reade as convenient alias. In the
early stages Of this judicial contest,
these facts were admitted by several of
Mr. Mays active managers, but now de-
MED by them.
The Van Buren, County Convention
convened, and after a survey Of the
situation, and compromising the fraud
that had been attempted to be perpe-
tgated upon this county, by attempting
to force them into the district conven.
ton on such an inequality that Van
Buren, County would be placed at the
mercy Of cortie of ring politicians who
had been well manipulated, and at
whose hands they could expect no con.
sideration, decided to elect eight dele.
gates, the number Mr.. May had fixed
upon TOR Kalamazoo, and demand that
they be admitted and that there might
be no mistaking the tenor and extent of
the conventions instructions to its dele.
gates, the following resolution was
adopted for the guidance of the dele.
gates, and the information of all others:
RESOLVED, that the number of in.
habitants and amount of legal business
OF Van Buren, County demands an
equal representation with Kalamazoo
County in the 9th Judicial Convention,
and that unless admitted to such rep.
resentation (the delegation) is requested
to withdraw from, add refuse to par.
ticipate in, the deliberations of the Con-
vention
On the assembling of the judicial
Convention, Van Buren, County was de-
MED admission vita eigat delegates and
when d member Of the delegation moved
that eight delegates from each county
be admitted to the Convention, the
Chairman refused to put the motion be.
fore the Convention, giving substantially
as a reason therefor, that as Mr. Read
had assigned eight delegates to Kali
amazoo and six to Van Buren,, that
was final, and no different basis could
be allowed By this ruling of Mr..
Neasmith, whom the Kalamazoo del
egates had declared the Chairman,
Van Buren, was excluded from all
participation with the gentlemen of
Kalamazoo, and nothing was left for
them to do but leave, aud look up
some other place in which to meet
aud transact the business for which
they had been sent
The Van Buren, County delegates re-
paired to the public parlors of the Kal.
amazoo House, and there organized the
Convention, nominated a candidate for
Circuit Judge for the 9th Judicial Cir.
cult. appointed a Judicial Committee,