The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-07-29
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY. CONVENTION.

i AHer an almost lnterminable amount OF
preliminary caucusing, the Republican
County Convention, called for two o'clock
Monday afternoon, was called to order at
halfpast three o'clock by Capt. West,
Chairman of the County Committee. L. B.
Raymond was elected chairman and f.
Fl. Atwood Secretary.
On motion Of J. E West, T. c. McC lure,
I'M. Gilman and Capt. NJ. J. Hogan were
appointed Committee on Credentials.
On motion OLD, B. Searle a Committee
on Permanent Organization, consisting Of
D. B. SeArle, J. H. Dennis and J. v. Brow
er, was appointed, t"
A recess of fifteen minutes was taken.
TIC. Mcclure, Chairman OF the Commit
tee ON Credentials, upon the ..re,assembling
Of the Convention. reported the following
list Of delegates:
St. Martin-C. Bosworth IN. J. Hogan,
subj .>'"0
Spring HiN-M. ]. Hogan.
Lake Henry-Nels Eliason M. J. Hogan,
Far Haven't. K. Noyes, w. Cooper.
| Oak-A. Sutton q. E. West, SUBJ
Abany-Jos. Kraker C.. r. McKenny,
sub.)
Maine R'airie-D. G. Keef, D. A.. Rob-
erts, E. H. Atwood.
Melrose-S. r. Foot, D. B. Mcdonald
| "a. Barto, SUBJ
Soak Centres. NJ. Bruce, J. NJ. Gilman,
J. D. Carr. J. H. Dennis, j. r. Howard,
I. NJ. Carpenter, A Barto.
PaynesviAe-C. N. Riley.
St. Cloud-lst Ward: j. E. West, J. A.
Stanton, J. H. Raymond. I'd Ward: H.
P. Bennett, D. B. Searle, J. V. Brewer.
Sd Ward: George Fuller e. G. Mcclure,
subj F. E. Searle. 4th Ward: G. A. Gil
man.
| On motion of J. E. West the report was
amended by adding the name of L. B. Ray
mond, of the town of Raymond, who was
| present.
The report was then adopted.
! D. B. Searle, Chairman of the Committee
on Permanent Organization, reported in
favor ofthe temporary being the perma-
nent officers of the Convention. Report
adopted.
Capt. Hogan moved that NJ. Cans be
nominated for Treasurer by reclamation.
Lieut.. Governor Barto said it was under
stood in his locality that no county nominal
tons would be made at this time and he
was opposed to the nomination for this rea-
son.
On motion of G. A. Gilman it was de-
cided to take ballot to decide whether or
not nominations should be made at this
time. j. E. West and e. A. Gilman were
appointed tellers. The ballot stood:
For making nominations..................26
Against ..................ll
D. B. Searle moved to proceed to nominate
a Treasurer by ballot. Mr.. Gilman, at his
own request, was excused from serving as a
teller, and A. Barto was appointed in his
stead.
The ballot stood:
M. Gans..... ...........26
| J. E. West. ........................... /
The nomination of Mr.. Cans was made
unanimous.
On motion of J. V. Brewer, John Zapp
was nominated by reclamation for Register
of Deeds.
M. J. Hogan moved to nominate Geo.
Geissel for Sheriff:
GA. Gilman said that Sank Centre
would like to bring forward a candidate,
but was not prepared at this time. He
therefore moved to postpone action on Sher-
if and proceed to the other nominations.
Capt. Hogan made speech in favor of
his candidate.
On motion of J. E. West it was decided
to proceed to ballot for candidate for Sher-
if: The vote stood:
j. II. Dennis. 800. ..................
GeO. Gelssel. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Mr.. Dennis's nomination was made unani-
nous.
D. B. Searle moved that the nomination
Of a County Attorney be passed over and
left with the County Committee.
The motion was opposed by E. H. At
wood and A. Barto. T. G. Mcclure stated
that the postponement was in Difference
to the wishes Of the gentleman who it was
understood would be the candidate. Capt.
Hogan wanted to go ahead. The motion to
postpone was declared carried.
Capt. West said it would be wise either
to blot out what we had already done-as
we might regret the mixed-up state into
which we had got-or continue to fill the
ticket. He did not believe that the Repub-
lican party should be run in the interests
of any one or two men-that candidates
must take their chances.
T. G. Mcclure moved to proceed to bal
lot for Judge of Probate. After consider
able discussion the motion was put and
carried.
D. J. Hanscom was admitted as delegate
from Eden Lake.
The ballot stood:
u. b. Searle......................
Il. "A. EVans... .............................. b
"A. bartO..........- .......................... l
The nomination of D. 3. Searle for .Jndpe