, 1876-09-29

Ts,arlcn, a James o. Mrght and j. H. Burns
A vote Of thanks was rendered tho temporary
Ciarinan tor the impartial nsanner III which he
In talsing tue chair, Mr.. Williams aald he saw
no reason wl,y t}lc Convention should no. pro-
ceetl to nominate sucl, person ~ would reflect
credit upon tie First District. They wantctt u
n'an Of ability, integrity, and spotlcss rcputa-
Col. Thompson moved tlat the Convention
take an Informal ballot. Carried.
Mr. scdEwick moved to adjourn till 2 o'clock.
Lost.
NOMINATIONS.
Col. Davis said tllr days Of Eings and cliqucs
mad passed. ntid tlc people wanted nl lonest
and efficient representative: They haa bcrn
misrcpresentcd long enough In this dEatrict.
lie trl,ssrd that THO action Of tic Convention
would Dc so harmonious tint, wlicn Its numitee
election was declared, lie would he returned
l'y u inaJorty which would connpet the Kctcls to
seek bark seats again.. lie had plcaenre in p1nc-
tlnag tho name Of Kirk Hawes before tic Conyca-
Mr.. Ellsworth nominated 1rus Coy, whom lie
k'cw to ho thoroughly qualified md honest
man, and ono aound on the principles Of the
party (Apn'ausc.l
Mr. Rennick seconded the motion.
Mr.. FescnttHnl ot1crcd tho name OF George
~ logne, whose qualities, lie said, would a,calt
louder In hts behalf than lie could. (Appa,1sc.j
~, Col. ThoHnson seconded this nomination.
JS ssssss y 9f be1 e s1ty aooene M .pon "
bosue they Ind a man Of stcr}sne aualtles,-a
man Of sufficient memory to remember, without
belnE logged, that prf.nners Of war were veil
treated IL ,Cunp Dqag1as. [Cleers.l Mr..
la1 won thu admiration Of everybody. nnd as q
member Vi the Legislature, he hat1 wun tic cs-
tcc,n, respect, nnd confidence Of hfs associates
by M Intelligent performance Of bis duty. Jap
Col. Val'ette sud he had no word Of dspar-
agcMcnt to utter against the other cn,dldatrs,
but he wished to nominate nun whose recortt
and reputation cxtcul!ed beyond tho City of
Chicago-ono whose l,asac llad been the Sign Of
n1s''sc. 311tssaty and h0nest'-'0h" C. D0re' lap
Mr.. Louis Raun placed III nomination Gov.
Bross without making srceclI.
Maj. Plumb put IN nomination DR.: Dyer,
gentleman Of stainless reputation null unusual
uuH1iratto,,s aul one WIN .tn'sacsscd tho co1lil-
dtticc III the people. tArplausc.
1Nr0HMAL.
The nominations having been closed All In
formal ballot was taken with the following;
result:
Whole number of votes cast................ ....D4
Necessary to choice. c........... ..............4H
Dofe.+. ~
...........-.In
nuRue '.'..'''.'
!Tose...'''.' j.
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John Wentworth. Observation-Disclosures
On tnotion Of Abner Taylor tho Convention
proceeded 10 formal ballot, whtrh resulted rs
follows:
FIRST nALLOT.
Whole number Of votes cast................ ....fs
Necessary to IL choice. ......... .-.4H
loTe......-'.'..'s.'...
Coy ~
'-.'''.'4n
....','...."l
Afr, Otto Sht1ltc gajl ho WAS authorized tn
Withdraw l1Ie uatlle Of JatucR Gov,
Mr. Sutherland, In an enogstIc srocc!,, SUBJ
Mlttcd the nl1ne Of AID. Al!rtcli. [Aprlllse.1
alr, Shll}tZ said Ills information Vas INCORRECT,
1fr f.nv hoi t,nt ,tItI,ttrn,rft
The second formal ballut resulted l9 follows:
wa, ...... -.
y ttut Mnnct - so.ee
i,sS""a'' i,oe " ''''''''''''1s
fru
Bognc,
AaWes '.'''."..''.'-.'.... .......1H
hldrtch.... ...........,...........
uFuae... .......-............, y
There WIS Sill NO CllDleC, ami nnDttlCr lnl(Qt
WoB taken, with the following result:
ru,p,,
&-hn, .,,.,,o. . .,.o. 1850 nr
Errnsxnrv 10 = cofrc go * *
ilufo
Coy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ........s
I,oguc. Observation-Disclosures.
Htpen '''''''''* ''''''''
@
h'uf1c" ''.''''''..''
An eltUrt WA8 MlAuc to adjourn Tor one hour
BY tic Du puge delegates, hut the Convention
voted Il down. The fourth ballot roSulked:
vo,u,,r
x,,,o,, ,r,,,,,. n, r,tcs cast m
Nsrntsnrv ~ n chnico 49, - 80 a1 atI
Iiofc ii
Gov -, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Nognc .........,..........
Druss. s...,..................... ....... ..,.... =
IIawee. ...."....,.."........,... 40
Aldfich.". .''...'.''-'..'.'+''.'.""'
r.- o+.,. .-,,u f!tI1.
AAe HllH o"44ot iceu4se"'
" l1Dle HuMDGF OF FOIca cast
Necessary 10 ch0lcc... ..-......... .r........4D
Roy.
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DEOeH l
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