The Wichita city eagle., 1876-08-24
The Congressional convsntion-Its Proceedings
and Results.

Inc IOuvelitlOH iUei III WlCultd ~
Eagle Hall at ten O'Clock a. M, and
was called to order by Hon. jacob
E Stotler, chairman of the District Cen
tral Committee. Rev. Wheeler, OF
Reno offered prayer.
Capt. Booth then read the call under
which they were assembled.
On motion Of Mr.. Cross. Mr.. Nichols,
of Elk, was made temporary chairman.
On motion of Mr.. wilkins, Capt.
Booth Was made temporary secretary.
On motion of Judge Hanback, a
committee of seven was appointed OIL
credentials.
On motion OF Mr.. Hubbs a commit
tee of like number was appointed
upon permanent organization.
The chair announced the following
on credentials: Hanback,, of Shaw.
nee, Bunker, of Harvey, Williams, OF
Marion, Wood, of Sumner, Morton, OF
Chase, Guy, of Chautauqua and Rizer.
of Greenwood.
On permanent organization the fol-
lowing Hubbs, of Edwards, Wheeler,
of Reno, Finch, of Usage, 10y, OF
Lyon, Troup, Of Cowley, Richardson,
of Harvey and Coffin, of Morris.
The Convention then took recess
until two O'Clock p. IN.
On reassembling Judge Hanback,
from committee on credentials, re-
ported the following persons duly ac-
credited to seats:
/ Barbour county-W. NJ. Friedly, ii.
Z. Van Trees.
Barton county-M W. Halsey, S. S.
Dennis.
Butler county-A. l.. Redden, Ii. L.
Sumner, |. Mooney, j. l.. Ferguson,
4 7. b. Murdock.
Chase county-T. Warton, p. d.
Montgomery.
Coffey county-S. r. Gross, II. S.
Cowgirl.
! Cowley county-L. j. Webb, Il. l..
Walker, j. B. Evans, NJ. G. Troup, E.
G. Manning,
Chautauqua county-W. II. Guy,
A. Ellis, d. j. Moore, c. j. Peckham,
II. O, Lyster.
Edwards county--T. l.. Rodgers, c.
l.. Hubbs.
Elk county-R II. Nichols, George
Mckee, Thos Hendricks, Chas. Bar
bour, W. NJ. Cummings.
Ford county-R. w. Evans, ii. j.
Fringer.
Greenwood county-H. j. German,
w. f. Osborne, c. NJ Rizer, Walt
Smithers.
Harvey county-John Putterbahgh,
A. G. Richardson, H. w. Bunker.
Lyon county Geo. Johnson, E. Bor-
ton, L. Il. Kellogg, L. A. Taylor, j.
w. Lov.
Norris county,. l.. Loomis,
Charles Fearne, j. A. Flesher, j. r..
Hughes.
Marion county,. M. Corbitt, John
w. Williams, VIM. Smith.
Usage county-M. B. Morris, G.. F..
Fcucks. j. Wilkins, J. F. Edie, l.. E.
Finch.
Pawnee county--Henry Booth, II.
r. Salmons.
Reno county,. III. Leard, G.. w.
Hardy, Hiram Raft. Prof. Wheeler.
Rice county,. X. Miller, w. r.
Lee.
Rush county,. T. De Laplane, E.
n. Green, Henry Pierce.
Sedgwick county-W. B. Williams,
Horace Carpenter, Milton Stewart,
Geo. Salisbury, A. e. Burr.
Shawnee county-B. A. Patton, j.
Q. A. Peyton, A. G. Sherman, Byron
Roberts. Lewis Hanback,, A. j. Hun
toon, II. j. Loomis, f. r. Foster, j. A.
Troutman.
Sumner county-Samuel Barn, j. g.
Woods, w. A. Winsell.
Wabaunsee county-Joseph Fields,
G. w. Daily, c. d. Hill.
Woodson county-A. 3. Maner, w.
w. Sair, w. A. Cozine.
The report was unani mously adopt
ed.
Nominations for member of Con-
gress being in order, Judge Hanback,
obtained the floor, aud. after short
speech, nominated Hon. Thomas
Ryan. Mr.. Kellogg nominated j. Jay
Buck. Mr.. Nichols nominated w. r.
Brown. Mr.. Martin nominated S. n.
Wood. Mr.. Finch nominated G. S.
Martin.
An informal ballot was then taken,
which resulted as follows
Brown, "a; Ryan, 80; Buck, Is;
Martin, Z; Wood, 6.
Mr.. Finch withdrew the name of
Mr.. Martin in favor of Mr.. Ryan.
This brought great cheering.
Mr.. Martin withdrew the name of
Mr.. Wood in favor of Mr.. Ryan.
A formal ballot was then COM
menced, but before it was completed,
Mr.. Ryan having received large ma
jority, Capt. Booth moved to suspend
the rules and make the nomination of
Mr.. Ryan unanimous.
This motion prevailed amidst i'm
mense cheering and enthusiasm. A
committee, consisting of Judge Han
back and Capt. Booth, conducted Mr..
Ryan to the chair.
After some time, order having been
restored, Mr.. Ryan accepted the nom
inasion in ringing speech, and
pledged himself to thorough canvass
and an impartial performance of his
duties as representative of all sections
of the Third District.
Judge Brown, III answer to repeated
calls, then came forward and predicted
a majority of fifteen thousand for
Ryan and the whole ticket He was
in harness ready for work at the bid
ding of the people.
A central committee, consisting of
one member from each Senatorial
District, was then chosen, as follows !:
Judge Hanback,, Shawnee.
NJ. c. Demott, Cowley.
r. III. Nichols, Elk.
w. w. Sairc, Woodson.
j. Stotler, Lyon.