Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
RepvbIlcan civ convention.

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day evening, Feb. oath 1877, at Z
o'clock, and was called to order by
u. E. Cummings, Chairman of the
Central Committee.
| On motion Capt w. II. c. Jaques
was elected Chairman, and l.. NJ.
Cooley was appointed Secretary.
The following gentlemen were
placed in nomination for the Office OF
Mayor:
DR.. s. r. Mitchell, o. NJ. Ladd, A.
Lotspiech and Maj. J. S. Porter.
| On motion it was ordered that the
first ballot be informal.
On motion w. A. McGrew, S. d.
Thrall, VIM. McNett and w. w. Pol
lard were appointed tellers.
The vote on informal ballot result
ed as follows:
s. r. Mitchell, 60; O. M. Ladd, n :
j. s. Porter, 100; A. Lotspeich, 43.
The vote on the first formal ballot
stood:
Mitchell, 40; Ladd, IS; Porter, 249 !;
Lotspeich, 20.
J. s. Porter, having received ma
jority of all the votes cast, was, on
motion, declared the unanimous
choice of the convention, for the Office
of Mayor.
The following nominations were
made for City Treasurer:
M. q. Walker and Wade Kirkpat-
rick.
On the first ballot Wade Kirkpat-
rick received 22O votes and nj. B.
Walker lis.
On motion of M. b. Walker the
nomination of Mr.. kirkpatrick was
made unanimous, for the Office of
City Treasurer.
The convention then proceeded TO
the nomination of q candidate for the
Office Of City Assessor.
7. r. Buckley, Joe. L. Harmon and
w. ii. Gorsuch, were placed in nom-
nation. :
On the first ballot T. II. Buckley re-
ceived 70 votes; w. Ii. Gorsuch 70
and Joe. L. Harmon 112.
The second ballot resulted as fol-
lows:
I. r. Buckley, so; w. II. Gorsuch,
81 and Joe. l.. Harmon so.
|. On motion Joe. l.. Harmon was de-
clared the unanimous choice of the
convention for the office of City As
SCISSOR.
On motion of DIR. S. b. Thrall, it
was ordered by the convention, that
in the future the chairman of the City
Central Committee call delegate con-
vcntions for thepurpose ofnominating
candidates to be voted for at ensuing
city elections, instead of mass conven-
tions, and that the members of the
Central Committee, of the several
Wards meet and fix the ratio of rep
resentation.
On motion, it was further ordered
that the members of the Central Com
mittee in the several Wards of the
City, meet and elect their own chair
man.
The following resolution was in
troduccd:
WHEREAS, The name of the Hon.
+. l.. Burton has been presented
through the public prints, and has
been spoken of generally, without re-
gard to party, and he seems to be ac-
cepted by the people, as fit and nom
partisan candidate for the Office of
Judge of the Superior Court, of OF
tumwa, and
WHEREAS, NJ. Burton is recognized
by all our citizens, as lawyer of en-
mincnt ability, large experience and
capable Of filing the position named,
with credit to all concerned. And
WHEREAS, We believe that the con-
vention should hold aloof. as far as
possible, from party strife in filing
this position, therefore
BE IL Rcsolred, That it is the sense
OF TINS convention to defer to the
generally expressed wishes mention
ed in the foregoing preamble, and
that this convention does, therefore,
recommend the name of the Hon. +.
l.. Burton to the republican voters of
The city of Ottumwa, for the Office of
Judge of the Superior Court, to be
voted upon at the ensuing city cleo
ton.
Whereupon, l.. l.. Mcbride moved
to lay the resolution upon the table.
Motion to lay on the table lost.
On motion the resolution was then
adopted, as read.
On motion adjourned.
W. II. G. JAqUEs, Chm'n.
l.. M. COOLEY, Sec.