The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-10-11
TIRE COUNTY DEMOCRAT TIC CONYEN.

AAOAV.
Pursuant to call of the committee
the Democratic County Convention
convened at the Court HQuse, on Sat
urday last at o'clockp. M. .
The Convention va called TO order
by W. r: Bennett Chairman&of the
County Committee. ~z ~aas~ ~~r"~
The organization was effected by the
choice of Peter Thompson Chairman,
and A. N Jordan Secretary.
II N. Carrier and H. J.. IackOr were
appointed tellers.
!, On motion of Il. B. Bennett a COM
mittee of three on Credentials was ap-
pointed by the Chair, viz: J. Gordon,
w. p: Perkins and i. b. Bennett c.,
The report Of the Committee on Gre
dentials was adopted without discus
l.. B. Bennett, B. N. Carrier and "A.
N. JOrdon were chosen delegates to the
Convention to be held at
Window, Oct. 16.- ..:..
On motion, the delegates to the SEN
atOrial Convention with the addition of
DR.. J. Craft We're elected by acclama-
ton as delegates to the Representative
Convention.
The Convention then proceeded to
ballot for County Officers, On motion
of l.. B. Bennett, Peter Thompson was
declared the unanimous choice of the
Convention for County Treasurer. 49,
An informal ballot for County Audi
tor was taken. ~
Five formal ballots were taken, f.
nally resulting as follows:
=, +. s: Mills, 8
Jas Walker 7
Capt. f. $. Mills, of Bigelow, having
a majority on the 5th ballot was declar-
ed the nominee of tile Convention.
p, The balloting for Register Of Deeds
resulted in the nomination of Jos.
Chadwick, of Worthington. IL votes
were cast of which IL were for MIR.
Chadwick.
DR.. J. Craft was nominated for Judge
of Probate on the first ballot.
B. n. Carrier was nominated for
Clerk Of Court. The ballot stood:
Carrier IL
Scattering 1
Messrs. Johnson, Thurber and Town
were voted on for Sheriff. Is votes
were cast of which johnson received 8
For County Superintendent Nelson
Jordan received 10 votes, Rev. J. G.
l.. b. Bennett was placed in nominal
ton for Coroner on the following vote:
l.. B. Bennett 8
Scattering 3
The following County Committee was
elected by reclamation for the ensuing
year:
W. r. Bennett, Chairman; A. N.
Jordan, Secretary; Jos. Tarbert; J.
Gortlen; w. p. Perkins.
Executive Committee, Peter Thomp-
son, Chairman; DR.. J. Craft, B. +.
Thurber, A. A. Abbott, Milton Eel
lows.
On motion of w. r. Bennett, the
Convention then adjourned.
THE DEMOcRA TIC TICKET.
Elsewhere we give a report of the
proceedings Of the Democratic County
Convention held on Saturday last.
The following ticket was nominated:
For Auditor-E. S. Mills.
For Treasurer Peter Thompson.
For Register OF Deeds-Jos. Chad
wick.
For Judge of Probate-J. Craft.
For Clerk Of Court-B. n. Carrier.
For Sheriff-B. +. johnson.
For Superintendent Of Schools
Nelson Jordan.
For Coroner-L. 3. Bennett.
The Convention, like the Republican
Convention which preceded it, seems
to have ignored party lines. OF the
above nominees, Mills, Chadwick and
Johnson are Republicans and the re-
mainder of the nominees are Democrats.
A majority of the gentlemen nominal
ted on this ticket are we'll known to
the people of the county, having either
held Office before or been associated
with our people rs business men for
several years. Mr.. johnson and Mr..
Jordan, however, are not so we'll known
and word by way of introduction will
therefore he proper.
3. F. Johnson, of Seward, the nomi-
nee for Sheriff. is we'll known in the
northern part of the county as sub
stantial farmer. He is Republican
of twenty years standing and is an in
telligent, honest, capable man. Mr..
johnson served several terms as Sheriff
in Wisconsin, before coming to this
county, and is therefore familiar with
the duties of that office, and should he
he elected, will enter upon his duties
already fitted to fulfill them. lie has
also served for some years as a Justice
of the Peace and is familiar with pub
lie business.
Nelson Jordan, the nominee for STU
perintendent of Schools, has been a
resident of the county since last spring.
He halls from the State of Maine, where
he served some years as Superintend-
ent of Schools, in a thickly-populated
district, where the standard Of the pub
lie schools is high and where 4 large
sum of money is involved in their
maintenance. lie is therefore thor
oughly competent, by ability and ex-
perience to Gil the office.
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
The Democratic Convention, which
met at St. Paul last week, nominated
the following ticket:
For Goyernor-W. L. Banning, Of
Ramsey.
Lieutenant Governor-A. A. Ames.
Minneapolis.
Attorney General r. Jones,
Fillmore.
Secretary of State-P. T. Lindholm,
Goodhue.
Treasurer-John F. Meagher, Blue
Earth.
RailrOad COmm issionar- II Hill