The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-08
COUNTY CONVENTION.
The Republicans of Laramie
County Nominate a Ticket.
And Elect Ten Delegates to h Terri
il fssf1a tofial Convention.
Other Business Trsnsactsd-A Harmonious
Meeting.

NhS eNAS
gate chosen from the several precincts
assembled Monday afternoon, the 7th
inst, at the city hall for the purpose of
placing in nomination a county ticket;
the selection Of ten delegates to the ter
ritorial convention and for the traus-
action Of such other business as might
properly come before the meeting.
N. j. O'Brien, chairman of the COM
mittee, called the meeting to order,
read the call, and then stated that the
next thing in order would be the selec-
tion Of a chairman and secretary. On
motion l. Bergman was called to the
chair and w. b. Trufant was chosen
secretary. q. w. Riner was, on mo-
ton, elected assistant secretary.
N. j. O'Brien moved that a commit
tee of three be chosen on credentials.
The motion prevailed and the chair ap-
pointed Messrs. N. J.. O'Brien, G. b.
Goodell and w. IL. Hackney as said
committee. On motion Of j. X. JEFF
frey the convention took q recess of
twenty minutes in order to give the
committee time to examine credentials
and make a report.
Convention at the close of that time
re-convened and the committee SUBJ
mitted the following: We your COM
mittee find the following entitled to
seats in the convention:
Cheyenne Precinct-Jacques Braun,
w. J. Hardin, Isaac Bergman, A. d.
Butler, 7. A.. Davis, Isaac Deitrick,
VIM. r. Bryant, VIM. Guiterman, F.
Bush, G.. d. Goodell, John II. Durbin
and w. F. Swan 1al Hbi
Fort Laramie-N. J. O'Brien, proxy
for F. J.. Greene, and w. H.. Coleman.
Chugwater--W. II. Hackney.
Fagan's-I. N. Bard.
Egbert-Chas. W. Riner, proxy for
Geo. Gillian. Arrn
Pine Bluffs-A. s. Emery, proxy for
j. II. Coughlan.
Upper Horse Creek-W. B. Trufant,
proxy for J. W. Overton.
Lower Horse Creek-J. X. Jeffrey,
proxy for John F. Sherrod.
Pole Creek-Not represented.
Hazard-J. N. Slaughter.
Hat Creek-T. NJ. Fisher, proxy for
J.. H. Bowman.
Granite Canon-H. &. Hay, proxy
for p. NJ. Bigelow.
Laramie River-N. J. O'Brien, proxy
for Albert Gray.
On motion Z. +. Bernhard was ad-
mitted to a seat as a delegate from Po-
tato creek, with W. b. Trufant as his
proxy.
The chair announced that it would
be in order to proceed to make nomi-
nations for county offices. l. N. Bard
and T. NJ. Fisher were then chosen
tellers.
II. II. Helphenstine and w. G. Ly-
kins were placed in nomination for
sheriff. Informal ballot, Helphenstine
10, Lykins 10.
Formal ballot, Helphenstine 10, Ly-
kins 0. Convention declared Mr.. Hell
phenstine the nominee for sheriff.
J.H. Durbin then moved that Hon.
E. p. johnson be nominated by accla-
nation for county attorney, which mo-
tion prevailed, and Mr.. johnson was
declared the nominee of the conven-
ton.
On motion Mr.. Frank S. Whitney
was unanimously chosen the nominee
for probate judge and county treasurer.
Next in order was the nomination of
q candidate for county clerk. Messrs.
Peter Mckay and ]. X. jeffrey were
nominated, with the following result:
Informal ballot-Jeffrey ID, Mckay
II.
First formal ballot-Jeffrey 10, Nc
Kay IL.
Mr.. Jeffrey was declared the nomi-
nee Of the convention for county clerk.
For superintendent of public schools
q. N. Potter and VIM. p. Carroll were
placed in nomination: Mr.. Potter de-
clined to become a candidate, and the
convention unanimously nominated w.
p. Carroll for school superintendent.
Thomas Sturgis, J.. H. Durbin and
G. Hecht were elected by the conven-
ton as candidates for county commits
sioners.
On motion George MILFORD was unan-
imously nominated for county assessor.
For county surveyor the names of
L. NJ. hampton and A. NJ. Rogers were
presented to the convention, resulting
in the selection of A. NJ. Rogers as the
candidate for said office.
The names Of w. F. Lee and A. E.
Halves were proposed for the Office of
coroner. The vote on the first formal
ballot resulted in 10 votes for Lee and
10 for Halves. Mr.. Lee was declared
the nominee Of the convention.
Thomas NJ. Fisher and John 81 augh-
ter were then nominated by the con-
vention for justices of the peace for
Cheyenne precinct.
For constables r. II. Kipp and John
Curran were declared the nominees.
Fort Laramie Precinct. For justice
Of the peace, F. L. Greene was unani-
mously chosen, and w. II. Coleman
was selected as the candidate for con-
stable.
Hat (NrQak lain II n $780,.