The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-04

who was not an ardent supporter of
Mr.. Draper from the outset.
Delegate Greentree, who wanted to
see Prosecuting Attorney Miller renom-
mated, arose and moved that President
Post be authorized to cast the vote Of
the convention for him. The motion
prevailed and thus the old war horse Of
the democracy is once more on the
track. Thanks to Delegate Greentree.
The next in order was the nomination
of a probate judge and county treasu-
rer. Altman arose and nominated the
present incumbent, g. F. Miller; Sulli-
a nominated city marshal D.. J. Nc
Donald; Snyder nominated j. II. Mich
OILS and Holiday nominated w. G. Pro-
vines. ~
On motion an informal ballot was
taken, resulting as follows: Miller, 81;
Nichols, Z; Mcdonald, 3; provinces, 2.
On the first formal ballot Miller was
declared the nominee, having received
% of the 33 votes.
Convention then proceeded to select
a candidate for county clerk. Delegate
Reid nominated H. W. Foglesong, and
Delegate Greentree nominated Louis
Loeb, the present incumbent. On the
first formal ballot the vote stood: Fogle-
song, 81; Loeb, IL; blank, 1; giving Fo-
glesong the nomination.
On motion of Delegate Snyder the
chairman was authorized to cast the
vote Of the convention for Rev. j. Y.
Cowhick as the nominee for superin-
tendent of schools. Mr.. Cowhick is
the present incumbent of that office.
For the Office of assessor, Delegate
Hannifin nominated John T. Chafin;
Altman nominated w. G. provinces and
Coad nominated David Miller. On the
first formal ballot John T. Chafin was
selected by a majority vote of 10 out of
the 80.
A lively contest then took place over
the nomination for coroner. The fol-
lowing named were presented and voted
for by'their respective friends: G. P.
Goldacker, M. p. Hannifn, Henry
Harrington, P. Sullivan, T. A. Caswell,
DR.. w. w. Crook, w. E. Rose and
John Martin. There were several 9TH
ers whose names our reporter failed to
learn. On the third formal ballot Gar
ibaldi Pizzaro Goldacker, the present
incumbent, got away with the baggage
'sby a large majority"
1t being next in order to nominate
three candidates for county commits
sioners, the following named were pre-
sented: r. F. Glover, w. G. Bullock,
E. H. Leibey, Fred. Landau, o. P.
Goodwin, ]. H. Nichols, P. HANNA,
II. Kimme and ]. E. Davis On the
first formal ballot Messrs. Glover, Bull
lock and Leibey were selected as the
candidates of the party for county COM
missioners. The vote stood: Bullock,
80; Glover, 10; Leibey, II; Landau, g.;
Goodwin, 10; HANNA, L; Davis, 6, and
Kimme, 8. The three highest were
declared the nominees in accordance
with an understanding entered into
previous to taking the vote.
Convention then adjourned to meet
at ven O'Clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Convention re-assembled at seven
O'Clock, and proceeded to nominate
candidates for Justices of the peace and
constables, with the following result:
Cheyenne precinct-Justices Peace
Maj. John Talbot, D. Fallen. Consta-
bles-Thos. Talbot, BENZ. Smalley.
Fort Laramie-Justice Peace-L.
F. Green. Constable-R. L. Osborn.
Hat Creek-Justice Peace-W. H.
Munro. Constable-J. H. Bowman.
Egbert-Justice Peace-Wm. Dolan.
Constable-Jas. Goft.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES McPhee.
Pine Observation-Disclosures d.
Payton.
Granite Canon-Constable-H. Wet
eel.
The following named delegates were
chosen to represent the democracy of
Laramie county in the territorial con-
vention to be held at Rawlins on the
18th inst: T. Dyer, P. HANNA, T. Null
queen, r. F. Glover, J. F. Coad, w.
H. Miller, NJ. P. Hannian, j. N. KEEL
Ter, P. J. Mcnamara.
On motion Of Delegate Snyder the
above named were instructed to cast
their votes for p. HANNA for delegate
in congress.
Following named were selected as the
democratic central committee for the
ensuing two years: T. Dyer, Henry
Harrington, D. j. Mcdonald, j. T..
Holiday, George G.. Duffey.
After three faint cheers for the ticket
the convention adjourned sine die. The
lack of harmony was surpassed only by
the absence of enthusiasm.
Brigham a Brigand.
A report has gained currency in this
city since the robbery that Geo. E.
Brigham, formerly treasurer of this
county, was one of the road agents who
helped do the work. 1t is said that he
has been inhabiting the country about
Jenney's stockade ever since he skipped