Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1878-09-14


w. r. King being the only candi-
date for State Senator before the
Convention, he was elected by &C.
clamation.
For the Assembly w. E. Smith,
Of Silver, and Hugh Kennedy, Of
Dayton, were elected by acclama-
ton. There being a dispute be-
tween the Churchill and Sutro dele
cations, as to who should have the
other Assemblyman, Hugh CARING
of Churchill, and Levi Lamb of
Sutro, were balloted for, when Mr..
Lamb received Is votes and Mr..
CARING IL. Mr.. Lamb was there
fore declared the nominee.
FOR COUNTY OFFICIALS.
R. A. Cooke, of Silver, was nomi-
mated for Sheriff; J. d. Sims, of Day
ton, for Treasurer; Charles F. Brant,
of Dayton, for Assessor; and J. A.
Bonham, OF Dayton, for Recorder
and Auditor. All these nomina.
tions were made by reclamation.
There being no candidate for Dis
trict Attorney the selection Of
suitable person to place on the
ticket was left with the County Cen.
trail Committee.
J. S. Dallas, of Dayton, was then
nominated for Clerk by reclamation.
There being no candidates for
Public Administrator and Surveyor,
the County Central Committee were
instructed to nominate good citizens
for those offices.
For Superintendent of Public
Schools, F. B. Mercer of Sutro was
nominated by reclamation.
For County Commissioner, long
term, G. w. Burrier, of Churchill,
! was nominated by reclamation.
For County Commissioner, short
term, J. r. Shaw and J. G. Gruber,
of Dayton, were put in nomination.
A ballot was taken and Mr.. Shaw
was declared the nominee.
THE COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Theodore Vinson, Patrick Henry,
J. NJ. McGinnis, J. D. Sims, w. R
King, and DR.. G. B. Briefly were
nominated as members of the County
Central Committee. Mr.. Henry de-
clined, Mr.. King also declined, but
the Convention insisted upon cleo
ting him.
PRECINCT OFFERS.
The various delegations then
handed in the following list for pre-
cinct officers:
For Silver-Justice of the Peace,
J. p. Gould; Constable, D. E. Nc.
Erlain; School Trustees,-P. Henry
and H. J. T. Scheel (J. NJ. McGinnis
holds over. Town Trustees-J. w.
Grier, Joseph Munckton, and j. NJ
McGinnis.
For Dayton-Justice T. r. Hawk
ms; Constable, Charles Motley.
For Sutro-School Trustees, H. II
Sheldon, DR.. Briefly, and T. w
Thompson-the latter being for the
long term.
Fort Churchill School Trustees
r. NJ. Alcorn, s. S. auckland, and
A. B. Fitch.
THE LEGISLATIVE NOMINEES UM
PLEDGED.
Patrick Henry then introduced the
following:
Resolved, That the Senator and AS
semblymen nominated by this Con-
vention are hereby instructed, il
elected, to cast their votes, first. last,
and all the time, for John P. Jones
for United States Senator.
This resolution being objected to,
an amendment striking out the words
first, last, and all the time," was Of
fered This was laid on the table.
By this time only nineteen dele
gates were present, but the majority
were decidedly opposed to pledging
the nominees, and even those dele.
gates who avowed their preference
for Senator Jones admitted that il
would be impolitic to pledge the
nominees for him, although they
thought that his record should be in
dorsed. The Convention seemed to
coincide in this, and the following
was thereupon adopted:
Resolved, That this Convention un-
qualifedlY Endorses the course OF
Senator j. p. Jones, and that he is
the choice of this Convention for
United States Senator.
The Convention then adjourned
sine die.
A DANGEROUS Shaft to be Filled,