Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-08-26

$3.50
Elected with an Increased Majority.
The Democratic Nominating Con-
yentiol of Audrain county, met at
the court house in Mexico on Satur-
day last, August 21st, and was called
to order by w. H. KEENAN,, ESQ.,,
chairman of the county Executive
Committee.
On motion, DIR. S. N. Russell was
appointed temporary chairman and
James Carroll, Esq, secretary, with
two assistants, who MI. Carroll an
nounced to be Messrs. McIntire and
Gentry.
On motion of Mr.. Ladd, the fol-
lowing committees, consisting of one
delegate from each township, were
put in nomination and appointed:
On Credentials, Messrs. Brown,
Torreyson, Crews, Hubbard, Richie,
Pollock and Holloway.
On Order of Business, Messrs.
Vandeventer, Carder, Mccormick,
Coatsworth, Keene, Baker and Davis.
On Permanent Organization, Messrs
jenkins, Brown, Sicily, Kennen,
Smith, Gillian, and Snidow.
The chairman appointed Mr.. A..
Hit Sergeant at Arms to seat the
assembly and preserve order.
The Committee on Organization
advised the convention to make it's
temporary organization permanent
and its report was accepted and
adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Laid the follow
ing additional sergeants at arms were
appointed Messrs. Smith, Johnson,
Sumner, Raney, Torreyson and Hill.
The Committee on Credentials re-
reported the following delegates from
Salt River township:
Messrs. Baker, Harrison, Gillian,
Russell, Glaseock, Pollock, Sallee,
Dowcll, Winant, Bybee, Price, Nu-
gent, Johnson, Newkirk, Dyson,
Loar, Hendricks, Byrns, Kesler,
Gardner and French, and recon-
mended that each ofthem be allowed
to cast one and eight elevenths of a
vote IN the convention.
From Sailing, Messrs. keene,
Reacher, Delaney, James, Smith,
Fountain, Wisdom and Richie, and
recommended that each of them be
allowed to east one vote.
From Wilson, NIessrs. Holloway,
Shoak, Fry Danes, Baker, Edmund
son, Flynt, Willis, Long, Daniel,
Lecper, Day, Potts and Snidow, and
recommended that each of them be
allowed to cast thirteen fourteentlls OF
q vote.
From Loutre, Messrs. Williams,
Mitchell, Wilson, Dodson, Horton,
Brown, Carder, Martin and Torrcy-
son, and recommended that each tn
allowed to cast one vote.
From Cuivre, Messrs. Mantaguc,
Burch, Ladd, Harrington, Gregg,
Clark, Sisk, Grigsby, Shannon, Phil
lips, Parker and Brown, and RECON-
mended that each of them be allowed
to cast eleven fourteenths of q vote.
From Prairie, Mcssrs. Murray,
Wilson, Hubbard, Cauthorn, kenncn,
Able, Coatsworth, CautI,orn and
Fisher, and that each of them be al
lowed to cast one vote.
From Linn, Messrs. Mccormick,
Skelly, Robnett and Crews, and that
each of them be allowed to cast three
fourths of q vote. All of which was
adopted.
The committee on order of bust
ness recommended that appointments
of delegates to conventions be made
first to the Congressional, second to
the Judicial, and after that nomina-
tons for county officers in the follow
ing order: Representative, Probate
Judge, Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff,
Collector, Treasurer, Judges Eastern
and Western Districts, Surveyor, AS
SCISSOR, Public Administrator, sCoro-
ner, Constable and Executive Com
mittce, all OF which was accepted and
adopted.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Mr.. J. Hubbard submitted the fol-
lowing:
Resolved, That Aaron McPike, Of
Cuivre, Judge Douglass, OF Loutre.
l.. Mccormick, of Linn, Thomas
Bolts, of Praire, Judge e.. Z. Ow-
ings, of Sailing, A. C. Hit, OF Viii.
son and John X. Brown, W. o.
johnson, Thos. b. Buckner and Geo.
Robertson, of Salt River, Township,
are hereby appointed to represent
this county in this congressional dis
trict, to be held in this city, Septem-
Der LIST, 1880, and they are hereby
instructed to cast the vote of this
county for Hon. A. IL. Buckner,
which was adopted. Yeas, 81
nays, n.
JUDICIAL. sf
On motion Of Mr.. Ladd it was re-
solved that nominations for delegates
to the Judicial Convention be made
as follows:
One from Mexico, one from North
Salt River, one from South Salt River