Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-05-20
Republican County Convention.

Republican County Convention.
! The Republican County Convention
convened At Grand Meadow, on Monday,
and was called to order at one o'clock p.
NJ, by DR.. w. L. Hollister, chairman
Of the County Central Committee, and
proceeding to read the call, was inter-
rupted by Ira Jones, who moved that the
further reading be dispensed with, and
! that DR.. W. L. Hollister be elected tenn
porary Chairman.
Sherman Page, claiming to be 4 dele
gate from the township of Austin, moved
to amend by substituting the name Of G.
E. Garter for chairman Of this convention.
! After some discussion by s. Page, J. D.
Allen, Ira Jones ard others, the motion
was ruled out of order, aud the original
motion was put and carried. At this
point, Page and two or three dozen bogus
delegates left the hall.
G. H. Davidson, Of Austin, moved the
appointment Of a committee OF three on
credentials. Carried, The chairman ap-
pointed as said committe, e. H. David.
son and G. E. Wllbour, of Austin, and 8.
J. Sanborn, of Racine.
After an examination Of the credentials,
tho committee made the following report:
| Your Committee would report the fol-
lowing named persons from the towns
named as entitled to seats in this
convention. The only precinct report
ing double delegations was the village of
Grand Mesdow, which credentials your
committee would refer 10 the convention
for action.
| Austin City-1st Ward: G. E. Wilbour,
G. H. Davidson, H. W. Elms &C. H. d.
wilson, substitute,) Frank Riley. Thomas
Ormanzo Allen, P. T. Mcintyre, DR..
Eldridge Sd Ward: Unrcpresented.
Austin Township-W. II. Officer, G.
W. Clough, H. H. Curtiss, NJ. E. Bowers.
Acknowledgements
! Brownsville village-Stephen Ives, I.
q. Thatcher IN. B. johnson sujstitute,)
H. A. Brown.
Bennlngton-Unrepresented.
Clayton-Unrerresented.
Dexter village--C. E. King, D. L. Stiles.
Dexter town.. K. Chadbourn, G. See.
bach.
Frankford-S. Bostwick, s. E. Boyes.
L. G. Scribner, N. Goodsell.
| LaDsing-A. II. Chaplin, NJ. Teeter Ura
Jones substitute), Ira jones, Mathew
Gregscn, G. P. Bell.
LeRoy--W. L. Henderson, J. D. Allen,
E. G. Stevens, S. NJ. Hudson, John Maho.
ney.
Lyle villagc-W. Stanley, A. O. Myhre.
Lyle town-M. NJ. Trowbridge, L. D.
Carrier, T. S. Kilgore, Harwood Houghton.
Lodi-Unrepresented
acknowledgements.
Nevada-Hans G. Anderson, o. N.
Nelson.
Pleasant Valley-John Rowley, E. s. |
Hoppin, w. L. Stiles.
Red Rookie. L. Case, L. W. Thomp-
klns.
Racine-J. B. Clement, 8. J. Sanborn,
". F. Glover, A. w. Sanborn.
sargeant-Chas. Schwartz, John T.
Gjerncs.
Udolpho-S. s. Washburn, Bennett
Christianson, Edward Bassett.
Windom-L. B. Fairbanks, Dan Nc.
lavish, Ferd Ray, A. H. Williams.
Waltham-Unrepresen
Grand Meadow town-O. E. Loe, X.
Eckford, H. Arneson.
On motion, tho report Of the committee
was accepted and adopted.
On motion, Ira Jones, of Lansing, was
elected Permanent Chairman, and G. H.
Davidson, Of Austin, Permanent Secre
tarY.
On invitation, G. w. E. Hill and T. s.
Kilgore, Of Lyle, made remarks explain
ing their position as contesting delegates.
Their credentials had gone with the bolt
ers, but they had decided to stay with
the regular convention, having been life.
long Republicans. Their explanation
Was cheertully accepted, and there being
a vacancy in the delegation from Lyle, NJ.
NJ. Trowbridge moved that T. S. Kilgore
be admitted as delegate from Lyle lin
place of N. s. Bowers.) Carried.
On motion, Hans G. Anderson and O.
n. Nelson were admitted to seats as dele
gates from the town OF Nevada, they being
two of the regularly elected delegates, the
seceders carrying the credentials with
them.
On motion, w. L. Stiles was substituted
for A. P. Williams as delegate from the
town of Pleasant Valley, Williams having
joined the boilers.
On motion, G. L. Case and L. W. Temp
kins were invited to seats as representa-.
tives from the town of Red Rock.
THE names of the persons voted seats
in the convention who were without Gre
dentials or not regular delegates, appear
in the above list, being added after the
repor, of the committee had been adopt
ed.-SEc
During the discussion on the contest.
ing delegations from Grand Meadow
village, unanimous consent was obtained
for the appointment of committee of
nine by the chair to present to the con-
vention list of names for delegates to
the state and congressional conventions.
The chair appointed as said committee:
W. H. Officer, of Austin town; g. J.
Short and G. e. Wilbour, of Austin city !:
J. u. Allen, of LeRoy; H. A. Brown, of
Brownsville; NJ. NJ. Trowbridge, of Lyle;
D. McTavish, of Window; w. Stanley, of
Lyle village; S. J. Ssnborn, of Racine.
The Grand Meadow village contest was
here taken up. Both sets of delegates
consisting Of the same nam es, except the
name of w. H. Bentley in the contesting
set a. against NJ. V. B. Scribner. After
listening to Scribner's side Of the case
the ether eide having nothing to say-on
motion Of Rev. J. ". Eldridge, OF Austin,
Mr.. NJ. V. B. scribner was given the seat,
, the complete list from Grand Meadow
village now being a. follows: NJ. V. B.
Scribner, J. J. Gilbertson, E. NJ. Barnard,
s. 8. Bakcn.