Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-03-07

he would leave it where it now is, but if he
found 1T wrong he would try to remedy it.
Upon conclusion Of his remarks he paid his
assessment of s., and also that of his fellow
nominee, Mr.. Cross.
The name of &. j. Cross was then with
drawn by Mr.. Bush, and upon motion Mr.
Green was nominated by acclamation.
+. d. Ryan nominated E. 81. Mckee, the
present incumbent, for City Auditor.
clared closed.
Mr.. Mckee brisfy addressed the Conven-
tion. and he was then nominated most heart
lily by acclamation.
For the Office of Assessor, L. L Robinson
nominated S. S. Beede, and NJ. Block placed
in nomination +. A. Shepherd. subsequently
the name of Mr.. Shepherd was withdrawn by
G. L. White, and Mr.. Beede was then NOM
mated by acclamation.
The Chair called the attention of the Con-
vention to the fact that some funds were nee.
essaTy to defray expenses, and, upon motion,
the delegates were assessed half dollar
each, which was collected.
w. A. Anderson nominated George A.
Putnam for City Collector, Henry Miller
nominated S. P. Miligan, and George T.
Bush nominated Nelson Wilcox.
Upon ballot taken Putnam received 4S
votes. Milligan II and Wilcox u whereupon
George A. Putnam was declared the nominee
For Fire Commissioner, w. A. Anderson
placed in nomination Mike Bryte, and no
other person being named he was nominated
by acclamation.
Nominations for Trustees of the CITY Free
Library being then in order, John F. Shee-
han, of the Bee, nominated w. HI. Mills, &C.
companying the nomination with eulogistic
remarks as to his qualifications and fitness
for the position. He said. he had made the
nomination in the interest Of the library, for
the continuance Of the present very excellent
condition and good management of it, and
he sincerely hoped the nomination would be
made unanimous.
E. I. Robinson nominated W. G. Fitch,
of whom he spoke very highly as member
of the present Board.
E. A. Ames presented the name of A. S.
Hopkins F. ID. Ryan named X. W. Brier
f. r. Dray nominated Albert Hart.
G. w. Hancock nominated S. III. Gerrish,
whom he said was an active and faithful
member OF the present Board, and that the
reelection of the old members would insure
a continuance of the present condition of the
library, which he said had been conducted
more successfully than any other institution
in the city.
f. J. Kearney nominated j. T. Slater.
The Chair stated that unless there was OBJ
lectloD TO MS doing so, Ne would declare tnaG
the nominees for Library Trustees need not
come forward and express their adhesion to
the nominees of the Convention, nor pay the
assessment No objections were raised
Upon motion of Mr. Dray, Messrs. Mills,
Fitch and Gerrish were nominated by ac-
clamation.
Remarks were made by several members,
urging the other several nominees, after
which ballot was taken, resulting as fol-
lows: Hart SO, Brier 49, Hopkins 81.
The votes from the First and Second Wards
were at first cast for Mr.. Slater, but before
the result of the ballot was announced they
were changed to the other candidates.
The following were then announced and
elected as members of the Republican City
Central Committee from the several
wards: First Ward-A. J. Rhoads and K.
F. Wiemeyer. Second Wayd-Clarence Nell
son and James H. Sullivan. Third Ward
Win. j. Davis and Fred Kirn. Fourth
WARDS. W. Butler and n. J. Toll For
committeeman at large the names of James
1. Felter, E. 1. Robinson and George T.
Bush were presented Mr.. Robinson with
drew, after which vote was taken, when
Mr. Felter was elected by vote of 45
against %. The Convention then adjourned
sine die,