The Fremont County record., 1883-03-31
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
Mass Meeting OF Citizens Names a
Full City Ticket.
A Second Meeting Called-Nore Rich
m0nds In the Field.

Pursuant to call published in last
weeks RECORD, the people of Canon, re-
gardless of party affiliations, met at Blake's
hall, on Monday evening last for the pur-
pose of placing iu nomination candidates for
the various city offices to be filled next
Tuesday.
Mr. Ii. T. Blake called the meeting to
order, and nominated DR.. T. H. Craven
for chairman The doctor -deelined. on NC,
count of pressing business requiring MS
immediate attention, and A. d. Cooper was
named. That gentleman not being pres
ent, Captain S. I. Ferrier was named. and
unanimously chosen to preside over the
met ting.
On taking the chair Captain Fcrrier
thanked the convention for the honor con-
ferred, and announced that the nomination
of secretary was first in order.
On motion, r. G. Head was chosen secre-
tary.
The chairman stated the object of the
meeting, as given above, and called for
nominations for mayor.
The names of A. D. Cooper and W. B.
McGec were placed in nomination.
Mr.. G. o. Baldwin stated that he mo-
ticed large delegation of ladies present,
and thought they may have come to offer
some suggestion. Ii so, he moved the OPP
portunity now be offered them for so doing.
Carried.
The president of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, Mrs N. NJ. Sheetz, arose
and stated that the union had appointed
committee to appear at this meeting, and
offer some suggestions they deemed of i'm
port at the present time Representing
that committee, Mrs Shcetz read the fol-
lowing address:
Genfemen and FeUoic Citizens:
We are here to night to ask you, as re-
presentatiyes of cur town and the public
welfare, to nominate such men for the diff
ferent and several offices to be filled at the
coming election as shall have the interest
of the ichoie people at heart. Who are will
ing to carry out just laws, already made,
and, as far rs they shall legislate, to do it
in favor of the highest and best interests of
our srAole community, believing in the
principle of the greatest good to the
greatest number The people who sup
port and pay for the work have right to
be represented by men of sound moral
principles, whose lives and habits need not
be covered from public scrutiny. We be-
lieve that what makes the poor man poorer,
his wife an object of pity, his children OBJ
jects of charity, such as exist in our midst
| to-day, is a question that needs adjust
mcIt; and it rests with you tonight to
! initiate steps locking toward such adjust
incentive nrc here 10 show You our in
terest in this NATTER and as citizens too
deeply in earnest to be Indifferent
Mrs. Warner was called upon, but had
nothing to offer, save to endorse the senti-
mcnts her sister, Mrs Sheetz, had so ably
laid before the meeting.
On invitation, Mrs. DeBois then rendered
that feeling solo, "we Cannot Give Thee
Upir with her usual excellence, Mrs DR..
Prcntiss presiding at the piano. At its
conclusion the singer was made the reci-
pient of q dattering testimonial.
On motion o vote Of thanks was rendered
Mrs. DeBois for her favor.
The chair appointed Henry Sartor and
T. NJ. Harding tellers-
Mr.. MCGEE declined the nomination for
mayor.
On motion, the nomination of A. D.
Cooper was then made by acclamation, and
declared unanimous
For city clerk and recorder Mr.. Fred II.
Skeele was nominated on the first ballot
For town board the names of A. Sartor,
A. B. Mack, r. F. Moore and S. r. Baldwin
were put in nomination
On notion of A. Rudd, these gentlemen
were nominated by acclamation, when the
meeting adjourned sine die.
S. 7. FERRIER, Chairman
r. G.. HEAD, Secretary.
On Wednesday afternoon handbills were
issued calling for another mass meeting, to
be held on that evening, to nominate can
didates for the town Offices
At $50, a number of citizens having as
sembled at Blake's hall, Marshal R. A.
johnson called the meeting to order, and
nominated w. E. johnson for chairman.
who was unanimously chosen.
Taking the chair, Mr.. johnson announced
that the first business in order WAS the
selection of secretary, when, on motion,
s. II. McCulloch was elected to that Office.
The chairman stated that he scarcely
knew the object of the meeting, but be-
lieved, from some handbills he had seen on
| the street, il was to nominate candidates
| for q board of trustees.
Marshal johnson hereupon handed the
chair n copy of one of these handbills,
which was read by the secretary. 1t called
| a meeting to nominate candidates for town
Offices"
4 The chair was undecided as to.the order
of procedure, and asked if the convention
would make nominations in order.
Mr.. George westlake moved that COM
mittce of three or five be appointed TO Sc
lect names for the action of the meeting.
1 Marshal johnson said the first business
was the nomination ola mayor. This should
be done by the meeting. Why was this
convention called? To select three or five
men to SAY what the convention should do :
| He didn't want a committee OF hve to de-
eide what this convention should say.
The motion of Mr.. Westlake then car
ried, as to q committee of five, and the
ch,ir named the following gentlemen as
the constituents of that committee: b. F.
Shaffer, Ira MULCH T. II. Craven, ], L.
HYDE and George Westlake.
DIR. Craven declined, when the chair
substituted Mr. s. T. Fcrricr.
The latter gentleman stated that, rs he
had served as chairman Of the first mass
meeting, he declined acting ON this COM
mittec.
The name ofw A. Helm was then sub
stituted for that of s. I. Ferricr, and the
committee retired for consultation.
After some moments this committee re-
turned, and reported the following tikct /:
| For mayor, X. 8. Lewis; for recorder, Fred
II. Skccle; for board OF trustc<s-R. Jcske,
G. X. Cassedy, A. Ssrtor and Charles
Pauls.
ON motion Of J. II. Peabody, the report
| of the committee wss received and adopted
Mr.. Cassedy respectfully declined the
nomination.
| Marshal johnson moved that Mr.. Cssse-
dyA declination be accepted, and the name
Of Charsss Apple be substituted ON the
ticket