The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1884-08-28

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ance. The name given the new road
is the Morris & south II estern.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
The county convention at PhRnix
| Hall OH Saturday last was II dull and
| spiritless affair, there being but SIX.
| Of the fifteen towns represented. be-
sides the villages of Morris and Ham
cock. 1t would have made I'D differ
ence, however. had every town sent
full delegation; IL slate had been
prepared by the Norris ring and it
had to go through. Hon. j. D. Good
called the econyent ion-if such small
I'am rnenthusiastic meeting can be-
|. digniiied with the name, TO order,
and read the call. Or. sutherland
was selected Us CHAIRMAN and G. l..
Brown, Esq, as secretary, Which Of
gam cation was afterwards Made the
permanent one. A committee CT
credentials consisting of Messrs.
Enoch Leayitt. w. l.: Oo!yer and
Anton anderson, reported the beg
carly array of delegates referred ta
above, the village of Morris having "a
full third of the number present.
There were no Nominations made hut
it was agreed to taFe an informal
ballot for Sheriff, which resulted in
Geo. H. Munro receiving % votes. c..
p. Maginnis !, and T. Corliss 2. A
formal ballot ratified the evident in-
tention of the convention, and. Geo.
| II. Munro was declared the nominee.
An informal ballot for Register of
Deeds resulted in l.. II. Wellington
receiving Ia votes, f. Corliss Q,
Enoch Leavitt 2, and Arthur Stead
man l. On the formal ballot Mr..
Wellingtons vote remained un=
changed and Mr.. Corliss received the
remaining II votes. No one. moved
to make Mr.. w. .lhngton's 5 nomination
upanimaus, however. This was a
pretty close call for the slate. On
motion of the secretary, Mr.. Brown.
Samuel Larson was declared the
nominee of the convention, by &c.
clamation, fer CLERK of Court.
Counsellor Brown was declared the
nominee for County Attorney in the
same manner. DIR. Hulburd, for
Coroner, and d. L. Wheaton, for Sur.
veyor, We're chosen ia. the same
manner. Henry Hutchins and
r. B. Me Arthur were chosen by
their districts for the expiring
commissionerships. Mr.. Randall
also moved that the eight delegates to
the district convention be chosen
sing.y, by acclamation. Mr.. DarfNS,
a delegate from Scott, opposed this
motion us imprac;ieablc, and Randall
immediately apologized for having
offeredit, withdrawing it precipitate-
ly. The practicable substitute
offered by the gentleman from Scott
was to the effect that eight ballots be
taken, and the name receiving the
highest Iamber Of votes ON each
ballot be declared the delegate. This
was agreed to, but, after q ballot or
two, in which the mere question OF
personal popularity of the different
candidates seemed to be the.only cae
involved, the dense wisdomsNof the
proposition which the Tribune man
had apologized for Offering, was
tacitly acknowledged by the conven.
tion. ard the remaining delegates
were chosen by aoclamation. singly,
under a suspension of the rules. The
delegates selected were: C. Il. Brown,
j. ID, Good, ID. Il. Sutherland, Ers.gE
Wilcox, Samuel Larson, John Rarrill,
e. F.. Solseth, and u G. Smith. Ii
wilrbe noticed that the leleg ltion is
sufficiently harmonious for all pracii.
cal purposes, and nnites i'm closer
bonds the ONCE disrupted republicans.
Of Stevens county. This was tile end
of their business, but, fearing that
some Of the delegates might escape,
the necessity for forming a liiaina
and Logan club was sprung upon taa
convention before adjournment, III
order that all who did not Gaze Ia
might remain. One OF two, however.
got out of the hall before they could
he corraled, but the formation OF this
club, whose principal uhject--as
stated ly the chairman, WAS to assist
in uniting tho republican pal.y of
Stevens county. WIS gone right ahead
with. Incidentally, :tiiegiancc to tho,
comfy and legislative tickets was
made q principle OF tho club, which
means nothing, Of course.