, 1884-10-15

+. Deitrick, r. H. Kipp and James Ma
COON being presented. Upon counting the
ballot Messrs. Smalley and Whitney were
declared the nominees, For constables
for outside precincts the following were
selected; Fort Laramie, w. L. Clouser ;
Platte River, Louis Davis and Horse
Greek, Thomas Green.
The remainder were passed to the
County committee.
Nominations for Sheriff were ~thereupon
made. Mr.. &. N. Potter nominated W.
X. Schnitger. Mr., John Weston nomi-
mated Seth Sharpless, the mention of
whose name IA greeted with applause, a
compliment paid no other nominee. Mr..
Hosford stated that Mr.. Sharpless would
not be a candidate before the convention.
Mr.. O'Brien took the floor in behalf of
Mr.. Sharpless who had instructed Mr..
OBrien to say to the convention that he
(Sharpless) would not permit his name to
go before the convention, matters over
which he had no control making such a
decision necessary. Mr.. Sharpless
pledged himself, however, to hearty sup
port of the ticket.
The mention of Mr. sborrla..,
and his communicated ~ ,bo oonron.;an
received hearty applause, and it was
evident that he would have had no diff
Guilty in securing the nomination provided
the Lykins vote did not % 70 Scbn;taor n
the event of hard FIGHT II was f,rthor
evident that his withdrawal was some,b;nr
ola surprise to one element in tbe CON
%vention, That norton of the convention
which il was understood was nladood 20
both Schnitrer and Sweet. seemed 10 oot
as though something had dronnodr =
their camp: while that other MORTON
which was pled0ed 70 Scbp;toor H.
looked serene and bannv An oblo hod;oJ
suspicion at once became arorsod ,ha,
Mr.. Sharpless had withdrawn b;s nome
and given his support to Scbnitoor w;,b
the understanding that that srnnor+
should 20 against Mr. Sweet The ro,o
for County CLERK. rs nolled later in ,ho
convention. confirmed the above srsn;o;on
Mr.. Sturpis nominated W q TrL;na
and an informal ballot was talon ros,,lt
inc in the following vota. w r Sobn;.no.
"a. w CLvkins n w I. HosGord Se,b
Sharpless .
The first formal ballot was then taken
when the following vote wo noIod.
Scbnitger n Lylens II SbornIoss .
Mr. Scbnitoor wos daolorod ,Lo nom;
nee. and unon motion bv N 7 O,Rr;on
the nomination was made unor;mors
.Judgo Ror,m,, movad tba, al rosoI,
tons and petitions received Inv the score
fairy he handed 70 ,bo nrono. oon,n,;..oo
without debate. This was carried.
When nominations for county clerk
were called for Mr.. A. D. Kelley nomin-
ated c. W. Sweet, and N. j. O'Brien
nominated j. X. Jeffrey amidst applause.
Z. A. Slack thereupon arose and stated
hat he took pleasure in placing in nom
nation the name of c. w. Sweet.
Laughter, and cries of Hes been nom
mated greeted the little speech and nom
nation made by Mr.. Slack. In taking his
seat Mr.. Slack ~confusedly seconded the
nomination.
On the question of formal or an in
formal ballot it was decided that the first
ballot should be an informal one. 1t re-
suited as follows: j. X. Jeffrey 2S, c. W.
Sweet "a, Ben Butler l.
In reading the result of the ballot the
secretary said, mo man who stole spoons
can be mentioned in this convention"
The first formal ballot resulted in 81
votes for Mr.. Jeffrey and in 25 votes for
Nh. Sweet.
The announcement of the vote was
greeted with applause by many of the
delegates and the entire lobby. but A few
of the former looked deucedly gloomy.
When nominations were asked for Pro.
bate Judge and County Treasurer Mr..
Sturgis nominated Isaac Bergman. ZAP
plause. Mr.. Hosford moved that the
nomination be made unanimous, which
was done. In response to calls for a
speech Mr.. Bergman said: II cannot do
less than thank the Republicans of Lara
mic County for the trust they have i'm
posed in me for the third time. l will
work not only for myself but for the whole
ticket. | hope all will work for the sue
cess of the ticket including the delegate
nominated to represent this Territory in
Congress.
For County and Prosecuting Attorney