Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1884-09-06
Republican County Convention.

court house at Custer City on the Bird
inst. The proceedings were as follows
! Convention was called to order at
O'Clock p. m. by A. L. Sprague, chairman
Of tie republican central COMMITTEES
who stated the object Of the convention
by reading the call which was to the
effect that four delegates We're to be
elected TO attend the Territorial cOnven-
tion to be held at Pierre on the l7th,
and five delegates to attend the district
convention Tor the Sth representative
district, to be held ut Rapid OH the 9th.
On motion. A. l.. Sprague was made
permanent chairman OF the convention
On motion, 4. d. Clark was made
! permanent secretary.
On motion 4. committee Of three on
| credentials was appointed as follows:
Committee on Credentials--N. Z. Cook
q. &. Boland, and A. p Smith. The
committee after due deliberation report
ed as follows:
To the chairman Of the republican
county convention of Custer county,
holden in Custer City, Sept. 3rd, 1854
Your committee on credentials would
respectfully submit the following report:
We find entitled TO seats in your con
vention the following named persons:
Custer precinct-A. p Smith, A. ID.
Clark, j. y. Thompson, n. j. Cook, {,
". Hitchcock, Ben. +. Porter by Geo.
II, Clark proxy, and J. G. Carr.
Buffalo Gap precinct-G. G. Boland
and Ed Wilson.
n. p. Cook, G. c. Boland, and A. p.
Smith, committee.
On motion the following delegates to
the Territorial convention were elected:
G c. Boland, Buffalo Gap; A. p. Smith.
\. Z. Cook, and A. d. Clark, Custer
City.
On motion, A. d. Clark, G. G.. Boland,
and A. Z. Smith were appointed com
mittee 10 submit to the convention the
names of delegates to attend the District
convention.
The following resolution was sub
mitted TO the convention by y F. Cook:
Resolved That in the event of anv
delegate or delegates from Custer coun-
ty falling to attend at the Republican
Territorial convention at Pierre that the
delegates present be authorized to cast
the whole vote of Custer county.
Objected to by MeSsrs. 4. d. Clark, G..
G. Boland. and A. p. Smith and on mo
ton Of a. >. Clark .,mendel and passed
as follows:
Resolved, That in the event Of anv
delegate or d rie.a'cs from Custer coun-
ty failing io be represented ut the Re-
publican Territorial convention at
Pierre, that tie dc egatcs present be au-
.horized Gu cast the whole vote of Custer
cou!iy a!i Ia cas-" Of total failure of
all delegates TO attend the convention to
send proxies. Adopted.
The report Of the committee appoint.
ed to submit to the convention the
names of delegates to the district con-
vention being called for was submitted
as follows:
To the chairman and members Of the
Republican county convention assem-
bed in Custer this Bird day of Septem-
ber, 1854. Your committee to name
delegates to the district convention sub.
ject to the action of this convention
would respectfully submit the following
names:
&C. Boland, of Buffalo Gap; w. n.
Walker. of Battle River; S. H. Shank
land, Geo kimble, and L. X. Curran, of
Custer City.
Your committee would also respect
fully submit the following resolution for
the action of tLis convention:
Resolved That the delegates elected
at this convention to attend the district
convention at Rapid City on the 27th
be instructed to use all honorable means
to secure the nomination Of Judge A. l..
Sprague of Custer county, on the repub-
lican legislative ticket of the Eight
Legislative district, comprising the
counties Of Butte, Custer, Fall River,
Lawrence and Pennin"ton.
A. ID. Clark, q. &. Boland, and A. p.
Smith, committee.
On motion the delegates selected by
said committee were elected by accla-
nation and the resolution adopted.
On motion the republican central
committee was instructed TO call the
county convention to nominate the
county ticket for Wednesday, October
Sth. and the primaries to elect delegates
to said convention for Saturday, Octo.
Der lst. 1854.
On motion the CUSTER CHRONICLE was
requested to publish the minutes of the
convention.
There being no further business be-
fore the convention, OH motion adjourn
ed.
A. l.. SPRAGuE, Chairman.
A. d. CLARK. Secretary.
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Alta mass convention Of republicans
Of Butte comfy, held at Minnesota last
Saturday. G. +. Johnson and Ii. J. Grant