Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-05-01

Watson of Detroit.
Judge G. II. Grant, of Houghton, in
behalf of the entire delegation from the
Upper Peninsula, presented the name
of William f. Swift, of Marquette. He
said the Upper Peninsular felt that
they were entitled to one Of the dele
gates at large, and made Mr.. Swift
their united choice.
r. l.. Warren thought the desire was
to make Mr.. Horr delegate ct large,
j. A. Hubbell said that in this fact lac
recognized the eternal fitness of things,
and j. A. Sawyer, of Ann Asbor, moved
that the rules be suspended and MIR.
Horn elected by reclamation. This
was carried, the ayes developing into
great cheers.
Burton A. Barker presented the name
of Harry A. Conant of Monroe.
Albert w. Hill, colored, presented
the name of w. Q. Atwood of Saginaw,
and his, Hills choice, was seconded by
Rev A. A. Burleigh of Detroit.
Thomas ID. Gilbert Of Grand Rap
ids was presented for delegate from the
fifth congressional district.
Joseph b. Moore was nominated by
JOlu Il. INCH.
Jay A. Hubbell said: at is high time
the Republican party recognize the up
per peninsula. We insist on the nomi-
nation of MIR. Swift"
John S. Estabrook supported Swift
on behalf Oft the Eighth District. Wayne,
Lenawee and other counties expressed
similar inclination, and on motion OF
A. j. Sawyer the rules were suspended
and Swift elected by acclanation the
second delegate.
John Il. Rich withdrew the name of
j. Il. Moore and on behalf Of the
Seventh District supported the nomina-
ton of Atwood. of Saginaw.
Short remarks were made for each
candidate and the ballot was taken.
During its progress the convention be-
came livelier than at any point before.
The colored delegates particularly COW
cred n great deal of territory and work
ed hard.
The result of the ballot was decided
surprise to those who had imagined
that the colored people had no chance
of success in their ambition to secure a
delegate at large, and showed n decid-
edly interesting contest between other
leading candidates. 1t was as follows:
Il. ID. Gilbert, 200; j. G. Burrows, 1853;
S. Z. Watson, 1872; Harry A. Conant,
lie; w. @ Atwood, SO. Wayne County
scattered greatly in her vote on this
question which was rs follows: Conant,
"a, Atwood, IA; Burrows s; Gilbert 3;
Watson 3, l.. ID. Littleiield /.
w. =. Atwood withdrew his name in
favor of Samuel c. Watson.
THE SECOND BALLOT.
Began by the Tenth Congressional Dis
trict casting its forty-one votes solid
for Watson. This was the beginning
of great break. w. A. Earle said
Mr.. Gilbert did notwish to be regarded
as a candidate against Mr.. Watson aud
withdrew his name pending his ballot,
and most of the counties fell into line
for Watson. The ballot resulted: Wat
son, 489; Conant, 40; Gilbert, 80; Bur-
rows, IA; scattering, 4.
DR.. Watson was called for by half the
convention in chorus, and appeared on
the stage to express his thanks.
Senator Hine of Kent replaced in
nomination MIR. Gilbert, ard asked all
his friends to support him. Burton
Parker withdrew the name Of Conant
and lively struggle ensued between
Burrows and Gilbert Several motions
were made in bunch to nominate Bur
rows unanimously, which brought Geo.
w. Mcbride to shout:
"The Republicans of the Fifth Dis
trict are as loyal as those of any por-
ton of the state. But we will never go
out of this convention feeling that job
has been put up on Western Michigan.
We demand q ballot"
This secured ballot, which follow
ed, Burrows being elected by a vote of
$40 TO 256 for Gilbert.
Burrows thanked the convention and
told it how the Republicans would go
to certain victory, tic.
ALTERNATEs AT LARGE
were elected by reclamation rs follows
Joseph b. Moore, Lapeer; Ezra l..
Koon, Hillsdale; Aaron b. Turner,
Grand Rapids; Geo. W. Robes Lud-
ington.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
judged. T. VanZile of Charlotte was
selected by reclamation chairman of
the state central committee
Then followed the election of the
new member by districts. The list of
delegates as elected by the COMPRESSION
al district conventions was reported. OF
these delegates Gen. Alger is for Blaine,
w. 3. Morey for Blaine, with strong
inclinations toward Gen. Sherman, and
mo objections to Edmunds. The
second district delegates are both
counted for Blaine, although some of
Mr.. JACOBS strong supporters in Wash
ttnaw county are Arthur men, w. II.
Powers is counted for Blaine, and May
or Nichols, of Battle Creek, for Ed
munds; both fourth district delegates
are for Blaine; the fifth are the same;
M. ID. Chatterdon, of the sixth, is for
Edmunds, with Jno. Sherman as Sec
ond choice and Jos. Z. Sawyer is for
Edmunds, with Gen. Sherman as Sec
ond choice. The seventh district dele
gates are Blaine. Both in the eighth
are reported for Blaine, but the dele.
gates to the convention did not select
these gentleman, and could give no
positive assurances. In the ninth the
delegates are for Blaine.
The Tenth has the only Arthur dele
gate Postmaster Alpin, of West Bay
City. The other delegate from the
Tenth. Bell, of Cheboygan, is for Blaine.
The delegates from the Eleventh were
both at the convention and
stated that they were for Blaine. Ofthe
delegates at large, Burrows is counted
at Kalamazoo anti-Blaine, Horn is fig
ured Blaine, ana Swift and Watson
have given no indication of the direc-