, 1884-10-14
sixth-Nominations for three County


Commissioners.
Seventh-Nominations for four Mem
bers of the Council, Ninth Assembly.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for eight Mem
Der of the House of Representatives.
Ninth-Nomination for one Assessor.
Tenth-Nomination for one Surveyor.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for Coroner.
Observation-Disclosures for Superintend-
ent of Schools.
Observation-Disclosures for two JUS
tees of the Peace, Cheyenne precints.
Observation-Disclosures for n JUS
tice Of the Peace for each of the other pre-
cints in the county.
Observation-Disclosures for two Consta-
bles for Cheyenne precints.
The report of the committee was unan-
imously adopted and the committee was
thereupon discharged.
Upon assuming the duties of perma
nent Chairman, Mr.. Glover spoke briefly
as follows:
"GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: |
did not come expecting t make any
speech, neither did | expect to preside
over your deliberations. | thank you,
however, for the honor you have conferred.
l will endeavor to be impartial and | hope
every member of the convention will try
to aid me. | will not detain you with
any extended address but will merely say
that in every Democratic convention
every man has a right to speak his senti-
ments, and all are equal. (Applause.)
Gentlemen, again | thank you"
Col. Murrin moved that the convention
proceed with the order of business, and
the nomination of delegates to the Ter
ritorial convention were declared in order.
Judge Miller placed in nomination
Messrs. Tompkins, Glover, voorhees,,
Carr, Hunter and f. W. Whitcomb.
Mr.. Dinsley nominated MIR. Haygood,
who declined, however. Col. Murrin
nominated Peter HANNA, and l.. Kabis
was nominated by Fred Schwartze.
Mr.. Voorhees, placed b. A. Hart in
nomination and Luke Murrin was nomi-
mated by Mr.. Dinsley. Dan Fallon sug-
gested 7. Dyer but the nomination was
declined as were also the nominations of
Phil Dater by Thos. Reid and o. F.
Miller by +. W. Whitcomb.
Luke Voorhees, moved that the conyen-
ton proceed to ballot, and accordingly the
Chair appointed Messrs. John Martin
and Robert Walker as tellers. The dele
gates and proxies voted as their names
were called by the Secretary and upon the
spreading of the ballot the following was
declared the result thereof The gentle
men nominated received the appended
vote: Luke Voorhees,, 80; r. F. Glover,
45; 7. JEFF Carr. 4s; C. Hunter, 46; f.
w. Whitcomb, As; j. NJ. Tompkini, As;
P. HANNA, %; L. Kabis, "a, B. A. Hart,
SO; L. Murrin, 80.
Mcssrs. Voorhees,, Glover, Carr, Hun
ter, Whitcomb, Tompkins, Kabis and
Hart were therefore declared the dele
gates to the Territorial Convention.
The chair stated that nominations for
Sheriff would be considered, and Mr..
Voorhees, nominated Mr.. N. n. Craig,
Mr.. Robt Walker nominated Mr.. f. c.
Thomasson, and Mr.. Thos. Reid plaeedin
nomination the name of l.. r. Bresna-
hen. Mr.. Dinsley moved that an in
formal ballot be taken, the result where
of was as follows:
F. c. Thomasson, "A; n. N. Craig, 10;
L. r. Bresnahen, -; 7. j. Carr, l.
During the reading of the ballots not
n little merriment was caused by the con-
s%ecutive reading of the names of the re-
spective candidates. and indeed the
greater portion of the ballots had been
read ere the tie vote for the three candi-
dates was altered.
Immediately after the canvass of the
informal vote, the first formal vote was
taken, resulting as follows: n. n. Craig,
81; f. c. Thomasson, 10; L. r. Bresna-
hen, ~.
After the ballot was announced, Mr..
Dan Fallon took the floor and stated that,
despite the rumor to the contrary, Mr.,
Bresnahen was a candidate before the
convention. The speaker also made a
pithy little speech in support of Mr..
Bresnahen. Mr.. Fallon had hardly re
sumed his seat when Mr.. Dinsley sprang
to his feet in support of Mr.. Thomson.
The second ballot was then cast, with
the following result:
n. N. Craig, 10; F. C. Thomasson, 20;
L. r. Bresnahen, 10. In this ballot Mr..
Craig lost two votes, one of which went
to Mr.. Bresnahen, Mr.. Thompson receiy-
ing the other.
The third ballot revealed no material
change unless it be in the withdrawal of
of votes from Mr.. Bresnahen, whose fol-
lowers gave two votes to Mr.. Thomasson
and one to Mr.. Craig. The vote stood as
follows: f. C. Thomasson, %; N. N.
Craig, 20; L. r. Bresnahen, 9.
The fourth ballot gave a somewhat DIFF
ferent complexion to the vote. Mr..
Craig received 81 votes, Mr.. Thorn asson
polled is and Mr.. Bresnahen 10. This
vote showed a slight strengthening of the
Craig followers.
Immediately after the announcement of
the above vote, Mr.. Isaac Greentree
moved that an adjournment be taken until
1870 O'Clock.
The adjournment was taken at 6 o'clock.
At that hour neither of the respective
factions saw any hope of obtaining the re-
quired twenty-seven votes for their candi-