The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
THE PRHsIDEHrIALxHDI CATIONS.

THE nn1 CATIONS.
Electaou. of Delegates to Conventions ana
e se - other Political Notes. -
] The fifth MINES ota republican district con
yention (Nelsonj of Moorhead selected Ex-Gov
A. Barto and A.sG. Page as sdelegates:to the
Chicago Convention, and A. STEVENSON and H.
W. Stone as alternates. The Kindred Wing of
the party in q seperate meeting elected J. "
Brown and George D. johnson as delegates to
Chicago and George L. Garfield andJ. c. Flynn
as alternates 49,
The Second Minnesota District Republican
convention at Mankato nominated A. NJ Crosby
and L. 2, Rogers for delegates to Chicago, and
COL Joseph Bobletter Gordon Powers as alter
mates.
The Washington comfy (Minn.) republicans
instructed their delegates to vote for John F.
| Procta as delegate to Chicago.
The Dakota State Republican Convention at
Huron, selected Col John J. Jolly of Clay
county and Nelse Nelson of Pembina as dele
gates, and Byron E. Pay of Brookings, Robert
E. Wallace of Stutsman as alternates.
The Ohio State Republican Convention nomi-
R Ratsos as delegates to G GckSsv Judge
Gus Hanaker and Judge West Tie following
| alternates were elected. Rev. James Poindex-
! ter (colored), Columbus; Graham DUEL (col-
ored), Delaware; John P. Green (colored),
Cleveland; Robert Harlan (colore0 of Cincin-
| matt. For state officers the convention nomin-
ated as follows: J. s. Robinson of Hardin
| county, Secretary of state; W. johnson present
| chief justice for judge of the supreme court;
and for member of Board of Public works, G.
A Flyekinger of Defiance county
| Senator Jonas of Louisiana has information
| from Louisiana that herecent election of men,
bers' of the legislature of the state insured his
| return to the senate.
at large s. G. Kline, H. H. Trimble D. NJ.
Harris and E. H. Thayer The entire twenty
| six delegates from Iowa are solid for Tilden
if it is demonstrated that he will accept The
district delegations chose the following dele
gates to the national convention: First
county; John Walbank, Henry county. Sec
| ond, W. T. Branno IN, Muscatine; L. B. War
leigh, Clinton. Third, F. Schroeder, Dubuque;
P. G. Dithlefeen, Grundy county. Forth, F. D:
county: Fifth, George j.. Boal, Johnson
B. Perry Monroe county; p. II. Gibbs, Ma
haska. Seventh, L. W.. ,Goode, Polk; J: h.
North Union D oaa w Eghth .,dev Dog
county. Ninth, D. NJ. Farrell, Mills county;
Dr. J. M Emmert Cass county Tenth, NJ B.
Hyatt, Hamilton county; John Cleggett, Cerro
Gordo county. Eleventh, R. NJ Guthrie, Car
roll county; p O. Cassidy, Palo Alto county.
| The committee on resolutions made short re-
port Reaffirming adherance to the platform
of the Demo cratic national conventions of 1876
| and 1880; in favor of revenue and tariff reform,
| and against the late prohibition legislation in
| the state
The Michigan Republican State convention
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| large to Chicago-R. G. Horn, W. +, Swift, Sam
@. Watson, J. c. Barrows; altcrnates, J. B.
| Moore. A. L. Koon, A. B. Turner, Dr. Robe.
The Republican convention of the Third dis
trict of Maine nominated by acclimation Seth
| Milliken for congress. The First Vermont dis
| trict Republicans nominatedJ ". Stewart
The Sixth Iowa district Greenback conven-
ton met at ottumwa and nominated as Dele
gates to the national convention, Dr. A. A.
Ramsay of Abba, and ]. R. Burgess of Ottum
wa.
Morrison Foster, Greenbacker, has been
| nominated for congress in the Twenty Second
Pennsylvania district
The Republicans of the Seventh district of
Kansas renominated s. r. Peters for congress-
| man.
| Congressman Stewart, of Middlebury, vt. was
renominated by reclamation by the Republi-
| cans of the First district, in convention. Maj.
| A. B. Valentine, Of Bennington, and Henry
| Ballard, of Burlington, were elected delegates
to Chicago. The convention was enthusiastic
| for Edmunds.
! Returns so far from various sections of
Louisiana indicate ma ority of SO, 600 for the
! Democratic state ticket and the adoption of all
| the constitutional amendments. The ticketelect-
| ed, Governor. Samuel D. McEnery; lieutenant
governor, Clay Knoblock; treasurer, E. A.
! secretary of state, Oscar Arroyo; auditor, 0.
B. Steele, superintendent of public instruction.
Warren Easton.
The greenback national state committee of
| Minnesota have called convention at Owa-
| tonna on Tuesday, May 20, 1884, and to elect
| Greenback party to be held in indianapolis
! May %, 1884, to nominate candidates for Presi-
| dent and Vice President of the United States.
W. R. Merriam will not be a candidate for
| congress from the Fourth Minnesota district
| Mr.. Merriam declines to publicly withdraw his
name for the reason that he never consented to
| be candidate, nor did he ever authorize the
use of his name such.
The following were elected delegates from
| Mississippi at large: Ex-senator 3. X. Bruce,
| James Hill, R. T. Beck, Dr.. J. NJ. Bynum; the
! first two colored and the others white. The
| Arthur, It was stated that the district dele
gates stand: Arthur IL, Blaine 1, Logan /,
Gresham L. - ~ =. - -
Hon Knnute:. Nelson 11ns besYI nominated
/ TOR congress ii the Fifth Minnesota district
| The New York State Republican convention
| Theodore Roosevelt, andrew D.. White, John
+ Gilbert, Edwin Packard It is understood
that the delegation is for Edmunds first and
| Arthur second.
The republican state convention at Connect
cut selected as delegates stlarge JohnI. Hous-
gee and Frederick Mills. The district dele
| gates elected were: First, V. B. Chamberlain
and Ralph G. Gilbert; Second l.. l. Munson
and J. p. Edmunds Third, I. G. Bliss and E.
s. Boss Fourth, o. r. Tyler and J. L. Hill. A
| resolution was adopted that eff, in the judy
| ment of our delegates, a proper occasion shall
| arise, they will meet the unanimous sense of
! the republican party of this state if they pre-
| sent tile name Of Joseph r. Hawley as a candi-
date for president of the United States"
Tho date of the Second Minnesota district Re-
publican congressional convention has been
changed by the committee from June Is to
June 26, on account of the grand commandery
| meeting on June "a at Minneapolis. The con-
vention will be entitled to 1C6 delegates on the
| basis fixed upon
Judge Perkins was nominated to congress by
| the republicans of the Oswego (Kan.) district
In Virginia the republican delegates at large
| (colored), s. NJ Yost, Frank S Blair, James D.
! Brady, A. A. Dodson. Electors at large and
| district electors were also named Each dele
cation reported in favor of Gen. Malone as
chairman of the delegation to Chicago, and the
delegates were instructed to vote as unit all
questions in convention. The district delegates
are: First district, Duff Green, L. R. Stewart;
Second, H. Libby, Jordon Thompson tcolored);
| Third, W. G.. Elan, Anderson Taylor (coloreD;
Fourth, W. E. Gaines, A. W. Harris (colored);
Fifth, William F., Sims, Winfield Scott; Sixth,
| James A. Frazier James NJ. Mclaughlin;
Seventh, L. O.. Walker, J. L. Dunn; Eighth,
| Thomas G. Popham, RobertL Mitchell; Ninth,
D. j. Houston, H. C. Wood. The whole dele
cation is for Arthur but ms tructions were vo-
! ted down.
At the First Minnesota District convention,
on motion Of MI: Edgerton of Dodge, seconded
| II. Conkey were declared unanimously elected
| delegates to Chicago, W. H. Officer and d. H.
Peck alternates. The delegates elect are I'M
| derstood to be anti Blaine, although not ag-
excessively so, but are believed to be in favor of
Edmunds
The results Of fifty-nine Of the seventy nine
Republican county conventions of Minnesota
to select delegates to the state convention at St.
| Paul are shown as follows: Blaine "a; Ed
munds 4; Logan 8; unknown 1875
The Republican congressional committee of
! the First Minnesota district called convention
to be held at Austin on the oath of July to nom
| mate candidate for congress.
.Beecher thinks Lincoln will be nominated for
president.
DIR: Gregory of the civil service commission,
| will in few days leave for the West, to hold
! examinations for general department service
! in various cities. Dates of examinations have
been arranged as follows: May Is, Des Moines;
r Nal A.