Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-12
THESTATE CONVENTION
JOOOe coOLEf sE-NoMisATEo
Charles s. Draper, ~ 5asina~ and
Jsas= NcAsaf. Of Manlssse. for
CONVERSELY Regents

Special 81 iia lsl18at4
L.4sL.si. Marcia d. II anyone here 10
d. aad sasleefed illaL lhs sn=fgg ald in
lsfsst ~ ths sspabiiean pafty bad abatet
sllce lls sesult ~ ihs glii rIoclIo9 sas made
ano9n. ne mast has'. been convinced " the
neetilesauess ~ ssen slslieisns- Nj only
VS. csc sIieIilaaee Aifge FOR oprns con
selaoa- particularly s. the result, ~ Tar a.
tlle pri.cital nomination Was concerned
sss practically a faregone conclusion
tle interest and enthusiasm of the paTtJ >
reIrsstnll1ists Tsrs every xhefe evinced
The convention sas called - order At III
q. Ia. - Judge Van Zile. Chairman OF the
state Committee. Nho. after prayer by Rev
Air. Ia.aeson. presented a. the choices Of the
Comm .slee. -tha name ~ }. X Boies. II
Lsi4asee a. temporary chairman. Upon
assumlng ths ela4r Mr Boise made a brief
buf earnest aa1 eloquent address. After
thanking Lhs convention be- sp0ks Of the i'm
poffsnp II the Office Tor which non4ina
noos Vere ~ be- made. Abiding Io the as
seftions ID thr Democrats that the Repub-
iican- soul1 die be sald there was every svi-
deuce Ihat tEef acre false prophets. Had
there beeu "a fiir vo,e la enc Sonth James c.
Blaine would have been elected. The men
tion ~ Blaine uane prompted roasiug and
prolonged cheers. a. did also the name Of
Gen. Grant. many delegates rising from
tAeig seats and swinging their hats. The
Chairman spoke Of the hdelity Of the Re
pubucsBs Ia the Legislature ia voting to
sabmit che prohibition question 10 the peo-
pie. The responsibility of failure must rest
where it belongs.
Col j. 3. Summer vas, on motion, made
Temporary Secretary.
Notions were made and carried Tor the
appointment ~ aConmtttee on Credentia
Committee on Organization and Order OF
Basiness. and Committee on Resolutions.
each b. consist of two Delsgate- from each
District.
On motion of Attorney General Taggart
Delegate al large from Kent County. one
Vice PRECEDENT was chosen from euch Dis
triet. The members Of Committees and
thc Vice President were chosen by the va
nous delegations A. follows:
Ou credentli.-F FIRST District. otto Kirch-
uer. 0eor-e A. Chase. Second. L. Frieden-
bury. III. :. Deem Third. ". -. Williams
y. 4. Briggs Fourth. r A. Hull. Jas. e..
Hayden tlffh r.. r. Benedict. &. NanIOO.
Snfh. H =. wright >. =. Walker. Seventh.
Frank Mills VI W DAVIS: Eighth, J. l..
Clark. Arthur SwlrthOut. Ninth, J. >
Stearus. =. -. Thompson. Tenth, W. II. HI.
Cooper T. u bai0e. Eleventh, J. A. Gro
xier. n 90. Noaug.
Ou lefmanenl DrgauIzation-First Dis
tricf. Hoyt Post. ". A. Mcfarland: Second
NJ. K. Smith, j. t. Bennett. Third. Geo.
Starr. Il. r Frazer. Fourth. %. y Hilton. :.
r Brown. Fifth. K. ". Buttsrield A. NJ.
Wiilett. Sixth. otis Fuller. Ira L. Sayre.
seventh. o. ~ NcMahou. Henry Howard
Eighth. j. W. Relknap. Geo. VI. Dewey
Niath. joha,G. Rams,leil. r. X. Wiliams,
Tenth. l. 4. Clark Joseph Demick. Eleven
~. Il. T. Bates. ~. H. Francis.
OB re-olufiQus-f District. Isaac Mars
ton. j. a. Baker, second. +. 4. hinne, ID. l..
Pratt. Third &. y De Land. ". +. Ware:
Fourth q. j. Monroe, ID. ". Pealer: Fifth.
Il. T. OBrien. W. b. Williams. Sixth. J. +.
sawyer. ~ =. Newell. seventh. K. ID.
Oheefe. Ohm PeuEra. Eighth. r. k.NOod.
g. W. uaucs. Ninth. " Brown. Dr. T. Me
lnfYre Tenth a. T. Webster. J. A. Ratter,
Eleventh. ~ u. Carpenter, G. y. Osborn.
The Wee Presidents are. First Assistant.
Warren 81. Niuion. second. Brackiey Shaw;
Third Charits g. G0rham. Faurth. samuel
wel's Fifth. 3. = Fsrry; Sixth. n. D. Chat
terfon' Seventh Geo. l. Chapman. Eighth.
*. =. East4hr sos. Ninth. y. Clark. Tenth.
%. Palmer. Eleventh =. ID. North.
An adjournment was taken until ? I. IN.