The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-30
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
IHE SESSION VERY QUIET ONE
An uRIH.rructet Congressional Del
egsti0n Elected.

i ~ repit4tca1s u FaiUan eeaHfE ul-t
al til onUrt hoa~- y--;crlay a. -@-s'
o'cl,s. 2 N. AMI WA- ,ali-i u order
By g. ". Lyle. In. e. :. C0Esill ~
Iame-i a. trnpJrary Chairman, ami
bsxi, 4. Artsou Vas male Temporary
secretary.
Tie chairman asked ti.A, til rana-- q
telsga,e- IL handed III by prs,lincts, ani
where preeinrls hal eonts-llns del-sa-
,On-. tho same oouli - gwen xber the
Precincts we're called. As the call pro-
cs..lei. j, was foani there ~ere no oou-
testing deGssaioI-. All the urecinets
w-fe represented except Nds. Is AMI II.
NJ. I-Crescen, Crry-W. C. Norton,
". II. CAamt.rlin ". G. Hart.n, I.
Giles.
So. 2-iiesrset0yn-A Mixer. H. N.
Kirby, A. Tnlman.
No. -Sorwalk-G. 4. Parm.isr, II.
8 GOye.
w. i-Welaka-R j. Broad, III kir-
by. {. G.s,en, q. X. Siuires. Geotge
Smith.
No. j-Com0-C. T Potter. Alex. Ray.
y. y. Broa,it, W. ii. Vincent.
No. 6 San Mateo-G. ". Lyle. %. X.
Thatcher, G. =. Tiffany, Jas. A. trims.
hey, J. ID. Wilkins, j. ". Kyle.
No. 1-Orange Mills. +. Jenny, Dr.
c. \. Cowgirl. Mo-. RolnItree. Geo. ".
Walker.
No. s-Palatka-Df. j. e.. IAonn-lly,
Henry Jone-, |. l.. Purcell, e. r. Avery,
Geo. +. Fowler. Jas. IaRoach, A. y.
ioyi", Randolph Foster, Jas. Adams.
t;eo. Washington. J. II. Grant, u. \.
Hin. j. II. Purcell, Tom Davis, T.. Per.
kins, +. Peck, Jas. VI. Shelley, ID. A.
Boyd, Joseph Baldwin. J. II. Fry, An.
drew Williams.
No. 9-I,-p Creek. II. Mason, l.. A.
Artson, +. 4. G.rb4r
No. I0-Monrr L. r. Go.iin, Alex.
Berry.
No. il-Baldwin-Alfre,i Davis, Al.
fred Met ienton, Gilbert Davis, Charles
Davis, Arch. Mann.
No. IL N. Washington, David Watts,
Edward Smith
No. lj-,No nameJ J. X. Crosby, Flint
Pepper.
After thu names II the delegates had
been duly enrolled, the temporary chair
man declared the permanent organiza.
ton 10 l+ in order.
]. J.. Purcell Was nominated IA Ierma.
nent chairman, aud his election wa
unanimously carried. Jas. II. Shelley
was elected ~ permanent secretary, and
l.. 4. Artson assistant secretary.
The chairman read the call ~ th,
chairman u the executive committee, a,
follows
~ convention VI the republicans 81
Putnam county il hereby called to meet
at ralatka. on Thursday, the 10Th day Ol
July, instant, ut IL o'clock. m., for III,
purpose II electing six delegates 10 attend
the republican congressional cOnyen
ton to meet al Jacksonville, Florida, on
Wednesday, the nth day Of August
1886, and for the transaction Of sucl
other business ~ may come b.fore 1t.
In pursuance to the above the chair
man declared the first thing in order t.
be the election Of the six delegates to rep
resent Putnam county In the congress
. ional convention to be held IN jackson
Vile, August | lth, and declared nomina
tiona in order a number Of delegate
we're nominated IA follows. j. II. Pur
cell, X. j. Broad, y. A. Davis, Geo. J.
Fowler, Ed. Kirby, j. &. Donnelly, Alex
Ray, u. Y. Hill, q. W. Lyle, G.. A
/, Cowgirl, George Smith, David Watts, l.
+. Goodin. Jos. T., Baldwin, u. J. Daniel
. A. n. Doyle, I. l.. Purcell, l.. A. Artson
, J. II. Shelley, Jas. Adams, u. A. Boyd
/ Dr, Cowgirl suggested that the secre
/ tary read the list Of nominees, which
, was done.
Alex Ray moved that committee o
one from each precinct be appointed
select from those placed in nominatio
six names To- ln delegates to the I,
publican congressional convention q
. Jacksonville. This motion was carrie,
and the following committee WAS AZ
4, pointed, each precinct naming its men
Dor; W. II. Chmnlerlin. 4. Mixer. q
G. Parineter, Il. j. Broad, Alex. Ray.
W. Lyle. Geo. W. Walker, G.. F. Aver,
j. II. Mason, l.. +. Goo,lin. Gilbert ID
Wis, David Watts, }. X. Crosby.
The committee retired, and in tiftec
! minutes returned. and through Ge,
ylc reported the following as the nam,
selected rs the delegates to attend ii
convention. viz: Dr. J. G.. Donnell,
. pr. e. A. Cowgirl, ]. II, Purcell. Ge'
/" I. Fowler, Gilbert Davis. u. Y. Hill.
y A. n. lnyle moved that the report {
~ tho committee In received and adoptc,
y and the motion was carried unanimotisl,
TALk ABOUT A NEW COMMITTEE.
Z" Col. Fowler stated that Maj, Teasdal,
I" owing to the great amount of bnsine
Is he had to attend to. and the very limit,
u time at his disposal. desired that son
~ one other than himself la made chat
70 man Of the executive committee.
~ DR.. Donnelly thought the conventir
III mot tl. ,,lac, IA, snttln tho ,,,oafinn ~