The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-04-16
DEmocn Arlc corsrr CONVENTION.

The Democratic County Convention for
Linn county met Friday, April 9th in this
city. The Convention was called to order
by Sam May Of Harrisburg Chairman Of
the County Central Committee.
On motion Hon. Vim. Cyrus, Of ScIo
was made temporary Chairman and Capt.
L. ]. Lanning, OF Albany, was elected
temporary Secretary.
On motion the chair appointed the fol
lowing Committee on credentials Hon
Jacob Newman Hon Enoch Hoult and DR.
] L Hill. The Committee reported dele.
gates entitled to seats Ia the Convention :
CLlst of delegates was published In our
last issuc.)
Report of the committee was approved.
The chair appointed the following com.
mittee on permanent organization c b
Montague, ] r South, Geo Humphrey, A
s Bassett and s I Crooks.
On motion the chair appointed the fol.
lowing committee on order OF business DIR
I'M, DIR Dodd, Scott Ward, John Kirk and
ii K Powell.
The committee on permanent organixa.
ton reported the following permanent Of
ficers President, Hon VIM Cyrus Sec
retary, l. Senders Assistant Secretary, IL
d Miller. The report or motion was adopt.
ed.
The committee on order OF business re.
norted ae foilo&vs
1. Election of t3 delegates to the State
Convention.
). Nomination of two candidates for
State Senators.
3. Nomination OF six candidates for Rep.
resentatives.
4. Nomination for County Clerk.
{. Nomination for Sheriff.
q. Nomination for County Commissioners.
= Nomination for Treasurer.
g. Nomination for School Superinten.
dent.
9. Nomination for Assessor.
20. Nomination for Surveyor.
II. Nomination for Coroner.
II. Appointment Of Central Committee.
On motion the report was adopted.
The following delegates 10 the State Con-
vention were then elected FF Croft, ]
n Rice. F A Watts, o Smith, 7 ] Black,
E Hoult, c b Montague, + NJ Daniels, I d
Miller, S w Dodd. w X BiIyeu, Geo Hum
phrey and T ] Cline.
The chair appointed DR. IIill and u r
! warmoth tellers.
jill Washburne, r a Irvine, Hon 4
IIoult and + ] Black were nominated for
State Senators. The ballot stood as fol.
lows washburne, - IIoult, 81 Irvine,
- Black, ~.
Black and Irvine were declared nominat-
ed and on motion of noult the nomination
was made unanimous.
The following gentlemen were put in
nomination for Representatives and the
ballot was as follows L Holman, a
B r Henry, o. !; ] w Swank, 50 | ID
Miller. S. l. II Montauye. IS Alfred
Blevins. 60 F c Hansard, So w j Phil.
pott, a JR South. s7 Alfred Drury,
30.
BR Henry, ] w Swank, d Miller, L
II Montanye, Alfred Blevins and + c Han
sard were declared duly nominated.
The following was the balloting for
County Clerk
First baliot-Paync, - (; Ralston, 10
Watts, 10 Myers, IS CaIbraith, 20.
Second ballot-Payne, u Ralston, IS (;
Myers, "a Galbraith, s3; Watts, -.
Third ballot-Payne. II Ralsson. Io
Myers, II Galbraith, ~ ; Watts, -.
Fourth ballot-Payne, ~ Ralston. 20
Galbraith, ~ Watts, "A.
Fifth ballot-Payne, % Ralston, ~ ;
Galbraith, 90.
Sixth ballot-Payne, 35 GaIbraith, 4s.
On motion of Payne the nomination Of
Galbraith was made unanimous.
The name Of Myers was withdrawn after
the third, Watts after the fourth, and Raj.
ston after the fifth ballots.
The ballotng on Sheriff was As follows
First ballot Douglas, q DAILY, 20
Smith, s. Scott, q Ralsson, I.
Second ballot Douglas, Il Daily, s4
Smith. 50 Scott, 7.
The name of Scott was Withdrawn.
Third ballot Douglas, g; DAILY, 33 /;
Smith, 20.
The name Of Douglas was withdrawn.
Fourth ballot-Smith, so DAILY, 3A
Smith declared duly nominated.
The ballot for County Commissioner
was as follows
Beard, IS Miller, s. Morgan, a
Pomeroy, 43.
Miller and Pomcroy were declared duly
nominated
The baIioiing for County Treasurer ~al
as follows
First ballot Curl, 7s Farwell, -
Newman, 10 Trites, 6.
Second ballot-Curl, 30 FarweiI, zz
| Newman, I8 Trites, 6.
Third baIiot-CurI, 43 FarweII, 50.
Curl was declared nominated and OF
motion of FarwelI, curl's nomination wa
made unanimous.
The baIloting for School Superintendent
was as follows
Moses, n Miller, n Reid, ~.
Reid was declared nominated
The ballot for Assessor was as follows
First baliot- Cody, Smith, 81 Jack
son, z3 Hyde, II Williams, 3 Edwards,4
Third ballot--Smith, A Jackson, 3.
Smith was declared nominated.
Benjamin + Thompson was nominate
for Coroner
The County Central Committee was al
pointed, to consist Of delegates to the Stat
! Convention to-wit
WR Bilyeu, chairman, F Croft, ]
!; Rice, f A Watts, P o Smith, I Black,
! Hoult, c B Montague, F M Daniels, ]
Miller, w Dodd, George Humphrey, T
> Cline.
: Tangent schesI Report.