The St. Johns herald., 1886-09-23
GO le and for tE.a people.
S. Johns Primary Conyen.iOa

Pursuant to call, large numbeg of the citizens of St Johns Precinct met at the law office oi sir Ii. V. iiOwa.,i, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. of the lGth instant, and proceeded to organize Primary Con- vention.
 On mt tion of Mir. 4 F Banta, MT. J. T. Lesueur was chosen chairman, and on motion Dr. B. F. M. Blake was elect ed Secretary.
 Upon assuming the chair, Mir. Lesueur the object of the meeting to be the se- lection of five delegates to represent the St. Johns Precinct in the Winslow Con- vention. The chair then declared nom- nations to be in order.
 On motion of MT. M. V. Howard, MT. I. J. Mccormick was declared, by a vote of the primary, delegate to said con- vention.
 On motion of J. B. Patterson, NJ. V. Howard was, by vote, declared a dele gate to the aforesaid convention. Joseph Hollister placed in nomination the name of J. B. Patterson for dele gate-Mr. Patterson was elected. On motion of T. J. Mccormick, 4. F. Banta was duly elected by the primary, delegate to the Winslow Convention. On motion of Wm. Gibbons, w. S. Hill was chosen as one of the delegates.
 On motion of A. F. Banta, E. $. Sto- yer was elected to represent this pre- cinct in the aforesaid convention. i M. V. Howard offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the dele gates elected by this Primary Conven- ton, to represent the St. Johns Pre- cinct in the Convention at Winslow on the 4th day of October, 1886; shall at tend said convention uninstructed. The resolution was read by the Secre- tary, and the question being put by the chair, it was carried unanimously. It being suggested to the primary, that in all probability there would be an increase in the apporIionment of the delegates to the convention, motion was made that an additional delegate be elected to fill such contingency, and that the six elected. shall determine by lot, which one of the six shall be such extra, or sixth delegate.
 The question was duly put by the chair, and there being no objections o :. fered by either of the delegates elect the motion was carried by exclamation.
 A. F. Banta submitted the following resolution: Resolved, That the Secre- tary of this primary be directed to fur nish copy of these proceedings to the ST ohNs HERALD, to the Orion Era, I+and t copy to the Apache County Critic, with :. request that the same be pub lished.
 The resolution was read by the Secre- tary, and the question put by the chair, it was passed by unanimous vote.
 On motion of w. $. Hill, the Primary Convention adjourned sine die.
 J. T. LEsUEUR, Chm'n. B. F. NJ. BLAKE, Sec.
 The foregoing was received at the HERALD office by mail, and is the only statement of proceedings of St. Johns primary meetings which have reached thts office. This meet ing purports to have been public, numerously attended, and held at 10 o'clock A. M., but we are reliably informed not more than ten men were present, and the meeting was secret, and held about dark. At any rate the holding of such a meeting was unknown to the pub lie till next day. There were two other primary meetings held on the 18th, both of which were public, the meetings beginning at 10 o'clock in the morning, but we are furnish ed with no proceedings of these primaries. It will devolve upon the Convention to decide upon the eligibility of some particular dele gation from St. Johns, and in the meantime we refrain from com- ment.
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