The Monmouth inquirer., 1888-10-18
County Convention.
HON. SHERMAN b. oyIATT ENTHUsIAs-
TICALLY NOMINATED BY ACCLAMA-
TIoN FOR COUNTY CLERK .rl ~
MIR. ovIATT ACCEPTS.

Ou MOludy. Iuefe was IL very large
attendance OF delegates and all the
townships were represented except
Holmdel, which delegation came in
later. II. 3
The meeting was called to order by
Hon. Henry s. White, Chairman OF
the last County Convention, and Sen
ator Henry M. Nevius was nominated
and unanimously elected Chairman
with great applause Mr.. Nevius was
escourted before the convention by
Messrs. Anderson and Burrowes.
Senator Nevius thanked the conven-
ton for the honor conferred on him,
and gave very hopeful account of
the political condition of the State.
When he mentioned Mr. Oyiatt's
name it was greeted with tremendous
applause. W0a 'CtaalazaHf neiooR eaf
Messrs. Matthias Woolley, of Ocean,
and Mr.. Sickles, of Shrewsbury,
were elected Secretaries eii Taad vts7
The following Vice Presidents were
elected ~. ~ lss.se e5a'
Upper FreeholdrDr. II. g, Norton.
Millstone-George D.5Frake Hnn
ManalapanA Matthias Rue aA.i1eo
Freehold Samuel G. Cowairt. 800
Howell-John E. BarkaIow. .es3,s
Marlboro-James d. johnson. e4r
Neptune-h. E. Watson ho \ n'
Atlantic-E. e. Snyder. si-.55 \
Ocean-J. Howard Sfocum.y - asast
Matawan-J. g. Conover.s e.i III na
Wall-A. H. Morris. - 'Ra
Holmdel7-W. G. Ely. arksr 5
Shrewsbury John W. Chambers.
Middletown- James HI. Leonard. laa
Baritan-Benj. b. Ogden.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS White. -&
A committee of three, consisting of
Edmund Wilson, James E. Cook and
Lewis f. Gordon, was appointed on
permanent organization, who report
ed in favor of the present officers.
Carried.
liIo IuI0c VI OAic lstSl CONVENTION
Were adopted.
Upon the call for nominations for
County Clerk, Freehold presented the
name of Sherman b. Oviatt and the
other townships seconded the nomi-
nation and.every time his name was
it awakened renewed APP
plause.
Messrs. Grover H. Lufburrow, Capt.
Prickett and d. d. Denise were APP
pointed to escort Mr.. Oviatt upon the
platform. His appearance was greet
ed with continued applause.
The Chairman introduced him with a
brief speech, saying he was a man
whom everybody knew, and who
had been found faithful to every
trust imposed in him.
Mr.. Oviatt returned his thanks for
the high honor conferred on him, but
had hoped that some one else would
be named. He had listened to the
proceedings of the convention and
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manner 1T had been rendered him. Lit
was O. hard fight to make, but with
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out the Natlonai tlcket. s..a.s
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