The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1888-09-05
The County Convention.


The republican county convention
held ut South Haven last Thursday was
"A notable gathering of leading republi-
cans from all parts of the county, and
was one of the most enthusiastic and
harmonious conventions ever held in
the county Every township was rep
resented by full delegation and every
delegate was in his place, the full lao
votes being cast.
The commodious opera house in
which the convention was held was adj
mirably arranged for the occasion, each
delegation having seats assigned for its
use and its position indicated by pla-
card i'm large letters bearing the name
of the township. The spectators. of
whom there was a large number, occu-
pied seats in the rear of the delegates,
while the officers of the convention oc-
cupied the stage sitting behind table
draped with The republican oriilamme,
a large American flag. The press was
not forgotten, large table being placed
i'm front of the delegates for the use of
the tellers and reporters. Around this
table in il picturesque (:) group, were
gathered the representatives of the
NORTHERNER, Courier, Republican,
Messenger and Sentinel, all of whom
were busily engaged in taking notes
and in taking in the many exciting and
humorous incidents that transpired
during the day.
The convention was called to order
at II 80 by Chairman Eaton who called
on the Paw Paw republican campaign
glee club for song. The call was re-
sponded to, the club singing " For Tip
pecanoe and Morton too" and receiving
Il magnificent round of applause at the
close of the song.
Mr.. Eaton then made n few brief but
exceedingly appropriate remarks, and
Mr.. j. l. Breck, secretary of the county
committee, read the convention call
Departing from the custom of him
self naming the temporary presiding
officer-a custom more honored in the
breach than in the observance-Mr
Eaton asked the convention to choose
its own chairman which it did by elect
ing Hon. j. j. Woodman to that hon
orable position. Mr.. +. ;. Harvey of
Bangor, was elected temporary secre-
tary; Col. Henry Ford of Lawton, j.
" Roosevelt of Keller and Hon. A. b.
Copley of Decatur, were appointed rs
a committee on credentials III. w.
Burkholder of Berlamont, John Baker
II. J,
G. +. Heath of Bangor and DR.. +. w.
Bartram of Paw Paw, were appointed
rs a committee on permanent organic
alton and order of business, after which
the convention adjourned for dinner.
At :45 the delegates were again
called to order by Chairman Woodman.
Col. Ford chairman of the committee
on credentials, made report showing
f,,ll 1nln aD IA
townships, which report was accepted.
Chairman Burkholder of the commit
tee on permanent organization reported
in favor of retaining the temporary
officers of the convention as its perma-
nent officers and, the report being
adopted, Chairman Woodman made IA
short speech thanking the convention
for the honor and stating that the COur-
Ter was very much mistaken when it
stated that the republican party was
engaged in quarrel and strife in its own
ranks, and that there never was time
when greater harmony prevailed in its
ranks than is to be found at the present
time.
The method of balloting decided up
on was for the chairman of the several
delegations to collect the ballots and
forward them to the tellers for canvass
ing. A. b. Chase of Bangor, +. w.
Bartram of Paw Paw, and G. 5. Adams
of Antwerp, were appointed as tellers.
The first nomination on the list was
a candidate for Judge of probate. Rev.
f. II. Harvey of Paw Paw, in a neat
little speech, nominated b. +. Heckert
of Paw Paw; 5. NJ. Trowbridge of Ge-
neva, placed in nomination j III. John
son of South Haven. The result of the
first ballot, which was ordered to be a
formal one, was 11S votes for Heckert,
% for johnson and one, evidently cast
by mistake, for j. +. Slovenian.
With much enthusiasm and great APP
plause, Mr.. Heckert was declared the
unanimous choice of the convention.
The next in order was candidate
for sheriff. Hon. G. ID. Lawton of Law
ton, in very eloquent speech, nomi-
mated j. +. Billiard of Paw Paw; w.
r. Shrine of Waverly, presented the
name of III. p. McFarlin of Waverly
Mr. j. V. Roosevelt of Keller, named
A. T. Hurlbut of that township; A.
Hathaway of Paw Paw, presented the
claims of eX-Sheriff Slovenian OF Paw
Paw; Delegate Spicer of Paw Paw,
seconded Billiards. nomination, and
Delegate McCabe of the same township,
seconded the nomination of McFarlin
Three ballots were had resulting rs
follows: