The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1888-03-30
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.


Hon w X Bllyeu, Chairman Of the Demo
cratic County Central Committee called the
Convention to order, and on motion OF ]
Cowan, Hon Geo + Chamberlain was elect.
cd temporary chairman, and on motion ol
Sam May, o p Coshaw, Jr., was elected
Secretary, and J Shcdd, on motion Of Mr.
Cowan, was elected Assistant Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Black the chalrappolnted
the following on credentials T ] Black,
] u Z Morelock and l. Senders. On motion
OF Mr. Cowan the chair appointed the fol.
lowing committee on permanent organlza.
ton and order of business ] /. cowan, @
II Ralston and Sam May. On motion Of
Mr. Hoult convention took a recess for IS
minutes.
Convention called to order and committee
on credentials reported the following dele.
gates rs entitled to seats In this Convention.
Crhe list OF delegates was published last
week. On motion the report Of the com.
mi,tee was adopted. The committee on
permanent organization reported, recon-
mending that the temporary officers Of the
convention be retained as the permanent Of
iicers Of the convention, which report was
adopted Same committee reported the fol-
lowing order Of business which was adopt.
cd
I. Election of 9 delegates TO the State Con
vention.
=. Nomination Of 4 candidates for the
Legislature.
}. Nomination OF candidate for County
Judge,
4. Nomination of candidates for County
Commissioners.
S. Nominations of candidate for County
Clerk.
6. Nomination OF a candidate for County
Recorder.
7. Nomination of candidate for County
Sheriff.
s. Nomination Of candidate for County
Treasurer.
9. Nomination of candidate for County
Assessor.
10. Nomination OF a candidate for County
School Superintendent.
II. Nomination Of candidate for County
Surveyor.
~, Nomination of a candidate for County
Coroner.
I3 Nomination of Central Committee.
On motion the vive voce method of yot.
ing was adopted BY vote OF 43 to 5s.
On motion the viye voce method OF voting
was suspended during the election Of dele
gates TO the State convention.
DELEGATES.
The result of the ballot for delegates to
the State Convention was as follows
JK weatherford. 81 IL Cowan, IS (;
Z n Ralston, 70 Jas Peery, "a Z Hoult,
6s T Black, S. l ID Miller. s. ; wR
Bilyeu, 81 L Scnders, 4S c Bufkhart,
20 + A Watts, 3o; Geo Finley, q Geo
Humphrey, ~, and scattering a. The
nine first above named were declared elect.
ed
On motion of Mr. Black the conyentIon
decided TO reconsider the motion by which
the vive voce method of voting had been
adopted, and then the convention voted
down that method of voting.
REPRESENTATIVE.
The following was the result Of the frat
ballot for representatives TO the Legislature:
JEFF Myers, 90 Il @ Miller. o. JBR
Morelock, IS ] w Swank, q Abe Hack
lenan, ~ A Blevins, I6; @ w Hunsaker.
- and f A Hester, J.
Mr. Myers and Mr. Miller having received
q majority Of all the votes cast were deciar.
ed duly nominated, and the convention pro.
ceeded TO the second ballot 10 nominate an
other candidate with the following result
BR Morelock, - w Swank, s..
Alr Morelock was declared nominated.
COUNTY JUDGE.
The balloting for County Judge resulted
as follows
First ballot-H Bryant, IS II Whit.
ney. 90 ] Doris, Is.
Second ballot-Bryant, 60 Whitney, 81;
Doris, ~.
Third balIot-Bryant, a Whitney. a
Doris, T3.
The name of J p GalbraIth was put In
nomination by ID Arthurs, of Brownsyille.
Mr. Cowan questioned the right 10 make
nominations after nominations had been de-
clared closed by the chair, but the chair
ruled that nominations were in order at any
time until some candidate was finally Sc
lectcd.
Fourth balIot-whitney, q Bryant, IS;
GaIbraith, IS Dorris,I.
Fifth ballot--W Whitney, ~ Bryant, I9 !;
Galbraith, II.
Mr Whitney was declared duly nomInat-
ed.