Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-10-09
HIS AANR IS LAWRENCE
John s. Receives q Nomination for
Congress
PROCEEDINGS OF The CONVENTION
Riehardsoa and Mccormick eeth named
for tho Race, Hat They Were Not
In Ia sa the ots--A i.eng set
of kssoiatisn. A d~ptsd.

| The Democratic district convention
met IN the circuit court rooms NJ the
court house. At ii o'clock yesterday
merning. The convention was called
10 order by Chss. II. Bender, OF th:s
city. |. NJ. Weston was elected temp
orary chairman, and made u very neat
farmer speech, telling how much him.
self and the..rest of the Democratic party
loved the farmer and workingman and
how their hearts went out in sympathy
towards these down-troddeu people.
Andrew Shafcr was elected temporary
secretary. On motion OF +. II. Stove.
Of Ionia, a committee Of four were ap-
pointed ON resolutions. The chair APP
pointed +. ii. Stowe, Of lonia; 4. +.
Sweet, OF Kent; ID. A. Watson, OF OF
tawa and NJ. I. Ryan, OF Allegan.
On motion of c. +. Hagsdone, of
Grand Rapids, q committee Of four
were appointed on credentials. The
chair appointed c. +. Hagadonc, of
Kent; 4. b. Borne, Of Allegan; T. b..
| Preston, of Iona and X. ID. Blair, OF
iowa.
On motion of A. Fyfe, of Kent, q
| COiIliilttto vi AouI ou peiuiaucut VI
ganzation were appointed. the chair
appointed A. Fyfe, OF Kent, Jas. Ham
NAL, of Iona; |. II. Sanford, Ottawa
and Wendell Enderle, Allegan.
Chas. Bender, Joseph Houseman and
Peter Doran were appointed q COM
mittee to escort Dan j. Campau to the
convention. Mr.. Campau was enthus-
| iasslcally cheered and made short
4 hi N ho hi tfvf, fesi
to the memory of the late Melbourne
II. Ford.
The convention then adjourned until
Up. M.
Evening Session.
The evening session of the Demo.
cratic district convention was called to
order at 7:20 10y the temporary chair
man.
The first order of business was the re-
port of the Committee OIL Permanent
Organization. The committee advised
that the temporary officers be made
permanent. The report was adopted.
The report of the Committee on Gre
dentials was the next III order. THIS
was read and adopted. The committee
reported Kent county entitled to fifty
two representatives; Allegan, twenty;
Ionia, seventeen; u Ottawa, sixteen.
Some of the representatives were alb
sent and on motion of A. Fyfe ten
minute recess was taken and the dele
cations empowered TO fill any existing
vacancies. During this time the Kent
county delegation attempted TO agree
on candidate, and succeeded in dis
agreeing upon three.
When the convention was again
called to order, the committee on reso-
lutions made their report as follows:
The report was enthusiastically
adopted.
The chairman then announced that
the nomination of candidates would be
in order. After some confusion 1t was
decided that the roll should be called
by counties, and the nominating and
seconding speeches should be limited
to five minutes.
Allegan county, through L. +. Ire
land, presented the name Of Mayor
Uhl, but as Mayor Uhl had declined TO
be a candidate they had no second
choice. Iona county had no csndi-
date. Morris Shanahan, IN a laudatory
! speech, presented the name Cf JOHN 5.
Lawrence. Ii was greeted with great
| applause. III. II. Havens presented the
name of III. f. Mccormick, of Kent
! He recited Mr.. McCormick's good
qualities and his success IN holding
| Office. NJ. NJ. Housemsn, III a flowery
speech, -upported the nomination of Mr..
| Lawrence, believing him TO be the only
| available Moses VINO could guide the
! democrats of the fifth district to the
congressional Canaan. j. w. Endle, of
| Kent, supported Mr.. Mccormick 8
nomination a truely democratic man
ner.
ottawa for Richardson.
II behalf of Ottawa county, d. O.
Watson presented the name of Geo. +.
Richardson. He said that Ottawa had
never before had candidate, but had
always followed cheerfully in the wake
of tse Kent county delegation. Vow
the X ent county delegation didn't know
what hey wanted themselves, so OF
tawa coun.v intended to enjoy the lux
ury OF a candidate of her own. e.. f.
Hagodoue, of Ionia, supported the
nomination of Mr.. Richardson.
On the informal ballot the vote by
counties was as follows:
Allegan-Lawrence, 10; McCor.
mick, |.
Ionia-Richardson, l3; Lawrence, 8
4 ~.
Kon,--Lawrence le; Mccormick, is
Richardson, 6.
Ottswa--Rlchardson, ls.
Total-Ricbardson, 35; Mccormick,
Is; Lawrence, 81.
After consultation with Mr.. Richard.
son, ID. q. Watson announced, amid
some excitement, that Ottawa county
withdrew the name of Geo. +. Rich
ardson, and cast her vote Is for John
). Lawrence. As soon ss the confusion
subsided, Jas. Farr moved that the
informal ballot be made formal. This
was unanimously carried. A COM
mIttec of FIVE were appointed by the
chair 10 find Mr.. Lawrence and notify
him of his nomination.
The next order of business was the
| election OF the district committee n
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna.
liOn of q. " Davis. The motion was
made and carried that the selection oi
the member Of the committee b. left
10 the committee and the nominee.
During the delay caused by the Alb
sence OF the nominee, 4. L. Natchell,
Speaker OF the last House oi Represen-
tauves, was invited % speak. shori
speeches were also made by A. Nc
knight. A. FYfe and other patriots.
SIR. Lawrence vas tlsen introduced
amid efeat spplsnse. Under ths
speech. lie assumed that be would b-
elected, sni promised the Democrats
what be would do for them "a the nexi
Congress. Hs promised 10 do all IN n.
power ~ uphold tis prlneipses el