Telegram-herald., 1891-09-30
DECLINED WITH THANKS
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The Hon. George F. Richardson re.
Gently nominated b the Peoples party
IL the Fifth Congressional district ss
candidate for Congress met the COM
nslttee appointed oy the convention TO
inform him officially OF his nominS-
ton. last evening a. the Bridge-st.
House. Besides the committee. the
congressional district committee aud
several others were present. Lyman
Ehle. of Ailegxn. John Burrows and Y.
Il. Hinkley, of Kent, composed the
committee to inform the candidate,
ana this COMMITTEES with David Burch,
OF Ottawa, aud Ben. Vosper, OF ionia,
are the district committee. Besides
these gentlemen, the Hon. John Z.
blanchard, OF Ionia, William Tea, ID.
X Waters, ii. I. wlllahsn and others,
OF this city, were present. The meet
ing was called to order in the hotel par
lors and after the candidate WAS intro
duced TO the several gentlemen n present
Lyman Enle formally notified him OF
the action OF the convention.
eoaid Not Afford TO Run
Mr.. Richardson said that he did not
feel justified IN accepting the nomina-
ton. He had several reasons for not
dong SO, prominent among them being
the manner in which the nomination
was gwen TO him. lt was designed to
be mass convention, but Ionia county
was not represented at all, Ottawa
county had tSo delegates and Allegan
county one, and the remainder were
residents OF this city. He would rather
not enter the campaign as candidate
this year, and did not feel competent
to make u ereditahlc canvass for the
parry. He did not feel able financially
10 do the work required of cand idate.
He assured the committee that
he was IN sympathy with the party
and he thanked the convention
for the honor II had gwen him. ID. II.
Waters then moved that the district
committee call another convention for
the nomination OF candidate. A long
discussion followed. Mr.. Ehle, of Alle-
gan, said the reason his county was not
better represented in the convention
was that the call was not properly adj
vertisec. but he had talked with sev-
eral of the foremost men of the party
since the convention, and found that
they were well pleased with Mr.. Rich
ardson's nomination.
Arsshsr Convention Called.
Mr.. wilahan was opposed to calling
another convention and said that II
another candidate were nominated the
party wouId be held up before the pub
bic IN der.sicn and the cry would be
raised that they had been bought of by
Democratic or Republican money. The
general excuse for the small represen-
fation III the convention was that
the call was not advertised but it
was stated that the nomination was
satisfactory throughout the district as
far as known and the committee was
anxious that Mr.. Richardson accept the
action of the convention. A member
of the committee asked Mr. Richard
son if he would accept q nomination if
1t were rendered him by q delegate
convention and he replied that he
would ratherbe free TO act as he deemed
best at the time it would be held. He
said he had written letter. which with
little editing, it might be proper to
publish, IN which he declined the nom-
ination. This action was thought to be
unwlse by some. and after about an
hour and one-half spent in
earnest discussion, the ques-
ton of calling another convention
was voted upon and carried. 1t was
then suggested that the proceedings of
the meeting be suppressed. but IT was
thought To be impossible. 1t was finally
decided TO call another convention for
Monday evening, October 3. in this
city, and that the reason for calling it
be gwen out that the committee had
received letters from various persons in
the district expressing their satisfaction
"a TO the candidate, but that they would
Ike To have a delegate convention.
After the meeting adjourned Mr.. Rich
aTdson, IN conversation with reporter
for the TELEGRAM HERALD, said that
there was practically no nomination to
decline because il was not rendered
10 him by \ representative convention
of the district One county was not re-
presented and two counties had but
three delegates.
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