Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-28


districts DO called and that the chair
man or ezcn district caucus announce
TIE lanes OF the vice president, secre-
tAfys member OF the committee on ere
dennAis and on permanent orgsn!zs-
uon and order OF business. He further
moved that IN ss much IS that was .
judicial convention and that u had the
platforms OF the national and state
conventions FOR = foundation. that no
committee on resolutions Dc appointed.
Hls motion WAS carried.
Named Honorary onieers.
Pursuant 10 Mr.. Farr's motion the
following names were submitted by the
chasfmen OF tile respective districts.
First District-Vice president, Geo.
Bates. committee on credentials. ,.
Mcleod; committee on permanent or
gAnlLation and order OF busness. q. I'll.
Bussey.
second District secretary,
Judge K. A. Watts; wee president, O..
VI. Deylin, Jackson; committee on
credentials, III. A. Lockwood, OF Mon
roe.
Third District-Assi.tant secretary,
;. ;. Hurlourt, of Calhoun; vice presl-
dent. Alexander Cameron, of kslama-
200; committee on credentials, William
A. Coomos; committee on permanent
organization and order of business,
Edgar Gregory.
Fourth DistFIct-A ssissant secretary,
A. r. kenaston, or Hastings; wee p-esl-
dent, h. c. Reid. OF Allegan; committee
on credentials, W. s. Bradley. OF South
Haven: committee on permanent or
ganlzauon and order of business, j. NJ.
shepard, of Cassopolis.
Fifth Dlstrict-Nice president, DR.. j.
Il. Grlswold Of Kent; committee on
credentials, z. c. Lyle OF Kent; COM
mltteo on permanent organization and
order of business, W. X. Klute of
Iona.
Atwood; committee on credentials +.
G. Ely OF Oakland; committee on or
ganlLatlon and general order OF busl-
ness. J. L. Lee of lnghsm.
Seventh District - Vice president,
William Dawson; committee on creden-
tlals, Dwight \. Lowell; committee on
permanent organization and order OF
business, John l.. Preston.
Eighth District-Asslstant secretary,
Robert Steele of Clinton; vice presI-
dent, Z. W. Huston OF Tuscola; COM
mittee on credentials. ii. Nj. High,
Clinton; committee on permanent or
ganizsuon and order of business, W.
G. Gage of Saginaw.
Ninth dlstrct-Vlce president, j. Nc
Craft; committee on credentials, Fred
III. Aldrich. committee on permanent
organization and order of business. d..
ID. Butler of Benzie.
Tenth district Assistant secre-
tary, ID. W. Gordon of Midland; wee
president, d. e. Page. Petoskey; COM
mittee on credentials, James Van
Nleeck; committee on organization
and order of business. +. A. Sharp.
Iosco.
Eleventh district - Assistant secre-
tary, j. NJ. Foster, of Gratiot; vice
president, the Hon. y. Brown of Me-
costa; committee on credentials, Lew
Il. Wisner, of Osceola; committee on
permanent organization and order of
business, W. Meers OF Charlevoix.
Twelfth dlstrlct-Vlce president, j..
w. Mcmahon of Sault Ste. Marie; COM
mittee on credentials, Curtis Buck of
Ironwood; committee on permanent
organization and order OF business, +.
4. Osborne of lshpeming.
1sJ. III. stone of Wayne moved that the
convention take a recess for 10 minutes
in order to give the committees time to
report. Unanimously carried.
Reports of Committees.
The committee on credentials re-
ported no contests, and that nearly all
the counties were represented. Tne
committee on permanent organization
recommended that the temporary or
gsnizstion be made permanent. The
recommendation was greeted with
warm applause. IL further recon-
mended that the rules of the last re-
publican state convention be adopted
tnat the convention choose first a can
dldate for secretary of state and then
a candidate for associate justice of the
supreme court, that nominating
speeches be limited TO ten minutes and
seconding speeches to three minutes.
The reports of both committees were
accepted and adopted.
The officers of the convention we're
sworn IN by F. W. stevens of Grand
Rapids. The chairman asked If it
would be necessary TO call the roll OF
counties for candidates for the nom.
nation of secretary of state.
The Hon. Burton Parker of Monroe
moved that the rules be suspended and
the Hon. w. Jocnim be unanimously y
, nominated for secretary OF state. i