Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-14
ARE AFTER A PLUM
County Delegates to the Demo-
cratic Convention
INSTRUCTED FOR M'GARRY
For Attorney Genefal-The Kent County
Convention Translates Business With
No Evidences OF Enthusiasm.

The democratic county couvcotou
was called TO order Ia Metropolitan
hall yesterday morning al ii:l5, by
Chairman L. +. Carroll of the county
committee. The chairman called the
Hon. l. NJ. Weston to preside over the
temporary organization. and upon TAX
ing the chair Mr.. Weston delivered
himself substantially as follows: 1.-Two
years ago l had the honor of calling 10
order = state convention IN THIS city
that nominated . state ticket. the nrsi
one 10 be elected IN this state tor thirty
elk years. The state & vernment for
the last two years has made record
for itself. The state has never had q
Set of officials that administered the
government more economically and
with greater saving 10 the people The
democratic party has placed national
ticket in the field that will materially
aid IN the election of our state ticket
No administration for twenty years has
made so good = record as that under
| Cleveland" Mr.. Weston. fearing that
the delegates would become tired or
| listening 10 democratic speeches, abre-
waited his remarks and called for the
| appointment of secretary. On mo-
ton. John j. Belknap was elected 10
| that position.
! Committees Appointed
The following committees were then
| appointed by the chairman;
Committee on Credentials - Josiah
Tibbitts. IL. F. Mccormick. IL. ii. Ha-
vens. Robert Carlyle and Andrew
| Doyle.
Committee on permanent organsza-
ton and order of business. 4. Mo-
lopey, John Wlthers, George A. Link.
| Thomas Hefieron and Thomas Nester.
| After the committees had been appoint
| ed the convention took d recess ia order
| TO give them time TO formulate their re-
ports. When the convention was again
| called TO order the committee on Gre
! dentials reported delegates present
from all the wards IN fhe city and from
about two-thirds of TIE townships IN
/ the county. The report was adopted
and the committee on permanent or
ganizatIon and order of business re-
commended that the temporary organl-
zatlon be made permanent and that the
convention procsed 10 the election OF
forty-seven delegates 10 the state con-
ventlon distributed among the repre-
sentative districts az follows: The flrst
| OF city district, twenty-seven; the
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The report was accepted and adopted.
Instructed tor McGarry.
Maurice NJ. Houseman then arose
and stated that II would not be bukl-
ness-hke TO instruct delegates TO the
state convention 10 vote for any candi-
date after they had been elected. Kent
county has a candidate for attorney
general III the person of Thomas +.
' Ms1.arrU Ia hss
ton declare itself ia favor of the
candidacy Of Mr.. McGarry and that
the delegates be elected TO the state
convention be instructed TO vote for
Mr.. McGarry. The motion was carried
unanimously and the convention d.
vlded into representative districts and
elected the following delegates TO the
state convention 10 Ice held in THE city
Aug. II:
First or city district, NJ. NJ. House.
man, chairman; II. r. Mccormick,
secretary; delegates-at-large. /. NJ.
Weston. L. 4. Carroll and Edwin r.
Unl; John s. Farr, Edward Murphy,
first ward; I. +. Carroll. Peter Doran,
second ward; NJ. Nj. Houseman, II. r.
Mccormick, third ward; A. I. sbsfer,
W. A. Hake, ST., fourth ward; Maurice
Shanaban, Fred Saunders, fifth ward !,
n idds Malucl. v. II. JOlutTelUds tlAtn
ward; Andrew Doyle, John Cooper,
seventh ward; l.. l.. Launiere, Adolph
Wurzburg, eighth ward: {. r. Hoga-
done, .. I. Morgan, ninth ward; {. :.
Wilson, c. II. Bender, tenth ward: y.
7. Carpenter, r. II. GIL. eleventh
ward; John Mclaughlin, James rtz-
patrick, twelfth ward.
second District Delegates
Second Distfict--John II. Whitney,
chairman. aud IL. II. Hsvens, eecre-
tary; delegates. l.. Burne, Ada; Francis
Boyland, Wyoming; Francis T. King,
Lowell; Fred l.. Hodges. Nergeni b;
Alfred Teeple. Paris; William McCo-
dan, Gaines; William r. Crawford,
Grand Rapids; MoArs Boeenhure. BY
ron; Joseph 4. Kennedy, Caledonia.
Third District II. J. Chambers
chairman; j. +. Tozer, secretary: dele.
gates, George Hemsley. Tyrone; George
A. Link, Nelson; Tbomas sowerhr,
Cannon; =. ID. Cornell. Grattap: Joha
Kinney. Walker; Charles CArlyele,
CORTLAND: J. Jackson Cook. Algoma;
: Timothy konkle, Scion; James Ward.
Spencer; John A. Lessiter, oskfeld-
The accommodations of the several
districts were ratified by the conven-
ton ~ body. The convention sd-
lourned AZ y. m. having completed
! ne business without any demonstra-
tive speech-msking or evidence OF en-