Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-07
WON BY THE DUKE
The Hon. Peter Ooran Nomi-
mated for Senator.
WHITE, TEA AND BURRlLi
Named for Representatives-The Demo-
erars Hold brace Of Conventions 70
Nominate Lsgls.ative Candidates.


I'VE want . man VINO We know 10 .
democrat. and are not mere 20 be swai-
lowed up oy the peoples party" shoiit-
ed Alderman Mills at the democratic
convention IN Leipzig hall last night
That's the stuff" yelled the dele
gates 10 the democratic Convention last
night, when they were about 70 nomi-
rate state senator. Alderman Mills
Was disgusted with the endorsement Of
the peoples party nomlnees for repre-
sentatives. IL was Doran's night on,
however, aud he got the nomination as
easily as lOang . dollar through . hole
n your trousers pocket
Temporary Organization.
Henry +. Mccormick called the As
semSiy OF the great unwasned TO order
at O'clock, and called the Hon.
James w. Ransom TO the chair. lie
accepted the honor. and IN . tiresome
speech announced what the business
OF the convention was 10 be. DIR. ID.
Emmett Welsh MAS elected temporary
secretary. The chair appointed the
following Committee on credentials
and permanent organization: T.. A.
Maher, +. ii. Gill aud l.. 4. Carroll.
A recess of 5 minutes Was taken to al
low the committee tune 10 prepare lts
report.
The committee recommended that
the temporary officers De made perma-
nent aud seat all the delegates who
had presented credentials. One proxy
from the third ward wss also admitted.
The report Was adopted.
The chair appointed \. p. DeVries
and +. r. Harrington tellers and JUS
tlce Brown swore in the officers of the
convention.
Representatives Nominated
Larry L. Carroll took the floor, and
without any spresd-eagle remarks,
nominated the Hon. At ). White for
representative. There was no debate,
anu the secretary was instructed to
cast the ballot of the convention.
For the second member William F.
Tea and the Hon. Jack Hayward were
named. Mr.. Carroll desired to know
If Alderman Mills, who made the NOM
nation. Was authorized to do 20. Mr..
Mills stated that ne was.
City Marshal Bragg seconded the
nomination Of Mr.. Tea, and stated that
he believed IL was the better policy TO
support the peoples party nominees,
and 4. l.. Cslkins Of the fifth ward
supported Mr.. Hayward. A ballot
was taken, with the following result:
Tea, Is; Hayward, II.
The result was received mingled
with applause and Kisses. Mr.. De-
Vries moved the ballot be made unan-
imous. bat there were several dissent
ing votes.
John Burrows was nominated by .
delegate of the fifth ward.
Alderman Mills took tho floor and
nominated the Hon. Jack Hayward,
VINO. ne said, was Q democrat and he
was there as . democrat and not to be
swallowed up by the peoples party.
He wanted man who would support
democratic principles. A ballot WAS
taken and the result Is appended;
Hayward, Is; Burrows, 10; John Oh
colt, |. J. w. Ransom, l.
+. r. Harrington moved the nomina-
too Re made unanimous, but again the
dissenting voices were heard. When
the result Was ammo unced there were
cries OF "Dennlson," "Now swallow J.
Riley"
Senatorial Convention.
Immediately after the nomination of
the three delegation, the senatorial
moved that the officers of the proceed
ing convention act IN the same capacity.
Mr.. DeVries. one of the tellers, lives in
the tenth ward and the chair appointed
4. ". Findeistsr. The delegates from
the tenth and eleventh wards left their
seats.
T. A. Maher took the platform and
presented the name OF Petor Dorsn for
state senator and quoted ~ length bis
record when IN the senate.
Cars Wernette seconded the nomina-
lion.
Maurice NJ. HousemAn was nomi-
mated by w. ID. Pugh OF the third ward.
Mr. Housemsn asked for q moments
time and stated that he was not q dele
gate. IL WAS Dorxn's night and Mr..
Harrington moved that the secretary
be instructed to cast the vote of the
convention for state senator. Chris
Wernette moved that Mr.. Doran be
waited upon and brought in. Chris
wsrnett. T.. f. Harrington and f. A.
Msher were appointed to drag him be-
fore bis friends
Col. Aiartcn Made q speech.
NJ. VI. Houssmsn was called for. He
stated that At last the republicans were
nos Haunting the Tag IN the faces Of
the democrats, aud the two parties
faced each other on an issue. Senator
Dorsu had come IN during Mr.. House.
mans speech. He thanked the con-
vsntion for the honor. and told at
length Of the different bills be had
slped TO pass. His speech was well
received.
NINTH WARD REPUBLICANS.