The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1892-04-02
REPUBLICANS At WORK
Meeting Of the Delegates at
the Court House.
LIST OF THE NOMINATIONS
A Strong Ticket Placed Before the
People BY the Republicans OF
WascO County.

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The Republican county convention of
Wasco county met Saturday morning at the
court house pursuant to call. M T Nolan,
chairman of the county central committee,
calling the meeting to order and reading
the official notice for the same.
Chairman Nolan, after reading the call,
returned his thanks for the confidence re-
posed in him by the members of the Repub.
lican party of Wasco county in selecting
him to serve as chairman for the central
committee for the past four years and ex-
pressed the hope that the convention would
now release him and select some one else,
believing as he did that two terms in any
office was enough for any man. He then
announced that nominations for temporary
Offices were in order.
NJ Anderson placed in nomination for
temporary chairman w II II Dufur, of Du-
fur, making in the defense of that gentle
man a neat spe ech which was we'll received.
IA Hudson, who held proxy, placed In
nomination M P Eisenberg. of Hood River.
and asked that the name of this gentleman
be substituted for Mr.. Dufur.
This suggestion brought forth a vigorous
protest from Anderson, who said he did not
propose to have Dufurs name substituted
| by any one. MIR. Dufur's name would go
before the convention on Its merits, which
remark was greeted with applause.
On the suggestion of the chairman the
selection of temporary chairman was made
by ballot.
M A Moody and Robert Mays were ap.
pointed to act as tellers and created consId-
cradle merriment as they met at the secre-
tary's table and shook hands.
The result OF the ballot was the election
of Mr.. Dufur by vote of 80 to 35, and on
motion of T A Hudson his election was
made unanimous.
On taking the chair Mr.. Dufur returned
his thanks for the honor conferred on him,
and hoped that the entire proceedings of
the convention would be harmonious and
that the result of its labors would be the
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Wasco county that would commend itself
to the hearty support of every Republican,
and all others interested in securing good
government for the people and one that
would be elected from top to bottom.
] M Patterson was UNANIMOUSLY chosen
as temporary secretary and 81 G Rooper as
temporary assistant secretary.
On motion, committee of five on creden-
tials was appointed by the chair as follows:
Robt Mays, R Sigman, c L Gilbert, G v
Lane, = Richardson.
On motion, committee of FIVE on order
of business was appointed by the chair as
follows: M J Anderson, E Mccormick, F
c Sexton, 81 Rice, F Menefee.
On motion of M A Moody convention
took recess until l:30 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The committee on credentials reported |
finding all delegates present duly elected |
from the several precincts in the county |
with the exception of Hood River, which |
certified to the election of five delegates in |
place of four as apportIoned by the central |
committee and on motion OF NJ A Moody |
that precinct was allowed the additional |
mIttee adopted.
The committee on order of business for |
permanent organization reported as follows.
The temporary officers of the convention
was recommended to be the permanent Off
GERS and the following order of business.
Election of sheriff, clerk, county judge,
assessor, treasurer, superintendent of public
instruction, county commissioner, surveyor.
coroner and delegates to the state conven-
tion.
Robt Mays took exception to the report
and moved that in the election of delegates
to the state convention that the county be
districted, giving four to the precincts out
side of The Dalles, as agreed upon by the
Friday night caucus, and that The Dalles be
diyided so that East Dalles and Bigelow pre-
cincts constitute one district and West Dalles
and Trevitt precincts another. He offered
this as an amendment to the report of the
committee and spoke at length In support
of his amendment. The proposed amend
ment provoked considerable discussion, Mr..
Mays insisting upon its beng carried while
those opposed believed that inasmuch as the
county would be allowed to fix their dis
tricts as they deemed best it was no more
than fair that the city delegates should be
given the same chance to select the two del
egates apportioned to The Dalles.
Mr.. Moody offered as an amendment to
the amendment that the report of the COM
mittee be adopted and that the delegates OF
the four precincts in The Dalles be allowed
to district the same as they saw fit for the
selection OF delegates to the state conven.
tion. The amendment of Mr.. Moo6y's
was carried almost unanimously. but two or
three dissenting voices being heard.
The districting of the remaining portion
of the county was then made as quickly as
possible.
First DIstrict-Hood River, Cascades and
Baldwin.
Second Dlstrict-Dufur, Eight Mile, Nan.
sene and Columbia.
Third District-Kingsley, Tygh, Wamic
and Wapinitla.
Fourth District-Mosier, Antelope, Bake
Oyen and Deschutes.
Fifth and Sixth DistrIcts-West Dalles,
East Dalles, Bigelow and Trevitt precincts.
The chair announced that the next order
of business would be the nomination of
candidates and appointed Messrs. Mays and
Moody as tellers.
The following nominations were made for
sheriff: G Balch, Of Dufur, 81 " Steel. of
Five Mile, c w Rice, of Wapinitia, and G
L Phillips, of The Dalles. The first ballot
was as follows: Balch "a, Phillips Is, Steel
Ii, Rice IL. Second ballot-Balch 80,
Steel 10, Rice IL, Phillips ID. Balch was
declared the nominee, and on motion OF Q
L Phillips the nomination was made unani-
nous.
Nominations for clerk were next IN or
der and the following names were presented:
Alex Macleod, E N Chandler, J M Hunt