Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-04
FIRST In THE RACE
The Probiticnists Hold Their
County Convention.
NOMINATING A FULL TICKET
The Usual Anti-Whisky Resolutions
Adopted and New County Commit
tee Elected-Usuxl Resolutions

bition party was held yesterday IN Good
Templars' hall in the McMalien block.
The morning session wss taken up by
routine business J. 4. Bodwsll Was
elected temporary chairman and A. {.
Bsrkiey. secretary.
The following committees were ap-
pointed;
Credentials-JohnJ Jones, s. IL. Fields.
L. ID. Randall
Permanent Organization - Lyman
Murray. q. ID. Comstock, the Rev. J.
Snashall.
Resolutions-w. c. Sheppard, A. B.
Cheney, NJ. II. Walker.
Finance - Peter Reynders. Charles
Thoma. w. c. Sheppard, J. l. Cutler
and A. L. Roberts.
On Nomination-M. IL. Walker,
Judge Tsteum, George Roelofs, w. c.
sheppard, A. b. Cheney.
w. L. Sheppard was relieved from
duty on the committee on resolutions
and the Rev. j. Snashali WAS appointed
in his stead. The convention then took
o recess.
Afternoon Session.
At O'Clock Chairman Bodwell
called the convention 10 order again.
and the report OF the committee on
permanent organization, recommend
ing A. b. Cheney Of Sparta for chair
man and o. w. Petit for secretary,
was read and adopted aud the nomins-
tions of county officers was taken up.
The nominations ARC rs follows:
"A
dar Springs.
county Treasurer-B. B. Ray, Can
non.
Sheriff-George Barber, Caledonia.
Register of Deeds-A. 4. Roberts,
Sparta.
County Clerk-Peter Volmari, city.
Prosecuting Attorney-M. IL. Walker,
city.
Circuit Court Comnlissioners-E. S.
Hale, Caledonia, and Edwin Coye, city.
Coroners-S. d. Human, Sparta, and
William +. Brooks. Lowell.
County Surveyor-M. II. Cook, city.
state Convention Delegates.
Next in the order of business was the
election of delegates to the state con-
vention to be held At Owosso, Wednes-
day, August 10. The result follows:
L. d. Randall, NJ. II. Walker, w. c,
Sheppard. J. H. Tateum. J. X. John
ston, II. w. Reed, George A. Newell,
George Roelofs, j. E. Bodwell. .. w.
Petit, j. w. Adsms, c. b. Foster. s.
NJ. Pesrsall, Albert Dodge, G. A. Lin
derman, Charles Thoma, J. c. Cutler,
ALI Of this city; Flank ID. Cutler, Games;
c. o. Tinkhsm, Ada; r. J. Ballard.
Gaines: Homer r. Bradield, Ada; A.
c. Barclay, Paris; J. c. Richmond,
Lowell; N. B. Blsin, Lowell; d. S.
Drake, Gaines; A. b. Cheney, Sparta;
Edgar Weller, Cannon; Alonzo Gown,
| Grattan; Oliver Saunders, Rockford;
&. II. Whitney, Tyrone; Charles Old
field, Sparta; s. H. Fields, Sparta;
Henry Parkingson, CORTLAND.
County Oommittee.
Then came the election of . county
committee, which resulted ~ follows:
Ada, C. o. Tinkham; Algoma, A X.
Jewell; ALPINE, +. K. Waterman; Bowen,
E. l.. Tnscy; Byron, j. H. keeney;
Caledonia, q. Barber; Cannon. w. Waite;
Cascade, A. Graves; CORTLAND, Henry
Phelps; Gaines, G.. X. Cutler: Grand
Rapids, James H. Martin; Grattan, q.
Cowan; Lowell, James Robertson; Nell
son, B. F. DeCou; Oakfieid, Lyman
Spalding; Paris. l.. X. Davis; Plain
field, A. c. Underhill; Scion. G. A. Old
field; Sparta, G. A. Boomer; Spencer.
S. J. Spider: Tyrone, L. ID. Silly; We
gense, Therman Hale; Walker.
Frank Grose; Wyoming, ii. j.
Masten; first ward, J. E. Ames;
second ward, Peter Rynders;
third ward, w. C.. Sheppard; fourth
ward, NJ. II. Walker; fifth ward. N. b.
KRONER; sixth ward, A. ID. Lynde;
seventh ward, Charles Thoma; eighth
ward, F. II. Weatherly; ninth ward, C..
w. Fellows: tenth ward, George Roe
lofs; eleventh ward, Henry Palmer;
twelfth ward. the Rev. J. Snasbali.
A. b. Cheney of Sparta was elected
| chairman of the county committee and
| George Roelofs secretary.
The committees on finance and reso.
lutaons presented their reports, which
were adopted. The resolutions con-
tanned the usual reference TO the liquor
traffic and declared that public money
should not be appropriated for any
| school other than the public schools.
The convention then adjourned.
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