The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1894-04-07
REPUBLICANS.
Proceedings County Convention
TICKET Nominated.

the meeting OF the county conventlC
lie the delegates elected and large numb
:. of spectators assembled at the cou
house.
: The meeting was called to order b
d Mr.. B. S. Huntington, chairman of tn
;, Republican central committee, who rea
a the call for the convention, and his r,
# port as such. He stated that thoug
r the duties had been burdensome the
: had been made pleasant and agreeabl
a by the cooperation and sympathy c
Republicans in the county.
Mr.. M. J. Anderson, of Dufur, place
in nomination Hon. Thos Harlan, O
, Mosier, as temporary chairman of tn
: convention. This was seconded b,
Hon. M. P. Isenberg, of Hood River.
, Hon. Robert Mays placed in nomina
ito; Hon. w. H. Dufur, of Dufur. Aftel
this nomination Mr.. Dufur positively
declined, and Mr.. Harlan was elected by
acclamation.
Mr.. Albert Roberts was elected tenn
porary secretary and Mr.. J. A. Soesbe
assistant.
On motion committee of five was ap
pointed on order of business, but this
was amended by increasing it to seven.
Pending the appointment of the COM
mittee motion was made and carried
that committee of five be appointed on
credentials.
The committees were appointed as fol-
lows:
On order of business: M ] Anderson,
E Lake, Robert Mays, T II McGreer,
M P Isenberg, M T Nolan, w H Du-
fur.
On credentials-S D Fisher, T N
Joles, E P Ash, E s Olinger and o L
Paquet.
The chairman stated. that he appointed
Mr.. Fisher OF his precinct on the COM
mittee because he (Harlan) had forgot-
ten the ere lentials.
After this the convention adjourned
until half-past l O'Clock P. NJ.
On the reassembling of the county
convention the first was the reception of
the report of the committee on creden-
tials, which was adopted, and who were
the same as named in these columns,
with the exception that some delegates
were represented by proxies.
The report of the committee on order
of business was then read, which pro-
vided that the temporary officers be de-
clared the permanent officers of the con-
vention.
That the action of the convention he
as follows: First, election of delegates
to the state convention; second, nomi-
nation of county sheriff; third, clerk;
fourth, superintendent of schools; fifth,
treasurer; sixth, coroner; seventh, COM
missioners.
On motion the report was adopted.
Hon. W. Fl. H. Dufur moved to
amend the report by electing the dele
kgates to the state convention last, which
did not receive second. He made
vigorous speech in support of his amend
ment.
A committee of five, on motion, was
appointed to district the county, con-.
sisting of M A Moody, A E Lake. D J
Cooper, II G Rooper and w H 81 Dufur
A recess of twenty minutes was taken
for the purpose of districting the county
for the election of delegates to the state
convention, and in the interval the
chairman was empowered to appoint a
committee of five on resolutions.
The districts were named as follows:
First-The Dalles, with % to the con-
vention, was allowed delegates to the
state convention.
Second-Deschutes, Nansene, Bald
win and Eight Mile delegates.
Third-Dufur, Kingsley, Tygh and
Mosier-1.
Fourth-Wamic, Oakgrove, Bakeoven
and Antelope.
Fifth-Hood River and Cascade Locks |
Il.
The districts as named had IL dele
gates to the county convention, and one
delegate was allowed to the state con-
vention from the county at large. This |
made a representation of eight from
Wasco county in the state convention.
The following were elected: A Lake,
at large; E S Olinger, of Hood River; A
s Roberts, Deschutes; ] G Murphy, An
telope; M Anderson, Dufur, VIM
Floyd, M, A Moody and L L Mccartney,
The Dalles.
A motion was made and passed that
majority of votes, be declared necessary
for the nomination OF county officers.
The candidates for sheriff were noml-
mated as follows: Sexton, Driver, G E
Hsight e F Sharp, Frank Connolly, h
w Wells and u L Phillips. There were
six ballots cast, on the last of which T
] Driver was nominated by vote of 80
to 2S for Sexton, all the other candidates
having Withdrawn on the previous bal
lots.
At the time of going to press two bal
lots had been made on county clerk, the
candidates being Kelsay, kBurgett, ] M
Huntington, Ruch, Chandler, 81 Chris
man
AS we go TO press we learn that Mr.. A.
M. Kelssy was nominated on the fifth bal
LOT.
Nominations continued until 9 o'clock
last evening, and the ticket was filled out
with the following candidates.:
Troy Shelly was nominated tor school
on the 6rst ballot, he re-
ceiving majority of over Prof. z L Gil
bert of Hood River.
VIM Michel was nominated for treasurer
on the second ballot. his competitors beng
E Jacobsen. I c NickIesen and M East
wood.
For assessor there were three candidates,
F 81 Wakefield, e A Griffin and L Nc
Cormlck. Mr.. Wakefield received the
on the third ballot. i
Mr. Colt, of Wapinitla. and Mr. E F
Sharp were nominated for surveyor, and on
the 6rst ballot MIR Sharp received a major
ity Of three yotes. and was declared the
nominee.
Mr. w Il Butts was nominated for coro-
ner by acclamation.
For commissioner there were placed in
nomination A 8 Blowers. OF Hood River.