Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-02-22
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Enthusiastic and Representative Crowd
Free silver Ecsolution-- Many Can
didate~ for iiOnors.

Free silver Resolution Many Can
didates for iionors.
At eleven o'clock on Friday last,
Chairman Martin raped the county
convention to order nj the court house,
read the call and called Kelly 5. Scarf
10 the chair. On motion, {. +. Brown
of Alma was made temporary secretary.
The committees were appointed in the
usual manner and were As follows:
Permanent organization and order
of business-C. w. Giddings, L. A.
Ely. and b IL. Sawyer. Credentials
Wesley Miller, l.. G.. Hull. and y.
Walker. Then the usual motion to al
low each delegation 10 east the full vote
when delegations were not full, was
put and carried. Adjournment was
then taken to one o'clock, standard
time.
On reassembling the committee on
permanent organization and order OF
business recommended that the temper
airy organization be made permanent
and that delegates 10 the state conven-
ton be chosen first and then candidate
for school commissioner. This report
was accepted and adopted.
The committee on credentials then
reported the following named delegates
a entitled 70 seats in the convention:
Wheeler-W. Bradford. T. Crawford, j.
Schmidt, W. .. Watson, b. Swope
Sumner-T. J. Blair, ). SLY. L. j. Schaf-
fer, W. III. Flanders, 9. T.. Prime.
North Shade-W Brice Il. Fyler, c. b.
Willoughby, j. McCuaig.
North Star-A Vance. i. \. ThibandeauX,
+. II. Cook G. Z. Mcbride.
Washington-R c. Rhines, II Z. Langley,
W. II. Smith, NJ. W. Coon, ID. Duncan.
Lafayette-E y. Baker, l.. Zacharias, c.
Farr, j. ID. Saddler.
Pine River-F. NJ. Frear. T. J. Clark, c.
Wood, j. g. Barrus.
New Haven-A j. Chambers. l.. b. Vol
ford, John Morse, George Duerr c. j..
Chambers.
Arcada-T. A. Ely, j. Inis, J. ". Holmes,
r. Purvis, J. d. Spinney, d. l.. Sharrar, a.
Roberts. G. f Brown, d. Reid, X. c. Ely.
Fulton-I II. Seaver, c. b. Doan, Geo.
Grooms. +. +. Stroup, \. Walker.
Ithaca-C. W. Martin, ii. G. Barstow, j.
B. Crawford, j. y. Mccall, j. +. Gibbs. +.
Brown, X. $. Scarf, X. ii. Sawyer. w. Mel
son.
Emerson-J. Allen, j. G. Randalls. Z. A.
yandervents. K. Gamble.
Eiba-E. Meacham, T. Newson, Il, r..
Smith, NJ. w. Bullock, L. Kirby.
Bethany-W. j. Miller, G. +. Peters, A. II.
Reed, A. Colthrop.
st. Louise. w. Giddings, 7. Dunnevant,
A. Adams, G. Gddings, G. II. Kingsbury, A.
s. Mcintyre, A. II. Lowry.
Hamilton--L. Il. Hull, f. p. Polls, A. l..
Wight.
Newark-H. X. Munson.
Seville--not represented.
This report was also accepted and
adopted.
No committee had been appointed,
but L. A. Ely of Alma introduced the
following preamble and resolution.
stating by way of introduction that he
believed that Of the 375 republican
voters of Arcadia, 800 were in favor OF
the free and unlimited coinage of silver:
WHEREAS Believing that the demonetiza-
ton of silver has worked to the detriment of
the laboring, producing and debtor classes of
the country; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we favor the remonetiza-
ton and free coinage of silver at ratio of
Is to /, and urge that our members OF con-
gress and L. 5. senators be earnestly request
ed TO favor such measures as will bring about
this result.
This resolution raised considerable
discussion, in which L. a. Ely, {. w.
Giddings. w. O. Watson, j. y. Mccall,
and several others took part. c. II.
Chase, though not a delegate, on being
called upon by the convention. gave a
short talk in reply TO some questions
which were asked. After considerable
discussion an amendment was offered
by c. w. Giddings, limiting the resolu-
ton to the American product OF silver.
This, he said, was not that he thought
free and unlimited coinage was too
strong, but that it was better not to go
too fast in this direction for fear of 90
ing 10 position which in the future
might prove extreme. This view, that
il might be better TO take the extreme
ground later rather than now, when
so many are unable TO decide for
themselves Just what they do want, be-
cause of not having fully investigated
the subject, prevailed, and the resolu-
ton was passed with limitation to the
American product of silver. After this
matter was disposed of balloting began
on delegates TO the state convention,
and lively scramble it was, the candi-
dates for the honor being even more
numerous than usual. G.. w. Giddings
of st. Louis was chosen chairman of the
delegation 10y reclamation, and ten
others in order as follows: Thomas
Crawford of Wheeler. Nathan Church
of Alma, j. n. Mccall of Ithaca, Kelly
S. Scarf Of Ithaca, w. A. Leet of Ithaca,