The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1895-03-02
THEY RUN EVEN.
Republican Comfy Convention
Tied for Two Days.
Two Hundred and Nineteen Ballots
Taken Convention Adjourned
UntiI Monday Morning.

Inc most ueleftnlDtu uhN biNt'i'F
fought convention ever held in the coun-
ty OF Iron was called 10 order in the
village council room in Crystal Falls
Thursday morning at ten o'clock Nj.
H. Moriarty acting under written auth
ority from Mr. Martin Bach, chairman
oi the Republican county committee
called the convention to order and read
the call stating the object of the convcn-
ton, 20 nominate candidates for county
commissioner uf schools, and county
road commissioner for the county OF
Iron.
Il. Il. Webb was chosen temporary
chairman and Frank Scadden temper
ary secretary of the convention. a mo-
ton was then made by Mr.. McQuown OF
Stumbaugh that the chairman appoint
Il committee OF three on credentials and
also n committee OF three on permanent
organization. On permanent organiza-
ton the chairman appointed Thoburn
Gibson, Of IIemntite; B. +. Davenport,
Of Mansfield aud T. y. Minckler, of Iron
River. On credentials Layiayette Me-
Quown, oi Stumbaughi +. a. Morrison,
of Iron River and l.. +. johnson, oi
Crystal Falls The committee on ere.
dentials recommended that the following
delegates be given seats in the conyen-
tion.
Crystal Fnlls-R b. Webb, l.. +.
johnson, Edward Sweeney and Frank
Scadden, proxy from NJ. B. McGee.
Mansfield b. f. Davenport.
Hematite- -Thoburn Gibson.
Bates-Adolph Forsberg.
Stambaugh--Layiayette McQuown.
Mastodon-S. G. Bennett proxy to
Frank Scadden.
Iron Rycr-F A. Morrison. Richard
Hause and Peter Erkson, proxy TO +.
n. Minckler.
Atkinson--not represented.
The temporary organization was
made permanent on report OF the com
mittee recommending the same Two
tellcrs were then chosen 10y tho conyen
tion and the ballotng for u candidate
| for county commissioner oi schools be
gan The first informal ballot wa'
taken and the vote stood sis
for s. #. Handy. five for NJ
X. X. Parmallee, and one io
Chas. w. Mckens. One hundred ant
fifty ballots were taken Thursday with
out any material change, when the Con
vention adjourned until Friday at ter
o'clock in the forenoon. Promptlya
the hour Friday the delegates took thei
seats as loyal to the candidates Of thei
choice as on the preceding day. Sixty
nine ballots were taken in the forenoon
without definite result. The fight wa
between Messis. Handy and Parmelec
the friends OF both these gentlemen
putting aside their own business an,
standing 10y them through it nj
An adjournment was then take
until / 80 p. IN. when the delegates agai
took their seats, with only one object h
view, TO nominate their choice
IA the balloting progressed IL wa
noticed by Parmelee's friends that on
OF Mr.. IIandy's delegates was casting
vote for Mr.. Mickens TO break tll
monotony oI the occasion, and when tl
next vote was counted, IL stood Micl
ems, seven; Handy, five. A motion wa
nude 10 make the informal ballot iol
nal and excitement ran high. I'll
chairman declared the motion lost on
tie vote and war was declared Minckle
in his usual blufiing style, with abusil
tongue, aud obscene language, pourc
, forth torrent of vile words mingle
with profanity of such malignant nj
ture that il would cause the most VA
gar and depraved bar room loaicr I
hang his head In same. In the midst
the confusion motion WIS made TO nc
journ until Monday at ten O'Clock n n
which was put by the chairman and q
clared carried.
All three OF the candidates arc pop
lar gentlemen, thoroughly competent
every way TO iill the Office Co which th,
aspire, any one of them would reile
credit on Iron county at any meetil
held by the teachers Of the state.
But il will be fact to be regretted
the Republicans OF Iron River do NJ
see TO il in the future that they nre re
resented In convention 10y Republican
and carry on their work Of nominate,
without the assistance Of PROXY dem
crat.