Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
Last Saturdays Free-for all.
DEMOCRATS. POPULiSTS AND
FREE SILVER MEN NOMINATE a
TICKET.
Small Delegations, Eight Towns
not Represented by Silver Dele
QateS,

Small Delegations. Eight Towns
not Represented by Silver Dele
gates.
The Democrat, Populist and Free
Silver parties congregated at Ithaca last
Saturday, to have the triplet marriage
ceremonies performed no attention paid
TO principle, but determination to try
and beat the republicans. The demo-
Gratis met at the opera house, the pops
at the court house and the silver party
at Browns hall at ten o'clock. In the
mean time the Democrats had elected as
their permanent officers, g. M. Brown
chairman, and f. G.. Palmer secretary;
the Silver men elected II. n. Robinson
chairman, and W. l. Woodin secretary,
and the Populists had chosen Warren
Pugsley chairman and Ira ID. Suydam
secretary. Before noon adjournment
G. II. Crandall, A. j. Hall and G. IL.
Waterbury, democrats Geo. z. Stone,
James How'd and j. NJ. Montigel, silver;
f. NJ. Vandercook, H. Chisholm and DR..
McLachlin, populists, had been chosen
as conference committee 10 meet and
arrange the division of the ticket and
adopt a plan for a joint convention.
The conference committee met at one
O'Clock and decided that the three con-
ventions meet III joint convention, each
party being allowed an equal number OF
votes, and that the offices Of Represen-
tative, Clerk, Register of Deeds and
one Coroner be allowed TO the Popu-
lists; the offices of Judge of Probate,
| Treasurer and one Circuit Commission
err be given to the Silver Party, and
that Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney, one
Circuit Court Commissioner and one
Coroner be given to the Democrats, and
that the office of County Surveyor be
given to the Nationalist. The report
also provided that when the three CON
ventions met jointly, that the officer for
any particular office should be chosen
from the party to whom the office had
been apportioned, but that each dele
gate should have a right to exercise his
own choice as between the several nom
inees. The conference committees re-
port was submitted to the several con
ventions and was adopted.
Then the bear dance began There
was no rush of candidates, who wished
to make what is sure TO be IA losing
| fight: The following ticket was nom
mated. For Judge of Probate, G.. II.
Chase for Sheriff, n. j. Mccullough Of
Alma for Clerk, Hiram Haring of North
Shade; for Treasurer, Henry Reed of
Fulton; for Register Of Deeds, f. NJ.
Vandercook of st. Louis; for Prescott
ing Attorney, Newell Smith of st. Louis;
| for Circuit Court Commissioners, f. d.
| Yale Of Middleton, and Archie Mccall
of Ithaca; for Surveyor, j. w Harrod
of Ithaca; for Coroners, G. L. Emo of
| Emerson, and j. p. Carpenter Of Ithaca;
for Representative, Dewitt Vought Of
Alma. Which is conceded by all to be Il
very weak ticket, with two or three
exceptions. No weaker ticket was ever
nominated in the county.
They tried to pull in the prohibitionist,
| by giving them surveyor, and at this
point, was one of the amusing features
of the convention when the old stall
wart prohibitionist CD james Clark, put
in nomination j. w Harrod for survey
or. Early IN the day it looked as though
! scrap was on between Chase, Wander
cook and Tucker, but Chase and Van
dercook tanned the rolling sea, by agree
| ing to divide the county printing equal
| ly, and let Tucker in if he would lay
low, and let them receive their reward
for faithful services in the past. Dur
ing the convention several speeches
were made, one especially by Dewitt
Vought who like Bryan, talks with his
mouth, aud is not troubled with any
knowledge of the financial question. As
an agitator, he is success, his best hold
being i'll trying to dissatisfy the masses.
Thus ended the convention, harmonious,
but unsatisfactory to nine tenth of the
voters.
Dancer In Kurdistan.
The performers had already drawn