The Yale expositor., 1900-08-10
GOOD TICKET.
The Republicans in Convention
Assembled have placed an
Excellent Ticket in
the Field.

Pursuant to call the Republican con-
vention for st. Clair County assembled
in the Court House at Port Huron at
IL a. M, on Saturday August 4, 1900.
The convention was called to order by
the County Chairman, Geo. w. Moore;
who appointed as temporary chairman
and secretary, Charles +. Moore, of st.
Clair, and Charles J. Seely, of Port HUI
ron. These officers were made perma-
nent.
The usual committees were then ap-
| pointed.
On Permanent Organization and
| Order of BusineSs-Lincoln Avery, of
Port Huron; George n. Jones, of Ma
rine City, and James a. Menzies, of
Yale.
On Credentials-C. w. Adams, of
Port Huron; Neil Kennedy, of st. Clair
township, and j. ii. Day, of Riley.
On Resolutions-Judge Wagner, Of
Port Huron; John NJ. Robertson, of
Algonac, and Henry Hunt, of Colum-
bus.
After the appointment of the COM
mittees the convention adjourned for
dinner.
At the afternoon session the COM
mittee on permanent organization re-
ported recommending that the tempor-
airy officers be made permanent which
was adopted.
The next in order was the report of
the committee on credentials, and there
being no contest, this matter was soon
| disposed of unanimously.
w l. NIndna nf Grant. ITarh Han
messy, of Yale, and Burt ID. Cady, of
Port Huron, were appointed tellers of
the meeting. The officers of the Con-
vention were then duly sworn accord
ing to law.
The main items of business, viz: the
nomination of candidates were then
taken up. The first to be attended to
was the nomination of candidate for
state senator. In a neat and timely
speech Bert ID. Cady presented the
name of George w. Moore. There was
no opposition and the secretary had
the privilege of making one ballot
serve all, and he was declared the nom-
inee.
The next in order was the naming of
the conventions choice of candidate
for the probate judge. There were two
aspirants, and the friends of each were
plentifully in evidence among the
crowd of spectators. The name of
Frank L. Wolcott was gracefully and
forcibly presented by A. III. Nern.
This was followed by John B. Nell
vain arising and presenting the claims
of Harvey Tappan for that office. His
speech aroused much enthusiasm and
was loudly cheered by the candidates
friends. The ballot was then taken
and it was soon found that Tappan
was the choice of the convention by al
most two to one. The ballot talked
Tappan 1l8 times and the word sent up
for Wolcott was repeated only 62 times.
This decided the main, and perhaps the
only real contest of the convention.
For the following candidates the one
ballot by the clerk was sufficient: III.
w. Names was thus named to succeed
himself as sheriff. Henry Streeter was
declared the right man to continue in
charge of the County funds. The
simple announcement of the name of
f. L. Law as candidate for prosecut-
ing attorney, was all that was needed
to bring the secretary an order to SO
engross his name. Spain +. Pearce
was told so far as the republicans of st.
Clair County were concerned, he was
the right man in the right place, and
they would like to see the man who
would dare kick him out. Eugene
Bartlett, of Memphis, was made the
unanimous choice as candidate for the
County Clerkship.
At this juncture in the conventions
work Lincoln Avery arose to name the
man to succeed the late Judge Vance.
When he spoke of Judge Whipple he
was loudly applauded, and the nomina-
ton by acclamation followed the
speech.
For the full term in the circuit Judge
ship, there were two candidates, viz:
Nahum L. Thomas and John w. Gard
ner. The ballot showed that 1lS dele
gates favored the former and 81 the
latter.
AS candidates for circuit court COM
missioners, Burt ID. Cady and Hugh
Hart were named by acclamation. The
same process placed the names of AL
bert Faulk and a. B. Carlisle on the
ticket as candidates for coroners. JUS
tin l.. Pauldi was named as the conven-
tiOn's choice as candidate for SURVEYOR