The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-08-10

globe. Every nominee for the coming
struggle had been picked for his pecu-
liar fitness to well and honorably dis
charge the duties devolving upon the
office and no man need to hesitate to
vo'a the ticket from president to
co"nner.
After the address of Mr.. Pulver, Cliff
frd McCurdy was made temporary
s""retary and the following committees
appointed:
Credentials, Willis Fox, o. Brandt,
F. IL. Rush.
Permanent organization, j. L. Curtis.
E. w. Washburn. G.. w. Loring, VIM.
Cook, w. S. Burge.
Resolutions-E. o. Dewey, j. II.
| Clark, j. +. Barnes, o. S. Mead, M. L.
Parker.
A recess was then taken until 80.
1t was nearly two o'clock before the
delegates got around to the point where
they seemed willing to endure the thot
, of the heat of the court room, and left
| the cool shade of the lawn in front of the
county buildings and returned to the
convention room up stairs. The chair
man promptly called the body to order
and without any delay proceeded to
business, calling first for the report of
the committee on credentials. Chair
man Fox then began to read the report
which showed that the full number of
1865 delegates were present and that
there was no contesting delegation from
any precinct. He was about to read
the list of the delegates when it was
moved, supported and carried that the
reading be dispensed with, and the re-
port of the committee on permanent
organization and order of business was
then read by Chairman j. L. Curtis,
and at once adopted by the convention.
This report made the temporary Off
GERS permanent, provided for the APP
pointment, by the chair, of three tellers
and then for the nominations of candi-
dates in the following order: repre-.
sentative, judge of probate, sheriff,
county clerk, register of deeds, treas
urer, prosecuting attorney. circuit court
commissioner to succeed Warren Pier
pont, circuit court commissioner to sue
coed Joe Collins, county surveyor,
coroner to succeed Geo. w. Loring, and
coroner to succeed A. L. Holcomb, the
chairman of the different delegation s
to collect the ballots of their respective
delegations and carry them to the tell
ers. The report of the committee on
resolutions was made the last order OF
business. The chair then appointed as
tellers, w. H. Hunt, Roy Seeley, and
DR.. John E. Cardwell and the oath OF
Office was administered by Frank E.
WEIGH, notary public.
Nominations for the office of repre-.
sentative to the state legislature being
then in order Chas. E. Ward, of Shia.
wassee, secured the attention of the
chair and in rousing speech full OF
good points presented in logical way
and embellished with the best of rhet.
oric, placed the name of John j. Wheel
an of Shiawasse. before the convention
for the nomination of representative.
Shiawassee had always, he said, rolled
up big republican majorities and he ex'
pected that she would continue to dc
so in the future. In the past she had
had the pleasure of twice furnishing
candidates for the county ticket, once
when Rudolph Colby was given the
nomination for county treasurer and
another time when Roger Sherman was
the republican candidate for representa-
tive in the state legislature. At the same
time Shiawassee knows when she has a
good thing and wishes to share it with
the rest of the county. Then too il
seems to have been customary for the
nominations for representative to os'
cillate from the west to the east and
back again to west in periods of four
years each. Sherman and WestcOtt
had each had one term from the east
side then Shepard and Mason had had
two terms between them from the west
side of the county. Now again ii
seemed time for the pendulum to swing
back again to the east side. The can
didate he presented to the convention
was a man we'll known all over the
county and especially so among the
farmers OF the county and those who
attended the meetings of the farmers
clubs and other associations where he
is always among their best entertain
ers. The nomination of Mr.. Whelan
was seconded by Mr.. w. b. Sheehan,
of Vernon, principal of the Vernon
Schools and editor of the Vernon Ar.
gus, who spoke in strong terms OF the
good qualities of the candidate, prais'
ing him as an example of perfect
gentleman and assuring the delegates
of the strength which would be added
to the ticket by placing his name on it.
Hon. W. M. Kilpstrick then addressed
the chair, remarking that two years be-
fore it had been his pleasure to present
the name of George T. Mason to the