The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-07-21
mix.up in which Minkler and Dawson
pulled out winners.

SURVEYOR.
Tie present incumbent. Samuel
Oseood. Of Iron River. was the only
name mentioned and he was unani-
mousy chosen.
THE CONVENTION
Was called TO meet ia the Republican
headquarters but owing to the large
number oi peoplein Attendance II wns
thought best To adjourn TO the court
room. County Chairman Conlin called
the convention to order and read the
call then called for nominations fur n
temporary chairman and Ed. Senrls
was the only person favored so he was
unanimously chosen.
Wm. III Jobe was elected temporary
secretary and then the committees were
appointed and an adjournment taken
until l:J0 In the meantime the COM
mittecs met and made ont their repor o
Through nn oversight the name of the
delegate was left out oithe space leit forit
in the MastodOn CREDENTIALS aud il was
necessary to send to the Damn for the
secretary Of The caucus to verify the
credentials This DELAYED matters
somewhat but finally the delegates got
together and the organization MAS
perfected The order OF business called
for clerk, Treasures, prosecuting nttor-
ney, probate judge, sheriff and register
in the order namcd and the secretary
cnst the ba Hot oi the convention Tor
each officer down 20 sheriff when three
nominations were made, Atkinson.
presenting the name of Edward Sensiba,
Crystal Falls, Thomas Harvey, md
Iron River, IIerman Holmes. An in.
formal ballot was ordered and HOLMES,
who saw nS show oi his being chosen.
asked llis men To vote for Sensiha. In
fact Mr.. Scnsba was well thought oi all
over the county and had he not been
turned down in Iron River the whole
makeup OF the ticket might bear a diff
Ierent face today. Some OF the east
side delegates wished to give him a COM
plincntary vote and also show their
good will TO MIR. Henley, who repre-
sented Atkinson ia The convention, aud
who can count more friends among the
business men Of the east side than any
other man on the west si,le. The ballot
stood, Sensbn, seven; Harvey, six, and
a formal ballot was ordered when the
vote was reversed and Harvey WAS
chosen by'seyen votes.
After short recess the Office OF
reeistcr ol deeds was taken up aud a
ballot ordered which stood, Morrison,
3; Jackson, q. The vote ON coroners
stood, Minklcr, 10; DAWSON, q;
Worden, 9.
After the nomination OF a surveyor
the committee on resolutions brought
in the following report:
We, THE REPunLIcANs or IRoN COUNTY
in convention assembled do unqualified
ly endorse nnd pledge our hearty sup
port to our atiunal standard bearers.
Wm. Me Kinley md Theodore Roosevelt,
under whose leadership the American
people take their position in the front
rank OF the nttions of the world and
shrink not from the performance of
those duties that humanity and the ad-
vnncenent of civilization have thrust
upon them aud whose election assures
ue OF continued prosperity and content
mcnt.
We concur in the wisc selections made
by the Republicans of Michigan
ut the Grand Rnpids convention
and pledge 10 the candidates there nom
| inatod our united support.
| We feel that in the selections made.
here today we have done whit IN Tor the
best interests ui the Republican party of
| this county and we present them to our
| fellow Republicans with the confidence
| That Iron county will roll up FOR the
| Republican ticket next November mn un-
prece,lonted majority.
This ended the work OF the convention
and nm adjournment was taken.
We Intend at later date to give an
cxtended mention OF ench oi the romi-
nces and content ourselves with saying
now that we consider II ms strong n
ticket ns could be put in the field. or
course all the candidates could not he
nominated and there may bo some OF
them that feel quite disappointed over
their defeat but they are all gentlemen
and the most oi them good Republicans
and will give tho ticket their unialtering
support.
The wcst side delegation made n very
good impression upon NIL nt the conyen.
tiOn by their gcntlomnnly behavior.
Most ~ them were Young men and very
popular in their own towns. On the
Iron River delegation was Will McI'ar.
land who IL we'll thought OF by everyone
M Iron River. Funk Jackson was
another member Of the delcgnt tion that
il strong with the people Of Lie
town he having been chosen 60 ofIl,e
many tunes over there unsolicited
which shows hs remarkable popularity
Mr.. Aspland is not as we'll known m