The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1901-03-22
PARKER FOR MAYOR /!
REPUBLICANS NOMINATED WIN
MING TICKET LAST NIGHT.
No Contest for Other Places and Nom
nations Made by Acclamation.

No Contest for Other Places and Nom
nations Made by Acclamation.
The republican city convention was
called to order in the city hall last even
ing at 7:30 by E. D. Dewey, chairman
of the city committee, who read the call
for the convention and called Judge S.
f. Smith to the chair to act as temper
airy chairman. Alderman Frank w.
Smith was upon motion made tenn.
porary secretary. A committee on
credentials was appointed consist
ing of Odell Chapman, G. M. Hamper,
and b. S. Stratton. A motion was then
made for the appointment of COM
mittee on permanent organization and
order of business but the motion was
amended so as to make the temporary
organization the permanent organiza-
ton and the motion was carried as
amended, the committee named being
Geo. w. Loring, c. FL. McCurdy. and
Van r. Pond. Two tellers were then
appointed by the chair, motion to
that effect having carried. The chair
appointed Geo. M. Dewey and j. H.
Moyses.
The committee on credentials re-
ported the Give delegations full with
fifty-three delegates present and the
names of the delegates were read by
wards. The delegations were made up
as follows:
First ward-Van r Pond, Odell Chap
man, F w Smith, o l. Sprague. Warren
Pierpont, E o Dewey, S A Crane, Harry
Woodland, A d Whipple, c M Hamper,
Clifford III McCurdy
Second ward-B S Stratton, A M
Hume, Geo W Loring, Will Collins, A
l. Nichols, Geo M Dewey, S F Smith, A
A Crawford, Jas Race. Chas Owens, G
Mccormick, A E Hartshorn. w E
Aten.
Third ward-Ira q Curry, Frank H
Watson, Charles A Beebe, Jas R
Ketchum, George Jackson, E. T. Will
son, Fred Van Dyne, Floyd Boomer.
Fourth ward-W E Hall, M d Corey,
Nv Turner, j W Jordan, H Nielsen, N
Boyce, Calvin Dell, v M White, G P
Jennings, L A Sanderhoff. 1 o Chase.
Fifth ward-Dr A L Arnold, H M
Post, w E Washburn, John Soules,
Chas w Parker, Joseph Rhodes. John
Evans, Jas Gray, j H Moyses.
The committee on order of business
then reported the following order of
BUSINESS for the convention and the re.
port was adopted; Report of the ere.
dentials committee, nominations and
balloting for candidates for the city off.
ces in the following order: mayor, clerk,
treasurer, justice of the peace, and
school inspector. The report of the
credentials committee having been al
ready given, the convention at once
proceeded to the placing IN nomination
of candidates for the city offices.
DR.. A. l.. Arnold in we'll chosen words
presented the name of Miles l.. Parker
as the candidate of the fifth ward for
the office of mayor. His friends had
wished him to make the run before bu t
he had always declined in the interests
of party harmony or for other good
reasons but this year they thought that
the interests of the party would best be
served by his nomination. The nomina-
ton was at once seconded by Hon.
Jerome w. Turner, of the fourth ward,
who claimed an interest in the candi.
date because as he said, the fifth ward,
was carved out of the fourth and Mr..
Parker was formerly resident of the
fourth ward. Mr.. Turner referred to
various candidates for mayor and vari-
Gus mayors which the fourth ward had
furnished for the city in years past,
avering that he himself was one of them
in spite of the fact that he never sue
ceeded in getting mentioned in the
papers as ex mayor For mayor, said
Mr.. Turner, we want man who is in
trepid and fearless, man who cannot
be bought or brow beaten. With such |
a man the party cannot be beaten.
The name of Alderman Ira G. Curry |
was presented by Hon. Frank HI.
Watson who assured the convention |
that all that was said of the require.
ments which the republican candidate |
for mayor should have was true He |
should have them all. He also said |
that he believed the candidate already |
named had those qualities, but in the |
language of the small boy, "There were
Others" He then proceeded to name |
one Of the others in the person of Ira G. |
Curry. who he said had besides the
qualities already named some other
quite essential qualities such as pru-
dence, conservatism, and the habit of |
carefully and deliberately considering
matters before acting The balloting
was then begun without further nomin-
ations and the vote when announced
stood twenty nine for Mr.. Parker,
twenty-five for Mr. Curry, and two for