The Yale expositor., 1902-08-01
Democratic Convention.

room Ut III soO NdluIudy ulOIHlHk
10 select delegates TO attend the state
convention 10 be held In Detroit July
30th and 3lst, and also TO select the
congressional delegates and select the
county committee. Justin X. Whiting,
of 81. Clair. one OF the possible guber-
material candidates, was given warm
ovation when he entered the conven-
ton hall.
John G. Graham was selected as tenn
porary chairman and John ;. Whitliff
as temporary secretary. Mr.. Graham,
in his opening remarks, complimented
the convention on its excellent turnout
of independent voters and citizens.
The following committees were APP
pointed:
Credentials-D. G. McElroy, st. Clair;
John Myron, Grant; John NJ. Gleason,
Port Huron.
Permanent Organization--A. A..
Graves. Port Huron; a. w. Smith, Al
gonac; Andrew Ostrander, Lynn.
ResOlutions-J. j. Bell, Port Huron;
Michael Reid, Emmett; Harry Grant,
Mussey.
The committee on permanent organ
iZatiOn and order of business reported
that il had selected John G.. O'Neil as
permanent chairman and John ;. Whit
lii as permanent secretary. The work
of the committee was also outlined.
The committee report was adopted.
John G.. O'Neil, upon taking the
chair, thanked the convention for the
honor and stated 10 had come entirely
unexpected
The two legislative districts met in
separate lrooms for the selection Of
twelve delegates each 10 the state con-
vention and TO report the delegates
selected 20 the convention for APP
proval.
The following delegates were select
ed 90 attend the state convention:
First district-A. \. Graves, w. +.
| Davidson, John Hayes, John G.. o.
Nell, T.. +. Percival, James O'Sullivan,
John G.. Graham, Port Huron; Nelson
Blanket, Fort Gratiot; Charles Andreae;
Yale; John Myron, Grant; James {.
Mcmahon, Brockway.
Alternates-W. ID. Smith, Charles
Wellman, j. T.. Wolfstyn, William
| Whiting, Richard Strout, III. &. Knill,
James \. Muir, Port Huron; James
Rands. Greenwood; James ;. Sterling,
Lynn; \. j. Ward, Yale; Alex. Craft,
TT. Gratiot, and David Beard, Clyde.
Second district-Adolph Cohoe, Mus
sey: ID. Allen, Berlin; y. +. Stevenson,
kimball; NJ. Neaton, Wales; John saw
yer and Jas. T.. Spencer, of 81. Clair;
II. Il. Saph, Marine City; III. Westrick,
China; q. Coadey, 81. Clair township;
a. Smith, Algonac; Justin II. Whiting,
delegate-at-large, 1T. Clair; Charles
Layden, Marine City.
Alternates-W. +. Hendricks. Mich
ael Reid e.. w. Becker, Dit Walker,
James Lindsay, James II. Hamilton, G.
Smith, \. T.. French, John Biers, Her
bert Sawyer, George link, Andrew
Manion.
w. +. Davidson was endorsed rs st.
Clair county's candidate for governor.
The following county committee was
elected:
Berlin-J. II. Hamilton.
Brockway-Wm.A ndreae.
Burtchville-J. Schoor.
Casco-J. Wrinkle.
China-L. Clark.
Clyde-Wesley Davidson.
Clay-A. NJ. Smith.
Columbus-C. ODonnell.
Cottrellville-C Zweng.
East China-II. Hammond.
Emmet-A. Popplewell.
Emmett village-M. Reed.
Fort Gratiot-A. y. Streeter.
Grant-A. Bigger.
decentralization Robin.
Ira-E. Davis.
kenockee-N. T.. Oatman.
Kimball-A. Peck.
Lynn-Simon Murphy.
| Memphis-John Fitzpatrick.
Mussey-H. Grant.
Port Huron-Jas. Reynolds.
Riley-Chas. White.
st. Clair-Geo. w. Allen.
Wales-Joseph Nestle.
Yale-A. j. Ward.
Marine City
First ward-T. w. Butler.
Second ward-H. A. Snyder.
Third ward-J. w. Beers.
st. Clair
First ward-D. G. McElroy.
Second ward-W. ). IIenricks.
Third ward-Fred Schreppfermann.
Port Huron
First ward-Fred Davis.
Second ward-E. T.. Stockwell.
Third ward-.I. NJ. Gleason.
Fourth ward-C. +. Ormsby.
Fifth ward-John e.. O'Neill.
Sixth ward-H. l.. Marx.
Seventh ward-R. ;. Taylor.
Eighth ward-Chas. Noetzel.
Ninth ward-II. Watson.
Tenth ward-A. j. Sargent