The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1902-06-27
COUNTY CONVENTION.
The Republicans Of this County
held very Harmonious
Meeting.

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The Republican County Convention
last Friday, called for the purpose Of
| clecting delegates 20 the state aud Con
| gressioual Conventions and for placing
/ IN nomination a county ticket was one
| of the most harmonious gatherings Of
/ the kind ever held in the county. The
county organization had been. with but
| few exceptions, successful at the pri-
maries. ou Wednesday proceeding and
when tlc convention began business
everything went on with the precision
of clock work.
John b. Ncllwaiu was chosen by the
County Committee as temporary chair
man and rs prelude 20 assuming his
duties iu this capacity. delivered "A stir
ring address. His remarks were libcr-
ally appiauded by the convention which
appeared ion the best OF good humug.
The usual committees Ou credentials,
on permanent organization and order
OF business and on resolutions were
appointed bY the chair and then q re-
cess was taken until one o'clock local
time.
The committee ON credentials found
two delegations from Emmct aud Ken.
ockoe. In Emmet a MISUNDERSTANDING
seemed 90 have arisen as to the pro.
per place for holding the caucus The
caucus bills sent out 10y the County
| Committee stated that the caucus
would be- held in the various town halls,
while the call for the County COuvcu.
/ tion stated that the caucuscs should be
! held In the place where the last bieu-
nial election was held. Consequently
one caucus was held IN Larry O'Neils
T. ffHF 4 ltHr NJ
| Lothian school house. The Emmett
| village delegation was seated.
In kenockee the anti-OrganiZatlon
| fellows seemed 20 be IN the majority
/ but the regulars withdrew and held a
caucus OF their own I'm the same hall
10 was claimed by the regulars that a
| large number of the ants were demo-
Gratis and after considerable discussion
both delegations were seated, each with
| half vote.
When the convention was called to
order in the afternoon the court room
was literally packed with delegates
and spectators, many of the latter be-
ing attracted no doubt by the fact that
| Hovey, the publisher OF the Search
Light and the chief of ants i'm the
county, had been elected delegate i'm
his ward and something would prob
ably be doing" And the vanquished
leader of the ants made good. From
the call OF the convention 60 order, TO
the last act on the program, he was con-
| tinuously asking for impossible privi-
leges, contending for things which he
had no expectation or right 20 obtain,
making grand stand plays, and vocif
erous bids for the applause of the gal
leries.
The republican candidates for the
various county offices consists OF ex-
cellent material selected from all parts
of the county and are rs follows:-
Circuit Judges Eugene T. Law and Harvey
Judge OF Probate-Stephen A. Graham.
Shcrn-Henry A. Rose.
County Clerk-Eugene 4. Bartlett.
Prosecuting Attorney-Burt u. Cady.
Register OF Deeds-Miliiam Dust
County Treasurer Charlrs BeySchlar
Coroncrs-A Albert Falk. and Robert ). Bennett.
County SurYcyur-Wm. Staley
state Scnator-GcO. y. Jones.
The first district Republican Legisla.
tive Convention was called 90 order 40
the circuit court room i'm the city of
Port Huron nc / o'clock Saturday last
The district committee called T.. III.
Drake of Yale, 90 the chair and Lewis
We'll. one of the publishers of the Daily
Herald, was made secretary. The fol-
lowing extracts OF Mr. brakes speech
were taken from the city paper
Mr. Drake on taking the chair said
10 was always an honor 90 preside over
republican convention, rs republicans
had fashion OF making history that
nearly always rcduunded Co the credit
OF It's makers. lie congratulated tie
young republicans. many Of whom
were present as delegates. upon the
choice OF party they had made and
closed with a feeling allusion 10 the late
:. l.. Ballentinc whose successor the
convention was TO nominate.
The usualcommittees were appointed
by the chair and n recess taken until
I 80 p. m.
On assembling in the afternoon the
Committee on Credentials reported no
contesting delegations and after Ed
Rogers Of Port Huron. and W. \. Cava-
nagh OF Yale. had been appointed tel.
lcrs the work OF nominating n candidate
for representative begun. Chairman
Drake called Alex Moore Co the chair
and in a brief speech placed the name
of Phil Eichorn before the convention.