The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-08-09
Charles IL. Brown Nominated for
Representative at the Republi-
can Convention Tuesday.
BARAGA COUNTY COULD
HAVE HAD 1T,
But Its Delegates Had Pledged
Themselves to Stand by On
tOnagon's Candidate.

The Republican convention for
Iron representative district, COM
prising the counties of Baraga,
Iron, Keweenaw and Ontonagon,
was held in the Town Hall, in this
village, Tuesday afternoon, for the
purpose of placing in nomination a
candidate to represent said district
in the state legislature. The meet
ing was called to order at 2:15
o'clock by James Mcmahon who,
upon motion, was chosen temporary
chairman, and w. r. Adams, OF
Ontonagon, secretary. Upon mo-
tion the chairman then appointed
the following committees:
Credentials-T. H. Gibson, G. E,
Ibbottson, H. ]. Seifert.
Permanent Organization and Or
der OF Business-P. O'Brien, l. A.
Bush, W. E. Smith.
Resolutions-Charles Lawrence,
Thomas Cooney, Albert Grabower.
A recess of ten minutes was then
taken to allow the committees a
chance to make their reports.
Upon reassembling the committee
on credentials reported the follow
ing named delegates entitled to
seats in the convention:
Baraga county-Charles Rambaud,
r. S. Buckland, G.. E. Ibbottson,
James Mcmahon, III. j. Seifert.
Keweenaw county-Wm. E. Smith,
Edwin Paley.
Iron county-P. O'Brien, Philip
L. Boyington, VIM. II. Windsor,
r. r. O'Shinskey, Charles E.
Lawrence, Thomas Conlin, Edward
Bregger, Robert Munns, Irving
Jackson.
| Ontonagon county-Walter Lobb,
W. r. Adams, Ira E. Bush, Thomas
Gibson, A. Grabower, Thomas
Cooney, Richard Welsh.
The committee on resolutions
submitted the following:
SAT meeting OF the Republicans
for the Iron legislative district held
at L'Anse this fifth day OF August,
1902, the following resolution was
offered for adoption:
"We hereby approve OF the prin
ciples of the Republican party, as
announced and promulgated by the
action of President Roosevelt with
the aid of congress, and endorse
the action of the state convention
in nominating a. T. Bliss for the
next governor of this state; alst
H. o. Young for congress. We
also pledge our support to the
nominee of this convention fol
representative in the state legis
lature. CHAs. E. LAWRENCE,
= T. II. CooNEY,
, ALBERT GRABowER. J"
p. O'Brien and T. II. Gibson
we're chosen tellers. The temper
ary organization was declared
permanent and the officers duly
sworn.
Nominations were then in order
Thomas Conlin, OF Crystal Falls
addressed the convention, stating
that 1. w. Byers, OF Iron River
had been candidate for the nomina
tion, and had canvassed the district
there being no other candidate seek
T. ing legislative honors up to within
few hours before the meeting
. opened. Then it was ascertainet
that Charles r. Brown, OF Onton
agon, had been placed in the field
Mr.. Conlin stated that had 1ror
9 county been advised even two day
previous to the meeting, its dele
gates would gladly have supporte
a candidate from either Baraga
Keweenaw or Ontonagon counties
but as 1t was, Irons delegates fel
that the candidate from thei
county had not been treate
fairly, and therefore Mr.. Byers ha
e withdrawn from the race.
Notwithstanding the fact tina
!. Baraga county had no avowe
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