Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1903-03-06
PIKE THE NAN
Unanimously Renominated
for School Commissioner.
JUDGE DODDS ENDORSED.
The Convention Does Business
I0uickIy and Adjourns.
All Townships Represented by Full DeIega
tons Except Two Washington
and Seville.


the chair, Mr.. Ely thanked the con-
vention for the honor. Seth TubbS
was elected temporary secretary and
the following committees appointed:
Permanent organization and order
OF business-Alt f. Crawford, G. w.
Giddings, w. NJ. Coon.
Credentials-J B. Kirby, f. p. Pot
ter and f. A. Potter.
Resolutions-Henry L. Wood, L. B.
Woford, S. Moody.
On reasSembling in the afternoon,
the committee on credentials through
it's chairman, All F. Crawford, found
the following gentlemen entitled to
seats in the convention:
NORTH STAR.
f. Franklin, w. Robinson, III. l..
Wood, l.. c. Clark, Jesse Parting.
EMERSON.
Walter Wilton, Bernard Case, Al
bro Curtis, Ernest Muscott.
FULTON.
T. c. Chidister, c. b. Doan, G. w.
Groom, w. B. harris, Nathaniel
Walker, w. B. Foster.
WHEELER
w. O. Watson, All +. Crawford,
Walter Swope, Wesley Smith, George
Young, ii NJ Boneman, Geo. Briggs,
ChaS. Merrill, Jas. Wilson.
SUMMED
f. A. Potter, VIM. Parr, c. f.
Prime, Leo Rice, Frank Tucker
ST. LOUIS.
A H. Lowry, c. w. Smith, L. G..
Whitaker, c. w. Giddings, r. Glad.
stone, A. S. Mcintyre, j. r. Wilson,
Geo. Smith, r. f. Hughes.
ITHACA.
w A. Leet, Julius b. Kirby, f. NJ
Harrington, Warren Shaver, John
Myers, f. d. Watkins, Fred Griswold.
Ray Griswold
BETHANY.
A. l.. Giles. |. b. Garfield, Clarence
MuScOtt, A. III. Reed.
NEW HAVEN
l., b. Wolford, G. ID. Wlles, George
Manning, A. L. Crispell, VIM. eager.
NORTH SHADE.
T. c. Houghtaling, ValoiS Todd,
VIM. Abbott Joseph Sellman, Mark
Straight.
LAFAYETTE.
John f. Hustled, Henry Bittner,
Chas, L. HofTmeyer. G.. Il. Aldrich
NEWARK.
Harvey II. Munson, Harrison Wood,
L. j Marvin, JEFF Kinsel
ARCADIA.
II. a. Ely, S TubbS, c. F.. Brown,
Ed Adams, p. y. Bland, Ely Brew
baker, Ed Hannah, f. A. Bivins,
Chris +. Renner, VIM. Thomas
ELBA.
{. b. Porter VIM. NJ. Coon, David
Duncan, NJ. G.. Bassett, NJ. w Coon
HAMILTON.
Elon p Potter, f. b. Wight, A. L.
Wight.
PINE RIVER.
Frank Freaer, c.. Russ, G. f. At
water, ). Moody.
After the report OF the committee
on credentials, the temporary officers
were made permanent and the follow.
ing order OF business adopted:
Report OF committee on credentials,
report OF committee on permanent or
ganiZatiOn, nomination of candidate
for school commissioner, election OF
fifteen delegates TO state convention,
report of committee on resolutions.
A. 5. Mcintyre and II. G. Chidister
were appointed tellers and the officers
sworn in by G. w. Giddings.
In neat little speech, Supt. f. ID
Watkins, OF Ithaca, renominated the
present efficient commissioner, G. f.
Pike. The nomination was seconded
by many delegations and the nomina-
ton was made by reclamation.
The following delegation was then
elected to the state convention:
w. A Leet, Silas Moody, Chas. Gid
dings, John w, Holmes, w. O. Wat
son, John II. Wilson, G. f. Prime, /. b.
Garfield, j. M. Everden, julius Kirby,
G. b Doan, Il. A. Ely, ALI. +. Craw-
ford, Fred Griswold, Chas. Kerr.
The committee on resolutions de-
cided to present no report.
julius Kirby presented the follow ing
resolution and moved its adoption.
Resolred, BY the Republicans OF
Gratiot county in convention assem-
bled, that we fully appreciate the in
tegrity, loyalty and ability of the
Hon. Peter +. Dodds, OF Isabella