The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-04-02
TICKET NOMINATED.
Republicans Of Benton He'd cuhlt
conventioa-The Caadiaates.

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conventioa- The Caadiaates.
The republicans Of Benton held
their county convention Thursday
and nominated the following tick
ct;
Senator. W. E. Yates.
Representative, v. A. Carter.
Sheriff. J, NJ. Cameron.
Clerk, R. W. Scott, of Beaver
Greek.
Commissioner, Lon Haw1ey of
Bellfountain.
Recorder, T. T. Vincent of Kings
Valley.
Assessor, George Cooper of Cor
wallis.
Treasurer, w. P. L,aferty of
Corvallis.
School Superintendent, G. W.
Denman of Corvallis.
Surveyor, T. M. Read of Wren.
Coroner, S. N. Wilkins.
The convention sat down, as far
as it could on the effort of Binger
Hermann for a denomination to
congress. and sent delegation hos
tile to him to the congressional
convention. The congressional
delegates are understood to be for
L. R. Harris of Lane, and are, w.
S. Tomlinson, E. R. Bryson, Geo.
Lilly, Marion Hayden, J. R. Smith,
G. v. johnson, and Ed Williams.
A list of delegates in the interest OF
Hermann was placed before the
convention, but the vote against
them was decisive. There were
contests for the Offices of senator,
representative and assessor, but all
the other places were filled by ac-
clamation. The delegates to the
state convention, offered on list
already prepared, were voted for
by acclamation. Resolutions, Of
fered by the committee on resolu-
tions. commended the administra-
ton OF President Roosevelt. took
the county court to task with ref
erence to road building and de-
nounced that body for dispensing
with the services of road master.
The convention was called to ord
er at II o'clock by Chairman Dem
man, and E. R. Lake was made
temporary chairman, and S. l..
Kline, secretary. Committees were
appointed as follows:
Credentials-colbert, Logan
and Cameron.
Permanent organization-R. W.
Scott, 7. H. Cooper. and A. Luth-
er. -
Order of business-E. R. Bryson
c. V. johnson and o. V. Hurt.
ResolutioHs-J. B, Irvine. M. S.
Woodcock, T. B. Williamson. J R
Smith, w T Bristow.
After the appointment of the
committees, the convention took
recess until one O'clock.
The delegates were called to or
der for the afternoon session at
1880. The committee on credentials
reported Is delegates as entitled to
seats in the convention. The COM
mittee on permanent organization
recommended that the temporary
officers be made permanent, and
the report was adopted. Virgil
Carter was chosen assistant secre-
tary. The following order of busi-
ness was reported by the commit
tee, and adopted: election of dele
gates to congressional convention;
election of delegates to state con-
vention; nomination of county
ticket in following order, senator,
representative; sheriff, clerk. re-
corder, assessor, treasurer. school
superintendent, commissioner, sur
veyor, coroner:
After electing the delegates to the
congressional convention a list of
seven delegates to the state con-
vention was placed in nomination
and elected by acclamation. They
are, w. S. Humphrey. M. Burnap,
o. V. Hurt, J. B. Irvine. T. J.
Rissllser. G. H. Wamsley and J. o.
Wilson.
Nominations for senator were
declared in order, and j.. B. Irvine
named w. E. Yates, and Mr.; Bris-
tow named Waggoner. E. R..
Bryson seconded the nomination of
Yates, and DR.. Logan spoke in
behalf of Waggoner. The ballot
resulted, Yates, 81; Waggoner, 20.
For representative, M. S. Wood
cock named J. H. Edwards, and
w. S. Tomlinson nominated WA.