The Lamar register., 1904-09-14

vention, and ballot was taken. Be.
fore the completion Of the count the
names of T. A. Bannister and f. r.
Jones were Withdrawn and Mr.. Bios
ser declared the unanimous choice OF
the convention.
For treasurer, L. +. Mathews OF
Holly and j. j. Pierce of Granada
were placed IN nomination and the
ballot taken resulted in the choice OF
Mr.. Mathews who thanked the con
vention in neat speech Mr. Pierce
also WAS called for and pledged his
hearty support to the nominee.
For the office of county judge Geo.
I. Feast aud Capt. Jas. II. Wing
were placed in nomination by their
home delegation and the ballot re-
suited in the nomination Of Capt.
Wing, who responded in one Of his
best speeches, and made his usual
good impression on the convention.
The remunerative offices OF coro-
ner and surveyor, now held so eff
ciently by Messrs. Fred Lee and
Merrill Markham respectively, were
next in order and it was decided that
no third term rules applied here and
the gentlemen were given unani
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The call for nominations for com
missioner from the LIST district
brought out the nomination Of W.
W. Reynolds by the Holly delega
ZION and also the biggest demonstra
ton Of the day. 1t was we'll that
there were no democrats from that
section present or else it would he
impossible to fill out the democratic
county ticket. Mr.. Reynolds up
pearance and speech Of acceptance
caused repetition OF the first dem.
on. tration with interest. ....
District No. 3, not to be outdone,
placed the name Of T. j. Ssyler be-
| fore tho convention for their com
missioner, and his unanimous nomi
nation gave the party the strongest .
card that WIS ever held by politi :
oL party in this county, two nomi-
nees for the board of commissioners
that could not be beat in the entire
county, men of high sense Of honor
and the best business qualifications,
mel whose names on the business
board OF the county are a platform
for the party that will meet with the
hearty approval of every citizen and
taxpay er, and are standing declar
"tion OF the party's intentions with
regard to the management Of the
county's business affairs. Mr..
Sayler's reception by the convention
demonstrated that while he is new to
running for office, he WAS we'll known
to the people and heartily approved
by them.
The committee on delegates re-
ported HI follows which WAS adopted
by the conventions:
For Delegates to State Convsn
tiou-A + Bent, A N Parrish, } II
Newman, j S McMurtry, + $ Buth-
er, q q Goodale, N N Mclean, NJ
Strain.
For Delegates to Judicial and
Representative Conventions Il
White, Granby Hillyer, ID II Dicka-
sou, L Sayler, W A Merrill, e A
Brakeman, q w Luck, II d Wilson.
A. n Parrish and j. S. McMurtry
were unanimously selected as the
members of the state central com.
mittee.
DR.. j. s. Hssty was placed in
nomination for county chairman aud
unanimously elected. He made u
short speech promising red hot or
red headed campaign, we didu't just
catch which, but from appearances
OF the leading candidates and char
man We jndge the latter.
Chas. W. Luck Was unanimously
ele ted secretary of the comunitte-
aud the following precinct con.unil-
t.emen selected.
No IN N Mclean and Ir- J
X Doughty.
No. Wv K Tarbox aud Mrs q l.
McPhersou
No 3D. H Dickson and Mrs W
w jones'.
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