The daily sentinel., 1907-03-08

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The second ward delegation pre-
sented the name of Matt H. Flynn and
James Menafee and these gentlemen
We're declared the nominees by the
convention by a unanimous vote.
In the Third ward there were three
names presented; Frank E. Dean, ].
B. Matthews and w. NJ. Smith, one OF
the present aldermen from that ward.
The vote resulted as follows:
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Matthews and Dean we're declared
the nominees.
The Fourth ward delegation pre-
sented only two names, w. D. Dav-
les, a present member of the council
and George Toupaine The gentlemen
were selected by aeclamation and
were declared the nominees.
Nominations for the city clerk were
next in order and everybody knew in
advance who the man would be for
John NJ. Conley, the present incum-
bent and one of the best officials the
city has ever had, was the choice Of
every man in the convention hall.
Calling Bert Sowle to the chair Mr..
j. w. Rozzelle took the floor and in
neat speech presented the name of
Mr.. Conley to the convention. The
mention of the popular city clerks
name brought forth a storm of ap-
plause and the nomination was made
by acclamation.
Nominations for city treasurer
were then called for the names of
Frank H. Haskell D. T. Stone and
John Mckinney were placed before
the convention. Messrs Stone and
Mckinney declined and Mr.. Haskell
was nominated by acclamation.
Then came an argument over the
advisability of nominating candidates
for those offices, which If the new law
whose passage Mr.. Aupperle had an
nounced was effective, could be filled
only by the council. 1t was the sense
of the convention that these nomina-
tions should be made Attorney Bar
ney Welsh addressed the council and
seriously objected. declaring that as
the convention knew the law it should
not fly in its face. d. T. Stone took
issue with Attorney Welsh and want
ed to know why the secretary of the
duty to instruct this convention" He
further stated that there was a ques-
tion in his mind as to the accuracy
of the information regarding the pas
sage of the bill. IF we don't make |
these nominations and it turns out
that the law is not effective then
where will the Democratic party in
Grand Junction be-"
Mr.. Aupperle then secured recog-
milton and very logically explained his
position. He stated that the Chamber
of Commerce was sort of bureau of
information and that he believed that
he was only doing his duty in inform
ing the convention about to take ac-
ton on nominations for city offices,
of the effectiveness of n new law re-
garding certain nominations. He stat-l
ed that his information had been Of
hcial as the message had come from
Representative Hoyt."
There is no question but what Sec
retary Aupperle was acting entirely
within his rights in coming before the
convention with this information.
It was finally decided that the NOM
nations would be made. No harm
would be done in making them and
then if the new law was effective
these nominations could easily be
dropped from the ticket.
William Weiser, one of the best
known young attorneys of the citywas
nominated by acclamation for city
attorney.
For street commissioner ]. w. Roz-
zelle placed in nomination ]. Oscar
Platt while Mr.. A. N. Bucklin pre-
sented the name of John w. Arm
strong, the present incumbent. Platt
was nominated by vote of 22 to IA.
Frank N. Welch was nominated I
for police magistrate. The names of
DR.. d. Ramsey and J. w. Rozzelle
we're presented but these gentlemen
declined.
No nomination was made for city
engineer.
The convention then returned to
the mayoralty race and J. U. Harris
declared that from information re-
ceived late in the evening it was be-
lieved that Mr.. Plank would accept
and it was moved that his nomination
be verified At this time DR.. Hebert
nominated Alderman John o'Boyle
for mayor. Mr.. o'Boyle respectfully
.1eoii,od dac1arinp that Mr. Plank