Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-05-20
GRAIOT DEMOCRATS
Met in County Convention at
Itbaca--P. W. Creaser
Of Alma. Secretary
". ]. BRYAN ENO0 RsED.
Committee On Resolutions Endorse
John T. Matthews and In
struct Delegates.

The convention was called to order
by Charles NJ. Brown, chairman of
the county central committee. John
L Matthews was chosen temporary
chairman and p. w. Creaser, of Alma,
secretary. S. n. Cole and John
Caple were appointed tellers, all of
whom were sworn in by Archie Nc
Call. notary public.
Upon motion and vote it was de-
cided that the committees should be
appointed by the chair, and the fol-
lowing appointments were made: A.
Mccall, N. J. Mccullough and James
X. Wright. Committee on Permanent
Organization o and Order of Business
w. ID. Tucker. Newton Burns and
Dewitt Vought. committee on Reso-
lutions. A short recess was taken to
give the committees time to draft their
reports. After recess. the following re-
ports were adopted by the convention: /:
"We, veur Committee on Perma-
nent Organization and Order of Bust
ness, beg to submit the following
First: We recommend that the
temporary organization be made per-
manent
Second: We recommend that we
proceed to the election of nine dele
gates to the state convention to be
held at Lansing May Goth. 1905
Third: We recommend that the
advisability of electing delegates to
state, congressional and senatorial
conventions be left to the discretion
of this convention.
"A. Mccall,
n. ]. Mccullough.
James X. Wright.
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported as follows: THE Democrats
of Gratiot county in convention as
sembled, do hereby re-affirm our ad-
herence to the principles of our party,
and especially the reform principles
advocated by the party for the past
10 wears, and which have proven
so popular with the masses, whenever,
wherever and by whomsoever adopted
and enforced. even specifically and in
moderate degree; and we pledge our
selves to renewed and tireless efforts
in behalf of those principles We
nrmly believe that these principles
will receive full national endorsement
by the success of the party at the polls
next November
1--WE renew our expression of conf
1ence in our great leaders and we be-
ieve that success next fall will be
more certainly assured by the NOM
ination of that greatest of American
that greatest democrat of
the modern school of politics-Wiillam
Jennings Bryan for president of the
United States: and we therefore in
struct our delegates TO the state con-
vention to work and vote for resolu-
lions In the state convention instruct /
ing our state delegates to the national |
to vote AS unit for the |
..of that great statesman
md patriot.
"We further instruct our delegates
o the state convention to present the
lame of John T. Matthews, of Gratiot,
It the district caucus, as our choice
or one of the district delegates to the
Iational convention, and to work and
'ote for his election.
Resolved. further that we pledge
to the hearty support of the
of the local option law
ecently voted in Gratiot county.
We commend our great state lead
rs tor their loyal and vigorous sell
ices in behalf of the party in the
ast. and we earnestly nope that any
ersonal or factional differences that
nav exist among any of those leaders
N Wayne county or elsewhere, may
e speedily and amicably settled and
{ least kept out of the state councils
+ the party. Such controversy may
ot seriously effect the results of the
ational campaign but they are liable
D have an injurious bearing upon
tate and local results. We need the
ordial cooperation of all the reform
Drces; and with the success that we
D confidently expect and predict.
here will be glory enough for all.
w. ID Tucker
Newton Burns,
Dewitt Vought.
Com. on Resolutions. -
On motion the balance of the call
as dropped and the convention pro-
seded to elect nine delegates to the I
ate convention, the following dele. :
ates were chosen: Charles NJ. Brown,
haca; Il. G. Crandall, st. Louis: V. a
Cash. Riverdale; ]. J. Shields,
lima; Roy Cushman, Middleton;
ohm. Smith. Ithaca Oliver McEn-
arfer. North Star; l. II. Church.
lima James r. Carpenter. Ithaca.
On motion the chairman was auth
rized TO hll any vacancies. Conven-
on adjourned.
p. W. cresser. sec'y. q