Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-09-25
Democratic County cOuv,nlIou.

noon. After music by the Elko band.
District Attorney Caine, secretary of
the county committee, in the absence
of John Henderson, chairman of the
county committee. called the conven-
tiOn to order, read the official call and
called for nominations for temporary
chairman. The convention organized
by elected Senator Coryell temporary
chairman. II. w. Iesson, temporary
secretary and l.. l.. Morgan, temporary
serScant.at-arm.
Senator Corycll on taking the chair,
thanked the convention for the honor
conferred and promised to prcsides
with fairness.
The appointment of committees being
next in order p. s. rrplett moved that
the chairman appoint committees of
five members each on credentials, or
ganization and order of business, and
platform and resolutions
At the suggestion of the chairman II
recess of twenty minutes was taken to
appoint the committees.
On rcassembling, the chairman stat
ed that an assistant secretary was
needed for the proper transaction of
business and +. l.. Reber Of Gold Circle
News was nominated and elected.
The chairman then announced the
following committees:
Credentials. Il. Wright, J. H.
Matthews. a. w. Goble, A. NJ. Girls
void, ]. \. Bielar.
Organization and order Of business
4. w. Hesson, Oren Vaughn, Phil
Snyder. Stanford Weathcrs, Charles
Winter.
Platform-E. a. P. Johnson, P. S.
Triplett, Thos Hunter. H. NJ. Lane.
j. F. Holland
\ The convention then took recess
until o'clock TO give the committees
time to prepare their reports.
TIE committee on credentials re-
ported II list Of delegates from all the
precints except Halleck, O'Neil, Tecoma,
Cobrc and Edgemont.
At the afternoon session, the com
mittics on permanent organization and
lNiCucIltlhlS DItScIltu lilclI ItDOTlS,
which were read and adopted.
The committee OH permanent or
ganizntion recommended that the tenn.
porary officers be made permanent and
the following order of business:
The committee also recommended
that the candidates be assessed as fol.
lows: Sheriff, clerk, district attorney,
treasurer, recorder, assessor, $15 each;
surveyor, SO; public administrator, 30;
long term commissioner, $40; short term
commissioner and members Of the leg
islaturc, 81 each.
Report of committee on credentials
Report of committee on platform and
resolutions.
The nomination of candidates in the
following order:
Sheriff. county clerk, district attorney,
county treasurer, county assessor,
county surveyor, public administrator,
member of county board of education,
one long term county commissioner
one short term commissioner. four
members of the assembly, selection of
county central committee.
The platform committee not being
ready to report L. l.. Hudson, one of
the nominees for presidential clcctor,
was Oh motion of T.. a. p. johnson. in.
vitcd to- address the convention. Mr..
Hudson was introduced by Chairman
Corycll and received hearty round of
..,l, % 90,
lively listened TO and the mention of
Bryan. Kern and Senator Ncwlands
was roundly applauded. At the con
clusion of Mr.. IIudson's remarks, the
convention took Il recess until 2:3O
o'clock to give the platform committee
time to prepare its report
On rcasscmbling the committee on
platform presented its report, which
was read and adopted.
/, The platform endorses the national
and state platforms and pledges the
support of the democratic party to the
nominees of the Denver and Tonopah
y conventions. II also contains II strong
, plank plcdging the legislative nominees
To abide by the result Of the popular
vote for United States senator. IL also
discusses county affairs ut considerable
! length The platform will appear to-
morrow.
After the adoption Of the platform
the following nominations were made
by ncclamation: Sheriff, w. X. Bcllin.
] ger, county clerk. a. q. Dawley.
: district attorney Il. Il. Cainc, county
Z treasurer, NJ. II. Millcr.
Nominations were still being made
when this report closed
The only fights before tho convention
arc Tor county commissioners