The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-07-15
NoRFolK wEEKLL JouRNA Friday july Is 1s1o

Senators Burkett and Brown, and
electing delegates to 20 to the state
convention at Lincoln, instructed to
use their best efforts to prevent the
incorporation of county option plank
in the state platform, constituted the
major portion of the business trans.
acted by the republican county con.
vention at Battle Creek Friday after.
noon.
Although the convention had been
called for l o'clock, the delegates all
were slow in reaching Battle Creek
and it was after 2 o'clock before
Chairman c. A. Smith called the con.
vention to order. In the absence of
S. c. Blackman, secretary of the coun.
ty central committee, w. n. Huse was
elected to fiji his place.
John II. Hays was elected chairman
and w. l.. Bowling secretary and af.
ter the convention was ready for per.
manent organization, these officers
were made the permanent officers of
the convention.
There appearing no contests. the
delegates present from the various
precincts were given seats in the
convention and the delegates present
were authorized to cast the full vote
of the various precincts.
A committee on resolutions, one
from each town in the county, was
appointed by the chair as follows:
w. N. Huse, II. ID. Weyquint, James
Nichols, c. II. Snyder, w. B. Fuerst.
Motion prevailed and the chair ap-
pointed one delegate from each pre-.
cinct as a committee to select four
teen to the state platform convention
which meets in Lincoln, July &c, and
to select, also, member of the coun-
ty central committee for each pre-.
cinct.
State Convention Delegates.
After short recess taken to give
the committees time to report the
committee on nomination reported the
following names as delegates to the
state convention: Burt Mapes, chair.
man; Howard Miller, secretary; E.
II. Gerhart, c. A. Smith, c. e. Har.
low, T. f. Anderson, w. L. Bowling,
Morritz Gross, Henry Massman, c.
George Gutrue, H. Marshall, W. B.
Fuerst.
The report of the committee was
adopted by the convention.
A county central committee was Sc
lected as follows, on recommendation
of tho cpnmittoa. Norfo1ly Eirct
ward, M. d. Tyler; Second ward, Jack
Koenigstein; Third ward, M. c. Haz-
en-; Fourth ward Robert Eccles: pre-
cinct, Burr Taft. Battle Creek, Ford
Volk. Union, William Ivenhouzer.
Enola William Besk. Warnerville,
Fred Terry. Jefferson, T. T. McDon-
aid. Grove, Charles Gobleman. High.
land, Henry Massman. limerick, Will
liam Mcintosh. Madison city, s. c.
Blackman. Madison precinct, s. o.
Davies. Kalamazoo, ]. M. Letter.
Shell Creek, H. H. Anderson. South
Deer Creek, John Harding. North
Deer Creek, w. S. Crook. Meadow
Grove, H. d. Weygent. Schoolcraft,
w. r. Martin, Fairview, o. T. Vostrom.
Velley, ]. H. Massman. Green Gar
den, c. d. Schmidt, jr. After the ad-
journment of the convention, the cen.
trail committee met and elected c.
A. Smith as chairman and M. c. Haz-
en- as secretary.
The Resolutions.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported as follows and their recommen.
dations were unanimously adopted:
We. the republicans of Madison
county in convention assembled, here
by, unanimously commend and en-.
dorse the wise and vigilant admins
tration of the president of the United
States, William H. Taft and reassert
our confidence in his craftsmanship
and his fidelity to the interests of the
people.
We endorse and commend the laws
enacted by the congress of the United
States during the last session, and we
commend the records of the senators
from Nebraska. Elmer ]. Burkett and
Norris Brown, both in the field Of gen.
eral legislation and in their faithful
and efficient representation of the IN
terests of the state of Nebraska.
Resolved That the delegates from
Madison county to the state conven-
ton in Lincoln, July &c, be instructed
to use their best efforts to prevent /
the incorporation of a county option |
plank in the republican state plat |