The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-04-12
Preferential Vote Instructs
Delegates In Convention
for Colonel.
SENATOR WIGG|NS IS CHAIRMAN
Resolutions Pledged Support of Party
TO Nominee Selected at National
Convention. Osborn Endorsed.

ROOSeVelt sentiment uoutbaNoN 'hO
county convention at Hartford last Fri
day. Early in the proceedings a motion
by G. l.. Balch of Lawton that prefer
ential primary vote be taken In the con-
vention and that the result OF the vote
be onsidered as instructions to the del
egations to both the state and district
conventions, prevailed, A ballot was
taken and resulted as follows:
La Toilette 10, Taft 35, Roosevelt, lOo.
The delegations were then selected with
the understanding that they had been
instructed by the convention to vote Tor
Roosevelt delegates to the National con-
vention.
Fred Cogshall, chairman Of the county
committee, called the convention TO or
der and G.. o. Monroe, secretary OF the
committee, read the call. Senator Milan
\ d. Virgins of Bloomingdale was then
called to the chair as temporary chalr-
man. He ~aade an excellent address,
"a letter from Mrsin full in another
leaKhf. hsrm3 ming ra.
L. A. Watson of ca frt was elected
temporary secretary d wethe following
committees were appoingT
Credentials-G. r. G. Tiss, South
Haven; S. J. Sherrod, Dedttur; II. E.
Shaefer Paw Paw; e. A. Haven, Bloom
ingdale; F. G. Cleveland, Arlington.
Permanent Organization and Order of
Business-C Nj. Van Ripper, Hartford;
Charles E. Robinson, Lawrence;. Charles
Shaefer, Antwerp; G. II. King, Geneva;
A o. Duncombe, Keeler.
Resolutions-Don +. Cochrane, Hart
ford; G. E. Cross, Bangor; Peter Wat
i,ins, South Haven; Glenn E. Warner,
Paw Paw; j.. f.. Chandler, South Haven.
After the dinner hour the temporary
organization was made permanent and
delegates selected to attend the state
and district convention. The following
were appointed delegates to the state
convention which Was held 10 Bay City
yesterday: b. G. DAVIS, Antwerp; l.. A.
Bregger, Arlington; Thos. A. Church,
Bangor; Milan d. Virgins, Blooming
dale; A. NJ Brocn, Columbia q. G.
Ross, Covert; Perry NJ Young, Decatur;
Clifton Pierce, Geneva; II. ii. Young,
Hamilton F.. b. Bennett, Hartford; A.
o. Dupcombe, Keeler; II. G. Waters,
Paw Paw; II. j. Slonaker; Pine Grove;
John Marshall, Porter; G. j. Monroe,
South Haven; Geo. r. Curtss, M. Il.
French and G. A. Stevenson, South Ha-
ven city.
The following we're appointed dele
gates to the district convention to be
held at Lawton, April Is: Z. A. Fuhr-
man, Antwerp; L. j. Lewis, Arlington;
M. f. Russell, Bangor; E. M. Howard,
Bloomingdale; G. G. Chamberlain, Co.
lumbia; Jas. A. Vary, Covert; s. j.
Sherrod, Decatur; Geo. p. WEIGH, Ge-
neva; A. G. Bidlac, Hamilton; V. w.
Olds, Hartford; Chester Baggerley,
Keeler; John Whitaker, Lawrence Earl
L. Burhans, Paw Paw; Earl Schoolcraft,
Pine Grove; Fred Brooks, Jr., Porter;
Peter Watkins, South Haven; f. G.
Cogshall, j. Il. Chandler, South Haven
city.
The resolutions as prepared by the
commmittee and adopted by the con-
vention follows:
1--WE, the republicans Of Van Buren,
county in convention assembled, do here
by re-affifm our allegiance to the funda-
menIdl prluclpleS OF Tue repuOlChu
party upon which every era of prosperity
which the American people have enjoyed
has been founded and pledge ourselves
to the earnest furtherance of those ster-
ling principles;
"Be it further resolved that we CON-
mend the unanimity Of action OF Van
Buren, county republicans in taking a
presidential preference expression at this
convention and we commend the care
full consideration of that expression to
the delegates elected today;
"We commend Governor Osborn for
his course in Office and for his earnest
efforts in furtheripg legislation in the
interests Of the people of this common
wealth;
"And we further commend our distin.
guished state senator, Hon. Milan ID.
Virgins, for his uniform course in the
legislative sessions in casting his votes
in the interests OF the people"
(Signed) Don +. Cochrane, Peter Wat
kins, Glenn E. Warner, Chas. r. Cross,
James e. Chandler.
w. c. L. u. CONVENTION,