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i.•rI --I County Convention.fThc Republican County Convention was P died to order, in Cambridge, lost Tues* ■\ jy afternoon at 1.15 o’clock, by John P.* aud, Esq., chairman of the county ecu-tl committee.lion. John P. Pox, of Munson, wasf oscn chairman.I TV full delegation from each of the town* v ids was present, those from Galva be I; g, Job Babbitt, J. P. Boyd, S. P. John* ;; L J. L. Finley, O. P. Emry, J. P. ?./ Mines, O. A. Hempstead, J. N. Morgan, lam Deem and M. M Ford, jlhe chair was instructed to appoint ft lr Tumittcc of twenty-eight, to consist of p beach from Genesco, Kewance, Galva cl Cambridge, and one each from v i remaining towns, to nominate deletes to the State and Congressional conations.While the committee were in consults* in, Major McClaugliy, warden of thetinois penitentiary, being loudly called$ made a speech full of sense and 'r oumliog with Humor. Ho is a cancli-8 te for the office of Treasurer. Other :i ntlemen were called tor but declined toV eak. Judge Wait responded with af prt speech. #J The committee on delegation now sub-ated their report. It was agreed that delegation should be equally divided ^twecn Grant and Blame:To the »tate Convention, For Grant: Delegates. Alternates,II. Shepherd, A. R. Mock.P. Emry, J. Babbitt., M. Ford, T. E. Milchrist.N. Whitney, Elias Lyman.W. Newell, M. Orr.To State Convention, For Blaine.) Delegates. Alternates.iNowcrs, Jr. J. F. Fields.ST. Hume, S. W. Neeley.lt;o. E. Wait, John .P. Fox.]m P. Iland. B. B, Paul.,11. Pierce, A. Muchison.Delegates to the Cougression al Conven* ln .—Orson Jones, Lewis Shearer, M. r jlvinkaid, A. B. Laflerty, J. L. Jennings, £ hi ter Kidder, W. K. Wright, J. E. Liud-’] sk, C. J. Linstrom. Geo W. Buck, T. ott Brown, A. S. Anderson, W. T.oss i or.The nomination of Circuit Clerk was kt considered, and L. H. Patten, ol
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Galva Semi Weekly News
Galva, Illinois, US
Sat, May 01, 1880
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