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telITTrvBigelow Convention.Independents in Council.PATRIOTISM BOILING OVER. I'ariMatt* Vary Plr.n Ito «/ * !■# rlt;o; on.in rsofjLe.dr #V*/I Tirkn .VoMtMfl/ra,Use Peoplw' Ituhqwadetit Comity (.kfnreoltan met in the school hou**ln Hlgi-lotr, Katurdny the yr.tb of Sept, nt n o'clock, * «. The convention wtu calk'd lo order by James Delicti, chairman of the Central Committee, anil the secretary read the call.On motion.V. L. Graliatu wnx elected president, and I. M. Jmdvii, secretary of the Con vent Ion.tin motion, n committee on credential* and order of liusluctswiuoppolnt-ed. HknalntlnO: of Mnun. trill. Davis, Artertuirn, Anulbnl, ltcvenney, Poyn-ter. Slaughter, Hollenbeck, lt;and J.ucktumlt.Convention then mljonnied till one o’clock l*. vi.On re-u*»cinbllng of the convention the coininlttcre on credentials, c„ re-|»orccd Hie fallowing delegate* cnih led to seat* !Bigelow Towm-ldp: Kilnnind Annlbnl, Robert Nut ley. Archer llnmmoii, John VV. Ilrldgeiuan, James Catron anil RolM-rt Adkins—«.Benton; II. HIM. Jacob lt;iroc*bcck, Janie. Hbdr. O. .M. Dodge, Kit Meek am! K. II. Ill-owning—tl.Clay: Winslow boiler, K, K. Weller. J. I., Grigsby and II. Bluer—I.Illckorv; James Dcboll, John W. Dnvla, .loli11 SI. Trimble—n,Koat Ixwlii: V. I,, (indinni. Thnmus 8. Illnde, Isaac Lamb, I). I*. Lewi-*, J.J. 8 Korman, Fred llull, F. M. Joalyn, Philip Snider anil George 1*. Luck-hardt—10.West I a) win: J nines Dcveniicy. J. Hancock. Illrnm Wiggins, A. Iloylcs W. T. Harris, (!«irge Lunsford, It, O Pollock mid J. IV. Ilrldgeiuan—h.Forbes: IV. II. I'oyuler, ». H. Forney. W. It. Higgle, two proxies—fl, Lincoln: John Hollenbeck nudltobt. Galloway—2.Liberty 4—not represented.Nodaways J. 11. Kaiikcl, Vernon Arterbnrii and one proxuy—a.Union: J. L. John son. t\ G. Redmond. A. Gleason, Jacob Sharp nml C. .M. Nliinghter—A.Total number of voles represented /»2. necessary to n choice, 27.The following Central Committee us appointed:Kant Lewis, I'. Snider; West Lewis, llcnry Minton; Union. J. L. John non; Bigelow. Robert Adkins; Forbes, S. B. Forney; Cloy, John L. Grigsby; Nodaway, V. Arterburn; Heaton, Kli Meek; Lincoln. John Hollenbeck;Hickory. J. W. Duvls; Liberty_A motion to Indict by townships wtu lost and u motion to elect by ballot prevailed. A motion to n-ooiibldcrcarried. The matter wtu» finally settled in favor of voting by town»tilp*,A discuss Ion arcMC ubont two hitting delegates from llenton township who had not been elected delegates. The matter was adjusted by allowing I hemUivLr wain.being In entire sympathy with Hie People's movomoril. Mr. Drowning said he was certain Tcter Whltmer was not a People's mnn. slid did not think the convention ought lo entertain his claims, whereupon Mr. Knnkel withdrew hi* candidate.Tire ballot resulted:Dimslnr Proud m«.io* ..... u ofl N- I IIbrWr.............. » 0. 10 VWm tawis ... a sWM**la ................. * oVotswue ... 0 .1r-n«.................. o sVslws.......................... s 0Total » HThere being « He. there mh» ho choice, and nnwther ballot was had with the following result:iiimaltl)' I'ruiutBtr»l.lt;*r . ............ If »Bri-l-h .......... I 1lt;3sr . . t 1lltdtnii I* .1Kwi !.lt;-« • .... 1W».t l.i-st- n •l.lm-i.lii ..... ... t «Kilawai........ » iroriw. .......... n aI'nli ii 4 «total t SiDoughty was declared the immlnoe. County Clerk was next in order. Hubert Adkin« nominated II. II. Hfntpsmt of Itigelow Itrwnsplp. Rnma one rk nominated P. II. Proud, llio ballot resulted:Prmul — I mil* aoftKmi Urals.................. m WhI taw la ... ...... 1 nRlirlllW ... VItwmcis........ a at'ul*n................... • aN-iilaMav............... 4 nWar ...... a •|lk SOI ■- « Ia oLluiwtn................. « 0•falsi aT t:Rlmpktn* duel and the nominee.Tlio next was Ihc Collector. Mr. T. K. Hindu nominated (S. IV. Cummins, of Lewis mwnstdp. 8, 1*. Jewell ot Itentim, and Win. I Venn, ol West Lewis were also pluml in nomination. Mr. Dodge vouched for Jewell. Mr. Wlg-gin* fur lieun.Mr. Browning stilled Hint In1 bud his doubts about Mr. Jewell being a People's mint, and was replied In by Mr. Dodge. The ballot resulted:lumnilm. tnnii. Ji-wrll. »;*-i Uwi*,. .....if i i| vor ol ill-* Satanic Majesty, they iniitd go to the devil, lor all ho cured about It. I Napoleon Browning defended Mr. King, lie vouched lor hi mas being a reliable people's mnn, whoso whole heart was In the Mime. The ballot showed the lollowing result.Ktinhrl 'I'ajlnr l.nmli MMrbl.lnoku............1S'uilira........... 3•l'j.iai ra * uCuinmliH* wn* diM'laml the nomhioe.Next was Slierlir, ami Jaiues licUidt viu iioniliiated by nechiinaHim.KutvnTnnuintr. V. L. fimliuin was nominated by iicchimatkm.Next la order wu» the tVunly Jmlg-shlp.Dr. Johnson uoiiiliuiteil F. W. Walter of t.hicolu, Mr, (inliowuy imndua-led Win. Drowning, Anderson Hall nominated Phil. Snyder, of Lewis, Messrs. Henry Mlutvu and John IV. Ilridgi-nmn, were also phiccd in nomination.PhlUp Snyder arose nml willnlrcw Ida name from the list of candidates, and he withdrew in favor of Walter,Some delegate inquired concerning Air. Waller having been acamlidnte be. tore the Uopubllcan t'onveiithrii, where-U|hii Dr. Johnson rend the paper signed by about one hundred citizen* of N'oriliworterii Uotl.lrrespcutlve of party Calling upon Mr. Walter to become n caudldato for Comity Judge, lie rnlil Mr. Walter had not authwriiCtKl anyone to announce his name a* nubjccl to the |{i'|jiihlh-aii or tiny otlior eonveullon. Ill* riiuiihig or mu miming for the of* lice was contingent upon Hie ex-press c-l wishes of hi* Icllow-citl-xens IrresjHcllve of party. Hr was not anxious to l»o u cnndidiite. but felt thnl he could not refuse to make theWaller Mliilnu llrtilmun llrnnnlns¥. Hi. Joslyn made a motion lo have* row- Tlic ballot show ml the following candidates to come forward aud pledge to abide and support tlw action of the convention.Geo. 1*. Ltirkhardt moved to lay I ho motion on llic table. During the |«n-dnney of the motion, speeches were made by Messrs. l.ucklmrdt, Helsolt,Johnson and Dudga. KenUmculs were expressed by the speakers, that ns thU was an lnde|ieiii]eut Peoples' Conrua-lion, eaiidldntes us Well ns delegiltes should be perfectly ut liberty to sup. port whomsoever they pleased on tb|* ot utiy other ticket. The motion to pledge WAV lost.G. !U. JHaJgc ol lleuloii imivcd to uu-dorse the nominations far Rcprcsontu-Uve nnd County Judge ou the Kepnbll-cantlckei. Misers. C. M. Slaughter and Geo. I'. Luckhurdt vehemently op-lo*cd ttw motion, They did not lie-Hove in making a fare* ot the People's Movement by llelng It on the tall or the Republican kite. Mr. Dodge* motion wns voted down by a Utgi mxJoriiy,Lvoruldng being now In raullniM far balloting. Messrs tV. H. Poynlcr of Forbes, Winslow Fuller of Clay, mid HU Uiinl Arum of Nodaway Were plu* e.1 In uoininallou for Reprvwmtatlvn. and the ttrsl ballot nwultwl as fallows.I'li) Bln k'ulUr Arii,a KeLosiilt • • V •«.-«.I * l| 1i-null:in hi i,«I'tll.H1Illrktirj1 Jilt titr-iru-WulliT was drelureil Hie iiumluee. p/niiiiii- judge was next in order, and It II. Iiii*scl| was iiondnntrt! by aixlnnml lull.l'or Assessor, Messr*. .lames A. CvJa-well, K, it. Forney, .lolm Trimble and Joint L. Grigsby, were placed in 110111-iuntiun. The tollowlng; is the result:Criswsll runMy TriaiUl* i.rlx-lt;) . (.list Is wls O 4 II u* f»i Li-bu a u b *jn«lt;ii.w n « a ,1Ur 111 on }•!«t nloi. o 3 t 11N.-II.BB* I. ) ,1 |I.Erciilu U i u 11lr'lt;trlM,a u 4 1 itllsy V « v alllfkuri AlsoTulsl II U lit ~Xo choice.Mr ■'i111 I hillIlfiLmTutsi /i a tNo rhnlue. A motion waa made to drop tlio least one. Messrs. Fuller and oon-1 Poyaer uildrMMd llio anuveatlon, hopttt:::: S IIIIIIXHun u V U UItsntnu . 0 8 « «Union . o 5 n hn«i ........ e 4 a vjilrxoi 4 0 0 aLlUrolli ...... a V 0 nrnrW* 3 V 0 0n i'ii sb si a 0 0 uT«tai j 0 mr ir ir Hen ton to irnship l vote for Kln^. Taylor wa* det-lnrwl the uoininee,K. M. Joalyn wav nominnUjd by nc-cluuinlJon far Coroner, but declined. M. 8. Norman nominated Dr. It. I.. r». Htono. ,I nine* Itlulr nontlnntrd Dr. W. L, Gonkm. Gordon rrcotretl 2lt;S votm nml Stone 27.The I'rowcntlng Altorneyxhlp wax next In order, and proved to be n rent bone of contention.John IV. Stokr*, H. Van Husklrk, Hcnrj 8biitt9.nndT.lv. Collins were placed In nomination, mid vouched for by llielr fCvpOBtlVO frlemls. The fal lowing la the result of the ballot;MiikOi Vsn Ilii.lirX sti.m. i nllit,.KW Lewi* a 4 n 1W«M l.nwls i f X a111n.l1.« a 11 v 0| InnPnlini a n „ 1,1 in.. .1 1 u nHfiM I lieThere lNilng no choice niiother Itnlloi wm bml. which mnltod:Klukrt Vkn llnsXIrk flhlllls Kso Is-wl-.......... 8 qWMl U-U’ts....... 9 S (,UlffrleVr.......... » a a -. v t ab»'u» -............... •lt; I)-............. * I Itfwlwt .. 1 , 1|J.B¥«d|«............ * • #iiii'ii.ti-........ 0 a nXi*U«rsy ...i—....... 11 a u■fetnl tt 9* 1I'an llusklrk waa declared lliu nomineeMr. Dclwlt nrose and desired lo slate to the convention. Hint It would !«j Im-|ios*ible far him to acct-pt Hitt uotulna-tlou for Sln rlir, The coiiVciltlon moved 11 reeoiisliU’tnHon ol the aider ol bn-sinoM, by wldeh the nomination for Sheriff was made.Geo. I.ucklinrdl placed in domination Prank M, Joslyn; Winslow Fuller imndunU'd John L. Grlgshy. Ha Hot mulled:liiifl.i.j Jmi 11K««» I aorta ............. 11 1Wr»t Lssrls. ... s aHiili'lim............ n itlu-nlun.,........... 11 uii'i-ii « |•t'o... :.l.lnrvilu...................... a nillttkury................... 9 1Nmlann) ...... . 3 *Tutal JT T(■rigxby wu declared tlio Miultwa. Alter Ha* itominatlons some o»« called for a speech Irom the candidate far Prosecuting Attorney, and Mr. Van Dunkirk mqiomlril by saying dial he bclk-ved Hie mil far a speech end iintcd from Mr. Slakes’ friends; lliat Ktokm was dlwuttlsfled; that bo (Van Dunkirk) had not sought to become a candidate, hut was Induced to make the rare by gentlemen from nil pants ot the futility, if any one was dUwfftlnflod 01 Ihc result 01 this convention, he (Van llusklrk) was not to Iduiuc, Sto.Stoke* wan then called out. Ito denounced the proceedings a* it put up Job to bent him. Said the Benton delegation luid gone hack on their imd ruction*; that tabling the resulo I inn requiring candidate* to pledge wav done In Van llusklrk'a Interest to allow him to bolt If he (Stokes) wnx nominated, and lie would take ndvtmUtgo of it. and was nn Independent candidate lor the office ol Prosecuting AHorney-VftU Hitaklrk tcplktl to Stoln' attack ou him concerning the- alleged ngrocment between him aud Knotvlcaat Bin t Kunwlen mini lug as n cundidulc tn Urn Republican eon vent ion, These dlncusslouH wore anything but hnnno-iiloiis. and tlio peace nnd dignity ortho con vein Ion were cotnidcndd.v mil' d, AVUen the di*i-U*»iiui had gone, far ennngli, the clialriiian 0) 1 lie convention put a slop to the bickerings of Uiom’ hliniig minded attorneys.'llic couvcutlon adjoaraod.Tim second hullol.VrUwvll l.nnii) tr tin uuKaol l.fWl* ..«..! U»kHJirlim........ u « ufe. ..........: j J «S.VrU, V »Umma ...... * u 5FurU'. « t| *Nuilas*) ....... 11 i iTulsl 4 It juTrliable deelared the nominee.Fur Recorder. Messrs, W. F. Taylor of I'|iton. J. H. Kuukel of Nodaway, Imiue 1,1111 ib of Ixiwls, Win M. Morris of Nodaway, mid Hun nett King ol Lewis, were placed In itomlnaHon.Mr. J.uekhnrdt enlled on Mr.,King to explain tiow It cqma titul |u: hud some
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