Show in the republican ring I 1 the republican ring of the braffet machino machine held its convention at the court house but things had been so ao well arranged that there was little to interest the spectators chairman kirkpatrick of macaroni mu caroni fame called the delegates to order and secretary marcusen read the call for the convention A motion having been made that the chair appoint a committee on credentials an and d another on order of business and permanent organization Cha Chah kinan roan kirkpatrick made a bluff at asking how many should be appointed on each committee somebody who had been assigned the part suggested d three members on each committee whereupon kirk pulled a written list from his pocket and appointed therL from delegates gibson dugmore and haymond for the credentials committee and delegates gwilym jones once county bleik clef k william crow and carlos gunderson for the other committee after a recess of thirty minutes the credentials reported 36 delegates in attendance with no contests neither helper kenilworth dor tor Car carbonville Carbon bonville TilIe were represented at the opening of the th session ees sion and all delegates dele gatea reporting were sea ea ted the pl platform committee composed of 0 R Marcu marcun ion F woods and robert made inq it report and the same was read by the secretary the document lauded the republican party as the only cil cal organization worth recognizing a expressed the tile platitude that a public loftice should be a public trust and ra rapped aped thu the progressive progressives in office for what the committee considered wastefulness in the tile expenditure of funds substituting the word republican 1 for democratic tho resolution was the same as read rend and adopted by the democrats and like that other document it proposed 66 splitting the ollices with tue e dom doin critic cratic wing of mr gang when the qu question of adopting the resolution was ar put delegate haymond of hiawatha arose and stated that after hearing the republican party so highly praised in tho the resolution just read he lie was surprised to hear that any of the delegates delc pates dav oi 01 ed fusion with the democrats ho came to a republican convention came uninstructed and did not know what those who ho sent him would siy BAY if he lie voted for fusion they might meet him with a bucket of tar and feathers on his return home he ile was against fusion as he thought the tile republican party big enough to stand alone his remarks were applauded by one or two delegates but the frown of the chairman quickly reminded the ones that they were there to obey orders not to applaud an insurgent and the motion passed with less than a half dozen negative votes mr ha ila mond and severa several others voting nay A committee composed of C 0 MeW binney W D stillman and chris jensen was appointed to confer with a committee from the democratic wing in regard to fusion and after several addow imenes the com cittee returned and reported that the marriage ceremony cera mony had livid been performed by sir mr braffet and had been bea n daly witnessed by the members of the committee the convention then adopted in a lump the ticket named by the other ving wing of mr machine with the exception of the candidate for representative it being explained wit without bout mentioning names jamesf that it had been thought best by some of the delegate delegates that each party select its own candidate for representative at this point poin taman a man who had been chosen to contribute his act to the bill arose and placed in nomination mr bir geo sien somebody whispered the name frandsen andsen Pr in his oar var and bo he stated that he meant to nominate george frandsen ane nomination was seconded and ratified by the convention ven tion after R R kirkpatrick was re decked county chairman and G E neldis secretary ecret ary af after ter considerable whispering to as certain the party emblem the delegate delegates finally se acted the eagle and the th chairman declared the conven tiou tio adjourned the chairman requested all precinct chairmen to remain for an after show after the main u ance and what happened there the writer riter not for he has quit paying hia his money for the big after af ter which usually fol follows lovs au all well regulated circuses thoice aas a noticeable lack of enthusiasm thusia sm rim at the gathering most mo st of tho delu delegate gates acting as though they had been sentenced to drink a quart of castor oil and not a few of them are known to have apologized to acquaintances quain for tho the part they took in the cut ind and dried f formality 0 r ni a t y even mr air hranet braffet who should have been pleased for he arranged the tile thing ts come out as it did looked as if he lie had been sent for and come if they told the truth half the delegates bovid say they envied mr raymond haymond for having 46 spoken out in meeting and eased his conscience but those who failed to follow his example cn can clear their consciences and stomachs on election day |