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Show I THE (01.MV CO.WEXTIOX. Dolfgalta and Jtllrniate Cko.fn Vh txtrlltnt Delegation. Our report of the People's County Convcullcn trleh!y was necessa-tlly necessa-tlly broken ofT at the point where the committee oa credentials re turned Hh their report, and prayir was oflered by the clisplaln. The report showed the attendance of nearly all the delegates, most of whose names have previously ap-I ap-I pcarcd. On motion, tlie temporary organization organ-ization was mide pormiuunU The call fur the convention was read. Mr GeJ lei moved that two ilrle-gitt ilrle-gitt bettieeicd front each municipal wtrd of the city, four from the cron ly, exclusive of llin city, nu J one by the ecu ut J at large, and that ten minutes caucusing be allord !n order that tlie ilrleites might have a cliancc to Select their favorites. Mr. Keuuer moved an amend ment, to the iflett that thedelc-gaies thedelc-gaies bo chosen at lire, making an argument lu support of lilt motion. Tills was n couuty, not n precinct convention nor au agrcoUait of precincts; the I1 fr ItlL, gathering was nddfeteed to .he OKinty, not to portions of It, an! dih-gates had a right to vote for those whom tin considered tlie Ut m-n lnIdc or outsldethiir own locatitieo. They tre tlitru cot as dictators, masters oreaiiloytra of their contituenls, but as employes, and as such should not transcend nor fall far short of thtir calling; they had no right to arrange themtclvcs lu cabals so that expressions of choice would bole-(tricttd bole-(tricttd to inrtlcular lern)rts for IiertlcuLir placet. TheJ should do the best that lu their united Judg-mint Judg-mint could bu done -vllh nil the av illoblc mnttrlal In the county, no nutter where it happened to ba. Mr. Divid MtKeuzie moved an amtndmeut to the azuudnient, to the tilect that tich pri-clnct pri-clnct of tho city name (ivt. pciaeur, and the couuty ouWJe the cit. neorrejtiondlug number, to U) voied fur 15 1 h- whole convention, the two In each precinct having the highest uumbtr of votes to be declared de-clared elected. This was put fir-t an 1 defeated. Kenner'a amendment was defeated defeat-ed and the original motion uu then put and carried. Ken nt-r male the mint cf order that precincts had no right to name delegates; that was the province of the w hole convention and not sectional sec-tional jwttions o! it. Tue joint was overruled and the vatious reciucts wtnt into caucus lu different parts of the house. There was a tiy humnilng for aUHit ten minutes when time was called, and tlio fu'Iowlug nominations nomina-tions were xnadi. I ir-' Preiintt J. II. Paul, Joliu O. Smith. Second Precinct David McKcn-zIc,J.H.-Mok. 'liiird Precinct J. W.Sjmmer-hays W.Sjmmer-hays J. b. Tingty. -- I'jurth Prccluet It. W. Yojnr, H, M. Well., Fifth Precinct O. S. Cliwon, T. V. Williams. Couul James Jensen, John W. -Sharp, Josejdi J. William-, Kichaid Howe. K. 5 WelU moved that the names pn-ACted bt ejected, and it was earned. ear-ned. Paul rtv-e to a oint of order. He -id not tielieve that the motion was a pn x.r one. He wanted each name voted uiou separately. Fu'k-r was of a similar turn of nil idw fc?o were Sstringfellaw aud Otlierx. Thete wa consWtra'de oljectk-u male, and flno"y a motion to rt-oon-i er was eaunej, wl.en tjtring-"el'ow tjtring-"el'ow moved lliat uhIi name b- voted on srparatel.v Tnls mo' ion wasseetiinifj l i"ui. il appeared bilieatl e vo -, nni diylslun being be-ing tallei ' - Iht motl" Vssf.uud to e h-. Tlreorl iai .n itloj was put aud carried. MiirJuck jrtntl the iiimeof F. S. Richard for delegate at large. Mi Kenzfo prt-enttl the Jianu. of A. W. Carlson. nialr wanted the voting to be bv ballot. Paul amended t making tht vote rfr oc, and the aiienc-roeut aiienc-roeut was carried. Paul laced in noniiBatlon the mn-e of Wiinam Fuller. Jtn-um named Cliarles M. Akl-scn. Akl-scn. The nominations were then ckw-d. Richards was elected on the flrrt vote. hot uUernate were then el-ctcd as fo'hiws: William-Fuller, H. P. Riciiars, A. W. Carlson, S. A. Keiiner. C t! Woolley Ocjrge M. epenccr. , A vote of thanks to the ofllcers was Liven, and tne cuiivtntiin aJ-lourueu. |