| Show dymm COUNTY conventions ct tt A D on the tho ath of sept a peoples county convention for juab county was held in nephi for the purpose of electing three delegates and three alternates to represent said county in the peoples peopled territorial convention to be held in salt lake city october 1870 to nominate a candidate for delegate to congress y on mr wm vm knight was elected temporary president and mr thos ord temporary secretary charles sperry and charles foot were appointed a committee on credentials and reported the following named gentlemen entitled to seats to wit from nephi precinct william knight charles H bryan bryau thomas ord john andrews charles foote charles sperry and jacob 0 bigler senn mona blona precinct john jehn M haws william somerville levan nevan precinct seth beth Ol lorton C CP F B D lybbert W knight was elected permanent president and thomas ord secretary on separate motions the following named gentlemen gentleman were duly elected delegates J grover J M haws C foute foote alternates elmer tayler john thomas midgley the following were passed resolved that the Hon George Georgo Q cannon having proved himself t he true friend of the people of utah territory it is the sense of this convention that the delegates from this county vote for that gentleman as a candidate for delegate to congress subject to the vote of the territorial convention resoled resolved Re soled that J grover CP C P fote ole ote W knight thomas ord and edwin harley be a central committee on elections for this county for two years and until their successors are elected resolved f that a synopsis of the tho proceedings of this convention be sent gent to the DF deseret seret NF NEWS vs and salt lake herald offices for publication WILLIAM wllliam IAM lam KNIGHT president of convention tuomas THOMAS ORD secretary 1 THE COUNTY convention CO N T TO morrow is the day for the county convention of delegates who favor the peoples ticket for fog the election of a delegate to congre congress ss who shall be of the people and for the people and shall truly represent them in the councils of tb uhe the nation and defend and promote their best interests the busine business of the county convention wl I 1 be to elect the right gort sort of men to attend tho the terri urial abrial 0 convention to nominate a sul sui suitable table taule candidate for the choice of the people as delegate to congress in the ensuing november election COLFAX SMILING AROUND A bend ind correspond dent of the new york yok under date of sept 17 represents mr charles ff HM murray urray as sa say bay Y ing if of a quondam pollyl political cal cai ri notability colfax could do no good for the by being here he has degenerated fearfully and his chief ambition now is to preside over a ward or hose company meeting where ten or twenty men come together he ha is fast losing his head and is thought very lightly of he lives well however and is delighted that people pay for his cigars and give him his meals for nothing never mover dreaming that they do it from the senti sentiment meriL attaching fact that ho he was waff once vice president of the united states colfax has come to be a regular bummer anu spends most roost of his time knocking about the country he left here lately ide ba cause caupe as ae he said to mr A IL wade the postmaster there was no use remaining 1 ofas as the democrats would surely burely carry the state so he went to t the h e tl philadelphia exhibition a convenient retreat for moyt most of the alarmed republicans |
