Judson To The Fore

The Judson convention was largely attended and developed the tact that ,he doughty sheriff was well in the saddle in the republican politics of county. The old war horses of the re)ublicans were ruthlessly and renorselessly slaughtered, the object evidently being to gain possession of he members of the state central committee and to show that Pingreeism was on top in this county. It was not intil the selection of district delégales ;o the state convention, that the wire mlling, which directed the convenion, was openly shown and.then it was clearly seen that the sheriff held ;he convention in the hollow of his fist, and that nomercy was to be expected at his hands. It was 11:25 be'ore the convention, which was called ;o meet at 11 o'clock in the court room at Ann Arbor, got down to business and was rapped to order by H. G. Pettyman, chairman of the county convention,who called W. W. Wedemeyer to the chair as temporary chairman. !Jr. Wedemeyer briefly thanked the convention för the honor done him, and during his speech he incidentally mentioned the names of McKinley, Reed and Allison. McKinley he characterized as "the champion of protection," Eeed as "the brainy man ïrom Maine," but to only one of the :hree did he do honor by calling him "a statesman," and that was to Allison. who he called "the statesman Erom Iowa." But it madelittle difference to that gathering who was the statesman. The name of McKinley was greeted with vociferous cheers, Reed's name received a few scattering hand claps, whlle that of Allison feil on the convention like a wet blanket, and not a sound was heard in response. J. J. Goodyear was the final ehoice of the convention for secretary, then the fun began. Mr. Ford, of Ypsilanti, moved that the chairman appointed committees on credentials, permanent organizanion and resolutions. Chairman Wedemeyer asked that the convention make the nominations and Prof. Knowlton suggested tliat the convention do so by viva voce vote. Trof. Johnson moved as a substitution, that each delegation name a member for each of the three committees. This would have made each committee consist of 32 members. Considerable time was consumed in discussing this matter, during which George S. Wheeler. of Salem, took occasion, to rally thé chairman on his unwillingness tö assume the responsibilities of his position. This Mr. Wedemeyer denied, and the question was finally settled by all motions but the original being withdrawn and the chairman was ordered to make the appointments, which he did as follows: Credentials- George S. Wheeler, of Salem, George S. Eawson, of Bridge water. Andrew Campbell, of Pittsfield J. H. Ford, of York, E. E. Leiand, of Northfleld. Permanent Organization and Order of Business- Edwin Ball, of Webster M. F. Case, of Pittsfield, E. H. Scott and E. F. Johnson, of Ann Arbor, W. M. Osband, of Ypsilanti. Besolutions- Col. H. S. Dean, o1 Ann Arbor, Capt. H. S. Boutelle, of Ypsilanti, James McLaren, of Lima H. C. Waldron, of Northfield, William Burtless, of Manchester. While the chairman was making the appointments Hon. James O'Donnell, of Jackson, one of the republlcar gubernatorial aspirants, entertainec the convention with a strong republican speech, in which he favored the reduction of taxation in Michigan, (a very laudable idea), reviewed the past administration and apologized for its expenditures, pald his respects to the "squawbuck" legislature as he callee it, and blamed it for a large share oi the taation during the past two years, handled the railroads of the state in a strikingly gingerly manner in very great contrast to Mr. Pingree'f hammer and tongs style, and assurec the convention that the taxes would be a million dollars lower next year He wound up with a short talk on national taxation and a glowiug tribute to the late James G. Blaine. It was 12:30 when the convention adjourned for dinner. At 1:30 the convention reassembled but it was 2:30 before the committee on credentials was ready to report owing to there being two delegations fiom Sylvan,in the meantime speeches were made by Capt. E. P. Allen and Hon. A. J. Sawyer,the rival candidates for delégate to the national conven tion at St. Louis, Mo. The committee on permanent organization and order of business then reported, and H. C Waldron moved to strike out section 3 of the report which provided that the "election of a delegates at large by the convention as a whole, to th( congressional district convention, shal be the choice of Washtenaw county as delégate to the national convention at St. Louis." His amendment was lost the original report being adopted. The temporary organization o: officers was made permanent. The chair appointed as tellers B. W. Ams den, of Manchester, N. D. Corbin, o Ann Arbor, and Win. J. Wallace, of Ypsilanti. The committee on credentials here brought in its report recommending that both delegations from Sylvan be thrówn out and in order that Sylvan might be represented, that six men bc chosen from each who would be recog nized by the convention. The Sylvan ites then withdrew, and on their re turn announced the folJowing as the delegation; F. P. Glazier, E. Wood J. Kalmbach, C, Steinbach, A. Guthrie T. E. Wood, H. S. Holmes, Wm Bacon, Mort Freer, Claud Martin. R A. Snyder, Godfrey Grow. During this absence Col. H. S. Dean presented the report of the committee on resolutions signed by all the committee except H. C. Waldron,of NorthQeld, who presented a minority report in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver. In the course of bis remarks on his report he said that the depression in prices of farm lands and products, and the low price of wool, was not entirely due to a Democratie administration, as the prices had begun to fall even under a protective tariff. Efforts were made to stem the torrent of Mr. Waldron's eloquence by calling for the names of the Sylvan delegation which had returned to the room, but he fraally carned his point to have the matter settled then and there, and was allowed to proceed with his argument. During the squabble G. Frank Allmendinger spoke right out in meeting, he said that while he did not uphold Mr. Waldron's idea still he did not believe in gag law and wanted things done squarely and honestly. The minority report was finally knocked out and the majority report adopted, but the incident only still further emphasized the fact that all is not harmony in the republican camp of Washtenaw county. The next order of business was selection of a delégate at large to the state convention at Detroit, who would also be delégate to the national convention. It was the old Sawyer and Allen fight over again, although two other names were mentioned, those of A. F. Freeman, of Manchester and W. E. Boyden, of Webster. The latter withdrew his name and the balloting began. The first ballot stood: E. P. Allen 86, A. J. Sawyer 52, A. F. Freeman 28, W. E. Boyden 12, R. Kempf 5, H. C. Waldron 1. lío choice. The second ballot stood: Allen 107, Sawyer 50, Freeman 29, Boyden 1. Mr. Allen was declared elected. On motion Mr. Allen was declared to be the unanimous choice of the convention. John Heinzmann was unanimously elected delégate at large to the state convention at Detroit and then the convention divided into districts to elect nine delegates each to the congressional district convention, and nine delegates eaeh to the state convention. The first district chose the following delegates: To the district convention - George Kempf, Chelsea;H. S. Dean, O. E. Hiscoek, W. K. Childs, J. T. Jacobs, George H. Pond, Ann Arbor; A. S. Lyon, Scio; F. P. Glazier, Chelsea; Thomas Birkett, Dexter. To the etate convention - Wm. Judson, Frank Wood, Geo. S. Vandawarker, Ann Arbor; H. S. Holmes, Chelsea; George S. Wheeler, Salem; E. W. Hatch, Alfred Davis. James McLaren, É. S. Whalen. The second district convention chose the following delegates: To the district convention - J. H. Morton, Manchester; Geo. S. Kawson, Bridgewater; J. W. Blakesly, York; H. F. Thompson, Augusta; W. M. Osband, Ypsilanti town; A. E. Ford, Dr. F. K, Owen, Ypsilanti city; P. E. Galpin, Superior; H. (). O'Neal, Sharon. To the state convention- P. W. Shute, George Cook, H. S. Boutell, Ypsilanti; Wm. Burtless, Manchester; Wm. Lysster, Saline; Wm. H. Whitmarsh, Milan; Andrew Campbell, Pittsfield; J. K. Campbell, Augusta; A. H. Humphrey. W. W. Wedemeyer was elected ehairman of the county eonvention, O. E. Butterfield secretary, the county committee was announced and the convention adjourned.