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The Carson Daily Appeal
Carson City, Ormsby County, Carson City County, Nevada
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The Republican County Convention in Ormsby County convened yesterday afternoon, organized with temporary officers made permanent, declared primary vote winners as nominees, and elected a new County Central Committee before adjourning in under half an hour.
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The Republican County Convention was called to order yesterday at 2 o'clock P. M., by the Chairman of the Central Committee, at the District Court Room.
The Convention was organized by the election of Mr. H. H. Bence as temporary Chairman and Mr. Benj. Edson as Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Geo. L. Gibson, a committee on credentials was appointed consisting of Messrs. Gibson, Wells and Tyrrell. The committee met at once and immediately reported the following list of delegates:
Carson Precinct-George L. Gibson, R. R. Brown, Geo. A. Tyrrell, Chris. Kitzmeyer, John A. Lovejoy, H. H. Bence, Elijah Walker, Thomas Wells, Peter J. Farrer, M. D. Hatch, D. K. Winter, Joseph Platt, N. J. Savier, A. W. Atchison, Benj. Hixon.
Empire Precinct-Thomas Beer, H. Deitchman, J. H. Martin, John Stiver, Perry, Isaac Lebo.
On motion of Mr. Wells, the Temporary officers of the convention were declared its permanent officers.
A certified list of the candidates who had received the highest number of votes at the primaries being received, the same were declared the nominees of the Republican party of Ormsby County.
On motion of Mr. Edson, the convention proceeded to elect a County Central Committee of five.
On motion of Mr. Wells, the election was conducted by ballot.
On motion of Mr. Gibson, the members from Empire selected their own (two) members of the committee; and the members from Carson precinct elected their three delegates.
Messrs. Hatch and Tyrrell were appointed tellers.
Upon the first ballot the following members of the County Central Committee were chosen:
For Carson, Thos. Wells, Chas. Martin and Thos. J. Edwards.
For Empire Township, W. J. Hamilton and A. J. Lockwood.
On motion of Mr. Tyrrell the convention adjourned sine die.
All this was performed in something less than half an hour.
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Ormsby County
Event Date
Yesterday
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candidates with highest primary votes declared republican nominees for ormsby county; county central committee elected: thos. wells, chas. martin, thos. j. edwards (carson precinct), w. j. hamilton, a. j. lockwood (empire township); convention adjourned sine die.
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Republican County Convention called to order at 2 P.M. in District Court Room; organized with H. H. Bence as Chairman and Benj. Edson as Secretary; credentials committee reported delegates from Carson and Empire Precincts; temporary officers made permanent; primary winners nominated; elected five-member County Central Committee by ballot, with precincts selecting their own; completed in under half an hour.