Sawyer Gets Washtenaw

The republican county convention to select delegates to the congressional convention to choose a victim for the biennial fall sacrifice, met at the court house, Tuesday. More or less of various kind of harmony prevailed. Ypsilanti carne up to the battle smiling and confident, rooted and grounded in the faith and confidence, that things had Deen fixed perfectly solid for Allen. The Allen men were met by the Sawyer men, and after a comparison of notes, there was a visible lengthening of the countenances from Ypsilanti. it being apparent that the Sawyer wires had been laid too fine, and that the country delegation would be his on ballot. Èvery ward and town in the county was represented. It is said by some persons, handy with a political microscope, that there existed among the delegates an unorganized sentiment for O'Donnell. It failed to materialize to any great extent, owing to lack of leadership. Although there were loud proclamations of concord, and brotnerly love was apparently two inches deep.one could catch frequent glimpses of the stiletto, the dirk in the boot and note the shape of the tomahawk of peace concealed under the jacket. It was evident that the Sawyer and Allen followings loved each other as a cat loves soap, and each were looking for the fifth rib of the other, till a canvas of the relative strength showed the Allen people that a determined fight would be useless. The convention was called to order at ii o'clock a. m. by H. G. Prettyman, chairman of the county committee, who called George S. Wheeler, of Salem, to preside as temporary chairman. Mr. Wheeler put on the usual blush and made the customary stammering acknowledgement of the honor conferred on him, wanted no mistake made, all prejudices thrown aside and the best man nominated. He said this was no Pingreeized convention; that there were no reserved seats in the gallery for bolters. In fact it was the evident belief of the temporary chairman that everything was lovely and the goose hunghigh, and that harmony was so solid that one couldn't chip a flake off of it with a mallet and cold chisel. J. H. Kingsley, of Manchester, was elected secretary and the convention adjourned for dinner. On reassembling the report of the committee on credentials was adopted without reading. The committee on resolutions offered a few slabs cut from the national platform of '92, and the state platform recéntly adopted in Grand Rapids. These were constructed into a sort of catamaran, and adopted by the convention with a hearty "them's our sentiments." Two voting plans were proposed, the first being that chairmen of each delegation should announce the vote of the delegation, each member to vote by ballot. Mr. Allen proposed an amendment that each delegate's name be called and that he march up to the table and chuck in his ballot. He said he was not sure of receiving any support in the convention, as he oad been warned that the sentiment of the convention was "agin" him. However he wanted everything conducted with perfect fairness, and whatever might be the choice of the convention he would be found up early in the morning and out late at night, working tooth and nail for the success of the ticket. This proposed waste of energy on the part of the captain was received with applause of the convention. J. C. Knowlton, John F. Lawrence, A. F. Freeman and others combatted Captain Allen's amendment, and W. M. Osband championed it. The amendment was carried by a decided majority. The positive manner in which the araendment was carried threw the Sawyer leaders into confusión, as it seemed to indícate that possibly the boasted Sawyer strength was less than its vaunt. The balloting began with all parties nervous of the outcome. Result: Sawyer, 128; Allen, 80; O'Donnell, 8; Spaulding 1. And the battle was ended. A. F. Freeman, of Manchester, was elected delégate at large, and the convention divided into districts to select delegates, which included delegates also to the senatorial convention. The result of the sweat3ox deliberations was as follows: A. F. Freeman, of Manchester, at arge. First District - Williara Judson, Sylvan; George H. Kempf, Chelsea; John Buss, Freedom; A. J. Sawyer, Webster; Emory Leiand, Morthfield; George Wheeler, Salem; Charles E. Hiscock, John F. Lawrence, Horace G. Prettyman and Edward D. Kinne, Ann Arbor. Second District - C. C. Dorr, Sharon; William Burtless, Mancheser; Archie Crane, Bridgewater; E. H.'Homer, Salem; S. R. Crittenden, Pittsfield; Michael O'Hara, Lodi; E. T. Pile, York; J. B.Wortley, Ypsilanti; P. L. Townsend, Superior; H. P. Thompson, Augusta. Senatorial delegates are: V. M. Osband, Ypsilanti, delegate-at-large. First District- Charles Stannard, Scio; J. Wood, Nathan Pierce, Lima; Leslie Canfield, Lyndon; Frank Barker, Northfield; Wm. D. Smith, Dexter; Albert C. Schumacher, S. A. Moran, Seth C. Randaü and George H. Sweet, Ann Arbor. Second District - H. D. Platt, Pittsfield; H. P. O'Niel, Sharon; Philo E. Galpin, Superior; William J. Eckley, Ypsilanti; J. D. Forsyth, York; Henry Calhoun, Bridgewater; Henry S. Boutwell, Ypsilanti; F. D. Ford, Lodi; John D. Campbell, Augusta; Dr. Owen, Ypsilanti. A resolution instructing the congressional delegates to use all honorable means to secure the nomination of Honorable A. J. Sawyer was passed unanimously. The work of the convetition being over, the delegates were n the mood for a little skirt dance and high kicking from Messrs. Sawyer and Allen. Mr. Sawyer was first led upon the platform and turned loose. He thanked the convention for the honor it had loaded him with, and seemed pleased with the excellent discrimination of that keen sighted body in selecting him as its choice for the November slaughter. He then proceeded to shed a great deal of lucid mystery on the tariff question, which he handled with such opaque transparency as to cali forth much applause. Then Capt. Allen carne forward as an exemplification of the bible statement concerning the dead speaking. He was dead a few minutes before, but now he was a real live, prancing republican, and would work pretty hard this fall at the job of killing off the democratie party. After these things the convention adjourned in such a state of solid harmony that one could not drive a flaxseed between the cracks, with a cast-steel punch.