G. O. P. District Convention

The Bepublican district convention was held at the court house, Ann Arbor, yesterday. Harry A. Conant, of Mouroe, was chairman of the meeting, and Henry Stoftiet, of Wayne, performed the duties of secretary. The chairman appointed cornmittees on credentials, permanent oragnization and order of business, and on resolutions. There were no contests and the report of the committee on credentials seating the various delegations was adopted without being read. The oomniittee on permanent organization and order of business was read and adopted as follows : The temporary officers were made. permanent, and in their order were placed the election of delegates and altera ates to the St. Louis conventiou, the choice of a congressional district committee and the report of the committee on resolutions. Harry A. Conant, of Monroe, and A. W. Smith, of Lenawee, were made tellers, and the convention proceeded to the election. The ballot of the convention was severally oast for James T. Hufst, of Wayne, and E. P. Allen, of Washteuaw, as delegates tothe uational republioan convention at St. Louis. Charles A. Blair, of Jaokson, and Henry C. Smith, of Lenawee, were elected alternates. Capt. Allen and Mr. Hurst each made brief speeches. The oommittee on resolïitions offered the following, which were unaniruoualy adopted : "The Republicans of the Second consressional district of Michigan assarnbled in convention do hereby reaffirm our allegiance to the principies of the Republican party as set forth in the national platform adopted at the national convention in 1892. " We believe that the United States shall nse both gold and silver as inoney, and we are opposed to any legislation which gives preference to either metal. "Realizing that the issue in the next campaign will be wuetber American industries shall be protected in preference to that of foreign oountries, and recognizing as the oharnpion of protection and reciprocity that peerless statesman of Ohio, the Hon. Wiliam McKinley, we do hereby request our delegates to the national convention to vote for bim as long as his name shall remain bef ore the convention." The convention was a very quiet and harmouions one, every thing having evidently been ent and dried before hand.