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Democrats Alive

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Parent Issue
Day
3
Month
March
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
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DEMOCRATS ALIVE,

 

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The Convention Thursday Largely Attended.

 

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DORSEY HOPPE IS NAMED

 

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As Candidate for County School Commissioner.

 

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Resolutions Condemn the Action of the Republican State Convention Yesterday. —A Washtenaw Democrat for Regent.

 

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The democratic county convention yesterday was an enthusiastic affair. The court house was filled with earnest and enthusiastic men. With no contest on, with no quarrel in the party to call out the faithful, they were out in great force and the convention consisted of earnest thoughtful men well representative of the democracy of Washtenaw. M. J. Cavanaugh, county chairman, called the convention to order and called Hon. James S. Gorman, of Chelsea to the chair. Frank Dettling, of Freedom, was made secretary. On motion the following committees are appointed:

 

Credentials—Alfred Davenport, M. McGuire, Tracy L. Towner.

 

Permanent Organization and Order of business—T.D. Kearney, C.L. Yost, E.A. Nordman.

 

Resolutions—D.A. Hammond, J. Manly Young, H. Lighthall.

 

The convention then took a recess until 1:30 p.m. local time.

 

On the convention being called to order at 2 o'clock, there were not seats enough to accommodate the delegates and their friends. The various committees reported and the reports were adopted without division. The temporary officers were made permanent and the following resolutions adopted.

 

Resolved, That the democracy of Washtenaw county, in convention assembled re-affirms the time honored principles of the party and pledges united support to the ticket in the coming elections.

 

Resolved, That we express our condemnation of the action of the recent republican state convention in repudiating their pledges to pass the Atkinson bill in the interest of equal taxation.

 

Resolved, That the party should be rebuked for renominating a man for the supreme bench who has been openly charged by the leaders of the party with improper leanings toward corporate wealth, in his decisions, and a corresponding disregard for the rights of the people.

 

Resolved, That Washtenaw should have a candidate for regent of the university on the state ticket and that our delegation to the state convention be instructed to use its influence to secure recognition for a Washtenaw man.

 

Mr. Gorman, after the report on permanent organization, thanked the convention for the honor it had conferred on him. In looking over the convention it was quite evident that there was still hanging about the old campfires of the democracy were first taken up when this country revolted from George III. We believe in the doctrines of Jefferson and Patrick Henry and of the men who offered their lives that the people of this country might be free. Democracy is universal, a government by the people all alike. No thought of ism, chism, class or section is ever entertained by the man imbued with the sentiments of democracy. Many times you have gone to battle and got whipped, occasionally a deserter has left you, but you are holding the flag high. Hold the flag now, rally around it, and you will elect your candidate. A ticket nominated here today will be elected. The delegates sent to Kalamazoo will nominate the winners. They will call the attention of the people of the state to the fact that it is but a short time ago, the republicans adopted a platform making the Atkinson bill paramount to everything. It is only yesterday that the first republican convention held after the election repudiated the bill. People of the state only need to have their memories jogged a little to see the inconsistency and the misrepresentation in the republican platform. Notice was served on the state senate yesterday that the republican party did not want the Atkinson bill. The same conditions exist today as when the late lamented Cooley was defeated.

 

Sid W. Millard and George E. Moore were made tellers and the officers were sworn in. On motion of the Major John P. Kirk, Senator Charles A. Ward was delegate at large to the state convention. On motion of E. B. Norris, John P. Kirk, of Ypsilanti, was selected delegate at large to the judicial convention. The convention then separated into district conventions which resulted as follows:

 

First District—Moses Seabolt was made district chairman and Sid W. Millard, secretary. The following delegates were elected:

 

State—Hiram Lighthall, of Sylvan, John L. Duffy, of Ann Arbor, Frank Taylor, of Northfield, M. J. Cavanaugh, Moses Seabolt, Thomas D. Kearney and Arthur Brown of Ann Arbor, M. McGuire, of Dexter and R. C. Reeves, of Scio.

 

Judicial—Jacob F. Schuh, Ann Arbor, James S. Gorman, of Sylvan, J. M.  Braun, Ann Arbor town, E. B. Norris, David A. Hammond, Charles H. Manly and E. Oesterlin, Ann Arbor, Thomas Murray, Dexter and Frank Dettling, Freedom.

 

Second district—C. L. Yost was made chairman and John P. Kirk, secretary. The following delegates were selected:

 

State—Dr. O. E. Pratt of Ypsilanti, C. L. Yost, of Ypsilanti, J. Manly Young, of Saline, John Hitchingham, of Augusta, Martin Cremer, of Ypsilanti, and Robert Martin, of Superior, Caleb Eaton, of Ypsilanti town and Fred Hasley, of York.

 

Judicial—Tracy L. Towner, of Ypsilanti, Dr. H. J. Post, Augusta, Jos. Gauntlett, of York, John Lutz, of Saline, Jas. E. McGregor, of Ypsilanti, Frank Joslyn, of Ypsilanti. Ira. A. Wood, of Lodi, Lee N. Brown, of Ypsilanti, and E. C. Young, of Bridgewater.

 

For county school commissioner Supervisor Lighthall presented the name of Dorsey Hoppe, of Sylvan. George A. Peters presented the name of Prof. A. D. DeWitt. Prof. DeWitt declined the nomination and in a good speech presented the name of Mr. McDiarmid. The ballot resulted: Hoppe 130, McDiarmid 79, and Hoppe was duly nominated, the nomination being made unanimous on the motion of Mr. McDiarmid.

 

The convention then adjourned.

 

 

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A GOOD MAN AT REST.

 

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CITY ASSESSOR P. O'HEARN DIED THIS MORNING.

 

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He Was a Man of Upright Character and Without an Enemy Who Left an Honorable Record.

 

Patrick O'Hearn died at 1 o'clock this morning at his home 206 N. Thayer st. He was Ann Arbor's first and only city assessor, and had been elected time and again without opposition, a tribute which comes to but few men, especially to a position which requires such admirable qualities of heart and head to keep from making a host of enemies. Mr. O'Hearn's death comes as a shock to his friends although it had been long expected. He had been ailing for some time. The funeral services will be held at St. Thomas church, Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock local time.

 

Patrick O'Hearn was the son of William and Catherine (Brown) O'Hearn, and born in New York city, Dec. 12, 1830. When seven years of age he with his parents removed to a park in Green Oak, Livingston county. Here he attended the district schools and helped his parents on the farm. After reaching manhood he in company with John Welch started a grocery in the old Buchoz block on Detroit st. Later he went to New Orleans, where he spent several years in business. On his return he accepted the position of bookkeeper with the Ann Arbor Agricultural Co. For a year he was on Howell; the bookkeeper of Weinmeister & O'Hearn. He then became bookkeeper for Tolbert's lumber yard which position he filled until the time that his official duties as assessor demanded his entire attention. About the year 1860 he married Catherine, the daughter of Martin Howard, of Northfield. She died 19 years ago. Seven children of whom six survive blessed their union. The surviving children, Mary, May, Clara, Stella, C. Frank, the well known mail carrier, all of Ann Arbor, and George, of Detroit, for many years a trusted employee in the train dispatchers' office of the Michigan Central.

 

Mr. O'Hearn was one of the most greatly respected men in the community, his uprightness of character and frank manners gaining the respect and friendship of all who knew him. When the city charter was changed from the old supervisor system to that of an assessor, he was elected to that office. He gave such universal satisfaction that during the nine years that he held this office he only once had a competitor.

 

Previous to his election as assessor he had for a series of years held the office of supervisor of the third and fourth wards and it was his eminent success in this office which made him by common consent the logical candidate for assessor.

 

Mr. O'Hearn was a man without enemies. He was a kindly man, thoroughly conscientious in all his work, never a self seeker or self pusher. He was a man of incorruptible integrity, against whose official or private actions there was never a shadow of imputation and whom everyone trusted. The whole city will miss him and his place will be hard to fill.

 

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JOHN BAUMGARDNER

Ann Arbor Electric Garnite Works