Democratic Representative Convention

The democrats of this rcpresentative district met at the court house last Tues day, f'or the purpose of nominating a candidate for slaughter. Edward Clancy, of Northfield, was called to the chair, and Nathan Sutton, of the same township, chosen as secretary. The usual preliminaries were gone through with, and search was instituted for a horse to enter the race. Finally James B. Van Atta, of Salem, was proposed, and the propositlon quickly taken up and unanimously ratified, by acclamation. The chair then appointed Judge Harriman a committee of one to search for the candidate, inform him of the action of tbe convention, and ask him to accept the same in good faith. While Mr. Harriman was absent on his mis3ion the chair appointed as a district committee for the ensuing year : John W. Nanry, of Superior, chairman ; Andrew Smith, Ann Arbor town ; and Patrick Wall, Northfield. The candidate appearing, chaperoned by tbe committee of one, he was greeted with applause, was introduced to the audience, and made a speech appropriate to the occasion. He tendered his thanks for the distinguishcd honor conferred, which was fully appreciated by him, and agreed, if he was elected, to serve the district honestly, fairly conscientiously and to the best of his ability, and added by the way of scoring a point for himself, that if elected he should represent not only tho interests of the university, of which he was proud, but also the intcrosts of the farming community, with whioh he was identified, making their interests identical. He also reminded the smal! audience of their negligence in choosing a farmer for the legislature in this district, a thing they had neglected for years. He again thanked the convention for the honor conferred, and sat down. Adjournment followed.