Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-09
DEMOCRATIC
STAT cow ION.

State Convention, for the nomination of candi-
date for Governor, Canal Commissioner, dele.
gates to the Baltimore National Convention cleo
tors for President and Vice President &c. con-
vcncd in the Court House at Harrisburg on Mon.
day, March 1, lSii
The Convention was called to order at IL o..
clock a NJ, on motion Of Messrs Frazer of
Lancaster, and Lowry of Crawford, by the ap-
pointment of the following temporary officers:
JAMES c, MARSHALL, Esq of Erie, Chair
man, Dawn FrLwoop of ofWcstmorcland and Gen
GEorGE w. BowMAN of Bedford. Secretaries
The names Of the delegates were then called
over in alphabetical order
Mr. BREWSTER of Philadelphia moved that the
chairman appoint a committee of seven, for the
purpose of hearing the evidence on the contested
seats and report the facts to the convention in
writing.
Mr. Frazer Of Lanca ter moved to amend as
follows THAT the contested delegates br heard
at the bar of the convention, and that the convcn-
ton then decide upon their respective claims"
The yeas and nays were called on the amend
mcnt and were yeas 81, nays G3 The amend
mcnt having been rejected, the original rcsolu.
uoh was adopted without division.
The Chairman announced the following com
mittee.
Benjamin II. Brewster. Rcah Frazer. G. 4. Ir-
vine II y. Wright Timcthy Ives Robert Love,
C. u. Eldrcd
On motion of Mr. Wright committee 10 no
inmate officers for the permanent organization of
the Convention was appointed In the after
Noon the Convention was addressed Ivy Mossrs
GALpRAITu Lowry and WuMoT, intoxicating a
spirit of concession andhamony, whatever their
own predictions might be
Nr BREWSTER, "n behalf of the committee ap-
pointed 10 investigate the contested seats. made
( report of the documentary evidence in relation
( thereto
! Mr. LowEY moved that the case of the Schuvl-
Kill county contested delegates be now diSposcdof
Mr. FRAZER moved to amend so as 10 take up
all the contested seats in their aIphrbctcal order
The amendment Of vi TnAzEr was rcicctcdby
a vote OF G3 nays to 81 yeas aud the resolution Of
Nr Lowry adopted by vote Of G3 yeas to 81
nays
Hon GEonGr RNuv and MIcu,rL CocuEAv
On Tuesday morning the 9TH, the Committee
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Henry Welsh, Gen II II Hammond, Gen ConI
rad Simmer, GalbIa'th y Irvine Secretaries
Francis l. Bowman, Franklin Nansant, J. T.
Hoover. John II. Dimork
SAMUEL MYERS Es'l' was ''''''''e" "S ''l' ''''-
tcTI'dl delegate from Hchuy lAlI's '"Ino"' hoHIo1
and Pike
SAMUEL KERR, Esq was admitted a. the sena-
torial DELEGATE from Beaver ana Monroe
Gen. Dawn Power and THoN's Bo'Es were
admitted as the representative delegates from
Beaver.
On motion, bothth claimants from Perry and
l Cumberland, Nj Anderson and Mr Matccr were
rejected as were also Mr. Guernsey and Mr. Pho,
lett. Of Tioga and Bradford
On Wednesday morning the 9th Mr. Hemp
lnI. nj Chester. offered a preamble and rcsolu-
,ion. 10 take up a tIirS man. " which was disa.
greed 10 by a vote of6l To 70
; Resolutions were then offered 10 admit the Sen.
d a,ors from Bradford and Tiosa and Cumberland
and Perry TO ill the vacancies in these two dis,
t ,,ic,.
Mr. KrKz OF Mercer raised the following point
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- rr,son,in~ the onnlica,inn Of the members o.
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