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ANesess y eeseeeees HRpelftne from Page "
resolution rs Geiedto admi. boih a. msmbets
II The ceayentiSn. ss NE.
This ~ opposed B, Mr.. Baker Of psee. 10 ".
3 AZ % himself sna fsas siAsss. *. Ss,s ,.s.
uissig appsinisd y lie msslinshsl :, &. court
House q The coon,y That he othsr III u ali
sgsies vers appoiated Il : susil place ysprirk-
Geld, not even precinc, Of he cauad y-,ha,
there stis only few persons pte,sas II said
nesiire, and that TO sdmii he opsotlng dele.
gates. under such c.reuss,ap er., was nskipx !
precedent which would s. dangerous ii II. isn-
drney. fE
nay Pc proper heie 10 state that he rs9s-
iasly appointed delegates we're IN favor Il tIIs
nemipatioh of Gsb,isl Jordan. ESQ or Paxe,
except Co. Keiser and those sppelntsd By ,hs
meeting !; sprips6sid. we're Ter Mr.. IseJiagcr,
and ~ho would not, . vas coo tended. retisc: Tie
sentiments IL the people Of Page county.
The question Of admitting both seis Of dele
ga!ss ,uss adsocsied BY Col. Ksissr. she con.
tended that the Springfield deleas e shauld
have seats on The ground that every dsaocrat Or
the county had rish. 10 BE- heard in The en-
vrpiion.
Amer considerable dsbaisson The ssbjecf, ID
which Msssts. Butehsr . { jefferson, Bruce, sin
gie,on, and Riley Of Frederick, Grapes and
Watson Of Page. took part, The Spring Geld dele
gsts1 Withdrew their claims 10 seat. Aftsr-
wards, however, they we're invited 10 take seat.
as .Mss.tsrs If ike eonr.niion, Thisvnisht ap-
pear strange and inexPlicsble OF iisslf, but ,he
Bedinser pen having The majority. thus made 4
faint 70 do the righ, Thing = Page, aud rece
her Jordan delssl ,es frss sho were the proper TX
Pensnis Of the will Of The people a. Page, and
then, SO . 10 give some semblance Of he pops-
lari,y Of Mr. Bedinger in that county, iasii.a
those who were pretty much self-cans,i,uied ds-
legates. and whogefe known 10 be posi,ir, friends
OF Nj. B. 10 take seats 10 the body on ihs SAND
footing, as those who had been appointed BY ]
regular county meeting. and who were selected
because they were friends Of Mr.. Jordan ~
Thus 70 eoncpcs the farce ,ihess inriisa deIeg aes
were vested with the same sa,horiiy =. those
sent BY The county herself !.
This vtrsd question being settled sati.fscsorily
10 ths Bedingsf mea. . ,sssoluaies was offered
BY Mr. Brpce of Frsdstick that no nomi.aiien,
should be made Tor cund dates for Congress, bni
that As each delssa,s.s name was called, he
should votefor his cheics. III
This was opposed BY Mr.. Bak er ef Page, "a
Jordan Psn,) whos,atsd that i, was depfivins
them ofihs righ, 81 speech-thai !. might b
lexpedientto nomin an individu ai whose me
had not as,e., been presented 10 The people ~
as bad been donesby democratic body an sn-
Ieiher occasion, and that too, with success
Mr.. B. had reference here to the nominatioI
Of Mr.. Jas. K. Polk. who had never |
Thought Of for President, until nomina,ed.l
Il This freedom Of speech however Was no, 81
lloWed IA little easless sf the Bedpeer msn hi
hight before had Fixed the wires 10 work 10 thei
Town likiDg-atbs gss resolution was Pu, and =
sodyss carrisd.
Afesclotjon vas adopted allowing each coun
lty the number Of democratic votes cast By he
i he Iasl Presde1tia eleciion--to b divided >
equally among the delegates present.
The celebrsted i,ro.ikirds role adopted ~ III,
Lecofoee Cosyestion Two years aes, sad b.
which the Hon WIN. Lucas vas ALONE ceprivet
Of The noRinatlOn-he having had msjority o.
The FIRST ballot-was discarded BY the rtr,y
NOV that il suited the schemes Of The Bedinss
men.
The Convention procsedingio vote, ihe Hon
lHrNaY BEDissra obtained. on The fifsl ballot
l2726 votes, which being majority Of Ne Who'll.
lnamber easi, he was declared 10 be duly elected
The following 10 statement sf the baIls,iag ihos
voted fsr. bsiag the Hon. Henry Bsdinger. aat
lIon. Wp.. Lucas Of Jshsrsons DR.. Thomas s. Pag,
of Berkeley i Gabriel Jordan, ESQ., Of Page an,
Col Charles blue Of Hsmpshire.
Rsdinger. Jordan. Pare. Lucas Blne