Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-05-04

AT a meeting of the delegates of the different town
ships OF Switzerland and Ohio counties, at Seymour :
the 18th of April 1645 in pursuance prev
notice, for the purpose OF nominating candidate for
said counties 10 the Legislature motion, EDWARD
PATToS was called to the Chair, and JOHN HALL and
ELISHA GoLAY selected Vice Presidents, and
hereupon, motion, ISAAC STEVENS, Jr and JOHN w.
SPENCER, appointed Secretaries, whereupon A. c.
Downey, ESQ., offered the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted, viz:
Resolved, That Committee of three be appointed by
the Chair report the number of which each
township shall be entitled to in nominating candidate.
ReSOlred, That the votes for member Of Congress in
August 1S47, be the basis upon which the number OF
shall be apportoned and that they be allowed
for every fifty votes pcled in each township at such
election.
ResoIUed That when such appointment is reported and
adopted the delegates in attendance from each township
shall agree among hemselye upon the of casting
the to which they may be entitled
ResOlred, That the voting for candidate be by Ballot
ResOIrcd That majority of all the votes are necessa-
nv to the choice of a candidate.
And in OF the resolution first above Messrs
Downey, Dumont and Duiour, were appointed, who in
due time reported Jefferson entitled TO votes York s.
Posey Cotton 6, Pleasant Craig 6, Randolph 10, Un
ion 2, Cass g. and Pike - which report concurred
n and hereupon, on motion, the Convention adjourned
for twenty minutes, and at the expiration of said time
the Convention again convened and the dele
gates in attendance were reported as follows:
PIeasant-R. Barton, J. Shull, j. Dilks, J. Shaddy NJ
Shady, and W. A. Neal
Aforementioned Patton, Elisha Golay, A. W. Du.
mont, Isaac Stevens Jr, julius Duionr David Dyer j.
W. Tapp and Noah X. Cox.
Craig-Samue Porter, Larkin Johnson, It. HASKELL
| York-Cbarles F. Krutz, Edward Burns, George Land
B. L. Robinson, Josiah Woodruff, Wilson McCrary, r.
Armstrong, }: w Howard, and Thomas Dodd.
Cotton-Wm. Mccullough, Daniel Livings, Harvey
LiuIe6eld, VIM Kittle, Tho's Cole, J. LittIeied.
(Posey unrepresented)
Union-wm. Woods A. T. Coy, T. II. Derbn, II
B. Golf, Capt. J. NJ. Shepherd Benjamin MOuOn, John
Myers, Jr
| Pike-P. Debinheier, Marshall Elliot
RandoIph-C. Miller, A. c. Downey, J. b. Graft, Par
ker Rogers, j. Hall, J. IL. Pepper, Hugh Gibson, j. w
Spencer.
Thereupon, A. w. Dumout Esq, presented to tn,
Convention the following communication from DAME
Keiso.
''To the delegates of the Democratic Convention fo
the counties Of Switzerland and Ohio, Seymours cor
Gentlemen BY request make this statement,
Should be nominated by our Convention, and elected
by the voters of said countless shall vote for Democra
Tor U. ,. Senat long the democratic party thu
Legislature have a candidate upon whom they will
ling 10 unite. In case the democratic party shall divide
among wing candidates. the event of ITS being reduced
10 a certainly that wing be elected should tbeI
take the liberty in common with others to choose anon.
wings But whilst the democratic party will stick togeth
a Democrat, shall be with them the last hour
further say, shall feel bound TO vote for democratic
State officers, far there may be any to elect
say this much, and in this plain language that m n
not be misunderstood. AS to the report that shou
have SAID, that in the case of my election that ! wOu
vote for 10 Marshall for u. B. Senator, say emphatcay
it is not the truth have said no such thing
Gentlemen, am with much esteem, your obedien
servant DANIEL KELSO.
April, ID, 1S49-
After which the convention proceeded TO nominate b
ballot. A. c. Downey and A. w. Dumont acting as tel
ers (and during the ballung John s. Green, Esq,
authorized by the Convention TO the for Pose
township which resulted in the nomination of DAME
Kelso Esq, and thereupon, motion, said Keso wa
declared unanimously nominated by the Convention.
On motion, ResOtred, That the proceedings of tn
Convention be published in the Indiana Palladium, Blade
and State Sentinel.
On motion, the joint convention adjourned withou
day.
EDWARD PATTON, Prest
| ELISHA GOLAY, ~. D..
JOHN HALL, "' 'eS l"
Isaac STEVENS, Jr., c..
| JOHN w. SPENCER. (