Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-03-15
FROM HARRLSBURG
Correspondence of the Reporter.l
HAREIsBUEG, March 9

convention heiu mere on The lth instant. bar,
concluded to give YOU a report of portio, =
the proceedings that does not fully onnoo. ::
the official account.
The chairman of the State Central Comm.
tee called the Convention to order whom ~,
PIoIIETT moved that j. PORTER BpAw,.v
temporary chairman, which was carried
Contested seats were next considered or5
the main question seemed to be which woro q
best BCCnANAN men. Judge JONES If S,r
van county, contested the seat of DIR Jo,,, O.,
SMITH, of Wyoming, and made a warm snoo.,
dcnouncng the constituency of Mr.. Svru
not democratic, and claimed for SnII;vo. =
credit Of having been the only county in H.,
North that maintained her democratic ,no;o..
ty in 1884. lie said he diSliked to rncovor =
political nakednoss of the Northern democracy
But the resolutions of the Democratic f.,
vention of Susquehanna were the very csso,,.
of Black RepubcaniSIm and were WiImo,i,,.
itself. While he represented the National h,
mocracy of Sullivan county, they represented,
constituency tainted with free sojIism II.
called upon the National Democracy to s,ona
by him, who represented the only NorLorn
fortress left TO the party.
Leave was granted to Speaker Pnrr lvl,
was not member of the Convention. to make
five minutes statement He hurled LocL H.,
imputation of Judge JONES upon his copsti,n.
cncy. so far as Wyoming was concerned orJ
said that they had never been tainted BY froo.
soism that it never had entered Wyonin,
and taunted Judge JONES by asking him vho,
was the vote of Sullivan last fall which ro,rrr
ed a Republican to the House of Rcprcsor.,,
tiyes. lie explained that in view of the al.
sencc of any Representative from Su>qpobo,.
na in the Legislature, Wyoming had conceded
to her both Representative delegates apdtr
DR.. SMITH had been substituted by one Of tlo
regularly elected delegates of Susquehann2 who
was unable to attend. He intmated that Tho
Judge was a very recent convert to Buchanan.
ism.
Col. PIofLtr, it was whispered. was On The
point Of rising to advocate the admss;onofh,
fciioer naficnai drmocrot Judge JoNrs but find.
ing the Wyoming men so full Of fight. he rose
and suggested to Judge j. that for the sahcd
harmony he had better withdraw. \ yotewas
ken, and DR.. SMITH was admitted
The selection Of delegates to the Cincinnati
Convention was the occasion Of much secret
strife and jealousy The prominence given by
this position made it eagerly sought after lr
all those who expect in the event Of Mr. b,
CHANAN's election to be rewarded for Their ser.
wees. Hence many went away grevouslyd ydis
appointed and with bitterness in their heart,
In your Congressional district, as YOU know
Buchananism has always been in beautifully
diminutivc state. Indeed, it has ALWAYS been
the policy and the desire of his particular ai.
herents to keep the number courcuicntl,
small" while they waited, Ike Old Nicavher
" for something to turn up which would ind
them the sole embodiment Of BQchaanDsn 10
the l4th district. Small as the party is, muca
ealouSy and heart-burnings exist, for fear Que
member shall become more prominent than an,
other. This became very lud crou,ly ccnsgj.F
Gus at the Convention The grand aggregate
of Buchananism in Bradford was present, IA
the persons Of Col. PIoIIEr and c. l.. WARn-
and both wanted to be senatorial delegates to
the Cincinnati convcntion-a post equivalent
II the distribution Of the SpoilS to first Ga"
foreign mission. But distinguished As tba~
gentlemen unquestionably ave, they failed ia
obtaining the coveted position, and were 00--,
ed to fall back upon the less conspicuous n"
of district delegate Here a new difficult!
arose, which came near producing anopcn Tl
ture. 1t would hardly do to take both dele
gates from one county yet as neither alA'
rant was willing to yield to the other, tisn'.
ter was finally happily compromised by taA',
both--So that neither should obtain al oa-a.
prominence over the over Col. PloME1 "~
was on the Committee to select delegates'a.
generously named himself and Mr. WARD all"
SuSquehanna and Tioga counties were over
slaughed to reconcile the conflicting in'eT>'
of these two great Buchanan leaders q ''
North
In selecting electors, Hon. RGrHFN N&'@
also of our your county, was placed upon "'
ticket You are particularly favored na'n,
both the delegates and the clector Judge
has always been frce-soiler, | believe --'
supported Van Buren in ls4S and Pollock
1854. II is said that Col. PlolLEr gave
reason for selecting him, the assurance 'Ha
would increase BUcHANAN'S vote 500 IL D'"'
ford county
The resolutions, YOU will perceive 90 'T
tire length of Southern doctrine. The! r..
ably would not have been quite as strong '-