Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-04-01


in addition to these, cloud Of contractors and
expectar,s were cn hands, all demanding the
special endorsement Of I4eeonptonism and thc
other leading features OF Buchanan poliey.--
The ti-IIecompton men were ehoked down
from the very outset They tried to make the
delegates face ihe music By direct vote for
President ef the Convection but that did not
accord with the Instructions from Washinatoa,
aud that important post Lad TO be filed BY
committee. Again, when the committee %
resolutions Lad to 30 chosen, the aB;i-LecoDp-
ton men demanded HAT The delegates from each
Senatorial 1is'rie; should select one member Of
the committee, Sd that there shoulA he tair
expression of the sentiment OF each district,
bat that also was voted down. Hon. Arnold
P!unser, who has sor IN ofBce uudcr Bach N
az, was made tie permanent President Ills
speech, on taking the chair, had been prepared
for him in 4 caucus Of oficc-bol3eTs, aud, not
beiag familiar with the handwriting, be re..'' ii
With extreme difficulty Ba, he Gid he worE
. .: tie administration without faItering lie
packed the committees and did the bidding
of lis masters IS If he hsd been weR used %
tie Whip.
But e:en pa esel committee on resolutions
could not be brought to swallow tbs pia;form
of the oliiee-holdcrs without much hesitation.
TNe5 werc in private session over two hours
before they could al be whipped in and while
they were oct The Convention had several
speeches. 0ae was delivered By lad uamed
Snow4en-an ofige-leder. ef course, mi the
soa ii an oiHec-heller. He declared hi'Dsa IF
for mailing the flag Of Democracy 10 l4eeonlpton,
Cuba and Free Trade--was opposed to con-
eiiiatien or COMPROMISE with traitors. IL aas
followed ly Hugas, OF Somerset, who gave tie
boy some wholesome advice and brought down
the hoase frequently by his happy hits. lie
stated that il the policy laid down by sa"wlen
prevailed, the delegates would have d1ne
themselves aud tie State more credit by giving
10 the poor the money they we're expentiing TO
come 20 Harrisburg TO nominate ticket. ms
speech pretty efeetuaily silensej the insolenee
oil the offiee-holders, aud no one coul' De got
to defend heir pelicy. Finally professorGar-
dener, the soap-asan, asso vendss his goods on
the streets and cracks stale jokes to the boys,
WAS prevailed upon te entertain the convention.
lie opened in speech approving he N4tlsnsl
Administration generally and his soap n par
ticular, aul commended both TO The f4yo-abie
consideration Of tue public.
After secret session OF over Two hours the
committee Oh resolutions reported. They FIRST
declare their s8uabated and full confidence ia
the patriotism integrity aad capacity OF james
BuchaDan '--next endorse, II tie broadest
terms, his kansas policy, commend his Utah
campaign and Iqdian Wars-next the great
question of Protection is lodged by declaring
Ia favcr of ihe "pcotection Of iron aud coal
and the indusirial interests Of the State, wlthia
!he scope Of a Tariff for necessary urenue =
/ next the purchase OF Cuba is commended, which
( is an approval of tue startling proposition of
tie President to take $50, 100000 for that
purpose, when the treasury Is utterly bankrupt
and heavy national debt loaded upon US
next Senator Bigier Is endorsed for betrayiBg
the people Of The State on the Tariff aud on the
Kansas question. At this stage OF the pro-
ceediugs, the autlLecompton men found that
the ofice-h9lleIs Eal determined that Gov.
Packer must be totally ignored. fer his name
did not appear ia the resolutions. Dir. Lan.-
berton, Of Daupl.in, offered the following as an
additional resolution:
Resotued, That we approve the State policy
OF Gov Nm. /. Packer. His just exercise Of
shs veto power has been fearless aud Demo
cratic, and his administration of the affairs Of
our Commonwealth and the execution Of the
laws, commands cur conmcndaiion.
1t viii be seen that the Packer resolution dia
not refer to lacomptou or any of the other
issues upon which the Office holders and Gov.
Packer split but simply endorses his State
policy. Even this small boon was not ia the
Washington programme. A knot OF COlle;tors,
Marshai.s, Post Masters, &,., councelled be-
hind the Speakers chair ,and the resolution must
be voted down aud forthwith the ediot went
forth aud vas obeyed Lambertou, Hugus
and others stood up holdly and warned the
majority OF the fatal consequences Of attempt
ing to disgrace the State administration when
is only crino vas consistent deroiIoR TO The
principles which elected Mr.. Bucfaaaa bus
madness ruled the hour, and the resolution was
lost, 81 to 81. Douglas, SAMSON, Stable and
Myers, CT your Senatorial district, all voted
with the majority. Sansom, though an avowed
anti -Lecompt0u naa, Is QUE OF 5lr. BuchaDan's
post-masters Douglas is an ultra Lecomptouite
and voted consistently and Stable, OF Adams,
is candidate for Senator next fall. 1t Is
worthy Of notice that the first man who voted
against the resolution, endorsing Packer, was
Mr. Aeker, of Schylkill, acho Was pardoaed 6y
Gou. Packer last summer and thus ssrsd an i'm
priSonment tor Libel!
Mr. Collins offered the following resolution,
which the President Of course ruled our OF or
der:
Resotpsd, That, in the opinion ef>this Cen
yention, the Republican wills elect their ticket
next fall by $4,000 majority.
The Convention then rspumnated Hon. Il.
L. Wright, of Philadelphia for Auditor Gene
raj, BY vote OF SO TO 27 for Jacob Zeigler,
of Butler, and few scattering. Hon. John
Rove, Of Franklin, vas re-noninated for Sur
yeyor General by acclanatcn. Mr.. Wright is
JUS, suited to the emergency--just the man to
be defeated, for nobody will regret it particu~
larly but himself; but Major Rowe is in bad
company, and the inevitable defeut that siares