Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-08-09
The Breckenridge Convention
We copy the following account OF the
Breckinridge State Convention from the
Indiana Journal, atf nr'-i ra1

Breckenridge State Convention from the
/ Indiana Journal,' ,'at,ri es'Ai - = ~aa
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H8 80 THE CROWD.
The comparative strength Of the two
factions Of the Democracy in this State is
a point of good deal of importance, and
mot few will be disposed to determine it
by the magnitude of the crowds attending
their State meetings. This is undoabted-
ly an illasive standard. bat next to an ac-
tual count it is the best accessible. Judg-
! ing by it, the Breckinridge party in 1ndi-
ana are as strong as their rivals. Their
crowd yesterday was quite as large as that
OF the 18th. There were rs many at the
stand in the State House yard, and so far
as constantly moving classes can be COM
! pared, as many on the streets. On some
of the railways there were about the same
number Of visitors from abroad, on others
not SO many. From the country adjoin-
ing we should Judge the attendance was
but little different from that of the 18th,
but if different at all, larger. There may
have been more Republicans present, but
we saw about as many at one as the other.
We should say that 5000 or 1000 was a
+, liberal estimate of the whole crowd
Hardly that many could be seen round the
stand at one time. but the Douglas, meet
ing in that respect was in the same fix
Taking all the indications together we
should say, in all sincerity. that the two
meetings were about equal in numbers,
spirit. and respectability.r
The managers Of the party in this city
had evidently not counted on making a
formal display of their gathering. No
Marshals had been appointed and no pro-
4 eramme of proceedings announced. Pos
sibIy they anticipated but a small crowd,
and were not disposed to aggravate it into
failure by pompous preparations. The
Guards Band was employed and held in
readiness to turn out if the attendance
would Justify an attempt as display, but
no parade was made of it, and it was only
at the last moment, indeed after the organi-
zation had been made at the State House
Square. that procession Of eight or ten
Wagons, headed by the band, moved down
Washington street and round the square.
1t was certainly an outside affair, and had
not been taken into the calculation of those
who were directing the meeting. A half
dozen flags and banners were stretched u
cross and along the streets, and the
cannon was fired once or twice. and this
was all the parade made or attempted
At the worst it was no worse than it pre-
tended to be, and that far it was ahead of
its rival. go Hff tt tia
1t was not iai from IL o'clock when the
Convention organized. with j. X. Cof-
froth OF Huntington county. as temporary
Chairmain On the platform at the time
we saw Jesse ID. Bright, John Petit, DIR.
Sherrod, Judge Eckles, and some other
prominent Breckinridgc men, besides those
engaged in the active business Of the meet
ing. Dr. b. L. Mullen of Ripley moved
the appointment of a committee Of five to
report permanent organization, which
was adopted, and B. +. Mullen. L. ID.
Walpole, J. Ii. M'Crea. Capt Early and
Bcnj. Wolfe were appointed. They re-
tired, and Judge Ecklcs was called out by
the crowd to fill up the interval till their re-
turn with speech. He began in a voice
entirely inaudiblc few feet from the stand.
and some mischievous Douglas men i'm
proved the opportunity to yell "louder'
most vociferously. One Them. not un-
known TO fame and farmers of Wayne
township. was particularly conspicuous in
commenting loudly on oil he could hear.
to the infinite annoyance of those who
wanted to hear. The disturbance grew so
great that Judge Eckles quit speaking.
and some remarks were made by the
Chairman about the necessity of an officer
to preserve order. AT last, however, orde,
was restored and Judge Eckles recon-
menced. His speech was very little differ
ent from that he delivered here at the
Breckenridge County Convention. and Il
it were not we have not space to report
even a sketch Of it. He was interrupted
before he had concluded by the arrival o.
the COMMITTEES on Organization, who re.
ported the following list of permanent Of
icers, which was unanimously adopted:
} President-Hon. James Morrison. ssm
Vice Presidents---Joh ohm r. Cofiroth, s
ID. Tamlinson, John Patton. Benz. Wolfe
Frank Jackson. ID. Nanlaningham. j. Mic,
olaf. Chenoweth Robinson. Thos. John
son. Frank Hardin, ID. Hostetler, VIM
4 Watts. ID. Ricketts,. I~'c sasli .s-e, sidi g
Secretaries-A. b. Carlton, Kilby Fer
guson. G. p. Baymiller, g. w. Bucking
ham. go ~ gidHs7i ny4o7 els niai1I
On taking tho chair Judge Morrison
> read q brief address returning thanks, anc
declaring the purpose and spirit of TIN
Convention, which however could not b,
heard at allitwenty feet from the stand.
The conclusion of the Presidents ad
dress was followed by resolution from
I John r. Elder ordering the appointment o
? a committee frem each Congressicna Dis
trict to nominate Electors and continger
Electors. The Chair appointed the fol
lowing committee under the resolution: q
! 2HtFsf COMMITTEE ON ELECTORS. silei
: ,1st Dstrict-C. r. Rudd; ''' 20
g 2d-W. w. Bradley: ' ,.'.' '''''
3d-Benjamin Wolfe; @ ''s'
" 4th-B. F. Mullen; - =
5th-Jobn G. Lntz;
6th-John Z Elder. Chairman;
4 7th-J. A. Scott; =" e'.'.'
StI-Thomas Wood; oS =, .'.''' =, =.
9th-Hugh Donley; ' s' =.
4 10th--G. F. r. Wadleigh;