The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-23
BoomviIIe correspondence.
BooNvILLE, May 10th, 1860.

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mating candidates for the various County
Offices, and to select delegates 10 attend tht
Princeton Convention. The meeting wa'
called to order by appointing his honor
Judge Parrett, President, and C. Dal-ymplt
aud Calvin Frary, Secretaries commit
tee was sent out to report rules TO govern
the Convention. On motion of S. p. Lowe
the Convention proceeded to ballot for q
candidate for Representative. The first bal
| lot resulted i'll no choice, whereupon the
! Convention proceeded to a second ballot
and when Anderson township was called to
! cast her vote, one of her delegates arose
and informed the Convention that his town
! ship was consulting whether they would
secede from the Convention or proceed to
/ vote; whereupOn a harmonious democrat
in another part Of the house cried out,
| Secede and be ID" Anderson town
ship had three candidates before the Con-
vention-one for Representative, one for
Sheriff, and one for County Commissioner,
aud the probabilities were at this stage of
the game that neither of them would get Il
single vote outside of his own Township
| This is why the delegate mentioned above
became SO refractory. However, after much
noise and confusion, Dennis B. Kitchen was
duly declared the choice Of the Convention
for representative.
The next business attended to was the
selection of a candidate for County Com
missioner, which resulted in the choice of
H. r Roberts, formerly of the State Bank
at Evansville The reason why the Con-
vention nominated candidate for Com
missioner before that of Sheriff, was evil
dent 1t was generally believed, that the
Convention would follow the example of
its ~ Iedecessor at Charleston and break up
in a row. and as tue great contest lay be-
tween the candidates for Sheriff, it was
deemed advisable to get through with the
less exciting business first. \ motion was
now made TO express the choice of the Con-
vention for Common Pleas Judge. BenOni
Stinson and Charles DENLY were proposed.
Here Il general murmur ran through the
house that DENNY was not sound Demo-
crat. whereupon the "refractory' delegate
from Anderson arose and nominated Judge
Pitcher The excitement became intense.
Cries of "orler, order "he is no Demo
crat : sit down., &c, were heard all over
the house The muss was finally partially
settled by allowing the Princeton COnven-
ton 10 nominate " suitable candidates for
Common Pleas Judge and Prosecutor.
dates for sheriff were named, and the bal
lotings commenced AS the various ballot
ings proceeded, the widest confusion
t'reigred supreme = Neither the Prcsi-
dents voice nor his gavel could he heard
amid the din and confusion. The President
arose, and on "tip toe informed the Con-
vention ''that unless there WAS order, it
would be impossible to proceed with bust
ness, and that he would entertain no motion
until order was restored and if order WIS
not restored, there was "a way III which men
could be made to observe order '--intimating
thereby that he would bring TO bear
the rigors Of the law and all the dignity of
the judgcsIip.
At this 9 impending crisis Col. Z. Z.
Bethel became alarmed about the stability
of the Union, and III his commanding mill
tary tones desired the people to he seated
and listen to him one moment. He believed
in harmony and in union; of course every
man has his iavoriteS but il WAS Democratic
for the minority 10 give way TO the majori-
ty: that after the Convention had succeed
ed in nominating man, all would he well,
all would be content; and that it was impo-
! litc for that august body To do any thing, or
say nything, thnt the Opposition could cast
n their teeth during the coming canvass
At the conclusion of these impressive
words, order was 50 far restored that q
/ (linciD pin might have been heard to fall on
the floor if it had been thrown with sulfi-
cicnt force
When the gallant Colonel took his seat he
was greeted with applause, aud the ConTen
iion proceeded with another ballot; during
the progress of which one Armer Reed
w who has always operated with the OppoSi-
tion until about two weeks ago, when he
joined the Democratic party on probation
hrcame indignant because he could Nbt lead
his delegation whithCrsoever he went. So
he very deliberately left the part OF the
house assigned his delegation, and took his
scat i'll II corner among some ltepuhlIcanS
! who were watching the fight. They greet
cd him heartily ON his escape from the
| clutches of the Democracy, and whispered
among themselves that they had rccaPtused
Arnitr under the tn4itire Slave Law On
! the, eighth ballot, W p Hudson was de
| rlared the choice 81 the Convention for
| Sheriff, having rerrved majority of the
! votes cast Whrreupnn soAe ONE moved
! lhlt the nominee proceed 10 the grUcer3 aud
/ buy a gallon OF whiskvr but the cUntasiuU
VAS 50 grrJt that the motion was not heard
! 10y the chair
}. g. Fraly MAS by ucclanation declared
the choice. ut The Convention for County
Surveyor, he being The only man 10 the De
! mocratic party that can run = random
| line Judge Moore, who voted for Hovey
/ instead of the nominee for Congress tmo
ytnrs ago, moved that the Convention pledge
Itself to support the nominees OF this Con
vention aid also the nominees of the Prince
ton Convention. Carried. The Convention
then adjnhrned Stne die.
y WARRICk.
Arts~ Douglas friends are badly scared
at Lincoln's nomination. They say tht
Little Giant is the only man who can carry
illinois against him. We have talked will
perhaps IA hundred llinoisans within
week. and they all say that Lincoln car
beat Douglas BADLY in Illinois. He beat tn
Little Giant in the neighborhood of 4 ,0O'
ON the popular vote for menbers of til