The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-14
The Harmonious Denocraey-COun-
ty COnvemfiOn-The Lawyers Ostra-

ctSeds
At o'clock Oh Saturday afternoon the
| unterrified Democracy of old Vanderburgh
assembled in Mass Convention at the Court
| House, to appoint delegates to the Princeton
Congressional Convention, and tc take into
consideration the interest of the afflicted
party. After considerable drumming and
coat t-pulling by the sheriff, court bailiffS,
and government officials, forty or fifty per-
sons, on liberal estimate, were got togeth-
er to act for the Democracy Of the county.
! 1t was stated by a country member, who
appeared exercised lest Pigeon Township
, hould monopolize the Convention, that only
i thrDe townships were represented. The
sheriff, his deputies, court baiIitfs, aud the
court house clique generally, occupied the
body of the lar ON the platform; and the
Post office, Marine Hospital, and Custom
House officials took the lower seats III the
synagogue, emblematic, we suppose, Of the
temporary ascendancy of the Douglasites
over the Administrationists. The sheriff
was the most efficient man by all odds in the
assembly, and Of course be should be-
Wasn't it he who immortalized himself
thirty, forty, fifty times, in the late harmo-
nous National Convention by casting the
vote of the whole sovereign State of the
Hoosiers for the Little Giant? And why
should he not show the uns0phisticated De-
1nocracy of Vanderburgh how convention
should be conducted He did his part admi-
EabIy and in real Democratic Convention
style.
Delegates were appointed to Princeton,
tie ccunty organization WAS being perfected
harmonioGsly, and the sheriff was conducting
Ihe exercises with great junction, when i'm an
evil hour, a resolution was thrown into the
convention, which in the end had the effect
of stirring up the embers Of private and
political enmily, and creating amusement
1or the outside audience, which is always one
of the things guaranteed by Democratic
Conventions
Louis Z. Stinson, ESQ., introduced
al resolution declaring il the sense of
the meeting that Ellis Lewis, Esq, WAS "a
suitable person for Common Pleas Prosecnt-
ing Attorney. la the Iwinkling OF an eye
objection WAS made by half a dozen, but the
reason for the objection WAS not apparent to
1he uninitiated, until, upon being pressed,
the oGjectors stated that Mr. Lewis had
signed the call for Judge Pitcher, and was,
therefore, not " suitable " for the position
All admitted his capacity and ability as
anl his iDtaoritU =,
but hy signing the call for Judge Pitcher,
ne had ''ostracised" himself from the party,
and placed himself in position that made
il impossible TO obtain Democratic NOM
iuation. 1t WAS demanded that he should
make confession OF his sin, ani promise TO
support the nominee, before the resolution
should pass; this no one appeared willing
10 do for him, and the resolution was voted
down This brought Jas. III. Shanklin to
his feet, who spread himself for speech. lie
was in the same situation as Mr.. Lewis; he
had exercised his Judgment IL lawyer, he
said, by signing the call that. j udge Pitcher
was competent for the Office 0t Common
Pleas Judge; and yet he was to be 4" oStra-
y
knowledge. He would let no man question
the purity OF his Democracy; he worship
ed at the shrine Of Democracy, and followed
no strange Gods. He denounced the doc
trinc of voting for principles and not hIen, as
explained iy the friends of certain candi-
dates; if a man receives the nomination
who has no principles, how will you carry
out the doctrine by voting for the nominee?
He made some good resolutions before the
Convention as to his future course, which
we trust he won't talsify by betraying Judge
Pitcher
G. W. Hardin, ESQ., explained how his
name came to be signed to Judge Pitchers
call. Every democratic fracticimg lawyer
pile and that of other distinguished demo-
I rats, had exercised his best Judgment, and
Tor this he was to he AZ ostrdcised' IL could |
mot be done prominent democrats had set !
him the example in signing letters Ia Mayor !
Baker and Cummissioucr Parrot, and they |
should not read him on; Of the party for !
aIoing likewise slr. H. made manly and !
candid speech. and did himself much credit /
BY this time the Sheriff wnxed warm. /
Ho actually 80 far forgot himself, in his ex-
c itement, rs to pay Judge Parrott, who was
present the doubtful compliment of saying
that Ben. Stinson was as good lawyer as
he was The compliment was SO eiaring
that it 1" brought down the house "a in rounds |
of applause. IL was the hest Joke Of the
occasion. The Convention finally passed
resolution requesting the delegates from the
four counties at Princeton To nominate
sutLtJLe candidates for Common Pleas Judge
and Prosecutor.
DR.. e. R. Walker. uninteutionaliv per
haps. ;.axt Esquire Stinson an unLirA cut
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