Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-09-25
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

Much Aas been said by the boilers about
the frauds perpetrated in the Republican
County Convention, especially by its chairman.
We propose to look into this matter very brif-
ly, and see what it all amounts to. We shall
take the Charges as they are embodied in an
article published in the Argus of last week,
as containing the gist of the whole ground OF
complaint.
The first charge is that the Chairman was
elected with indecent haste and that be walked
to the chair of the convention" as " an ua-
ruly bull wakes into the farmers harvest field"
and not with the dignity and those nice gen
Infections which would have graced the car
riage of member of this new peoples par
ty." We never thought, we will candidly ad-
NIT, til at the Colonel had very gracfu acaN
in conventions or upon side walks, but we must
insist, at the same time, that his carriage upon
that occasion, was not so outrageous and 0Gtre
as to require the overthrow of the Republican
party and q union with the Democrats as the
only sufficient atouement. Nevertheless, we
advise the Colonel to sraightway get him an
artist and study the "Greek Musteys," for moth
ing else will appease the rebels here in Brad
ford. They are bound to beat US in etiquette as
the Southern rebels beat US in "chirolry"
Having thus uDgracefully got himself into
the chair" he presumed to act as President
of the Convention, when it was understood
aud agreed by large maority of the delegates
that DR.. c. X. LADD, was to be the President
of the Convention" So says the very grace
full writer ia the Argus. Bnt permit us to in,
quire, when and where was it "agreed," aud
understood by majority of the delegates that
DR.. c. K. LADD should be the President of the
Convention Not in the Convention, certain,
ly. Nobody will assert that. 1t must, then,
have been in some caucus outside of the Con
vcntion. The truth, unquestonaby, is, that
the friends of TRACY had agreed uponDr. LADD
as president and the friends of LANDoN had
agreed upon Colonel MASON The friends of
LANDoN were about one minute too quick for
the friends of TRACY, and elected their presi-
dent. There was nothing very unusual or
startling in it. Such things have happened
often in conventions before. But whoever be-
fore heard Of a faction getting up a general
howl about fraud and corruption, and cry cut
for " diSSl0ution" AID " destruction" because
they were defeated in the election of their
president of a convention Men do not de-
mand changes affecting interests so vast for
causes so trivial. You may be sure these men
went into this convention with " rule or ruin'
as their motto, and are now seeking every pal
try excuse to justify them in their prenedtat-
ed treachery to the cause of the people and
the great party of freedom in this county
There can be 30 other plausible explanation
Of their conduct.
The next charge against the contention is
that, the chairman declared resolution de-
feated '"by tie vote-44 and 44"-being
two votes more than the number of delegates
in the Convention. A tie vote defeats prop,
osition everybody knows. The clerks appear
to have agreed in the tally, and striking one
vote from each side would not change the re.
suit. No one asked for the yeas and nays
n second time upon the resolution and tae
matter was dropped This is our recollection OF