Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-07-13
For He Gaset-s.
Congressional.

congressional.
The conlerees of the 18th congressional
district met at Tyrone. and after balloting
several hundred times, failed to make a
nomination. This result was scarcely
looked for, as all had reason to expect. that
after a reasonable number of hallotings,
the strongest man would have been put in
nomination, but in this all were disappoint
ed. In thlS respect parties. or their con
terees, act strangely sometimes, and par
tcularly when the party is in the majority.
Minority parties scarcely ever have any
trouble They 20 to work aud 30 up their
work in business like manner. generally
nominate good men, and then go home and
give them all the votes they can When
the delegates Of the party having the
majority meet to nominate their candidates.
every technically is taken advantage of.
and every means made use of known to
political wire pull ng to secure the nom
/ lnatlon OF some aspirant, no difference
whether be has the people with him or not
This course Is often persevered in regardless
OF the interests OF the party or the good
OF the union cause so important at the
present time. This is all wrong, and no
better plan can be devised to reduce the
majority party TO the minority 1t will
work as truly to that end as the needle
/ hndS Its direction to the pole In this
district, with careful management. we
+ ought 10 elect our congressman. although
I We have no votes to throw away, and no
strength to waste in family quarrels If
we wish success We must work together in
/ peace and harmony. | cannot think that
either OF the aspirants for congressional
hOnoTs in this district, would wish to be
the means OF defeat at the tall election |
consider them better patriots and more
/ honorable party men than that. Presuming
this to be the case, what ought to be done
to produce harmony and secure the repub-
Ilcan congressman. There is one way
which has been indicated by the repub.
/ licans of two of the counties Of the dis
/ trict, and that is to nominate Mr. Barker
who is the rightful nominee, although not
/ yet technically speaking so. If this is
done, it will lead to victory 1t always
works best TO put the strongest man for
/ ward, and in this case | can see no reason
for departing from the rule The yo1ng
/ gentlemen in opposition to Mr. Barker are
both well qualified for the post to which
they aspire, but magnanimity would sug-
/ gest to them the propriety Of not prolong
ing this contest so much fraught with
danger to the union cause and of doubtful
benefit to their .wn interests And while
it is accorded to the gentlemen named that
they have ability, it is also claimed that Mr.
Barker is well qualified for the station
He is a man of general intelligence, of
good business qualifications. and well post
ed in Governmental affairs. and being the
majority ca, ddate be has the right to the
nomination. 1t is therefore not unreasOn-
able to expect that one, CT both Of the
other two, will accord it to him They
hold the balance Of power in their hand,
and can use it for success or defeat. When
the conterees meet again on the Sd OF
August, trust they will use that power
they temporarily hold, for the good OF the
great cause in which we are engaged
H.
[Some portions of our correspon-
dent remarks are pertinent, but he
falls into an error in assuming that two
counties must of right govern the
conference. At best it makes but a
tie vote, and that according to all par
liamentary rule is equal to a negative.
The conference we trust will make a
unanimous nomination at its next sit
ting without delay-Mr. Barker if it
can be done; if not him, one of the
other candidates-but in case they
cannot agree any better than they did
before, we are for the next best man
who will mite the TniOn men of the