The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1864-05-11
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Tie que ssion Of how il shall Re determined wis
tie Candidate for congress this district has re
he settled AMI a. rule adopted by tie diEs rem
caGntAcs composing the district it Is left former prs
ceens TO govern aad decide TIE IN this Gle
we purpose showing what has been the former ssr
relative to this matter by different Counties, rel
As the Position assumed by them IT their dife rent
! carnations tbs year.
In 1880, jacob B. Julian ESD brother of the res
+ent NJ c. introduced he following resolution into the
Wayne county convention, which adopted:
Resolved, That we res pectfuliy recommend TO TIE
Republican voters of Wayne counSs. erprs.st s-sr
s.oiesJor eaasiae FOR congress ~ J-lo the first
Monday in April the candidate receiving the hig hess
vote m any township TO have that nshp, and the
vote thus ven different candidates 10 be "a
scfsoa to anv district convention which te held
on the Republican basis adopted years ago, and
that we respectfully submit Republicans of the
oef counties m Lirs district the prayriesy of iar
"aofs Of det.oa, Sic! pist hiu. aoaaasJ con-
reatson bs deSegasss need2ess'
1t viii be seen by the above. that the plan Of
putting by townships adopted in former congress- ona
nominations adhered the additional rec ON
meniation of urged for the that indi-
riiual who should receive the largest number of otes
thus computed by to'sashps should be the nominee and
De 50 declared sc.eout ai additional aaaA .srg
Of sstrics eonresttoa.
This plan was good enough then. and under it OPP
Grafton the present incumbent declared 10 be tie
nominee. .-w
The central committee Of this county, Appointe / III
1850, Immediately after a meeting IN the grand jury
room Of citizens from all parts of the county, the
llth Of Eeb-, which il resolved vote for can
diates by popular election leaving the time blank, but
recommended that the county convention be held qer
the meeting Of the State convention make the nj ces
sars arrangements for conducting said election the
CHAIR an OF said committee o. T. Jones' presiding
said meeting concluied take entire chars C of
the machine ana run it in 1862 the plan here
tofore adopted Accordingly, the LIST of Marc l. the
central committee met at Centervle and resoIrec that
the Republicans and Union men aud all who in
favor Of vigorous prosecution of the war; 81 ,ould
Meet on the first Monlay in April at the usual pla-
ces OF holding elections in the different precincts the
county, and Determine by ballot who shall be the can
ddates tor County, Legislature and Congregational Off
ees, at the October election for 1862"
Under this action of the committee the nomin ,tinr
election was held In WAYNE, Mr.. Julian had no OPP
position, anout OF $3.50 east at that noins ting
election he received but 152s-a majority scratc hing
his name off the ticket His friends however con
dcd that the county had declared him. and the en-
tire vote, computed by toeroasss awarded him. In
Henry, Randolph and Delaware, nominrtug elect ons
were held and he received enough votes 1y hips
in there countless on tho basis vet rescu ied
and always heretofore acted on.) to secure the mi
nation to him. Fayette neither held nominating lee
ton or convention, and its wishes not ul-
ed while Union gave its nomin ang vote 10 Mr. Bic kle
At the last Wayne county convention, the com NIT
tee onresoiutons rejected proposition ignore the
Old plan OF nominating introduced by J.BJulian, Esq
In MISUNDERSTANDING the popular vote system by the
district at large and when the central committee
on the fifth of March last the instructions the con-
vention were strictly adhered and carried cut no
EXPRESS THE CHOICE OF WAYNE COUNTY"
only, in its selection of Candidates for County Offices
and 'tor candidate for congress from, he 5 district
The following is extract from the regulations dopt
Ell by the committee, bearing on this points
"A poll shall be opened at each of the usual voting
precincts Of this county, the first Monday in April
next for the purpose of non mating candidates TO be
supported by the Union voters OF the COUNTY At the
October election, for the offices of County IRE asurr
Hheriit Coroner County Commissioner, Survey err and
Three Representatives to the State Iegislati re and
also to the choice Of Wayse Coutg for a cendt-
das tor Congress- from he 9th District and for Judge
and PROSECUTOR for 9th Common Pleas District
Ine Chairman of this Central Committee, is de
ciarei to be, er-oeio the member for Wayne County
OF the Congressional and Judicial Committee
We notice that Randolph county, whose majority the
friends of Mr.. Julian claim should control the
choice of all the other counties the district simply
passed resolution to cypress choice for ca uddate
for congress, county officers &C. Its resoIuti on was
very similar to Wayne's This -clai..
is dernier resort aterhouglt of Mr. Js friends.
Fearing that WAYNE county would give IN over,rhelm
ing majority for Gen Meredith they ignored before the
election came off the very plan they fiercelv
contend should be adopted and the strength of
which Mr. Julian tries to force himself the Uneon-
iiaonal Union men Of the district by issuing an ad-
iress thanking them for the nomination feiicta-
ng himself for receiving !. If impudeace could be
more properly designated by any other than J-
ian, we have not yet il
We learn that the central committee OF this countr
IN Saturday last adopted the old established prece-
lent j. 3. Julian, Esq, recommended four years ago,
md under which plan all past nonatins for Congress
this burnt district have been made computing tie
ote by townships-takng the vote received by Peee
or Secretary State as basis in each township, and
irving vote 10 every 100 cast that election and
ne vote for each fraction fifty. This is right