The mountain Democrat., 1865-07-22

dent--The motion is Cut Of order. Mr..
A. Merrill" The hell Il iSE Mr.. Ems
minger--What is the next order Of bust
ness, NJ. PRESIDENT PrOsidsnt-NOm-
nations Of candidates for Sheriff. Mr..
Ensminger--T move that every candidate
who presents his name before this Con-
vention for nomination DO taxed ten dol.
lars for the privilege Notion put and
carried. President - Nominations are
now in order. Ensminger--COms up,
gsetlemen, subscribe your names and
fork over the ten dollars. A long end TO-
diOus pause followed. Mr.. Ensninger-
I move the nomination for Sheriff "gO
by default" and We nOminats candidates
for Clerk. Mr.. Naper Il nominate
John d. Van Eaton as . candidate for
Sheriff Jas, Hussey nominated A. J.
Baber. Baber's name was ION the
slate" and Of course he Was nominated.
Not candidate on the slate, 90 far as
we learned, was defeated. D. StandefOrd
was nominated for Clerk by AcelamatiOn.
J. @. MeCallum and Joe. WilIians. our
efficient District Attorney, we're placed in
nomination for District Attorney. Joe.
neglected to have his name registered on
the slate, and his neglect Was fatal to bis
aspirations. Besides, Joe, in making
speech before the convention previous to
the ballot, iDprudently informed the con-
vcntion that he had been eminently sue
cessful prOfessionaliy--hAd convicted ev-
cry man be bad prosecuted, and as many
Of the delegates apprehended they might
be prosecuted by him, they resolved to
defeat . man who was so successful in
convicting. He thought he had q dead
thing. was sure Of it, but discovered that
white men are uncertain" and pledges
are made to be broken" JOseph's heels
flew up and be fell fiat.
I. j. Moore, slate man, was nominated
for Treasurer, defeating Mr.. Arnold who
had fought, bled aud died for Abolition
ism for 80 yeass." He wept, but bis tears
availed not--the slate was against him.
Mr.. Hu!burd was nominated for Re
corder by reclamation.
Mr.. COnklin was nominated for Super
intendent Of Schools; Mr.. Arnold, for
Coroner, and Mr.. Robinson, for Public
Administrator. Mr.. Harvey was nomi.
mated for County Surveyor, but declined.
Mr.. Wicks was nominated By acclAma.
ton for State Senator. In returning bis
thanks for the nomination he feelingly Al
luded to the flattering vote he had receiv.
cd, and declared the compliment unde.
served. We don't think so. lie is be-.
yond 81! odds tie able>t leader Of bis par.
~ in this county, and enjoys,as be ought
to, its fullest confidence. lie has worked
long and zcalously for it; be has kept
up its organization, its spirits, its enlhu
siAsm; and, when defeated, has always
submitted gracefully. We know he is
sincere and We believe him honest, and
such men, however widely we may differ
from them politically, We respect. The
Convention would have acted uniustly
and ungratviully had they overlooked his
claims; and the empty honor Of the nomi
notion is but small reward for his party
services. Messrs. Campbell, Kidder, Tay.
Tor and Smith were nominated for the As.
sembly; aud no one will dispute that a
weaker Assembly ticket could not have
been nominated. They may be clever
gentlemen; men Of ability they are not
The ticket, taken as q whole, is . poor
one, and il the Democracy. act together,
as they should do, it will be badly beaten.
A committee Of one from each town.
ship was appointed to select delegates to
the State convention, and 4 similar one
appointed to select . central committee
both appointed BY the chAir-and upon
each all we're old line Republicans, save
one. Mr.. Bell and Judge Dean, Douglas
Democrats, begged the convention to al.
low the townships to select their own
committeeman, but the majority were in-
exorable; they had the power and they
used it unsparingly. The delegates to
the State convention are McCallum, Ira.
cy, Jones, A. Bell. Standeford, Kidder,
Mack, Lewis, Campbell, Burnham, Frost,
Taylor, Cummings. Arnold, Weller and
Moore.
The committee reported the name Of
DR.. Taylor, Of Coloma, as one of the del.
egates. r. Bell moved to strike his name
out and substitute that of Weller, which
the convention, after Mr.. WelIer's Repub-
licanism had been vouched for, agreed to.
The.committee on county central CON-
mittee submitted the following names -
D. j. White, j. W. Brewster, A. Bell,
W. H. Cooper, 7. Frazer, S. Dean, d.
Hanna, J. Edmundson, H. Lewis, S. Cen
ter, W. G. Kidder, j. S. Campbell. A. j.
CopIey, e. L. Smith, W. II. Foster, and
r. Bell.
Judge Dean declining to serve, Nr. Tay-
lOr was placed on the committee. The
thanks Of the convention were rendered