Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-10-17
THE COpPRRHEAD COUNTY
CONVENTION.
Medium Report.

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Being unable, on yesterday, to attend,
as we proposed to do in person, the great
|" Democratic" Convention of the county
Of Storey, we hired a female medium of
renowned clairvoyant abilities to spirit
ually be present and note for our columns
the doings Of the Democracy. She reports
as follows:
/ proceeded as far from your Office, on
my way towards the center of assembling,
as Winn's confectionery establishment, on
c street, where I stopped to repose. Sit
ting in Mr.. Winn's sugar labratory, the
trance came over met now being above
the hour of IL A. NJ. I distinctly heard
the calling to order by the President-as
the first realizing sense of my business
situation. He said he would call the
meeting to order-and he did so; as the
confusion was exceeding great, and order
was needed. The minutes of a preceding
meeting were read. There was q consider
able pause after the minutes were read,
and on the part of the majority of the
Convention there seemed to be q profound
expectation of a suggestion from some.
body else. Finally, Mr.. Denny rose and
asked what was the matter; why they oil
so fearfully, held their individual piece:
Judge McCorkle said there was nc such
question legitimately before the house, and
told John Ostrom not to make a minute
of such an impairment i~nterrogatory.
Hereupon Major Ph:llis $50 called BY the
Presiding offcer) sprang to his feet and
declared he was aware what was the mat
ter, and he was "on it He had not
been to Alcatraz for ~nothing-not lie. He
had had some square meals out OF the
Federal Government, and he'd be id if
he didn't play up as lively as he could for
a establishment Of his constitutional
rights. Pete Larkin cried out, "hear,
hear :" and said something in an under.
tone about his having been an under-jail
keeper over better men than ran in the
Union party. Major Phillis continued in
the same lofty strain of his faculties and
his history ; and very affectingly appealed
to the President to know if he was a mig
ger? A hundred indignant and vindi-
eating "noes" shook the building
to its massive foundations, and dangled
the Odd Fellows regalia in the upper
story. He might have his failings. but
they were small, very small and insignih-
cant. Pete exclaimed /: You bet y
Whereat the President inquired if there
wal a Sergeant-at-Arm in the party.
This procured silence once more. Mr..
Phillis then said that he had taken an
oath. "Break it," exclaimed a dozen
voices. The President said such Interrupt
tons were wholly superfiuous and I'M
necessary Mr.. Phillis understood what
he was about. Applause. Mr.. Phillis
then lifted his lungs in a far-reaching in
donation, and asked " Shall we be down.
trodden lords of all this fair domain :"
Governor B. B. replied that he guess not,
so long as the office Of Justice of the Peace
was in sight. "What then shall we do"
roared Phillis. THAT question, in sub
stance, has been put once, and declared
out of order" remarked the President =
at the same time requesting Phillis to take
his seat,-which Phillis did. After a
short interval of silence, James H. Hardy
arose, and begged leave Of the Convention
to say one word. Applause. 1t had
been suggested that he run for Assembly
man. At first, he had objected, in fact
refused but understanding that some Of
his party friends had approved his declin-
alton, on the ground that if he u he'd
be terribly beat, for his antecedents sake,
he had determined to accept the nomlna-
ton, if rendered him. Whatever other
folks might conceive on the subject, he
felt prepared to congratulate the Conven-
ton on the fact that the time had gone by
when a man could be oStrichi:ed THAT was
his word) simply because he had remark
ed to several young men in Calavcras
county that the Constitution had gone to
hell, and that the American flag was an
old woman's rag and ought to be torn
down. [Pete Larkin here showed signs
of r~estlessness. He gloried in his record.
1t had been played out in efforts to injure
him. Nominate him and spread the
proof of his traitorous speech before the
public and he'd run ahead of his ticket
several thousand votes. Here Larkin
muttered an oath but Phillis and b. Is.
applauded tremendously and P. Dolan
remarked "Hi! hi!" land now, sir"
exclaimed Hardy, rising on his toes and
his highest notes, "Sir, who says l can't
control my wi vote?" Judge Pitzer
looked doubtful, and Hardy seemed to
repeat the question for Pitzer's benefit.
Pitzer said nothing but he was evidently
thinking, and his solemnity Of gaze with
all it imported, served to keep Phillis from
~clapping and stamping. With this query
Hardy stopped.
Sam. Curtis hereupon rose to remark !;
but at the moment Of securing his stand
ing position he happened to turn his eyes
toward the door, at which Lieut.. Ingham,
Of Sd Cal. Infantry, was entering. Samuel
subsidized without a word Of speech. Per-
haps he thought that just at that moment
he was mis-put, like the big Savage house,
and he desired to rise a few streets lower
down, on another OCCASION. Jake Clark
here rose and called "Question." Ruled
out of order {; and a bottle Of ale was un-
corked for McCorkle by a black man who
had formerly been a slave of Gen. Lees,
near Rappahannock.
Here Mr.. Beebee rose. His rising pro-
duced a buzzing. The President called
him Judge Beebee. Beebee said he (the
Presidency was mistaken in the title:
"Governor"-"ahem Governor =" The
President said he stood corrected; and
accordingly sat down on his partly drank
bottle of ale. Sam. Curtis at once rose
and asked what the President meant in
putting the ale bottle under him. The
President replied: You don't suppose
I'm going to take any chances on having
it stolen, do you?" The entire Conven-
ton. separately and conformity, at once
sprang to their feet and yelled, individu-
ally and oil together: "Do you mean
mel" In one of the most blandishing and
ouieting manners the President depre-
catingly waived his hand and said 90,
of course not not the slightest allusion to
any gentlemen present." Convention
subsidized, satisfied. Cries of " Bee Bee"
"Why, here I am, gentlemen" softly ex-
postulated that erect person. He re-
marked: ave have a great work before
us. 1t is u privilege to nominate twelve
Assemblymen, INT Senator, two Justices
of the Peace, and two Constables." "Put
me down as q candidate for Constable in
the I'd Precinct" halloed a man in the