Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-07-25

Donoc~nfic CoNsfg Convention
In accordance with tho rules gov
orning the Democratic party of this
county, the Return Judges from the
several boroughs and townships as
scmblcd in the Court House, in Clear
field, on Tuesday the nth instant, tor
the purpose Of opening and counting
tho votes cast for the several candi-
dates on Saturday previous.
AT 3 o'clock the Convention was
called to order, by the Chairman OF
the County Committee after which,
William Porter and Geo. M. Brisbin
were appointed tellers.
Upon calling the names Of the Dis.
tricts and the Return Judges, it was
asccrtained that an election had been
held in every borough and township
in the county except Fox. 1t would
seem from the number Of votes polled,
and the nsignificancc of the offices to
he filled, that the Democrats are alive.
Nearly 1000 votes were polled in the
county, as large if not larger than at
any previous primary election. The
:. tellers having agreed in their tally, il
was ascertained that T. McCul-
Tough, of Clearield, for Assembly, had
SIG votes Jacob Wilhelm, of Ora
ham; for Associate Judge, had l,l6s
votes Samuel Clyde, OF Lawrence
for the other Associate Judge, had
722 votes Henry Stone, Of Clearfeld,
for Commissioner, had 1912 votes
and John A. L. illegal, of Goshen, haC
] ,235 votes for Auditor. Each o.
these gentlemen having a plurality
over their competitors, were announc
ed by the Chairman of the Conven.
tion, as duly nominated for the respec
tive offices named. CA full table Of
jrcturns was published last week
The next business before the Con.
vention was the election of Chairman,
Secretary, and members of County
Committee for the next year. On
motion of Mr.. Brisbin, Geo. b. Good.
lander was re elected Chairman of the
Committee for 1867, and on motion Of
Mr. -, VIM. S. Bradley was elect
ed Secretary, and the following named
gentlemen were selected by the re-
spective delegates as members of the
Committee from their boroughs and
townships, viz:
Beccaria-G. w. Caldwell Bell
Adam Breth Bloom-G. p. Bloom
Boggs-John Bish; Bradford-S. p.
Wilson Brady-M. H. Luther Burn.
side-Matthew Irwin; Chest-G. S.
Tozer; Covington-Francis Coutriet
Clearfield-Wm. S. Bradley, Sec'y.;
Curwensville-James Thompson; De-
catur-Cyrenius Howe Ferguson
VIM. McCracken Fox-J. b. Heath
Girard-Justin Pie; Goshen-E. X.
Shirey Graham-A. c. Dale Gu
lich-J. S. McKiernan; Huston-Hi-
ram Woodward Jordan-lsaac Bloom ;
Karthaus-G. NJ. Hertline; Knox
David Erhard Lawrence-Hugh Orr;
Lumber City-Anthony Hile; Morris
j. G. Airport; New Washington
James Savage; Osceola-L. G. Lin
gle; Penn-Grier Bell; Pike-Eli
Bloom Union-David Welty, jr;
Woodward-William Luther
The selection of the Committee be-
ing disposed of, the next business in
order was tho selection of Congress
sional and Representative Conferees.
Mr.. Porter moved the adoption of the
following:
/ ReSolDed, That ex-Gov. Bigler, Hon.
James t. Leonard, and VIM. A. Wal
lace, Esq, be and are hereby appoint
ed Congressional Conferees, with pow
er to substitute in case of inability to
attend the meeting Of the Conferees.
The resolution was unanimously
agreed TO- On motion of Mr.. Hays,
the following resolution was adopted,
viz:
ResolUed, That Hon. VIM. Bigler,
John Lawshe, and VIM. I. Gilbert,
Esqrs., are hereby appointed Repre-
sentative Conferees, to meet those of
Elk and Forest counties, at Clarring-
ton, on Thursday, the 30th day of Au-
gust next, and to use all honorable
means to secure the nomination of
Thomas J. Mccullough, Esq, for AS
sembly, with power to substitute.
On motion the Convention adjourn
cd with hearty cheers for Clymer, the
Union, and the whole ticket.
G. B. GooDLANDER, Pres't.
WIN. PORTER, s.o.o.o,.;oa
GEO NJ. BnIsBIN, secretaries