The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-02-15
Proceedings Of the Wayne Co.. Union
Convention.


ty assembled at the Court House, in
Centreville. on SATURDAY.. February 10th,
1866, and was organized BY the appoint
ment of Judge N. H. johnson as Chair
man, and John l. Underwood Secretary.
On-motion, Chmmittee on Resolu
tions Composed OF two from each Town
ship was appointed by the Chair, the
names being suggested by the delegates
in the Convention from the different
Townships following gentlemen
constitute the committee
Abington-James NJ. Jarrett, Moses
Robbins; Boston-Jacob Davenport.
Clayton Brown; Centre-Dr. VIM.
Dickey, David Commons Clay-Jonas
Hatfield, James T. Nicholson; Dalton
No one present Franklin-Dr. L. T.
Courtney, Israel Woodruff; Greene
Samuel Johnson, Jesse Gates; Harri-
son-John Webbert, c. p. Wilson :;
Jackson-Dr. S. S. Boyd, DIR. L. r.
johnson; Jefferson-Isaac A. Pierce,
Henry c. Fox; New Garden-Rev. F..
p Coats, Daniel HUFF; Perry. NJ.
Williams, Ira Hutchins: Washington
John II. Frazee, Richard j. Hubbard !;
Wayne-Major I. Kinley, c. II. Burch-
email, Esq.
On motion the delegates from each
township were requested to meet togeth-
er at l o clock, during the recess of the
Convention, for the purpose of appoint
ing delegates from the several townships
to the State Convention at Indianapolis
on the 22d inst,--eacli Township to ap-
point one delegate for every one hun
dred Union votes cast in the same, for
Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and one ter
each fractional vote of fifty. slt.
Each township delegation was also re
quested to select three persons to act as
q Union Executive Committee in said
township and TO designate one of them
as Chairman, the ehairmen of the sever
al township committees to constitute the
County Central Committee.
The Convention then adjourned to ! !
o'clock p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Conv ention met The cha;rmen
of the several township delegations re-
ported as follows, viz
TOWNSVILLE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES.
Abingdon james NJ. Jarrett, Chair
man, b. ID. Bonebrake, Isaiah Helm.
Boston: George W. Stephenson. Chair
man, Samuel Brown, Oliver II. Fouts.
Centre: DIR. VIM. Dickey, Joseph c.
Ratliff, David Commons.
Clay: Jonas Hatfield, j. W. Martin
dale, Il S Harris.
Dalton: Cornelius Thornburg, James
Walker, John Davis.
Franklin j. G. Graves, H. w. Thorn
as, Nathan Harlan.
Greene Thomas Cranor, Joseph H.
Personnel. Thomas Judd.
Harrison John S. Owen, John II.
Lesson. j. c. Burroughs.
Jackson: John /. Underwood, Philip
S. Binkley, VIM. B. Reed.
Jefferson |. Anderson Pierce, Zenas
Evans, ID. W Mason.
New Garden: John Henly, Elijah
Coats, j. Thorpe
Perry: Capt. S. j. Miller, James Hax-
ton, j. Nj. Williams
Washington d. G.. Kern, Z. b. New
man, Hiram Elwel.
Wayne: c. II. Burchenal, Joseph
Martischang, Capt. NJ. NJ. Lacy.
DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION.
Abingdon Moses Robbins.
Boston Clayton Brown.
Center j. F. Kibbev, VIM. A. Peele.
j b. Julian. j. c. Ratlitf, DR. VIM. Dick
ey, Col F. A Hardin.
Clay: b. l.. Harris, Jonas Hatfield.
Dalton: Richard c. Cheesman, Cor
nelius Thornburg.
Franklin W. C. Jeffries. J. NJ. Gist.
Greene Jesse Gates, Samuel John
son, Jacob Ballenger.
Harrison c. z. Wilson.
Jackson: Noah W. Minor, c. A. Lee
son, DR. S. S. Boyd. w. S. Ballenger, S.
Meredith. NJ. r. Hull. James w. Car
penter, ESQ. Foust. John Waltz.
jefferson f. b. REYNOLDS, d. w. Ma
son. III. c. Fox, Joseph III. Bower, l. A.
Pierce.
New Garden: Elijah Coats, Daniel
Huff. Joel Charles, Hiram Hough.
Perry: j. w. Good, Thomas Marshall
Washington: Henry Izor, W. d. Jones
Wayne John Yaryan, II. b. Payne,
Robt Q. Dormer, .aj. ]. kinley, John
II. Popp, f. A. Jones. Samuel Pryor
John Mauzy, Cyrus Wright, jeremiah
Brown, Joseph Martischang, w. w
Foulke, Howell Graves, w. w. Bennett
Elias H. Page, c. II. Burchenal.
On motion. the delegates were empow
cred to fill any vacancies occurring in
their delegations. and everybody was in
vited to attend the Convention.
The Committee on Resolutions, thro
their Chairman, DIR. s. S Boyd, present
ed the following report, and the resolu
tons were adopted:
Resolced, That we adhere to the sys
tenn of nominating candidates for til,
various county offices and for the Leg
islature by popular ballot on the frs
/ Monday in April. and that we adhere L
! the same method of expressing tn,
/ choice OF this county for a candidate 70
Congress and recommend its adoption
by the other counties of the district
Rssolred. That no person shall he per
mitted to vote at the next Union nomi
nation unless such person voted 70
4 Abraham Lincoln in 1864, or WOULD hav,
so voted if not prevented by absene,
from his township, sickness, minority
or was unnaturalized.
PesoIred, That it is the sense of thi
Convention that the late rebel State
ought not to be represented in Congress
/ until the Government of said States i
securely placed in the hands of loya
men.
Resolred. That this Convention heart
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