The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-26
SECOND EDITION
FROM WILLIAMSPORT TO-DAY
The Republican Judi
ciary Convention.
Sketches Of Prominent Candidates.
AssembIage of the Delegates.
ETC., Etc., ETC., Etc., ETC., Etc.
Sketches Of Prominent Candidates.
AssembIage of the Delegates.
Etc, Etc., Etc., Etc., ETC., EtO.

ESPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE EVENING TELEGRAPH.
|, WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, June 26-S o'clock A. NJ.
To day is the time appointed for convening the
Republican State Convention in this city, in
pursuance of the following CALI
HARRIsBURs, April le. 1857. = The Republican
in Wnliamsport on WEDNESDAY, the 26th day Of
os 1Ss 10 81 4eosR & A 70 na t c@nd
proper measures for the ensuing State canvass.
Representaive and Senatorial Delegates, chosen in
the Snd & the aenerS
BY order Of the State Central Committee
GEORGE W. HAMERs1EY / soo.o.a~,o. 1''"'
]. RoBLEY DUNeIIsoN, C'e'Ae'i0''
Late on Monday night, several delegates came
on the ground, and during the whole of yester-
day they arrived in the place on every train.
The Herdic House, which is the only hotel OF
pretension In the city, was made the general
headquarters of all the delegations, and
although many were forced to accept of rather
cramped accommodations, no was willing to
risk the chances of his favorite candidate by
venturing to lodge at a distance from the great
central point. The intention at first was that
the sessions of the Convention should be held
at the Herdic House, but the want OF a room
suitable tor the purpose caused the substitution
of the County Court House. In the large audi
ence room of this establishment every require.
ment is found, and there is, moreover, ample
room for a large number of spectators.
The Candidates for the Nomination.
AS soon as the delegates began to arrive, the
names and forces of the different candidates
for the nomination were developed, and from
that moment up to the present their relative
merits have received an earnest and anxious
discussion. on all sides 1t appeared to be gene
rally conceded that the candidate was of far
more Importance than the platform on which
he was placed The general principles of the
Republican party of the State are so well settled
thatthere could be but little room for discus
sion on that point, while the success of the
ticket at the polls depends in great measure
upon the name which 1t bears. The wisdom OF
the recent Democratic Convention in placing
Judge Sharswood on nomination was conceded
on all hands, and his great personal worth
unhesitatingly acknowledged. Indeed, If he
should be successful at the polls, 1t is generally
conceded that his election could in no wise be
regarded as a Republican defeat For these
reasons the contest has become, in a great
measure, what a judicial contest should become
personal and not political. While, therefore,
the claims of each particular candidate for the
Republican nomination have been earnestly
pressed by their several friends 1T has been the
general desire on all sides to select the man
who would add to the most exalted character as
q citizen and juristI the element of universal
popularity.
The contest for the nomination was of an
octagonal character, and although there were
some names which were now and then heard
upon the lips Of a country delegate, the follow
ing gentlemen comprised the assortment from
which the choice was to be made:-
Hon. M. Russell Thayer of Philadelphia.
Hon H. W. williams, LII D., OF Pittsburg
Hon. John j. Pearson, of Harrisburg.
Hon. Samuel Linn, of BellefonIe. Centre
Hon. William Butler, of West Chester
Thomas r. Franklin, Esq, Of Lancaster
Hon. George TaN lor, OF Huntington county.
Joshua w. Comfy, Esq, of Danville, Montour
county.
In order that you may know something of the
character of the men among whom the choice
was to be made, give the following sketch of
each of the above aspirants after the highest
judicial honors In the gift of the State
M. Russell Thayer.
Concerning this gentleman, who lives in your
midst but little need be said, as his merits and
claims are known to all. He is a native of
Petersburg, Virginia, and is now in the forty
ninth year of his age. He received his educa-
tion at the University of Pennsylvania, where
he graduated in 1910, and, having studied law,
was admitted to the bar in 1912. In 1862 he was
elected a member of the Thirty-eighth Con-
gress, and after serving two full TERMS de-
clined a second denomination, that he might
resume the practice OF the law. his manly
record on the floor of Congress is too familiar
TO require any repetition, while his ability and
successas practitioner are equally well known.
Henry w. williams,
of Pittsburg, is a native of Connecticut, and is
now about forty-five years of age. He received
thorough education at Yale College, which
subsequently conferred upon him the honorary
degree of doctor of Law,n and having removed
to Pittsburg. he became student at law In the
office OF the late Chief Justice Lowrle. In 1913
he was admitted to the bar, becoming the law
partner of his former tutor. Judge Lowrie was
afterwards appointed by the Governor a Judge
of the District Court of Allegheny county, and
in 1851 was elected Chief Justice of the State.
At the same time his former pupil was
elected to ill the position formerly occu-
pied by him. In 1851 Judge Williams
was reelected an Associate Law Judge Of the
District Court of Allegheny county, without any
organized opposition. Previous to going upon
the bench he achieved an excellent reputation
as O practitioner; and since his elevation to a
judicial position, he has more than maintained
it. AS lawyer he is methodical and accurate;
as a Judge, fearless and upright. possessing the
happy faculty Of discerning at once the justice
| OF a cause, Notwithstanding the difficulties and
bubbles by which IL may be obscured. Al
though his disposition is modest and retiring,
i ho ta awtFaunalv aneiable In his relatiOna with