The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-09


and enthusiasm Jof his soul,
broke in upon the solemnity
of the occasion by believing out lus-
tily $ HURRAH FOR JEFF. DAVIS !"
This at once revealed the mystery of
these hurried movements, and the
object of all this stir. 1t was the
occasion of the Democratic County
Convention. Strange as it may seem,
exceptions were taken to this innocent
remark of the over-zealous delegate,
whose exubeIant feelings had caused
him to disturb the solemn oc-
casion. and but for the timely inter-
ference of a few who love peace at
any price," the soliditya and specific
gravity of his caput would have
been compared with that of a bowl
der of corresponding dimensions.
Thus by the timely interference of
peace men" the scene of the first
battle of the campaign was transfer
red to another field than that of
Third Street. Blessed are the
peace makers"
Although this little episode was
prematurely introduced, it no doubt
had the effect to hasten the departure
of the delegates many of whom, as
early as ten o'clock, had reached
Hartlein's store, and with a zeal
which seemed inspirited, disclosed
the fact that already things were
working" For an hour and half
the well-known fellow citizen, Mr. A.
T.. Whittlesey, Postmaster of Evans
vile, moved about with the energy and
alacrity of one having before him
great expectations at least in
some field of labor; and by eleven
o'clock A. NJ. he had canvassed the
whole field. Withdrawing to the UNI
brageous protection of a forest tree,
he summonsed to his counsel Messrs.
Ben. Stinson, George Stackhouse,
Samuel Jones, and Al. Dexter, for
merly Marketmaster for the Upper
Market This consultation lasted
while Whit. could read sheet and
half of foolscap, after which the coun-
ell adjourned, to a buggy in which Mr..
Stackhouse had rode, out, and was in
troduced to a friend of his, who,
though small and rather dark com
plected for a delegate to the Il white
man convention was none the less
spirited" - After consulting this ''lay
delegate and at III O'Clock, Mr..
Ben. s,Stinson 81 rose in the stand and
called the meeting tor order si31niass
s,a Mr.. Whittlesey moved that Chris
tian Hedderich be chosen President of
the meeting, which lc|h was unanimously
agreed to. : s, WI =" g. sse y--~.e
= Accordingly Mr.. Hedderich came
forward, and said: - 2.
GENTLEMEN consider, that you
have highly honored me to-day, and |
hope that all will pass off lharmoni-
ousiy.ols-AI41f ME@AJsAt y
On motion, Mr.. III. w. Bippus and
DIR. Lowenstine were chosen Secreta-
ries of the meeting. Mr. Patrick
Burke represented the Courier, and
had taken his seat at the table, evil
IDENTIFY expecting a Secretaryship, but
was overlooked ~ AZ
Mr.. Whittlesey then moved that
committee of two from Pigeon, and
one from each of the other Townships
be appointed by the Chair, to draft
resolutions expressive OF the sense of
the meeting, fix basis for voting,
and to report the names Of such as
were candidates before the Conven-
ton. The chair then drew forth
" the list" and announced the fol-
lowing Committee: /
IS For Pigeon IsUnship--A. Il. Whit
tlesey and Fred. Lunkenheimer.
For Knight Toloaship-S. Granger.
For Scott To,onship-J. T.. Stacer.
For PerfgjI1 1tenslip-J FL. Brands
For ARMSTRONG Io,eaship-L. CAL
vert. |
For Union Tolonship-J. b. Cox. |
For centre To,onship-Ira Fairchild /!
For German 4 oaoaship-,Adam Wolf. |
The committee then repaired to the |
same tree selected by Mr.. Whittlesey |
for former consultation, when loud |
calls, were made ofpr asspeech. The |
names of Showers, Willard and Mem |
flee" rang out in discordant notes. |
The calls lasted for few moments,
when it became apparent that Show
ers' friends were, if not the most
by far the most vociferous.
A moment more and .'Menifee'' and
Willard" died away in the stiffness |
of air, all joining in the call for
Showers.
The President thea announced,
" Mr.. Showers will please come for
ward and deliver a speech on the old
Chocktaw principle" Notes were
taken for a full report of his speech,
which was rich to oiliness, but want
of space precludes the possibility Of
it's publication. Suffice it to say. it
was on the old "Chocktaw princi-