The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1868-01-17
State Convention.

The Democratic State Convention whic
assembled Ut Indiana polls on the 8 IN of Jan
nary, was The largest and mos, har mo o lou
ever held IN the State. the members o tn,
dead" ps''y exhisi,ing remarkable and Ut.
'n's'aksbls signs Of healthy liie-and al
beIGg sanguino Of State aad Ns,isasl suc
cess In The coming Fall elections.
The delegates began ssssemblin ng before
ten o'clock. and BY half pas, ten. the hou,
AZ signed tor beginning its delibera ,ions, the
spacious hall was crammed FULL every county
IN the State being repressn,e ed with full del.
gs'ion Of delegates aud alternatives. Such
was The crowd that many delegates. unsb,e
to hnd seats. were compelled 10 stand up in
the sisles,. and the gallery was also filed.
| Honorable W. H. Talbot, ,.chsirmsn Of
The State Central Committee. called the
convention to- order, and in q lew words
stated the programme for i,s deliberations,
The nIpbsbeticsl list Of counties was called.
ane all found TO be represented.
Hon. s. II. Buskirk. OF Monroe. nomioa.
ted Honorable w. h. Nialsck, Of Knox. for
Temporary president. e
Dr.. Sher'od, Of Orange. nominated Gen.
eral NJ. ID. Manson. OF Paiasm.
CeHr4 Manson declined. whereupon Mr..
A'b'ack w"s unanimously chosen.
On taking the chair. Mr.. N,bls ok. in .
lew well cho,en words. thanked the Con-.
ven'ion Tor the unexpected Eonnr conferred
upon him, aud congra ,ula,ed The delegsies
upon the suspicious circumstances under
which they met. lie had. never seen so
large. enthusiastic and harmonious a con ;.
venion, and il the Democrats were only o.
earnest aud active At ihs polls ss their rep.
resen,aiives in the Couvr ntion seemed to be
success was certain. For long series oi
yens the egns OF the times had not been
10 hopeful for the triumph of Democratic
principles II wa true that we had bee q
disn ppointed and dis ss,rouslv defeated in
lSGS. when our principles shouId have given
US success, but good seed had been sowu
in that campaign. which is now bearing
iruii-ripening Tor the harvest.
After Mr.. NibIsck had concluded. Judge
McFudden, Of Clss, offered a resolution tul
appoint a committee Of ono from each Con.
grcssionaI Distric', on permsnen. o,gsn,z..
lion.
On motion Of Colonel Duuham Of FLOYD.
The motto. was % amended as to allow The
delegates from each district 10 select their
committee men, in which shape it passed.
The following 10 the committee selected:
I'D Williams, Of Knox.
2 George v Howk. Of Floyd.
$. +. IIord, Of Bartholomew.
4 w S Hall, Of Rush.
5. Dr s Athon. Of Marion.
6. BerJ'min Wolf, Of 'Sunivsn.
T. M,jr John M,lroy. Of Carroll.
8 CB LssseIle, OF Csss.
9 David Studebsker, Of Adoms.
lO'J B Stoll. pt Noble.
IL. John c. Early. Of Lapor,e.
Mr.. Cofffo,h. Of Huntington. moved the
appointment Of a committee IN resolutions.
Of one from each district, TO whom
III resolutions should be referred without,
iebate.
Mr.. CcffiotI.'s mo,ion inslly prevailed,
md the following committee was appointed:
FIRST Die,rict-Colvin Jones, OF Spencer.
Second District Gen. James A. Cra.
'ens, Of Washington.
Third District William s Holman, OIL
Dearborn.
Fourth Dis,rict-G George Berry, Of Frank.
in. g,r ~N -
Fifth Dis,rict-Austin NJ. Puett. Of Put. |
ION.
Sixth Disttict-Thomas Dow ling OF ViRo.
Seventh !, District Archie johnson, oil
tjt
Eighth District-Genersl David Moss, Of a
hamilton. Il
Ninth D.s,rict-Edmund Johnson, of
IeLy.
Tenth District--J r Coffroth, OF Hun. d
incton.
Eleventh Disisic.-Chssles III. Reeves, .
1 Marshall. m
The committee on permanent orgsnizs. \
ion reported:
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