Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-07-16
Convention and
Ratification.

nominating convention at the cOur
house, and tie Democrat reported til,
'Rads in attendance just 100. The Graf:
laughed till their very sides ached anC
trembled like quivering jelly, and The Vel
low river water favored with the essence
of corn oozed out of every pore. They
said wait till they ass sembIcd in conven.
ton, the ''fsads'- would then see the homes,
yeomanry come with drums and banner.
and the very earth would quake beneath
their mighty tread. The "animuler show
advertised for the 18th. would be nothing
IN comparison to il. Theirs would be a
convention as is convention. To. make
the thing success beyond peradyenture
large, fl..ming posters were sircwn about
as thick as forest leaves. They announced
that they would wind up with a grand dis
play of fireworks. Saturday, the day o,
all days when crowd can be gathered
was the day appointed.
At last the day Of tAe great sheep shear
ing arrived. The court house bell was
''wrung" and rnng again. The Band played
ard played again. The anvil-well, it
performed the duty assigned it-in sol
emn silence. The procession formed on
Michigan street. Ii was very long pro-
eeSSion, II was. Its great remarkable
length was visible to the naked eve, and
was only to be seen in the faces of the pro-
ceders as they dolefully marched along.
The maFchers consisted of Mr.. Give
have no desire TO be prosecuted for SLAM
der, so We will not mention their names.
There were not fifty, all told. On the
street there were not fifty others. There
was not one horse, one wagon htched en-
the west side Of Michigan street where on
Saturdays there are hundreds. On the
east side of Michigan Street there were
less than six. Finally the procession got
to the court house. Nheeler's son in law.
Mr.. Nanyalkenburgh. was called to the
chair.
ID. ID. Luke, head teacher of the COM
mon school, and NJ. Galentine were eleva-
ted to sscreiarysliips
Howe. broiher-in-Iaw of Reeve, who has
been for ten or twelve years partly sup
ported by the public, was nominated for
Sheriff. Downey for Treasurer, and Dan
Mcdonald, an office seeker BY birth and
education, for Representative Jim Wick
izer, much ADLER man than Dan, had To-
take back scat. The nominations were
foreordered by the clique 1t the diction Of
the great Mikado. We predicted these
nominations some time ago. H. a. Rank
was nominated for Commissioner of od
district and Grouse for 81.
There was something ola contest for ap-
praiser, but James Brooks, better known as
slim Brooks and Bully Brooks final
~ receivedthe nomination. If he had any |
sense, he would make Bully appraiser.
\ number of the big lights were made |
10 convey the information to /
the convention at Wanniah that the De
mocracy OF Marshall want Reeve TO get !
beaten for Congress.
Several Of Reeves particular friends
wanted the delegation instructed 10 vote I
for him first, last. and all the time, Lui
Corbin, Reeves old enemy and intellectu-
d superior, would not let il be thus. AS
:. is one OF the delegates, and warm low
r of r., the letters nomination is an as
:gTed thing(s) ="
They endorsed the doings of TIE State
The Democracy or the county were
pledged to support Blair, notwithstanding
le had said that "a niger is as much en-
tiled to vote as an Irishman or Dutch
man, This pledge didn't bring the house
Town.
Osborne delivered muddy speech, the
Jest the convention afforded, and then the
lnwashed, with heads down and tails be-
ween their legs, sweltered under yen or
wo and sine died.
The procession again formed slowly, and
With great solemnity meandired down to
own. When it reached the 'corrers'' it
consisted of exactly eleven boys and ten
.dults, and not one morc-except the
Band.
In the convention, remarkable for its
ober, serious Stiffness, nothing of impdr
ance occurred, everything was dong ac
ordiLg to the previously arranged pro-
ramme, and the dullest convention ever
eld in the county. The chairman prcsi-
led wifi, r.-,,1stral DIGNITY Tho cacra,,,;as |
ooked old enough to be the father OF
ilethuselah, and the audience with the ex-
option of the smiling Band and few
acted as if some misfortune 4
lad befalien them. At times everything x
yas as still and solemn as death; not. a /;
eaf stirred, net ave can't DO the thing
nstice, and We quit It in disgust, with the
lappy knowledge, however, that the CON
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