The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-06-23

recommended him as the choice OF
this county for the Congressional
nomination. Previously a rich scene
had transpired among the bushes
where the Committee on Resolutions
had assembled. It seems they had
prepared one endorsing Col, Calvin
Jones, Of the Rockport Democrat,
but on the earnest protest of preml
nent delegate from Jackson Town-
ship, 1t was stricken out. This, of
course. was irritating to the aforesaid
editor and his friends, and was soon
made manifest in the ballotings for
the various offices olbe filed and the
consultations made necessary BY the
conduct of the belligerents. Abrupt
questions, curt replies, and scowling
looks were now tbs order of the day,
and the harmonious Democracy were
only so in name. l omitted to men
ton in its proper place the remarka-
bic speech of @. W. Shanklin,g who
announced himself the owner and
editor of the Evansville Daily and
Weekly Courier, and that he desired
at least one hundred more subscribers
to one or the other, and stated as an
inducement that he was a Democrat;
that his paper, Daily aud Weekly, was
also Democratic-so intensely Demo
cratic that the despotic LouisNapoleon
had written to him that he could not
permit it. TO circulate IN his domin-
ions, and that he had a letter from
Queen Victoria to the same effect, and
that the Emperor of Russia was also
opposed to its circulation within the
borders of his territories; but as he
did not get anything near hundred
subscribers, / suppose that the pure
Democracy were afraid to invest
their greenbacks with a man who
was aristocratic enough to possess so
intimate a correspondence with the
crowned heads of Europe. He is
evidently not much of : speakest, "
and utterly failed to arouse the slight+
est degree of enthusiasm. The silly
utterances quoted above are literally
true, and indicate a very soft
place in the gentleman own head
the intelligence of the Democracy
of old Spencer. But enough of him.
And now in brief for the result of the
Convention: X. s. Hicks was nomi-
mated for Representative. jesse w.
Laird for Clerk, G.. r. Kellum for
Treasurer, and Allen Gentry for Sher-
if. Many of the friends of the de-
feated candidates swear they will not
vote the ticket, claiming as an excuse
for boiling that they were not fairly
beaten; and in fact it is broadly hint
ed that Judge Laird, In his manipu-
lations of the Convention 10 secure
the nomination Of his son Jesse and
the endorsement of his own Con
gressional aspirations, has sacrificed
the balance of the ticket. But be
that as it may, the elements of dis
cord are. so apparent that the most
Democrat has but faint
hope Of the success of the ticket.
The enteTprising grocery keeper
who established battery of ten bar
rels of Dubois County lager, within
twenty yards of the speakers stand,
doubtless deserves some credit for /
promoting their. demoralized condi-
ton, as several disgracefuI fights oc-
CURED in the immediate vicinity.
The friends Of the Democrat not sat
isfied with the action of the Commit
tee on Resolutions, determined to /
carry their point, waited till all other I
yuS At4Coo y - AA,pOSCN VI duI iuAu "a
the unterrifed had departed for their !
homes, introduced a complimentary
resolution just previous 10 adjourn
ing, which was, however, earnestly OPP |
posed By Captain Bryant. Of Jackson
who bitterly denounced |
the editor and IFS paper, as unworthy 4
Of the eonfidsaCe and patronage Of |
the party, but, notwithstanding his !
protest. the resolution
passed amid Scene OF riotous confu-
The strife e and pickering here to-
day, together with the total absence |
Of enthusiasm or even of cordial co.
operation among leading Democrats,
are the sure harbingers Of defeat, \
and Republicans went home congrat-
ulating themselves and each other on |
the happy results to he anticipated. |
Hicks is the only strong man on the |
ticket, but we can beat him easily
with r. I. Kercheval. r
E Yours. truly, aRocKPoRT.