The Evansville journal., 1869-03-22

voice rising high over the din, was
heard bawling for order.
On the first ballot all the wards
voted for Frank Morris, and Hitch
received 62 votes, and these two were
declared nominated.
Then the babel again arose.
whit sat there the very impersoni-
fcation of patience on a monument,
&C., humming TO himself s2tto voce:
"AIid scenes of confusion" &c.
On the second ballot Donehue was
selected, receiving Sc votes.
The outside township had great
troubles, and one man proceeded to
crate, but was soon stopped by cries
of Put him out"
The third ballot resulted in no cleo
ton, when the din became deafeuing,
with cries of " Dennis, =" Hendricks !"
and "Order." Whit. declared he
would not proceed if the confusion
continued.
The fourth ballot was failure.
Pigeon delegates were still wrangling
and one of them trying to speak, but
was blasted by the Chairman as if
with the glance of basilisk and the
tone Of very Jupiter Tonans.
On the fifth ballot Geo. B. Dennis
received 81 votes, just enough to
nominate.
The city officers were then called,
and one hundred voices called out at
once, Travis, ," John Travis" and
&C. Fl. Wentz." Charley Vent"
Wentz."
Tim. Gavisk, being the only candi
date for Collector, was acelimated
on motion of q. r. Rudd, surrep
titiously robbing f." Stack" of his pre-
rogative.
For Treasurer, Theo. w. Venne-
man, J. II. Bergman and Charles J.
Reese were nominated.
Jas. ID. Saunders had no opposition
for Surveyor, and was nominated
spontaneously, pledging himself to
abide the decision Of the Convention.
For Assessors, w. B. Mclean,
Thos. McKeever, A. III. Jones, VIM.
Elmaudorf and Thos. McAvoy were
put in nomination, each pledging him
self to abide"
When the nomination for City
Marshal was called such a hub
bub," as Whit. called it, arose as
would have drowned the loudest
thunder. After Whit had bawled
himself hoarse, the following names
were entered as aspirants for the
Office: Joseph L. App, George T.
Cochran, Thomas Bullen, Henry w.
Lower, w. III. Klusman, James Eng
land, John Roster, George Wolff,
and J. w. Ashby.
Cochran made an eloquent and
stirring speech. He had long been
the acknowledged candidate of the
Democratic party for City Marshal,
but since the Republican nomination
had been made everybody wanted to
run. He was a Democrat, and if de-
feated in the Convention would work
for the ticket App and Bullen
pledged themselves, and 50 did all the
others except Klusman and Roster.
When Klusman mounted a chair to
pledge himself, loud cries were raised,
Throw him out" &c. {" Yes, throw
him out, if you please" said K. He
proceeded to talk, but his voice was
drowned by the horrid din, which
even the Chairman's gavel failed to
check, and Klusmau retired with a
classical allusion to money.
John Roster mounted chair. AT
first his feelings overcame him, and
he could only gesticulate. At length,
his voice broke forth like the rush of
many waters, Gentlemen, [ am now
nominated, and if elected, I'll be a
man and act the man." Immense
applause We give the speech en-
tire, that it may be preserved as
campaign document.
The ballotiDg then commenced, and
the tumult exceeded all that had gone
before.
The first and second ballots result
ed in no choice, and the third was at
first fruitless, when one Of the Wards
voting for Wentz changed their vote,
and Travis was nominated. 1t was
growing late, and Gil Shanklin moved
to suspend the rule requiring the
Wards to vote as a unit. The Chair
decided that the only way to get clear
of that was to reconsider the vote
adopting the rules, and that motion
having once been made and voted
down could not be renewed the same
day.
TheO. w. Venneman was nominal
ed for Treasurer on the first ballot.
Mclean, McKeever, and Jones
were nominated for Assessors.
1t was now IL o'clock. and the caul-
dron was boiling high and bubbling
furiously. Daring the entire evening
the First Ward was slow and kept
the crowd waiting long and YEARLY
The first ballot for Marshal was called
The First, Second, Seventh and Ninth
Wards voted for Cochran, 30 votes.
The Third, Fourth and Fifth Wards
voted for Bullen, p votes. The
Sixth Ward gave Joe App 9 votes.
The Eighth Ward gave Wolfe votes
There being no choice, the widest
| confusion ensued. Cries fnr The