The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-02-15
WAYNE COUNTY REPUBLICAN,
EaA CONVENTION. @

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hsA CONVENTION. . 1~&
The convention was called to orde
promptly. at l04 o'clock, by H. B
Payne, Chairman of the County Contra
Committee, He read the call Of tn,
State Central Committee to show who
were entitled to act in this coAS0ntion
and pronounced the convention ready
for BUSH ess. e4a sa-sas SEA- afe5ezH q
e Sylvester johnson nominated W. S
Ballenger, Of Cambridge City, for pres,
.ident. General Meredith moved .lto
amend by substituting the name orJohn
w. Grutbs. The amendment was put
to vote Of ayes and noes, aud the Chair
decided in favor of the noes. A divis-
ion was called for. and a rising vote to-
ken which sustained the decision Of the
chair.
Mr.. Ballenger was then introduced,
and made . few remarks requesting har-
monious and conciliatory action. and
returned thanks for the honor conferred.
On motion Thos j. Study was elected
Secretary, and Msssrs, Wilcox Of the
Telegram, Wooten of the Radical, Mere
dith of the Cambridge Tribune, johnson
Of the Bird, snd Macpherson Of the Pal
ladium were elected assistant secre-
tastes.
General Bennett offered . resolution
that all persons who shall be eligible to
vote at the election in October next. nu-
der the provisions of the Fifteenth
Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, and who will vote the
Republican ticket, shall have the right
to participate in the proceedings Of this
Convention. and shall be eligible to sp.
pointment as delegates to the State
Convention on tue 22d inst, and shall
be entitled to vote at the primary cleo
tons to be held for the nomination of
all candidates for places OF the Republic
can ticket.
After some remarks by various per-
sons, SO as to arrive at clear under
standing Of the resolution, it was passed
unanimously.
The announcement of the vote was
followed by cheers, and one progressive
individual called out Now for the Six
teenth Amendment
Sylvester Johnson moved that . CONS
mittee Of five be appointed by the chair
to prepare IN order of business. The
chair appointed General Bennett, H. B.
Payne, D. N. Berg, D. w. Mason. Noah
w. Minor. General Bennett declined
and his place was filled by Lewis D.
Stubbs. The committee Immediately
retired. $4,000
During the absence of the committee,
tia places Of meeting for the various
township delegations were announced ;
and General Bennett being called for
made few appropriate remarks until
the return Of the committee.
The Business Committee reported the
following programme: That commit
tee. of one from each township, be ap-
pointed as q committee on resolutions !;
that the various township delegations
meet at the various appointed places to
select three persons to act as township
COMMITTEE, and also select delegates
and contingents to the State Convention.
A list of apportionment of the delegates
was presented by the committee. The
members are given below Report
adopted.
The President then announced the fol.
lowing committee on Resolutions L d
Stubs, Wayne township Sylvester
johnson, Centre; DR. S Boyd. jackson;
d w Mason, Jefferson; John Davis, Dial.
ton; Thos. Marshal, Perry; H John
son, Green; Daniel Huff, New Garden.
Jas P Burgess. Boston; Jacob Fender.
Arlington; f B Newman, Washington;
J C Burroughs, Harrison; J T Nichol-
son. Clay; Joseph Bowen, Franklin.
On motion, the convention adjourned
till two o. clock p. M
The township delegations met i'm me-
diately after the adjournment in their
various places, and proceeded to the
selection of township committees, and
delegates to the State convention.
The convention re assembled at two
O'Clock, p. ", and the townships being
called, reported township committees
and delegates to the State convention.
as follows:
Abington-Committee. II Gable, N
Smith and II Dobbs. One delegate and
contingent. ssat-.
Boston-Committee, J NJ Bnlla, o H
Foutz. John Druley. One delegate and
one contingent. s..r.-t
Centre-Committee, joseph C.. Ratliff.