The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
COUNTY CONTENTION.


hoped Democrats AMI Republicans will gene
i rally attend. Il = reform III The admins
! trGli0n of or coupty fairs that Will give
! is iess taxes 10 Fay and insure Us u visible
/ ecu.f ale.i. ~ = In; We 20 ray. Come to
the convention and AID Us IN the adoption
# a roiicy, ana IL the selection 81 Een -
een:I!al,s f5r he people 70 vo:c for, that
/ wi ias;irc better orderee! county govern
I iacnt. Dnl'' lef party longer infara sou
s.@:,iE.t wat YOU feel anu know - be o.
i better interest than party.
/ From tbs It VII he seen that the
+ convention was to DC 10 Republican con
yention, but che composed OF the people
irrespective ofparty, and that the ticket
wo;li be s,ade up on the same plan.
| TIE convention was called to order by
CAPT. johnson.
Harris. Of Folk township, Vas pro-
nasei l.g chairman. bit declined u. l. J..
Saith, q lg-sl..ut. and : @. rurks. Of
/ Roo-baa were each proposed for chair
nan, tu- positively declined to serve
pr " \. Bsiiey was urged to accept
tie position. an., 1cins in auaccomm9da
TING mood, announced his willingness to
become = marty il in 50 doing ne could
b. instrumental in assisting in the or
eaniza;ion CT tie convention. lie re-
turned his thank Cor the honor confer
red, il :. few blief but eloquent remarks
johnson moved that John s. Bender
DC secretary, which molten WAS agreed
to with considerable unanimity
The chair then stated the object Of
the convention 10 be Tie nomination Of
: county ticket
Harvey Atkinson, OF Uni 4 township
then moved that con ...ttce Of one
from each township he appointed to
dtaC. resolutions expressive Of the sense
Sc, OF the convention. After much
tr:bulat;on the committee was appointed
r, follows:
Chas Gregg, OF Center; T. D. Boil
ton, OF Bourbon; Il. Tyncr. of Polk !;
II. Atkinson, of Union; DR. Gould, of
Walnut: james Turner, Tlppecance ;
/. Lewis, Of Green; j. IT. l.. Bier, Of
West; n Nil4ong, Of North; German
not represented.
Capt. johnson moved that commit
tee on apportionment be appointed; but
N view CT the fact that the convention
had consumed half hour in the ap-
pointnent OF the committee on resolu-
tons, the mover amended his melton to
the cfiect that the superintendent be the
same as IN the congressional convention ;
which amendment The convention gladly
asscnte! to.
BY way Of diversion, Capt. Johnpon
moved that while the committee on re-
solutions were out, the convention ap-
point central committee
post-Nastef Kendall moved that 4
committee OF three be appointed to So
.eet the central committee.
Harris, Of Polk, thought each town.
ship should select its own committee
man.
Without regard to the motions before
the convention, Kendall proposed A.
Jonson. Chas. Gregg and John Uoham,
as central committeeman for Center
township; which was agreed to; the
convention then appointed the balance
OF the central committee Is follows; Polk
township, W. H. Harris, and H. Tyncr;
West, j. \. Corse; North, y. Niltfong;
Bourbon, H. Baylor, Il. Erwin, $. u.
Paris the latter proposed by his pater-
nal; Tippecanoc, d. Il. Wood; Walnut
j. i. Lowe, Jonathan pickerel; Green
John j. Thompson German, Cl.as
Lchr; Union, Eli Parker Tie chair
man pat the III ten whether the per
sons named should be the central com
raittcc, when there were fou. Is anC
no nocs-not even Nichols, Of the Re
puLA;cGa,- as he was just then picking
his nose, and couldn't spare il, even :,
defeat the central committeeman.
Capt. johnson, who had not beer
heard from fer two or three minutes
suggested that speaking would be in or
der. The Captain WAS no doubt awar
Of the fact that those vino were present
except the Democrats, weie looking ant
acting very much as men would VIII
were attending their own funeral; an
that something was needed to wax
them up. Calls were made for judy
Fuller, and as usual he responded
! The Judge said lie had not been il
the convention but n few minutes, am
did moi know at what stage Of the pro
ceedings they had arrived, neither di
he ,,.no~ what kind Of convention h
was addressing, Cthinking, no doubt, {
the call for reofle's convention, an
seeing none but Republicans takin
part and he therefore preferred to wa
until the platform was adopted and tt.
ticket nominated, and lie would the
give them REGULAR warming Bein
urged to go on. he continued: He di
not know whether the convention ha
met mereIy tn Aefcat snlne man nr mn,