The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1870-12-30
County Convention.

several districts of Columbia county
met at the Court House in Bloomsbury
pursuant to the call of the Standing
Committee, on Monday, December 20
1870, at IL ! o'clock a. M, and organized
by appointing the following officers:
President, WILLIAM LAMoN, of Bri
arcreek Secretaries, WILLIAM I. SHU
MAN, of Main, and JOHN G. FREEZE
of West Bloomsbury.
The credentials of delegates were
called over and accepted. On motion
a committee of seven was appointed tc
report amended rules for the considera.
tion of the Convention ut the afternoon
session. After some informal discus
sion of several questions Of proposed
amendment, the Convention adjourned
to meet at two o'clock p. IN.
AFTERNOON SESSION THE Conven.
tion reassembled at o'clock p. M, and
the corrected list of delegates being
BentoR-I. X. Krick baum, Peter
Kase.
Bloomsbury, East-C. II. Buckalew
M. Millard.
bloomsbury, West--John G. Freeze
r. +. Clark.
Bridrcreek-Wm Lamon, Lewis j.
Adams.
CataUiSsa-Hiram j. Reeder, Ham.
ilton Fisher.
Centroiia-Thomas Geraghty, c. G
Murphy.
Centre-H. D. Knorr, L. A. Hutchi
son.
Conynghana, North--R. Thornton, j.
Dougherty.
Conynghdm, South-Michael Dough
erty.
FIShingcreek--E Emandus Unangst, Cy.
rus Robbins.
GreenOood-John Leggott, A. j. AL
bertson.
Henlock-William FL. Shoemaker.
Ndin-Wiliam T. Shuman, Michael
Grover.
MiRin-John r. Yohe, Samuel Sny-
der.
MontoW John G. Quick.
MI. PIeasant-John Mordan, William
Miller.
Orange-James B. Harman, o. A.
Megargell.
Pine-Joseph Dribelbis, p. w. Sones.
ScoH-Samuel II. Kline, r. J. Mil
lard.
Mr.. Buckaew from the Committee
on Rules reported sundry new rules
and amendments of the old rules which
were acted upon in their order by the
Convention.
The first of the old rules was amend
ed, on motion of Mr.. Krick baum, so
as to fix the time for holding the annu
al Conventions on the second Tuesday
of August.
The second rule fixing two delegates
for each district was amended, accord.
ing to the report of the Committee, by
striking it cut and substituting in its
place four new rules regulating the rep
resentation of districts and providing
for the manner of voting for delegates
This amendment was agreed to after
debate, by vote of 90 to IL.
The ninth rule, relating to the Standing
Committee, was amended, on motion of
Mr.. Leggott, by striking it out and sub
stituting new rule on the same sub.
ject. A further motion of amendment
by the same gentleman to authorize the
Standing Committee to appoint all Con-
ferees, was lost.
A new rule reported by the Commit
tee to enforce obedience to instructions
by delegates in convention, was then
considered, amended and agreed to.
The fifth, fifteenth, sixteenth and
eighteenth rules of nomination in Lu-
zerne county, with several modifica.
tions, reported by the Committee, and
new rule also reported by them relat-
ing to the challenging of voters at del
egate elections, were severally adopt ted.
The following resolutions also report
ed by the Committee on Rules, were
unanimously adopted:
ResOlped, That our Senator and Rep
resentative in the Legislature be in
structed to use their best efforts to Sc.
cure fair and full representation for this
county in the Legislative apportion.
ment to be made at the coming session,
and thus to end the injustice of under
representation to which our people have
been long subjected.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Convention it will be simple justice to
this county that she be allowed Rep
resentative by herself in the new ap-
| portionment, or be placed in a district
which shall be allowed two or three
members of whom one can always be
| allotted to her in the making of district
| nominations.
Resolved, That the principle of the
proportional representation of districts
and of voters adopted by this Conven-
ton for county nominations is one en-
lnently proper for application to dis.
trict nominations in which this county
may be h hereafter concerned, whether
Judicial, Congressional, Senatorial or
| Representative, and that it be recon
mended to future Conventions to insist
upon and take proper steps to secure the
extension of this just principle to dis
| trict conferences Whenever more than
two counties (including Columbia) shall
Constitute district.
On motion, the Chairman of the
| Committee on Rules and the Secretaries
of the Convention were authorized and
requested to arrange the rules as adopt
ed and supervise their publication.
Adjourned. WILLIAM LAMON,
WILLIAM L. SHUMAN, President
JOHN g. FREEZE,
Secretaries.
RULES OF NOMINATION.,
As adopted By the Contention, Dec. 26,
1870.
L. The annual County Convention
shall be held at the Court House in
Bloomsbury, on the second Tuesday of
August, at one O'Clock p. m, and the
Delegate Elections shall be held on the
Saturday before at the places of holding
the general elections in the several elec-
tion districts, between the hours of
n1n In, f,n