The Van Buren press., 1870-09-13
THE BoLES CONVENTION.
FoRr SAITH, Sept. Sth, 1870,
Special Correspondence of the Press.

Special Correspondence Of the Press.
AIDA. NJ, to-day. those Radicals friendly
to the nomination of "the tall young oak of
the Petit Jean " as Judge BOles was, fear.
ironically alluded to, by one Of the delegates
from your County, met In the Court House in
this City, but no Chairman ofthe Executive
Committee was there to convene the meeting
Investigation proved that that official, who
was no other than our friend of multiplied
honors the Hon. '. Dcll-had issued circular
about . 80 A. NJ, directing the Convention to
meet in the colored Church; whereupon the
other four members OF the Executive Com
mittee met and decided that nasmuch as the
Hon. Dell had not consulted with them about
the change, he had no right to alter the place
of meeting-and they accordingly sent mes
sage to that effect to him, stating the Conven-
tion would wait for linn half an hour. look
ed inside the railing and motley crowd was
there. Near the judicial seat were Wheeler
Hodges, McWhorter-behnd them a group of
colored brothers, gorgeous in swallow tailed
coats, white vests, holding in the one hand a
| high hat and in the other gold headed cane,
whilst beyond were huddled together a crowd
of Mountain Feds. Presently arose the cry
for Brooks, and with a step that would have
been graceful, had it not been elephantine,
the ponderous Joseph skipped forward and
presented himself to the audience 1t is prob
able that the reverend orator deems himself
something of cross between Luther and
Cromwell. with touch of Bismarck thrown
| in; but az gazed upon his face, the idea oc
cured to me that he resembled most--if in
deed a man 60 wisesO pure-and so unscfsh
as his friends claim him to be, can resemble
any one, if indeed that any but himselfcan be
his parallel-that he was most like unto the
Rev. Mr.. Chadband, not dissimar to the re-
nowned PecksniN and very decidedly after
the style of the late Oily Cannon. Having
heard so much of this Political Parson, | had
expected some cloquencc, but he said naught
that made an impression upon me, save his
very remarkable pronunciation Of the words,
which he repeated a score times in as many
minutes, " the Republican Partee.'
The expiration of the half hours grace
given to Brother Dell, interrupted the Reve-
rcnd talker, who Subsided to give way to a
motion to organize. The Committee on Gre
dentials admitted the Bolcs delegates and that
on Permanent Organization made Brooks the
chairman. Thereupon, we had speeches
lengthy, If not eloquent, and then Boles was
nominated by acclamation, on motion Of
! lIodgcs-iamoas by reason Of his familiarity
with the Penitentiary Bonds. Then came the
appointment of the Committee on Resolutions
and here 1t was that the Republicans of your
County received the very decided " go by
\ motion was made to pat Col. Mcconnell
another to place Capt. llayman on the Com
mittee, but neither name was noticed by Jo-
seph, who appointed a committee intensely
Rehabilitation being on it, but only as
from Clark. | was curious to ascertain the
cause of this complete ignoring of Crawford
county, conscious. as | was, that its men had
really opened the fight that defeated Searle
s,.v a, tuIiosny was satisfied by a conyersa-
ton that | overheard between one of your
citizens and a stranger.
Stranger" Why did not Brooks put those
motions ~
Crawford man" Both Mcconnell and Hav-
man are in favor of Universal Suffrage and
they'd raise HI on a committee if it was not
adopted"
Stranger" Oh T.
This incident made me watch the proceed
! ing more closely. Three times did Mcconnell
rise with q paper in his hand and as many
, times was he compelled to resume his seat for
the reason that the chairman, smelling po-
litical rat in the paper, invariably recognized
some other man as having the floor and then
came in the committee reporting resolution,
rs bitter and radical as even Brooks could
have desired. They were adopted, but | no.
ticed that your County Delegation voted
against them. The Convention then adjourn
{ ed with no enthusiasm and very considerable
, disgust among the delegates from this part OF
the State BoleS, had almost forgotten &c
say, made n speech, bat il was as violent and
rs ungrammatical az any of the efforts of the
, famed Elhanan. As reached the door down
stairs, met your Crawford county men look
ing deeply blue-the most indigo hucd one OF
the lot being Mcconnell who was conducting
Il conN ersation that reminded me most how
r. our army sWore in Flanders" YES" SAYS
that youth, Il want you 70 know $50 and Sc
adieCtiVe) " that we supported BocS not that
we loved him more but that we loved Searlc
less. talked to Bocs all night before and
until two o'clock the morning of our County
Convention. He objected to those amnesty v
resolutions, but finally. when told him that
the Convention could lot endorse him if he
, didn't endorse them, he said he would support
LHtU. NOW ne comes mere ana IlgS up TINS
so-and-so adjective of platform. 4 (so-and-
so adjectivc) pretty platform to elect a man
who, TO be elected, must have outside help
Hodges and Brooks made It, All they're after
is to have the new Congressional District
that they'll have this winter
Official (meclly and encouragngly).-
"Well, don't know it's pretty good plat
form"
The disgusted McConncll--"Ncs so-and-
so adjective platiorm-provided our people
were divided into three sorts onc-third Ger
mans, the other colorcd brothers, and the
remainder had all been ont in the militia. 1t
has nothing In IL, bat sympathy for tho prus-
sian King, who is the only Monarch in Europe
who believes hc rcigns by the Grace of God.
1t appeals to the vulgar prcjudiccs Of the ig-
norant of the negroes, and II hurrahs for the
militia. But not Il word about useless offices.
reduction of taxes, or giving those men the
right to vote whe will soon have it whether
these so and so adioctye) fools want to give
it to them or not;" with which few words, or
TO the same purport, the Chairman of the Co.
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