Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-09-16


Eighth Judicial District, composed of the coun-
ties of Northumberland and Montour, held at
sunbury, on the 9th day of September, 1871,
there were present from Northumberland coun.
ty, Hon. Jno. B. Packer and Wm. C. Lawson,
Esq, and from Montour county, Hon. Joshua
W. Comfy and Isaac X Gricr, Esq. ... "a.
On motion, Hon.. j. B. Packer was chosen
chairman, and Isaac Y. Grler, Esq, Secretary Of
| the Conference. -"
On motion of Hon. Jositd W! Comfy, it was,
unanimously, Resolyea, That WIN NJ. ROOKIE
TELLER, ESQ.,, of Northumberland county, be
the nominee of this conference, and that the fol-
lowing Address be respectfully submitted to our
| fellow citizens: ..c"y
Profoundly impressed with a sense of the great
Importance of the selection of n proper and COM
petent person for the high Office of President
Judge of this Judicial District who will, rs the
minister of justice, be entrusted, in great mea
sure, with the protection and enforcement of the
rights of every individual in the counties of
Northumberland and Montour, for the next ten
years, take this OCCASION in presenting the name
of VIM. NJ. Rockefeller, Esq, as a candidate for
that position, to congratulate our fellow citizens
upon their good fortune in having in their midst
one so eminently qualified, by life of study and
close application to the toisome duties of an ex-
acting profession, to hold the scales of Justice
with steady hand, and to administer the law
which has been the pride and glory of the Faith
crs, as it has come down to us from the great
judicial lights who have gone before us.
Having known Mr.. Rockefeller intimately and
well, both as n lawyer and as a man, by associa-
tion with him, and by coming in contact with
him in the practice ofthe law, and in the trial of
causes in our Courts for period of years, reach
ing nearly a quarter of century, we have no he
station in saying that we believe him to be pecu-
liary fitted for the Office for which he is now pre-
scented. Feeling an intelligent and patriotic in
tcrest in public affairs, with political convictions
calmly adjudged, and never refusing to express
his sentiments with regard to public measures
when solicited, he has yet uniformly avoided ac-
tive and ovcrzealous participation in partzan po-
litcs, and cannot, therefore, justly be considered
politician, in any offensive sense of that term.
Industrious and untiring in the discharge of
his professional duties, men. of all parties, who
know him best, ana have witnessed the unnag-
ging energy with which he cspouscs and defends
the cause of his client, whsq unjustly assailed,
will not fail to unite with us in rendering the re-
spect due to his ability, legal, learning, personal
integrity, al modest though, real worth.
His long and extensive experience too, in the
practice peculiar to our Courts, particularly in
the trial of actions of Ejcctmont brought for the
settlement AMI location of the disputed bounda-
ries of conflicting surveys; ih nearly all of the
many which have been triedH Hnl adjudicated in
the Courts of Northumberland County, he has
been prominently concerned, hdd great weight to
the numerous other reasons that could be pre-
sented, but which will readily occur to every
candid and rejecting mind, in support of his no.
minatlon, and point to him as the man whose ell
ovation TO the Bench will bring to it reputation
and extensive learning and dignity, and will con-
tinue and strengthen the faith and confidence in
the administration of justice which we have been
so willing to repose in our Courts in the long
years of the past.
On motion, the Chair appointed committee of
three, consisting of Hon. j. w. Comfy, VIM. G..
Lawson, and |. Y. Greer, committee to inform
Mr.. Rockefeller of his nomination and the
Chairman, on motion, was added to said COM
mittcc.
The committee having waited upon Mr.. Rock
efelcr, and having, through their Chairman, tile
Hon j. W. Comfy, in neat and appropriate
speech, informed him of his unanimous nolnina-
tions, that gentleman replied as follows;
WIN. NJ. RocKEFELLER's ACCEPTANCE.
Gentlemen Of The Conference The nomination
which you have just given me accept. Although
no man can say that ever sought the position,
yet have said that If the people of this district
desired my services as President Judge, would
willingly serve them, aud / say now, that, II
elected, will give the duties of the Office my en-
tire and undivided attention. As | understand
II, by the terms of your appointment you were
left free TO exercise your own judgment In the
selection of a candidate without regard to his
party politics, and the person Of your choice to
be ''The Peoples Candidate" With this un-
derstanding / agree to 20 before the people as
their candidate. And now allow me to assure
you that this manifestations of your confidence In
me is duly appreciated, coming from such "a
source, from gentlemen whose reputation, as eli
tizens and law iers are second To none in this
country, and with whom hayespent the whole of
my professional life, Is calculated TO inspire with
In me the most profound feelings of pride aud
gTatitude-and whether elected Or not, assure
you, shall always look upon your action Of to-
day. as an occasion never to lel forgotten.
GREAT G,ys-ln wearing Wanamaker Il
HroVVnia Elaihiuo