The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-21


and was called to order by T.. 5. Afford
Chairman of the State Central Commit
tee. and upon call every county in til,
, State was found to be represented fully
Hon. john II. Coflrotl,. of Tippecamo,
county, WAS unanimously chosen per
manent Chairman.
!, Col. Daily, Of Carroll county. was thel
chosen Principal Sccretay. with Me>srs
Thomas, of Knox. bingham. of Marion
Mains.Of Dekalb. and Edinonds. of Vigo
:. rs assistants. One Vice President fol
% each Congressional District was thcl
selected.
t, y committee ON resolutions. consist.
Z in2 of one from each Congressional Dis
b trict, and committee to select delegate,
10 the Baltimore Convention was iiIel
appointed.
Considerable discussion arose on Tho
Question of appointment Of "a commit,
tee 10 select an Electoral ticket Hon
j. i. Mcdonald. OF Marion county. ar
'sucd Ia favor of po,tpoliing the select.
Oh of an eie, toral ticket until ailer the
baltimore Convention. This was strong
y opposed by various delegates. !!
Was finally decided 10 postpone the Sc
lection of The electoral ticket by vote
oil .r3l TO 554.
? During the discussion above referred
10. Hon. Joseph T.. Mcdonald. made "A
speech. in which lac >aid he recognized
gully the 'legic of events and The ne
c..>>iiy of the Baltimore Convention en-
,or>iug Greeley. aud that while it was
not hi> ,iiUice. Ic wa, loo good a Dem
'"cr:Iiic not Ia abide the decision Of the
party III Convention. and assist in elect
ia. even Grcclc, with hi> white hat. lie
wa> in favor of the selection of Electors
after the Baltimore Conventions. ia order
HAT the Liberals might b. fairly repre-
-cnted in The formation "i the Ticket.
NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR.
The tlair announced thar tie next
hu>iucs> in order Would br The noinim-
i,i,ni OF a candidate far Governor.
7 Mr.. D"hbin>. nf Marlin. moved that
Hon. Thomas 4. iiendrick. be norni-
n.si-,i 10y acranatioE.
The applause which greeted this propo-
>ition was - hearty and urrolrio,.- that
p; " some ii:uc before iie Chairman
i-OusI hTim. iiir house "a order. 50 IA "a
isi; ihc question. iIi- Lcin. done. .hr
sppI,u>-. Wa renewed ilIc delegate,
>I'riisgin. in their sect ~hnniiiIy 10 The
extent 81 their iiIn" power. and waiy-
Hng il-ir lai~ ia q irunyy of delight.
There were loud r;..i~ ;or Mr. Hendricks.
II wa> annuBnccd that he wa> not in the
.r,nln. anl Mr.. Mcdonald moved thar a
committee az iiy- hc appointed by the
rhtir To wait upon Mr. Hendricks and
inform him of hi> nomination.
The Chair appointed Il tie commit
iee Me>>r>. Jo-. l.. Mcdonald. Thomas
Dow ling. John :. Davis. |. II. e.. Nell
-on aud Dr. Richardson.
IrFrTiNA>T GovEENnr.
Y Tie nomination of a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor was declared the
next thing in order.
Washington &. DcPanw Of Flovd
Charles Il. I.aselc of Cas>: Hon. VI. C..
Kerr OF Floyd: James y. Cravens OF
Washington Hon. Archibald johnson
OF Montgomery John Broomfield OF
-. Joseph: Captain W. w. Browning
Of Brown: and VIM. Mack of Vigo.
were named for the position. The names
OF Mes>r>. Kerr aud Cravens were sub
.equentiy Withdrawn.
led with. but before the roll was con-
cluded the delegates began changing
rapidly to Derauw. and the chair. with
cut a formal announcement of the vote,
declared Mr.. DeI'auw. the nominee. On
motion the nomination was declared
unanimous.
The committee appointed To wait up
or MIR. Hendricks here appeared upon
the stage. accompanied by that gentle
man. Ills appearance was hailed with
,ica:ening applause. and although all
ere anxious 10 hear what he had 10
say. they seemed reluctant 10 leave oil
cllcering.
Mr. Hendricks. when the applause
had somewhat subsidized. said:
! Gentlemen OF the Convention: Until
YESTERDAY morning had no thought oi
becoming the nominee of this Convcn-
tion. Day before Yesterday, that even
ing. and Yesterday morning l was ap-
pcaled To by gentlemen whose appeals
could not deny. 80 that finally | gave
my consent, and now | accept your
nomination. .Chccrs.1 | beg You io
understand. and that you will make j,
!. known 10 the men you represent. thai
my hesitation in accepting the nomina.
tion has been because of personal rca
sons aud considerations. and not becaus,
of any want of appreciation of the dig
lnity and Importance OF the office Il
which YOU have nominated me. To b,
the first executive offer of the grea
state vi Indiana is no common honor
and TO be selected thus as candidat,