Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-08-26

Flenniken. ..... % Campbell. 80. AZ
Olmsted. ...... 81 Purviance ...... 10
No choice. The names of s. A..
Purviance and Henry ". Hoyf were
withdrawn. 1t was orderdercd that on
each succeeding ballot the candidate
having the lowest number Of votes
should be dropped.
The Convention then proceeded TO =
second ballot,
Stanton. -.... SO OImsted l02
| Graham ..... 33 Knorr ..... IL
Flenniken ...... q Campbell ...... 80
No choice. ln accordance with the
rule the name of Mr.. Knorr vas drop
ped. Mr.. Fleuniken's name was with
drasn.
The third ballot resulted:
Stanton. ...... 29 Olf1stel. .l55
Graham. ........ 3s Campbell. ...... "a
Mr.. Olmstead was declared the nom
inee for Lieutenant Governor, and, on
motion, the noalnation was made unan-
imous.
The Convention then proceeded to
the nomination Of Auditor General.
General Harrison Allen vas nominated.
1t was moved that be be made the can
didate by scclamstion. At this june
ture all exceedingly humorous scene
was enacted. A Delaware county del
egate sprang to his ieet and declared
that the niost popular men 10 Pennsyl'
vania we're "Smitb, Brown, and Jones"
and he wou nominate Mr.. Jones, Of
Susquehaur county, for Auditor Cen
ersl. Another delegate nominated a
Mr.. Sehafer, of Allegheny, for the
same Office. But before t was under
stood that the nominations Of jones
and Scbaffer had been made in good
faith the Convention had by an almos,
unanimous vote declared for Allen.
This action brought out the friends of
Mr.. Jones and MIR. Schaffer with such
vehement gesticulation and wild speech
that it was all looked upon as play; but
gradually it became understood that
they we're in terrible earnest. Then
the sense OF the Convention that Jones
and Schaffer should be placed before
that body as candidates in all fairness
became manifest by quite 40 excite
ment that for time kept the president
from announcing that Mr.. Allen had
indeed already been nominated, and
that in order 20 get MIR. Jones and Mr..
Schaffer before the Convention the pre-
vious action would have to be recon-
sidered. This was oil on the troubled
waters, and motion was quickl made
to reconside. There being no objec-
ton, Allen, Jones and Schaffer were
quickly balloted for with the following
result:
allen. -. ............--.... $50
ocnaier. ........... ~
Certain parties In the Convention,
when they discovered the absence of
delegate By second call from the Sec
retary for the vote, repeated for the
absent member, to suit the predilec
tion of the repeater. One of the party
engaged and caught at that work was
led ont of the house by the Sergeant
alarms. The nomination Of General
Allen was made unanimous.
Tue next aud final nomination was
that of General Robert Il. Beath for
Secretary Of Internal Affairs. He was
nominated by acclamation.
The chairman of the committee on
resolutions reported series Of resolu-
tions as published in this paper. Pend
ing their adoption Hr. VIM. Allison Of
ferred a resolution which be desired to
have referred to the committee on res
olutions. He proceeded to read the
resolution. The reading of the reso-
luton was listened to with attention
until it became manifest that it was in.
tended as pledge by the Convention
to a third term nomination OF Presi-
dent Grant. That was enough. 1t was
indignantly shouted out of the Ccnven-
tion. The president was not permitted
to submit it to the Convention. In
thus emphatically pronouucing against
the "third term," the Convention but
expressed the sense of fhe mass Of the
Republican party throughout the STATE
General Koontze moved that the res
olution proposing Governor Hartranft
for the Presidency 10 1876 be dropped.
The motion was defeated and the reso-
lutious adopted.
The Convention adjourned about 7
o'clock p. NJ, with the best of feeling,
and impressed with the fact that the
Republican party has passed the ordeal
Of the first convention under the new
Constitution, and become a stronger
organization than 1t has been within
ten years.
THE qualifications Of voters as pre-
scrlbec BY the new Constitution are as
follows. lSee Art. 8, Sec. II