Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-09-22

tion clause brought Nr. Dietrick, O.:
Patterson, to the floor, in speech. He
declared that Mr.. Hoffman might be
the very best kind of man be had
nothing TO say as to that, for he does
not know him, but he desired to place a
man in nomination also for the west
side of the river. The man he pro-
posed to mention is a good man. "Who
is he :" chimed in delegate. "Milli-
ken is his name," replied Mr.. Dietrich,
"but l have forgotten his first name.
You all know him, though, he is a
white headed old man." s' Is it John
| slilliken ?" asked another delegate.
EYES," was the reply, and before Nh.
Dietrick could further proceed with his
remarks, third delegate said that be
wGs authorized to withdraw the name
of Mr.. Milliken as candidate for the
office of County Auditor. Mr. Die
trick withdrew 1t, and Mr.. Hoffman was
then nominated BY acclamation for the
west end.
W. n. Brookhart and j. F. Allen
were nominated for the Office 0f County
! Auditor for the east end, but before a
call of the convention was had on it
the name of Mr.. Brookhart was with
drawn, and then Mr.. Allen was nomi-
mated by acclamation, after which the
Char announced that the next business
would be the nomination of Chair
man of the County Committee.
W. S. 0les, DR.. i. Banks and 4. j =.
Ferguson were placed in nomination,
with the following result on roll call ::
Oles 2, Banks 25, Ferguson s. The
Doctor was declared the Chairman of
the County Committee.
All delegates were then called on by
the Chair to step up and write the
names of two men, of their choice who
should serve as the Committee men for
the year upon which they were just
entering, and also added that if any
delegate or delegates desired to offer
resolutions, they should prepare during
the formation Of the new Committee,
and when IT Was off the board the reso
lutions would be offered.
The delegates thereupon huddled in
a group in front of the Char to write
out the Committee, but were not long
there until q eommotion set in among
them which was quite unintelligible to
looker-on. What was the matter
was not understood by the spectators,
but it was evident that some deep cur
rent was striking the convention and
sending few ugly bubbles to the sur
face.
Mr. Dietrich rook the floor excitedly
and called the Chair. The Chair i'm
media.ely recognized him, when he de-
livered speech, which was in the Eng
lish language to be sure, but it was
concerning Democrats and Democratic
workings, which no one understood but
those directly concerned in the opera
tions. He talked about dissatisfaction
in the townships, and that somebody
had been whipped on their own grouhd,
and that he believed in the old Jack
soniaD principles, that to the "victor be-
long the spoils," "that's so," echoed a
number of delegates.
Mr. Washington Burchfeld, who was
not a delegate, was in some way connect
ed with the trouble, wished to make
statement or speech, but he had hardly
signi6ed his willingness to do so when
delegate said "no, l object" There
upon the Chair rose, and declared that
no dispute as that about to arise could
be recognized in convention, unless By
consent of the delegates, which would
have to be obtained by vote, but he
suggested that MIR. Burch6eld be allow
to speak. The objection to Mr.. Burch-
field speaking was withdrawn. Mr.
Burchfield stated that he felt satisfied,
and would deliver no speech, and there
the matter ended, at least so far as sur
face appearance indicate, as neither the
of the gentleman have been interview
ed with view of publication of the
troubles, under the surface, nothing
more can be said about 1t. What the
trouble was can only be conjectureG By
the public.
Mr. Dietrich, in an undisturbed way
glided out of a greatly disturbed ques-
tion to the offering of series of reso-
lutions, of which the following is the
pith.
1st. That the State ticket Of PERISH
ing and Plollet is good one, and should
be heartily supported.
2nd. That the State officers chosen
last fall have the confidence of the
Democratic party in the State and par
ticularly in this county.
3rd ] hat the Democracy of Juniata
is pledged to the hearty support of the
ticket nominated in this State. After
the reading of which, the Chair proceed
ed to declare the business for which the
convention assembled to transact al.
satisfactorily performed, and that only
one thing renamed and that was for all I
TO 90 to work for the election of the
ticket in November. They should abe