The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-04-06

o'clock. Chas. II. Fetterman. from
tue committee on permanent organis
zation reported the following for
permanent organization.
President Edward M'Pherson,
Of Adams.
Mr. MTherson was escorted to
the chair by Hon. John Mitchell
aud w =. Wilson, the band playing
Hail to the chief"
The following gentlemen were se-
lccted rs Electois:
ELrctoHs At L.sde.
benjamin II. brewster, philadelphia.
John ". CaCliant, Allegheny.
ktscroEs.
! John Welsh. rhil,lelrhia.
Henry bi-.ton. Philadelphia.
Cbri-'inn J. Hoffman. Philadelphia.
4 Charles Thompson Jones. Philadelphia
b Edwin \. tit!rr. Philadelphia.
d Or. Benjamin Smith, Bucks.
J. W. Bernard. Chester.
Z Jacob knabb. BsrkS.
9 John u. Warfel, Lancaster.
10 Dr.. Joseph Tbonl-. Bucks.
" Ailo Ihfhte, Luternc.
j. Lewis fughe. Lulerue.
IL Edward :. S'llimAu. Scbuylkill.
II Willinm Calder, Dluphin.
10 Miles l.. Tracy, Wayne.
~ :. W. W.Starkwcnther. Lyc9nins.
II Daniel j. Motr.ll, Cambria.
Is Jeremiah Lyons. Juniata.
10 william Hay, York.
20 william Cameron, Union.
II J u. Doncily. Fayottc.
2. Daniel ONvill. piii,hurg
- William Neeb, Allegheny.
~ Andrew Is. Berger. Lawrence.
- Samuel VI. jackson. Arn,t.Vug.
70 james WesterWan, Mercer.
~ W. W. WILDER, Warren.
The following were elected dele.
gates to the Cincinnati Convention ::
Delegates at Large j d. Cafle-
ron, W. Il. Leeds, ii. II. IIoyt, II.
w. Mackey.
Delegates from this the 18th Com
greSsional district: John Stuart,
Johu Wister Alternatives, W. H.
Wood, Frank. Schoch.
Mr.. Strang, from Committee on
Resolutions, offered the following
resolutions
Res0lceI ! That we hereby reaflirm
tho platform adopted by tho Rcpub-
llcan State Convention ut Lancaster
in 1915, and, in WOW of recent events
at Washington, we cmphatically en-
dorse that part OF which demands
sshnnnGt IN, 4,
brains enough to know dishonesty
when they see it, aud have courage
enough to fight it whenever they
find it, The Republican party is
committed by it's origin, its tradi.
tons, its history and its duties to
an intrepid and honest almmistla.
ton of public affairs, and wherever
in National, State or municipal
life maladm'nistra,;Ou has existed.
on does exist, we demand that it he
exposed and corrected, and tho gail
'y punished aud to this end we
pledge the full measure of our sup
port rs citizens and as voters.
RcND}rcL That we look to the Gin.
cinnati Convention to give us candi.
dates for President and Vico prc.i.
dent who are above suspicion, and
in whose personal integrity the ma
ton can most surel; trust; and that
we also look to our friends through-
out the State to make sure that, in
presenting candidates for Congress
and the Legislature, they select those
only who arc known to be honest.
capable and faithful to the Constitu-
ton.
ReSolre', That the Republicans OF
Pennsylvania, having nothing in
their past history which they wish to
blot ,rt or to apologize for, or
would have tho nation forget, ar
raiSn the Democratic leaders in Con
gress, and their abettors, for the
preference shown to the deadly pyin
ciplcs, and for tho subseryiency
shown to the defiant leaders of the
late Confederacy, now dominating
them; for their removal from Office
of Union Soldiers and appointment,
uf Confederate soldiers for the re-
pe0.ed indications of n purpose, only
controlled by fear, to open the
Treasury Of the nation to alarming
and unjust pecuniarv demands from
tho insnrectionary States for Ne,
persistent effort to force amnesty up
en- men too proud or unrepentant Ia
ask it, or too guilty to deserve it
and for the combined recklessuess
and cowardice of their course on
financial questions-a recklessness
which mischievously holds ont a
threat to overthrow existing laws
and cowardice or incapacity t.
originate substitute for them-alI
which expose the Democratic party
as without national instinct. or an
unseciiona! impulse, or an ahirma-
tive policy, and ms unfit to be trust
ed by the country which, when last
under their control, they madly hu,.
ried into the vortex of Civil War.
ResOlced, That resent events In
the late slave States clearly expose a
purpose on the part OF the Demo,
cratic party to seize them all, and
WELD them. US unit, in the ne xt
Presidential election that 10 this