Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-05-15
The Ticket of the Nationals.

The I1ckeL OF the NdtiohelS'
The Nationals. completed the noun
in,tion either State ticket in Ph'!adei
psis last THURSDAY morning about | o.
clock.
Samuel R Mason IF Mercer county
i, the nominee far Governor.
Christopher Snearcr o. Brrks ca0"
~ is the candidate for Lieu'euaat Uov-
ernor.
Bsfi.min 5. Bentley, of Lycornlns
for Supreme Judge, aud james l.
Wright. Of Pbiladelphja, for Secretary
Of Internal Affairs. Nessrs. Bentiey
snI Wright were op the ureenback La
Dor ticket last year.
THE CANDIDATES.
Samuel r. Mason, the nominee :or
Governor, is LAWYER residing 10 the
town of Mercer. seat Of Mercer county.
He is Fifty years Of age, having been
born of Scotch lrish rareutage on
small farm IN Washington toTushil,
Lawrence count, bu, then 2 part oi
Mercer. He mas been pjaeticIng at
the Mercer bar for tScrty Sve years
he never held any public oaice Of
any kind. His vote has been cast
with tie Democrats. Three years ag"
he publicly took up the Labor cause,
and has since then been Identified with
the movement of tbs Naiiunsiists IL
Mercer. At tie Wiliamsport Conven-
;ion last Yesr MIR J q Nhite, chair
n.n Of the United Labor county con
mi;tee Of Mercer mentioned Nr MaSGr
as a cau iIdste for the Supreme Judge
snip, but he withdrew in favor Of Judg'
Bentley. Mr.. Mason Is large man.
we'll preserved, lie has not hair OF
the top OF bis heal and very few viii,
kers. He Is good speaker, smooth.
His family consists of wife aud nine
children.
CHRISTOPHER sHEARER
Christopher Snearer, the nominee for
Lieutenant Governor Is farmer resid-
rg at Tuckerior, four miles abov'
Reading, on the Reading Railroad, il
BeTks county He IS about fifty three
years ofaga The larger part o: his
life was spent IN Reading, where h"
made money as builder. After an
active life at Reading Mr. SLearer
bought Ene farm at Tuckerton. H.
il. worth about $50, 600. is a well in
formed msn, looks very much Ike
farmer. Mr.. Sh@arer used TO be
s'suncb Republican, hut was among the
FIRST to oppose the policy of contraction.
He was the Greenback candidate for
Congress in the Berk>' district in 1876
Mr.. Shearer has withdrawn.
JUDGE BENJAMIN S. BENRLEY.
Judge Berjanin S Bentley, til
candidate for Supreme Judge, is abou'
sixty years Of age, aud has been 4 mem
Der Of tie tar over thirty years He
came to this State from Nsw Y"rk
when a mere boy, and settled in Su-
qaetsuua county, near Montr"se.
where he followed the life Of farmer
After be hsi attained TO the age O!
tsenty-one lie pursued his studies w''t
Increased interest. and 10 AID him IL
tbs be ,ock position as teacher in iht
Susquehldns Academy, located at
Houuosc, where he taughi successful',
for four yesrs. He entered upon the
study Of law with Judge Jessup was
admitted to the bar at Mon;ros-, where
be built up good practice. la 1867
he moved to Nilliamsport, u bis pre-en'
place of residence, where he has estab
lishsd himself as a lawyer.
In 1868 bycoming county was madr
q uiicial district, and the subject O.
this sketch was appointed to preside ny
on the bench ty Governor Geary ii"
voted for Cooper aud Carey IN 1876.
and last year was the candidate of tar
independent Greenback party for the
position for which be is now again nom
mated.
JAMES Z. WRIGHT.
James l. Wright, the no ninee for
Secretary of Internal Affairs, was NOM
mated for State Treasurer by the first
State Convention held at Harrisburg.
September 10, 1877. lie is tailor
of Philadelphia, his shop being at 3l5
South Secoud street He is a ready
tsIker and very earnest in his view-,
being also specially noted for his soll-
diiy. Mr.. wright i, ff;y-nine ,es-s
old, and has "acted with the working
men," according to his own words,
sssince | was nineteen" he was pres
ident of the Anti Monopoly Convention
held at Harrisburg in March 1876, aud
temporary chairman of the National La
hnr CnnrantInn held In Ptishurr In