Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-06-06
The Vote OF the Primaries
Disregarded, and Ply
mouth "Run it,"
The People Invited to
Sneeze When the Ring
Takes Snuff.
The Fulton County Brethren Bolt
from the Judicial Convention
and Swear Vengeance.
Marshall Elected Republican Circuit
Judge in 1876; Fulton Will Return
the Compliment i'm October.
Full Particulars-Plenty of Fun
The Pot Boileth Fiercely.

The Pot Boileth Fiercely.
The Democratic convention, called
to meet at the Opera House last Sat-
urday, met in the Court House yard
at half past one o'clock, and was or
ganized with ellison S. Cleaveland as
Chairman, and o. P. Klinger and ].
W. Davis, jr., as Secretaries.
THE FUN COMMENCED
by calling the names of the candi-
dates for Representative. But little
time was taken in preparation for the
first regular ballot, everything having
been arranged to give Thomas Sum-
ner, who had received the largest
vote in the primary elections, such a
lesson for presuming to be candi-
date, and the Democrats who had
dared to vote for him such a rebuke
as they would not soon forget. On
the first ballot Confer was nominated
with a whoop, receiving five more
votes than the other four candidates.
Mr.. Sumner should be made to know
that he would be allowed to vote che
Democratic ticket, but no man who
had ever been Republican would be
allowed a place on that ticket, was
what those delegates said by that
vote, and Behrens and Schlarb were
thus given timely warning that II
they wished to save themselves from
disgrace, they would better withdraw
their names from before the conven-
ton. Next came the
NOMINATION FOR AUDITOR,
and as was said by some Of the faith
full, in order to show the McDonalds,
Ringers and Thompsons that the
Democratic party could get along
without their assistance, and partly
to teach Tom Sumner the difference
between a Democrat and a renegade
Republican, Keim X. Brooke was
given sixty-two votes on the first bal
lot; Mcdonald receiving thirty three
and Thompson sixteen.
Next in order was the
NOMINATION FOR TREASURER,
and as the candidates, one by one,
came forward and pledged themselves
to support the nominees OF the con-
vention, 1t was apparent that Fred.
Behrens yet had little hope. Why
should he not, only one man had re-
! ceived more votes in the primaries
than he, and there were eight candi-
dates? Even Sigmund Mayer and
Peter Schlarb, who had each received
1876 votes, thought there might be a
shadow Of chance for one OF them, as
there were three others below them
in the primary vote. But that hope
was dispelled as soon as the balloting
began. Behrens began to understand
that In that convention he was only q
German who had once been Repub-
lican. Sigmund Mayer knew that
the two votes he received meant that
eve would like to have the Jews vote
the Democratic ticket, but we dent
want one Of them for Treasurer" and
Peter Schlarb's one vote admonished
him that "no Germans need apply"
The fight soon narrowed down to
Reynolds, Blue and Richardson, and
on the sixth ballot Richardson was
withdrawn, and 1t was evident that
BLUE
II they could be allowed to vote as
they wished. Then the tactics OF the
politicians were brought to bear on
the convention. Reynolds ran from
delegation to delegation, he and his
friends, inducing this delegation to
cast its vote whenever 1t was right.
and having another withhold their
vote until something could be done
with the refractory members. The
vote Of Center township was with
held until all others were cast, and
then, after a long time, Center re-
ported twenty-five votes for Reynolds
and three for Blue, thus giving
George r. Reynolds fifty-six votes
and Rhesa Blue fifty-five, and Rey-
nolds was declared the nominee.
DIR. Reynolds then came on the
stand and made a speech, which, In
any county Of any State in the United
States, with the possible exception OF
Mar shall County, Indiana, would
INSURE HIS DEFEAT
by at least two-thirds vote. He
spoke In substance as follows:
81 do not believe there has been
any sculduggery used. 1 think some
OF the delegates were prejudiced
against me, but forgive them for
voting against me. 1 propose to
make the Treasurer's Office 80 hot
during my term, that no man will
dare make canUass IN opposition TO
me for second term"