The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1878-06-01
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seller in his own countyA-that gave him
nearly 1,lOO majorityLDill was reelected
by some thirty votes. In the Seiiate he
ranked second only to Wallace as a parlia-
mentary leader, and, without ever assum-
ing the leadership, he gravitated TO the front
rank of his party in the Legislature, Just as
water finds its level. At the close Of his
second term, in 1876, he wished to retire,
but was compelled to accept third nOmi-
nation. The district had been changed by
taking Perry from it, thus increasing the
Republican majority over 100, and the sharp
| party lines OF Presidential contest made
the battle apparently more than doubtful. b
He accepted the nomination, however, and
! DR. Wagonseller, his old competitor, was
| again nominated; but, IN the face of the in
tensifed national conflict, he was again
elected by over 200 majority, and has two
years yet to servo in the Senate. Able in
! debate, sagRcious in council unobtrusive to
a fault and blameless in repute, the nomi- Oil.
| nation of his party for the Office Of United
States Senator last March, was but just tri-
butte to one of the most respected and meri-,
/ IIF
gressive Democracy. But at the election in
the two houses March 2l, 1877, Don Gamer
ON received 14B votes and Senator Dill %,
Messrs. Heister Clymer, A. G. Curtin and
John jackson receiving one Democratic vote
each. During the present session Of Legs- o..
lature Senator Dill has been the recognised
leader of the Democratic side in the Senate.
JUDGE ROSS. H' 4
Henry P. Ross, the nominee for Supreme
| Judge, belongs to the old Ross family Of
and was born in Doylestown December l6,
| 1885. Having graduated at Princeton Col
lege in 1861. he read law with his father,
| the Hon. Thomas Ross, and was admitted
to the bar on the twenty third anniversary
| of his birthday. In 1862 he was elected
| District Attorney for the county of Bucks by
a large democratic majority. In 1864 he
ran against Judge Thayer for Congress in
the Fifth District, and had q majority Of the
homo vote, being defeated by the soldier
vote In 1866 he was again defeated in the
Fifth District Congressional fight, this time
| by Caleb n. Taylor. Ever active in politics
he frequently represented the democrats Of
his section in the State Convention, was
delegate from the Fifth District to the Nc
Clellan Convention in 1868, and to the 5ey-
rtour Convention in 1865 In 1869 an ad-
| ditional Judgeship pwas created in the Bucks
and Montgomery Districts, and he was
elected to the position by an overwhelming
majority, In 1871, upon the declination Of
Judge Chapman from the judicial Pres-
dency of the District Judge Ross succeeded
him. The new constitution created two
| districts out of the Seventh, and Judge
Ross was elected to preside in the Mont
| gomery County one lie moved to Norris
town. where he now resides In 1874 ho
was before the democracy of the State as a
candidate for the position for which he has
just been nominated. His defeat then was
caused by a combination Of all the candi-
dates against him. The following year he
was a candidate for Governor before the
Erie Convention, but was beaten by sud
den move in favor of Judge Pershing while
a decisive ballot was being had. ....-.-. b..
+ JOHN FRRTIG. -.Eu..i
| Hon. John Fertig, nominated for Lieute-
| .
County, this State March II, 1887. Aftor
receiving an ordinary common school edu-
cation, he, at the age of eighteen years, be-
gan life as sawyer in the numbering dis
tricts of the susquehanna. After q year or
1 two at this work he taught district school,
and took an academical course. In 1860,
when the oil fever broke out, he began ope,
rations by leasing a small tract of territsrygI
known as the McIlhenny farm. In this
enterprise, in which he was associated with
two other gentlemen, he inverted every cent
of his savings, and eked out his proportion
of the capital by working as day laborer. q
The enterprise was failure, and he lost
every penny of his investment. After
year spent in sinking wells he accumulated
enough capital to resume operations on his
abandoned tract and eventually reaped
great success. Mr. Fertig also turned his
attention to real estate speculatlons, and he
is reputed to be the heaviest property holder
| in Titusville. He is extremely popular
with his neighbors, and; in 1873, althougha
democrat, was elected Mayor of Titusville,
republican city, by the largest uial0fity ever
given a candidate for the office: In lsT4 he
was reelected. Mr.. Fertig 10 not only one
of the wealthiest but also 6he of the most
liberal and popular citizens Of the oil regions:
]. sIMfsoS AFRICA.
! j. Simpson Afrioaj Who has been nomnat-
ed for the office of Secretary of Internal Az
iaitsi is the present Deputy Secretary and
the real head of the Office, He vas born in
the town of Huntington and is now in the
46th year Of his age, lie is descended from
Revolutionary stock through the Simpsons,
Of Bucks, and Murrays, OF Lancaster. He
was educated at the Huntington Academy,
aud after completing his studies there he