Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-10-09
REPUBLICAN, State TICKET
GOVERNOR,
GEN. HENRY NJ. HOff'
OF LUzERNE.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
HON. CHARLES ". SYONE'
OF WARREN.
SECRETARY OF INTERNAL AFfAlkS'
HON. AARON K. DUNktL'
OF PHILADELPHIA
WDGE OF SUPREME COURT
HON, LANES P. STERRETT'
OF ALLEGHENY.

HON. JAMES I. SIthhEl l.
OF ALLEGHENY.
oVR CANDIDATES.
NJ ,,.o,, oro and rhe,r Public Services N
the pa>t-Men of Brilliant Re-
cords and Personal Worth
t5.rry Martin Hoyt, the Republican eahul
4,,a a,r Governor, was born in Luzerhe oouN . =
8, 1ssa He entered Wyoming senin@ls a
80, Cd zrsrr from there 10 Williams college,
-. ,,s 7Jr,,.fe8 in ls3s In 1850 be began tS
-, school in Tonawanda, and after veal
,rts elected Professor OF Mathematics III 90
ming Seminary. Two years later lie siui-eo
law In Chief Justice George W. Mood"aiI
o-,rrs. al VVfIkes6arre. He taught sclooI lol
r,r,. r1 the south. but in lsjj he took an acti't
mart %, r5. Fremont Presidential campaign II
rfI. STATE. after which he began 10 pfdetl'e
r.,- 5r JyflEasbarre IN Is61 he was active III
raising the Tifty-sccoud regiment, FennSy I''-
,-4, volunteers. and was commissioned as Lieu
tenant Colonel by Cove ruor Curtin lie was in
General Negley-s brigade during the Penlnsn!"f
,.sr1rqfs8 OF ls5l and early in the following
winter was sent with the rest under General W
W. II. Davis to cooperate with the naval az
lack on Fort Sumter. lie participated under
General Gilmore, in The Siege operations con-
Quoted On Morris Island against Fort Wagner
and Fort Sumter. IN the summer Of 1854
night attack was organized by General Foster
against Fort Johnson IN Charleston harbor,
kE
fined AZ Macon, Colonel II0yt was brought back
with GO other officers 10 Charleston jail WINE
un the way from Macon 10 Charleston he
escaped from the cars with four other Union
officers After several days and nlghIs
of TuiilesS efforts for liberty they were
Iecapiuret by the enemy, with the aid Of blood
hounds, and placed In the Charleston jail. pom
being exchanged, Colonel HOyt rejoined his
regiment and remained with il until near the
close Of The way. He was promoted 10 colonel
on January q 1854. and was mustered ont OF the
service on November o. 1864. On March Is. lS6j,
he was breveted brigadier general During The
year I.a7, under an appointment from the late
Governor Geary, he discharged the duties of Ad-
ditl0ual Law Judge OF the Eleventh district In
Is75 and Is,t, Colonel Hoyt was Chairman OF the
Republican state Committee, displaying in the
successful campaigns OF that year marked
ability as political leader. He WAS also one OF
the Delegates at Large from this state 10 the
Republican National Convention Of ls,G az Gin
ciulat.
Hon. Charles v. Stone.
charles ". Stone was born at GTOian, Md
d.rsex county. Mass, on June y, lSiS. From
tle common school he went 10 Lawrence Acad-
,my- ant from there to Williams College. He
graduated at the latter institution in lS,5. Soon
after finishing his collegiate course, he became
Principal OF tie Union Academy AT Warren,
and continued IN charge until appointed Super
IuteuGent OF the schools Of Warren county in
March, lss5. In September ol the same year
be was elected Principal Of the Erie Academy.
During the summer OF 1sGG he entered the
office OF Judge Wetmore, OF Warren, as
student at law, and in September 1850, he
was admitted TO practice in lie several courts
OF The county. II January, Is6s, he entered
ilto partnership with Judge r. Brown. In tie
laI 0l I,Gs he was elected 10 the state House of
from the Warren and Yenango
district. In $50 he was reelected without op-
position. IN i,1G he was elected TO the State
Senate lUr Two years. carrying his district by 400
votes more Than were cast for President Hayes
lie is a clear and f5rclble debater In the Senate
NI- Stone las shown great devotion 10 the peo-
pie Gl the oil regions, and was one OF the three
Senator's vino, el tie 9th inst, appealed from
The decision OF Lieutenant Governor Latta that
the House oil pipe bill could be considered, be-
cause 10 was Tie same .'in object, purpose AID
intent, and ia substance as Senate bill which
nad previously been considered aud defeated by
'hc Senate. The appeal was defeated By vote
oi - 10 l' amt The oli-ppe business thus gets a
gEieius Tor this session OF the Legislature.
Hon. James 2. Sterrett.
Hon. James P. Sterrett vas born in the Tus-
1aTora Valley, Juniata county, Pennsylvania,
au the ltH OF November, Ia22 He received his
preliminary education at the Tuscarora Acad- |
my, and entered jefferson College in the fall of
I'l- graduating from That institution in 1915.
after which be was connected with il for one |
gear as principal of the Preparatory pepari- |
neHt Having read law al Carlisle. and corn-
'lei'd his course at the University of Virginia.
be- was admitted 10 the bar OF that state
% ISIS. in the spring Of 1919 he began The
iacuce oi law in Pittsburg Ia ISL he WAS /
appointed on commission authorized bv |
he legislature 10 revise the revenue laws of
His commonwealth. On the fourth of Januarv.
'-' He WAS appointed President Judge OF the |
.oaft oi Common Pleas OF Allegheny County.
'hd I'D The lall Of the same year was electesf bv
he republican party to nil the President Judge
mp Tor term Of ten years. In 1s72 he was
gam unanimously nominated for this position
'E the Republican County Convention. and
vas reelected without any opposition from Ibe
'elnoerais- On The 26th 0; February. lS77. he
vas appointed by Governor Hartrauft IN I'm
he position OF Associate Justice of The Supre,na
o-l- Al me Republican State Convention
'' se9'en Der last be was nominated by
.e.'.ilHlion Tor The seat be then held tempora-
.'s, but was defeated by Judge Turnkey. the
'7'l-'Iiuc candidate. In early life Iudoe ,
-sIiei' was an pld Line Wing, and he has
cen an earnest Republican ever since lie or
'niz'ilon of the latter party.
Aaron X. DunkeI. y
Aaron X. DuukeI was born in ,rar,,,j,,, ,-.. h
Hp, Lancaster county, Nav -. ls{- H., IA
ended the common schools in A1,rhafn. 81, 5
-l5il i'-i5.l district until the age Of fifteen. r
''s 'il'Fie'I lhe Office Of tie Laneasterian I
l'--' -a'' ne obtained situation as com Il
'>..'I Oh The daily Pennsylvania. then edfto, v
D'''-rl John ". Forney. Al the op,braat, !, u
.--' " 'i DE- enlisted asa private in CoDnarvE p
-.ei. tA Regiment Pennsylvania yoi,n,ears h
.'.' lrhelole>l for the three months co., il
-.- Al The expiration or his tern, Of sa, II
.''>-ei as private in the JDdena,- d
.-,.- o1''-.. any Zouaves d'Afrique. CaptaIn IA
WHICH was raised by order Of tho il
.'i 'insht as General Banks ho.Iy- n
'-''.- ne was commissioned Seooni r5a,,,o-, f.
-- N''"s'any H. llith Regiment p = il, 81
-,-' '''-- and Promoted CAPTAIN in Anr.I Il
N'l'1rei BY the Confedcrates AT CT. is
.-- d -ly ot The same year. he was he,J a a
-'oAar at Libby. 10 Richmond 80, ,, LEU :" n
i' Il Mag he rejoined his oor,,,l,1, =, il
!, transferred 10 the staf Of General n Il
me- PioFost-mar>hal general Of line a,,,,ia, p
..'ii= against Richmond, as a5..a-,,s - 3
uel There until September ,,t.o,- ~ c'
~ 'IselarEed on the Suroeo--..--,.. "SH 1e m
- -, Al l''5 he returned to the nrtn,inr =
-, 'u ,He oHlee Of the Press. ana ,naro II
'.''-i.' until October, lse7. who, ~ t' \
- '-'S ieiiow-employes on tbat 80 ;
-. -i- llie publication Of the Spn,,a,- 70. o.
'''e- In ia ne was nonins,o, ,'l-,aS ne E,
IAN convention as the candidate sor 90 v
..'.oI, III Tie Sixth district, and NO '''a'e i
J'i-ty Of 2156. He was reno,,,,,,e,s,
80, -''. "salh elected his majority being IN a
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