The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-07-31
Nominated by AcclamatiOn.
COLONEL HoOTON'S PRESENTATION OF
CIESTER'S CANDIDATE.

CHESTER S CANDIDATE.
AT the conclusion of his speech,
Chairman Grow announced that the
next thing in order was the naming of
candidates for the nomination for
State Treasurer. Upon this Colonel
Frank c. Hooton of Chester arose and
said:
Mr.. President: I have been re-
quested by the citizens and Republi-
cans of the county of Chester to place
i'll nomination before you one of her
citizens. The Republican party Of
Chester county, and the party in op,
position to the Democratic party of
Chester county has at all times, from
the adoption of the Constitution of the
United States until to-day, stood by,
supported and maintained the doc
trines of the Federal Constitution and
the Federal Government. Chester
county eighty years ago was n Federal
county. Chester county in lS6l-2-3,
as you did, sent her men to support
the Federal Government [applause1 !
into the Federal army and Federal
navy, under the banner of the Federal
Government [Applause.I
We are to-day, and we have at all
times been followers of George Wash
iDgton and of Alexander Hamilton.
We spurn to-day, as we havein all the
history of Chester county, the doc
trines of secession, State rights, squat
! ter sovereignty, rebellion and political
damnation [Applause.1 AS from
these have come everything that may
to-day damn this country. We are fol-
the nation, now and forever.
Upon two occasions only in the his
tory of Chester county have those OF
her citizens who were in opposition tC
the party of secession and State rights
been honored with positions on the
Isaac Wayne, the son of MAD An
thony Wayne was the candidate fol
governor by the Federal party of Penn
sylvania. The second was Joseph J
Lewis, Esq, who, in one of the frs
fights of the Republican party 0
Pennsylvania. was one of the candi
dates for Judge of the Supreme Court
Notwithstanding, we have never hesi
tated to poll all the honest votes w
could for the Republican party, and d,
what we could for the perpetuity o
the Federal Union, both in men ant
money.
We come before you again and asl
you to place upon your ticket one O
our citizens as your standard-bearer il
this contest; an agriculturist-a maj
who was born and bred and who still
! resides upon farm, a gentleman VIII
has always been active in the Republi
} can party, but who has only withi
J the last three years appeared befor
you as such; gentleman who, il
; 1876, was for the first time named as
; candidate for the Legislature and non
: mated by the Republican party; wher
: the office asked for the man withou
; his solicitation in any shape or form
man who in 1878 was again place
? in nomination and sent to the Hons
? of Representatives by the Republica
: party, and man who sustained tn
honor and integrity of his entire col
stituency on these occasions. And o
+ these two occasions he has served wit
t credit the entire State. L name to yol
! gentlemen, Hon. Samuel Butler {
! Chester county, as candidate of til
5 great Republican party of Pennsy
: Vania for State treasurer. Vociterol
t applause and Cheers
q When Mr.. Hooton concluded the
t was round of applause, followed /
e a motion of w. c. Hunsinger of Gun
: berland county that Mr.. Butler
. nominated by acclamation. The IN
4 ton was put and carried dunanimousl