Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-06-18
Spruce Hill-James Fitzgerald, W. B. Gil

| 1ne question Oh the CntirulanSnlt
of the Convention was settled by q
vote uiua roce, on call of Mr.. Bon
sail, as follows: Ard, % votes Reed
Is votes.
Mr.. Ard took the chair, and stated
that as James Howell and James Ad
ans had been named as Secretaries
they should take their seats. They
both, however declined. Mr. Doty
and Mr.. Neely were then nominated
and elected without a dissenting vote
After the Secretaries had taken
their seats the Chairman thanked the
Convention, and asked that the Con.
vention proceed to nominate candi
date for Sheriff
Messrs. Bonsall, Fowles, Shivery
Rogers, Diven, Masser, Schol and
Farra were put in nomination.
The first ballot stood, Bonsall 2
Diven 2, Scholl 3, Fowles 10, Rogers
3, Masser 2, Shivery 8, Farra 5.
The second ballot was the same
after which the name of Mr.. Scholl
was withdrawn.
The third ballot stood, Bons.ll B
Diven 2, Fowles IL, Rogers 3, Mas
ser 2, Shivery 10, Farra 5.
After the tenth ballot the name oi
d. S. Masser was withdrawn.
The eleventh ballot stood, Bonsal
3, Diven 2, Fowles ID, Rogers 3, Far
IA 4, Shivery IL, after which the name
of Mr.. Rogers was withdrawn.
The twelfth ballot stood, BoDsal
3, Diven 2, Fowles IA, Farra 5, Shiv
cry II.
After the thirteenth ballot the name
of Mr.. Diven was withdrawn
The sixteenth ballot-after the
withdrawal of Mr.. Farra - stood
Bonsall 2, Fowles 16, Shivery Is, af
ter which the name of Mr.. Bonsal
was withdrawn. The field was theI
clear for Fowles and Shivery. The
result of the seventeenth ballot was
Fowles 10, Shivery II.
The next business was the nomina
ton of a candidate for Register anG
Recorder. l. ID. Musser, j. NJ. Nc
Donald, g. S. Conn and John A. Nc
Meen were put in nomination. The
nomination of Register and Record
er was also a protracted piece oi
work.
While the 10th ballot was in pro
gress, delegate, who had partaker
of such lot of Fowl that he forgot
himself, in voting called out the nam,
of Fowles. After this ballot the
name of Mr.. Musser was withdrawn
after which John Mcconnell, from
Richfield. said that now as Mr.. Mus
ser had withdrawn, he as a delegate
would withdraw from the Conven
ton, and, suiting his action to the
word. withdrew.
The 18th ballot stood, Mcdonald
"a, Conn IL. Mr.. Mcdonald was de
clared the nominee.
John b. Meloy, d. X. Sulouff, and
J. E. McCahan were put in nomina
ton for Jury Commissioner. MIR
Mcconnell, from Rickfield, refused tC
vote for Jury Commissioner.
Meloy had q votes, Sulouff haC
10 votes, McCahan had 4 votes. Me
10y was declared the nominee fol
Jury Commissioner.
Joseph Mlddagh was nominated b.
acclamation !or the ofhce of Coroner
Thomas McCulioeh and Southsrt
Doty were nominated for the chairman
ship of the county committee, whicl
was decided by ballot. The vote stood
Doty Is, McCulloch 81.
Mr. Beider offered series of reso.
lutions that were longer than the mora
law, relative to change from the pres
ent delegate system, to more enlarged
delegate system. He advocated the res
olutions in speech that was delisereC
in a manner $50 child like and bland
that the convention did Dot taste tina
it was only a species of taffy, that wa
to please them with the pleasant delusiol
that they were getting out of the oil
WAYS, into the way Of the true RE
FORMER.
Mr.. Doty offered an amendment
which declared that wide spread dis
satisfaction exists in the Democratic
party on account of the practices uDdeI
the delegate system. The amendmeI
proposed a change from the dclegV'
system now in use to a system such a
is used by the Republicans in this coun
Iy, to nominate candidates, Includ
ing the election of Representative
delegate te and Senatorial conferees; b,
the people at the polls, just as count.
candidates are nominated under th,
Crawford county system,
Mr.. Beidler again spoke to the ques
ton, and among CHER things, said th,
system that the amendment proposed
would result IN giving the party minor
ity candidates to vote Tor.
Mr.. Doty asked leave to ask ques
tion. He wanted to know which
whether Fowles or Shelby vas .ae M
nority candidate, How it comes tina
under the present system often mai
having only one or two delegates GET
the nomination.
Mr.. Be,dler said those we're among
the things that had rot yet been founc
out
Mr.. Doty referred to the result o.
the Republican nominations last fall, al
proof tha. the nominations under suct
a system as the Republicans have Ii
the correct one, and results in til,
election of majority candidates. HI
desires fair expression Of the people
tha; Is all, tut instead of that, combi
nations rule the hour, and that is nc
all, when the combination chooses to d.
so, they cut the ticket.
/, Mr.. Beidler's soothing syrup had put
the convention in a complaisant mood
but under Mr.. Doty's eloquently ring.
ing notes, 1t was rapidly loosing it.
placidity, and was turning about at I
lively rate, nearly every body stood up
and Mr.. James Adams stepped forward
and demanded to know where the com
bina,ion is, he wanted specifications
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