Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-27
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CuMMIrrEE.
The Bull Ring secure Delegates to the State
COnSention-Ihe Gag Applied to All
Dissenters.

Hs.~S ~S APpieh 10 All
The members of the Republican countv
met in Grand Army hall at II
o clock this morning under the call of the
chairman that business Of importance
would be brought before the committee.
A crowd of outsiders was also present and
it was almost impossible to find standing
room.
The committee was called to order by
B. F. .Eshleman, esq, the chairman, and the
secretaries called the roll which showed
that every district was represented either
by principal or substitute.
A motion was made that the committee
proceed to the election of delegates to the
state convention by districts, the delegates
from each senatorial and representative
district to choose its own representative.
j. W. johnson characterized the motion
as gag to prevent the people from choos-
ing delegates who would truly represent
continued his speech amid mingled misses
and applause, and cries to throw him
out of the window and calls for the Ques-
tion. Nobody could hear what he was
talking about the chairman raped for
order and directed the secretary to call the
roll.
Mr.. johnson hoped every friend of Jim
Blaine would vote ''no," and J. Hay
Brown called upon all those who were in
favor of the best man to vote aye
The districts were called alphabetically.
and the secretaries announced the result as
follows For the motion to proceed to the
election of delegates, II votes aSains: the
motion, 26 votes.
Capt. McNIellen, of the Sd ward, city.
arose and offered a resolution, which he
wished to have read.
The chair ruled the resolution out of
order at the present time, as the commit
tee had just decided to go into an election
of delegates.
McMellen insisted on being heard AMI
said if the secretaries would not read his
resolution he would do it himself He
commenced to read amid howls, Misses and
applause, but not a word that he uttered
could be heard. His arms were wildly
gesticulating and he appeared to be
making Il speech against gag law. "
while the handsome chairman of the conf
mittee vigorously pounded his desk t."
command order, declaring that nothing
else was now in order but to proceed to
the nomination of delegates to the state
convention.
n. }. Kaufman, esq, of Columbia, NOM
mated the following delegates for the
| Northern district: Senatorial, Washing
ton l.. Hershey representative, John f.
Wiley, Jacob 5. Wilmer and Colin Cam
| erOn.
Mr.. Courtney, of Elizabethtown, made
| the following nominations Senatorial,
Samuel Evans; representative, Stephen
J. Grissinger, Israel G. Erb and B. NJ
Stauf1er.
| Mr.. Kaufman called upon all true Re-
publicans to vote for the candidates he had
just nominated. He didn't know much
about any of the candidates OH the other
side (the Hog Ringers) except Sam Evans.
He knew him to be q Greeley man against
Grant and 4 Buckalcw man against Hart
ranft, and except when he wanted an office
for himself Sam Evans never knew what
party he belonged to.
Capt. McNIellen replied amid cheers and
Kisses, but so great was the confusion that
his words were completely drowned t" all
except those close beside him.
Mr.. Courtney, of Elizabethtown, de-
manded hearing and this was reluctantly
given him. lie said he was an uncompro-
misin. Republican and was for Blaine
first, last and all the time. and lie believed
nine-tenths of the Republicans of Lancaster
county preferred him to any other candi-
date. lie hoped the friends of Blaine
would stand firm and vote for the nemina-
tions made by him. He sat down greeted
with cheers and Kisses.
The names of the several election dis
tricts, composing the Northern senatorial
and representative district, were then
called, and the secretaries announced the
result as follows:
Wash. l.. Hershey, 80 votes John L.
Wiley, % votes Colin Cameron, 90 votes
Jacob S. Wilmer, 90 votes; Sam'l Evans,
Is votes g.; Stephen ]. Grissinscr, 16 votes
Israel G. Erb, II votes B. NJ. Staufier, 16
votes.
Messrs. Hershey, Wiley, Wilmer and
Cameron were declared duly elected dele
gates from the Northern district to the
state convention.
Andrew NJ. Frantz (Bull Rins), Larcas
ter, and VIM. Hamilton clog Ring), of
Paradise, were nominated as senatorial
delegate from the Southern district.
| A ballot was taken and resulted as fol-
lows: Andrew NJ. Frantz, % votes :;
VIM. Hamilton, II votes.
| Mr.. Frantz was declared elected.
For representative from the city Iegsla-
tive district J. II. Brown nominated Thos.
3. Cochran Dull Ring), an j. W. John
son nominated Capt. Z. McMellen (IIos
Ring).
A ballot being taken the First, Second,
Sixth, Eighth and Ninth wards (5) voted
for Mr.. Cochran The Third, Fourtl,
Fifth and Seventh wards (4) voted for
Capt McMcllen.
| Mr.. Cochran was declared elected
For representatives from the South
ern legislative district the Bull Ringers
nominated Amos VI. Eshleman, of Stras-
burg, and Nathaniel Ellmaker, jr., of Sal
isbury; and the Hog Ringers DR.. Ginger,
of Conestoga, and Capt. Denues, of Mil
lersvilie.