Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-14
THE LOCAL DEMOCRACY,
MEETING OF COUNTY CONVENTION.
ElectiOA OF the Delegates TO the state Con-
vsntioi,. and tho County Ticket Settled.


vsntion. and tho County Ticket Settled.
Exciting Struggle and Close Voting In the
Upper District Convention.
Pursuant to the call of the chairman o:
the county committee, the delegates to the
Democratic county convention chosen a,
the district meetings on Wednesday as
semb.ed in Fulton opera house this city,
to-day for the purpose of electine
delegates to the state convention to be
held at Harrisburg on the 2Sth inst, and
to make nominations for Congress, Assem-
bly,, district attorney and other offices tc
be voted for in November next. The only
contest was for delegates to the state con.
vention from the Northern Cor upper dis.
trict, and the full proceedings of the
| several district conventions and of the
joint convention will be found below in
detail.
The City Convention.
The delegates representing the city dis,
trict assembled in the cigar store adioin.
ing the main room of the opera house.
At 10 o'clock Mr.. William McComsey.
of the First ward, called the delegates to
order, and named MIR. John NJ. McCulley
Of the Sixth ward as temporary secretary,
the choice being unanimously confirmed by
the convention.
The secretary then called the roll of dis
trlcts, every ward responding.
| Nominations for permanent chairman
being called for, Messrs. William McCom-
sey, Of the First ward, and BeDj. F. Davis,
of the Third ward, were named. The
latter declined, and Mr.. McComsey was
unanimously elected.
! On taking tho chair, Mr.. McComsey
thanked the convention for the honor con-
ferred upon him, and alluded to the signi.
ficance of the present gathering
as tho initiatory step in another
grand struggle for the reform OF
abuses in places Of power, and the resto-
ration Of an honest, economical and consti-
| tutional form of government In the
memorable campaign of 1876, and the
events closely following upon it, the coun-
try beheld the spectacle of fraud first tri-
umphant in American history and the de-
feat of the fundamental idea of the form OF
government promulgated by the fathers OF
the republic. The pending struggle in
wolves the preservation of free government
and free institutions, and the chairman
counseled harmony and the selection of a
standard bearer worthy the support OF
every good citizen. [Applausel
Thos. F. hcElligott was unanimously
| chosen permanent secretary.
The roll of delegates WAS called over as
follows:
First Ward-Theo. Trout, John Slough,
Thos. +. McElligott, VIM. NcComsey,
VIM. Scheurenbrand.
Second Wards. W. Raub, J. 3. Lichty,
JOS. Barnett, Chas. E. Stewart, J. A. FitZ-
patrick.
Third Ward--Adam Offender. G. Ed
ward llegener, John A. Coyle, John f.
Dcichler, Benz. F. Davis.
Fourth Ward-Jas A. McElhone. Henry
Wilhelm, Robert E. Bruce, Harry E. Car
son. John SteiSerwalt. Jr.
Fifth Ward-William 3. Strine, George
lusser. Peter McConomy, Peter Allabach,
Morris Gersl,el-
Sixth Ward-R. II. Brubaker. Geo. W.
Brintnall, Chas. L. Green, John Al. McCul-
ICY. IOI DiONu.
Seventh Ward-A. F. Donnelly, Henry
Dorley, b. Kuhlman, Davis Kitch, jr.,
John Franciscus, ST.
Eighth Ward-Leonard Schmidt, John
st. Clair, Christian Offender, John Fritsch,
A. J. Snyder.
Ninth Ward-Jchn J. Barclay, John J..
Hutchinson. VIM. Connor, Elm G. Sny-
der, Philip Zecher.
With few exceptions every man on the
roll answered to his name, and presented
the necessary credentials.
Nominations for delegate to the state
convention being called for, Mr.. George
Musser, of the Fifth ward, nominated Mr..
r. II. Brubaker, of the Sixth ward, to rep
resent the city in that body.
There being no other nominations, Mr..
Brubaker was declared unanimously elect
Ell, and the secretary was directed to cast
the ballot of the convention in his favor.
Mr.. Brubaker briefly thanked the con-
vention for the honor conferred on him,
and promised to use his best efforts fairly
to represent the Democracy of Lancaster
at Harrisburg. [Applause.
On motion, the convention adjourned
sine die.
Southern District.
The convention was called to order in
the main room of the opera house by
James G. McSparran, of Drumore, James
NJ. Walker of Colerain and w. w. Busser
were chosen temporary secretaries.
The following committee was appointed
to settle the dispute in Providence, from
which place there were two set of delegates:
Washington Whitaker, of Fulton; DR..
William Wentz, of Strasburg; George Dill
ler, of Paradise ; Harvey Brush, of Wash
ington borough; John Mason, of Salisbury.
The committee found that G. J. Hide
brand, T. J. Shirk, 8. P. Shirk, Uriah
Hoover and Nelson Dyson were entitled to
the seats.
The following is list of the delegates
Carnarvon-John II. DeHaven, Geo. w.
Simpson, Edward Barclay, DR.. VIM. B.
Irwin, r. NJ. Arters.
Colerain-George Boone, Newton Croft,
James Walker, s. U. Swisher, John J. Gal
braith.
Conestoga-W. II. Shober, NJ. G.. Nc
Henry, Fred. c. George.
Drumore-L T. Hensel, II. E. Raub, E.
NJ. Stauffer, E. P. Amber, J. G. McSpar-
ran.
Eden-Robert Montgomery, James Mont
gomery. Robert Evans, G. j. p. Raub,
James K. Alexander.
Fulton-R. p Jamison. a. C. Jenkinc,
J. o. Kennedy, Sanders McSparran, Wash
ington Whitaker.
Indiantown-C. J. Rhoads, B. Neil