Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-08-04

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Upon the completion Of the reading
of the resolutions by Mr.. Cunningham,
S. Is. Caveny offered the following
RESOLUTION
Rssoired, That we hereby appoint George
W. Wilson, of Patterson, George S. Meter
ling, of Monroe, and Solomon Books, of
MiisiirtowD, Congressional Conlerecs, TO act
with the Corferees from the several coun-
ties in the Congressional District, and that,
in accordance with the unanimous vote of
Juniata county, they are instructed TO cast
their votes for IL. q. Fisher.
The resolution brought out a letter
by VIM. 81. Allison and j. L. Nourse,
each, as sent by II. g. Fisher, each
stating that as a number of counties
had already declared for Mr. Fisher
for Congress, and as there will be no
opposition to his nomination there could
be no Iced of holding a District Con-
ference. MIR. Coyle thought that under
existing circumstances there could be
no need of set of Conferees, but, as
there is no telling what might happen
death itself might come in and call
away the candidate for Congress, and
in case of such an event it would be
necessary to have Congressional Con
fereee. He would therefore amend the
resolution, "That, provided there is a
Conference the gentlemen named shall
act as Conferees. Mr.. Cunningham
spoke against the amendment, and ex
pressed the belief that the resolution
had better be adopted, and if no occa-
sion requires the meeting of Con-
gressional Conference, the Conferees
will have no occasion to meet, and if
occasion demands a Congressional
Conference, the work of appointment
of Conferees will not be TO do.
The amendment was voted down, and
the resolution was adopted.
The following resolution was unani-
mOusly adopted
RESOLUTION.
Re,olred, That the thanks of the Repub-
lican party are due and are hereby rendered
TO Major l.. +. Atkinson, late Chairman Of
the County Committee, for the vigorous
manner in which he conducted last fall's
campaign.
On motion of David Cunningham,
David Wilson was requested to appoint
his own Conferees.
The question of the election of three
Senatorial Conferees was brought be-
fore the Convention of Judges, and the
intent and meaning of the amendment
to the Primary Election System was
discussed. The amendment reads:
"lst. That the Representative Delegate
and Senatorial Conferee be voted for and
elected at the Primary Election"
Mr.. Cunningham spoke to the ques-
uon and said that the misinterpretation
of the spirit of the amendment grew
out Of clerical error.
Mr. Atkinson, Chairman of the Coun-
ty Committee of last year, asked per-
mission to speak. His speech was also
to the point Of the misunderstanding as
to the spirit or intent of the amend
ment. He, too, considered it clerical
error.
MIR. John T. Nourse, who was Chair
man of the County Committee when
the amendment was proposed, asked
permission to make a statement. He
was allowed to do so, and stated that
the whole mistake was a clerical one.
That the word d" Conferee" caused it.
1t was first E" Delegate" "Senatorial
Delegate" then got to be called "Sen-
storial Conferee," and at last was put
in the plural and construed into "Con-
ferees," and that is how three Senatorial
Conferees came to be in the field H.
stead of simply Senatorial Delegate.
He was certain that the intent and pur
pose of the men who drew the amend
ment was to elect Senatorial Delegate
annually. Other members of the
County Committee with Mr.. Nourse in
1879, concurred with him as to the
spirit Of the amendment. Considera-
bic discussion took place as to the power
of the Judges to act on the amend
ment 1t was satisfactorily concluded
by the convention that in view of the
mislnterpretation Of the amendment,
and in view of the true spirit of the
amendment as stated by the men who
framed it, and proposed it through the
County Committee, the Return Judges
may properly interpre. the sense of the
amendment in question, and in accord
ance with that conclusion David Cum
ningham offered the following resolu-
tion, which was passed unanimously by
the Convention
RESOLVED, That il is the sense of this con-
vention that the amendment which was
adopted in 1879, prescribing that Senate
rial Conferee shall be annually elected by
the people at the Primary Election contains
clerical error, TO wit: Using the word
s'Conferee" for sDelegate," and hereafter
the term ssDelegate" should be used in
stead of ssConferee" in said amendment.
After the disposal of the Senatorial
Delegate Conferee question the Presi-
dent requested the Judges to hand in
the names Of persons for the new Coun-
ty Committee. The Judges responded
and formed the following Committee: