Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-01

JOHN KEBMAN,
PIERCE LEsHER,
GEORGE s. Lands,
I. s. ARMSTRONG,
B. f. DAVIS.
The Minority Report.
We the undersigned members of tho
committee on contested seats report as
follows:
That the delegates elected from Millers-
vile, at the meeting on Saturday
evening, to wit: F. A. Fenster-
machcr, Cyrus Smith, s. A. Leonard,
e. B. Herr, G. Musselman, according
to the order of the county committee
and also the delegation returned and certi-
fed to by the county committeeman of
Newtown district, Messrs. Dewitt, Habecker
Shenk, Weaver and Gerfin be admitted as
members of the convention.
And that the Saturday evening delegates
from ROhrerstown, Levi Sener, w. Diet
rich, John X. Davis, John Sherich, be ad.
mittcd as members Of convention.
ROBT. 3. Risk,
II. NJ. BLACK,
B. S. PATTERSON,
H. s. YoUNG,
WM. B. GIVEN,
G. j. RHODES.
Mr.. II. A. Miley moved the adoption of
the majority report.
Mr.. w. Hayes Grier moved to amend by
accepting the minority report.
w. B. Given, ESQ.,, made 4 speech in
favor of the minority report, which pro-
posed to admit tho delegates elected on
Saturday night, as that was the only time
for chosing delegates.
B. F. Davis, esq.,, spoke at some length
in behalf Of the majority report, stating
that in last years convention delegates
were admitted from Millersvil'e to the con-
vention and participated in It's proceedings
who had been elected on Thursday night.
He said further that as far as tho ROhrers-
town election on Saturday was concerned
the officers were not sworn, and there was
one more vote in the box than names on
the tally sheet.
the Saturday delegates us being chosen
committeeman of Millersville district, had
called the meeting on Friday so as to allow
tho young voters q chance to go and see
their girls on Saturday As to the dis
crepancy in the ROhrerstOwn vote it was
shown before the committee that there
was one vote legally cast that was inad-
vertently omitted from the tally sheet.
The question was then taken by districts
on the adoption of the minority report.
The vote resulted as follows Yeas, 43 :;
nays. 21.
The delegates recommended by the mi
nority of the committee were then admit
ted to seats in the convention.
On motion of VIM. II. Roland. esq, the
nominations for the several offices were
made in tho order in which they were
printed in the call of the chairman of the
county committee.
The nominations were then made as fol-
lows
For President Judge-E. II. Yundt,
city, nominated by acclamation.
For Prothonary-E. L. Hambrisht,
Rohrerstown, nominated by acclamatiOn.
For County Treasurer-Peter McCOno-
my, 5th ward, city, nominated by accla-
nation.
For Clerk of Quarter Sessions-Rea
Reed, Bart, nominated by acclamation.
For Clerk of Orphans COurt-Peter
RGrich, Sth ward, city, nominated by &C
clamation.
For Sheriff W. Brown, list ward,
city, nominated by acclamation.
For Prison Keeper-Capt. Isaac Hull,
Earl, nominated by acclamation.
For county commissioner, Martin Hide
brant, Mount Joy II. F. Hartman, East
Lampeter Adam Dietrich, of Manor
Frank Clark, of Strasburg borough Jere
Mohler, of Ephrata, were nominated.
On motion of w. H. Grier the roll of
districts was called and the first ballot re-
suited as follows