Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-08
THE REPUBLICANS.


THE REPUBLICANS.
THE COUNTY COMMITTEE ORGANIZES.
The Examiner Faction Triumphant.
The Republican county committee met
in G. A. Il. hall at II o'clock this morning
for the purpose OF organization.
The committee was called to order by
j. A. Stober, chairman of the late board
of return judges, and on motion A. C..
Welchans and VIM. Fraim were chosen
temporary secretaries.
The roll was called and a number of
substitutiOns of committeeman were made
without opposition.
When the Ninth ward, city, was called
Tin which it will he remembered there was
a tie vote for committeeman between AL.
Specie and William p. O'Brien), a paper
was read signed by Mr.. O'Brien, in which
he stated that he withdrew from the con-
test in favor of Mr.. Specie.
A motion was made to declare Mr..
Spcccc the committeeman.
This was opposed by J. w. johnson,
esq, 4th ward, city, and Mr.. Cassell OF
Marietta, who maintained that as Mr..
O'Brien had not been elected, he could
not therefore substitute anybody. Mr.
johnson nominated J. l. Hartman as sub
stitute, and went SO far rs to say that it
was reported that money had been paid to
O'Brien to withdraw from the contest.
This charge created good deal of ex-
citemcnt and from various parts Of the
room there were cries of slanGer,"
ISLANDER and calls upon Mr.. johnson to
make good the charge.
A. J. Kaufman, esq, of Columbia, said
it was evident that MIR. Specie represented
one half the Republicans of the Ninth
ward and Mr.. O'Erien the other, and, if
Mr.. O'Brien delegated Mr.. Specie to rep
resent his half Of the voters he didn't see
that outsiders had any right to object.
Mr.. johnson moved that the paper bc
not received.
Mr.. Kaufman moved 70 amend by str;k-
ing out the word "not,' ard that the
paper bc received.
The yeas and nays were called Oh Mr.
Kauffman's S amendment and resulted yeas
80 nays 30. So the paper was received
and Mr.. Specie was declared the member
from tic Ninth ward.
A. +. Shenck, 2d ward, city, ard A. +.
Frantz, Lancaster township were n0mi-
mated for chairman of the county COM
mittee.
A vote being taken resulted as follows
TOf MT. .SollCnCk. ~ SOtCS
For Mr.. Frantz z..............32v .32 votes
Mr.. Shenck was declared elected and
took his seat amid great applause. lie
thanked the committee for the honor con-
ferred, accepted the position as compli-
mcnt not to himself, but to the great Re-
publican party, Of which he Was an humble
representative, and promised to discharge
his duties to the best Of his ability in the
interest of the Republican party.
For treasurer Of the committee, Ii. S.
Danner, Of Mannheim, and ii. Il. Cassell, of
Marietta, were placed in nomination. A
vote being taken resulted:
For Mr.. Danncr, ,...............3S votes
For Mr.. Casscll, l,................2S
Mr.. Danncr was declared elected.
On motion of A. J. Kaufman, esq., ID.
W. Grabil!, of Petersburg, and A. G.
WclchanS, LIST ward, city, were unani-
mOusly selected rs permanent secretaries
Of the committee.
A. J. Kaufman, esq. said that this was
the proper time to appoint = committee to
make an assessment upon the Republican
candidates before that was done, how
ever, he moved that there be no assess
ment bc made upon Hon. j. B. Livingston
the candidate for judge. lie though the
honorable Office for which he was candi-
tics, and that he should not be required to
pay an assessment to aid the party.
= Mr.. Kaufman $ motion was unanimous
ly agreed to.
Mr.. 4. &. Wclchans moved that the
chair appoint a committee of five to fix
the rate of assessment upon tho several
candidates and that said committee report
to an adjourned mseting of tho county
committee one o'clock, sharp, this after
noon.
The motion was adopted and the chair
appointed the following
A. &. Welcl.ans, 1st ward, city.
]. q. Pownall, Salisbury.
J. G. Sellers, Mount Joy.
A. +. Frantz, Lancaster township.
A. j. Kaufman, Columbia.
The committee then adjourned to re-
assemble at 1 o'clock.
This Afternoons Meeting.
The committee met this afternoon, when
the sub committee reported the following
assessments of candidates PrOthOnOtary,
sheriff. register and treasurer, 1915 each /;
quarter sessions clerk, ,Sl15 orphans court
clerk, sl05; prison keeper, $50; commits
sioners, $50 cacl, coroner, $40; directors
of the poor, $40; inspectors, $40; audi
tors, So each.
A committee to revise the rules was ap-
pointed l.: consists of \. j. Kaufman.
A. +. Frantz. Henry Musser and Levi
Brubaker, of the county committee J. NJ.
w. Geist, of the Era: John A. Hiestand,
of the Examiner, ard Eiwood Gricst, Of
the Inquirer.