Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-09-27
The Third Trial.

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this district re-asse mbled at the Lowry
House, in this place, on Thursday
evening last The same gentlemen
were present as conlerees as at former
meetings of the conference, excepting
that from Crawford county, Mr. III c.
Bloss, editor of the Titusville Herald,
appeared as a conferee in place OF one
of the former ones of that county. All
the three candidates, Dr. Roberts, Mr.
Miller and Mr.. McJunkin were present
On Thursday evening two ballots
were taken, with the same result as on
former occasions, each county adhering
to its own candidate. An adjournment
was then taken to Friday morning, at
9 O'Clock, when several more ballots
were then cast with same results as
formerly. Then another adjournment
was had to the afternoon. At the
afternoon meeting a proposition was
made that the candidates should release
their conferees from any personal obll-
cations to them, and that the different
conferees should then proceed of them
selves in the effort to effect a nomina-
tion. This proposition had been spoken
of during the day and was finally
agreed to by all the candidates, and
the following paper prepared and sign
ed by them, as follows:
Lowry HOUSE, BUTLER Pa,
September %, 1882.
To Messrs Steele, Spearman, Walker
and others, members Of the Repu6tf-
can Conference Of the 26h Con-
qressional, Pa Dictrict. Gentlemen :
We hereby release you from all
personal obligations to ourselves and
are willing that you shall proceed to
make nomination, from the candl-
dates now before the conference, which
YOU may consider consistent with the
| claims of our respective counties and
the welfare oe the Republican party in
the 2Gth Pa District The candidate
to be determined upon alone by the
conferees now in session. If no nomi-
nation be made before the conference
might deem it proper to djourn to some
oher place the candidates are to be re-
stored to the power and authority now
and heretofore reposed in them. and the
effect of this paper to cease. The pow
er hereby vested in you not to be trans
ferred to any other authority or sup
posed authority. Each county to cast
three votes in the conference at each
ballot by the conferees representing
each county present at the time.
w. B. ROBERTS,
S. H. MILLER,
j. ID. MCJUNKIN.
Under the above agreement the con
ferees again assembled on Friday even
ing and took several ballots, without
any conclusion. An adjournment ws
had to Saturday morning, when they
again convened and several more votes
were taken, the conferees of each coun
ty voting as before. 1t then having
become evident that a nomination wa'
no nearer at hand than before, an ad
Ijournment was agreed upon, the con
ference to meet in Pittsburgh, at Mon
ongahela House, on Tuesday, Oct Sd
During all the sessions of the con
ference here the utmost good feeling
prevailed. 1t was the first visit tt
Butler of number of the gentlemen
from Crawford and Mercer counties
and they all expressed themselves a.
well pleased with our town and ou
people. And so ended the third meet
ing and trial to make a Republican
candidate for Congress in this district
We hope the coming fourth one may bt
more successful and that our county
may yet be accorded her rights in this
matter.