The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-10-17

The forces of the Democracy from every
part of the county We're out in full strength.
the occasion being the nominating of the
county ticket. Bright and early the rank
and file of the party began to arrive and at
about ten o'clock A. NJ. the Pennsgrove
Cornet Band formed in front of the Woods
town house, and essayed to lead the wander
ing footsteps of the delegates to Hunt
Hall by strains of dulcet music. The re-
doubtable DeGrofft, of Pennsgrove. boldly
led the van as who should say, ''Who's
afraid?'' and the delegates struggled after
at their respective will and pleasure Will
liam Riley being in the vicinity, and attract
ed by the music, fell in with the procession
and wendell his way to the hail. securing
front seat, with determination to remain
and see what it was all about, if it took all
the fall
An organization was effected, j. J Sum
merrill, of the Psnnsgroge Record, being
elected chairman, with the usual array Of
e-presidential and clerical assistance.
and after the appointment of committees
and other routine business, the assembly
adjourned to refresh the inner man. and
await the arrival of the commanders-in-
chief in the afternoon
In the afternoon, all things being ready,
the mellifluous notes of the p. c. B. again
agitated the air, and announced that the
hour for action had come. The boys fell
in, and soon the hall was again in the pos
session of the Unterrified After the band
had exhausted mporarily-Chair-
man Summerill gazed benignantly over the
top of his gold-rimmed spectacles at the
audience, and series of resounding
whacks from his knuckles on the reading
desk in front announced that the hour of
destiny had arrived. The convention pro
ceeded at once to business. John Fl. Gross
man, Esq, of Salem, read the report of the
Committee on resolutions, which re-aflirm-
ed the old Democratic doctrine and the
townships were called for nominations for
Senator. John S. Elwell, of Pilesgrove,
was the only candidate named, and he was
nominated by reclamation.
The clerkship was a stumper, and the
convention seemed to be all at sea. A re-
cess of ten minutes which, William Riley
says, was stretched to the longest ten min
utes he ever lived through, was taken to
allow time for conference. Meanwhile
the band marched through Georgia and
ssrallied round the flag" till they were
black in the face. The secretaries calmly
leaned back and pulled their ''twofcrs'
and the delegates consulted here and there
oil over CHe Hall. NnOTc w iidchlHS vi bllc
desk by the chairman. The convention
gate moved that committee bring Mr..
Elwell, the nominee for senator before the
convention. Committee was appointed.
Another wait. More caucusing. More mu-
sic by the band. Speech called for from
Esquire DeGrotft. The call was respond
ed to by the statement that ''Penn's Neck
was not to be left on the coolest of cold
days, and accordingly he, the Esquire, had
engaged the Pemnsgrove Cornet Band
which had been talking to them all day and
that was his Speech at which the cornet
squeaed and the big horns blared, and the
man with the bass drum pounded away
harder than ever Then up came the COM
mittee with the statement that three men
were not sufficient to bring the candidate
before the convention and called for rein
forcements. The committee was enlarged
and writ of habeas corpus issued, which
soon had the desired effect, the portly form
of John S. Elwell assembled the stairway
and was escorted to the platform while
Esquire DeGrofft's band once more ''rallied
round the flag" and the delegates cheered.
The candidate in a characteristic speech
announced his acceptance of the nomina-
ton, saying that it was an up hill job, but
whether he meant getting up stairs to the
convention or getting to the place on cleo
ton day, William did not understand.
Then he took a seat ON the platform beside
the chairman and calmly meditated ON the
uncertainty of political affairs while the
convention proceeded to find candidate
for the clerkship. Jacob NJ. Lippincott,
the present worthy incumbent, and William
Shrimp were named, but Mr.. Lippincott i'll
L.. Il,
by secretary Gwynne, declined the honor
of denomination in terms which the con-
vention was compelled to accept as final,
and Mr.. shrimp was nominated by accla-
nation. A committee was appointed to
bring him out of his ambush i'll the au-
dience and escort him to the stage, where
he accepted the nomination, stating that if
his friend Elwell had not accepted he would
not either. Mr. Elwell then moved along
and made room on the platform for his
fellow candidate who joined him i'll his
meditations, while the remainder of the
ticket was selected For sheriff the light
ming struck Clinton Kelly, of Salem and
he made his bow, spoke his piece and took
his place on the mourners bench with the
others. Likewise Samuel LEROY, of L.. +.
Neck, who was standing around i'll the way
when the nomination for assembly struck
him, and so astounded him that it required
earnest ende avOr on the part of half dozen
of the delegates and Others to resuscitate
him sufficiently to get him to the platform.
Then cheer, more music by the band,
and up the stairway, escorted by the local
Democratic luminaries, came Congress
man Terrell, who advanced to the platform
and after truly affecting meeting with
the array of candidates there seated, to
whom he was introduced by chairman Sum-
merrill with great eclat, he cleared his throat
for a speech, but was checked by the chair
man at the suggestion of delegate that
the tail of the ticket was not yet pinned
on, and nominations for coroners Were
called for and soon completed. Then Mr..
Terrell enthused the assembled delegates
with the pure Democratic gospel. He was
followed by Hon. Albert II. Shape,
Prosecutor of the Pleas, of the county
of Salem, and ex-candidate for Con-
gress, in one of his copyrighted orations in
his usual vein of fiery unframed eloquence.
His prediction that the Republican party
would ''fall, like Lucifer, never to rise
againr' sent thrill of horror over his au-
dience and caused the cold beads of per-
spiration to stand out upon the foreheads
of the Republican hearers in the crowd,
while the Unterrified, after recovering from
the first shock, applauded the sentiment to
the echo. Mr.. Shape thoughtlessly neglect
ed to fix the date for this grand event,