Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-04-25

,nce st Lewistown last Thurrday to elect
delegates and slternstes to the Republican
National Convention to convene in Chiea-
20 on the 18th Of June.
There we're present - eonferses from
hifiin county, Ira Thompson. . sesious
. no less seslous Pre,by terisn
and 9 suotaniisi eirisen Jos. ph Woods
lawyer, and . blue stocking Presby tsrisn
c. S. Garrett, -x-Sh-rif, present Treasurer |
. m-mber Of the q. A. r, but outside Of |
the fold OF the church.
Union county was represented BY r. "
b. Lincoln, fine looking substantial eiti-
Sen, who had consid rrabie attention drawn
to him BY the tact, that he and President
Abraham Lincoln, deceased, are of the
same stock of people; 8. a. o~ig- good
looking G K. man and Presby terian
Capt J. p Brooke, . member of the c. A.
4, and . Pr-sbyteriso.
The conierees frou SNYDER county were
d. A u. Smith, nemb.r OF the G. A R.
John d. Bog-ri S. r. Simpson There
we're no church members In the delegation
from Snyder.
The Franklin county eonfsrees were W.
2. Eyster, member OF the G.. A. r. aud An
earnest supporter Of his fri-ads; J. n.
AcDo-eII, sood looking aud an earnest
Prrsbyterisa W. W. Buttoa . self made
man OF good judgement and SOCIAL impulses.
Huntingdon county Vas represented BY
Thos. s. Johnson, . memner OF the Baptist
chuIeh H. Rch.rdson G. G. Hutchinson
Fulton county Vas represented by tho
genial Judge, s. L. Buckley, . Ioalous
member of the Methodist church The
Judge was the only cor.fsrss from Fulton, /,
and Cast three votes IN Conference
The conierees irou Junista we're Col. J.
K Robson, Prsssy Ieri.n, and = member
OF the G. A r. y B. cAvony, who /, ssii
sui-h-d Chicago preacher, who "a, sIlenc
cd by the Methodist church Tor . too iibrr-
.I preaching and ~ho nov breaches An
ibd-p -p-Ddent 10 I.rg. .uciieHc-s, Who sup
port hiIn hb-rslly. Mr. C.v.uy is . men
Der Of the u. A. r. I; A q Alter. As-.ious
Republican, and polite citIzcn-
The eonier-pc- ln-t IN tue pArior o: the
National House aud elsSIcd b. +. SimpsOn
OF S-l'nssrov-, PT-srIent ; sud 5. IL. O~
IL Of Union cuuaiy, aud s. B. CIvsny OF
Juni4ts coun-s, secretaries
Tue candid ,r-s Tor delegates TO tbs M
tion.I COG,-htiOn, were, ). S- wo'is, OF
Le~isto~n, who Was nominated by e. ),
Gsrrett J Merrill Linn, oi LssIsburs, " he
~ss nominated BY H. " B. Lincoln, And
W. Il. Woods oI Huntingdon, VINO w.
nominated by G. e. Hutchison- The el-c-
tiou vas made on Ist ballot Dr vote
| S. 5. WOODS. received Il votes
J. N. LUs, received IA votes.
W Il. W GODS, received votes.
5. S. Woods 10 . young Lswi>to~n Law
yer. . great deal better looking than tbs
ce,tor, John Knox. Who talked ugly to
Mary Queen OF Scots and among Other
things called her Jrseb.I.
J. Merrill Linn is an older man thar
Woods : he too is 8 lawyer, . church mem
| Der. and . G. A R. man
Five OF the seven counties have each .
candidate for Congress, aud this null, plici-
~ of candi ,tes brought Conflicting inter-
ests into the Conference which - ere inultip l.
ed TO q still greater degree py the fact ths
the counties have different Senatorial con.
nections With Senators to elect this fsIi. T,
harmouiIe all these conflicting interests aud
to keep Jealous friends OF the respective con
sressionsl cand idates from uuthinkinyl
throwing fire brands into the conference. TO
qujred level headed management. Tb
to the national convention, il was sai
could not reasonably and would on n
account accept the nomination of c,ndi
date for Congress.
; The question of the election Of alter nate
WAS q perpieIing one for the reason, tn.
? il had been urged that any county seuG inj
delegate or alternate 20 Chicago would d
charged with that honor, At tho tim. of n
: nomination for candidates TO Congre-
: The conierriug Of honors TO Chicago.
: ~ss urged would p-ov- to- be equivalent
D tine destruction of the chances of Congrei
siooal sspirants, and that WAS the r-,>r
that W. e. Pomeroy could not he prrvsilr
on to become Candidate for sltern &c, = pr
ition he held when q sriold was n"mInsr-,
He would net cast = shadow that might I
Construed a. placing in danger the rr-nou
ination OF AK nson Tor Congress. Son
jealous friend Of Atkinson or some or
Who desired To cloud h. int.r-sis ss a ca
didsfe desired to s-nd him to Chicsg"
a an alternate. but mis- friends urd, rst".
that he eoud Mt be prevailed es TO tai
the position There seemed To be . di
y postum To confer an h"u"r an JunIara
: the way OF giving ter Office ~ the Oh
ago Convention or . persistent effort
handicap Aikin-on- IL was Franklin con-
. " coni-r-es that seemed ~ snxinu- TO gi-
JuniatA . representative st Chicago. r,
- two iorm-r prOpo-ition- to send Pam-ras
y or Aikin-on, meeting ~irh an unfxvorap
response 'r.'m the Juuizts caHs-r--., q
next move vas 10 nominate W V. AIist
OF the HsraA as Alr-rn,te; W. r. Ever
> franklin couury, nominated Mr.. Ah.o
but TO seep AtSinson from bring bandic.
ped his name ~.s ~iibdrs-r All poin
of the political Compass OF the distri
= we're looked To tor slternstes, but the IN.
= tion vss not settled Till on motion of C.
Garrett, Rufus Elder of Le~i-ta~n v
el-c ed alternate, and IN 10 piion OF Jnd
S L. Buckley, editor Obrr, of the Fun
Republican <ss elected, Mr.. Blde.-. c.
: I-.xu. to attend 10. Chicago Couv-n,i.u.
= On rh,- motion of rhos- =. Jshnsor,
&c G Huichi-on of Huntingdon county .
e elected The .l-ctor tor the 18th Conere,
ional district
A resolution was rss.ed bv the eonfs
enee, requesting the representative del
gates in the disrr.c', TO The State C.nv, ptis
- to use their influence IN secu uring the eIe
'e tion, BY the State Convention, OF W.
!" Woods Of Huntington IS delegate -at-large
the Chicago Convention. II wiii be int.re
T. ing to observe ho~ the representative del
" gates TO the State Convention iro u the Is
y Congrrs-ionalDistrict will take this ias,.rf-
30 -nce or mild dictatIon from the lie esisto,
10 ChicAro neleSxf,. Confsrenra To- -.