Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-02-03
COUNTY COMMITTEE MEET
ING.
Report of Congressional Confer
ence Committee Adopted
The County Districted,
&C., &c.

The County Com mittee met in pur.
suance of the call of the Chairman. j.
B. Mates. The object of the meeting
being stated the report of the commit,
tee to devise means of nominating a
Congressman was called for and re-
ported as follows:
THAT each county of this Congress
sional District shall be divided into
sub-districts equal in number to the
number of delegates to be elected in
that county to the District Conven'
tion, that each delegate to the Con-
vention be a resident of the sub dis
trict which he is to represent in the
Convention, and that each delegate
be elected by the votes of the Republi-
cans of his district at the regular pri-
mary meetings of the Republican
psrty. The delegate elected from any
district be allowed, in case he can not
attend. to name as substitute a Re-
pub,;cao from the same district to
represent him, but no voting shall be
done by proxy, and the substitute
must have the credentials of his prin-
cipal; that at the same time the Re-
uublicans of said district shall indi-
cate their choice of q Congressional
candidate by vote or otherwise. ac-
cording to the method in use in the
county of which said district is part;
that tie delegates from the respective
districts shall vote in the District
Convention for the candidate who re-
ceived the greatest vote in the spb-
district, so long as rules hereafter 10
be adopted shall permit"
The report was unanimously adopt
ed as read. and on motion c. NJ.
Brown was admitted to represent
Marion, DIR. Showslter for Millers-
town and James Step benson for Sum-
NIT township.
On motion of c. M. Brown COM
mittee of FIVE was appointed for divid-
ing the county into fifteen districts
for Congressional and National dele
gate purposes.
The committee appointed was as
follows: w. G. Thompson. G. NJ,
Brown, DIR. Showalter, A, NJ Christ
lev and j. NJ Douthett. The Com
mittee took q recess till O'Clock, at
which time the division committee
was to report their county division.
They reported as follows:
The first sub district shall consist
of Allegheny and Parker Twps.
The second of Mercer, Marion and
Venango.
The third of Slipperyrock, Centre
vile and Worth.
The fourth of Cherry, Clay aud
Sunbury.
The fifth of Washington and Con-
cord.
The sixth of Fairview with all its
borcughs.
Tee seventh of Donegal, Oakland,
Clesrfeld and Millerstown.
The eighth of Summit, Jefferson,
Clinton aad Saxonbarg borough.
The ninth of Winfield and Buffalo.
The tenth of Penn, Forward and
Bald Ridge
The eleventh Of Butler and Butler
Twp.
The twelfth Of Adams and Middle
sex.
The thirteenth of Cranberry, Jack
son, Zelienople, Evans City aud Con-
noquenessing south
The fourteenth of Lancaster, Con.
noquenessing north aud Muddycreek.
The fifteenth of Brady, Prospect,
Franklin and Centre.
The above division was unanimous
ly adopted by the Committee.
A motion By John Burkhart. that
we baYe but one Republican primary
this wear was submitted and carried
Moved by j. NJ. Dcuthett that the
Co. Committee count the votes and
declare who has the highest vote in
each of the sub districts for Congress
and National delegate, and issue GER
ti6cates to the delegates elected in
each Of the sub districts; carried.
On motion adjourned
JAS 3. MATES, Chairman.
A. M. CHRIsrLEY, Sec,vs
w. G.. THOMPSON,