The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-09-06

BIG GaNuefluk OF me lhteAAiu uA ~ Ahe
County Capital. work Of the Convention.
Judge IS S. Dreher. Stroudsburg.
Congress Allen Craig, Mauch Chunk.
Senator-Wm. NJ. Rapsher Mauch
Chunk
Assemhly-Hugh Ferry, Audenried.
Treasurer. r. Mulhearn, Lansford.
Reg, & Reef j. Semmel, Lehighton.
Co Com-Henry Miller, Franklin, Daniel
Cannon, Lehigh.
Audtors-G. w. Mortimer, Lehighton; ;
A. G.. Peters, Mauch Chunk.
Perhaps the largest, livliest and longest
party conyen,ion ever held in this county
assembled at Mauch Chunk on Monday.
The day was propitous for the occasion
Labor Day-and representatives from all
points Of the county were early on the
scene. They came by wagon, on foot and
by steam until their numbers had swelled
far into the hundreds aud crowded the old
Court House to suffocation. 1t is doubtful
if ever since the days of the famous Mollie
Mcguire trials so many people have crowd
ed the spacious old building, and it is a
fact that Mauch Chunk has never known
liylier Monday in its history. The active
work of the candidates for the several
offices was done when the delegate cleo
tions closed on Saturday evening, never
theless The button holeing of the delegates
until the convening of convention was. as
numerous as it was interesting to the on
locker who was sufficiently 'in IL" to
properly guaGe the result. At 11.3O Coun-
~ Chairman Michael Cassidy called the
convention to order and the credentials of
the delegates from the several districts were
handed in and the names enrolled. John
A. Quinn, of Lansford, was made chair
man, and that old stalwart Democrat,
Squire Zeigenfus. of Millport anu Samuel
Croll of Weatherly, vice chairman; II. 4.
Smawley. of Franklin; P. f. McGarYey, of
Beaver Meadow, and A. G. Peters, of
Mauch Chunk, were made secretaries. The
first business of the convention was the
calling of the roll, the following delegates
answering to their names;
LIST or DELEGATES.
Audemed-James f. Sweeny, Bernard j. Gal
lagher
Beaver Meadow-P F. McGaryey, VIM Coyle,
John Connell.
Bowmanstown Alfred Beer, Henry Sherer.
Bloomingdale-R Robert Breslin, Harry Walton.
East Penn-Danel Shoemaker, Charles Rehug.
East Mauch Chunk-John Ryan, Frank Engler,
Thomas Mckinley.
Hacklebernie- Smith, Frederick Hafner
Franklin-H. T. Smalley, w. II. Reber.
Kidder NOrth-E. A. Rawand, f. Scally.
Kidder, South-Emory Getz, Jos Helmbach.
Lansford, Frank Hester, Jas. +. Early.
Lansford, MI. A. Quinn, G. X. Walton,
Lansford, W.. b. Breslin, J, p, Mclaughlin.
Lausanne w. Kennedy Pat Cunningham.
Lehigh-Ed, Kane, Edward McGil.
Lehighton-Ed. Smith, Samuel Grayer, John |
Peters, Mahon Reichard.
Little Gap-Levi George, Milton Smith.
Mauch Chunk, 1st ward-Henry Giace, A. G. |
Peters, j. J. mckinley.
Mauch Chunk, 2nd ward-Sylyester Sterner, |
Henry Wolf.
Mahoning- Aaron Miller, Willoughby Franz.
Mlllport-Reuben Zegenfus, w. II. Guber.
NesQuehonmg-Jas. Butler, JAS. Collins.
Packerton--W William Frederick, Adam Alter |
NOSE.
Packer-John II. Gearhard, J. j. Gearhard.
Parryyille-O. Beer, James Wagner
Penn Forest-James Smith, Jacob Heydt
Summit Hill-John Connahan G. A. Miller, !
Michael McUuon.
Towamensing-E. f. Fatzinger, Jonas c. Beer.
Weatherly-W. w, Buck, Peter Kline, Samuel
Kren
Weissport-W f. Bery, Frank j. Kast.
On motion it was the unanimous choice
of the convention that Hons. Rob. Klotz,
of Mauch Chunk, A. j. Durling, of Le-
highton, and James Sweeny, Jr., of Sum-
nit Hill, be the confeeres to the Judicial
conference in the endorsement of Judge S.
S. Dreher. Hon. Allen Craig, of Mauch,
was made the choice of the Carbon county
Democracy for Congress, with the power
of appointing his own confeeres. Follow
ing this Hon. W. NJ Rapsher, of Mauch
Chunk, was made the nominee for State
Senator, over Hon. j. g. Zern, of Weiss
port, the vote standing as follows:
AT the announcement of the result the
morning session of the convention ad-
joined
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session of the convention
opened with the calling of the roll, follow
ed by the nomination of Editor E. Fl.
Rauch, of Mauch Chunk, and Hugh Ferry,
of Audenried, for Assembly, which, in the
first ballot resulted;
Ferry.
Rauch. ...........,.........24
The next office was that of Treasurer for
which lively hustle had been made by
the several candidates. Eleven ballots
were necessary to choice of Jas. T Mul-
hearn, of Iansford: