Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-08-12
SULLIVAN COUNTY DEM0C-
RACY MEET I'd PLACE A
TICKET IN THE FIELD.
Tuesday Was Democratic Thun
der In Sullivan County and the
Boys Came la EARLY and Late.
JOSH Heads The Procession and En-
deavors to Make the Boys Believe
White is Black,


White is Black,
Tuesday, August 9th, the day on
which all of Sullivan county Demo.
cracy was to have been made office
holders, ushered in with a beautiful
sunrise and continued pleasant the
entire day with the exception OF o
trifle warm. AS early as Monday
evening candidates and delegats were
noticed coming to town and by 8 p.
m our quiet little village was filled
with politicians consulting their
friends about what the result would
be at Tuesdays convention. Some
were disappointed over the choice OF
candidates manifested in several OF
the townships at the delee ate elec.
ton and others were pleased. Thos.
Mahat1ey of Dushore, brought the
news of how several of the northern
and western precincts went at the
primaries, on Monday forenoon.
lie was enroute for Muncy Valley
to see brother candidate-Ellis
Swank. 1t was thought that Tom
was looking for a second choice OF
Davidson, but he appeared on that
scene too late. They had been in
structed for Crossley and they hung
to him like grim death to u white
man.
On Tuesday morning among the
first to arrive in town was Josh. He
joined Esq. Grim at the latter's of.
flee and arranged the proceedings OF
the day. Josh was quite noticeable
on our streets, owing to his dress
He wore white duster and his tall
form could easily be detected in a
group of many men. Josh is not
the high "mucky muck" that he
once was. This could easily be dis.
tinguished from the fact that large
majority of the delegates and OH
lockers did not cater to him as of
yore. This is pretty good evidence
that he has lost his grip on Sullivan
county politics.
BY noon a majority of the dele
gates were here and groups of twos,
threes and dozen candidates and
delegates could be seen on every
turn of our walks. They were try
ing to impress one or two of the
delegates that tley had lured out,
that such ard such candidate was
the proper and best "feller" to nom.
mate for Sheriff.
AT Up. m. the Chairman Of the
Standing Committce-R. NJ. SLor-
mont, rang the Court House bell
which was the signal that the hang
mans knot had been tied and all were
ready to witness the slaughter.
Shortly all were present when Mr..
Stormont call the gathering to order
and announced that nominations
for President of the Convention was
in order. Mr.. E. j. Mullen of Du-
shore was nominated and made the
presiding officer The Vice Presidents
were Thos. Gahan of Cherry and
Daniel Clark of Lopez. Secretaries
were K. G. Rogers and Irwin Hevel.
ly, Forks.
After the elected officers had
seated and composed themselves
credentials were called for and the
following delegates answered to their
names, viz:
Bernice-Thos. Fell, VIM. Mur-
ply.
Chefry--Thos. Gahan, Ransom
Thrash, Ralph Litzelman, Ed. Ber-
gan, ID. Il. Dieffenback and James
Gamer.
Colley--H. ID. Nosier, Reuben
Tharasher
Dushore-Jake Messersmith, L.
j. Mullen.
Davidson-G. w. Housknecht,
Dan Phillips and James Moran.
Elkland-Jos. Fawcett, Il. Il.
Rogers.
Forks-Dennis Corcoran, VIM. II,
Hottinstien and Irwin Heverly.
Fox--C. j, Caseman, Ii. T.. Bohn.