The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-02-28
THE ORANGE DEMOCRACY.
An Enthusiastic Meeting Held Satur-
day at PaOIi-ResOIutiOns.

An Enthusiastic Meeting Held satur-
day at PaOIi-ResOIutions.
PAOLI. Feb 26.-Special.-The demo
cratic county central committee met here
Saturday to decide upon the time and
manner Of selecting candidates for cOun-
~ offices: the selection Of delegates to
the various conventions and for the eX-
preston of a choice among candidates
for district offices.
The call for the meeting of the COM
mittee contained a request for the at
tendance of leading democrats of the
county for the purposes Of counsel and
advice, the response to which was graf
flying in the extreme, the attendance
being for beyond the expectations of
any one. every township in the county
being we'll represented and every man
present being an enthusiastic, fighting
democrat
At 10 o'clock a. m. the assemblage was
called to order by County Chairman
Thomas g. Buskirk. who stated the OBJ
ject of the meeting and called upon
those present not members Of the COM
mittee for an expression Of their views,
and from the assembling until the noon
hour the time was spent in short adj
uItSStS lildl were tctlt W W o. III
a democratic heart and infuse new life
into all who heard them.
The following named gentlemen took
part in the discussion: John j. Lingle,
John L. Megenity, James NJ. Compton.
John StackhousH. Judge NJ. $. Manity,
Reuben Littell. A. J. Brock. Charles
Littell. Simeon Frost. A. j. Pickens, Phil
ip Cox. Joel w Melton William f.
Trimble, O. p. Johnson, Reuben Nice,
Perry McCart, Henry T. Allen and
others.
After an adjournment. for dinner the
central committee met at ! o'clock and
decided to settle the question of nOmina-
lions by primaries to be held in each
township Friday. March 80, the votes
east To be returned and canvassed at
Paoli. Saturday. March 81. on which date
mass meeting OF the democrats of the
county will be held. TO which the vote
OF the primaries will be reported.
1t was decided that the candidate re-
ceiving the highest vote for "A county
Office should be declared the nominee of
the party for that office. while the vote
of the county will be divided among the
candidates for district Offices according
To the vote received by each in the pri-
mary, that is. each candidate for dis
trict Office will get his full strength as
indicated at the primaries, except. that
in case this county has candidate for
a district office. then such candidate.
upon receiving a majority OF the votes
cast at the primaries will be entitled
to and receive the solid vote of the
county i'm the convention. Members of
the new county central committee will
also be selected at the primaries.
Before adjournment the following resO-
buttons were presented and adopted by
d rising vote:
Resolved. That we heartily indorse the
administration OF President Cleveland
and the action of the democratic ma Ori-
~ i'm congress in repeating he purchas-
ing clause OF the act known as the Sher-
man law. and also of the federal cleo
ton laws; that we indOrse the action OF
the democratic majority i'm the lower
house Of congress in passing the Wilson
bill. and We demand of the senate its
immediate passage in the shape that it
left the house
Resolved. That we indOrse and com
mend the course of our distinguished
senators. the Hon Daniel w VOORHEES,
and the Hon. David Turpie and of the
democratic members of the house from
Indiana