Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-10-01
i DEMOCRATIC HARMONY
The Eighth Congressional Dis
triot Divided,

Q
triot Divided,
Two Free Silver Democratic Candidates
Named at the stroudsburg Convention,
and Both Expect, of Course, to Re
Elected.
An air of mellowness pervaded the
cbnferrees gathered Sept "a, at
Stroudsburg, to place in nomination
a candidate for this district, which
was only the precursor of a storm
soon to break and with cyclonic
fury rend the conference in twain.
After all the conferees had assem-
bled but before any organization
was effected the ball was opened by
the presentation of the following re-
solution, by the we'll known Demo.
cratic leader, ex-collector of Rev
enue, Charles B. Staples, Esq, who
was one of ex-senator Shull's con-
ferrees from Monroe:
"To the Democratic Congressional
conferrees of Carbon county and
the Democratic Congressional con
ferrees of Northampton county -
We, the undersigned Democratic
Congressional conferrees of Monroe
county, at the instance and request
of the majority of Democratic voters
of said county, before entering into
or taking part i'll the Democratic
Congressional conference, to be held
for the Eighth District of Pennsyl-
vania, on this day, believing that
the representation of Northampton
county in previous Democratic Con-
gressional conferences, under the
present apportionment, has been un-
Just and unfair to other counties,
and has given to Northampton
power to control the Congressional
nominations, make the following
demand =
'First-Representation IL No$th4
ampton county in said conferences
be reduced from five to three
"Second-Thati in accordance with
time-honored custom of the district,
Joseph j. Hart be given the Demo-
cratic nomination for his second
term. (Signed)
"L. WEsTBROOK,
&C. B. STAPLES,
"GEoRGE II. RHODES,
"Conferrees of Monroe Co.
HWe. the Democratic Congress
sional Conferrees of Pike comfy,
concur in the above demand.
(Signed,) 81. B. WEsTBRooK,
'GEo. A. SwEPNIsER,
"a. G.. ROWLAND. "
A suggestion was made that be-
fore proceeding to consider the re-
solution some organization should
be made, and it was also objected
that the resolution practically named
the candidate in advance of any ac-
ton, and the Northampton and
Carbon conferrees insisted on pro-
ceeding in regular order. There
upon the Pike and Monroe confer
rees arose and left the room and
convened in an adjoining parlor.
G. L. Hemingway then called the
Northampton Carbon conferees to
order, and Frank P. Sharkey, of
Mauch Chunk. was elected presi-
dent, James T. Woodring, of North
ampton, and G. w. Mortimer, Of
Carbon, secretaries. Mortimer in a
short speech nominated Laird H..
Barber, who received the entire
votes of that. part of the conference
and was duly declared the nominee.
This resolution was then adopted :
"Resolved, That this is the sense
of this Congressional conference
that the Democratic party in this
district be expected and is hereby
instructed to support the candidate
of the Democratic party for Presi-
dent and Vice President nominated
at Chicago and L. FL. Barber the
nominee of Carbon, and when
elected, to support in Congress the
principles enunciated in the Chicago
platform.
H. G. Twombler, of Easton, and
DR.. Stout, of Bethlehem, We're ap
pointed a committee to notify the
candidate. Mr. Barber responded
with a short speech, in which he de-
clared he would support the Chicago
platform and thanked the conferrees
for the honor bestowed upon him.
The conference adjourned after
the following resolutions were adop-
ted -
"Resolved, that when this con-
ference adjourns it is to meet again
at some time in the future at the
American Hotel, Mauch Chunch.
In the meantime the Monroe and
Pike oonferrees had organized by
electing Charles B. Staples, of Mon
roe, President and Geo. A. Swepeni
ser, of Pike, Secretary.
Joseph J, Hart was at once nomi
mated by Lafayette Westbrook tn
lmotion being seconded by Dr. Gee