Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-09-10
REPUBLICAN
CONVENTION.
A Large and Lively Attend
anoe

nomination For Jury oomnis,ioner
Blade.
In pursuance of the call for
county convention to plooe in nom
nation candidate for jury com
missioner the delegates elected ass
sembled at the Court House in Nil
ford September End and we're called
to orderat o clock p m by Chair
man Of the County Committee VIM
Angle will, O. K. Laubshire, secre-
tary, and Leroy Kipp and Kenneth
McClurg, tellers. The following
appeared presented their credentials
aud took seats, there being no con
tests
Blooming Grove-Not represented.
Delaware b. Shoemaker, VIM.
Dusenberry, DR. W. Kenworthy
and q y. Crone
Dingman-James Buist, Jr. and
julius w Keisel
Greeno-samuel Hops, votes
Edward p Heberling, 3 votes; a
delegate and proxy for G. J Heber-
ling and W S Hops.
Lackawaxen G Shannon, Au-
gust Boottcher, @ w shannon, W.
r. Shannon, b J Wood, G J.
Kiernan and c. A. Gillett.
Lehman-John Whitmore, Frank
Walters and Frank Bensley
Milford Borough-Edg Pinchot,
vote w Il Struble, z c. O..
Armstrong, q A. T. Seeley, = !
Milton Armstrong, -, j H. Van
Etten, %.
Milford Township-W. Il. Cddde
back
Palmyra--E Kimble j. A. Kipp,
proxy for A j Kimble
Porter-Not represented.
Shohola-E. R. Kalbfus and Dr.,
N. B. johnson
Westfall - G. II Langton, Al
Marvin, Fred Thurling, c. F. Lang
ton, E. Coykendall b. + Durant,
Richard Jeifries, O. X. Laubshire,
J H. Van Etten was duly elected
chairman, and Louis Davey and
Leroy Kipp, secretaries
Charles A. Gillett and Edward p
Heberling, of Greene, were duly
nominated for jury commi ssioner
and on counting the ballots the
former was declared duly nomin-
ated.
The question of new rules for the
government of the party was then
called up by Hon. f. Pinchot, which
rulesappear on another page, and
were presented TO the convention
The committee to draft the same was
appointed at a convention held il
1895 and not being ready to report
in 1896, was continued until this
meeting of delegates IL was sug.
gested by Hon. E. Pinchot and
agreed to that the clause regarding
alterations and amendments should
be changed so that they should be
voted on at primary election, and
this change was accordingly made.
Tho time OF closing the polls was
also changed so as TO read 2 p. m al
the suggestion of Al. Marvin, Esq,
Mr.. Pinohot then offered a resolu-
ton that the rulos be printed in tn,
PREss and lie over until the next an
nual convention He subsequently
offered as an amendment that they
be acted on at an adjourned conven
ton of delegates to be held at Octo-
Der term of court Hon. John A
Kipp offered an amendment which
was duly seconded, "That the rule!
as presented be adopted subject t.
amendment and alteration at an ad
journed convention of the delegate!
to this convention TO be held at th'
Court House in Milford, Tuesday
evening, October 10, 1897. " Thi
resolution was carried by a vote O
twenty-one in favor and thirteei
against. The convention was thel
adjourned until Tuesday evening
Oct. IS, 1897.
A mass convention was then con
vened and the same officers electe'
to preside. No nominations wer
made for County committee or STAT
delegate but on counting the ballot
tho following named received A
votes for County committee; J I
Shoemaker. e. Pinchot, G. o. Arm
strong, Aaron Courtright, Alfre
Billman, o. X Laubshire and Ed
Heberling No ballots wele counte
for delegate to the State convention
nor was any separate ballot had
The mass convention then dissolved
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