Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-03-19
ANNUAL DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
Held in the Court House Monday Even
ing.

ing.
Pursuant to call the Democracy of
Pike attempted to pull themselves
gether and hold a mee ng, the
llddnot state the object aud there
ID not seem to be eny, but about s
clock, twenty eight depressed, mis-
a. bic, forloru people who seemed
% eye each otbec with suspicious
looks, assembled The reason of
this suspicion was not apparent un-
less each one feared that the other
had some dangerous and explosive
resolution concealed about his per-
son. If this was the case it was so
effectuallY frozen on coming into
he atmosphere of the meeting that
lit could not be produced. and all
was harmonious harmony, frozen
smooth.
Hon. John d. Houck was made
chairman, the veteran Michael Lynn,
of Palmyra, was nominated as one
of the vices, and to balance him in
size and weight, G. w Bull, ESD.
was placed on the other end of the
heuch as the other vice.
John c. WestbroOk, Jr. and D. II.
HOrnbeck were elected secretaries,
and the machine was ready for tire
grist
j. B. Westbrook, G.. II. Swepeni-
ger, G. w. Bull, W. T.. Beck and
Hoo. Jacob Klaer we're nominated
and elected as the County Commit
tee foe the ensuing year.
A very wet and cold blanket was
then carefully thrown over the un-
terrified by the nomination of Hon.
j. J. Hart as delegate to the State
Convention. This pill was swal-
lowed with a slight slivcf. George
A. Swoponizcr then came forward
with roll OF paper and visible
chill fell upon all, bat the frost
slightly dissipated when he began
reading an amendment to the rules
governing Democratic primaries. It
WIS in substance tl It each Demo-
crat wishing to be a candidate for
oilic' must notify the County COM
mittcC at least 10 days before the
election pnd accompany his request
with five dollars, another chill.
That all names of candidates must
be printed on one ticket, the voter
to Indicate his choice by cross
moeked opposite the name voted for
end that all tickets shall be pre-
pared and delivered by the County
Committee. The committee was
then authorized to prepare tickets
with the above amendments, for
cad against, TO lie voted at the next
pcimary election. The cold was be-
coming intense and more suspicious
glances were being cast. but after a
few moments of silence, some one
offered motion to adjourn which
was promptly pot and carried, and
the suspense ended. A resolution
indorsiug the administration of
Grover and the four years of clover,
must have died a borniu, if it ever
was conceived, for it did not even
all. Neither did the one com
3hding or otherwise the course of
r late representative in Congress,
one evidently had the courage to
clst such chunks of ice int the al
I ldy frozen sea. Why this was
1t done can only be answered by
one up tree by saying that proba-
bly, nobody wanted TO do it.
Neither did any impetuou ad-
herent offer any .'resolute" extend
comfort TO our present representa-
tive and senator.
Not a speech was made, not gun
was fired, not keynote struck, but
slowly and sadly they laid the re-
mains to rest, and got out, thank
ing their stars that it was over, aud
that nobody bad marred the un-
broken frigidity with some i'll timed
and lukewarm resolution, damning
with faint praise the party or some
dearly beloved Democratic states
man.
We came away full of reflections
ON the ingratitude of the rank and
( file, and of mans inhumanity to
man, and it took us an hour to get
our fingers warm enongb to write
this truthful account of the annual
meeting of Pike County Democracy.
If the weather gets very hot next
summer we would like them to hold
another here so as to cool off the at
mosphere for a week or two. 1t
wOdld be hard on the ice men but
very grateful to any one fearing sun
stroke.