Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-06-21
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
The Democratic Return Judge Con-
vention met in the Court House at .
O'Clock p. NJ, on Monday.
The meeting was called to order by
the Chairman G. B. Nj. Wisehaupt.
| ID. B. McWilliams was elected chair
man of the meeting and thanked the
return Judges for the honor conferred
upon him
John Kohier and Harry E. Hayes
were nominated for Secretaries Mr.
Hayes Immediately Withdrew his name
stating he did not wish to act as n Sec
retary.
At this moment DIR. /. N. Grubb ad-
dressed the Chair and called attention
to the fact that the Convention was
proceeding irregularly in that the Gre
dentials of the return Judges had not
been called for and it was impossi ble
for anyone to know who had right to
vote in the Convention.
The chair very promptly notified the
DIR. that if they We're proceeding wrong /,
they were simply following precedents;
that other similar conventions had
been organized i'm the same way and
ended by ruling the Dr's motion out of
order.
Robert Neely then put in nomination
John Kohler and Henry II Beale for
.,rf< 6n hnin
put to the Convention to elect, very
faint aye was heard and a vigorous "nO!"
on the part of DR.. Grub.
The motion again being put several
of the return judges voted aye and the
Secretaries were declared elected.
The following is list of the return
Judges:
Mifflintown-Ruben Reynolds.
Turbett-John A. KOhler.
Milford-Nevin Aughey.
Fayette-O. p. Knouse.
Fermanagh-Wilson Wentle.
Monroe-Francis Lauver.
Walker james Youngman.
Patterson-Harry f. Hayes.
Thompsontown-IN n. Grribb.
Delaware-J. B. Merideth.
Beale-Robert Neely.
Spruce Hill-Thoma- Iockenberry.
Lack-Frank Vaughn.
Tuscarora-W William Smith.
GreenwoOd-John Rhoades.
Susquehanna-H. X Beale
Port ROyal-David b. McWilliams.
II. f. Parker and Geo. b. Cramer
were appointed tellers to compute the
vote as returned by the return judges.
The chair appointed r. NJ. Neely,
John Rhodes and Nevin Aughey a
committee on resolutions.
AT this point DR.. I. n. Grubb asked
permission TO read resolutions before
the convention. Permission was given
him and he read resolutions endorsing
the Democratic National platform; con-
demning the, Republican party gener-
ally; endorsing the platform as adopted
by the late State Convention and the
State ticket, and also endorsing the
County ticket this day nominated.
Mr.. Beale of Susquehanna also read
and offered resolutions endorsing the
platform adopted by the Democratic
State Convention; endorsing the State
ticket and commencing Col James
GufIey for his efforts as National Com
mitteeman in behalf of the Democratic
party and expressing confidence in
State Chairman Killing and County
Chairman Wisehaupt and closed with
resolutions extending the thanks of the
Convention to the Chairman, Secre-
| taries and tellers of the Convention, and
expressing satisfaction with the county
ticket and recommending it to the
voters of Juniata.
DIR. Grubb then Offered and read a
resolution endorsing the course of Rep
resentative a. Fisher in the Legisla-
ture during the last session.
These resolutions were then referred
to the Committee.
The Committee after retiring for a
short time to deliberate over the resolu-
tions, returned and presented the reso-
lutions as offered by return judge Beale.
The resolutions offered by DIR. Grubb
were not presented to the convention by
the committee.
When the chair read the Beale reso-
lutions DIR. Grubb moved that they be
laid upon the table. The motion was
not seconded.
| Mr.. Neely then moved that the reso-
lutions rs read by the chair be adopted,
but before the motion was seconded DR..
| Grub had the floor. He said he did
not care what had become of his first
resolution, but that he had offered one,
endorsing DIR. a. J. Fisher, and that it
had not been reported by the COM
mittee on resolutions, and that he con
sidered slight to Dr. Fisher
The chair then said it had probably
been overlooked by the committee.
But the chairman of the committee on
resolutions convinced the convention
that it had not been over looked, by
blurting out in answer to a question OF
DIR Grubb, as to what they had done
with the resolutions, by saying, "We
didn't adopt it"
The DIR. not to be defeated, read the
resolution and moved the report of the
! committee OH resolutions be amended