The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-06-10
BOOM FOR
BECHTEh
Joint Meeting Of Bar Committee and
State Delegates.
RESOLUTION OF THE DELEGATES.
Large Delegation VIII Leave Pottsvilie
For Harrisburg Next Tuesday Morn
ing TO open an Earnest Cam
paign For Judge Bechtel
at the Convention.

Pottsville, June 10.-A Joint meeting o
the Democratic state delegates from thi.
county and the executive committee ap
pointed at the meeting Of the Bar last Mon.
day was held at the Democratic headquarter.
on South Centre street this morning. 70 make
arrangements for furthering the interests OF
Judge o. p. Bechtel, who is a candidate foI
the Democratic nomination for Judge of the
Supreme Court
The joint meeting was preceded by a
separate meeting Of the state delegates, at
which the following resolution was adopted
Resolved. That we. the undersigned dele.
gates from Schuylkill county 10 the Demo.
cratic State Convention, to be held at Harris.
burg June Ii, 1899, hereby pledge ourselves
to support the candidacy Of Hon o. F.
Bechtel for the nomination for Justice Of the
supreme Court; and we pledge ourselves Ia
use all honorable means in our power tc
promote the same and secure his nomination
This meeting was presided over by p. J
MulhOland, Of Shenandoah, and NJ. j.
Lawlor, Of the same place, was the secretary.
w. Schalck, Esq chairman Of the
executive committee of the Bar, presided at
the joint session and Hon. James A. Noacker
was the secretary.
At this meeting there was discussion of
the movement in general way, after
which it was decided that the state dele
gates, Bar committee and others interested
with the exception Of the Third district dele
gates, leave PottsviIle for Harrisburg, via
the Z. x X. Railway, at nine o'clock next
Tuesday morning. The rost of the delegates
will start at the same time, but travel by
way of Reading. The delegation will be a
large one. The headquarters of the delega-
ton will be in room No. at the Bolton
House. Harrisburg. This room will i'm
mediately adjOin the room Of the state or
ganization. This is an important point
1t was also decided that the executive com
mittee of the Bar and the state delegates
hold joint session at its Harrisburg head
quarters ON Tuesday evening, next, at eight
o'clock. There will be an exchange of
opinions there and they will take such action
as the information at hand up to that time
may suggest.
The state delegates present at to-day's
Joint session were First district-P. j.
Mulholland and NJ. J. Lawlor, Shenandoah /;
John I. Cavanaugh. Gilberton; F. J. Noonan.
st. Nicholas. Second district-Charies Hook
Barry township; r. A. Reick, Esq, Ashland;
A. J. Dougherty, Butler township. Third
district-D. d. Messerschmidt, Ryan town
ship; Howard Kimmel, New Rnggold
John Haggerty, New Philadelphia
Fourth district-John w. slattery,
Port Carbon H. O. Bechtel, Esq,
Pottsville; Capt. E. W. Zeigler, Wayne
township; NJ. J. Flemming, Esq, fremont;
W, A. James, Vaudeville.
The members of the executive committee
Of the Bar in attendance were A. w. Schalck.
John F. Whalen, George J. Wadlinger. John
o Ulrich, Hon. James B. Reilly, James A.
Noecker, Harry o. Haag, John F. Dolphin.
S. H. Kaercher, Hon. John W. Ryon, ex-
Judge Ryan and Judges Cyrus L. Pershing,
William A. Mari and P. NJ. Dunn.