Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-06-12
WANT PATTISON
FOR GOVERNOR


assembled i'll the court house Mon
day morning, shortly after 10 o'clock.
While the delegates were coming in
selections were rendered by the Coal
Miners Triple Quartctte, their open
ing song being THE Star Spanglcd
Banner -
County Chairman p. M. Kcrns called
the convention to order. Peter Diet
rich was chosen chairman and the
secretaries selected were ]. Newton
Pursel and James f. Ellis. The fol-
lowing delegates were then enrolled:
Anthony township-Jamcs f. Ellis.
J. y. Whipple.
Cooper township-Albcrt Shultz,
William Schram.
Derry township-Eli Appleman,
William Bogart.
DanvilIe, First Ward-John G.
! Waite, a. G.. jameson.
Danville, Second Ward--J. Newton
Pursel, Edward Sainsbury.
DanvilIe, Third Ward-Michacl
Ryan, William Russell.
Danvlllc, Fourth Ward-Peter Diet
RICH Patrick Scott.
Limestone township-William E.
Gciger, William f. Geiger.
Liberty township-J. G.. Bogart, j.
j. Robinson.
Mahoning township-Alfred Mellon,
AlonzO Krumm.
Mayberry township-Charles \.
Shultz, George Crawford.
Valley township-F Meyer, Hurley
Benfcld
West Hemlock townships. b. Flick
| Elmer Crossley.
Washingtonville-C W. Seidel, a.
| L. Hcddens
Chairman Dietrich named y. G..
jameson, J. A. Whipple, Eli Apple
man, G. w Seidel and a. l.. Heddens
as a committee on resolutions; Michael
Ryan, Patrick Scott, William Bogart,
Is. b. Flick and Edward Sains-
bury as a committee on grievances.
The convention then adjourned un-
| til 30 O'Clock to permit the commit
| tees to 90 over their work.
The convention was kept busy Mon
terday afternoon for almost three
hours disposing of its business. Horace
! G.. Blue was substituted for John G.
Waite as delegate in the First Ward,
| Danville The committee on resOlu
| tions presented its report, in which
! the late Congressman Rufus X. Polk
was heartily endorsed for his record
while in the House of representative.
Hon Charles H. Dickerman of Mil
ton, and Hon. \. l.. Fritz Of Blooms
burg, were named for the long term
| Congressional endorsement
Dickerman receiving lG votes, Fritz
12 Alexander Billmeyer received the
| endorsement for the uncXpired term
of Hon. Rufus K Polk by acclama
ton. State Senator J. Henry Cochran
| of WilliamspOrt, was endorsed for re
nomination unanimously. Messrs.
Dickerman, BilImeyer and Cochran
were empowered to select their own
conferrees. The ballot on the Assem-
bly, nomination was: r. S. Ammer-
man IS, L. W. Welliver 10. Mr.. Am
! - .r-.~., 4 el--.,tt ti.u -.o...i4,,,.
District Attorney Thomas G. Welsh
| withdrew as candidate for re-nOm-
ination, which resulted in the choice
ton The vote on the District Attor-
neyship was zimmerman H. Welsh II.
Next came the County Commission
er nomination and six candidates were
in the field, Jerry j. Diehl, Henry
Cooper, Wesley Perry, George w.
Miles, George NJ. Lcighow and Samuel
G. Fausey. Cooper and Leighow are
the nominees, the ballots resulting as
follows:
First ballot-Cooper rs, Leighow
IT, Miles 10, Perry s, Diehl 6, Fausey
,.
Fourth Ballot-Cooper 1G, Leighow
16, Miles 10, Perry 8, Diehl g. Fausey
was dropped on this ballot his vote be
ing cast for Leighow and giving him
the necessary number to secure the
nomination
Edward Peters and Thomas Nansant
were chosen delegates to the State con
vention, with Frederick Jacobs as alt
ornate. They were instructed to vote
for Robert f. Pattison for Governor.
The nominees for County Auditor
are Grant Gulick and Benjamin Diehl,
who were chosen by acclamation.
The convention delegates selected
these members of the Standing Com
mittce, to serve a year:
Anthony township-Theodore Rey-
nolds, j. S. DENIM.
Cooper township-Clarcncc Peifer,
Alfred Blecher.
Derry township-William Slider,
John Wolf.
Danville, First Ward-Edward Am
norman, 5. NJ Dietz.
/ Danville, Second Ward-Albert
Kemmer, w H. N. Walker.
DanvilIe, Third Ward - James
Grimes, Frederick Jacobs.
Danville, Fourth Ward-Petcr Mayan
Richard Hooley.
Limestone township-Edward Bal
lett, Joseph Hagenbough.
Liberty township-John Hoffman,
| James Billmeyer
Mahoning townhsip-Lawrcnce But
| Ter, Jonathan Rudy.
Mayberry township-J. NJ. Vought,
| George Fox.
Valley township-H. a. Sidler,
Jonathan Fry.
West Hemlock township-William
Moore, T. NJ Wintcrsteen.
Washingtonville-Goorgo X He'd
dens, Clyde Hcddcns.
| Tb,r, ,rog - poutpgt for tLn pDuptv