Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-07-24
REPUBLICAN
CONFERENCE

The Republican Congressional con-
ference of the Sixteenth district, in
session at the Neff House, Sunbury,
Thursday, took fifty ballots without
changing the result of the previous
meeting, which was held in this city.
The vote was tied between Hon. Fred
A. Godcharles of Milton, and Charles
c. Evans, ESD, of Berwick.
The conferrees were the same as
when the conference was at the Mont
our House, as follows:
Columbia--J. H. Catterall, T. H.
Doan, Berwick W. o. Holmes, G.. +.
Wilbur, Bloomsbury
Montour-S. A. Mccoy, +. G..
Schoch, H. A. Kneibler, Danville.
Northumberland W. L. Shindel,
Charles G. Bowen, Sunbury; W. H.
Deepen, Dalmatia; j. B. DeHaas,
Milton; William Eddy, Shamokin.
Sullivan-M. p Shoemaker, O. r.
Funston, Laporte.
Chairman w. l.. Shindel called the
conference to order at 11.45 O'Clock
and balloting was Immediately begun.
Eight were cast before recess was
taken for dinner The Northumber-
land and Sullivan conferrees voted
for Godcharles, and the conferrees
from this county and Columbia cast
their votes for Evans.
At 2 O'Clock there was a second ses-
sion, at which more ballots were tax
en-. Then there was another adjourn
ment of an hour in order that the
short term conferrees could meet.
The nomination for the unexpired
term of Hon. Rufus X. Polk was made
under the Seventeenth title as that
was the number of the district at the
time of Mr.. Polk's election. The con-
ferrees from Columbia, Montour and
Sullivan counties were the same as for
the long term. From Northumberland
county W. K Lord, of Mt. Carmel,
had named w. II. r. Smink, of Sha-
mokin; A. j. Baum, of Sunbury; H.
Zeff, of Northumberland ]. H. Smith
and @. L. Cleaver, of Mt. Carmel.
J. II. Catterall, of Berwick, was
chosen chairman, and the secretaries
were S. A. Mccoy of this city, and
NJ. p. Shoemaker of Laporte. The
only name presented was that of Mr..
Lord and he was nominated on the
first ballot.
At O'Clock the long term conferrees
got together again and this time they
balloted thirty four times without a
change in the voting The next meet
ing will be held on Tuesday at the
Hotel Haag, Milton. The conferrees
enjoyed a trolley ride to Northumber-
land and return, to cool off after their
strenuous task of voting, voting, vot-
ing.
The third meeting of the Republican
Congressional conference of the Six
teenth district was held Tuesday
afternoon at the Hotel Haag, Milton,
and sixty more ballots were taken
without choosing candidate. The
next meeting will be held at the Nor
ton House, Berwick, ON Tuesday
August 5, at II O'Clock a. m.
Yesterdays meeting opened without
any change in the officers or members
of the conference, and was called to
order at 2 "a o'clock Balloting was
Immediately begun and fifty were cast
up to 4 O'Clock. At t. 30 another ses-
einr was hold ard ten more ballots
were taken Then the motion was
passed to meet at Berwick.
The first meeting of the conference
was held at the MOntour House, this
city, on Thursday, July 10. and ten
Hon Fred A. Godcharles of Milton,
had the five votes of Northumberland
county, and two of Sullivan county.
Charles @. Evans, ESD, Of Berwick
received the four votes of Columbia
county and Hon. James Foster of this
city, was given the three Montour
votes On the fourth ballot the Mont
our conferrees voted for Evans and
this deadlocked the conference.
On the following Thursday, July II,
another meeting was held at the Neff
House, Sunbury, when fifty ballots
were taken with the same result OF
seven votes for Godcharles and seven
for Evans. With yesterdays ballotine
the whole number of ballots cast is
120, of which III have been tied be
tween Godcharles and Evans. Under
the rules of the Republican party the
state chairman has the power to ap.
point an additional conferree to break
deadlock, provided request is made
by the candidates whose nomination il
held up. The conferrees from this dis.
trict seem determined to mako the
nomination without asking for the ex-
ira confeTree.