Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-06-12
REPU UBLICAN
COUNTY CONVENTION

The Republican county convention
met in the court house Saturday morn
| ing and placed i'll nomination the fol
| lowing ticket Congress, James Foster
| State Senator, Thomas j. Price; As,
| sembly, John f. Roberts, District
Attorney, Ralph Kisner; County Com,
missioners, j. f. Mowrer and Charles
w. Cook County Auditors, John L.
Jones and f. V. Flick.
". j. Ford was chosen delegate to
the State convention, with w. IL. Latl-
mere as alternate. The convention
voted instructions for John p. Elkin
for Governor by a vote of % to e.
There was no menti Oh made of Penny
packer, Watres or any other gubernat
| orial aspirant.
w. l.. Gouger was reelected chair
man of the county committee, his vote
being % to for Harry f. Seidel
The convention got down to business
promptly at 10 O'Clock. John L Roberts
of Mahoning township, being chosen
chairman. The secretaries were +. G..
Schoch and S. A. Mccoy of this city.
There were no ballots taken until
the nominations for county commits
sioner were reached. The vote was :
J. +. Mowrer, p; Charles w. Cook
1S; Jacob G. Miller, Is. The name of
II. L. Sandel was withdrawn.
When the State delegate matter came
up protest was presented, signed by
II. f. Seidel and George w. Cromis,
Tr, claiming that the primaries were
irregular and that the ballots used
were illegal and fraudulent. This was
tabled without any comment. Ford
was elected as the delegate by a vote
of 81 to for Cromis.
After the election of Ford and Goug-
er another protest was filed question
ing their right to hold offices to which
they had been named Both papers
were presented by James Scarlet, Esq.
A brief address was made to the con-
vention by Ralph Kisner who stated
that he intended making an aggressive
canvass of the entire county and hoped
to win at the polls.
A committee consisting of James
Foster, chairman; S. a. Mccoy and
w. l.. Gouger was named to formulate
rules for the party.
The following were the delegates
from the different districts of the
county:
Anthony Township-David Cox,
Daniel Bitler.
Cooper township-Benjamin Kashn-
er, Charles Rishel.
Derry Township-C. +. Mowrer,
Grant Roat.
Danville, First Wards. A. Mccoy,
f. G. Schoch.
Danville, Second Ward-Jacob
Sloop, Samuel Mills.
Danville, Third Ward-D. A. Mont
gomery, Thomas j. Rogers.
Danville, Fourth Ward-Joseph Glib
son, James T. Magill.
Limestone Township-John X Rish-
el, J. A. Cromis.
Liberty Township-John Springer,
William Stahl.
Mahoning Township-John E. Rob
erts, Edward Wertman.
Mayberry Township-J. w. Gear
hart, W. +. Bird.
Valley Township-Joseph Churm,
John Hendricks.
West Hemlock Township-William
Gething, Matthew Maus.
Washingtonville-C S. Moser, W.R.
Robinson.
These county Committeeman were
chosen to serve the ensuing year
Anthony Township-Peter A. Rish-
el, Alfred Snyder.
Cooper Township-Charles Rishel,
Benjamin Kashner.
Derry Township-Grant Roat, G.
f. Mowrer
DanNlllc, rlTSG NdIu-I. VI 'ohoChI
5 A. Mccoy.
Danville, Second Ward-Harry
Woodside, Thomas Bedea.
Danville, Third Ward-William
Russell, ID. A. Montgomery.
Danville, Fourth Ward-Thomas
Kear, Alexander Foster.
Limestone Township-O. w Lein-
bach, William Enterline.
Liberty Township-Charles II.
Diehl, w. j. Ford.
Mahoning Martin Bloom,
Edward Wertman.
Mayberry Township-William Z.
Bird, Joseph w. Gearhart
Valley Township-Frank @. Hend-
ricks, William II. Churm.
West Hemlock Township-Matthew
Maus, William Gething
Washingtonville-Charles Moser, W.
r. Robinson.
The convention heard several fine
songs by the Coal Miners Triple
Quartette of Wilkesbarre, after which
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