Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1905-06-09
A CLOSE contest FOR Office
Of COUNTY Commissioner
George Leghow Wins Out Fifth Balot-Old
Fashioned County Convention During Which
Excitement Ran High

dropped. Their votes on the first bal
lot should have been: For Leighow
q; Miles O." Second ballot same con-
ditions existed except that they could
vote for only one instead Of two. Both
Miles aud Leighow had carried the
township and the votes of the dele
gates should have been in the same
ratio. The convention, he held, erred
In continuing to vote for Billmeyer
after he had Withdrawn. 1t was con-
trary to all precedents, and closed by
appealing to the convention to adhere
to the rules and customs Of the party,
then whatever the result he would
abide by it oheerfully. A nomination
in any other way he would not have
and it would have no value.s
DR.. Barber and Frank L. Miles held
to the same view and addressed the
convention but the delegates rigidly
held to their purpose and refused to
accept Billmeyer's withdrawal. II was
at this point that excitement began to
run high. Amid storm Of protest
Miles name was dropped. as one hav-
ing received the least number of votes
on the third ballot. The result then
stood: Billmeyer. s. Leighow, IA, and
Cooper 6.
There being no election on the fifth
ballot Cooper was dropped under the
rules, the result then being tie Of IA
votes between Leighow and Billmey.
er. 1t therefore fell to the popular
vote to decide which of the two should
be the candidate. The record showed
that Leighow had received totalEo
377 votes at the primaries and Bill
meyer. 81. Mr.. Leighow having the
majority of the popular vote was de-
clared the nominee for County Com
missioner.
For County Auditor Thomas Van
SAINT, Amandus Shultz and John q.
Waite were named. Mr.. Van SAINT was
nominated by acclamation. A ballot
taken showed that Mr.. Waite had 8
votes and Mr.. Shultz 10. Amandus
Shultz, therefore, with Thomas Van
SAINT, was declared the nominee for
County Auditor.
Horace O. Blue and Lloyd Bomboy
were placed in nomination for County
Chairman. Horace O. Blue received
% votes as against for Mr.. Bomboy
and was, therefore,, declared County
Chairman.
Resolutions we're adopted by the con-
ventiOn. These were in the main
identical with those adopted by the
Democratic Standing Committee at its
recent meeting and printed In these
columns. They affirmed the principles
and the platform of the Democratic
PARTY and recommended the enact
ment of fair ballot law. which shall
provide for psrso nal registration Of
voters.
The following supplement was Offer
ed by Mr.. Long of Liberty township:
Inasmuch as this Congressional Dis
.trict has been won over by the Re-
Publican Party by an unusually big
majority, it behooves the Democratic
Party to put forth its best and strong
est man in order to bring it back into
line in 1906 therefore be it resolved
that this Convention endorse Hon.
Alexander Billmeyer. who SO ably rep
resented us in the and Session of the
57th Congress, to be the candidate in
this County in 1905, to represent us
IN the next Congressional Conference.
On motion this resolution was also
adopted by the convention.
Spirited addresses were made by
Major O. P. Gearhart and Glare nee
Seidel, successful candidates, thanking
the convention for its support and
predicting success for the ticket at the
next election.
The following pers; rs have been
chosen as members Of tine Democratic
Standing Committee of Montour Ooun-
ty for the ensuing year:
Anthony township-Franois Shet ler
and Reuben Jarrett.
Cooper township-Philip Boyer and
Alfred Blecher.
Derry township. p. M. Cotner and
Frank Acor.
Liberty township. Bill
meyer and E. H. Robinson.
Limestone township. e. ]. Ballet
and r. 8. Welliver.
Mahoning township. Edward Rudy
and Alfred Mellin.
ayberry township. W. Lore
man and Jeremiah Vought.
Valley township. Jonathan Fry and
William H. Wintersteen.
Washingtonville Mcclellan Diehl
and George Heddens.
West Hemlook township.
K. Boyer and Lloyd Bomboy.
DANVILLE.
First WaId.-Arthur Jameson and 8.
NJ. Dietz.
Second Ward.-Albert Kemmer and
W. H. N. Walker.
Third Ward. Elias Maier and James
Coleman.
Fourth Ward. George Bachinger
and Michael Mullen.