LANCASTER DAI1A INTELLIGENCER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29. 1881.
Eancastet Intelligencer.
THURSDAY EVENING, SEPT. 29,1831.
The Candidate.
There seems te have been an ani
mated contest at Williamsport between
the friends of the various candidates,
the contest narrowing down finally te
representatives from the extreme north
western and southeastern corners of the
state. The Philadelphia vote was thrown
solidly for the Philadelphia man, and it
is very notable that with such a lift he
could net win. "We may take it for
granted that the party has le3t nothing
in net obtaining a candidate who could
command se small a country support te
the solid phalanx he bore from the city.
Philadelphia united en :. geed candidate
ought te be invincible. In this supreme
effort she seems only te have been able
te force a concentration of the country
vote upon a candidate at the very farthest
possible territorial distance from her.
Tiie country delegates fled in terror from
the Delaware te Lake Erie, and were
seized by its Xeble before they ran down
into the lake.
Mr. Xeble is a mau of large wealth,
and we have this assurance that the
funds of the state will be safe in his
hands, and will be honestly handled and
accounted for. Wealth does net make
a man honest, but it takes away a strong
temptation te dishonesty. Mr. Xeble
will, no doubt, make a geed officer if
elected. We hardly knew why he should
be ambitious te held the place he has
sought and obtained, since he is a man
of many affairs and must have his hands
full of private business. Yet he Jias
long had this ambition. He was a can
didate before the convention at Krie in
187.5, but was net successful ; one main
reason lieing that he was a banker and
was net acceptable te the anti-corporation
or the greenback sentiment in the con
ventien. He is a banker still, and can
not be said te be the strongest iwssible re
presentative of the anti-corporation spirit
that new dominates Democratic senti
ments. The nomination of Kerr, or
Plumer, or perhaps some ether of the
candidates from the country districts,
would, in our judgment, en this account
have been a stronger one. There is some
reason te fear Wolfe getting into our
fold, and we needed te have put tip our
very best shield of defense against this
danger. Mr. Wolfe makes his campaign
upon the strong and popular anti-monopoly,
corporation-restriction demand, and
se de we in our platform. Care must be
taken lest in this sympathy of views our
voters de net mistake their camp.
Childish Talk.
The Republican politicians are very
leth te give up their hope of securing
the presidency of the Senate, and they
are even willing te beg the Democrats
te give it te them. One would think
they would have mere self-respect. It
is net possible for them te get the eflice,
because of the fact that they will be in
a minority until the president of the
Senate is elected, who must be chosen
before the Republican senators who
await their seats can be sworn in. Cer
tainly under these circumstances it
seems very childish te beg the Demo
cratic senators net te cheese a Demo
cratic president. Obviously the Repub
lican senators can elect a Republican
president if .they have a majority of the
body when all the seats are filled. Hut
they de net haVfe that majority, and
hence their tears. They appeal te the
Democrats te elect a Republican because
they say the people chose a vice presi
dent, and a proper respect for their will
should induce the Democrats net te
seize the eflice when death gives it te
them. Such profeuud regard for the
papular will is a very gratifying exhibi
tion in men who have by their previous
actions given the world reason te believe
that they did net much care hew the
popular vote steed for president. It is
an awe-inspiring audacity which leads
men, who used Louisiana returning
beards te scat their presidents, te call
upon Democratic senators te elect Re
publican officers, because the people did.
Of course their appeal will bs in vain.
In the evenly divided state of the Sen
ate the Democratic party is as -justly
entitled te its presidency as arc its op
ponents ; and they will take it.
The Cabinet Flight.
It is authoritatively announced that
Mr. MacVeagh has resigned his eflice and
that he has done it peremptorily. This
is easy te believe, for it is just what Mr.
MacVeagh would naturally de and just
what he ought te de. He must feel very
sure that he will net be in sympathy
with the administration, and that if he
could stay and would, a day would seen
come when his self respect would re
quire him te get up and out. Mr. Mac
Veagh is a man of self-respect. lie
would net take his eflice if Mr. William
Chandler was made solicitor general and
second in command ; for he and William
were net birds of a feather. Mr. Arthur
and Mr. Conkling and Mr. Chandler en
the contrary are. Mr. Chandler is coming
in somewhere, and Mr. MacVeagh sees
the onward flight of all such birds ;
and Mr. lacVeagh wants te go.
Mr. Blaine will go tee. He would net
stay for less than a kingdom and the
kingdom will net be given him. Se Mr.
James will go. Mr. James deserted his
Stalwart friends when he took his eflice;
and retribution has come. -Se also Win
dem is invited out by the air currents ;
and Kirkwood being of little consequence
will also leave. They say that ne leue
specimen of the Garfield cabinet will re
main in the shape of young Lincoln, who
is harmless and stands where he is as the
shadow of his father. Peer Hunt must
go, they say, notwithstanding he has
some sons and ether kin net yet pro
vided with paymasterships ; for Hunt
once snubbed Arthur ; and still liis wife
was a schoolmate of Arthur's wife, who
was descended from the gallant Herndeu ;
but no doubt she has nearer relations
in the Seuth, whence she came, who will
provide Arthur with a naval secretary
who never snubbed him.
Tiie platform will de very well. The
Philadelphia Times thinks it a sort of
all things te all men" affair. Thai, !
unfortunately, is a characteristic of plat- J
forms. It need net be se and should net
bs; but unfortunately, conventions
seem te think differently.
A Democratic editor in Xew Bruns
wick, Xew Jersey, seems te have excited
some college students in the town te
burn him in effigy because he took occa
sion te review the career of Mr. Garfield
and te reiterate the criticisms upon it
which he had doubtless often made in
the presidential campaign. It was net
well-timed criticism probably, but.yet in
view of the disposition which the ad
mirers of the late president have shown
te held Democrats up te condemnation
as hypocrites because of their words of
sorrow for Mr. Garfield's death, it seems
te be a question whether the Xew Jersey
editor was net right, in maintaining his
honesty and consistency, te say just what
he thought. It is net a grateful
thing te de at such a time,
but if people will be se stupid
as te construe lamentation for the presi
dent's fate into a confession of false ac
cusation against him, what ether re
course have we? The assassin's act
chantred nothing in our estimation of
Mr. Garfield ; but it did change feeling ;
and we should be permitted te express
that without being challenged for our
previous opinions. While ready te say
nothing of the dead but geed we must
net be charged with hypocrisy and with
falsehood toward the dead when living.
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PERisONAU.
Oscak Wilde's poems have achieved a
second edition iu England.
It is said that the probable successor of
the late Justice Clifferd will be Mr. Gee.
S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts.
The Emperor William's growing deaf
and is in large measure losing his prover
bial bleicistn.
Queen V id eiu a has requested Mat a
geed photograph of the late President Gai
ficld be scut her.
King Oscau, of Sweden, who devotes
his leisure te literary pursuits, has finished
a new drama called " The Krenberg Cas
tie," which will be published shortly in
Swedish and German.
The Kev. te. fa. hunting appeared en
the stage of a theatre at Des Moines, la.,
at the conclusion of a regular perform
ance, and married an actor aud actress
who still were the costumes of the play.
Mr. Hkkbert Spencer has recovered
his health, and it is rumored in Londen
that the visit te Egypt with which his
name, has been associated will result in his
marriage te an American heiress, whom
he first met in Caire.
Miss Lillian Clkves, au ambitious
young actress, has written te au out-of-
town paper te deuy that she is married,
and te state that her courtship is " the
allurements of the old masters' works
aud the productions of our great au
thors." MINOR TOPICS.
The number of verses written en the
death of President Garfield is as remark
able as their general lack of merit.
A western editor, wishiug te speak of
the prevalence of crankincsss, wrote an
ci iterial with the head, ' ' An Outburst of
Idiocy. " A rival editor tells him the
head was unnecessary. Anybody who
read the editorial would see what it was.
The terrible ravages of disease among
the sufferers by the Michigan fires tell
mere plainly than words the fearful expe
rience through which these unfortunate
people have passed. They cannot be re
lieved tee seen or tee liberally.
That refined and dignified amusement,
the hanging of Guiteau in effigy, is becom
ing popular in various parts of the country.
As a training exercise for future lawless
ness and violence the Philadelphia Bulletin
thinks it could hardly be surpassed.
A letter from Panama says that the
laborers en the alleged canal at that point
are dying off se rapidly that the enter
prise, if pushed te completion, " will slay
mero Frenchmcn than were killed at the
battle of Waterloo. " Meantime while the
sacrifice has been se great, the actual
work upon the canal has hardly yet begun.
Colonel Peyton, the leading spirit in
the coming Yorktewu celebratien, com
plains, aud with reason, that Philadelphia
has practically refuscd the aid which was
naturally expected. Seme of the most
successful features of the Centennial ex
position, including the State days, were
originated aud carried through by Colonel
Peyton, aud at least a fraction of the tens
of thousands of dollars brought into, the
city by these features should be diverted
te Yorktown.
MISERABLE YOtvKTOWN.
Net a l'lace la Itself te Inspire Veneration.
Correspondence Bosten: Herald.
The sacred soil of Virginia does net in
spire the stranger-visitor te Yorktown
with feelings of the deepest veneration or
admiration ; en the contrary he leeks upon
the sandy bluffs, the forbidding marl beds
and the wash-out apology for a street
which leads te the settlement of a score or
mero of dirty one-story hovels, standing
side by side with a few ordinary looking
dwellings, with deep disgust, and he won
ders why in the name of all that was sen
sible did Lord Cerawallis ever land at the
place, why Gen. Washington ever cared te
possess it, and why it was deemed desira desira
bie te build a memument of grand propor
tions, of artistic design and of expensive
construction at a place te which a few peo
ple are ever attracted, and where it is
hardly possible that people can be im
pressed by its hospitality. But Massa
chusetts enjoyed the Alpha of the centen
nial observances, aud the Old Dominion
feels entitled te the Omega of the his
toric celebrations ; hence dirty little
Yorktown and its population of peer
blacks aud struggling whites, num
bering net mere than 200 or 300 souls in
all, is te witness a sight which will aston
ish the indigenieus open mouthed black,
and make glad the. heart of the mere fav
ored ifjrite man. One is struck with won
der at the appearance of this place. On
every ether dilapidated shanty is hung or
nailed a sign or placard bearing the word
"Bar." Hew some of these dispensaries
of intoxicants can exist and be profitable
is a problem which life is tee brief te solve;
but they are here, with wide open doers,
and the southern cocktail and whisky and
quinine, much-sought-for concoctions,
afford the owners of the shanty bars a
bare living.
The Republican Philadelphia Bulletin dis
mally but very sensibly concludes that the
nomination of Mr. Swartz te the judgeship
of Montgomery county by the Republicans
:it Xoiristewn will probably have the effect
te give Judge Ress an asy victory.
NOBLE NAMED.
NINE BALLOTS NECESSARY.
And the Erie Candidate Gees
Through in a Stampede.
THE NEW RULES.
They Term a Bese of Contention some
Exciting Episodes.
THE PLATFORM OP PKIJfCIPl.ES.
A Ringing Declaration and Scatutug Ar
raignment. Special Dispatch te the Inteliisencer.
Williamsport, September 29. The
convention adjourned after 2 o'clock this
morning. On the eighth ballet it was
evident te the friends of Neble" that he
could and most likely would be
beaten by some shrewd combination
of the field against him. Plumer,
Guthrie and Begert were all wait
ing for the succession, and one or the
ether would have been nominated had all
the forces steed firm. The Davis men were
quietly picking up scattering delegates
from the outlying districts of Lehigh,
Delaware, Lebanon aud Schuylkill, and
would seen have run him up nearly even
te Neble. Then the three lower candidates
would have controlled the situation;
but first Guthrie, then Begert, and
then Plumer'n friends broke. Ne one
of them could transfer his friends solidly,
aud as they scattered the convention be
came a panic. Seme of the Guthrie men
refused te go te Davis, seme of the Begert
men refused te go te Neble, and it was
ruu by luck who would win. McGowan
and ether Philadelphians either viceusly
or stupidly abandoned Davis aud changed
te Dill. This disgusted ethers of the city
delegates and they started te chauge for
Neble. That settled it. Frem fifty te a hun
dred delegates rose and announced changes
The chair took them one by one, and re
fused te hear any until the change ei each
was plainly announced and duly recorded.
The result was 140 for Neble and his
election was made unanimous, Plumer's
friends se inevingand pledging him a big
vote in the .Northwest. The result gives
general satisfaction and premise of almost
certain victory.
Exciting Scene ever the Mew Kuleii.
At midnight many of the delegates left
the hall. The state committee was named
and Henscl was nominated and unanimous
ly elected chairman of the committee.
Calling Mr. James te the chair, Mr Hensel
declared he could net accept it in the un
certain state of the rules providing for
another system of organization. He had
come here te have the convention declde
upon the revised rules ; they had new been
amended, or he was willing te amend them
se as te avoid all objections, and as all
could then agree te them, he moved
their present consideration before the
election of a state chairman. Then Mc
Gowan, of Philadelphia, began te filibus
ter and call ayes and nees en every propo prepo
sition, te wear out, the delegates. Every
roll call occupied twenty minutes. The
friends of the rules and of erder were will
ing te sit it out, and for an hour and a
half no progress was made. McGowan
then wanted the roll of the house called te
ascertain that no quorum was present, and
te dissolve the convention without the elec
tien of a chairman, and create party au
archy. The chairman, Mr. James, ruled
that this call must proceed if insisted en,
and warned the convention of disastrous
demoralization if insisted upon. Mr. Hen
sel then conferred with all the objectors
te the rules and they agreed upon amend
ments which the wheln convention was
satisfied with, and it was announced.
McGowan insisted en a. call of the house.
The chairman begged that the call be
withdrawn, but finally ordered it.
Hensel then rese te say that rather than
let the convention be dissolved without
completing the business and te save the
party from anarchy, he would withdraw
all motions for the rules. The chair, who
of course did uet knew what Hensel de
sired te say, refused te recognize or hear
him, as the first name of the roll had been
called. Then Hensel said he must avail
himself of his privilege te resume the
chair, se as te have an opportunity te say
te the convention that he was willing te
withdraw all motions for the rules, se as
te let the party have some organization.
His appearance upon the stage and request
te Mr. James that he be allowed te resume
the chair created .intense excitement ;
one party howled approval, the
ether condemnation. Fer fifteen min
utes nobody could be heaid. The Mc
Gowan party refusing te let Hensel
explain, he called the sergeant-at arm and
made every member sit down, and then
explained why he took the exteaerdinary
and te him most painfully reluctant step
te resume the chair. He then asked James
te take the chair and allow him (Hensel)
te withdraw his motions, and let the con
ventien finish its work. James declined
unless by unanimous consent. McGowan
alene objected. Then Hensel said he
would in the chair withdraw them, rather
than let the call of the house, the appear
ance of no quorum, and the dissolution of
the convention, prevail. He then directed
the election of a chairman te proceed.
The Philadelphians nominated James for
state committee chairman. He declined.
Gee. W. Miller, B. Whitman, W. U. Hen
sel and W. McClelland declined. J. K.
Begert, was nominated and it was said he
would net take it. James was again nom
inated; then some one called in and report report
Begert would take it. James again de
clined, but the convention insisted ou a
ballet, and Begert was elected by 55 te 44
for James.
Hensel then re-explained the reason why
he had taken the chair, further explana
tions followed, the convection passed a
unanimous vote of thanks te the chair and
adjourned at 2:15 a. ra. W. U. H.
Proceedings In Cetall.
The following report of the proceedings
takes np the thread where our telegrams
of yesterday left it :
The delegates were very prompt in re
turning te their places after the recess and
the couveutieu wan called te order almost
upon the hour. The academy was net
crowded and although the place was close
and everybody fanned himself either with I
a hat or a fan, every Democrat still kept
his coat en. Business was carried en with
great facility for a few minutes. The
committee en credentials reported and set
tled the only contest that remained, that
for Twenty-seventh Senatorial district, in
favor of Oaks, the sitting member. This
was disposed of in less than three minutes.
The committee en permanent organization
then reported with Hensel for president.
The reading of the name was received with
cheers and a vice president for each sena
torial district and several able secretaries
were named. The report had no opposi
tion, Geerge McGowan doing Hensel the
favor te put tbe motion en the adoptieu of
the report. The convention then fell into
a discussion of a suggestion by McGowan
that the roll of counties be called alpha
betically for the presentation of candi
dates for the nomination for treasurer.
The suggestion was misunderstood and
Berne dark scheme was suspected. Fifty
members of tbe convention were absent
en the committee en resolutions and it was
demanded that they should be present.
Miller, of Washington, and McGowan
were finally sent te find out hew long the
resolution committee would be out and the
band enlivened tbe uninterrified mean
time, interrupted with calls for tbe Hen.
Samuel Josephs.
When McGowan and Miller get back, the
resolutions net being ready, an under
standing of McGowan's simple and harm
less suggestion for the naming of candi
dates was get into the heads of the dele
gates, and the call of the roll of counties
was begun. Adams county was passed in
silence. The call of Allegheny brought
Colonel James Knox Polk Duff, of Pitts
burgh, te his feet. He spoke briefly, and
presented the name of Colonel Guthrie.
The call went en till Bedford was reached,
when Delegate Tate named Edward F.
Kerr. The speech was well made and
well received. While Mr. Tate was en
the fleer the committee en resolutions
came in, and nomination speeches were
suspended te enable them te report. The
platform was read by Jehn II. Few, of
Philadelphia, and se read at te be heard
by all. The first part, consisting of the
seven planks of the platform, was well
received and liberally applauded. The
remainder, hewever, was less enthusiastic
ally received, but because it seemed mere
than was necessary te say ; and it was a
relief te most of the steaming delegates te
have it done with.
As seen as the reading was finished,
Greevy, of Alteena, offered as an amend
ment a resolution commending ex-Auditor
General Schell for his administration.
Greevy followed it with a little speech but
McClelland objected te the resolution as
oiling Schell for the governorship next
-year. A Philadelphia delegate called eut:
"Did Schell pay his campaign assess
ment ? " but it get no response and the
convention fell into a discussion en the
resolution, which was generally participa
ted in and threatened some acrimony,
when Greevy withdrew his resolution.
The platform was then adopted without dis
sent, and Greevy then renewed his motion
for the adoption of the Schell resolution.
It was carried en a rising vote
by au overwhelming majority Only
two or three, in fact, voted against it.
Few was one of these. He demanded te
have his vote recorded, with his reasons
for doing it, but it was ruled out of order
and the excitement having subsided the
call of tbe counties for nomination was
resumed. The house by this time was
filled up, and a delegate here and there
had warmed up enough te take his coat
off. The call went en te Crawford, when
M. Park Davis nominated Orange Neble.
He was followed by R. H. Lindsay, of
Fayette, nominating Newmyer ; A. N.
Brundage, who new for the first
time appears in a state convention, nemin
ating Begert, of Luzerne ; Rebert E.
James, of Northampton, nominating Rep
resentative Hackett; P. F. Dever, of Phil
adelphia, naming Jehn S. Davis. Dever
weul ever the history of Davis' victory
ever Charles Thompson Jenes and was ap
plauded all the way through his speech.
Few seconded the nomination. Without
any provocation whatever the band began
te play'just as seen as Few finished and it
was with difficulty that it could be turned
off. Geerge McGowan set up the music.
The naming of candidates then went en,
F. E. Bewer, effinyder, naming Dissineer.
of Northumberland ; Charles Heydrick, of
Venango, naming a. is. i'lumer. This was
seconded by Uncle Jake Zeigler in a speech
which aroused mere enthusiasm than any
ether fevent of the day, and it was with
difficulty that he get a chance te step.
Zeigler was followed by Weist, of Yerk,
who named Senater Ress.
This ended the speeches, which were all
well made and held the convention in geed
spirits for ever two hours. Ten candidates
had been named during that time, and
there was no delay in the call of the roll.
Captain McClelland performed this duty,
which went en quietly, only an occasional
vote exciting any demonstration. The
fact is that the friends of each candidate
were anxious te knew just hew their can
didaeo did stand, fearing some and hoping
a great deal. Scores of delegates kept
tally and the result of the ballet was pretty
generally known before its efficial an
nouncement from the chair. It was :
Davis rs
Guthrie 10
Kerr 23
Neble 4!)
Newmyer S
Begert 20
Hackett ai
Dlsalnger 21
I'lumer 18
There was very little excitement upon
the announcement. A second ballet pre
sented no special change and an adjourn
ment was carried for supper.
There was busy caucussing during the
evening recess, but no progress was made
towards practical concentration and the
convention reassembled at eight o'clock
as much at sea as before. The Philadel
phians had become completely united in
tbesuppert of Davis and the delegation
appeared minus their coats and swinging
palm leaf fans with vigor. The third bal bal
eot exhibited no material change and
the fourth followed in a mechanical
sort of way, without marked
result beyond a decided gain fur Neble.
The fifth went along in the same tedious,
humdrum manner, with no substantial
change, except a gain of ten for Davis,
which called out a regular firemen's yell
from the Philadelphia boys. The sixth
ballet dragged, though it was uneventful.
Congressmen Ermentrout attempted te
cut the Gordian knot by a motion te drop
the lowest candidate after each ballet, but
Chairman Hensel squelched the proposi preposi
tion by ruling that every delegate could
vote for whom he pleased, and that his
right te de se would be protected by the
chair. There was much buzzing and
many aisle pew-wows te get at some com
bination, but the seventh ballet was called
before any successful effort could be made
te concentrate. The ballet 6hewed that
Neble was forging ahead and that Davis
had fallen one vote. The Guthrie men be
came the ceutre of interest as Kerr's cel
umn was hopelessly broken, and without
precipitating a nomination Campbell, Mc
Gowan, Few and ether Philadelphians
hurriedly button-holed the Allegheny men
te. secure them as allies anl rally the
wavering Davis forces, but the Guthrie
men steed te their guns. Davis was, how hew how
ever, given again of four votes, while
Neblo gained only one, and both sides set
te work earnestly te gather in the scatter
ing. The Guthrie men moved an adjourn
ment, -but it was howled down, and the
ninth ballet began amidst considerable ex
citement. '
There was no perceptible change in the
battle until the ballet was half ever, when
ex-Senater Miller broke from Guthrie te
Davis That started a general mixing up
of the Davis and Guthrie men, and the
Guthrie men began te drift te the Phil
adelphia candidate. The dramatic plan
was adopted of changing from Guthrie te
Davis, and it was done with considerable
effect, each change being loudly cheered
by the Philadelphia delegates Beamish
and his colleague from Lackawanna fol
lowed, and MacMillan, of Lycoming,
capped the climax by changing his vole
from Neble te Davis. At this stage, when
it looked like a general stampede te Davie,
the Begert men began te change te Neble
and the few Kerr men followed. The excite
ment was intense, and the friends of Davis
and Neble were busy laboring with dele
gates te get them te change. They ran
pretty even until Parker, of Philadelphia,
rose and changed his vote from Davis te
Neble. That was the signal of victory for
Neble and practically ended the suspense.
McGowan threw up the Davis sponge by
changing his vote te Colonel Dil',et Union.
It was greeted with a shower of hisses, but
the vote was recorded. It was then a down
bill stampede te the Erie candidate.
Campbell, of Philadelphia, countered en
McGowan by changing his vote te Neblo
and Larkin followed. Next came the
Guthrie men. Twe already changed te
Davie, making the second chauge te Neble,
and such a flood tide could only end in the
final unanimous vote for Orange Neble,
which was accomplished just as the clock
pointed te the midnight hour.
Heydrick, of Venango, moved that tbe
nomination of Neblo be made unanimous.
This was seconded by Tate, of Bedford,
and hnrrabed through. There was an
abundance of cheering. Few get in a res
olution pledging the convention te the sup
port of itp caudidate and it was adopted.
Dever, of Philadelphia, took the fleer in
the midst of a dead calm and said that he
felt certain that when the Philadslphia
men get ever their passion they would
cordially support Neble, and he thanked
these who had voted for Davis.
Tbe Vete in Detail.
The following is the vote in detail :
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Second ..
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Fourth..
Filth
Sixth
Seventh.
Eighth ..
Ninth....
28 49 8 2ti 20 53 21 18
28 69 -j 27 15 54 20 17
::5 59 2. 31 17 54 8 15
36 69 i? 35 .. 56 9 9
37 11 - 29 2. 66 7 12
26 78 p 36 2 69 4 15
14 95 sj 34 a 68 tr 14
13 96 3 29 ts 72 3 14
141) 4 94 4
On ninth ballet 3 votes were cast for A. H.
Dill.
There had been a great thinning out of
these in the hall. Nearly all the specta
tors had left the galleries, and what was
left of the convention began some time
after midnight te get a state committee
together.
When the names of the new committee
men had been gathered in, Miller, of Wash
ington, in a short speech nominated Hen
sel for chairman of the state committee
and put the motion before Hensel could
get a chance te object. It was carried
with a hurrah, but Hensel said be must
emphatically decline the position. He
could net be induced te take it. He left
the chair and went upon the fleer te say
this, James, of Northampton, presiding
meantime.
The report of the committee en rules
was then reached. These are the rules
which were acted upon by the state com
raittee en Tuesday night, and Hensel, who
presented tbe report, moved its adoption.
There was a great deal of discussion en
this, and Miller, of Washington, moved
the postponement of the whole business.
McGowan agreed with this, and there was
an interminable discussion, net upon the
rules, but upon whether they should be
considered or net.
The motion te indefinitely postpone was
finally voted down and the rules were
taken up for consideration. Upen the con
sideration of the first rule Mr. McGowan
asked for a call of the yeas and nays.
This exposed the tactics of the opponents
of the rules Beamish wanted te adjourn,
but he and 3IcGewan were appealed te
te allow the business te go en, at
least until a chairman of the state
committee could be chosen. McGowan
insisted upon the yeas and nays, and
the forty or fifty delegates who were pre
sent settled down te what could net be
prevented. Neble's immediate friends had
made the mistake of going out te cele
brate their victory and left interests which
much concerned the candidate te be looked
after in any way that might happen. The
call of the yeas and nays disclosed the fact
that no quorum was present. McGowan
called attention te this and insisted upon
a call of the house. Everybody wanted
te de some talking at this time.
At one o'clock the wrangle was still iu
progress. Hensel insisting upon considera
tion for the report and McGowan still de
manding a call of the house.
The rules were finally withdrawn by Mr.
Hensel, their mover. After a tumultuous
scene, during which Mr. Hensel resumed
the chair, the election of a chairman of the
state committee was proceeded with, re
sulting in the selection Mr. J. K.. Begert,
of Luzerne. At 2:10 a. m. the convention
adjourned.
Tbe Platform,
Resolved. That we, the Democratic party of
Pennsylvania, in convention assembled, declare :
First. Fer the preservation of the constitution
of the United States ; home rule, freedom of elec
tions ; for resistance te revolutionary changes,
tending te consolidation or empire ; against the
election of any person te the Presidency a third
time ; against the presence of troops at the polls ;
against the appropriation of public money for any
purpose but the support of government ; and class
legislation, which despoils labor te build up me
nopely.
Second, That the Democratic party, as of old,
favors a constitutional currency of geld and silver.
Repudiation in all forms and coalition with repu repu
diaters merit the condemnation of honest people.
The refusal of a Republican administration te
accede te .the Democratic demand for a anther re
duction in the rate of interest en the national
debt subjects the government te a needless ex
pense of millions of dollars annually.
Third, That in view of the exposure of extensive
frauds in the postal and treasury departments un
der the last federal administration, the people de
mand prompt and unfaltering prosecution 01 the
thieves; their successful operations prove that there
will be no real reform in the management of the
departments of the federal government without a
sweeping change therein. Sincere civil service re
form will begin with a return te the Jeffersonian
tests for office-holders of honesty, capability and
faithfulness te the constitution.
Fourth, That in the administration of the gov
ernment of Pennsylvania the Republican party
has encouraged, pflkticed and shielded spoliation
of the state treasury and misuse of the public
funds, bribery of legislators, undue favor te cor
porations and monopolies, an unnecessarily high
rate of interest en the state leans, a shameless
prostitution of the pardoning power, a system of
wholesale waste and peculation in the ordinary
expenditures of the government, and an harass
ing and plundering exercise of municipal fran
chises and abuse of local trusts.
Fifth, That the arrogant, corrupt and personal
domination controlling the Republican party in
this state, and suppressing honesty and indepen
dence in that organization, dictated the policy, the
platform and the candidate et its last state con
vention. In view of these facts we hereby re-affirm
the following resolution of the Democratic
state convention of 1879 : " That the recent at
tempt under the personal direction of ruling Re
publican leaders te debauch the legislature by
wholesale bribery and corruption, and take from
the commonwealth four millions of dollars, for
which its liability had never been ascertained,
is a fresh and alarming evidence of the aggres
siveness of corporate power in collusion with po
litical rings, and should receive the sjgnal con
demnation of the people at the polls."
Sixth. That the Democratic party of Pennsyl
vania, regardful of the state's honor and its inter
ests, pledges itself te the just application of the
public moneys te the public service; te econo
my in governmental expenditures, that the peo
ple may be lightly burdened and the purity of the
administration preserved ; te the abolition of all
useless offices and the lopping off of all supernu
mary officials; te the lowest practicable rate of inter
est en State leans, without regard for the advan
tage of syndicates or speculators; te sleepless
vigilance against the growth and exactions of
monopolies; te watchful guard of the public
interests against the pretensions of the great
transportation companies te be above the funda
mental law governing all else within the borders
of the state; te a vigorous collection of all taxes
lawfully laid upon corporations chartered or doing
business in Pennsylvania,;and toiavestigatien into,
correction of and punishment for the frauds and
wastes which have for years permeated various
departments of the state government under Re
publican control.
Seventh, That no monopoly or exclusive right
in the forces of nature, in grants of eminent do
main, in the diffusion of information among the
people by telegraph and associations for furnishing
dispatches te the press, or the grant of privileges
affecting the daily business of the citizen, can or
ought rightfully te exist under our form of gov
ernment. These are at all times te be subject te
such legislative regulation and "control as the
rights and interests of the people demand. That
the delegated power of Congress te regulate com
merce among the states and the reserved power
of the states te regulate the same within their
borders should be forthwith exercised te prevent
unjust discrimination by common carriers against
individuals and localities, and all the previsions
of the constitution of Pennsylvania relative te the
exercise and abuse of corporate franchise and the
duties of common carriers te the public should be
enforced without delay by appropriate legislation.
That all governmental power should be used in
restraint of monopolies and net in aid of them,
and simple and speedy remedies should be provid
ed by legislative enactment by which any citUcn
injured in his business may, in state and federal
courts by due process of law, have quick, certain
and adequate redress for corporate v-rengs. That
vested rights must be protected and respected .and
great corporations warring between themselves te
the injury of the public interests anil their own
shareholders, must be regulated and controlled
by wise and effective laws. That franchises, the
property of the people, shall be granted and exer
cised solely for the public benefit and subject te
immediate and absolute forfeiture by due process
of law when used for oppression or extortion, or
when otherwise abused. Ne corporation can be
above the people or the law. We thus reaffirm
the ancient doctrines of the Democratic party,
and most cordially invite our fellow citizens of
whatever party te join with us in carrying out the
principles and policy we hereby announce, and
te the advocacy of which we pledge ourselves until
the right shall prevail.
Resolved, That all geed citizens, regardless of
party affiliations sincerely mourn the death of
President Garfieldand that we, as tepresenatfves
of mere than four hundred thousand Democratic
voters,, express their individual and collective
grief at the calamity which has befallen the repub
lic, their sorrow and sympathy with the domestic
affliction of the president's stricken household, and
their execration of his assassin and of the mur
derer's foul crime.
Resolved, That in Orange Neble, this day nom
inated for state treasurer en the platform adopted
by this convention, wc present a candidate en
titled te the confidence of the people ; one who,
if elected, will keepthe public money safely, make
known his place of deposit, held his books and
papers open te inspection, and preserve the com
monwealth from any repetition of the systematic
embezzlements of interest and ether spoliations
which marked the long and scandalous career of
the Republican treasury ring ; who will neither
seek nor take any emoluments of the office ether
than the lawful salary ; and who will exert all his
influence te prevent, expose and punish the plun
dering system of purchasing state supplies which
has long prevailed in Harrisburg te the shame of
the commonwealth.
Mr. Hansel's Address.
' Gentlemen of -rnE Convention :
There are no off years in Democratic hopes
and Democratic exertions. Profoundly
appreciating tbe honor of the call which
you have extended te me, I am net insen
sible te the responsibilities which its ac
ceptance involves. I trust I need net say
that I will endeavor te meet and discharge
them without fear, favor or affection. I
am net unmindful that the long shadows
of a people's grief fall athwart any popu
lar gathering in these times and that the
whole republic laments the calamity which
has befallen it in the assassination of
the chief magistrate. Deprecating as
they de any assault upon the dig
nity of established office by fraud
or force, the Democrats of Penn
sylvania sincerely join in the uni
versal sorrow and sympathy which this
tragic event awakened. AU the mere
deeply de they feel the necessity of reaf
firming by their words and works their
' fidelity te the principles of these illus
trious men who settled our free institutions
aud founded the Democratic party te prer
serve them.' They who leek for a Demo
cratic state convention te reset ancient land
marks, will, I trust, leek in vain. Time
has only vindicated the efficiency of tbe
essential principles of Democracy te truly
' save the me of the nation and keep each
part of our well devised constitutional
system in full vigor aud free exercise. Te
reassert rather than te takn departure
from this faith delivered by the fathers,
and te nominate candidates who are the
embodiment thereef is the office of this
convention. In the measure that this is
dene will the people of the common
wealth approve the deliverance of tbe
party. That pledge, I may be allowed
te say, involves a declaration of honest
money, home mle, fair elections and econ
omy in the expenses of government ;
against all schemes of centralization of
the public business, against repudiation
and repudiators, and against the growth
and exactions of monopolies or the exten
sion of subsidies te corporations at the
people's expense. A long career of faith
lessness te public trust has informed the
people of this commonwealth of the dis
honest purposes of the Republican
party. Recent events have quickened
public apprehension of fatal results te
the state from its longer continuance in
power and tbe formidable rebellion
everywhere asserting itself against cor
rupt personal and political dynasties give
premise that the clay of Pennsylvania's
deliverance is at hand. Honest men are
hopeful that in the near future a better
political creed is here te prevail than of
addition, division and silence. These signs
of the times point the way te Democratic
expediency as well as Democratic duty. If
this convention shall meet and discharge
that duty, as I knew it will, it will justify
the hopes of a lar ?e majority of the people
whose eyes arc turned this way te-day. If
it shall arraign the opposition for the
sins of omissieu and comissien, and
its deeper vices of corruption ; if it sball
pledge itself without equivocation te bet
ter things, and if it shall prove its sincerity
by having a candidate whose character is
without fear and whose record is without
reproach, it will net have met in vain.
Its result may "be of far wider reaching
importance than simply te determine the
elect custodian of the state funds. It may
be the forerunner of political contests cul
minating in the near future in the long
waited for national verdict, which fraud
cannot reverse and force cannot overturn.
Gentleman of the convention, I am pre
pared te receive any motion looking te
the proper dispatch of your business."
THE HEADING BANTEK.
Taken Severely te Task Oj m Correspondent
at Marietta.
Marietta, Sept. 27, 1881
Editors Intelligences Amid all
the undoubtedly sincere sorrow that has
been expressed by word and action, in
this time of great national calamity, could
one be se ruthless as te besmirch this
snow white fabric of sympathy that was
woven by the hearts of people? If it
must needs be, why should it net come
from one of a less dignified position than
that of a minister of tbe Gospel, from
whom at least charity migbt be expected ?
The splenic vent of the unjust Beading
minister Mills comes, at a time like this
as mirth would come te a heart of sorrow.
Party hatred is buried under common
grief, te be resuscitated only fly such as
he. Te men of such a disposition we
are indebted for the acrimony of peliti.
cat campaigns. These are the disturbing
spirits who paint the faded 'gore, and
fladnt it in the face of tbe Democratic
party. They would heal an imaginary
wound by an application of caustic. Were
the assertions of this gentleman truthful
as I have no doubt, his radicalism and
uncharitable antipathy te these of an op
posite political creed make him believe
them te be, the Democratic party might
be induced te ask for charity, but as the
assertions are utterly false they make no
such plea. They are net in the least amen
able for an evil influence ever the mind of
Guiteau. The cliarges that were brought
against James A. Garfield at the time of
his election, and were net dispreven, or
could net be, stand against him en the
records of Heaven. Is it, then, unjust that
men should record them ? '.These charges
that were net substantiated were honor
ably recalled by every honest Democrat,
long before the time that they were called
upon te share a public grief.
The advance of these charges was in ac
cordance witii the necessary custom of a
strict examination of the one in whose
hands the people were te place their high
est gift. The bitterness of spirit is felt at
such a time equally by both parties, and
none but a blinded zealot could fault one
and net the ether for entertaining it.
Knewiug that every humau life is imper
fect, these who voted against James A
Garfield can, and have, sincerely sorrowed
at the less of our late president
for estimation of him has come te
them as it did te these who
elected him ; mainly since his election
for even at the Chicago convention was he
net the " dark horse ?" Showing that in
minds of the Republican party he was net
esteemed iu any measure as he is new.
There is a new creation, and te his memo
ry the members of the Democratic party
ad loyal citizens of the United States, lay
equal claim with that of the Republicans.
Te this, gentlemen, let me then say, tbat
there are these in the Democratic party
who are men of feelings, at least as fine as
his own. They can sorrow at tbe affliction
of Pi evident Garfield and his immediate
family. They can feel the less of a presi
dent who was conservative and promis premis
ing a geed administration, and no doubt
there are some that .could even fergive
such a harsh and unseemly judgement as
that of Rew Mills, of Reading.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
t'KASUK BLOSSOMS.
Wedding at St, Mary's Church Last Evening.
In the presence of a large company at
St. Mary's church last evenlug, Miss Annie.
Deyle, eldest daughter of BIr. Jehn Deyle,
of 220 North Duke street, was joined in
holy wedlock with Mr. Francis 1$. Mc
Laughlin, son of the well-known carpenter
aud builder, Mr. Daniel McLaughlin. The
ceremony took place shortly after eight
o'clock, and the entrance of tbe bridal
party into the sacred edifice was announced
by the joyful peals of Mendelssohn's
" Wedding March," executed in her cus
tomary brilliant style by Mist Lizzie Stro
be!, organist of St. Mary's. The party
proceeded up the nave of the church in the
following order : Mr. James A. McEIhone
and Mr. Wm. O. Frailey, ushers ; Miss
Delphina Deyle, sister of the bride, ac
companied by Mr. Charles McLaughlin,
brother of the groom ; Miss Kate Deyle,
sibter of the bride, accompanied by Mr.
Harry McLaughlin, brother of the groom ;
the bride and "groom. The bride looked
strikingly handsome in a dress of white
tarlatan, very elaborately made, profusely
trimmed with orange blossoms, and with
a sweeping train ; she were also a long
white veil aud upon her head a wreath of
orange blossoms. As she swept up tbe
aisle, leaning upon the arm of the groom,
she was the cynosure of interest and ad
miration, though indeed tbe bridesmaids,
her sisters, likewise looked charming and
attractive ; Mias Kate were white tarla
tan ever a pale blue silk waist, and Miss
Delp'uiua tbe same material ever
pink silk. The ceremony was pro
nounced by Rev. Father Hickey,
who accompanied the solemn act
with words of wholesome advice te the
new-made couple. The vows having been
exchanged and the twain pronounced one,
the bridal party again formed in reverse
order from tbat above given, and while '
the organ pealed forth merrily, tbe man
and wife with their attendants and many
of the invited guests took coaches and
were driven te the residence of the bride's
parents, ou North Duke street, where a
reception was held that lasted far into the
night, and during which the bride and
groom were overwhelmed by the congratu
lations of hosts of friends, and all kinds of
festive amusements indulged in. The
table in charge of Jee Lebar, tbe well
known caterer, was handsomely set
and abundantly supplied with the
geed things of this life, te which
the scores of guests did' ample jus
tice. At the termination of the reception
Mr aud Mrs. McLaughlin repaired te their
new residence, 22G East Walnut street,
erected by the groom's father and furnished
ready for living, where they enter upon
the married state and housekeeping en
their own account with the cordial geed
wishes of very many friends.
In token of the geed-will with which
their entry into wedded bliss is accompa
nied by their friends may be mentioned
the fact that the young couple have been
made the recipients of a large number of
handsome aud valuable presents, including
an abundance of silverware, china, glass
and quantities of various Glh3r articles of
use and ornament. They cemprint;! '
exceedingly brilliant display at last even
ing's reception and were greatly admired
by the assembled company.
Felic Cases.
James Messenkep, Henry Snyder and
Wayne Shay had a hearing before Alder
man Spurrier last evening te answer com
plaints preferred against them by Wm.
Roehm, for assault and battery aud ma
licious mischief. It will be remembered
that en Monday last the accused went te
Roehm's tavern, en Seuth Queen street,
and raised a row. Alderman Spurrier held
the party te bail te answer at court.
Jehn J. Hutchinson, who assaulted Clara
Smith and Mrs. Crevcr en the street a few
evenings age, was bofero Alderman Sam
son last night te answer for drunken and
disorderly conduct. He was committed
for 30 days, at the end or which time he
will be heard for his alleged assault en the
ladies above named.
A telegram from Harrisburg detectives
asks for tbe arrest of Rebert E. Day who
claim Sunbury as his home, Jand who is
wanted iu Harrisburg te answer for false
pretense. He is 5 feet 10 inches in height
weighs 190 pounds, has sandy moustache,
and a boil en his face, and wears blue
clothes.
WASHINGTON ENCAMPMENT.
Installation uf Officers.
At the last stated meeting of the Wash
ington Encampment, Ne. 11, I. O. O. P.,
the following named etbeers were installed
for the ensuing term of six mouths :
C. P. W. C. Iiuchmillcr.
II. P. James Zucrcher.
S. W. J. D. Graham.
J. W. Allen Guthrie.
Treasurer W. F. Hambright.
Scribe Gee Spurrier.
The amount paid for relief by tbe En
campment for the past six months was
$910.00. The. assets of the Encampment
are $11,325.04, and the liabilities nothing.
A very geed showing indeed.
Me isStlll Assaulted.
The Chinaman who, has the laundry en
East Chestnut street continues te be per
secuted by the men and boy of this city,
who, it seems, are determined te allow
him no peace. On Tuesday evening as he
was passing alone Hast Chestnut street a
man hit him en the forehead with a stone,
cutting a terrible ;a.sii. The assault was
uncalled for, as tlw Chinaman had done
nothing whatever.
In Town.
Burt Pierson is in this city lithographing
for the Haverly M.isto-leu Minstrel party,
and te-day he filled all of the prominent
windows in the city with large aud beauti
ful pictures. Mr. Pierson was formerly
with the Barnnm-Louden show and is
well known here, where 'he has many
friends.
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