LANCASTER DAILY INTELLIGENCER THLRSDAY .JUftfc 29 1882.
JLancasteT f nteUigencer.
THURSDAY SVXNINa, JUNE 20, 1869.
The leralt
The convention has done what it could
net avoid doing with the material at its
command for all the nominations. It
has given us a geed ticket and a strong
one. We should net greatly fear the re
sult of 'the election even though we had
a united instead of a divided party in
front of us. Our enemies have been
went te say that we had a talent for
making mistakes in our nominations and
we have ourselves often had misgivings
lest there might be mere of truth than
poetry in the statement. Our conven
tions have often been unfortunate ; it
may have been their fate or it may have
been their fault; it don't matter much
which; the result has been te
keep the party under when apparently it
could readily have risen te the surface.
This time the fates have been propitious.
Thn candidates have been eoed; the
convention has been harmonious ; and
the party is happy under the results of
iis deliberations and need net inquire
whether it ewes its happiness te the geed
sense of its delegates or te the kindness
of its fate. The high tide of its geed
fortune has evidently.set in.
Rebert E. Pattison, though a young
man, is one of the best known of Penn
sylvania Democrats. In the few years
during which be has held office in Phila
delphia he has made himself famous
with a most creditable fame that of an
active, vigilant, honest and sagacious
officer., The same geed qualities
will make him an excellent gov
ernor 'and will draw te him the
votes 'of these who are sufficiently
independent of party te be guide! by the
quality of candidates. Mr. Pattison has
already received the support of the In
dependent voters of Philadelphialand it
is quite remarkable that he should nave
been able te de this while professing an
unswerving Democracy. The Independ
ent voter generally is supposed te de
mand a non-partisan candidate. Mr.
Pattison 's record affords a lessen te poli
ticians in this regard. He teaches them
that it is net necessary for them te pro
fess a hybrid politics te gain the
support of their fellow citizens, in the
faithful discharge of their duties. Mr.
Pattison, a strong Democrat, was sus
tained by voters who were as strong Re
publicans, because he- demonstrated
himself te be the right man for the place
he filled. He will get many votes from
the same source for the gubernatorial
office ; he exhibited himself te the Dem
ocratic convention as a strong candidate,
and te this he is indebted for his nomi
nation ever equally geed men. He made
himself strong at home; came thence
with a united delegation which found at
Harrisburg delegates from the country
deeply impressed with the record of Phil
adelphia's candidate, and furthermore
disposed te concede te that great city
the first hearty and unanimous demand
it had made within the memory of
man.
Mr. Cexewas forced into the arena by
his friends despite his strong disinclina
tion for public office, and they could net
held him in nomination when he saw
that he steed between two geed men se
warmly supported as Mr. Pattison and
Mr. Hepkins. If he had btaid in the
field it is probable that the friends of
these candidates, when they had fully
tested their strength, would have united
upon him. He gave way and decided
the contest in favor of Pattison, doubt
less from the persuasion of the greater
personal strength which bis strong and
fresh record before the people gave him.
This was his advantage ever Mr. Hop Hep
kins who, with like sterling integrity te
devote te the people's service, had net
lately had an opportunity te demon
strate it te them. We are assured that
the most cordial feeling existed in the
convention before and after the result,
between the friends of the several can
didates ; and it could net have been
otherwise when all were se worthy of the
high honor and no room at all existed for
harsh words or hard feelings.
The nominee for lieutenant governor
from our neighboring county of Yerk
received a most gratifying vote in the
convention, and the many friends of
Chauncey F. Black are delighted te
have his name adorn the ticket ; know
ing him te be a man of rare ability and
honor they knew that he will adorn the
office when he is elevated te it. The son
of that most popular Pennsylvania
Judge Jeremiah S. Black, he .is most
worthy of bis lineage. Though net
emulating the brilliancy of his father in
the forum he has inherited from him
his strong mind and his command of
clear and nervous language ; and with
these resources freely and daily used in
the newspapers he has impressed himself
in a less showy way upon the thought of
the country. The Democracy may well
be proud te have Mr. Black's name upon
their ticket. They knew that never will
anything but credit attach te them
through his conduct. There is no brighter
jewel among their nominations; none
that will shed a greater lustre upon their
ticket.
JSe better candidate for supreme
judge than Silas M. Clark could have
been found in the state. His name was
one .of these mentioned for the guberna
terial office in case there should be no
agreement upon one of the pronounced
candidates. He is a very strong man in
the region in which he resides, being
held in equal esteem for his ability as a
lawyer and his geed sense and integrity
as a man. He will make a strong addi
tien te the supreme bench ; and that it
sorely needs1 strength' no one will dis
pute.
Mr. Africa's nomination for auditor
general was a deserved compliment te a
man widely knows and esteemed where
ever known. His qualification for the
office for which he was named and his
popularity were equally demonstrated by
his unanimous selection by the conven
tion. Male lm Hay declined the nomination
for cengreasman-at-large, which the con
vention unanimously tendered him, with
the just appreciation of his eminent'
fitness. Whoever they select in his stead
will no doubt worthily finish the work
Which se far has been se brilliantly done.
A han who has net wise friends is
exceedingly unfortunate, and especially
when he stands before a political con
vention ; and it is just then that wisdom
seems te desert his friends. They may
be very geed men, but at such times as
these they very often exhibit a sad lack
of common sense. Mr. Coxe is the latest
sufferer. His friends well knew that he
did net want te enter public life and
they knew the very sufficient reasons he
had for it. Yet they forced him into
consenting te become a candidate be
fore the convention ; and this after he
had positively "refused, and when a re
consideration of his decision necessarily
gave his course an appearance
of vacillation which was very
unjust te his character. Ner was
there any geed reason for this ur
gency of his friends. Certainly Mr.
Coxe would have been a very geed and
very strong candidate, and we think the
Democracy would have been very fertu
nate in him as its nominee. But it would
have been strene with any of the lead
ing candidates, and there was no rea
son existing for forcing Mr. Coxe against
his inclinations, in any fear that other
wise the nomination would be badly
placed. The same reason existed for net
putting Mr. Coxe in nomination that
existed for withdrawing him after the
first ballet ; he did net want the place
and it would be well filled without him ;
and his friends ought te have recog
nized this first as well as last. It was
plain enough.
It was a manly fight and a splendid de
liverance. The Democracy are en the aggressive
in this campaign and will make the fur fly
ere the ides of November roll round.
Malcolm Hay called it a grand nemi
nation, and the west vied with the east in
cheering the sentiment.
It will be curious te watch the effect of
last night's storm upon the red-headed
hopefulness of the Stalwart field mar
shal. When the gas trust heard the news
there is said te have been an exhibition of
pyretechnieal profanity that had never be
fore been equalled and will only be again
witnessed in November.
The speech of Mr. Hay, in moving te
make the nomination of Pattison unani
mous, was a model of magnanimity and
geed sense ; and Singerly's seconding the
motion made him the here of the hour.
There were no Hepkins men nor Coxe
men nor any ether than Pattison men
after Chairman Dallas had announced the
vote and Hay sprang te his feet te move
the nomination be made unanimous.
Pattison having proved himself a con
treller who could control, the delegates net
unnaturally arrived at the conclusion that
he would make just the sort of eovcrner
who would govern. And acted accordingly.
Ex-Secretary Evarts in a talk before
the Yale alumni en Tuesday scored seme
points. "We have new reached a stage
in the affairs of the country," he said,
" when we are able te take up a long
neglected subject the subject of geed
government." Intelligent people make
the great constituency, and Mr. Evarts
declares that the college graduate "cannot
shut himself up and complain of the igner
ance, caprice and frivolity of his fellow
citizens. He is responsible, armed and
equipped as the soldier of civil life, that
he be a combatant all through, cither in
the ditch or at the head."
If a man may be judged by the opinions
of his neighbors, there ought net te be
much doubt in the public mind as te the
wisdom of the candidacy of Rebert E.
Pattison. The Philadelphia morning
papers, all of which are quoted elsewhere
in our columns te day, are a uuit in en
dorsing his fitness and pronouncing him
above reproach. The geed people of the
commonwealth will take our esteemed
contemporaries at their word, and in
November next promote the Philadelphia
controller te a position where his qualities
as a reformer will shine still brighter and
shed new lustre en his own fair fame, and
that of a long misgoverned state
PERSONAL.
President Arthur was given the de
gree of LL. D. at Union college yester
day. Senater Bayard is the lien of the
hour at the Dartmouth commencement
this week,
Judge Perter, who helped in the pros
ecution of Guitcau, will sail for Europe in
a few days.
Ex-Sereeant-at-Arms Jehn G. Thomp
son has deeided net te run for Congress
this year.
Nilsson was a 14-year-old girl, singing
at a country fair in Norway when her
musical capabilities first attracted notice.
J. H. Rewell has been reneminated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Four
teenth Illinois district.
William Themas, the eldest graduate
of Harvard, was present at the com
mencement exercises there yesterday. He
is 93 years old and a graduate of the class
of 1807.
Plaisted, reneminated for another term
in Maine, is a quiet-looking man, with a
full beard and a stocky body, who talks
slowly, bnt has a way of hanging en te
anythink he begins.
Mrs. R. P. Dana, a daughter of the
poet Longfellow, has purchased Healy's
portrait of her father. Mrs. Dana ap
pears in the painting as a bright-eyed
little maiden, with golden tresses, peeping
ever her father's shoulder.
Henry P. Celeman, of the Philadel
phia bar, and Charles J. Bonaparte, of the
Baltimore bar, were given the degree of
LL. D. at the commencement at lit. St.
Mary's college, Emmittsburg, Md., yes
terday. Among the medal men were Wm.
H. Celeman, of Philadelphia.
Senater Buchanini, the proprietor of
the restaurant de 1' Opera, in New Yerk, is
according te common report, no ether
than the dancing master who years age
tripped away with Mrs. Eaten's heart and
property, and afterwards absconded with
her granddaughter.
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A Tnlet (Uvea HlmaeirUp.
Last May the store of F. E. Sters, at
Pine Greve, was entered and robbed.
Every effort failed tojebtain a clue te the
perpetrators. In the meantime a man was
arrested for receiving stolen goods. Yes
terday, Frank Gable appeared before
Squire Hill stating that he had a hand in
the robbery. He gave himself up te re
lease the party held for receiving stolen
coeds, knowing that he was innocent. He
refused te give the" names of his compan
ions. He was held in default or bail.
Gable came from Erie.
THE MOJRN1NG NEWS.
Matters of Moment in Various I'arta.
In a fight at Mount Greve, Me., yester
day, two cowboys shot and killed James
Burns.
Rockweed, Tenn., en the line of the
Southern railroad, is said te be almost de
populated by smallpox.
A fire at Plattsburg, N. Y., yesterday,
damaged the Isham wagon company's
works te the amount of $5,000.
A heavy rain in Menefee county, Jven
tnek. last Mendav. caused the streets of
Frenchburg te be flooded te a depth of
eight feet. Six dwellings were swept
away, and Mrs. Jehn Fex, Mrs. Byrne and
two daughters, and two young women
named Watkins were drowned.
A skiff containing a party of Swedish
laborers was upset by the swell of a steam
boat at Bismarck, Dakota, last night, and
five of the men were drowned.
The heavy rains in Minnesota and the
northwest appear from the reports of cor
respondents at various points te have only
injured the rye and barley. Cern and
wheat have, in fact, been rather benefited.
An attempt was made te blew up the
I jail at Mount Greve, Missouri, en Tues
day night. Twe kegs et pewuer wcre ex
ploded under the building, but it was
strong enough te resist the shock.
James Shea, a posteffice clerk of Station
B. New Yerk city, was arrested yesterday
and held for examination. He was caught
removing stamps that he had sold from
letters and selling them ever again, put
ting the proceeds in his pocket.
The Episcopal rectory at Prince Fred
erick, Calvert county, Md., where the
county records and papers have been stored
since March last, when the court house
was destroyed by fire, was burned yester
day and all the papers were destroyed.
Julius Welfcrani died en Tuesday at
Trey, N. Y., after five years of illness
from cancer of the kidneys. An autopsy
disclosed the fact that the kidneys
weighed 12 pounds.
The late rains in Nebraska have killed
the chinch bugs and played havoc with
the potato bugs and ether pests. There is
seme apprehension of rust in wheat, bnt
this is net general.
Themas E. Snclbaker, ex-superintendent
of police of Cincinnati, tried for the
murder of Armstrong Chumuer, at n pelice
station house, was yesterday acquitted en
the ground of self-defense.
Lorenze Dcnuiseu, a farm laborer em
ployed by D. L. Staats, and who lived
apart fiem his family in a sort of hermit
age, at Summit Biidge, two miles west of
Cokeos, N. Y was found dead iu his her
mit home en Tuesday night, fiem the ef
fects of a kick by one Devee in a light en
Saturday night.
E. II. Ashley was arrested yesterday at
New Bedford, Mass., for attempting te
pass a check for $193 en the Gloucester
National bank, drawn by Henry W. Ben
uctt, jr., & Ce , payable te Clark, Adams
& Clark, the indersement being forged,
Abhlcy says he is a Bosten mail carrier,
and confesses te hava robbed a mail bag.
tilUTKAU'rf AI'PUOACUING DOOM.
Hew tliti Assassin l.ehaves and What Be
say.
Although the behavior of Guiteau dur
ing the past three or four days has gener
ally been quiet aud composed, it has been
marked by occasional outbursts of the
same fierce, fanatical spirit which impelled
him during his trial te denounce by turns
everybody who took any part therein. On
Monday night, for example, he seemed for
a suen, tune te dc mevea ey ieeimgsei un
usually violent hatred for all who had been
concerned iu his trial or were te be
instrumental in carrying the sentence of
the court into effect. " Arthur will go te
hell !" he exclaimed passionately ;" the
cabinet will go te hell ; Judge Bradley
will go te hell ; the supreme court of the
district will go te hell ; General Crocker
will go te hell," aud, turning te the death -watcher,
you, tee, will go te hell !"
With each repetition of the word " hell "
he brought his fist violently down upon
the table te srive te it additional emphasis.
As Deputy Warden Russ passed the deer
of his cell, Guiteau said te him, in a snarl
ing tone : "If you have anything te de
with my hanging you will be damned. Yeu
will have te take the responsibility." Dur
ing the greater part of the time, owever,
the prisoner seems firm aud tranquil, and
manifests neither unusual excitement nor
unusual depression.
When the Rev. Dr. Hicks paid him a
visit,Guiteau was iu a quite undemonstra
tive mood. He said : "My mind is fiee
from all worldly affairs, and I am ready te
CO. I have no enmity new against any ene.
The "matter is new between the president's
conscience and his Ged. I hope that en
Friday there will be ue bungling, aud
that General Crocker will de his work
well. The prolongation of my life new
will net centribute te my happiness, al
though it would be for the geed of the
American people." Just as Dr. Hicks was
leaving the cell Guiteau said: "I am
counting the hours till I shall be released.
I have no fear of punishment hereafter."
Jehn W. Guiteau and Mr. Reed visited
the prisoner.
The scaffold upon which Guiteau is te
bu hung is new iu complete readiness, aud
the rope was tested te-day with a weight
of 250 pounds. The exact time for the
execution has net yet been fixed, and it
will depend te some extent upon the pris
oner's condition aud his wishes. The
death warrant, however, will probably be
read about 1 o'clock. Il is net yet known
whether the prisoner intends te make any
extended remarks. It is understood, how
ever, that he will say something.
Mrs. Scevillc sent te the president a
leug letter, pleading for "justiee" for her
brother. Jehn W. Guiteau also sent the
president a mass of correspondence tend
ing te .show that the assassin's friends be
lieve him te be inclined te insanity.
TKlCr.IBI.K DOMESTIC TBAUKDV.
Cincinnati Lawyer Kills His
Daughter and Himself.
Wile,
Hemy Cele is a native of Cincinnati, an
attorney, and formerly served as a United
States marshal under Gen. Hickonleopcr.
Twe years age he had an appointment
under the census office te collect statistics
of manufactures in Cincinnati and has
been engaged en that until recently. A
few years age, while living in Brooklyn,
N. Y., he lest his favorite daughter by a
coasting accident, and since was observed
te be moody and disturbed in mind. About
10 o'clock Wednesday morning the people
occupying part of the house with the Cele
family noticed their apartments all shut
up, and get a policeman and broke in when
the bodies of Mr. Cele and his wife were
found dead in the same bed, the latter
having a bullet in the left temple. Mr.
Cole had shot himself ever the right eye,
and the revolver was still in his hand. His
daughter Nettie's body was lying en the
lounge in the adjoining room with a bullet
hele iu the back of the head. She was the
only child living, and bad graduated from
the Woodward high school last Friday.
Friends say they knew of no family trouble
te cause the tragedy, but Mr. Cole has
been observed te talk wildly for the past
two or three months, and seme new recall
that he said when his family died they
would all die together.
Fatally Frightened by a Snake.
Jacob Lcinbach, a telegraph operator of
Schuylkill Haven, was found drowned
near his home at the navigation landing.
The deceased was subject te fits. He was
walking along the bank of a runuinz
stream when he stumbled across a large
snake, at which he became frightened,
was suddenly seized with a fit and fell
into the water. He was thirty-three
years of age and unmarried.
PATTISON CHOSEN-
NOMINATED AFTER SIX BALLOTS.
A Clese and friendly Contest With Hop Hep
kinsThe Convention Wild With
Enthusiasm A Streng Candi
date en a Strone irlmtfenn.
When the convention get together again
at 3 o'clock, even the top gallery of the
opera house was filled with a fanning
audience. The committee had, during the
recess, accomplished the work assigned
them without particular trouble. The
conclusion reached by the committee en
contests was satisfactory te the body of
the convention and particularly agreeable
te the Pattison men, for it seated all their
delegates and ousted the contestants, ex
cept in the Fifth senatorial district,
where, after a bitter fight, a compromise
was reached and Jehn I. Rogers andThes.
May Pierce were each given a seat,
but only half a vote. The contests were
arranged in committee without even the
formality of a vote, except In the Menree-
Marshal case, where Menree, tne jrattisen
man, was admitted by a vote of 29 te 2.
The exclusion of the Fifteenth ward con
testants was a grievous blew at ex-State
Treasurer McGrath and his anti-Pattison
following. The absence of Frank Beam
ish, chairman of the contest committee,
delayed the presentation of the report and
kept the convention at a stand still for
half an hour, but when it was finally re
ceived it was unanimously adopted.
The committee en organization present
ed the name of Geerge M. Dallas, of
Philadelphia, for permanent chairman.
The mention of his name was loudly ap
plauded. Mr. Dallas at ence wen the
geed opinion of his listeners by announc
ing his intention of making no speech ; and
se, after a few eloquent words, he declared
the convention ready for business. A
resolution limiting the time of nominating
speeches te five minutes was quickly car
ried. The Platform.
W. U. Heusel, of Lancaster, chairman,
read the report of the committee en reso
lutions. The platform was as fellows :
The Democratic party of Pennsylvania,
holding fast te the faith that all power
net delegated by the constitution is re
served te the states and the people : up
holding the sanctity of personal liberty,
the security of private preperty aud the
right of local self-government ; demand
ing honesty and economy in the adminis
tration of government and the enforce
ment of all the previsions of the constitu
tion by the Legislature and the courts of
the commonwealth; declaring against
monopolies and in sympathy with labor,
seeking its protection, and in favor of the
protection of the industrial interests of
Pennsylvania, at this time de solemnly
pretest against evils which the policy and
practices of the Republican party and the
insolence of its long possession of office
have thus brought upon the country.
Therefore :
First. Wc de pretest against what is
called the " boss " system, and also the
plundering of office-holders by assessments
of money for political purposes. Public
offices are the property of neparty.but are
open te every citizen honest, capable and
faithful te the constitution, qualities which
Jeffersen declaired were the requisites for
office.
Second. We pretest against the spoils
system. It is a prostitution of the offices
of the people, se that they beceme the
mere perquisites of the peliticans.
Third. Wc denounce all repudiation,
state and federal, because it is dishonest
and destructive of that morality .upon
which are foundered the existence and
perpetuity of our free institutions, ft
should be made odious, and the political
party that aids aud abets it with office
deserves public condemnation.
Fourth. Wc denounce spoliation of the
statu treasury and immunity by pardon of
these convicted et crimes, whose acts are
flagrant subversions of official trust aud
wrongs done the people.
Fifth. We believe the Republican party,
as new organized aud controlled, is based
en fraud, force aud corruption, and there
can be no hope of true reform except by
the force of the ballet box excluding it
from place and power.
Sixth. The Democratic party demands
of the Legislature an honesr, just and true
apportionment.
Seventh. Upen these declarations we
invite the cooperation of all honest citi
zens who with us desire the re-establishment
of honest government.
Supplementary te the report was a reso
lution presented by Sewden, of Lehigh,
in commemoration of the past services of
Chief Justice Sbarswoed, whose successor
is te be elected in November. Mr. Hensel
next read, with the approval of the com
mittee en resolutions, his new rules, as
amended, for the guidance of the Demo
cratic party, and they were almost unani
mously adopted.
Naming the Candidates.
After the list of vice presidents had been
read, ex-senator Jacob Haldeman, of Yerk,
arose in his shirt sleeves and moved
"that this convention new proceed te
nominate the next Democratic governor of
Pennsylvania." After a vain effort te
delay by the selection of state committee
men, nominations were announced te be
in order. James H. Hepkins, of Pitts
burgh, was brought first and prematurely
iu the arena by Isaac Hagus, of Somerset,
who was a state senator 30 years age, but
who was net a delegate te the conven
tion. He was full of enthusiasm, and
that compound which it is frequently born
of. Standing back of the parquet circle,
he named the Allegheny candidate.
" Is the gentleman a delegate?" asked
the chairman.
" I am ene of the people," was the loud
reply that met with mingled laughter and
applause, amid which ex-Congressman
Coffroth arose and in a brief speech for
mally nominated James H. Hepkins. The
name brought forth a geed measure of
applause from the convention itself, but
created enthusiasm among the audi
ence. When Coffroth sat down there was an
awkward pause. It looked as though
there was te be no ether candidate. It
seen became evident that the advocates of
the ether two prominent candidates, Pat
tisen and Coxe, were each determined te
secure the advantage supposed te be at
tached te a last speech, but the silence
lasted, se that Coffroth finally said.
" Mr. Chairman, as no ene else is before
the convention, I mevd that my candidate
be nominated by acclamation."
There was a general laugh at this, but
still young Senater Gorden, who had been
selected te start the Pattison boom, sat in
his seat in the front of the house where the
Philadelphia delegation was stationed, as
cool and unconcerned as though he con
templated nothing but the most ordinary
interest in the proceedings. The- silence
was further prolonged until Chairman
Dallas, himself a Pattison man, said:
"If there is no ether nominations I will
have te put the motion of the gentleman
from Somerset." Even this did net dis
tuib the equanimity of the waiting orators,
but it proved tee much for the nerve of
Themas May Pierce, who, notwithstanding
his 300 pound weight figured en the roll
as half a delegate. Shaking one finger at
the chair, he said:
"Although acting without consultation
with anyone, I rise te nominate a man,
who, although net a Philadelphia, is a
member of the Philadelphia family. I
nemiuate Senater Eckley B. Coxe."
The mention of the name of the Luzerne
millionaire revealed the fact that" there
was an audience of a peculiarly unani
mous character far up in the gallery, im
mediately under the ceiling, for from that
region came a surprising chorus of yells.
Pierce's haste made the selected Coxe
orator leave his hiding-place, and he ap
peared in the person of Brundage, of Lu
zerne. He confessed that he had been
anticipated, bat said that it was none the
less grateful te have Senater Coxe's nomi
nation come from outside Luzerne. He
referred te his candidate as a " represen
tative of the business men and a friend of
the laboring man, net by word of mouth,
but' by actual deed, and who, if elected,
will give te the people of Pennsylvania
honest government for the first time in
many years." Geerge M. Cresswell, of
Huntington, seconded the nomination.
It was new that Senater Gorden took
the fleer. As his boyish figure was seen
in the centre aisle, there was an outburst
of applause exceeding any demonstration
of the kind previously made. It was seme
moments before Gorden could proceed.
He was thoroughly self-possessed and his
speech, which said neither tee much nor
tee little, and was constructed with
consummate skill, wen the admiration
of all. These who were net for Pattison
applauded Gorden's -eloquence. It is
doubtful if Pattison could have been put
before the convention mere advantage
ously, and the effect was felt en
all sides. "lie came," he said, "from
Philadelphia, a city which for the first
time in 17 years has a Democratic mayor
and a Democratic, controller, te ask the
votes of the convention for a man whose
reputation was net based upon a single
ace, but upon five years of honest an d
efficient service as controller of the city of
Philadelphia, upon a saving of $5,000,000
in the public indebtedness, upeu the 34,
000 votes which he changed from the
Republican te the Democratic side in the
year Garfield was elected, and upon a
stainless record as1 a progressive and hon
est Democrat, a man who was strjuger by
l.j,UUU Republican votes than any ether
eaudidate who could be nominated. He
is net in the city of Harrisburg te-day.
He is sitting quietly at his desk in the
controller's office, watching the treasure
house of the people."
"Leave him there, then," shouted ex ex
Senater Hagus, who was still noisy.
The convention was --convulsed with
laughter, and then there were cries of
"Turn him out," directed against the
person who had made the remark.
When the cheering which followed Gor Ger Gor
eon had subsided Ellis, of Seuylkill,
seconded the nomination of Pattison and
started the Pattison cheer afresh. Then
followed iu order, without much delay or
demonstration, the nomination of General
Davis, of Bucks, by ex-Senater Yerkes;
Menaghau, of Chester, by Hemphill, of
that county ; Hall, of Elk, by Hippie, of
Clinten ; Wolverton, of Northumberland,
by Purdy, of that county, and Nelsen, of
Wayne, by Smith, of the same county. The
nominations weic here closed. The
speeches were all brief, as a rule limited
them. Yerkes and Malcolm Hay made
particularly neat efforts, and an allusion
te Tilden by Yerkes brought out a round
of applause. Jehnsen, of Union, in second
ing the nomination of Wolverton, called
Union county " the mother of the smasher
of bes3ism" te the amusement of the con
vention. While Hay was en his feet three
cheers were given for Hepkins.
Pattison Nominated.
At last the roll-call began. The list bad
been made in alphabetical order, and the
first vote cast was for Coxe. Allen, of
Philadelphia, giving the second te Patti
son. There was at first a disposition te
cheer the names of the candidates, but as
the call went en people became much
mere interested in the drift of the vote.
Twe or three of the candidates for gover
nor kept tally, and nearly everyene was
acting as his own scorer. Ne incident of
moment occurred en this ballet. Vaux
was cheered when he voted for Coxe, and
the baud played while the tellers weie
getting their footings. The following
gives the result of all the ballets :
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Xccf-sury te choice 12e.
Nothing of an exciting character occur
red en any of the ballets up te the fourth.
There were changes here and there which
excited enthusiasm, aud there was some
natural excitement at the end of each bal bal
eot. The first significant thing occurred
near the eud of the third ballet, when
Stengcr, who had been voting for Mona Mena
ghau, changed for Pattison. Suewdcn,
of Lehigh, had done the same, and there
was great cheering ever it. On the next
ballet Frank Beamish went for Pattison
and for Hepkins en the tilth, hut he get
back te Pattison en the last ballet. At
the cud of the fourth ballet, before the
result was anueunced, there was an
attempt en the part et Floed and
Haggerty, of Philadelphia, who had
been voting for Coxe, te get up a
Hepkins sweep by changing their votes te
the Allegheny favorite Singerly had led
the way by leaving Monaghan and voting
for Hepkins. The Hepkins people, be
lieving that a stampede was scttiug in in
favor of their man, made the opera house
ring with cheers, but no mere changes
were made, and the chair announced the
vote and ordered another ballet (the fifth.)
The aisles were immediately tilled with
delegates who had left their seats and
ethers who had crowded iu, till the con
vention get into disorder.
It was some time before the call for the
fifth ballet could proceed, but it finally
went en. It had become evident that the
fight was between Pattison and Hepkins,
and Pattison was gaining much mere
thau Hepkins en every ballet. Yerkes
withdrew Davis at the end of the fourth
ballet and most of that strength went te
Coxe. It did net, however, have the effect
of booming him up. There was a much
mere important break in the midst of the
call, when Ham, of Wayne, withdrew
Nelsen and went for Pattison. He was
followed by all the Nelsen votes en the
fifth ballet aud the anti-Pattison men in
the Philadelphia delegation all went ever
te Hepkins in the midst of a geed deal
of cheering from the Allegheny men. When
the result of the fifth ballet had been an
neunced there was mere confusion than
there had previously been. It was eight
o'clock, and after five hour's continuous
sitting the delegates were tired and hungry.
Iu the midst of the hubbub Brundage, of
Luzerne, tried te get an adjournment, and
was assisted by Hemphill, of Chester,
while Hay proposed a recess of an hour
and a half. This was net desired by the
Pattisen-raen and Reed opposed it in a
speech. Fisk Cenrad, of Blair, who was
new voting for Pattison, said the adjourn
ment whs only te give a chance te the
bosses, and the adjournment was then
shouted down.
The sixth ballet was started with only
five candidates left, Hall having been
withdrawn by Hippie, who gave his vote
te Pattison, as did most of the Hall men.
The call en this ballet excited the great
est interest, and many were looking for
some new movement which should prove
decisive. It had been understood by seme
of the Pattison people that Coxe would
new be withdrawn, and when Henry
Packer's name was called he set the Patti
son supporters en fire with enthusiasm by
announcing the withdrawal of Coxe and
casting his vote for Pattison. The whole
convention seemed te get upon its feet te
cheer and shout and the end was at ence
seen. While there was still se much neise
that it was almost impossible te hear the
Coxe men who had already voted began te
change. A majority of them went te
Pattison, but some turned in for Hepkins.
The scene at this time was of the livlicst
character and the chairman for a while
lest control of the convention. All the
workers were going here and there and
shouting and swinging their hats. Net
Names 12 3 1
llepkms $7 ss no no
Coie 27Ji xsy. Wi -UK
Pattison Ul)s O.yl ?iy. siy.
Davis 10 9 " 4 " 1 '
Menaghau.... 21 l'.i it i;
Hail H 11 lit s
Wolverton... 'J0 13 it 5
Nelsen 10 le 6 t;
Trnr.lccy 11
only were the delegates engaged in this,
but the great crowd of spectators took a
hand. The excitement was intensified
when James, of Northampton, changed
from Coxe te Pattison and carried his
county delegates with him. Hemphill
then took the Chester county delegates te
Hepkins, withdrawing Monaghan for the
purpose.
There no longer seemed te be auy ques
tion of Pattison's nomination, and the
confusion was continued for many min
utes. The roll call had been finished and
the secretaries were busy recording the
changes in the votes, and when they had
told the chairman that he had agreed in
their tallies the Hepkins mea demauded
that the call be verified. They would net
let the vote be anueunced until that had
been done. Linten, of Cambria, stated
the case for Hepkins' side se clearly as te
command attention abeve the noise.
The call was finally verified by the read
ing clerk going ever the names aud the re
suit was the sixth ballet as given. When
Chairman Dallas had made the announce
ment there was the wildest excitement,
net only among the Philadclpbians, but
all ever the hall. Hats were thrown high
in the air and cheer after cheer went up.
This went en for some time, uutii .Malcolm
Hay's tall form was seen in the centie aisle
and he was swinging his arm te attract the
attention of the chair. The convention at
eucn quieted te listen te him. In a clear
voice he congratulated the delegates upon
their work upon the grand nomination
which had been made. Pattison, he said,
is the man te lead reform aud de for the
state what he had dene for Philadelphia.
He moved the unanimous nomination of
Pattison and Singerly was instantly en his
feet te second it. Beth Hay and Singerly
were immediately surrounded byfiicuds
congratulating them upon their action, and
three cheers weie given Singerly en the
Philadelphia side of the hall. It was new
nine o'clock at night and an adjournment
was had till te-morrow morning.
Hew tlie I.uucutcr Uelejjawi Velftl.
At the outset of the balloting the dele
gates fiem Lancaster county weic divided,
the first vote beiug Wolf and Bean for
Pattison; Heusel Hambiight and Weller
for Hepkins ; Irwin, Hanhm and Staufler
for Monaghan. On the final and decisive
ballet the vote of Lancaster county was
recorded as fellows : Wolf, Bean, Stauf
fer, Hnulcu and Weller voted for Pattison;
Hensel, Irwin and Ilambright for Hep.
kins.
NEW DE.IlUCKA'lli: i.Ul.l:.
llie 1'lan Adnnted l.r tlie (ievi-r).int'tit ir tite
Party itcrcattci.
The new rules Ter the government of
the party as adopted provide that the state
committee shall be composed of ene mem
ber from each comity, except in counties
where there are mere Mian one j-cnatnr,
when such county shall be entitled te a
member for each senator. Under this ar
rangement Philadelphia will have eight
members in the committee iustead
of sixteen, as at preset. The com
mittee is te meet at. Harrisburg ou
the third Monday of January of each year
for organization, when a chairman and
permanent secretary are te be chosen. The
latter official is te be paid a salary aud te
remain in the office of the committee at
all times. Thore is also te be cIubcii an
executive committee of seven, either in
side or outside of the committee, which is
te have control of the inner workings of
the campaign. At its January meeting
the committee is te select the time and
place for the meeting of state conventions.
The basis of representation in .state con
ventions is te be ene representative dele
gate for every thousand Democratic votes
cast at the last gubernatorial election.
" I think such a plan as thi'i will con
centrate tee much pivu. in the hands of
a few persons." said Mr. Jehn II. Camp Camp
bell, of Philadelphia, in the convention.
" Evciyene knows that as committees and
campaigns are managed at present a few
persons de all the work," replied Mr. Hen
sel, " while this makes a, general commit
tee of sixty or seventy-five, and an execu
tive committee of seven, no two of whom
are te come from the same district. The
committee en icsolutieus examined the
plan in all it delails and strongly recom
mended it. The membership of the state
convention will be inci cared tencaily four
hundred, and seme years it will be larger
than ethers." The convention did net
discuss the matter further, but adopted
the resolutions, and thn.; changed the en
tire system of part- management.
SKKTCH Or TJJt: C'A IMilA'i-::.
Hetv Hubert i-.mery I'aUIsun i:i . SVu tijars
lias Ui.-:i te Feme.
Only four and a-hall' years have elapsed
hince the man who was nominated yester
day te govern mero than lour millions of
people, and who was then only twenty
seven years of age, left a small Jaw prac-"
tiee te become eontieller et the city of
Philadelphia, having been elected by a
majority of 1,'J02 votes ever James V.
Sayre. Before then he was unknown te
the public. Three yeais later the novelty
of haviug a eontieller who really con
trolled aud who steed sternly ai-d immov
able between the public jobber and the
city treasury, hail made Rebert Emery
Pattibea se popular in Philadelphia that
in all the paiUsan excitement of the ptesi
deutial election, which resulted :n a uvi
jeiity theie of 20,SS-J for Garfield, and of
21,780 for Wiiiiam r. Liltleten, Republi
can candidate ler elcik of the quaiter
sessions, the democratic cammlatc for
controller was Jre elected by "WllUI votes,
or a majority el 13,593 ever one of Phila
delphia's most, esteemed citizens and suc
cessful merchants E. Harper Jeffries,
whom tha combined ring managers had
pievailcd upon te saeiifiee himself, after
they had forced etr the ticket an equally
estimable candidate Joel Cook.
Mr. Pattison will net be tlihty-t'.ve
years of age until the 8th of next Decem
ber, having been bein in 18H0, at Quanti Quanti
ce, a village near Snow Hill, in Somerset
county, Maryland. His lather, the Rev.
Rebert II. Pattison, who died seven yeais
age, was a popular Methodist minister,
who graduated fiem Dickinsen college in
the same class with the Rev. Dr. O. II.
Tiffany, new pastor of the Arch stieet M.
Iu. chuich. Ihc family went te Philadel
phia when the candidate for governor was
six years of age, his father taking charge
of Asbury M. E. church, Chestnut street,
west of Thirty-third. Yeung IJebert'u
early educational training in the public
schools was frequently and disagreeably
interrupted by the yearly change of resi
dence that his father, as a Methodist min
ister, was obliged te make. Frem the
Pcnn grammar .school, at Mary and Master
streets, he was admitted te the high
school, from which he graduated after a
four years' course, delivering the valedic
tory at the commencement. At that
time Lewis C. Cassidy was a member of
the beard of education and happened te
be ou the leek-out for a bright youth te
study law in his office. Like many ether
business and professional men, before and
since, who had such a need, Mr. Cassidy
told Prof. Geerge Inman Riehc, principal
of the high school, the kind of young man
he wanted, aud Mr. Riche unhesitatingly
recommended "Beb" Pattison. The
youth was then preparing te enter Dick Dick
ineon college and study for the iniufctiy,
but he accepted Mr. Cassidy's offer and
studied diligent!) under him until 1872,
when he was admitted te the bar.
Meanwhile, as a member of the Fourth
regiment of militia, known as the Fire
Zeuaves, young Pattison was brought into
some public prominence by his able and
successful defense of a let of his fellow fellew
membere who were ceurt-martialed for
insubordination. After that whenever the
command wanted an orator they get Sir.
Pattison. His first appearance in the pol
itical field was in 1873, when his friends
tried te have him nominated for clerk of
the quarter sessions, but Henry S. Ha.ert
was chosen. In August, 1877. three
months before the first election as con
troller, his name wasbeforethe Democrat
ic state convention for the anditorgeueral anditergeueral
ship. On the first ballet Mr. Pattison
steed next te William P. Shell, but the
latter was nominated en the second by a
large majority. A month or se after this,
when Mr. Pattison's legal preceptor met
him at the corner of Sixth and Chest
nut sheets and suggested that he
ought te be candidate for controller,
Mr.Pattisen said he thought he had enough
of politics. He was prevailed upon te run.
however, and his opportunity was a geed
one, for the notorious administratieu of
Controller Hancock, whom a judge ou the
beuch characterized as " Cerberus gorged
te moral blindness," had given impetus te
the political tidal wave that carried into
office a Democratic district atterney, con
troller and coroner, in faee of a majority
iu the city of from five thousand te six
thousand for auditor general, state treas
urer and supreme judge.
Mr. Pattison began performing the du
ties of controller en January 1, 1873. The
ability and fidelity that proved tee ranch
for the confederated jobbers at the end of
his fiist term are well known te everybody
aud the following figures of th election
of November, 18s0, show hew they were
rewarded at a time when the Committee
of One Hundred was only budding and
could net give him anything like the sup
port which, thrce months later, elected
King aud Hunter. The figures show the
ote ler city officers, except coroner, iu
comparison with the presidential vote :
DISTRICT
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CON--TKOI.LER.
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Mr. Pattiseu lives iu modest style at
3217 Sansum street. During the summer
he has his family iu an Atlantic City cot
tage. He comes up from the seashore
every morning and returns in the evening
after his day's work in the city hall, lit
was at his desk all day yesterday, as usual,
and returned te Atlantic City before the
wires brought the news that he had been
nominated. In person he is tall, bread
shouldered and wiry, straight as an In
diau, dark featured, kecu of eye, deter
mined iu leek aud generally handsome
just the man iu physical appearance te win
favor ou tha stump at lirst sight.
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Wli.ii.tlie nctwpnnpcra Think iif lue Neiiilnii-
tien.
riiiluilclphia Ledger.
Beyond all question he is the best, and,
indeed, only controller worthy of the
name the city has ever had. He has been
attentive, vigilant and faithful, and since
his installation in the office the organized
plunder by the departments, which form
erly passed unchecked there, and in seme
instances was carried en by collusion, has
wholly ceased se far as his official newi
extends. His well earned geed name in
the administration of this office has un
doubtedly giveu it the force that carried il
tlueugh the convention, in the faee of se
stiengaud close a contest. As a eaudi eaudi
daeo with nu excellent personal and offi
cial record, he stands level with the best
of these already placed before the people
by llie Regular aud Independent Republi
cans. Will Succeed by Ucscrvln Succeed,
i'liiludulnliia Times.
Mr. Pattison will start squarely right,
aud will grew in stature as :: leader every
day of the battle. He is young, able, en
thusiastic and a stranger te the defensive,
aud none misuuderstaud his attitude. He
is no man's man. He is independent,
fearless aud honest in the broadest souse,
and his public aud private record wiil defy
the malignity of a campaign. He can be
ill spared from Philadelphia, where he has
made reform the rule and profligacy the
exception by his unfaltering fidelity te
the interest of the people, but his election
will transfer te the broader field of state
the public integrity and economy he has,
mero than any ether, inaugurated in our
municipal government
Pattiseu will defeat Beaver in Republican
Philadelphia and he will lead Beaver tens
of thousands in the state. His nomination
will make reform Republicans take no
pause about lines of retreat, and the In
dependents can new defiantly grapple
with the boss machine and master Cam Cam
eeon in his ewu citadel of usurped power.
His Strength lit Heme.
i'hi::i'!eli)lilii Pres.
His connection with these icfeims has
given him in the local contests iu this city
thousands of supporters from among
voters who are Republican en every ether
issue His administratieu of
his office as controller adds te hit
strength because it makes conspicieus his
representative character, net as a Demo
crat, but as a reformer. As such he is
nominated, ami he can be seccssfully op
posed only by demonstrating te the peo
ple of Pennsylvania that the Republican
party, reformed aud disauthrallcd, its
bosses deposed and its machine smashed,
itself represents in mere abundant meas
ure the reform its voters sought wheu
they supported Mr. Pattison. It will be
judical blindness te see any meaning in
the plain lessen read by this open attempt
of the Demeeratic party te satisfy the
luting demand of the day.
A Strang Nomination.
riiil'iilclpldit Recerd ,
His lecerd as controller of the city of
Philadelphia will be a tower of strength
te him iu the canvas, for it will enable
thciaiikand file of the party te rest as
sured that if chosen te the governorship no
dishonest practices will find toleration in
the administration ; that the chief execu
tive of the state will be no respecter of
persons, and that an earnest effort will be
made te enforce the laws according te
their spirit as well as according te their
letter. The belief will deubtlesss infience
net a.fcw voters eutside of the Democratic
party te cist their ballets for Mr. PaMisnn.
The nomination is a strong one.
Tried anu Proven.
Philadelphia North American.
In nominating Mr. Rebert E. Pattison
te be their candidate ler the governorship,
the Democracy have chosen a standard
bearer whose integrity has been tried and
proved, and who enjoys a measure of pub
lic cenfidence aud respect such as net
many of his political celleagiie.i have been
able te command,
rlilludelphia Inquirer.
In making this nomination the Demo
crats have probably made as strong a one
as it was possible for them te make, and
have dene the best for themselves that it
was possible for them te de.
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blight Plre.
This morning about 7 o'clock, the reef
of a frame kitchen of Henry Shaub jr.,
Ne. 33 Plum street, caught fire from a
pipe which runs through the reef. The
shingles were very dry and the flames were
rapidly spreading when the fire was dis
covered by some neighbors of 3Ir. haub,
who extinguished k with buckets of water.
A geed sized hole was burned in the reef.
Mercantile Licenses.
Business men who have net lifted their
mercantile liccnues had better de se at
once and save trouble and expense. The
tax is payable en or before the 1st of July
and if net paid suit will be brought for its
recovery. Last year 189 suits were
brought a fat job for the aldermen, but a
little rough en the merchants.
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