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FORTY-FIFTH
TICKET flF '82.
A Tidal Wave at the Scran
. ton Convention Ends
''in the Naming of
P1TTIS01V AND BLACK.
Mends of the Ex-Governor
Easily Sweep Everything
Before Them. 4
NOBODY ELSE WAS IN IT
At the Finish, Although the Opposi
tion Made a Determined
Effort to Die Game.
VEET LIVELY WHILE IT LASTED.
The Winners Ctptnred the Orjfanizalion
and Held Firmly to the Commit
tee on Contested Seats.
COXE AKD HAEE1TI WIELD THE GATEL.
The Litter Kill AJm Conduct tie Cemlng Campaign
u Chzlrmu of the Democratic
Elite Committee,
OUTCOME iCCEFTID KITH GEeAT C5AKIHITT
FOB GOTXKSOE,
ROBERT E.PATT1S05, of Philadelphia.
TOB LIEUTENAKT OOVEBNOU,
CHAUNCEY P. BLACK, of York.
FOB 8HCBETABY. IXTEKNAL AFFAIRS,
williasl h. Barclay, or ritubarg.
rrsOU A STJLFT COEKESPOXDIjrr.J
Sce ANTON, July 2. Pattison swept
everything before him to-day. He was
nominated .for Governor on the first bal
lot with 15 votes to spare. His expressed
wish that he would like Channcey F.
Black for a running mate as Lieutenant
Governor, was complied with.
The managers of his campaign controlled
every avenue of power. Their candidate
for Secretary of Internal Affairs, Pension
.Agent Barclay, of Pittsburg, was nominated
Mf acclamation. To cap the climax, Mr. J
Pattir h's chief man at this convention, ex
Postmaster W. F. Harrity, of Philadelphia,
was chosen Chairman of the State Demo
cratic Committee to succeed Mr. Eisner.
Now Control the State Organization.
The control of the State organization was
thus captured entirely by the younger ele
ment of the party. There was not even so
much as a crumb left for William A. Wal
lace or his friends.
But complete as the victory of the one
faction over the other is, it was won with
honesty, conceded with candor and accepted
with unanimity. It resulted in no dissen
sions and the party to-night presents a solid
front. George McGowan moved to make
Pattison's nomination unanimous and B. F.
Meyers assisted in the pleasant duty of
notifying Pattison of his good fortune. Mc-J
Gowac and Meyers were the managers of
Wallace's canvass.
A St rone Evidence of Harmony.
A. G. DeWalt, manager of Robert E.
Wright's struggle for the Lieutenant Gover
norship.movedtomake Chauncey F. Black's
nomination unanimous. But one oi the
strongest evidences of harmony was reserved
for the evening. It was Patrick Foley, of
Pittsburg, who at the meeting of the State
Committee nominated Mr. Harrity lor State
Chairman.
Foley voted and worked against Pattison
all day, but finally succumbed to the charm
of Pattison's manager. In nominating him
be confessed his admiration for Har
rity's magnificent management of this
campaign; that on the whole nobody
in Scranton was very much surprised at a
little before midnight to see Messrs. Pattison
and Wallace themselves take the same car
on the owl train tor Philadelphia. Har
mony was in the very air and was infectious.
The Clouds Soon Rolled Br.
Of course just after the nomination had
been announced at the Wyoming Hotel,
early in the evening, some gloom pervaded
the Wallace headquarters. Considerable
curiosity was expressed as to what
attitude the Clearfield leader would as
sume toward the ticket This was intensified
by his refusal to come before the conven
tion. All this was satisfied early in the
evening when, in answer to a demonstra
tion before his window, Senator Wallace
appeared and stated that he bowed to the
will of the convention and would give its
candidates Oiis heartiest support. It was
not a question of individual rights at all,
he said.
Later in the evening a bevy of news
paper correspondents tried to interview Mr.
Wallrce.
- "Will you support the ticket?" he was
asked.
Wallace Bays Be la a. Democrat.
"I am a Democrat," he replied, laugh
ing good natnredly.
"Will you work personally for the
ticket?"
"That's further along," he replied, still
in a jovial tone.
"What do you think of the ticket?"
"lam not thinking to-night," he con-
clnded. ,,
JSo significance need be attached to this
conversation. Mr. Wallace was very weary,
and being an old man would naturally hesi-
tat at' the thought of personally working
' in E -heated campaign for any candidate.
nor wa iu auicocc ireja toe convention
at the speech-making period significant
either. It was more a case of bad manage
ment on the part of the Escort Committee
tban anything else. Mr. Wallace really
consented to go to the hall when he was first
asked, bat the committee dilly-dallied
about it so long that be had not .the heart to
go alter most of bis own delegates had left
the Opera Honse. He might hare" received
a rery chilly reception.
Cbanncey Black Accept! Very Willingly.
The inside facts about the opposition
against Chauncey F. Black daring the bal
lot are given elsewhere. He was seen at bit
room at an early bonr in the evening. He
expressed himself as satisfied with the re
salt of the convention, and said that he
woald accept the second place on the ticket
and work for its success.
During the night ex-Governor Fattison,
the convention's nominee, was tendered an
ovation by an enthusiastic crowd before his
rooms at the Westminster. He appeared on
the balcony of the hotel and in a few words
spus
Hon. Robert
acknowledged the compliment, and predicted
thesucoss of the ticket. On every hand
satislaction is expressed over the ticket.
L. E. Sxofxxl.
THE FIRST SESSION.
ECKLEY B. COXE
TEMPOHARY
CHOSEN AS
CHAIRMAN.
THE
He Epeaka of the Importance of the
Gatherings A Blatr Delegate Enters a
Kick Agalnat the Roll Kisner Quells nn
Incipient Riot.
ITBOX A STAFF COUEIgrOXDEST.
Scranton, July 2. The convention was
held in .the .Academy qfcMnsic, on Wyom-
tng avenne7"a square below Pattison's
headquarters. At 9 o'clock, an hour before
the time appointed for the convention to
open, delegates and the fortunate holders of
tickets begau to enter the convention hall.
The building has a seating capacity of
1,600. and this was taxed to the utmost.
The seats in the parquet were reserved for
delegates, who were given coupon tickets
designating by number their seats. The
balcony and gallery were assigned to holders
of tickets distributed by County Chairmen.
Kone of the seats were reserved and the
matter of selection depended upon the lime
of arrival. There was a rush for the seats
in the balcony when the doors were opened,
and the seats there were quickly filled.
Afterwards the chairs of the upper gallery
were taken up more slowly. The forepart
of the stage was devoted to the use of the
chairman and secretaries. Chairman Eisner
was seated behind a raised dais on which
was a shield of white and damask roses,
the gift of the Central Democratic club, of
this city.
Plenty of Posies All Aronnd.
A large vase of cut flowers also stood on
the ohairman's desk. The secretaries' desks
were on either side of the chairman's, and
Justin front of three long tables, reaching
from wing to wing, which were assigned to
the newspaper representatives. In the space
occupied by the wings on either side of the
reporters' tables the managers of the Postal
and Western "Union Companies had sta
tioned forces of operators and nimble mes
senger boys.
Back of the reporters' tables were several
rows of chairs occupied by prominent Demo
cratic workers, most of them from Lacka
wanna and Luzerne counties. The decora
tions of the hall, while not elaborate, were
tasteful. Flags and bunting hung in grace
ful folds from the ceiling to the balcony. A
large American flag fell in graceful curves
from the proscenium arch and concealed the
now nude mechanism of the scene-shifting
apparatus behind.
The Allegheny county delegation weie al
lotted seats in about the center, bat they did
not succeed in keeping together very well.
Well-known politicians from all over the
State sprinkled the floor of the parquet.
Took any Seats They Conld Get.
Mr. McGowan and William M. SingerTy,
of Philadelphia, although representing dif
ferent wings of the convention, sat close be
side one another in the front row of the
right hand; ex-Secretary of State William
S. Stenger had to accept a chair away in the.
rear. Across the aisle from him was ex
Congressman Coflrotb, of Somerset. B. F.
Meyers got plump into the lower left-hand
corner, while several rows back of him
grinned the well-known face of Colonel
Thomas Searight, of Uniontown. Billy
Brennen and the other division chairmen
were given seats on the platform.
By the time the convention got under
way the men from Pittsburg and Allegheny
seemed pretty well distributed over the hall.
Pat Folev and Jimmy Moran were right in
front to the left-hand side. Charlie Fagan
got a little purer air back near the door.
'Squire Haltzman sat in the middle of the
hall and Tim O'Leary struggled up to the
stage.
Sam Josephs, of Philadelphia, had to be
more modest tban Tim for the reason that
he was a delegate and was compelled to re
main on the floor of the parquet with the
other members of the Philadelphia delega
tion. Congressman W. L. Scott, of Erie,
was conspicuous by his absecce. Ex-United
Stales District Attorney Alleu, ot Erie, was
observed just outside the railing in the par
quet circle. The redoubteble Sam Josephs,
a picture of innocence, sat near the tall,
stalwart leader of the Pattison forces, the
handsome William F. Harrity, of Phila
delphia. Ex-Speaker John E. Fannce, oi
Philadelphia, smooth sbayen and good
natured, was makiug final arguments for
Wallace.
Calling the Convention to Order.
The npper galleries of the ball were
packed full of spectators. The Academy
of Music is a slightly larger auditorium
than the Opera Honse at Harrisburg, where
the Republican State Convention was held
a week ago, but the representation of dele
gates being larger than in Republican Con
ventions the hall was easier filled. The
delegates were called to order at 1025, bv
Chairman E. P. Eisner, of the Democratic
State Committee.
The call for the convention was then read
by the Secretary, B. M. Nead. of Harris
burg. The nine secretaries of the division
committees, were made temporary secretaries
of the convention. The list of delegates as
sent to the chairman, was read.
When the Blair-connty list was presented
A. S. Landis, a contestant, arose and as
serted that the list was not a correct one.
He was proceeding to make a speech, but
Chairman Kisner refund to bm him and'
wielded his gavel resolutely. Several other
delegates, some favoring the proposition
that the man be given a hearing and some
opposing it, sprang to the floor, and
there was considerable excitement. Mr.
Kisner said that this matter and all similar
ones would be settled before the Committee
on Contested Seats. The calling of the roll
,y
E. Pattison.
was completed at 11 o'clock.
Coxe Chosen na Temporary Chairman.
John Eubns, of Westmoreland county,
then nominated Hon. Eckley B. Coxe lor
temporary chairman, and Mr. Coxe was
unanimously chosen. The Chairman ap
pointed Hon. A. H. Coffrotb, ol Somerset,
and William M. Singerly, of Philadelphia,
to escort Mr. Coxe to the chair. Upon taking
the chair Mr. Coxe said:
Fellow Democrats I appreciate the great
honor conferred upon me in electing me to
preside over your body, having such an Impor
tant task before you as you gentlemen have.
People, of tbe United sutas, working men,
business men, and men who have the prosperity
of the future of their country at heart are to
day trembling at the state of affairs at Wash
ington. And I am not exaggerating when I say
that thousands nf renrpapntArtvo n.nhi. -
.looking to the Democratic party to save tbe
country, inavenaa my business friends, who
do not accord with me In politics, say: "If we
only had one of your Democratic Presidents at
Washington." I am not going to make a speech.
We are not here to do that, but to act and to re
memher our daty. Ji y duty as Chairman will
be to be as fair as I can.
The rules of the Honse of Representatives
were adopted for the government of the con
vention as far as applicable. Nearly half an
hour was consumed in gathering up the
names of appointees on the various commit
tees. As finally constituted the complexion
of the Committee on Contested Seats was de
cidedly of Pattison people. There were 17
different contests to be decided by this com
mittee, which meant that many votes sure
for Pattison. When these committees were
announced by the Chair a recess was taken
until 2 o'clock P. 21.
REED'S RULINGS
COPIED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF CONTEST
COMMITTEE.
The Wallace Representatives Protested
Against Almost Everything, but With
Little Effect None of the Pattison Dele
gates Were Unseated.
rraox a staff coBBEsroxpEXT.l
Scbanton, July 2. The big guns of the
party had quite a row in the Committee on
Contested Seats, which met at noon. After
voting on a contest a member of the com
mittee asked to change his vote. Objections
were made, bat ex-United States District
Attorney Allen, of Western Pennsylvania,
ruled that it was admissible.
Mr. B. F. Meyers, the leader of the Wal
lace forces, protested against this ruling.
He said according to the rales of the House
of Representatives, which had been
adopted by the convention, a dele
gate could not change his vote after
the Chairman had announced it. Chairman
Allen held to his ruling. This brought
forth angry denunciations. from a number
of Wallace supporters. Ex-Postmaster
Harrity then questioned the right of J. M.
Healey, of the Twenty-ninth district, to a
place on the committee. This brought
Mr. Healey to his feet with an
explanation. He said that he held
his right to bis seat by substitution. The
member of tbe convention for whom he
was substituted had been called home by
the sickness of his wife, and had assigned
his credentials to him. These he produced,
Mr. Harrity held that while this might
entitle bim to a seat in the convention, it
did not give him a place on the Committee
on Credentials. Mr. McQ uisten, of Butler,
said that if Mr. Harrity'i specious reason
ing prevailed he hoped no. Demo
crat would ever again question
Speaker Heed's rulings. Notwithstanding
all kicking, however, the committee pro
ceeded and arranged its report according to
the Pattison programme, thns virtually
settling the contest for first place on the
ticket, as the only hope of Wallace was in
the seating of contesting delegates.
HARRirMNjCHARGE.
SELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE
COMMITTEE.
All Bis Attempts to Decline tho Honor
Prove Fruitless Kisner Presents His
Resignation and It Is Accepted Last
Business of the Day.
ITBOH A STAFF COERE2P01TDBJIT.1
Scbanton, July 2. Immediately after
the convention adjourned the members
of tbe State Committee met in Con
vention Hall. Ex-Senator Eckley
B. Coxe ' was chosen Chairman.
State Chairman Eisner presented his much-talked-of
resignation, which, he said, he
Continued on Seventh Jaae.)
PITTSBURG, THURSDAY.
ft SOLITARY BALLOT
All That Was Necessary to Proclaim
the Nomination of Bob-
crt E. Pattison.
SOME VERY TURBULENT SCENES.
The Dispute k to the Blair Coanty Delega
tion Caused Confusion to
BeignforaTime. ,
8TEKGEE AEODSES WILD EHTBTJSIASM.
n
j,
Jnst the Mention of the EnJoTtrnor's Same Caused a
Fire-Minute Cheer. '
The afternoon session was enlivened by a
dispute concerning the Blair county contest
Wallace's name was presented without
much enthusiasm, but Stcnger's speech
nominating Pattison took the convention by
storm. The first and only ballot resulted:
Pattison, 200; Wallace, 132; Wright, 11;
Hensel, 13, and Black, 10. The selection
was then made unanimous by acclamation.
rrEOM A STAFF COEE1SPOSDSXT.I
Scbanton, July 2. When the conven
tion reassembled at 2 o'clock, tbe members
of the Allegheny delegation had succeeded
in getting together in tbe front our rows of
tbe left hand corner of tbe parquet. Patrick
Foley bad the best seat. None of"the com
mittee seemed ready to report yet. Tbe
Committee on Contested Seats had had such
a lively meeting that the members could
scarcely get a chance to lunch. While the
convention awaited the arrival of the com
mittees, tbe band played "Annie Booney,"
occasioning much amusement.
Presently, the Committee on Permanent
Organization reported. They recommended
William F. Harrity, or Philadelphia, for
Permanent Chairman, the temporary secre
taries for permanent secretaries, and named
along list of vice presidents. Theeleetion
of Mr. Harrity bad been part of the Patti
son programme, and tbe announcement of
his name occasioned both cheers and hisses.
The Wallace people openly threatened to
make it hot for the new Chairman, and their
after conduct showed that they proposed to
do tbis by filibustering and other schemes
to annoy him.
Jnst a Llttlo Olive Branch.
B.F.Meyers, the head and frontol Wallace's
campaign, and Judge Pearson Chnrch, of
Meadville, were appointed a committee to
escort Mr. Harrity to tbe chair. Mr. Meyers
very gracefully consented, and Judge
Church not yet having arrived, his place
was taken by Lew McQaisteu, of Butler
county. As tbe trio walked upon the plat
form tho yells for Pattisonoand Harrity
were so loud as to .completely drown the
counter cheers for Wallace.
Indeed, it was bard to discover in what
part of the hall the Wallace enthusiasts
were grouped. As Mr. Harrity took tbe
chair, the Jnrmer President, Mr. Coxe, fell
back to an honorary scat in the rSrT Mr.
Harrity said:
Gentlemen of the Convention:
I beg to assure yon that I appreciate the
honor of my election as your presiding officer
and I thank yon for that selection. I will en!
deavo r, and I hope successfully, to be fair and
impartial in the discbarge of the duties that
devolve upon me as your permanent presiding
officer. I heartily agree with tbe expression of
my predecessor. Senator Coxe, tnat we are
here at least your temporary and permanent
President are here for business, and I believe
that we should promptly get to the business for
which we are assembled. The Chair Is now
prepared to entertain any motions or resolu
tions that are offered.
Lnst Stand of the Wallace Clans.
George McGowan, of Philadelphia, moved
that wbile awaiting the Committee on Cre
dentials, the secretaries perfect their rolls so
far as substitutions were concerned. James
M oran, of Pittsburg, objected to this and
moved to lay Mr. McGowan's motion on the
table. McGowan, representing the Wallace
faction, immediately began the filibustering
by calling for the ayes and nays on Mr.
Moran's motion. Moran saw the point and
withdrew his motion.
The Committee on Contested Seats now
marched into the hall. Its Chairman, ex
TJnited States District Attorney Alien, of
Erie county, read the report. In all of the
70 contests, except one, a decision was made
by the committee in lavdr of tho sitting del
egates, who were all Pattison men, bat in
Blair connty, where the contest had been
rather bitter, tbe committee recommended
that the four sitting delegates be allowed to
retain their seats and that the four contest
ing delegates be admitted to seats also, tbe
eight delegates to have a half vote each.
The four Pattison delegates who were
recognized on the State Chairman's roll are
W. E. Conrad, H. A. McFadden, H. A.
Herr and E. Flick. The four Wallace
men who centested their seats were Thomas
McCreevy. of Altoona; A. S. Landis, of
Hollidaysburg; Mr. Dively, of Altoona, and
Mr. Smith, also of that city. The motion
was made to adopt the report of the com
mittee, but the Wallace men entered their
opposition on the Blair county case.
Blair Conntr Causes Quite a Row.
Ex-Senator McAteer, of Huntingdon
county, declared that the sitting members
had no right to the seats, and that Messrs.
Landis and Dively were the legal dele
gates. "I am not here to raise a. disfni-lmno '
f he said, when a voice called out, "That's
what you re doing."
Mr. McAteer continued: "If the Demo
cratic party to-day is going to strike down
a man like Gus Landis, I say, God help the
party."
Thomas McGreevy I am one of the men
to whom the convention awards half a vote.
I must respectfully differ with the commit
tee as to the evidence on which their judg
ment was founded. I do not know what
Chairman Kisner's purpose was in com
mitting this crime on the party.
W. F. Conrad, of Blair object to such
an insiuuation.
The Chair Order, order, gentlemen.
A voice No good anyway, Pattison has
it,
Mr. McGreevy The gentlemen here as
contestants from Blair county cannot con
sent to be yoked up with the sitting dele
gates. We are either right or we are
wrong. Put us out. lam not a Mugwump,
but was brought up a straight Democrat.
I cannot afford to go home to my constitu
ents and let them charge me with being a
party to this outrage. You must bear the
ignominy. I take no part in it and will re
tiie. Rather a Turbulent Time.
Mr. Conrad rose to reply to tbis, but he
was hissed and insulted irom tbe gallery by
Wallace men. He managed to say, how
ever, that be was not alraid to go back to
Blair county and say that be had recog
nized the will of the 38S delegates compos
ing the convention. The situation at this
juncture was. very lively. Apparently the
Wallace forces were trying to make confu
sion in the Pattison ranks, as well as to
Jjrrltter away time. A down people yelled!
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for the question on the motion.to adopt the
report of the committee, and, as they yelled,
Mr. Dively, of Blair county, again arose
and motioned wildly to the Chairman.
The Chair paid no attention to him, pnt the
question and declared the report of the
committee adopted.
"This is gag law," cried Mr. Dively.
'Ton refuse to recognize me."
"He did not want to see you," was heard
from two or three spectators in the balcony.
Chairman Harrity was rapping hard with
his gavel, but Divelv refnsed to sit down,
and finalir Harrity said to him: "What is
it yop want?"
"I rise to discuss the unjustness of this
committee's report," said Mr. Dively.
"Why the convention has just adopted
that report," said the Chairman, "and you
are out of order."
Dively became very much excited, and in
angry toues declared that Blair county's
vote was being stifled. He insistedthat be
bad been on his feet and addressing the
chair before the motion to adopt the report
was put.
matters Were Exceedingly Lively.
The uproar continued. Senator McAteer
again put his oar in, taking Dively's pait
and explaining to Chairman Harrity that
100 people had seen bim on the floor before
the motion to adopt the report was put.
Mr. Harrity, who is always a courteous
gentleman, said that he had not noticed
Mr. Dively. E. S. McMurtrie, of Hunt
ington county, moved, as the shortest way
out of the difficulty, to give Mr. Dively the
floor. James Streator, of Washington
county, moved to lay that motion on the
table, and some of tbe Allegheny county
members immediately called for the yeas
and nays on the motion.
Out of this parliamentary tangle the Chair
was vainly endeavoring to lead the conven
tion. He.said that the Chair would be rea
sonably indulgent, but that all the gentle
men knew that a motion to lay on the table
was not debatable. Mr. McGowan, of Phil
adelphia, tben 'moved to indefinitely post
pone the motion to lay on tbe table, and B.
F. Meyers proved that under the rules of
the House of Representatives, a motion to
indefinitely postpone opens up to debate, the
entire question before the House, and that
therefore Mr. Dively had a right to the
floor now. Chairman Harrity was forced
to decide this point well taken, and Mr.
Dively proceeded with his speech.
An Empnnilc Protest Entered.
He said: "This is not the first time I
have had the honor to represent Blair
connty in a Democratic State Convention,
and it will not be the last time. When the
Democrats of Blair county sent me here
they sent me as a whole man, not as a half
man. I want to say to you now that the
Democrats of Blair county will never sub
mit to be represented by half men at this
convention. If I and my colleagues are
right then we are entitled to full votes; if
we are wrong then we will go out of the
convention. I am here to represent the
Democrats of Blair coanty, and I can come
here again when the men who are holding
our seats will be obliged to stay at home."
Mr. Landis, the other disgruntled Wal
lace contestant, said: "J do not want to take
up much of your valuable time. A voice
from the gallery: 'Then set downl' It is
not the habit or taste of my life to enter into
political contests, but when I go into a con
vention to assist a personal friend and
especially when such action is pressed upon
me by the clearly-voiced will ot my constit
uents, then I go into it to support him earn
estly not as a half man with one-half a
vote, but with a full vote and seat in the
convention. When I was elected a member
of tbis convention, I was regularly elected.
Jnst why Chairman Kisner seated as regu
larly elected the members wno are opposing
us, I do not know. In the committee, al
though the majority was against us, there
were some wno were unwilling to see this
palpable injustice done."
A lilt of fhrervd- Parliamentary Work.
Mr. McGowan withdrew his motion to in
definitely postpone, having accomplished
his purpose of opening up the way for the
Wallace contestants to state their claims be
fore the convention. Between McGowan
and Meyers it was a bit ot very shrewd par
liamentary work. The Committee on Reso
lutions was now ready to report the nlat-
lorra, ana tne document was read by Hon,
"William S. Stenger. The ex-Secretary of
tne uommonweaitn possesses a silvery voice,
and he placed peculiar emphasis on those
portions of the platform which an calcu
lated to make a hit in this campaign. For
instance, the clear-cut style in which he
brocght out the indorsement of the Cleve
land administration as against the present
regime in Washington brougbt down the
bouse, but the cheers then were almost
drowned in volume by those which followed
a moment later, when it was stated that tbe
charges against Matthew Stanley Quay had
not been denied, and that his silence was
virtually an admission ot his guilt.
Mr. Stenger's voice dropped when he read
that portion of the platform referring in a
touching manner to the Dunbar mine ex
plosion, but it swelled out again when he
called attention to tbe necesdity for the
forthcoming Legislature to adopt laws to
compel mine owners to make their coal pits
safe. This clause won much applause.
When the readiug of the platform was
finished, Chairman Harrity announced that
tbe convention was ready to receive nomi
nations for Governor. First a murmur ran
over the audience and then quiet followed.
Neither Side Wanted to Begin.
Fully two minutes passed and nobody had
arisen. .Evidently tne vv allace and "atti.
son sides were ootn trying to lorce one
another to make the first speech, the vantage
ground ot an alter nomination being recog'
nized by both.
"Well, gentlemen, if there are no nomina
tions to be made, I am ready to take up
other business," said Mr. Harrity, laughing.
Some fellow up in the gallery yelled to
nominate Hastings, while Mr. Thatcher, of
i'biladelpnia, lacetiously moved to adjourn.
The silence became rather painful when the
Wallace peoplesaw they would have to break
the ice, and Judge Jo'hn H. Orvis, of Center
county, went up on the platform to place in
nomination Hon, William A. Wallace. He
spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention!
I am not endowed with any superhuman pow
ers or capacities; I cannot scent the violet;
paint tbe lily or gild refined gold. I cannot
eulogize the man, tbe mention of whose name
brings to the mind of evervone tbe record of
bis private and public life, which of itself is
the greatest eulogy thete can be prononnced
upon any citizen of this Commonwealth; a man,
who. while serving 23 years of bis life in tbe
highest branches of our State and National
Legislatures, impressed himself upon the State
and National legislation to a greater extent
and to a better purpose tban any other man of
tbis generation, and who, during all this time,
never supported one questionable measure nor
cast one suspicious vote. 1 therefore content
myself with naming to this convention the
man who should and will be the next Qovernor
of Pennselrania, William A. Wallace, of
Clearfield.
A Pnlnf ol Lnck of Entbnsinsm.
There was no enthusiasm during his few
remarks worth speaking of. The Judge is a
plain, matter-of-fact talker and made no im
pression whatever with his talk. It was en
tirely different, however, a few minutes
later when ex-Secretary Stenger arose back
in the audience and advanced to the front.
People knew he was going to nominate ex
Governor Pattison and the applause was
load and long. It took Mr. Stenger exactly
four seconds to repeat the first sentence of
his speech, but it took five minutes for the
audience to recover from those words.
Mr. Stenger had opened by saying: "I
rise to present the name of Robert E. Patti
son." Instantly the people took tbe name
from his lips and echoed it in tones of thun
der. Cheers, stamping of feet and pound
ing the chairs with canes and blowing of
fish horns filled the interior with a din that
was well nigh distracting. All over the
hall and in every gallery men rose to their
feet. Hats were tossed in the air, handker
chiefs waved and several of the banners and
flags flaunted in the fictitious breeze.
One fat man irom Washington county
Continued on Bcvtntn Sagt.
BLACK AID BARCLAY
The Two Remaining Places on the
Democratic, Ticket Were
Specify Filled.
WRIGHT TRIED HARD FOR SECOND,
Bat After a Short, Sharp find Decisive Con
flict the York Coanty Statesman
Went to the Front.
A POSITION FOE ALLEGBENr C0DXTT.
Fattison Goes Before the Convention and Itakes a
Formal Acceptance.
Black and Wright were the leading can
didates for Lieutenant Governor. The Wal
lace men largely supported the latter, but
tbe man from York was successful on the
first ballot. Pension Agent Barclay was
nominated for Secretary of Internal Affairs
by acclamation. Pattison received a tre
mendous ovation when he appeared before
the convention.
FEOII A STAFF COBHESFOITOEirr.
Scbanton, July 2. After Pattison was
nominated enthusiasm and confusion reigned
for a time". Then William H. Singerly
moved that the convention proceed to nom
inate for Lieutenant Governor. Chauncey
F. Black, of York county; Robert E.
Wright, of Lehigh county, and Hannibal
K. Sloan, ot Indiana county, were all placed
in nomination for that office in very brief
speeches. The roll was called and the con
test became one of intense excitement.
People had generally supposed that Black,
who had been slated for the office in the
event of Pattison's nomination, or, indeed,
of Wallace either, would be nominated
almost unanimously, but Mr. Wright's
whole course in this campaign, and the fact
that he comes from a heavy Democratic
stronghold, turned the sentiment of many
people in bis favor as a part of the State
ticket. For at least two-thirds of the roll
call he ran neck and neck with Mr. Blacx.
Laat Effort to Break the Slate.
Wallace men renerally, voted for him.
more for tbe 'reason, however, that they
wanted to make a last effort to break the
Pattison slate than anything else. Of the
Allegheny delegation Messrs. Fertig, Snehr,
Ennis, Anderson, Burns, Wainright,
Wilson and Snee all voted for Wright,
the balance going to Black, Jinimie
Moran tailed to vote, from some reason, but
alter tbe roll call had been completed be
created much enthusiasm and amusement
by walking forward and compelling the
Chairman to tell him who the candidates
were. Then he said, in a decisive voice: "I
vote for Chauncey F. Black."
The Philadelphia delegation was pretty
evenly divided. So close was the struggle
that a good bit of wire pulling was resorted
to alter the roll call, so as to get people to
change their votes. This was done to a
great extent, and finally the Chair an
nounced that Mr. Black was nominated, re
ceiving 191 votes, while Mr. Wright got 157
and Mr. Sloan 3.
Mr. Dewalt, the warm friend of Mr.
Wright, moved to make the nomination of
Mr. Black unanimous, which was done.
The Chair then called for nominations for
Secretary of Internal Affairs. Patrick
Foley, of Pittsburg, took the floor and said
that the Republican party usually made a
strong point oi putting a soldier on their
ticket. In all parties there is a demand for
veterans.
The Flea of Allegheny Connty.
He proposed to name one, and in urging
bim lor the nomination for .Secretary of lu
ternal Affairs, he felt that the convention
would not only please tbe soldier element,
but would also do something that would
bring out a full Democratic vote in Alle
gheny county. He thereupon moved that
William 1. Barclay, ol Pittsburg, pension
agent appointed by President Cleveland, be
nominated for Secretary of Internal Affairs.
Senator Humes, of Crawford county.
moved that the rules be suspended in order
to make the nomination by acclamation.
This was done and Mr. Barclay was nom
inated to the position by a rousing vote.
Committees were appointed to invite and
escort Messrs. Pattison, Black, Wallace and
Wright to the convention ball. They
started away to the hotels, and in their ab
sence Judge Connolly, of Scranton, in a neat
speech presented the Chairman Harrity the
gavel and block which be had used,
and the handsomely carved chair upon which
he sat. Tbe gavel and block were made
from the first apple tree planted by white
Bettlers in the Wyoming Valley, and the
chair was manufactured from wood from the
first coal breaker in the Lackawana Valley.
A Boosing Reception for Pattison.
The band played a couple of selections
and then Governor Fattison arrived. He
met with a tremendous reception. When
order was restored he delivered the follow
ing address of acceptance:
Gentlemen of tbe Convention, TeUow Demo
crats and Citizens'
In response to the invitation communicated
by your committee, I have come among you to
thank you for the honor conterred In
selecting me as your candidate for
Qovernor. To be tbe free cbolce of
an untrammeled convention such as this, is no
light distinction. I esteem your action, there
fore, at Its highest worth when I treat it as
registering the expressed will of the Demo
cratic masses whom yon represent, rather
tban the Irksome and despotic behest of
an arrogant master. Thus viewed, I repeat
with all sincerity my grateful appreciation of
yonr act in assigning me to tne post of leader
ship in tbe contest you now inaugurate on be
half of tbe people of tbe Commonwealth to
rescue their Government and politics from un
worthy and selfish dictation.
Tub Cause of tun Many.
The Democratic party but assumes its natural
and historic position when it espouses the
cause of the many against tbe selfish interests
of We few. Its years of greatest vigor and
supremacy were those when it was most faith
ful to the Instincts of Its origin and tbe princi
ples of its founders. Tbe period of its weak
ness and defeat was the time also of its
shameful desertion of those primary and
universal truths which made it for so many
years the peculiar guardian of the interests of
the whole people. If again entrusted with that
Eower by the people, we will prove that in our
auas their rights, their interests, their cause,
will suffer no detriment.
A provident Republican official on the
threshold of officsonce gave expression to the
wise seatlmtnt: "He servesbis nartv best who
serves his .country best." RecognlzingJJ
Chauncey F. Black.
me tram, oy wnomsoev.. r i 7X
we arraign the present manav r -tho
Republican party for Its p. js
ness to this principle! and V. ts
inability as at present organized and inspired.
to minister to tne welfare or the wnoie peopic.
Dominated by a few artfnland recldes poli
ticians, and pandering to the greed and selfish
ness of favorites and spoilsmen. Its overthrow
is a necessary prerequisite to the accomplish
ment of any vital reform.
Pennsylvania, tbe seat of the most offensive
exhibition ot those evils, ought to be made the
Bnnnymedo or so baleful a master. We must
appeal to tbe people to look Tor a change of re
mits only by a change of politics and public
servants. No reform can be expected from tbe
authors and apologists ot evils sought to be re
formed. . Patriotism Without Regard to Party.
Our hope In this campaign must be In that
patriotism which 'knows no party dls-allied
from the public welfare, in those citizens with
whom country is before party and la
that good sense and good purpose
WtlirTl PTflr fnGnt-aa .lis 1l.!IPt. nf
the masses of the people under Democratic
institutions, iei roe counsel to vigilance sum
prudence in act and utterance, conciliating by
candor and convincing by appeal to truth
and reason. We should have no art
but manly arts, and Upon these
alone' should we stand. "We can
not and out not to compete
with our opponents in the malign and sinister
influences upon which their present manage
ment solely relies for retaining the power cor
ruptly gained and tyrannically emploved.
If, as I confidently hope, victory shall -Crown
our endeavor and your choice shall be ratified
by tbe people. I pledge vou unswerving fidelity
to tbe interests of tbe Commonwealth and the
duties of the office that in this way success of
the Democracy and good government may
go hand in hand. Renewing my grstitnde for
the high honor you have done .me, and pledg
ing my best endeavors to acbleve viotoryfor
tbe caue in which wo are all united. I ask you
to excuse me from any more extended remarks,
j. ne committees wnicn were appuimcu iu
invite the other candidates 'before .the con
vention to appear there, reported that
Messrs. Wallace, Black and Wright regret
ted their inability to come to the hall Then
the convention adjourned: "
I -Bv STOTrEL.
REVISED PLAffORM.
A NUMBER OF CHANGES MADE IN THE
ROUGH DRAFT '
Pall Text of the Document as Finally Adopt
ed by tbe Convention The Administra
tions of Cleveland nnd Harrison Com,"
pared The Danbar Disaster.
tFBOX A STAFF COKKISrOXDKXT.
Scbantoit, July 2. The Democratic
Committee on Besolutions got together to
day and made some changes in the draft of
the platform Bent out last night. The fol
lowing is the revised document.
The Democracy of Pennsylvania, by their
representatives In State Convention assembled,
renewing tbeir former pledge of fidelity and
devotion to the reserved rights of the people
anil the State, do declare:
First That ballot reform Is necessary, and to
this end we recommend tbe adoption of such a
system as tbe Australian ballot law.
Second That tariff reform is necessary in or
der that both producers and consumers may be
relieved from the burden of unnecessary taxa
tion. Third That State and local reform is neces
sary in order that the taxation for connty, mu
nicipal and township purposes may be equita
bly adjusted and the unjust discrimination
against land remedied.
Fourth That tbe law requiring that the sur
plus ln'tbe State Treasury shall be Invested in
State or United States bond3mustbe observed
and executed.
Compnrlng the Two Administrations.
Fifth We Invito comparison of the courage,
fidelity and Integrity of the administration of
Orover Cleveland with tbe duplicity, vacilla
tion and corrupt surroundings of tbe present
Federal administration.
Sixth The silence of II. S. Quay under the
charges which bave been made against him
through tbe public press can only be in
terpreted as a confession of bis guilt, and bis
retention of his seat In the United States Sen
Lta wlule refnsinir to demand an investigation
of these charges is a national scandal. We ac
cent the iisau of "Quailsm" as now tendered
by the Republican fatato Committee and con
vention.
Seventh We arraign the Republican party
for its usurpation of power in the administra
tion of tbe Federal Government: for placing in
tbe chair of tbe House a Sneaker who has neen
enabled by them to become a dictator and to
usurp the power of legislating for the repre
sentatives of tbe whole people; for its open dis
regard of tbe provisions of the civil service
law, which tbe President of Its choice was
solemnly pledged to support; for its ceaseless
effort to promote sectional strife and disturb
the business tranquillity of tbe country; for its
lavish and reckless expenditure of Dublic
moneys; for its passage through tbe House of
Representatives of a tariff bill which Increases
tbe taxation on necessaries; reduces only those
laid upon luxuries and Is calculated to promote
ana roster trusts; ior its
Failure to Enforce the Laws
against tbe importation of contract and pauper
laborers; for its attempts to pass a .Federal
election law designed to excite a race war; for
Its discrimination and legislation against tbe
agricultural interests, which has greatly re
duced the valu- of farmland; lor its lndiner
ence to the rights of laDor, Its defeat of tbe
labor bills In the last Legislature, and Its
failure to enforce articles 18 and 27 of tne Con
stitution by proper legislation.
Eighth we sympathise mth the relatives
and friends of-tbe victims of tbe anpallng dis
aster at tbe Hill Farm mine', and demand of
tbe Legislature the prompt enactment of ad
ditional measures for tbe more effectual pro
tection of the lives of miners.
Ninth We commend favorably to the con
sideration of our Senators and Representa
tives In Congress the claims of tbe citizens of
our border counties for losses sustained uuring
tbe Rebellion.
Recalling with pride tbe glories of our
partv's past, rejoicing in tbe majesty of its
present strength, and looking forward to its
steady triumph throughout the country, we
confidently appeal to the intelligence of tbe
people of Pennsylvania for tbeir active and
enthusiastic support of the political reforms
this day inscribed upon the standard of the
united, progressive ana aggressive .Democracy.
STOLE A DUCHESS' JEWELS.
Stephen Smith, an American, Arrested for a
Bold Robbery.
IBT CABLX TO THE PISPATCB.l
Losdok, July 2. When the Duchess of
Edinburgh's jewels were stolen last May,
when that daughter of the Czar was in the
Scotch capital with her husband opening
the exhibition, it was confident!; predicted
t e tbief would prove to be an American.
The theft was peculiarly daring and entire
ly successful qualities supposed to mark
American crooks. The prophecy has been
proved to be justified. Stephen Smith, who
was arrested to-day on the strongest suspi
cion of being the stealer of the royal jewels,
is an American citizen, bailing from Mary
land. He is of slim build and small stature,
and has tbe manners, dress and appearance
of a gentleman.
When Sergeant White, of Scotland Yard,
first beard of the robbery, he suspected
Smith, whose methods he knows well, and
had bim shadowed, bat Smith went abroad
and returned here only the other day. He
protested bis innocence when arrested, but
when bis lodgings were searched a superb
folding jimmy and a saw, such as is
used by expert thieves in opening
wardrobes, and the like, were 'found
in his trunk. He was wearing a quantity
of costly jewelry when arrested, such as
pearl studs and diamond and ruby solitaires.
His clothes were liberally supplied with
secret pockets. He served a term of im
prisonment in Germany for fraud a year or
two ago, and was identified by a legation
official to-day as the owner of a passport
issued bv the legation in Jane, 1888. Smith
lett for Edinburgh to-night, under a heavy
police escort
OB0AKS TOE THE QUEErT.
Telegraph Employes in London Refuse to
Cheer for Her Highness.
London, July 2. The staff of the Cen
tral Telegraph office, of London, numbering
400 persons refused to cheer for the Queen,
on the invitation of the officials in honor of
the Postal jubilee. Instead of cheering
tbey groaned for the, Queen. They also
groaned for Postmaster General Baikes as
a protest against his treatment of their de
mands for the amelioration of their con
dition.
u. .r.
A MAJORITY OF SIX,
The Federal Election Bill Passed
by the House of
Representatives.
A DAY OF BITTER DEBATE.
Adoption of an Amendment Provid
ing for Selected Juries.
THE AESII CAN BE CALLED UPON
By the President to nfor3 the Terms of
the Measure.
DEMOCRATS CHEEB THE FEW BOLTEES
As expected the Federal election bill
passed the House, but by a narrow margin.
Two Republicans voted openly with the
Democrats and a number of others dodged.
Speaker Heed suppressed a number of al
leged dilatory motions.
rsFxcxu. txxxoraSi to tot dispatcs.!
WASHHroTOjr, July 2. After fighting
all day and until nearly 10 o'clock to-night
the Federal election bill was passed by a
majority of six, the regular Republican ma
jority in the House of Representatives being
21. The measure now goes to the Senate.
There is a growing belief that this body will
scarcely reach it this session, as a number
of the Republicans are known to be opposed
to it.
Soon after the House assembled to-day
Mr. Bowell, of Illinois, offered an amend
ment making it tbe duty of the circuit
judges in each circuit, within one month
after the passage of tbis act, to open a
special term of the Circuit Court in their
respective circuits, and said judges shall
appoint for each judicial district three dis
creet persons of good character and stand
ing, who shall be known as United States
Juror Commissioners.
A. PEOVISIOH FOB JUBIES.
It shall be the duty of such commissioners
to organize as a board, and from time to
time make from the qualified voters a list of
persons who, under the laws of the United
States and of the State, shall be eligible for
Jury duty, without respect to race or color.
Hereafter all panels for jurors shall be
drawn by the board in the presence of a Dis
trict Circuit Judge.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, opposed the
amendment, declaring that its purpose was
to pack the juries of the country with Re
publican partisans. It was the culmination
of the outrage which was contemplated by
the bill. He warned the gentlemen that
they but taught a bloody instruction,whicb,
being taught, would return to plague the
inventors.
Mr. Boutellc declared that in his openinc
speech the gentleman irom South Carolina
(Mr. Hemphill) had preached the old doc
trine of nullification, and he appealed to
young and old in tbe North to declare that
this sort of thing should come to an end.
Mr. Taylor, of Tennessee, said that in his
district there was no need lor this law.
Fraud, intimidation and ballot-box stuffing
were unknown there. Fidelity to the Fed
eral union, love of liberty, reverence for the
national flag had been tbe prevailing senti
ment of his people. But the question was
whether he would withhold relief from his
fellow citizens elsewhere who needed it. He
answered a thousand times "No."
THE DUTY 0! THE HOUR.
The contrary conclusion would be fair,
statesmanlike and patriotic. The duty of
the hour was for the representatives of tbe
people to invoke by law the strong right
arm of the federal power and wield it until
every man in every city, town, hamlet and
precinct in every State, North South, East
and West should be protected to the fullest
extent in tbe enjoyment of all the privileges,
immunities and franchises by the Constitu
tion guaranteed to every American citizen.
Republican applause.
Did the gentleman say that it would cost
millions of money, and therefore it must not
come to pass? He said in tbe name of lib
erty and of law, perish money, perish prop
erty, perish life itself save the sanctity of
the ballot box, live the government ot tbe
people; preserve the unity and sovereignty
of tbe American Republic. Applause on
Republican side.
Mr. Rowell's amendment was agreed toon
a vote or tellers, 146, 143.
CONFUSION EEIGNS.
A good deal of confusion followed tbe an
nouncement, amid which several Democrats
were heard demanding the yeas and nays.
The demand was made in so low a tone,
however, that it was not heard by the
Speaker, who recognized Mr. Strnble, of
lAwa, to offer an amendment.
Then Mr. Oathwaite, of Ohio, called the
attention of the Speaker to the fact that the
yeas and nays were demanded, and upon
the Speaker expressing the opinion that the
demand came too late, Mr. Oathwaite him
self requested that all those favoring tha
demand shonld rise. The entire Democratic
side rose to its feet, but the Speaker entirely
ignored it and did not count those rising.
He stated, however, that i there was no ob"
jection tbe yeas and nays might be ordered.
There being no objection, the Speaker di
rected the clerk to call the roll, amid a vol
ley of protests from the Democrats at being
granted as a favor what tbey demanded as
a right. The amendment was adopted
yeas, ISO; nays. 144.
Mr. Hemphill offered an amendment to
section 32 of the bill to insert tbe words
"excepting section 1,989 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States." He ex
plained that that section of the bill empow
ered the supervisors to use the army and
navy at the polls, and the purpose of his
amendment was to eliminate that provision.
A D1FFEBENCE OP OPINION.
Mr. Lodge denied tbat the bill bad any
such effect as stated. Mr. Blount, of
Georgia, said that tbe bill providedWor the'
appointment of partisan supervisors, and '
surrounded those supervisors with United
States soldiers at tbeir beck and call, in
order to make the voters feel that tbey were
nnder the terrors of military authority. Mr.
Rowellsaid that the adoption of the amend
ment would leave the court without an arm
to enforce its judgment.
Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, said that tha
amendment would take from the President
all power he bad to enforce judicial
processes. The bill would be destroyed if
tbe Government were deprived of the right
to use Federal power to execute judicial
processes nnder the prooosed measure. This
was a bill looking to honest representation
on tbe floor of tbe American Congress of
honest votes. Tbat was all there was of tha
bill. No honest man could object to it It
was said that the bill would be expensive,
thit it would r"t millions of dollars. That
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