The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-09-05

AHB " UHTERRlF1BD" - AN OLD-FAsHIONFm
DEMOCRATIC JUBILEE - How SEATS WE'RE
CONTESTED" IN THE THIRD DIsrRIor Senate
RIAL CoNVENTIoN. The Convention which
Mas MAS peIo N so5 on Tuesday, at Ladners Military
pose OF nominating q Democratic candidate
sIt I9r sIate senator from he Third District, was
almost, II not quite, disgrace TO the city. The
convention itself was well enough in It's way;
Dut Its assembling was the occasion of q
gatneering In and about the building that was
anythlng but credttable to the party TO which
tne crowd belonged. These hangers-on bused
themselves IN two ways-they imbibed an inn
mense amount of electioneering. AS q speci-
men OF the manner in which the latter 6usl-
ness was conducted, IL may be mentioned that
about o'clock IN the afternoon, some fifty en-.
thusiasttc admirers of Captain Donovan arrived
on on t tne ground, and proceeded without delay
10 force upon the attention of the Convention
the merits of their favorite candidate for the
nomination. Their way of going about this
Convention was sitting with closed doors in a
room on the third floor of the building access
" mhlIn ~ was Balneu py marrow winding stair
hed" Democracy made their way, with jam
ming, pushing, and squeezing, shouting at tue
top OF their husky voices, "Hooray for Capti'n
DonovanW When they gained the top Of the
stairway they found the space rather restricted
for their operations, but, nothing daunted by
mere physical mpossibilities, they rushed
headlong forward, clambering over bannisters
and ratings and packing themselves together
as ngs are packed in q box. The shouting still
continued, and was at this point diversified by
sundry imprecations not fit for print By-and-
excellent prospect OF breaking up the Conyen-
ton within. But, fortunately, this building has
been used by military organization for drill
ing purposes and q quantity of arms were
stored therein. The delegates seized upon these
and at the point of the bayonet the interlopers
were calamity repelled. A squad of policemen
then took possession of the stairway, and the
convention was enabled to complete its labors
in peace
As has already been stated, great portion of
Lhe day was taken up by the Convention in
settling the question of contested seats. Timo-
no CpY1Vy ~ Ion n
delegate from the Eighth Division of the Fifth
Ward To bis presence a decided objection was
lodges in the Fourth Division of the same
ward. On the Sd OF September Bolton made
in which he alleged that the Executive Com
mittee and Judges OF Election of the Eighth
Precinct made out fraudulent :enrolment, for
Lne purpose OF securing the election as a dele
gate of notorious character who is described
by several epithets which we do not care to
print Armed with this, Relton attended the
convention, with the result as given below in
his own language. On his complaint, last even
Tatem, Timothy Heenan, and James Stewart
who were consigned to quarters in the Union
street Station House during the night. This
morning they were brought before Alderman
Morrow for hearing, Belton appearing as q
witness against them, Mr.. Bolton presented a
being almost closed, aud both of them and
Ihelr SURROUNDINGS very much infamed His
head and arms also showed the marks of
several hard knocks which he had received in
the course of his political canvass
The testimony of William Beton, before
Alderman Morrow, was substantially as fol-
"When 1 went up there to contest the seat of
Tim Heenan, from the Eighth Precinct of the
Fifth Ward, went into the hail. it was packed
with notorious bounty jumpers whom knew
by being commercial traveller, and making
their acquaintance at White River Junction,
Boston, New Haven, and Worcester; the mo-
ment entered the room one of them came over
to me, with knife up his sleeve, and told me
he would cut my - out if didn't leave imme-
diately; the Convention was called to order by
a. q notorious 9S Bowery rough, well known as
"a recess was ordered for the purpose of
making out an alphabetical list. During the
recess, these bounty jumpers followed me
around the hall, threatening that they would
kill me, If went up stairs Jim Stewart called
Heenan, who was there with several others,
away. and they lodged me around the hall.
put his hands on my hips. and asked me,
Amt you fiXed?' 1 said, No, jim, am
not we will be all friends Tomorrow Stewart
then said. 60 at him, Heenan. He attacked
me. and we had a fight. Joe Tatem, Custom
House officer, out with q blackj jack or revolver,
and struck me in the face After Tatem struck
to gouge it out l was then knocked down and
stamped upon in the face. My reasons for
going into the Convention are set forth in the
affidavit (referred to above)."
Alderman Morrow then required Joseph
Tatem, Timothy Heenan, and James Stewart
TO give bail in $500 to appear at Court.
IL is proper to state that another version of the
affair as picked up on the street. shows state of
things materially different from the above. 1t is
alleged that Bolton, the Commercial traveller"
mounted a table and commenced to harangue
the crowd, applying to them the most odioqs
epithets at his command; whereupon his
hearers took umbrage and proceeded to pound
and pummel him until his face was sadly dis
figured, and his body covered with bruises. We
and our readers can believe as much of either
as they choose.