Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-08-28
PENNSYLVANIA.
Meeting Of the Democratic Convention
Preliminary Proceedings.
A Squally Time Of 1.-THE Back-Salary
Grab Very Unpopular.
Nominations for Judge Of Supreme
COHrt-NOmiHatlOn for State
Treasurer.

WILKEsBARRE, August 27.- Toe
Democratic State convention met IN
the eouyt-room, and was called to order
by Samuel j. Randall, chairman OF the
State central committee, and DR. An
drew Nebinger was unanimously elected
teunpararv chairman. 2. Gray Meek,
of Center, C. B. Broekwsyy of Columbia,
and A. Fletcher, of Philadelphia, were
unanimously elected secretaries. DR..
Nebinger, in a short address, cOunselled
harmony. On the question Of adopting
the order of business as presented by
Colonel Wright and amended by w.
Carrigan, debate of over an hours
duration took place, the point in
dispute being that in which the con-
tested seats from Philadelphia should be
disposed Of The delegation from that
city claimed that they should be allowed
to settle such matters among themselves,
but it was finally voted that a commit
tee of nine, one from each senatorial
district, be appointed on the contested
seats. The committees on resolutions
and platform and permanent pFganiza-
ton were appointed in this manner,
and the convention then took a recess
until half-past-two, awaiting the action
of the committee on the contested seats
Of the whole. The Allegheny county
delegation are contested, also that of
Samuel JOsephs, of Philadelphia.
The committee on contested seats re-
ported Samuel JOsephs as entitled to
represent the third district, DOugherty
the fifth, and William Kendall the
second, and admitted both delegations
from Allegheny, each delegation to
have five votes. These delegations
then named three of their number to
represent them on the committee on
permanent organization, and pending
the action of that committee, the con-
vention took another recess till half-past
three O'Clock. At four o'clock, the COM
mittee being ready to report, the con-
vention was called to order, and the
chairman of the committee, Colonel
Robert Dechert, read the names of
Honorable r. Milton Speer for perma-
nent chairman. At this point A. q.
Slatz, of York, interrupted and moved
the non-concurrenee Of the con-
vention in the report of the
committee so far as read giving
as his reason that Spear had
as a member of congress taken back
pay. The motion and remarks of Mr..
SlatZ were received with great applause
by majority of the convention. The
speaker replied, defending his actions
as public man, pleading his services
to the Democratic party, and asking the
convention not to give way to personal
cIamcr. He stated that he had not
sought the honor of presiding over the
convention, but now that the commit
tee had presented his name he
hoped that he would not be stabbed
in the house of his friends. r. +.
Mcmahon and w. ID. Moore sup
ported the motion of Mr.. Slatz and
denounced the salary grab in the Sc
verest terms. J. w. Carrigan and ].
Lawrence Getze, spoke in behalf of
Spear. The latter gentleman upheld
the back -pay.bill, and was Kissed from
the floor. The sense of the convention
was almost unanimously against Spear
being permanent chairman. He was
wise enough to see this, and in short
speech Withdrew his name and moved
that the name of DR.. a. Nebinger be
substituted This was carried, and the
committee reported the list of vice-pTesi
dents including one from each district,
and the number of secretaries. The con-
vention then proceeded to nominate
candidates for Judge Of the supreme |
court, and Judge LowlOw was Unani- !
mously ynOminated on the second ballot. !
For State treasurer, Hutchinson, of AL !
Ieghany, was nominated on the second |
ballot and unanimously.
The convention re-assembled at eight |
o'clock in the evening, and adopted a
series of resolutions prepared as fol- /
lows:
ReSOlUed, That the Democratic party
of Pennsylvania, believing the platform
of the late State convention of Ohio is
sound in principle, DO hereby indOrse
the resolutions adopted by the Ohio
Democratic State convention Of August
9Th, except that in the first resolution
Of the Ohio platform following is omit |
ted, which insists that ''Our tariff should |
be formed with a view to revenue and not |
to tax community for the benefit of
any particular industry"
Res0gped, That we will no longer |
tamely submit to a repetition of the cleo |
ton frauds, whereby the will of the
people has been subverted for some
years past.
Later in the evening the convention
was addressed by R. Vaughn and VIII. !
Wilter, and at eleven o'clock the con-
ventiOn adjourned sine die.