The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-09-05
Philadelphia IL, the Contention.

The action of the Democratic State
Convention i'll admitting Mr.. Charles
H. Daugherty, of Philadelphia, to
seat in the Convention for which he
was the contestant and for which Mr.
O'Neill held the certificate, is, saws
the Harrisburg Patriot, hailed with
great satisfaction throughout the State.
Mr.. Daugherty is one of the very few
upright and incorruptible men who
have represented Philadelphia in the
legislature during the last decade He
was a member in the House in 1872.
Last year he was renominated by the
Democracy of his district, but the
ring counted in Mr.. Welsh, who ran
as an independent candidate. The adj
mission of Mr.. Daugherty to the seat
in the Convention to which he was
elected is token that the Democracy
of the State are resolved to cleanse the
| Augean stables of the party in Phila-
delphia whenever they can get the op-
portunity. They were afforded the
opportunity in this instance through
the resOlute and skillful efforts of Gen.
A. L. Roumfort of this city, who rep
resented the Senatorial district in the
! Convention. For some years it had
been customary to refer contested
seats in State Conventions from the
city of Philadelphia TO the delegation
from that city, but it became only too
apparent that the peculiar rules under
which that delegation decided such
cases there was no possibility of a fair
and just decision. 1t became neces-
Z thnrafnrn in 70 4 h.
ends of justice, that the committee on
credentials, consisting of one member
from each Senatorial district Except
the contested districts), should try the
Philadelphia contested cases as we'll
as the disputed claims to seats from
other districts. 1t was upon the mo-
ton of Gen. Roumfort that the Con-
vention resolved that this course should
be pursued.
The admission of Mr.. Josephs, whose
seat was contested by Mr.. McColgan
has caused considerable comment, and
we have been asked to explain it. We
have the following statement concern
ing the matter from several members
of the committee on credentials, among
them the secretary of the committee:
After the statements of the parties to
the contest had been heard by the
committee, n motion was made to ad-
nit Mr.. Josephs to the seat A rising
vote was taken upon this motion, the
secretary acting as teller The latter
reported to the chairman of the com
mittee, Mr.. A Hiestand Glatz, of
ork, thirteen votes for the motion
NHA
accordingly " noted the motion on the
minutes as lost After the committee
had adjourned the secretary present
ed the minutes to the chairman for
his signature, when the latter directed
the former to alter the minutes by
striking out the word lost and inserting
the word carried. The secretary pro-
tested against this proceeding but the
chairman insisted that the vote stood
fourteen for the motion to thirteen
against, and by his peremptory order
the alteration in the minutes was
made When the report was present
ed to the convention, Mr.. Wunder of
Berks, arose to object to the reception
of that part of it admitting Mr.. Jo-
sephs, he being also a member of the
committee, and his count of the vote
having shown the same result as that
reported by the secretary. Under the
rules, however, the report was a finali-
ty, and the president of the conYen-
ton decided Mr. Wunder's objection
out of order. We publish this state
ment, under the belief that it is the ex-
act truth, in answer to inquiries made
of us concerning the matter If the
case was properly decided, the credit
of the decision belongs to Mr.. A. HES
tand Glatz, of Y ork, and not tothe COM
mittee on credentials or the convention.