Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-09-16
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rnr,,..u,nr IN THE ERIE CONVENTION THE DE-
Er,r ov ru,, :. uIyci THE TRIAL, OF wEprgR.
vrIT~opFNTso or THE prrlgcE-raE pErtR.
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PHnApELpHtA' Sept w.
There ia IL great deal of feeling shown hore |
oycr ,l,. rosnIt or tl,o po,,ocratc State Copyen
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tioii al irle. IL Is eAperIeheoh pS ''"7' "
citizens not usually carried away by tho cut and
drIe1 nro.endup3 of poIiticnI lneetings Tho it,
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uueU''"i i'noe a' 'h'AN' W WV '"''' N'' '''"
must mako tho contest Tor Governor hieihorT
bic ono. 1t is folt already that tho bearing q
t,i r,,,t, a.,,,, ia ,,.,,, tho ravt ,rosi1entisl
can,n,i 3,sso mms la v"s S, marcd Thn victory Of
thn ,rG,tiomisps al Erc is the tal,, of tho Gour
,tr a., 81 T.; ,,nitiaI, oIionai tonic as we'll
NM Tha nnmsu,gaa n % na,"ra1t have more tha
a,n-iosi H." Intri,,a nT t,,a Democrats of
tiin ,rs,, ,1,n,, si,,, ,f ~ -o,,'' Ilt put
da,v,, s,rh cvidnnro II Nitrenath. and t,les5
nunstiol il gaan tn ha taking imposing
nnrI,Srfiora n ia NOT a Ittlo significant
ihot two NJ tho moot ytpIant and poyerful
encn,"s or the prnsident--tlle N, Y, TrtJ,pe
and NV JLrGM-haIf turn to Grant in the emer-
,,a,cr os T., a nosit;nn nf assured strsnrth AZ
Far Ii itI w S,irn',a camnaitn aaainst him tho
| U,rLj aava in efract tn.day' that the raa-money
rnte viii vossihlv lead MANY people to reconsi-
der their adverse position On tho t',ifh tefh
| question Who shall say there Is no iofe' III
iV,o situation il .iupularly comp,icatod by tho
cnI,vic,,nn thnt while the platform il of such u
rnvninti,nsrv c,tgraeScr the nominations are ur-
| commonly strong Judge IershnS ls Que
NJ, pi,,,att ia evorvwhnre spolIen of
in itr,op higbcat tcrns Vet araip tbsse nomi-
ness ara nok tho faynyites of tie Democratic
'ranagers" in the State. The Ross ,Noyes
party, Of which we have heard 80 much OF late,
and which was under the leadership OF senator
WGilace and Representative Randall, is COM
| ple6cly iloored-and thus very disturbing ele-
ment il introduced. The Democrats have mag'-
| cal power III healing up differences, but theie
wonId seem to be here Il case even beyond ils
skill. One of The latest reports is that the
shiewd Randall, who went into the convention
~ tho ally Of Wallace, has gone back on
| tho "C0ilen POt" hero and that tho
| latter threatens, in consequence, to be
even with Samuel ]. when the time
comes to choose Speaker for the National
| House of Representatives. Thus il IA seen TO
blow all around tho compass. The LEGAL Demo-
cratic politicians were of course, " friends 10
this ground and ogemen to the Ring, and they
arc proportionatoly distressed at the turn aAalrs
have taken. McMullen, Joscphs, and all that pre-
cious crowd were assisting at the Eric Councils,
but for once they were overpowered i'll thenonl'
nations, though still potential III the platform.
The labors of ''the boys" were more than cont
monty arduous on this occasion. They wore up
all Wednesday night over the Res9lutons, ana
all last night i'll the Convention but men who
serve their country nrlst expect to make person.
al sacrifices. WHAT with equal loss Of sleep and
hone the Ringers arc to-day dssusted crowd.
The Westeryelt trial continues. and the inter
est in it ii i'll no wise abated. 1he prosecution
closed yesterday and the defence ID III progress
to-day. Westeryelt's counsel announced i'll their
opening that the amount Of testimony on their
SIDE would be small, 30 that tho case Will be
} brought to close early next week, or 1t may
ev5n eud tomorrow Saturday.. The volume Of
eyidence in such case necessarily comes
from those who bring yhs sui5. Opportunity
WAS here taken to reciIe all the known facts OIL
, tho abduction, matter which Wentorvelt has no
{ means Of refutiug even if it were policy to at
l tempt to do 50. Evidence to prove an dttbt IL
t not called for iha4much as IL was not charged
G that Westeryel5 was principal in the hldnap-
ping. Considerable tiGie was taken up this week
in detailing tho negotiations of the thieves with
4 M, Ross, to all of which WusteryelGB lawyers
: haye of course nothing TO say. Counsel also af.
t hrm that tue money is all over tao way aud tls
their tide has net The mealis 10 esll long list O
@ Witnesses. .-,.-ai..-',,
is Ii She case is looked at without eudce 1t II
Q liilicult to see how tho commonwealth can 30
o euro a verdict. But it seems impossible to GO
If people to give iG this unprejudiced attention
= by this mean that from ali the circumstances
: pTobabilltes, and relations of the parties th'
o public is convinced that Westotyelt knows al
n tho particulars of tho crime, and it cares litt
IDt llle ONlubhttt one way VI dtOtlipis uNel
uuon this point Inst week. and need now onl
remark that tho situation is practical
unchanged. Tho strongest peico of proc
10 advanced againet the prisoner this weel
10 was the evidence of n New York lady who ewort
!. to seeing Westervelt in u Brooklyn car in July
= 1874 shortly after the abduction, with u chill
NJ who was crying, and whom he was enleavorint
ID to keen quiet. Bat this testimony is entirel
ID compatible with theory of innocence. No doub
tho man seen by Mrs. peor was Westervelt, bu
in was the boy Charley RJsa? That ia tho vita
ly puint, and it has not beon proved
~ Mrs. pecr thought photographs of Char
10 lev, shown her in Court "resemblcd
d. tile child sho saw on the car, but 20 have score
G. of peonlo all over tho country had similar in,
pressons, all of them shown TO be nnfomded
Y, have tried to look at this most interestin
Is case with absolute fairness throughout, an
o, while believe with tho majority OF people,tht
ct Westeryelb has tho guilty knowledge charge
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