Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-25
: THE HAPPY FAMILY.
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fuLaos HAIL 4 PAwEMoNlum.
Yesterday Afternoons 3 Session Of the Repub-
lican Return Juiges-Scenes Of In
describable Disorder and
Confusion.
The Opera House Captured by Eberly's
Heeiers-Chairman Fry's lncoinpeten-
cy Making Matters Worse
What Shall the Har-
"a vest Be?
FIGHTING AND IsIOTING.
Several of the Ringleade Arrested and
- Locked Up r.

Several of the Ringleade RS Arrested and
L ~ Locked Up. =. -
Scenes Within the Han-The Heelers to the
| Front.
The board of return judges Of the Re.
publican primary election re-assembled
IN the opera house at 2 o'clock. A Gordon
of police off GERS occupied the inner doOl
leading into the parquet and parquet cir
Gle, and refused admission to any except
judges and members of the press.
| The Ebery lmlldozers, who had acted
SO disgracefully during the morning, and
came 50 near breaking up the convention
ina row, made a desperate struggle for
admission. but were obliged to wait until
all the judges were seated, and then they
made rush for the door, pushed aside the
police and took possession of the seats they
occupied in the morning. a more villain
ous-looking set of cut-throats never dis
graced public assemblase.
Mr.. Sylvester Kennedy, of Salisbury,
moved that all except the return judges
and the candidates be excluded from the
house.
The question was put to the house and
nearly all the return judges voted aye, but
a deafenins "no'' was sent up from the
rOughs.
One of the judges insisted that the
question should be decided by the board
and not by the outsiders. He moved that
the lower part of the hall be cleared of all
except delegates. A rising vote was taken
and it was almost unanimously decided to
have the room cleared.
The president requested the "gentle-
men to leave the parquct circle, but not
a man of them stirred.
A delegate moved that the police pro-
coed to clear the hall. This was answered
with derisive yells, Kisses and laughter by
the "boys."
Squire Kennedy, of Leacock, made a
complimentary speech in which he hoped
the motion to clear the hall would not be
pressed, and that the "gentlemen " in the
parquet circle would behave themselves
like true Republicans. The "bcys"
yelled and cheered and expressed them
selves satisfied.
The districts were called and the returns
were handed in by the respective judges.
The following districts were objected to
and referred to a committee of investiga-
ton Third, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
wards, city; Mountville and Conestoga
townships Indiantown, Mount Joy
Nower), Union Square and Warwick
township.
Jake Prices Novel Proposition.
Jake Price made motion that the mat
ter of selecting candidate for district at
torney be referred back to the people.
President Fry was about putting the
question when Il dozen delegates sprang to
their feet and objected that such action
was revolutionary and contrary to the
rules.
The question was loudly called for by
the rowdy gang, and the chairman put it.
and every one of the gang voted "aye."
Samuel A. Croft and dozen others
protested against this revolutionary action
of the outsiders, and insisted that the rules
of the party required the board to count
the votes and announce the result, and
that this board had no authority to refer |
the matter to the people.
A scene of indiscribable confusion fol-
lowed. Every delegate rose to his feet
and the crowd yelled, hissed, swore and
stamped.
The Davis men crowded in body to the
north side of the hall, put on their hats,
and declared they would leave the conven
ton unless the president protected them
in their rights and enforced the rules of
the party.
The Bull Ring Chieftains.
Just before this outburst Frank Eshle-
man, who occupied 4 front seat on the
south side of the circle, was in secret
converse with several Bull Ring members
of the convention-calling them up to
him and evidently giving them instruc-
tions. Levi Sensenig, who was near ut
hand, put in a word now and then, and
appeared to be the leader of the roughs
who were so successfully controlling the
convention. AS he moved down towards
the stage, the low-browed, big-mouthed
bull-dozers were close at his heels, await
ing instructions. Il
Adam J. Eberly occupied front seat.
He looked as though he were ashamed of ;
himself and the gang of ruf1ians that
were supporting him.
Poor Fry!
Chairman Fry was the yerv nicture of
He had not the slightest COM
mand over, or respect of, either the con- ;
vention or the bull-dozers who had thus Is
Tar successfully controlled it. He appeared
20 possess not the slightest acquaintance {
with parliamentary law, and was more apt
% listen to motions made by the lobby
oull-dozers than by members of the con q
'ention. As a presiding officer he proved {
himself to be lamentable failure, and his
rantic beating of the table with his cane '
'nly tended to increase the confusion, and a
display his hopeless inef1iciency.
The half-dozen policemen on duty in the t
lall were utterly powerless in the presence O
# the mob by which they were encom- O
assed. Numbers of these ruffians left the n
ircle, came down upon the floor of the p
onvention, threatened and brow-bcas the S
ldges and to all intents and purpose, took
of the hail. tt
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