The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-05-02
THE PENNSYLVANIA CONVENTION
The Factions Harmoniscd-Incide
Of the Strugelc-Gcnerai Hancock's
PrOspcCts.

ception In favor of Col A. *. Mcclure who combines
the veteran politician with the practiced newspaper
writer because the reporters have not been really
"on the inside, - and what are known as Wallace or
Randall men when applied to for information would
not tell the truth, but instead, the sort of q story
they thought would do them the most good. The
game Of hrng has not stopped but must continue until
the decisive action at Cincinnati And notwithstand-
ing the talk Of harmony the fight will 60 with re-
newed fury, hut with less demonstration because, |
while public opinion remains potent factor the real
work has 90 he concentrated on the members Of the
delegation to the National Convention
As the general details have already been published
will condne myself to other matters The most con-
spcuous fact to he noticed is that the tall form Of
Lewis C.. Cassidy of Philadelphia stands out as the
warwick OF the Pennsylvania Democracy. The har- |
mony programme Is his victory, and leaves him |
master Of the situation As he was the selected cef
of the Hancock forces his prominence as the real
leader Of the delegation with the prestige he has ac-
qulrcd Is source Of qualification to them notwith-
standing the fact that the harmony programme of
necessity compelled them to abandon the programme
with which they expected to go into the Conventions
The only real sufferer hy the compromise was Senator
Wallace. All that any one lost by the concessions
was taken from his voting strength or that OF his
allies both In the Convention and In the delegation to
Cincinnati which 1t appointed This Is what he gets
for couccding the chairmanship of the state Commit
tee to his enemies last year 1t rarely happens I'm
politics that man can abandon power and resume 1t
at will. Senator Wallace did want the clnirman-
ship last year this wear he wanted Il badly II the
chairman had been as trustworthy friend of the
Senator as Miller proved to lie of the Speaker WAL
lace would have had two thirds of the Convention and
three fourths of the delegation TO Cincinnati Ast
now stands there Is clear and decisive majority
against Tlen, but Senator Wallace cannot control
the action of the majority though they are his friends
The Senator's course last year. in moral point of
view. was praiseworthy, but 1t has proved for the
present fatal TO his asceniancy In the state Ills
action In the Convention where he sacrificed much for
the sake peace and the future prospects of the party
was admirable. He will ALWAYS be a power In the
State but for ay he does not hold the sceptre 1t
Is now In the hands of commission of which he is
| member. The chief persons composing this regency
are Lewis c. Cassidy, Speaker Randall W. l.. Scott,
| II. NJ. speer, and, OF course, w. A. Wallace.
Several revcnges have been executed at this Conven-
tion. Ex-Congressman w. =. stenger has his, lie
thought Wallace treated him badly about the secrc-
taryshp of the Senate and when he went away vowed
that would 70 to the Cincinnati Convention In the
interest of MIR. Tiilen. lie pointed yesterday to
the fact that he had kept his vow. Old Jake ZieCer
with smaller piaue has similar satisfaction. lie
voted with Stenger all the time. Stenger was beaten
| IN the Committee on Resolutions by young man
from susquehanna county. lie came In with set Of
| resolutions in his rocket. one of them read that
| "The reforms and economies enforced In the lo,csr
| House Of Congr ess have saved the people many mil
lions of dollars, etc. The susauelanna delegat
moved that the italicized words which 1t was evil
IDENTIFY thought would pass unnoticed he stricken ont
as susceptible. of construction not entirely consistent
with the programme of harmony which had beei
adopted The incident caused a significant smile ia
pass around the room and the invidious words well
out without word In their favor. The susouehann,
delegate then moved and after several spirlte,
speeches, pro and con- carried his motion to add
| resolution maintaining the unit rule This was de
feated In the Convention partly by an arrangement
made after the Committee had adjourned and wtbou
the knowledge of the mover of the resolution, whic
made the first vote for an amendment and partly b.
the admirable counting arrangement by which TIN
o. Leary and his eutenants called the roll and KEEP
the tally The res,. was secured by the personal ac
D tvity of Speaker Randall who was seated near tn
front the centre aisle and induced several to chang
their votes by which majority of two for the amend
ment was claimed to have been secured Several tae
e kent ON the other side showed eight majority tn
e other way
The Chairman r. Emmet Monaghan of Chester
the Bayard leader Mt this point committed the gross
est outrage ever seen In a political convention TIL
rules which have been adopted bose of the Pennsyl
vana ouse of Representatives. require the ayes an
noes to he read Monaghan declared the result with
d out going through with this essential formality N
legislative BODY much less tumultuous convention
can do business without reading the names of thos
voting ON call of the ayes and noes Not to read tn
e names leaves the count absolutely at the mercy
It those who kept the taIlies, and under the crcum
stances 1t does not matter whether the real maorit
for the unit rule was nine as several outsiders mad
It, or TWENTY the announced result would have bee
o the same. The unction with which MIR. Monagha
denounced the counting out of 1876 ought to be re
membered in connection with this incident.
# The anti-Tihien secretaries. with BENJAMIN +
Meyers, of Harrisburg, the head did not pretsn
| to look after the count, which was therefore
# highly Interesting eight t-to-seven arrangement
y Probably Mr. Meyers was disgusted at til
way In which the O'Leary and Bill McAIulli
n ronghs euchred him out Of the control Of the hall
Meyers and some other of the leading citizens of I'll
a vicinity were appointed by the State Committee
IS special committee on hall and local arrangements
and they raised by subscription the money paid II
Chairman Miller however, asserted the right to con
troll all the tickets and doorkeepers and his men wei
the night before the Conven tion and took possession
They put the most desperate roughs In Philade
:, | pbia I'm charge and held the fort Movers made Y
his mind during the forenoon that he had some righ
!, in the premises and with the Mayor of Harrisbu,
II and twenty polIcemen went to regain possession
/. Mc,Iullin's men unceremonously refused him admi
i. son and when they drew their rcvoyers the Harr,
:. burp posse concluded that polieeman,s is not
"a happy lot. =, and peacefully went away, Althoul
N no tickets could be had by delegates and members
"a the press until lust before the Convention, Il
10 galleries and platform were packed all the forenoon
| the pbiIadelnhin rourhs and when t,e nnti-Tild,
70 men succeeded I'm getting their tickets their frien
= had IN lie conteuted to gaze from the extreme re-
,r upop the bury necks of the McMullnes, who rails
m,yhtv clamor whenever they saw n clIance m
=, doorkeeners kindly relieved numerous delegates of
,rouhle of caring for their watches and pocket-book
-, ,h,s. taIen having curiously enough been lost 4
~ s,do the hall and at those po,nts where badges we
~ ,h,cl.s,
., m. dis,,,b,,on nj seots nm t,,e aoor vos manoc
,n win the same smartness Randall WAS on tho cent
NJ, ,s,e nea, tho front win two or three of his h,
h. near hy and his eu,enants were wei, dist
=, | bu,cd where thew couId operate To advantage
20 douh,r,, ds,egatons senator wallace ,vas put Ia
in the orchestra c,rc,e nc were also specr and ID,
~ =, p,, man n, ,h.r ,,n,n novor have anv d,mc,,tv
r .,,,n Tho s,r n, oonyo,,,o, ma ,hev nrnved vast.
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