Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-10-13
STATE SENATE QUESTION.
What the Armstrong County Papers
and People Say About 1t.

What the Armstrong County Papers
and People Say About It.
We last week gave a brief, and what
we believe has generally been conceded
to have been fair statement, of the
difficulty about the Senate nomination
in this district As it is a question
that concerns Arm strong county, the
more particularly, we give below what
the Kittanning papers and some of the
Republicans of that county have to
say on the subject. The simple ques-
ton is, has any nomination been made
with her consent, or will her Repub-
licans ratify matters as they stand? If
thew do not, something should be done
at once to save the district from loss.
From the below they would seem to be
somewhat divided in opinion.
The Armstrong Republican of the
9th inst, keeps up the name of Mr..
Meredith for the Senate, and says as
follows relative to the Pittsburgh
meeting of the conferees:
"The Senatorial Conferees for this
district were called to meet the Umpire.
Mr. Byron, at Pittsburgh, on Friday,
last for the purpose of making a NOM
ination for Senator A meeting was
held and several ballots taken with the
usual result, when the Umpire stepped
in and voted for Mr. Greer, of Butler
As it was very evident from the be-
ginning that the claims of this county
were to be ignored, that the Umpire
was completely under the control of
Mr.. Greer, and his friends, the Con-
ferees from this county very properly
refused to recognize the authority of
the Umpire, and would not consent to
make the nomination unanimous. So
the matter stands as before, and if this
Senatorial district is carried by the
Democracy, the Butler people will be
responsible for that result The am
bition of Mr. Greer, who expects to be
made Speaker of the Senate, if elected,
is the cause OF the whole trouble, and
we mistake the Republicans of this
county if they will permit themselves
to be bulldozed out of their just rights
to crafty the ambition Of Mr.. Greer,
or any other man. We will give at
tention to this matter more at length
next week"
The Union Free Press of the 7th
inst, has the name of Mr. Greer on the
Republican ticket and refers to the
Pittsburgh meeting as follows:
"The long-pending Senatorial ques-
ton in the Republican party of this
district was finally settled in Pitts
burgh on Saturday last, resulting in
the nomination of the Hon. John NJ
Greer, the present incumbent And
whilst this nomination is possibly con-
trary to the wishes of many Republi-
cans in this county who have felt all
along that Armstrong county was en-
titled to tie man and that in all fair.
ness Butler county should have con-
ceded this right; yet, as the matter
has been decided otherwise, it is the
| duty of the party to yield
to the decision. Mr.. Mcr-
edith was the choice of this county
and through his delegates made a
manly fight for the place and only
yielded at the last when the decision
of the umpire was declared against
him.
Butler county rested its claim upon
the fact that usage had allowed two
| terms, at least, to a representation ;
and that although the term had been
heightened in point of time, in the ex-
tent of actual service it meant no more
than heretofore Armstrong county
claimed by right of equality of distri-
button and alleged with great force of
truth that the lions share of favors al
ways went to Butler county"
The Kittanning Times of the 9Th
inst, which we believe is independent
in politics, has this to say:
The Senatorial fight in this district
was brought to and end en- Saturday
The conferees met at the Seventh Av-
enue Hotel, Pittsburgh, on Friday,
and proceeded to ballot, resulting as
on previous occasions An adjourn
ment was then taken until Saturday
morning, when Byram, of the Evening
Telegraph, who had been appointed
umpire by the chairman Of the State
Committee, cast his vote for Mr.
Greer, of Butler, thus giving him q
majority of one This action on Mr.
Byram's part was so unexpected by
the Arms .rong county men, that at
first they did not know what to do
Mr.. VIM. Burlington, one of Mere
dith's conferees, and who was chair
man of the conference, then refused to
announce the result, and the meeting
ended. Mr.. Byram, who had been in
Kittanning but few days previous,
had expressed himself to the effect that
Armstrong county was entitled to the
nomination and should have it, ac-
cordinglv his action in Pittsburgh was
so extraordinary, it left an impression
he had been approached. The result is
far from giving satisfaction to Mr..
Meredith and his friends, and in fact
to the Republicans of Armstrong coun-
ty, and Mr. Greer will very likely find
out that honest "Uncle" Jake Ziegler,
will run in on him in this county
greatly, If he does not have majority
over him AS Butler county had the
State Senator the last time, and as
Armstrong county had worked well
for Mr.. Greer, and gave him hand
some majority then, it would have
been the right thing for him to have
given way this time. However, it is
not our funeral, and we hage no reason
to weep"
A republican Of Brady's Bend,
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