Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-04
MAKING "A SENATOR.
sooins Started for Scofie;d ana Wei

| Patriot
The proceedings in the joint convention
yesterday were quite interesting. A boom
was rather unexpectedly started for Hon.
| Glenni W. Scotie!d, who received three
votes. Mr.. McCracken changed from
Grow to Phillips, ]. B. Brown changed
from Grow to Scofield, Hayes changed
from Grow to Scofeld. W. F. Stewart
from Oliver to Scofield. When the
Scotield boom burst into full bloom quite
| an excitement was raised, and for time
the wandering attention of the members
| OF the convention was brought back to the
question which was before them. Subse-
quentiy an effort was made to start an
| other boom, but it did not meet with much
success.
Mr.. Roland moved that the convention
| take at least three ballots on each legisla.
| tive day until United States senator i,
elected. Not agreed to.
Mr.. Mckee, of Philadelphia, asked
leave to have read petition from ESQ
citizens OF Philadelphia. After some lit
tie debate the leave was granted and the
petition read. 1t is as follows:
% The undcrsi med, citizens of Pennsyl-
vania, are fully convinced that neither the
Hon. Galusha A. Grow nor Mr.. Henry w.
Oliver, jr., can be elected to the United
States Senate by the Legislature of Penn
sylvania without Democratic votes, and
believing that the senator from Pennsyl-
vania should be chosen by Republican
votes, now urge upon the honorable MEM
bers of tie Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of Pennsylvania, that they
should at once end the present contest by
the election Of the Hon. John Welsh.''
Nobody seemed either enthused or sur
prised by this significant suggestion and
Senator Cooper was about to renew q mo-
ton to adjourn when Senator Gordon OBJ
tanned the floor. His point of order was
that the petition was obnoxious to a large
number of the members of the convention
and could not be received. inasmuch as it
simply appealed to one section ofthc bsdy
composed of the Republican members and
was not addressed to the convention as q
body. The chair would doubtless have
been compelled to decide the point Of order
well taken had it been raised ut the proper
time. but the subject had had already been
passed upon and was not at that time be-
fore the convention. 4 motion to adjourn
cut Off all debate.
When the petition praying for the selec-
ton of John Welsh rs senator had been
read, the National Grcenback Labor party
which goes under that name rose and said
with the greatest gravity, II rise to thank
my friends for the unexpected honor
he was allowed to 90 no farther. The
convention saw the joke and sllrieked with
laughter. During the confusion the Hon.
John Welsh Withdrew his name as a can
di,late for the United States Senate and
sat down. The merrimcnt had hardly sub
sided before Senator Hall got in little
Joke and it was partially revived. Mr..
Hall suggested that as Senator HoratiO
Gates Jones is in authority on all matters
or a Welsh nature, it might be we'll to re-
ier the petition to him. The convention
seems determined, if it is impossible to
agree upon choice for the United States
Senate t" have q good time over it any
how.
Last night the air was heavy with ru-
mors i'll regard to the senatorship. Few of
them, however, could be traced to i relia-
bic source, and many were entire fabrica-
tions of an imaginative brain. On We'd
nes'iay evening Mr.. James McAlanes of
Philadelphia, arrived in the city and his
appearance caused quite Hutter of ex-
citcment. He undoubtedly came here in
the interest of u compromise, because lie
fears that this dead lock will seriously
affect the success of the party in the COM
ing municipal elections in Philadelphia.
Bnt whether he favors any Of the compro-
mise candidates mentioned or whether
he has an entirely new steel to
lead upon the track is a |
conund,um which has not vet been
solved. Varied significance is taken from
the changes i'll the vote yesterday. The |
Oliver men arc rather pleased that their |
opponents lost two votes and regard the |
fact us an indication that Grows oreaniza-
tion is breaking. Conservative men of
both sides. however, and outside observers,
who have been closely watching the fight,
and are in a position to. know, are of the
opinion that the changes of the last two
days show that the strength of the
organization on both sides is weak
cning and that sooner or later a
Sudden break will come. No efforts to-
ward compromise are now being
made by the leaders of either faction,
but the feeling that 4 break is near seems
TO be increasing. Whom the lightning
vii! strike nobody knows, although every.
body is ready to predict. Hon. John
Cessna has returned to the city and has
placed himself in a position to be struck.
Hon. John Welsh seems to have MANY
friends, as has also Hon. Glenni W. SEQ.
ieid. George Shiras, jr., of Pittsburgh,
although he receives vote or two in the
convention, can hardly be regarded rs in
he race. 1t is generally conceded that it
you'd never do to drop Oliver and de-
lhcrately take up another man in his
.lacc from the same locality. Representa-
i've iirlings, Of VeEauso, who votes for
'!iiras, would like to see him elected, but
you'd probably leave him for any COM {
promise candidate on whom sufficient S
trenGth could be concentrated to dissolve
he deadlock. i