Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-11
TIE STATE CONVENTION.
NEETING N,T 1HE DnNoCxATsC CON
AITTEE

l En.sanasDsrE. WEDNESDAY. september IS,
fiXoi Ioe the C00veacloa-
| SueciS, Co--epoats-sce Iy-EL-SKScE
| HAE2ISBCsG, Pa. Aus. 1.-The state
| Democratic committee mes AZ the BS;.on
House il Harrisburg, yesterday. 20 Con-
slider the time aud eiass for ho,dia, the
| Democratic state convention. There were
about twens! members presen. incladiny
Chairman Dill aud Secretary MsClelhni.
O: Pittsburgh Fron Lancaster coGa:! Mr.
Moore vas nos present. aEi ". [. Henssl
was substituted fo- George DiIler.
| Twas agreed firs:.o fix the time, aud
Nr. Caldwell. Of Crawford. moved Angus:
q sha. tie party might take :hs fed
FIRST, and anticipate the opposition with a
ssroa. ansi-monepo,! plank in the plat
form. Mr.. Dyssinger. OF Sun5ury. named
Sep:embe. as-ir being represented by
members from the northwest. that the
week of September 1o, -. q would be very
| inconvenient TO that section. on account
of series Of county fairs then 70 be
holding. Mr. Erment-ous suggested Sep
tsnber :. and this was accepted by Mr..
Caldwell. NJ. E. urged that the conyen-
tiol DC held Saol. and ., lel>, the day be-
fore the Republican. whlch meets il Har-
risburs on the Sth. Mr.. Hensei SUPPORTED
later date, both tecau>e II call the
convention early might embaraSs counties
which have nos Yet elected delegates, and
because he believes. IN late conventions and
short campaigns ; eSpeEieEce hal taught
The Democracy the disastrous resa!t OF set
lin. their ticket in the. field roo soon be-
:ides the people are weary of long politi-
caI contention, and the policy o: that
party viii be acceptable to them which
makes br:eter campaigns: the party
should not be allowed to get So disorgan-
lied that il needs 4 nomination TO start
its work :: !e. the opposition pus up their
man and have him SHOT 10 pieces and then
name our candidate and elect hin, with a
shor: and sharp campaign. The motion
for the Eth was lost and the 2Sth was fixed
As the date, the 18th and aai having also
been found to conflict with the dates of
fairs or other popular gatherings in differ
ent parts of the state.
The naming of the place being ordered.
| Mr.. McMulien named Wiliiamsport and
offered the opera house and music there
! for the convention, and stated that that
city, in Democratic county. had had no
state convention Tor thirty years. Mr..
klugh made the same offer for Harris
burg. Mr. Mickey named Easton in the
g. Tenth Legion" which never had state
convention. Mr.. Ermentrout named
Reading. the capital Of old Berks. Mr..
Dyssinger proposed Sunbury. A ballot
being taken resulted WilliamSport, s {:
Easton, A. Harrisburg. /; Reading, !;
Sunbury. l. Some of the votes were
changed to Williamsport and its selection
was made unanimous.
| Mr.. hensel then introduced to the COM
mittee the subject Of the necessity for 4
better and mote permanent organization
Of the party in this state He had made
this matter the subject OF some conference
and correspondence with active anl in
!
tions of the state and different Gle
ments of the party, more particularly the
Democratic editors. and he found it to be
the universal complaint that our present
system of organization is defective and in-
sufficient. Nobody knows better than
Messrs. Dill and McCleland. VINO had
both served as chairman the difficulties in
volved in the present rickcty system. The
state committee is cumbersome body,
hard to assemble and to get into working
order; the powers and duties Of state
committeeman and county chairmen are
not distinguished and are liable to conflict :;
the frequent change in tho craftsmanship.
the abandonment OF the organization As
soon as 4 campaign ends, and the difficult
ties of resumins it and getting the ma
chinery into good working order anew
the temporary organization of state con-
vcntions, the contests for admission of
delesates-thcsc and many other consid-
erations need only be stated, to point out
the necessity for some rules of government
and there is 4 general demand for them.
Difficulties We're certain to arise continu-
Cusly without them and it was i scandal
that such difficulties arc settled, too often.
according to the interests of these who
control the settlement of them, and even
if they are not, such IA suspicion always
gets afloat. In view Of all these things. Mr..
Hensel thought the time had come to set in
motion some plan for the enactment of
rules. The committee had no power of
legislation on the subject, but it could adj
dress the state convention and he there
fore moved that committee Of seven
Pennsylvania Democrats, Chairman Dill
to be &C e9ieio chairman, be appointed by
Mr.. Dill, to consider and devise some per-
mancnt rules for the government
Of tho Democratic organization in
this state, to be presented to the next state
convention-this committee to report to
special meeting of the state committee, to
he held in Williamsport the night before
tie state convention meets.
Mr.. Ermentrout, Mr.. Dill, Mr.. McClel-
land, Mr.. Newmyer and other gentlemen
present approved the resolution and agreed
with the remarks made.
Mr.. Greevy said he had urged such &C.
tion at the first meeting of the committee.
and thought it could not be taken too