Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-29
NOBLE NAMED.
NINE BALLOTS NECESSARY.
And the Erie Candidate Goes
Through in q Stampede.
THE NEW RULES.
They Form Bone OF Contention Some
Exciting Episodes.
THE PLATFORM OF PRINciPLEs.

A Ringing Declaration and scatlnDg Ar
Fa1Xnment.
Special Dispatch to the INrELL1GENCEa
WILLIAMsPORT, September 29.-The
convention adjourned after o'clock this
morning. On the eighth ballot it was
evident to the friends of Noble that he
could and most likely would be
beaten by some shrewd combination
OF the field against him. Plumer,
Guthrie and Bogert were all wait
ing for the succession, and one or the
other would have becn nominated had all
the forces stood firm. The Davis men were
quietly picking up scattering delegates
from the outlying districts of Lehigh,
Delaware, Lebanon and Schuylkill, and
would soon have run him up nearly even
to Noble. Then the three lower candidates
would have controlled tho situation :;
but first Guthrie. then Bogert, and
then Plumer's friends broke. No one
of them could transfer his friends solidly,
and as they scattered the convention be-
came panic. Some of the Guthrie men
refused togo to Davis some of the Bogert
men refused to 60 to Noble, and it was
run by luck who would win. McGowan
and other Philadelphians either vicously
or stupidity abandoned Davis and changed
to Dill. This disgusted others of the city
delegates and they started to change for
Noble. That settled it. From fifty to hun
dred delegates rose and announced changes
The chair took them one by one, and re.
fused to hear any until the change OF each
was plainly announced and duly recorded.
The result was 14O for Noble and his
election was made unanimous, Plumer's
friends SO movingand pledging him big
vote in the Northwest. The result gives
general satisfaction and promise of almost
certain victory.
Exciting Scene over the Now Rules.
At midnight many of the delegates left
the hall. The state committee was named
and Henscl was nominated and unanimous
ly elected chairman of the committee.
Calling Mr.. James to the chair, Mr. Hensel
declared he could not accept it in the un-
certain state Of the rules providing for
another system of organization. He had
come here to have the convention decide
upon the revised rules they had now been
amended, or he was willing to amend them
so as to avoid all objections, and as all
could then agree to them, he moved
their present consideration before the
election Of a state chairman. Then Nc.
Gowan, of Philadelphia, began to filibus-
ter and call ayes and noes Oh every propo-
sition, to wear out, the delegates. Every
roll call occupied twenty minutes. The
friends of the rules and of order were will.
ing to sit it out, and for an hour and
half no progress was made. MCGOWAN
then wanted the roll of the house called to
ascertain that no quorum was present, and
to dissolve the. convention without the cleo
tiOn of chairman, and create party an
archy. The chairman, Mr.. James. ruled
that this call must proceed if insisted on,
and warned the convention of disastrous
decentralization if insisted upon. Mr.. Hen
sci then conferred with all the objectors
to the rules and they agreed upon amend
ments which the whole convention was
satisfied with, and it was announced.
McGowan insisted on a call of the house.
The chairman begged that the call be
withdrawn, but finally ordered it.
HonSo1 than rOco IN ca hot ,o ,o, &I,or
let the convention be dissolved without
completing the business and to save the
party from anarchy, ho would withdraw
all motions for the rules. The chair, who
OF course did not know what Hensel de-
sired to say, refused to recognize Or hear
him, as the first name of the roll had been
called. Then Hensel said he must avail
himself Of his privilege to resume the
chair, SO as to have an opportunity to say
to the convention that he was willing to
withdraw all motions for tho rules, SO as
to let the party have some organization.
His appearance upon the stage and request
to Mr.. James that he be allowed to resume
the char created intense excitement
one party howled approval, the
other condemnation. For fifteen min.
utes nobody could be heard. The Nc
Gowan party refusing to let Hensel
explain, he called the sergeant.a at arm and
made every member sit down, and then
explained why he took the extraordinary
and to him most painfully reluctant step
to resume the chair. He then asked James
to take the chair and allow him (HenseD
to withdraw his motions, and let the con.
ventiUn finish its work. James declined
unless by unanimous consent. MCGOWAN
alone objected. Then Hensel said he
would in the chair withdraw them, rather
than let the call of the house, the appear
ance of no quorum, and the dissolution of