The daily gazette., 1882-06-29


fell behind in the fifth ballot, his nomination
was seen to be impossible, and the balloting
settled down to steady and exciting con-
test. The friends of some of the field can
didates held stubbornly on, in the hope of
wearing out the favorites, but such entire
good feeling had prevailed, and such
earnestness of purpose to do all for the best
and rather nominate an approved than an
unknown candidate had been manifested,
that the convention refused to adjourn and
kept right on with its work until a conclu-
sion was reached. When Hall was with
drawn, and his friends, instead of going to
Hopkins, as was expected, went to Pattison,
his boom was strengthened. Nelson's
friends then fell in.
The anti Pattison element of Philadelphia,
which had been lying by with Coke, tried to
stem the tide by going to Hopkins, and
Monaghan's friends limited the same way
but when Coxe's support went to pieces
most of it fell to Pattison, and that settled
it. There was the most intense excitement
while votes were being changed and the roll
call was verified, but Pattison's friends were
hopeful and restrained their exultation until
the result was announced, and then the
convention broke into wild outburst. It
was increased when Hopkins friends moved
to make it unanimous but the climax was
reached when William M. Singerly of the
Philadelphia Record, Pattison's most un-
compromising opponent, joined in this
demand. The convention exhausted itself
at O'Clock in frenzy of enthusiasm for
the work already done, and readily yielded
to an adjournment until tomorrow morn
ing to name the other four candidates for
places on the ticket.
. THE PLATFORM.
The following is the platform adopted by
the convention
1. We do protest against what is called
the Boss system and also the plunderfng of
officeholders by assessments of money for
political purposes. Public offices are the
property of no party, but are open to every
citizen, honest, capable and faithful to the
Constitution, qualifications which Jefferson
declared were the requisites for office.
2. We protest against the spoils system.
1t is prostitution of the offices of the peo-
pie SO that they become the mere perquisites
of the politicians.
8. We denounce all reputation, State
and Federal, because it is dishonest and
destructive of that public morality upon
which are founded the existence and per-
petuity of our free institutions. 1t should
be made odious, and the politician that aids
it and abets it with Office deserves public
condemnation.
4. We denounce spoliation of the State
convicted of crimes whose acts are fragrant
subversions of official trusts and wrongs
done the people.
5. We believe that the Republican party,
as now organized and controlled, is based ON
fraud, force and corruption, and there can
be no hope of true reform except by the
force of the ballot-box excluding 1t from
place and power.
6. The Democratic party demands of the
Legislature an honest, just and true appor-
tionment.
z. Upon these declarations we invite the
cooperation of all honest citizens who, with
us, desire the re-establishment of honest
government.
THE NOMINEE.
Mr.. Pattison is only 81 years of age, a
man of high character and blameless life.
He is q lawyer and graduate from Lewis G.
Cassidy's office. For five years he has been
City Comptroller, and it is the plain,
straightforward discharge of his duties In
that office which, more than anything else,
has destroyed ring rule in that city. He
has an immense Republican following and
steady support from independent sources,
which never fails him. There seems to be
no possible cavil against him as a candidate,
and the only fear which had been expressed
anywhere concerning his nomination
has been the doubt of his being
honestly supported by the element
represented by Mr.. Singerly. That
now being removed, the delegates almost
universally feel that the nomination is in
vineible. He represents more than any other
possible candidate, the plain issue of honest
government which is to be chiefly presented
in Pennsylvania this fall. His nomination
gives Ygor to the Independent Republicans,
and while thousands of them will support
Pattison direct, none of them will withdraw
their fight now out of any apprehension of
Democratic success with Pattison for Gov
ernor and by to-day's pledge by the Demo-
cratic State Convention of fair apportion-
ment, the issue in the State is made up most
favorably for the Democrats, and there can
hardly be any doubt that the Republicans
are worse demoralized than ever.
THIS MORNINGS sEssIoN-BLACK FOR LIEU
TENANT-GoyERNoR.
rAssociated Press dispatch to the Gazette. ]
HARRISBURG, Pa, June 29.-The Con-
vention reassembled at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing, and at once proceeded to the nomina-
ton of Lieutenant-Governor.
The first ballot resulted as follows:
Chauncey M. Black, 17511 Irwin, 73<.
Black was declared the nominee