Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-16
SECOND EDITION.
EVENING, APRIL 10, 1854
THE REPUBLICANS.
THE CLANS In CONVENTION ru-pAY
Marked struggles and scrambies for Place
-Brosius' Boom, and now 10 would
ana wooldn't bs u Candidate
Again-Ths Lancaster usIe-
gates-OOoper Reelected

gstes-Oooper Reelected
Ohsirman.
Special Dispatch to the ISTELLIaEsCER.
HARRISBURG, April 10, o.. M.--The day
opened bright and beautiful for the Repub.
lican state convention, the weather being
in striking contrast with that which pelted
the Democratic delegates in Allentown q
week ago. There are more signs of o struggle
for place here than there were there, the
scramble for the nomination Of congress
man-at.l large being particularly noticeable.
Gems. Osborne and Lilly have opened
headquarters and the members of their
train-bands straggle around displaying
the badges OF their favorites; OK Attorney
Gen. Lear is here inviting the nomination
to come to Doylestown but the
funniest thing In tho canvas is the rela
tion of our own Brosius to it. II seems
that he has steadily said he would not be
candidate, and the other ambitious
placernen eagerly took him at his word,
aud candidates like Osborue, who repre-.
septs the G. A. Il. and military elements
OF his party,-and Lilly, who would roll a
bar'l into the campaign and wave his red
vest at the head Of the column, brought
themselves out relying on Bro.
slus to stay out Of the fight. Mean.
time it was quietly whispered among
Brosius' friends that if the convention
named him he could not, dare not, would
not, decline. Harry Schroyer and Squire
Spurrier took charge of his boom and it
was making rapid headway when it en-
countered the serious protests of Osborne,
Cooper, Quay, Lilly and others, who maiu-
tained that it was bad faith to revive the
Brosius business, inasmuch as the other
candidates had only made themselves such
after his unmistakabls declination was
given ont. Brosius himself was tele.
graphed to and answered in lengthy
message, which only plunged the Lancas-
ter delegates into deeper embarrassment.
1t seemed to intimate his entire willing.
ness to accept aud even disclosed a faint
| anxiety for the nomination, while at the
same time it did not render his can
didacy possible without a charge
of shuflling aud bad faith toward
those who had become candidates on the
| basis of his previous withdrawal. This is
convention of practical politicians who
can easily fiud willing candidates for all
the places, and who are glad to take decli
| nations in real earnest. AS the Lancaster
county body here does not sympathizt
strongly with Mr.. Brosius' sentimentalt.
in politics his boom was carefully laiC
away in lavender.
The Lancaster county delegates had
meeting at tho Lochiel hotel at 9:l5 a. IN
Collector A. J. Kaufman turned up as
substitute for Lands from the Uppe
district. 1t leaked out that Peter J. Roe
buck had offered to sacrifice himself as
candidate for congressman at large, bu
had received very large slice OF coli
sholder from Squire Spurrier and othe
members of his home delegation.
For elector John |. Hartman and J. p
Wickersham were candidates before the
conference aud when the delegates went il
it was understood that they stood three to
four, and ono doubtful, as follows {:
For Wickersham Coble, Rocbuck
Long and Musselman.
For Hartman Schroyer, Yocum auC
Spurrier.
Geo. Calder, who had been juggled GU
of the place four years ago by Geist'
opposition, could have been chosen, bu
he sent q peremptory declination.
Kaufman weakened on the too numel
GUS Hartman family and as Yocum's nam
was called last he caught on to tn
majority and Wickersham won by to .
For members of tho state committee til
conference selected j. Hay Brown, from
the Lower senatorial district, and Job
/ Roland, Of Now Holland, from the Uppe
: The popular nominations of l.. 5. Har
d, man aud L. l.. Reinhold as delegates t
= the national convention wero ratified.
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