The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-07-07

tpaii lAot bilil- bist>H pdii'> 10 tilt con
vention, but, be the result what it may
; the Republicans of that section would d,
their duty This elected cheers. whiel
/ were repeated heartily when Mr. Hal
closed with the announcement of th,
name of William T. Davies
Some ardent supporter of the old ticke
: suggested that the nominations be closeC
on Mr.. Davies, but this was not heedec
and the fiOor was given 10 Judge Shan
non, who had been selected to present
the name of Major Montooth judge
shannon, always forcible speaker, wa,
al his best and was frequently interrupted
by applause that was prolonged when he
mentioned the name Of Major Montooth
and it was - boisterous when Judge
Shannon took his seat that General Wag.
ner felt called upon 10 remark that the
noise would DE in better place after the
vote had been counted
THE STRUGGLE FOR SECOND PLACE
There was no other nominations. and
the roll call was proceeded with Nearly
every man in the house tried to keep
tally. Davies got the first nine senator
ial districts, Montooth's first vote being
given by \. :. Cadwallader, of the Tenth
district The balance of the Senatorial
districts were pretty evenly divided, al
though Montooth got most of his votes
from the last p. OF Philadelphia Leg
islative districts Montooth got five This
was four less than was expected, and was
received as bad indication by the lead
ers Of Montooth's hope; but the mass of
the western people did not know this.and
cheered wildly. Secretary Pearson called
the roll rapidly and the majority of the
tally keepers were badly mixed before he
WAS half through. Everybody knew
however that Davies and Montooth were
running very close together and BY COM
mon consent there was no more cheering.
All waited with breathlesS interest for
l the result The atiirate counters on the
stage could not tell what it was until the
hast vote was recorded. Then all sheets
gave. Davies llvotes more than the num-
Der required to nominate. \ delegate from
Chester county jumped up and announ-
ced his desire to change to Alontooth but
before notice was taken of his request he
discovered that one vote would not help
Mont00th out and decided to remain in
Davies column. BY this time it was very
generally known that Davies had receiv-
ed Il majority. but there was great ankle
ty to hear the official figures. They were
a. follows: William T. Davis, 1878 Ed
ward \. Montooth, 1921 George H. lines
/ necessary to i choice, I26. One vote
for lines was east by Philadelphia del
egate.
The vote had scarcely been announced
before C. l.. Magee was on his feet with
4 motion to make the nomination unani-
NOUS. This was adopted with cheers, and
some members OF the Allegheny county
contingent left the hall The majority
remained 10 see the other battles, which
excited scarcely less interest, fought out
THE AUDITOR GENERAL CONTEST.
B. Frank Eshelman, of Lancaster,
named Colonel A. Wilson Norris for
Auditor General in 4 graceful speech, and
Hon. Wills J. Hulings attended to the
presentation of the name of Colonel T.
J. Grimeson. District Attorney McCarrel,
Of Dauphin county. gave notice that Mr..
McCamant had decided not 10 90 before
the convention Then the delegates and
spectators got down to witness the second
act Of the contest of the field against the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roberts slate.
The field had been defeated in the first
round, but they We're many who were
confident that Colonel Grimeson would
succeed. It was seen before long that
this confidence would not be justified un-
less there Was radical turn in the tide
of votes The turn did not come and by
the time the alphabet was half traversed
Colonel Norris WIS out of danger. The
vote was \ Wilson Norris, I42; Thos. J.
Grimeson, los This nomination WAS
made unanimous with the same good ma
tire that had characterized all the pro-
ceeClings of the convention and then the
curtain was hung up for the next act
SECRETARY OF INTERNAL Affairs.
The nomination of a candidate for Sec
retary Of Internal Affairs, d. {. Hen
ming presented the name Of Mayor :. \.
T Losch. tieorge y Coursin that of Col.
Thomas J. Stewart \. y. Pomeroy that
( of John H. Kaufman, and Cyrus I. Fox
/ that of ID. &. Keller, of Berks county
+ The nomination Of Col. stewart has been
/ conceded for months and many of the
/ delegates left their places after voting.
/ The result justified their confidence. 1t
WIS Thomas j. Stewart. 1872 Samuel A.
Losch, - y. c. Keller p; John II.
( Kaufman, 9 The cheers that greeted the
announcement We're genuine, as was also
( the vote by which the nomination was
made unanimous
FOR CoNGREsSNA NAN-AT-LARGF
The name of Chill W Hazard was
/ presented by J. X Billingsley without a
+ speech The usual formula was gone
/ through in naming ex-Judge W. ;. Kirk
+ patrick, of Northampton county General
I F. : Osborne. DR. C.. H. Bressler, of
/ York, and W B. Roberts
General Osborne had privately in