Evening journal., 1888-09-12
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.
They Turn out The Reporters and Listen
to the Lawyers The Brandywinc Hum
bred Contest.

They Turn out The Reporters and Listen
TO the Lawyers The Brandywinc Hum
bred Contest.
After the Democratic county commit
tee yesterday had decided to postpone the
case of Christians hundred until the
next meeting, the doors were thrown
open and the Brandywine hundred case
taken up. The Levy Count contest in
this hundred was also postponed TO be
considered when the Christiana case is to
be taken up. The tie vote for repre-
sentative in Brandywine hundred was
brought forward by communication
from John Shaw one Of the candidates.
setting forth that there had been no eles-
ton in the hundred upon the face Of the
official returns, and that upon those
figures the County Committee should
order new election He claims, how
ever that he was honestly elected. Upon
Mr.. McWhorters motion the communica-
ton was received.
During the above proceedings two re
porters entered the room and took posi-
tions in the rear as is usual They had
not been there long. however, when State
Treasurer Herbert began TO grow pale
Once in his life the state treasurer lost
his usual sef-confdence. He
had made horrible discovery
He then told the committee sthat he did
not believe in having the secrets and
quarrels of the Democratic party made
the property Of the public. The state
treasurer grew eloquent aod after
describing what terrible things would
happen if the scribes were not fired, he
called upon somebody to do something
The committee, with exception of Mr.
McWhorter, We're equally Mortified Mr.
McWhorter is never scared. For a few
moments silence reigned, while eleven
pairs of eyes were cast reproachfully
upon the two innocent reporters. Secre-
tary H. G. johnson saved the day for the
committee He came to the rescue with
a motion to fire the offenders.
Mr. Medill admitted that reporters
generally were a bad lot, and the two
with them were as bad as any, but he
did not see much use in keeping them
out as they would get there at all
events
Senator McWhorter had never been
frightened at the scribes and he came to
the front and championed their cause
He was In frvor of them remaining in the
room. He did not think the Democratic
party would suffer by publicity and that
the reporters were not bad fellows any
way if You use them well Willard
salisbury arose to say good word for
the press representatives He said that
as far as he was concerned he did not
care whether reporters were there or not
That so far as his client was concerned
they had an honest and fair case.
Lewis G. Vandegrift, counsel for Shaw.
expressed some fear of reporters.
Things were getting somewhat desperate
for the nervous committeeman. when
Horace G. johnson again came to the res
cue with a piece of startling intelligence
that fairly made the hairs of the members
stand on end. He found that one of the
reporters represented the Morning News.
The chairman equal TO the emergency,
quickly put the motion when Senator Me.
Whorter Representative Medill and w
p. Biggs alone stood by the reporters
The latter gracefully retired.
AS soon as the door was closed and tn,
injunction Of secrscy enforced L. c. Van
degrift proceeded TO state some of the
things he was afraid the public woulC
hear He claimed that the nomination
for representative in Brandywine SHOULD
be given to Shaw, as on the day of tn
nomination double ballot had been cas-
/ for Shaw and Anderson. The inspector
had thrown this ballot out and Mr.. Van
degrift held that the inspectors shout,
have counted it, which had they done
/ Shaw would have been elected. If til
committee would not count that ballo
the next fair thing to do would b
to order the matter back to the voter
and allow them to decide it again Van
degrift quoted piles Of law to support hi
views Mr. Medill wanted to know hoN
they were to get around the provision
under the primary election law, whic
requires that the nomination election shal
be held on the second Saturday in Seq
TENDER Mr.. Vandegrift failed to answer
Willard Salisbury then spoke for Lodge
quoting another long list of legal author
ties. Mr. Salisbury contended tina
there had been an election; tina
that it had been the custom and law 70
years, when there was tie vote in hur
bred elections, for the inspectors {
decide the tie and where this occurre
in hundreds having more than one dis
trict all the inspectors decided it. MI
Salisbury then presented a paper signe
by all the inspectors, except one VIII
could not be found giving the nomina
tion to Mr.. Lodge. Mr.. Nandegrif
started to reply to Mr.. Salisbury whe
it was discovered that it was nearly
o'clock An adjournment was take
until O'clock this morning.