Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
ESPECIAL rx1renAn TO THE DISPATCH,


SYRACUSE. N Y, September 21.-
United States Senator Frank Hiscock, who
poses as big man as Office broker and dis
penser of patronage under the Harrison ad-
ministration, was utterly repudiated by the
Republicans of his own county at their
Assembly and County Nominating Con-
ventions in Syracuse this week, and his
candidates for the county and Assembly
nominations were ignominiously defeated
by candidates backed by Congressman J. j.
Belden
Senator Hiscock came up to Syracuse
from New York City Thursday and called a
conference of his political henchmen to meet
at his residence that evening. Senator
Francis Hendricks and other Hiscock allies
were present at the gathering to receive the
Senator's edict. A slate was made out for
the Assembly nominations in the First and
Second districts, and for the District At
torneyship, and the faithful were rallied
to put it through at the conventions.
A REBUKE PREPARED.
For more than year, however, the Onon-
daga Republicans had been preparing to
administer rebuke to the Senator, and re-
Gently the mutterings of discomfort over
his local boss-ship have been heard. Among
various influences the friends of Congress
man j. J!Belden took advantage of the dis
affection and prepared to make their
strength apparent at the convention. His
cock had given out that it was of prime i'm
portance that he and his friends should be
able to control the Assemblymen to be sent
to the Legislature from Onondaga this
winter.
The denomination of Francis Hendricks
for State Senator was supposed to be assured,
and Hiscock counted upon having a straight
representation in the Legislature that could
be relied upon to do the bidding of himself
and Boss Platt. When the assembly nomi-
mating conventions, however, assembled to-
day, the Senator's friends found to their
dismay that the friends of Congressman
Belden had secured control of them, and
that their slate would be utterly smashed.
THE SLATE SMASHED.
Howard G. White was nominated for
member of Assembly in the First district.
after a small but desperate show of opposi-
ton by Hiscock' S henchmen. In the Second
district e1-Mayor Willis B. Burns was nom
mated for the Assembly. This was another
f..
was utterly routed.
To-day the preliminaries for final strug-
gle between the friends of Congressman
Belden and Senators Hiscock and Hendricks
took place. The County Convention was
called to meet at the Alhambra Rink, the
largest hall in the State, and the one where
the Democratic State Convention is TO meet.
The spacious hall was packed, for it was
well understood that desperate strife was
to take place. The Belden men supported
T. E. Hancock for District Attorney and
the Hiscock and Hendricks men supported
Charles E. Ide.
In the preliminary work of organizing
the convention the Hiscock forces, which
were led by brother of the United States
Senator. attempted to sit down upon Thomas
r. O'Neill, the leader of the Belden forces,
and
GREAT CONFUSION EXISTED.
A delegate shouted: "No United States
Senator can bulldoze us" and another ex-
claimed: "Get out from under Hiscock's
big and shapely hand" Hancock, Belden's
candidate, received handsome majority,
and the Hiscock men suffered their third
defeat within three days.
The utter rout of Hiscock and his
forces is the talk of the town
tonight, and many Republicans are
urging the shelving of Senator Francis
Hendricks, who is very anxious to be re.
nominated. The Republicans of the dis
trict will leave Hendricks at home this fall,
if Congressman Belden will only give the
word to do so. For the past ten years His
cock has controlled the organization and
machinery of the Republican party in this
section, which now passes into the hands of
Congressman Belden's friends The latter
are indignant at the manner in which His
cock has treated Congressman Belden in
the matter OF Federal and local patronage
The Congressman has been
UTTERLY IGNORED BY HiSCocK,
who has sought to grasp even the pettiest
office to be dispensed. Riscock, although
United States Senator, has stopped to grab
at even the ward offices, and has in conse-
qnence disgusted the better men of the Re-
publican party by his course.
Congressman Belden's friends will also
control the delegates to the Republican
State Convention which were elected yes
terday and to-day. The United States
Senator and his friends are In a gloomy and
respondent state tonight. They find them
selves in the soup, and were astounded at
the discovery of that fact.