Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-19
In ALLEGHENY,
The Magee Slate Goes Through in One Dis.
trict-The Quay Slate Runs Without OPP
position in the Second.

| position in the Second.
The primaries in the first Legislative dis
trict for county committee were the liveliest
ever held and the so-called anti-Quay-
Bayne-Rules people won. The returns
were very much mixed, that is some dele
gates who were elected said they would
vote for the Quay slate and while talking
to the other side pledged themselves to
support their candidates.
John n. Neeb led the side that it is
claimed is opposing Quay and others, and
although there was a bitter fight against
him he landed winner with over 500 votes
to spare, and may have as many more when
the votes are counted in the convention on
| Tuesday.
A DISPATCH reporter had a talk with
number of delegates who hold enough votes
to elect what was termed in this paper yes
terday as the Msgee slate. The other side,
however, claim victory, but they were not
too confident. It was stated early in the
day that if John Neeb was elected he would
be made chairman of the committee
and that he would favor the Questionable
rules. Although this was not correct Mr..
Neeb did not contradict the statement until
after he was fully assured of his election,
when he told representative of this paper
that he was not q candidate for the chair
manship, would not be a candidate, and
would not accept the position if elected.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM IT.
AS above stated, both sides claim a vic
tory. Returns were received at the Health
Office by the Quay faction, and at the Allie
gheny Central Club rooms by the members
of that organization, all of whom favor the
election of what is called the Magee slate
Health Officer Bradley at 10 o'clock last
night, said: "We have won, and the candi-
dates who favor the present Objectionable
r1les are all knocked out" He gave the
following list of winning delegates:
First ward, Magee 2, Quay 4; Third, Magee
8 Quay s; Fourth, Magee 5, Quay S; Seventh,
Magee none, Quay 8; Eighth, Magee none,
Quay 2; Twelfth, Magee l. Quay l; Thirteenth,
Is. These delegates have 4 I3l votes and 2O66 is
necessary to a choice.
The "Anti-Rule men," as they prefer to
be called. instead of "Quay men" therefore
claim big majority for their candidates.
At the headquarters of the other side
there was an exceedingly jubilant assem-
blage of men, whose claims were entirely
different from those given above, and are
as follows:
MR.. NEEB's CLAIMS.
First ward, Magee 8, Quay 8; Third, Magee 9,
Quay .; Fourth, Magee 5. Quay 5; Seventh.
Magee 8; Eighth, Magee 2; Twelfth, Magee /,
Quay l; Thirteenth. Magee and Quay !, but
both votes are for Neeb.
There are several districts that are not
claimed by the Magee faction; but they ex-
pect to get others in the convention. The
total vote for the Magee slate, which is ap-
pended, is q ,569 to /, 1862:
First ward, John n. Neeb and D. It. Mulvey:
Third, District Attorney Porter and Henry
Daft; Fourth, Hugh Kennedy and Street Com
missioner William F. Meese; Seventh, Coun-
Gilman Charles w. Muehlbronner; Eighth,
Councilman George sehad; Twelfth, County
Detective William Z. Langhorst; Thirteenth,
Roundsman T. c. Johnston.
As already mentioned, five of these names
also appear on both states, as follows:
Messrs. Mulvey, Porter, Muehlbronner,
Schad and Johnston.
In the Second district of the Fourth ward
Louis Hirst was elected as Quay delegate,
but will turn his credentials over to Hon.
Chas. w. Robson, who is slated for the
craftsmanship of the convention by the
Quay faction. In some of the districts a
large vote was polled, and in almost every
case the majority of the winner did not ex-
SOME BIG SURPRISES
in several OF the precincts several candi-
dates who were never defeated before for
delegates being knocked out. Candidates
and their friends were busy all day bring
ing out votes. Many of the persons who
were entitled to a vote did not know an
election was being held until informed by
one of the workers.
Tha in fha
district was exceedingly quiet, in fact it
was so quiet that the majority of the people
in it did not know that anything was going
on, and in many of the districts the polls
were not opened at all. In some cases the
delegates had great difficulty in finding the
members of the board to get their creden-
tials signed. A number of the candidates
had their credentials signed within a half
an hour after the polls were supposed to be
open, and after o'clock a voter who wanted
to cast his ballot for some one was unable
to do so.
ONE FIXED SLATE.
In this district the slate is fixed, and it is
an out-and-out Quay one. The delegates,
however, are not all pledged to support the
slate, and it may be broken before the con-
vention is held on Tuesday. The slate is as
follows:
Assessor; James Bradley, Health Officer; Coun-
Gilman. William Mcdonald, a clerk in the Pro-
thonotary's office. Fifth ward, Councilman,
Charles W. Dahlinger, and Deputy Sheriff and
Councilman, George Rudolph. Sixth ward,
William F. Trimble. contractor and Presi- |
dent of the Allegheny Poor Board, and Coun- |
Gilman Chris Steffen, Jr. Ninth ward, T. r. |
Morris, the druggist, who will receive the ap-
pointment of Consul to Cardiff, Wales. Tenth |
ward, John Z. Watson. Eleventh ward, Select |
Councilman John R Henricks.
VERY HOT IN MKEESPORT,