Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-13
NEEB is 4 WINNER.
continued from Fsrst Raqe.

voting took place, and after the third ballot
the elected deiegate from sewickley, who, had
transferred his credentials regularly to
Mr.. Armstrong, 1 believe. the day be-
fore the convention, That was the
Mr.. Moore. The two spoke together for
short time. and heard Mr.. Armstrong say:
Are you satisfied then that should vote for
MeebT the h;,h1 answer very plainly heard IT.
This action of Mr.. Armstrong was strictly in
keeping with the rules governing nominations
In number of counties in this State. upon
which particular point, however, our rules are
silent. That is, when candidate drops from
the list of candidates in convention mis- dele
gates vote for the candidate who received the
next largest number of votes in the district
the respective delegates represent. In SewIck,
ley Mr.. HARRISON received 153 votes, received
ll6 votes and Mr.. Rutan none.
The honorable Senator must have very
poor opinion of the personnel of the gentlemen
composing the convention, or, rather. his own
delegates, when he alleges attempts at corrup-
tion. thought more ofHthose gentlemen than
to believe them capable of corruption. and
that offered them money, place or other valu-
able thing for votes is untrue. Mr. Rutan,
however, indulges mainly in inuendo and
parenthetical remarks of a very indefinite
character, except in one case, that of the Third
district OF the Fourth ward, and in that case,
in his supplemental 9atement he exonerates
me from all wrongdoIng.
1t Was simply Gossip.
believe that the charges of corruption or
attempted corruption resulted from love of
gossip that some people have, who believe that
the public is ready and eager to believe any
thing against politicians" 1 have been in
timately connected with politicians since even
before my majority, and know that they are
not as bad as they are painted. That an old
politician like Mr. Rutan. who has helped to
shape, in fact was one of the prime movers in
shaping matters politically, in this as well as
other counties, and the State, for two-score
years at least, should bolt regular convention,
is surprise to me.
Flu thermore, have as clear conception of
the requirements of the Constitution relative
to the oath to be taken by Senator as Mr..
Rutan has, and l think l have as high re-
gard for the sanctity of an oath as he has, at
least.
Mr.. Rutan's indefinite and uncalled-for asser-
tions made to create suspicion in the minds
OF the people are unjust in the extreme. Never
was candidate, that has the record that Mr.
Rutan has, been treated more considerably
than treated him during the campaign.
think have mentioned and rebutted in the
above all the allegations of Mr. Rutan, both
his direct ones and those byinuendo. The fact
remains, that giving him all the votes he
claims, which in some cases are incorrect, he
can figure out for himself only 4 6l3 votes
necessary to choice, 1882 1 had 5.z2215 votes,
as shown by the accompanying record Of the
convention submitted by the secretaries:
He Had More Than Enough.
In this record, the jackson district, on ac-
count of which Mr.. Rutan claims he and his
delegates bolted, is not counted, neither are
the sixth district of the Third ward and the
First district of the Tenth ward, in both of
which my delegates were elected about which
there is no dispute, but they did not appear in
the convention for me. Had they been counted
for me my vote would have been 6. 5.43l%. I,
therefore ask the committee to declare me the
regularly nominated candidate for Senator in
the Forty-second district. in accordance with
all usages of the Republican party, the
rules governing the same and common sense
and equity.
Mr.. Rutan has been an i'll mar, for which rea-
son, think, the committee granted him so
much time to answer-fully three months
which was acquiesced in by me, but it is unjust
to me and my friends to proong the matter on
and indefinite claims, when Mr..
R utan, by his own showing, claims 339 votes
less than enough to nominate
Very Respectfully,
JOHN n. NEEB.