Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1890-06-27
oUAY's TICKET.

OUAY'S IIChEl.
Delamater nominated on second ballot
Louis A. watres, Of Scranton, nominated
for Lieutenant Governor, and Thomas ).
Stewart, of Norristown, for Secretary OF
Internal Affairs.
The noise and hustle in the usually
quiet city of Harrisburg began with Mon
dsy. but it seemed to be noise without
meaning and hustle without proht.
Friends Of Hastings, Delamater, Montooth
and Stone established their headquarters
In the different parlors Of the Lochiel
House, during the day the candidates
arrived, the front of the hotel was adorned
with streamers and pictures, and one ban
ner was stretched across the street. Brass
bands were playing; the Delamater people
were busy telling that he could have the
Philadelphia delegation when he wanted
it and electioneering for Col. Schoonmaker,
Of Pittsburg, for second placeswith him as
first; there was dickenpgback and forth as
and permanent chairmen; Hastings and
Nontooth had conference that evening,
and few men locked themselves in room
to write platform.
Tuesday the different clubs, all headed
BY brass bands, arrived in the town and
paraded the streets. The Montooth special
train of Pullman cars was perhaps
the largest that pulled into the depot,
though the Lancaster delegation for Hast
ings numbered four hundred, and all day
and nearly all night the streets echoed
with music.
Senator Quay was not present, but his
son Dick was there and had room at the
Lochiel with private wire from it to his
fathers house in Beaver, and Dick went
about insisting that Delamater must be
nominated, and that his father would be
satisfied with nothing else. Delegates who
refused to believe this are said to have re-
ceiyed messages signed NJ s. Q. and read
Ing IT shall expect you to vote for Della
mater on second ballot"
The sensation of the day was the effort
Of the Delamater people to force Montooth
to take second place. Every Delamater
worker was instructed to say that Mon
tooth would take second place, and though
Nontooth's friends denied this, the Della
mater men went about with badges label
Cd sDelamater aud MontOoth," which
Nontooth's friends considered an insult.
During the day there was reported
break in the Philadelphia delegation from
Hastings to Delamater. and yet both men
were claiming about 10 votes each on first
ballot.
Nobody knew exactly what the vote on
first ballot would be or how the vote would
change after that A man in practical
politics isl like the man who started home
ON dark night and coming across an old
circus ring walked around and around it
till he did not know where he was.
Wednesday morning everything pointed
to the nomination of Delamater. 1t was
easy to be-sesn that the Philadelphia dele
CATION was rotten; that Delamaters friends
had captpred them and that Quay intend
cd to force Delamater upon the party.
The tickets for admission to the galleries
of the Opera House were dished ont at the
hotel that morning by one of Chairman
Andrews clerks, and the Delamater men
got nearly all of them.
The Opera House was crowded by ten
o'clock; the delegates were in their seats,
and at 1880 Chairman Andrews called the
convention to order.
The roll was read by clerk; George S.
Graham, of Philadelphia, was nominated
and elected temporary chairman; com
mittees on platform, credentials: etc., were
selected; Walter S. Lyon, of Allegheny
Co, was nominated and elected permanent |
chairman, and then the convention ad- |
iourned for one hour to give the committees |
time to make their reports.
At 2:30 pm. the Convention reassembled
and Chairman Lyon called for nominations
J. J. Carter, of Crawford Co. nominated |
Delamater and made long speech; Geo.
B. Orlady Of Huntingdon nominated Hast
ings naming him as man whose success
did not depend upon what the enemy did; |
Alfred Darte of Luzerne named Osborne; /
Major Moreland of Pittsburg named Mon
tooth; w. e. Rice Of Warren named Stone,
and Emerson Collins of Lycoming named |
Mccormick. The roll was then called al
phabetically by counties and the FIRST bal
lot resulted as follows:-Delamate s4,
Hastings GA, Mont0oth 80, Stone Is, Os-
borne 8, Mccormick 3. Hastings had "a
Votes Of the Philad'a delegation and Della
mater Is, Stone and Nontooth l.
The Chair announced no nomination, and
} second was ordered. II began in breath
ess .silenge, and when Allegheny Co. was
'sached three of-its delegates, including
Dhsirnan Lyon voted for Delamater., six
VI the Philsd's delegation dropped Hast
ngs and went to Delamater- but,when the
oil was completed be did not yet have
mough to nominate him, and some more
Phipa and other delegates changed their
Totes, nominating him and making the bal
ot stand as Observation-Disclosures los, Hast
ngs %, Asntooth TO- Stone Is. Osborne A,
1cCormick2.
Then the, cOnyention adjourned till z p.
T., and at the evening session watres was
aominated-fbr Lieut.. Gov. on first ballot.