Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-27
NOLONG DEADLOCKS,
A Change in the Method of
Electing Conferees.
ONE FOR EACH 500 VOTES.
Objections to Changing the Date of
the Primaries.
MAJOR MONTOOTH IND0RSED
ONE FOR EACH 500 VOTES.
MAJOR MONTOOTH INDORSED

The Republican County Executive Com
mittee had right lively time at its meeting
yesterday afternoon in discussing the
changing of the date for primaries from
June to May 81.
The first business taken up was the report
Of the committee appointed to arrange for
the election of conferees for the Twenty
fourth Congressional! district, presented by
County Commissioner Mckee. This
district comprises a portion of ALLIE
gheny county and the counties of Washing
ton, Fayette and Greene. Under the old
rule each county was allowed ten conferees,
making 40 in all, who MADE the
Congressional nomination. This was
not very satisfactory, and in 1888 resulted
in deadlock which lasted several months.
To obviate this difficulty it is recommended
that representation be based on the last Re-
publican vote for President, in the ratio of
conteree to every 500 votes. This will
give Allegheny Is delegates, Washington
16, Fayette IA and Greene 5. Fayette
county has already adopted this plan. The
County Committee approved the report and
then adopted a resolution offered by Mr..
Won Bonnhorst, providing that the con-
ferees be elected at the primaries on June z.
THE FUN BEGINS.
Mr.. William Finn offered a resolution
providing for the holding of primaries this
year on May 81 instead of June z. As this
was an amendment to the standing rules of
the committee, Chairman Porter stated that
the matter must lay over for ten days.
Mr.. Finn then offered as a motion that it
was the sense of the committee that this
change should be made, all the candidates
having agreed thereto, and asked that Gen.
sus Supervisor Oliver, at whose request this
change was asked, be allowed to explain his
reasons
Mr.. Oliver addressed the committee, stat
ing that the census had to be taken between
the 1st and 10th of June. In the natural or
der of things, many of the enumerators
would be interested in the result of the pri-
maries, which might prove detrimental to
their efficiency as census takers. He desired
that politics should not interfere with the
work of the Government. If the date was
changed there would be but one days inter-
ference, and he thought he could hold the
enumerators down for that length of time,
but perhaps not for a whole week.
Mr.. George Gosser vigorously opposed
the change, and asserted that it was
scheme of some of the candidates to pay off
their delegates by having them appointed
enumerators. He further stated that the
county committee had made up the ticket
Al,
worth speaking Of
oLIvER'S STRENUOUS OBJECTIONS.
Mr.. Oliver did not understand the charge
of appointing enumerators in payment for
work at the primaries. The men who
worked for Uncle Sam would have to per-
form their duty faithfully, and he did not
propose to allow politics to enter into the
matter. 1t was for that reason that he de-
sired all the political work done before the
census taking began. Chairman Porter
then put Mr.. Flinn's motion to obtain the
feeling of the committee.
Mr.. A. c. Robertson said that such q reso-
luton could not bind the committee in its
final action and raised q point of order,
which the chairman declared we'll taken,
and ruled out the resolution.
Mr.. Flinn-So, 1 understand that can
no. present resolution to obtain the sense of
this committee.
Mr. Porter-No, sir; not if it binds the
committee.
Mr.. J. n. Neeb-Will the Chair entertain
q motion to suspend the rules in order to
offer resolution? want to renew Mr..
Films motion. 1 think it is eminently
proper. 1t is important to the candidates
to know when the primaries are to be held.
Several persons objected, and Mr.. Neeb
was declared out of order.
SARCASM FROM PORTER.
Mr. Finn wanted to know how 70 dis
cover the feeling of the committee, and the
Chairman suggested that be make an indi-
vidual canvass, which led Mr.. Finn to re-
mark that the Chairman was obstinate.
Mr.. Neeb once more asked for unanimous
consent to offer resolution, but was stopped
by an objection from Mr.. Robert Warren.
The game being blocked in this direction q
flank movement was made by asking for a
reconsideration of the vote fixing June
for holding primaries to elect conferees to
Ine IWe0Iy-IOuTLu CONGRESSIONAL
Convention. This being obtained, Mr.. A.
Gilfllan amended the resolution by making
the date May 81, which was carried. after
Mr.. Finn had stated that it would be un-
derstood as an expression on the adyisability
of changing the date OF all the primaries.
Mr.. A. G. Robertson then renewed Mr..
Films motion, and after q great deal of
fencing, in which half the members of the
committee participated, Mr.. Neeb succeeded
in getting in a resolution to the effect that
it was the sense of the committee that the
primaries should be held on May 81 in
pla.-e of June Z. No objection being made
the resolution was put and carried unani-
mouslv, which assures the change OF date by
the committee when the matter comes up in
due form on Saturday, May 10.
MAJOR MoNTooTH INDoRsED.
Mr. w. II. McCleary offered the follow
ing resolutions:
WHEREAS, In the judgment of the commit
tee the time has arrived for the Republican
party Of this county to definitely place itself
upon record with its choice for the Gubnato-
rial nomination in the coming campaign; and,
Whereas, The representatives of that party,
now in formal session assembled, we esteem it
our right to impress upon the party of this
State the Just claims of this county for consid-
GRAFTON in this regard in reminding our breth-
rem elsewhere that our commanding majorities
are always to be relied upon.
Resolved. That as an expression of our
choice for Governor ana as a personal defini-
tion of our desires for recognition in the con-
Yention of the party in the State we name as
the undisputed candidate of the Republicans
of Allegheny county Major E A. Montooth.
Resolved, That in asking for his endorsement
we are presenting to the party an opportunity
to secure for its candidate a gentleman of es-
tablisbed record, who has faithfully and hon.
orably served his party, his State and his coun-
try as soldier and as citizen, winning for
himself in the field and in the forum a reputa-
tion that stamps him as the peer of the best
men IN the Commonwealth
Resolved, That we can confidently present
the ASSURANCE to tie party that his Candidacy