Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-07-03
A SOLITARY BALLOT.
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crous, but it served its purpose, and up
went dozen umbrellas near him. Some OF
the umbrella holders were Wallace men,
| who were trying to get in out OF the rain.
By such scenes as these was the whole ad-
dress of Mr.. Stenger marked. He spoke as
follows:
The Address of Ex-Secretnry stenger.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the Conventio n:
! rise to present the name Of Robert E. Pat
tison. He is bound to me by the ties of the
strongest personal friendship. The duty which
devolves upon me is . labor of love, and it is an
additional qualification to me that in nominal
| ing him here to-day l can feel that am but
unfolding what are already the pronounced
sentiments of large majority Of the Demo-
Gratis OF Pennsylvania. Himself the direct
! outgrowth Of our common school educational
system, to-day he stands nearer the people and
| dearer in the hearts of the masses than any
other man in this broad Commonwealth.
Although not old enough to take part and do
duty in the war for the Union. when elected
Governor his first official thought was to insti-
| gate an inquiry for the benefit of the orphans
| OF our soldiers, and which resulted in the over
throw of the villainous system which robbed
| them. His spotless public career and un-
doubted integrity cannot fail to command Tor
| him success in November. Standing upon
| platform like that offered here to-day, reaching
| out with all sympathies for the masses and
| against the power which oppresses them; stand
| ing upon platform which declares for ballot
| reform and denounces the iniquitious machine
methods practiced by the Republican party,
| crystallized in the fraud which is known as the
| blocks OF five; standing upon platform IN
| which the rights of the workingmen and the in
! terests of the people are not made subservient
| to the greed of the few; standing on such
| platform and at the head of the Democratic
ticket, he will lead that party 20 victory ar the
| polls.
Kick Against the Mugwumps.
George Jacobs. of Juniata county, sec
onded Wallace's nomination in a regular
Fourth of July spread-eagle grafton. He
declared that the cry goes up from all over
the State ior Wallace, but not from the
throats of mugwumps. Everybody is
calling for the old communicate
least Jacobs thinks he hears them call.
He said there was time when under the
glorious leadership of the Senator from
Clearfeld county, successes for Democracy
were not so inirequent in Pennsylvania, and
that with the old gentleman at the head of
the ticket he can call 100, 900 Democrats into
line. What the Wallace of long ago was to
Scotland and to Bruce, so will the Wallace
of to-day be to Pennsylvania and the nation.
Then, after picturing Mr.. Wallace IN the
event of his election in Pennsylvania, fol-
lowing the American eagle to the dome OF
the Capitol at Washington, Mr.. Jacobs sat
down.
Mr.. A. c. Dewalt. of Lehigh county, next
arose to nominate Robert E. Wright, OF his
county, for Governor, and on opening he
said rather sarcastically that he was not
stage struck He could scarcely have meant
any allusion to the preceding speaker, 1or
while Dewalt was more temperate in his
speech, he himself was highly dramatic IN
his style. He said:
The ResuIt Awaited with Interest.
Mr. Chairman ana Gentlemen of the Convention:
Neither myself nor my candidate is stage
struck. 1 would much prefer to address you
from the body of the convention than from the
platform, but gracefully submit to your die
tatIon. Never since 1860 have the voters Of
Pennsylvania awaited the choice of Demo
cratic candidate with such interest as at the
present time. Men and not measures rule the
dav Nay, even worse than that, bad men and
worse measures dominate and prevail in our
c commonwealth The platform of the Repub-
lican party begins with laudation of its mas
ter and ends with benedictou to hin because
he has observed the golden rule of greed
When the party of great ideas comes to
awake from the lithargic condition of
in the choice of a candidate. Prudence to-day
demands you to nominate man whose purity
the breath of suspicion has never famed. Such
from the Gibraltar of Democracy. He belongs
to the old Tenth Legion. To the friends of the
two most prominent candidates, / say, plague
then vote with me and secure the election of
Robert E. Wright.
w. U. Hensel, ex-Chairman of the State
Committee, was simply announced as a can
didate for Governor by the Chairman of the
Lancaster county delegation. In a like
manner Chauncey F. Black, ex-Lieutenant
Governor was placed in nomination for the
head of the ticket, the Chairman of the
York county delegation merely remarking
that any man should be proud of the priv
ilege OF naming Mr.. Black. By way of
compliment each name was received with
applause.
The Winners Name Seconded.
Michael J. Ryan, OF Philadelphia, in
very impressive manner, seconded the nom-
ination of Mr.. Pattison. He made catch
for harmony by saying that the nominee,
whoever he might be, would have the full
support OF the party, but he believed that
the gentleman whose name he was second
ing was, alter all, the best organizer. The
audience fairly stood on its head when Mr..
RYAN made a cold stab at Delamater, the
Republican nominee, by saying that the
only thing which distinguished him was
his absolute servitude to monopoly and
bossism in the Senate of Pennsylvania.
"With Cameron beaten and Quay de-
posed" he said, Democratic restoration in
the nation must follow, and we mean to do
both"
At 3 o'clock the convention was ready to
take ballot for the nomination of Gov
ernor. The audience noisily prepared for
this exciting work. So did the secretaries.
To call roll of 367 delegates was for
midable task, and everybody prayed that
to call it the second time would be unneces-
sary. The roll was called by counties, in
alphabetical order.
Allegheny county was second on the list.
The seven members of it who voted for Wal
lace were John Dunn, Jr., John f. Ennis,
Charles f. Anderson, John Burns, James F.
Gufy, Ed Wainwright and Patrick Foley.
The IA members who voted for Pattison
were Frank Fertig, Frank Seuhr, Fred
Manley, Lee Frazier, James Clark, Charles
Fagan, P. Wilson, James E. Moran, John
W. Snee, Robert Mckinney, Robert Nc
Cutcheon, W. E. johnson, L. Hoffman and
William Kelly.
The Vote in Blair and Cambria.
That stiffened the backbone of the Patti
son people, and the roll call proceeded.
When Blair county was reached the names
of the four Wallace contestants were called
first. Everyone of them refused to vote.
The four Pattison delegates from Blair,
however, each recorded his half vote
'Oi "
the secretaries reached Cambria county
the audience became quite still, to
hear what the five delegates from there
Gould do. They had been instructed for |
Pattison, but the Wallace people were sure |
they would break their instructions, and |
through personal regard for the Clearfeld
county man, give him their votes. But |
from Colonel John P. Linton down each of |
the delegates answered "Pattison" as their |
names were called.
Columbia county, which had been counted |
solid for Wallace, gave him only two votes,
and was greeted with great applause. In
Dauph1n county, after five votes had been
cast for Wallace, one went to Pattison, call
ing for the renewed cheers. Much interest
rentered in the Luzerne county delegation
on account of the effort made by Wallace
Last ninht tn nrevent them from vntinn for