Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-21
A SECRET GATHERING
The Democratic State Committee Will
Meet at Harrisburg.
CALLING IN THE FINANCE MEN.
Mr.. Scott, of Erie, Says it Looks More Like
PattisOn Every Day.
SOME RUMORS ABOUT JUDGE COLLIER.

The great Pennsylvania Democratic trio,
Pattison, Wallace and Black, will be re-
presented tomorrow at secret meeting of
the State Democratic Central Committee to
be held in Harrisburg at the State Demo-
cratic Committee headquarters at the hour
of 2 P. NJ. The avowed object of the meet
ing is ordinary campaign business, but
those on the inside are aware that the DEM
ocratic Gubernatorial slate is to be fixed up
between the friends of the various candi-
dates after consultation.
This meeting will also enlist the
advisory assistance of an element brand
new in Democratic State politics, but
one destined to play very important part
This is the Finsnce Committee of the DEM
ocratlc State Society just appointed by
Chauncey f. Black, President of the society,
The Finance Committee will evolve the
sinews Of war from the party. Their names
are now made public for the first time. and
are as follows: James NJ. Guffey and Colonel
John W. Echols, Pittsburg; ex-Postmaster
William F. Harrity, Hon. John Huggard
and Mr.. A. H. Ladner, Philadelphia; W,
q. Hensel, Lancaster; Hon. James Kerr,
Clearfeld; Hon. Robert E. Wright, Allen
town, and Hon. William L. Scott, Erie.
1t is, OF course, understood that Hon.
Chauncey f. Black considers himself
Gubernatorial possibility of the first class.
His appointment of a finance committee
which proves to contain more Wallace and
Pattison than Black men must therefore be
counted as piece of conspicuous fairness,
or else an unconscious oversight.
HOW THE FINANcIERs STAND.
The leading Democrat on the list is
Colonel William L. Scott, of Erie, who ab-
solutely declines to allow himself to be
withdrawn from politics by either rumors
or desires. He will assuredly be present
at the meeting to-day, for he wrote to a
Pittsburg Democrat saying that he meant
to take hand in the conference. A SEN
tence in the letter which was exhibited to
the Paul Pry eyes of THE DISPATCH repre-
sentative ran as follows:
1t begins to look like Pattison.
That sentiment shows that the statesman
from Erie has clearly made up his mind to
espouse the cause of the Ex-Governor. OF
the Pittsburg members, Colonel j. W.
Echols stated that he was for Pattison first
and Black second. Mr.. Gufey is known to
be non-committal. Hensel is an old-time
Wallace man, as is Congressman Kerr, of
Clearfield. The three Philadelphians are
avowed Pattison men. Robert E. Wright,
of Allentown, is said to be Black ad-
herent. It will be seen that Pattison has
the bulk of the Finance Committee. Chair
man Kisner is not advocating anybody in
and the members of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee have studi-
ously refrained from expressing any prefer
ences, evidently desiring to wait for more
light upon the complicated situation.
THEY HOPED FOR SECRECY.
To-day's meeting was called very noise
lessly, and it was hoped that secrecy would
obtain, but the scheme went aglee The
Pattison boom will be duly examined, and
start off on its course toward victory or de-
feat. Meanwhile the Republican can
didates are painfully awaiting progress,
with one eye on the Democrats and the
other on their competitors. They scent
breakers ahead, and the feeling seems to be
that Pattison would be a hard man to beat
in race as peculiarly conditioned as the
present.
Nor have the intricacies of the canvass
been materially aided in solution by the
rumored Gubernatoria1 candidacy of Judge
F. 81. Collier, of this city, whose great SOL
dier record and unimpeachable service on
the bench encouraged number of his
friends to talk of him as another Allegheny
county candidate.
Sould the rumor prove a serious factor,
some peculiar complications would result.
Major E. A. Montooth has his delegates in
the county all arranged for. In the Seventh
Legislative district, where Judge Collier
lives, Hon. Walter Lyon and John Robb
are MontoOth delegates. Would the Judge
want his own district to back him? is what
is troubling some Of the leaders.
Mr.. GuffeY and Colonel Echols go East
tonight to attend to-morrow's meeting.