Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-29

scandal or even complaint.
THE SECRETARIES.
Samuel Andrews, Samuel D. Warmcastle
and George Letsche were, on motion of
William Finn made permanent secretaries.
c. L. Magee then offered a resolu-
ton to the effect that a committee of
five be appointed to confer with q
similar committee from each of the
other conventions, Controller and Treasurer
to prepare resolutions, and that all resolu-
tlons be referred TO that committee without
debate. The resolution was adopted and the
committee was appointed, c. L. Magee, G.
Z. LetSche, A. c. Robertson and William
Finn being named by the Chairman. They
retired to meet with the other committees
from the different conventions.
Major A. NJ. Brown, from the Twentieth
ward, then made very stirring address, in
which he reviewed the history of the Re
publican party, incidentally glanciEg at the
four years interregnum in which the tariff
reform heresy was brought to the front. and
advanced the cause of the workingmAn's
homes and cities backward. This was their
only reform, and that reform relegated the
party favoring it into ''innocuous desue-
tude. LApplause].
This may not be thought to be political
contest by some people, and We should have
to look around for a modern Democrat or
man with no pronounced opinions:
i say nav; it is the duty of every citizen to
protect and
FURTHER THE INTERESTS
of himself and of the party that has made
Pittsburg such grand center of the manufae-
turing interests Of the world. The rats and the
mice which can undermine the work of ages
show the example which should be caution to
US. 1t is the little things which we must guard
against as the political rats and mice which un-
dermine the doctrines and the record of the
Republican party.
LET me tell you of boy who was sent out
into the world. an heir to poverty and toll, his
father dead and his mother without resources
He entered upon that career a mere child. first
fighting the world just for his support, and sec
ond for his education. His early history is an
exact parallel of that of the late President
Garfield, both qualifying themselves to be
teachers in the schools of the country. My
ideal boy is one who outstripped all his COM
petitorS and could to-day hold the highest and
principal position among the teachers OF to-
day.
remunerative employment. The pay is not ad-
justed 10 the ability and industry bestowed
upon the vocation. When, afterward the
gentleman whose ideal American boyhood
stood beside that of Garfield left the educa-
tional line to engage in more lucrative pur-
suit. and, through no fault of his the business
failed and all earnings were swept away, other
men would hesitate to begin life over again at
such crisis, but with the same energy and the
same brave heart he again started out, and to-
day sees his purpose accomplished
GOOD CHARACTER.
Those who have known him well from his
boyhood to the present time are in earnest
when they say that no man can smirch his fair
name. He is an intelligent citizen, sound to
the core, and has never faltered in his work for
the Republican party. By his life as we know
il, and his fitness as we also know it, there is
none dare say he is not entitled to it without
challenge The orphan boy, strong and hearty
the youth, honest and steadfast, and the man,
true and loyal that is worthy of this nomina-
tion is Henry L Gourley."
The City Hall seldom re-echoed more
hearty applause than that which greeted
the presentation of Henry 1. Gourley's
name. The cheers chased each other out
into the reception room, up through the
hole cut in the ceiling for the passage of the |
big bell to its position, and resounding |
through the tower, announced to the Pitts |
burg public that Mayor had been nomi- |
mated and Endorsed as a winner.
The nomination was seconded bv Council |
man R. B. Carnahan in an address which |
exhaustively reviewed the duties and privi- |
leges of the office of Mayor showing how
much above the former position of a police |
magistrate it now stands. The honors and |
dignities could sit upon no man more grace
fully than Henry l. Gourley, the gentleman |
whose nomination Mr.. Carnahan seconded. |
Chairman Lambie then announced that |
Henry l. Gourley was the Republican nomi-
nee for Mayor of Pittsburg by unanimous |
vote of the city's representatives in conven-
tion assembled. This was received with |
tumultuous applause, and Messrs Matthews. |
Warmcastle and Brown were appointed q |
committee to acquaint Mr.. Gourley with the |
fact of his nomination Upon the return of |
the committee with the candidate a most en-
thusiastic reception was accorded him, three |
cheers and a tiger being one of the minor /
features of the proceedings.
MR.. GoURLEY's SPEECH.
Mr.. GourleY, upon being introduced to |
the convention, said:
Permit me to express to you nv sincers feel
ing of gratitude for the honor you have this /
evening conferred upon me- by your action in /
unanimously re-electing me as the candidate of /
the Republican party for the office of Mayor of |
this city. In the event of your nomination /
being Endorsed and ratified by the people at the /
election on the 18th day of February shall |
endeavor to discharge the duties intrusted to |
my keeping in such a manner as to reflect no |
discredit upon you, upon the people of this
great city or upon myself
Pittsburg is not only one of the great cities
of our own country. but in her special line of |
industries, she is one of the noted cities of the
world.
The Chief Magistracy of such a citv is a
dignitied and honorable position worthy of the
noblest ambition, and meriting the best judg-
ment and conscientious effort of man. He who
accepts such position, if he be thoughtful
man, cannot but feel that as the official repre-
sentative of 250,O00 people he assumes grave re-
spOnsibilities, and has thrown upon him i'm
pOrtant duties which he cannot eVade and from
which he dare not shrink.
l can only say that if elected, whatever abil-
ity may possess will be exerTed with integrity
Of purpose for the best interests of the city, |
and for the welfare of all her people Through /
the favorable conditions by which nature has |
surrounded her. together with the enterprise,
industry and labor of her people, the past his
tory of Pittsburg has been characterized nv !
marvellous prosperity and growth, Her future |
is propitious: and if those who make and con-
dition her legislation, and those who execute |
her laws ana administer public Office are wise |
and prudent, economical and efficient the |
coming years will witness progress far sur |
passing that which has marked her past career.
REDUCING A DEBT.
Almost 81, 100000 (equal to 6mfll taxi of the
money at present raised by taxation is required
to pay the interest on and provide, by require 1
menus of law. for the various sinking funds of 4
a bonded Indebtedness incurred by the munich. /
pality 20 years ago, through the improvement /
of streets and the building of water works. /
This debt is being rapidly reduced and will in
a few years. by wise legislation and economical |
management of the city government be en-.
tirely extinguished. Relieved from this burden
which the people have been carrying for more
than half century, the tax levy of the CITY
ought not to exceed or mills on the dollar.
Upon Councils and the Mayor of the CITY rests
the responsibility of shaping legislation in such
a manner as to contine taxation to the lowest
possible figure consistent with good govern
ment and efficient management of public af-
fairs
Every thoughtful citizen is in favor of good
government The merchant, the banker, the
manufacturer the hundred Thousand working
people, whose sweat and toll have contributed |
so largely to the prosperity and growth of Pitts