Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-02
0ld-Time Democrats Decide to Place
a Full County Ticket in the
Field Immediately.
COLONEL MOORE ROASTS BREMEN.
In Mass Meeting Assembled They Appoint q
Committee of q to Make
the Nominations.
PROHIBITIONIsTS OPEN THEIR WAR.
Delegates After Day Of Sightseeing Are 10th t.
Leave the Gas City.

| county Will have full exclusively Demo
cratic ticket in the field this fall. This state
of affairs was brough about by about 800 old
time Democrat, and a boundless amount
of enthusiasm at Lafayette Hall last night
Mixed in with the audience and the
enthusiasm was long-drawn fight, lasting
over two hours, which ended in the ap
| pointment of q committee of 21 to homi.
nate full ticket. These nominations are
to be submitted to another mass meeting to
| be held next week. Then the fight will be.
| gin in earnest.
There was anything but harmony at the
start. Each one wanted to knife the pres
ent leaders, but all wanted to use different
methods and it was only through the elo-
quence of Colonel Moore that any action
was taken at all.
Attorney C. A. O'Brien called the meet
ing to order and presented the following
list of officers, which was accepted: Chair
man, DIR. George H. Keyser, and Vice Pres
idents, w. H. Reed, Joseph r. Hunter,
Robert Patterson, Arch. III. Rowland,
Sr., Alfred Kerr, T. j. Keenan,, Sr.,
John Becker, Captain John Mcdonnell,
George C. Hess, William Walls, Martin
Haller, DIR. A. NJ. Barton, A. J. Kuhn, DIR.
John Purman, p. NJ. Carr, C. A. O'Brien,
Gilbert F. Mayer, Joseph Hays, John NJ.
Rourke, Robert Fitzsimmons, Robert Hol-
land Robert Malone and Charles p. Wall
A DEMAND FOR A NEW TICKET.
Thomas Keenan,, Sr., introduced the
Chairman and said 1--WE have met here to
show that we will not submit without pro-
test to the fact that we have no Democrats
to vote for at the coming election. We
must either put out new ticket or vote for
the State ticket and such of the county
Democrats as can be found
Chairman Keyser in taking the chair, re-
marked: ''There are now really three par
ties. This is the situation: 1t is ring Re-
people of Allegheny county, In such
fight you know what must be the result"
The Vice Presidents then took seats on
the platform, and the names of J ohm Hueke
stein and John r. Large were added to the
list. Then came cries for Moore and the
Colonel, rearranging the red flower in his
buttonhole, unburdened himself:
"For moro than 40 years l have been a
who believes that only under the principles
of his party can pure and real Government
exist. Such principles cannot exist if you
believe that c. J.. Magee is ruler of Pennsyl-
vania and Cataline Quay supreme
monarch OF the United States They
both should be in the penitentiary
with their coadjutor Bardsley. Will
you see you and bound and gagged like
serfs and handed over to that in
famous gang by that pudding pup
named Bremen? Is 1t possible that we will
stand by and see them steal from the State
and the county and then hear them brag
about it without our entering a protest?
Even the State Treasurer is now in hiding
Yet there is one man at Harrisburg who
knows his duty and has the courage to do it,
BARGAINED FOR AND SOLD.
"There are no Democrats for you to vote
for because your upstart leaders have bar
gained and sold you and as slaves to the
ring. Are we to obey C. L. Magee's man.
dates through Bremen? Chris Magee
owns every man in this State. The
ring can turn me out of the court,
but tell you they'll have a lively time
doing it. Now take the work of the Commit
tee of Eighteen. In n resolution they say
whereas, we believe in Il nOn-partisan judi
ciary we nominate two ring Republicans
and one Democmt-that man a Democrat
unknown save for the fact that Judge Ster-
ritt gave him commissions by which he grew
rich"
"What will kennedy say to that?'' cried a
voice from the audience.
Moore-l don't care. No man can make |
me take back what have said. Are we to
submit to the dictation OF the ring? Are we
Slaves
"No, sir:' cried hundred voices, and then
the Colonel continued:
"The question is, what are we to do? Is it
wise tohominate Il ticket? believe it is.
of straightout Democrats, not allies of
Chris Magee's ring, it will win. We can
put up such men as Patterson, Leasure
and Alcorn for Judges, and such a man as |
O'Brien or Reardon for District Attorney.
Still, don't know but that it would be well |
TO let the rascals fight it out themselves. |
l certainly will not vote for the straightnut |
Republican ticket or the original rotten Re- |
publican ticket. l believe the second edi- |
tion is worse than the first. Some l2 wears |
ago we were seduced by the same gang,
and will we allow them to do it again? |
Our party is still strong. 1t enabled US to |
elect q President after % years of bondage
and we will elect him again. 1t has given |
us two judges on the Supreme Bench, and it |
will give us Il judiciary here and district |
attorney who will see that the thieves are |
punished in Pittsburg as they are in Philu- |
delphia.
LARGE CALLED FOR THE LEADERS
The house shook with applause, when |
Colonel Moore stopped speaking and John |
II. Large took his place. He referred sar-
castically to "Billv What-do-you-caIl him |
and the gang" Then he asked, "Who are |
our leaders?n
Voices from the crowd called out "Bren- |
nen, Larkin, Tim oLeary," but the speaker |
only replied:
Il mean leaders,
Continuing, he said: "Bardsley is IN n |
good place to be purified, and believe
lose of the same whitewash would do Magee |
md Quay good bit OF good. Why, the men
who have sold us were suckling babes when
We were fighting the battles of the Democ-
,acEi we nave only one regular DelnocIatlc
The speaker then wandered off into the /
field of orltory and for the space of 80 min
ltes he pulled tail feathers out of the eagle
md then fell into silent reYerie and a con-
venient chair
Charles A. O'Brien then spoke as follows:
Had the Democracy been party of eN-
pediency instead OF one of principle we
would not have a Governor and n Demo-
cratic Congress. A non-partisan judiciary
IS impossible, The confidence of the Gov
ernor has been grossly abused when he WAS
made believe the men he appointed were
bipartisan. You know who named W. ID.
Porter, land dozen voices named Chris
MageH.l Who would have believed that
with the Republican party divided the
Democrats would not have nominated
ticket, especially when the viifier and
-raducer of john ii. Bailey was in the field |
for District Attorney, ard was given the I
position he now holds by the vote of Judge
--.
Whence came this idea that there is no
Use to Onominate because there is no certainty
Df winning. Did it come with years, and is
ibis the year it reached Pittsburgh
William Walls talked next and pulled so
many tail feathers from the e:rgle with his
Dratory that i feather brush had to be
brought in to save the noble bird from be-
coming bald. $3.50 .'.-.f
THE LEADERS ARE DENOUNCED.
The following resolutions were then intro
luced by c. A. O'Drien: --.,-
is xcf.l Il |