Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-04
A JUDICIAL JUMBLE.
Democrats Arguing About Making
Nominations for Judges.
A CIRCULAR THAT CAUSED DOUBT
To Enter the Mind of Candidate for Com
mon Pleas No. 3.
THE POWER TO NOMINATE QUESTIONED

! Chairman W. j. Bremen, of the Demo-
! cratic County Committee, has issued
a circular letter calling for convention on
next Tuesday at which, among other things,
"a ajudge" will be nominated The ques-
tion now agitating the minds of the untcr-
rifed is what kind of judge is wanted.
Judges are to be elected for the Orphans
Court and for Common Pleas No. 3. For
which of these courts the nomination is to
be made the circular saith not. There is
quite nice little fight now on over the
lam A. Sipe is a candidate for judicial
honors and will, if possible, force the nom
ination on next Tuesday.
'It looks like a game of hide and seek, I"
said Mr.. Sipe, referring to the circular. '1t
looks like little scheme, but am going to
be prepared. 1 will be in the convention
next Tuesday and have my delegates there
and will do my best to get the nomination.
There is scheme on to put this nomination
off until August, but I can't see the neces-
sity for it. Some claim the convention will
not have the power to make the nominations.
hold that the convention can nominate
men for whatever offices there are to be filled.
Power of the Convention.
'The convention has unlimited power, I"
he continued. 'It comes direct from the
people. When it assemblies on Tuesday it
will have the power to nominate men to fill
offices that have been created since it was
called as well as those vacated by the expi-
ration of another mans term. 1 don't see
why the circular should merely say, "a
Judge, unless it means Common Pleas
Judge There are no candidates for Or
phans' Court, and Judge Over will probably
have no opposition. have been candidate
since before the appointments by the Gov
ernor, and will be prepared to push my
Claims
On this same question Chairman W. j.
Bremen said: ''The only thing that can
come up in the convention is the advisable
ity of indorsing Governor Pattison's judi
ciary appointments. W. A. Sipe is can
didate for Judge, and his friends seem bent
upon pushing him through the convention.
The question which arises is whether the
convention has power to nominate candi-
date for the. judgeship. We hold that it
has not, but some seem to think it can be
done, and it will have to be settled on Tues
day.
Mr.. Brennen's Explanation of 1t.
eft has been the rule for nominations for
the Democratic ticket to be made on the
first Tuesday after the last Saturday in
August continued Mr.. Bremen. 'eaThat
rule can only be changed by vote of the
County Committee. In February the COM
mittee met and called convention for
next Tuesday for the nomination of ticket
to fill vacancies to expire by close of the
terms of those in office. Nothing was done
about the judges for Common Pleas No. 3
because the court was not created until
some weeks later.
'Now we hold that no nominations can
be made for those offices until the regularly
specified date comes around. A call could
not be made for q convention to nominate
men for Offices which were not created. We
hold that the committee called convention
for the other offices, and nominations for
those only can be made"
1t is claimed that Mr.. Sipe wants more
than one man nominated for Judge so that
he will get on the ticket. Party managers
think they can elect judge if only one
nomination is made, but say the result is
doubtful if two or three names are placed on
the ticket This will furnish the meat of
the discussion at the convention.