Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-11
And Preparing to Work as Hard as
They Can for the Republican
Ticket as Nominated.
CHAIRMAN GRIPP AND C. L.. MAGEE
Declare Themselves, the Former Telling
Why Governor Pattison's Appoint
ees Are Supported.
STRAIGHTOUT DEMOCRATS ADDRESS,
Little Interest Taken in the Republican Primaries
Yesterday.

| hepuDllcan COunCy committee. AIiHost
every member was present, and the lobby
was thronged with spectators. There was
no routine business, the meeting being
almost entirely taken up with an address of
Chairman Gripp on the reasons for support
| ing Governor Pattisons selections for
| Judges. The address was received with
hearty applause.
Prior to this the Chairman made some
announcements about the conventions to
name candinates for election to the Con-
stitutional Convention. Primaries for these
were held yesterday, but not nearly all the
polls were open. The conventions will be
| held in the various Senatorial districts next
Tuesday, as follows:
Forty-second district-Couueil Chamber,
| Allegheny City, at 10 A. NJ, Thomas A. Parke,
Chairman.
Forty-third district Common Council
| Chamber Pittsburg, P. NJ, HI. P. Ford,
| Chairman.
Forty-fourth district - Select Council
| Chamber Pittsburg, P. M, G. G. McGunni-
| gle, Chairman.
| Forty-fifth district - Common Council
Chamber, Pittsburg, 10 A. NJ, John A. Bell,
| Chairman.
|
cordance with Rule 9 of the Executive
Committee, be attendance at Republican
headquarters, Dispatch Building, to-mor-
row between u and 5 o'clock to receive
notices of contests.
CHAIRMAN GRIPS STATEMENT,
Chairman Gripp then addressed the meet
| ing as follows:
| The Chair desires to make a statement for
| the benefit of those who may not have been
! present at the meeting of the committee in
July, when action was taken to fill the va
cancies on the Republican ticket
The Republican Executive Committee of
this county met in regular session on the
| 1lth day of July, 1881, and ratified and in
dorsed the appointees of His ENcellency
Robert E. Pattison, Governor of Pennsylva-
mia. viz: Hon. W. D. Porter, Hon. S. A. Nc
Clung and Hon. John NJ. Kennedy, as and
for Judges OF the Court of Common Pleas No.
8 of this county, and the lawyer selected by
the judges of the court of this county, viz,
Clarence Burleigh, as and for the District
Attorney of this county. and placed said
persons in nomination before the people as
candidates of the Republican party, under
the following circumstances and for the fol-
lowing reasons:
1891 the Court of Common Pleas No. OF
Allegheny county was created, and in pur-
suance of law the Governor of this State ap-
pointed Hon. W. d. Porter Hon. S. A Nc
Clung and Hon. John NJ. Kennedy judges of
coul t, both of the first two being Repub-
licans and the last one Democrat, although
the Governor could have appointed three
Democrats to these three positions.
The appointees of the Governor were the
same day unan imously confirmed by aRepub-
lican Senate and the appointments so made
were approved by almost the unanimous
press and were eminently satisfactory to
the people of this county irrespective of
party. The said three judges so appointed
by the Governor of the State were duly COM
missioned and qualified, and from that time
to this date have been actually engaged in
the performance of their duties as judges OF
this county.
THE CHOICE OF BOTH PARTIES.
The Democratic County Convention met
on June 9, 1891, and nominated the three
judges so appointed, and proclaimed them
the candidates of the Democratic party to
the electors of this county, although two of
them were Republicans, and paid a like COM
pliment to Hon. J. W. Over, Judge of the
Orphans Court of this county, who had pre-
viouslv been nominated at Republican
convention.
The duly elected members of the Repub-
lican Executive Committee of Allegheny
county met in accordance with the rules of
the party shortly after these events had
transpired, and was duly organized. The
annual county conventions had all been
committee, and all places upon the county
ticket to be voted on November next had
been filled by said conventions.
Thus it will be seen that at the date of the
meeting and organization of the committee
there were these three vacancies upon the
county ticket which did not exist at the
time of the holding of the county conven-
tious as aforesaid. That the positions thus
to be filled were vacancies clearly appears
from the fact that rule requires at least
four months notice to be given the calling
of any conventions the; time remaining was
not sufficient for the purpose.
At this meeting the question of holding
primary elections and conventions for the
purpose of filling these vacancies was
raised, but as any such action would have
been in direct violation of rule of this COM
mittee. which requires four months notice,
the matter was laid over for consideration
at the next meeting.
THE RULES FULLY OBSERVED.
At the next meeting the whole matter
was fully, fairly and impartially discussed
at length, and after such discussion the
committee by yea and nay vote-the vote
being called-of eO5 to As decided that no
primary elections or conventions should be
held and in accordance with rule 49, which
reads as follows: "In case of any vacancy
occurring on the ticket it shall be and is
hereby made the duty of the County Com
mttee to provide for the Killing of said va
cancies," ratified and indorsed the appoint
ees of the Governor of this State, and
placed in nomination as the candidates of
the Republican party of this county for
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas No.
s, Hon. w. d. Porter, Hon. S. A. McClung
and Hon. John NJ. Kennedy.
Between the dates of these two meeting,
viz: in June, 1891. the community Was
shocked by the sudden death of r. H Johns
ton, Esq, District Attorney of this county,
and thus here was created another vacancy
upon the county ticket; and the Judges of
the courts of this county selected from the
entire bar of this county, Clarence Burleigh,
as the lawyer best fitted to fill the duties of
the office of District Attorney of this county,
and the said Clarence Burleigh, ESQ, was
accordingly, on July 8, 1884, selected and
sworn in by the judges of the courts of
this county, and at once entered upon the
performance OF his duties as District At
torney.
NO OPPOSITION TO BURLEIGH.
The question of approving the selection of
the judges of this county was then in a like
manner taken up and discussed, fully and at
length, and it also being fact that no
person whatsoever WAS candidate
in opposition to Mr.. Burleigh. or
had been mentioned in connection
with the office of District Attorney this
committee by a similar vote taken in the
same manner and with the same result
(2O5 to 46), ratified and indorsed the selec-
tion for District attorney, made by the
judges of this county, and nominated Clar-
ence Burleigh, Esq, as the candidate of the
Republican party of this county for District
Attorney.
1.-The Democratic party, recognizing the
integrity and unquestioned ability Of the
candidates of the Republican party of this
county for the offices of Prothonotary
John Bradley and District Attorney
(Clarence Burieigh), and knowing that the
interests of tho taxpayers of this county
would be best protected by the election IF
such Republican candidates, decided not To
place in nomination any candidates against