Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-08
OLIVER DIDN'T KNOW
He Had Withdrawn Until
a Messenger Told Him So
on Sunday Night.
THE DEFEAT MADE EASY.
The Big Iron Man Is Candidate for
Delegate at Large.
TROUBLE AHEAD in ALLEGHENY.
Rutan Making 3 Determined. Fight in the
Second District.
THE DEFEAT MADE EASY.
TROUBLE AHEAD in ALLEGHENY.
Rutan Making 3 Determined. Fight in the
Second District.
DELEGATES SAID TO HAVE BEEN BOUGHT

The withdrawal of Harry w. Oliver from
the national delegate contest caused no emo
of talk among politicians yesterday who
were not long in finding out that with
drawal and kicked out are synonymous In
politics Mr.. Oliver was probably more
surprised than any person else when late
Sunday evening be learned that he had
withdrawn. In order to avoid trouble
on his part, some other parties
did the work for him and then kindly sent
wo-d to Mr. Oliver that in the interest oil
harmony he had pulled out of the race. 1t
was entirely unexpected to Mr.. Oliver, who
believed he was as safe as if he had his Gre
dentials in his inside pocket. OF course, he
was wrathv, and to the man who carried the
news he expressed himself forcibly as being
a candidate to the finish.
sIt's finished now," said his visitor.
"You are not in it. You didn't put up any
delegates and there isn't even man to
nominate YOU in convention. It's finished
now and YOU had better withdraw.
"I'll see about that" said Mr.. Oliver,
and calling his carriage he was driven rap
idly to the office of 2 prominent politician,
gested that he had better withdraw grace
fully: Thev made him a candidate right
there and then for delegate at large. 1t was
also announced that Oliver had
been pulled out of the Twenty-third Con-
gressional District fight at the suggestion
of Chairman Clarkson, of the Republican
National Committee.
Oliver to Be FIinn's Running Mate.
He is to become candidate with Senator
Finn for delegate at large. There are
eight to be elected in Pennsylvania, and it
is sincerely hoped by Mr.. Magee and Mr.
Oliver that the people in charge of the
, party will permit Allegheny county to
have two of them. If that is done, it
is argued by others, Philadelphia will
want three delegates and the country
people will only have three left for them
selves Lancaster always wants to be re-
presented. Beaver county was never
known to fail in asking for anything that is
going, and with only one delegate to distri-
butte himself over the remainder of the
State, it would seem that the prospect for
war in the Republican party is at least a
little more probable than con-
test with Great Britain. 1t is
generally believed, however, that divers
candidacy is something like a toboggan
slide to let him down easy.
The contest for delegates to the State
Convention is getting more like Kilkenny
fair every day. To-night's conventions
have all the forecasts of being stormy, with
a possibility that several Western cyclones
will come up the Ohio for one nights
stand. Senator Rutan has his fighting
armor on, and it proves to be as formidable
as when he was leader in the State Senate.
Everything Depends on the Contests.
In the Second district the result hinges
on the result of either one of two contests.
The one in the Third precinct of the Fifth
ward is the same as on Sunday. Besides
it, the Parke-May people will contest for
the delegates in the Seventh precinct of the
Second ward. The majority in the pre-
cinct was only for the Holman-Gray dele
gate. Senator Rutan claims that one vote
was brought from the Twelfth ward,
that another was under age and
that others were brought from
other precincts. In case temporary Chair
man Henderson rules out either the dele
gate from the Third precinct of the Fifth
ward, or the Seventh precinct of the Second
ward, it is claimed that the Parke-May forces
will get the organization and will then win
easily. 1t is acknowledged on both sides
that Mr.. Henderson will act fairly. He is
making an investigation in the con-
tests and will decide without re-
gard to personal preference. Senator
Rutan says he is determined to prosecute
to the end the parties againet whom he
made information. Mr.. Rudolph is in the
internal revenue department, and Mr..
for few more dismissals. He says that
one of the candidates for Revenue Collector
took very active part in the Allegheny
fights. "but," said Mr. Rutan, "you can
rest assured he will not be appointed
In the First district it looks that, not
withstanding the prophecy of the politi-
clans, there will be contest.
Credentials Bring Fancy Prices.
In Allegheny politics it has for long
time been the custom to fight easy for dele
gates, and after the primaries turn in with
big bank account and buy up credentials.
The trade is profitable the delegates, who
usually find it convenient to use the money
for. immediate travelling purposes. Two
of them, it is asserted, started on little
trip yesterday to Ohio. They both
came back last night, and as a result, it is
claimed, the credentials purchased for S15O
by one of the sides will be useful only to
indicate how valuable the men were to the
other side.
In another case one of the sides are going
to be fooled when it presents credentials to
the convention and finds that they are
bogus. The man who did the trick is
an old timer in politics who was
willing to sell out. but after
he got his money delivered bogus goods
OF course he perpetrated fraud, but he is
as safe from prosecution as man who steals
whisky from moonshiners. The district is
badly in need of a supply of assorted reform
ers. 'sIf it were dropped in the Tennessee
mountains, said a Democratic politician
yesterday, "a Republican campaigner could
get enough election frauds to keep him in
stump-speech ammunition from now until
Dave Hill is President"
The temporary chairman in the First
district will be Arthur Kennedy. He is
staunch friend of Horne and Lappe, but the
election of Stauffer and Bolster is expected
In Yesterdays DISPATCH Treasurer-elect
Morrison was quoted as saying he was
AFRAID of Senator Rutan. 1t should have
read that he was q friend of Senator Rutan.
An Erie Politician In Allegheny.
Hon. Edward Camphausen, wife and two
daughters, of Erie, arrived at Senator Ru-
tan's yesterday, and will remain two or
three days. Mr.. Camphausen was Minister
to Naples during ex-President Cleveland's