Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-31
RUTAN MAY YET RUN.
Democratic Poll ticians Voluntarily
Offer Him Assistance
IN AN INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN.
Badly Mixed Condition of Affairs in the
Seventh Legislative.
ARRANGING T0-DlY'S CONVENTIONS

c. L. Magee, Senator Finn, County
Chairman Gripp and Secretary Miller spent
most of yesterday arranging for the several
Legislative, two Senatorial and the two
Congressional conventions to be held in
Pittsburg and Allegheny to-day.
The result in the Seventh Legislative dis.
trict, it was announced last night by Chair
man Gripp, was still in doubt. The large
number of candidates in that district seems
to have so complicated the returns that it
will be necessary for the convention
| to settle the matter, and it
was even hinted last night that owing to the
| peculi ar combinations and the ugly feeling
| developed among the candidates, that all
the old candidates NAV be tn rown overheard
| and that two entirely new candidates may
be named by The convention.
Senator Steel an Easy Winner.
In the Forty-ffth Senatorial district
Senator Steel will be renominated by at
least two to one. In the Eighth Legislative
district both Stewart and Walker claim
| the nomination. On the face of the returns
received last night Stewart had few votes
| the best of the fight. There is no doubt,
| convention to determine which one of the
two candidates has been nominated.
A peculiar condition exists in the Second
Legislative district. 1t was announced last
night that the Rutan and Cruikshank
delegates would not 60 into the
convention and that at least
Senator Rutan would announce himself
as an independent candidate. In the event
of Rutan's standing out for an Independent
fight it was also announced that the Demo-
Gratis OF the district would indorse him and
would in that way make his election possi-
BILE, at least. c. M. King, Lee Frasher and
Alex Wilson, the accepted leaders of ALLIE
gheny Democracy, are pronounced in favor
of either Rutan or some other Independent
candidate.
Willing to Accept Rutan.
They argue that there is no possible
chance of electing q straight-out Democrat
and they contend that under all the cir
cumstances Senator Rutan would be more
acceptable to them than either Mcdonald
or Marshall, the Republican candidates,
who were nominated in that district
Senator Rutan was called upon Yesterday
by several Of the leading Republicans and
Democrats of his district, all of whom
urged him to go into the fight as an
independent candidate. One of them,
the money that might be necessary to make
such fight. To DISPATCH reporter who
called on the Senator last night he refused
to discuss his intentions in the premises.
He says that he will make things lively for
his enemies over in Allegheny, whether he
determines to make an independent fight or
not
Looking for Illegal Voters.
Senator Rutan left for Harrisburg last
night. He refused to discuss his mission.
He said, however, that his opponents in the
district had spent $25, 900 to defeat him. He
says that he believes that many illegal
votes were cast. and he proposes inyesti-
eating the matter.
The 13 Republican conventions to be
held in the two cities TODAY will, it is ex-
pected, make political affairs somewhat
lively, and will bring together all the
Twenty-second Congressional Convention, at
which H on. ohm Dalzell will be nominated,
will be held in the Alvin Theater and be
magnificent in all its arrangements. A
large number of the most convenient seats
and boxes will be reserved for the ladies
and it is expected that many fashionable !
folks will attend. The convention will as
semble at 10 o'clock this morning. r. G. |
McGunnigle will call the convention to
order and Miles HUMPHREYS Fire Chief,
will act as permanent Chairman, instead of
ex-United States Judge Reed, who will be
absent from the city.
"A Change in the Speakers.
George T. Oliver will place Mr. Dal- /!
zell in nomination and, in turn, Mr.. Dalzell |
will accept the nomination in one of his |
speeches. Dinner will be |
served at the Seventh Avenue Hotel to the |
delegates and all the invited guests.
The County Convention No 1, at which |
Judge Stowe and Coroner Mcdowell Will |
be nominated, will be held at the Duquesne
Theater at 10 o'clock this morning. C. L.
Magee will call the convention to order and
will be made Permanent Chairman. The
convention will listen to several short
speeches and then will banquet at Newell's
Cafe at noon.
The Twenty-third Congressional Conven-
tion will be held in Common Council Cham
ber, Allegheny, at 10 o'clock this morning.
Arthur Kennedy will be Temporary Chair
man.
Tho Forty-Third Senatorial.
The Forty-third Senatorial Convention
will be called to order by John S. Lambie
in Common Council Chamber, Pittsburg, at
10 A. NJ. George S. Holiday will call the
Forthwith Senatorial District Convention
toSethei az TUG Duquesuo 1ueater at L. |
o'clock noon. The Legislative Conventions
will be held as follows: First district, Com
mon Council chamber, Allegheny, at P.
NJ. Second district, Select Council cham
Der, Allegheny, at Z P. NJ. Third district,
at Tariff Club, at 7:3O P. NJ. Fourth district,
at Tariff Club, at P. NJ Fifth district,
ut Common Council Chamber, Pittsburg, at
IL A. NJ. The Seventh district convention
will be held at Semple's Hall, Allegheny,
At 10 A. NJ, and the Eighth district conven-
ton will be held at Common Council. Cham
Der, Pittsburg, at 10 A. NJ. In the First
district convention there will be two con-
tests.