Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-27
IN ONE CONVENTION
Candidates for Three City OF.
ices to Be Named by
One Set of Delegates.
THE CITY COMMITTEE ACTS.
Controller MOrrow'S Determination
to Retire From, Office
C0NFUSES THE L0CALULEADERS.
An Earnest but Secret Conference Held in
Chief Browns Office.
THE CITY COMMITTEE ACTS.
CONFUSES THE LOCALuLEADERS.
NAGEE AND FLISN DISAGREEoN MAYOR

The Republican City Committee at g
meeting last night in City Hall decided
that one convention will nominate the Re-
publican candidates for Mayor Controller
and Citv'Treasurer. The arrangement and
decision of the committee grew out of the
almost unbounded confusion caused by the
announced determination of E S Morrow
to retire from the Controllers Office ard
the alleged intention of Mayor Gourley to
enter the contest for the Controllership.
The peculiar condition that had arisen in
CITY politics seemed to concern C. L. Ma
gee deeply, and all day yesterday he was
fitting about City Hall arranging for the
City Committee TO do just as it did During
!he afternoon Mr.. Magee, Senator Finn,
DR. McCandless and Chief Brown held
long conference in the private Office of the
Department of Public Safety. They dis
cussed the Republican candidate for Mayor,
but they reached no conclusion on the-sub-
ject Mr. Magee announced that he was
unalterably opposed to the nomination of
McCandless. Senator Finn Just as posi-
lively announced that he was pledged to
and was il favor of the nomination of Nc
Candless for the place, and Chief Brown re-
served his preference until the big:leaders
have agreed among themselves.
No Agreement Was Reached.
The big leaders did not agree, however. and
the action of the City Committee followed.
The dispute will likely be settled at the
primaries, and whichever of the two leaders
succeeds in controlling the city convention
will name all three candidates'to his own
particular liking.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. Mageeiheld a
conference with Major Denniston. The
Major was anxious that E S. Morrow
should be continued in the Controllers
Office. He was opposed, also TO tine one
convention idea, but Mr.. Magee refused to
Yield the point, and when Pension Agent
Bengough carried Major Denniston's fight
into the City Committee he found himself
with but one supporter 1t was reported
last night that Mr. Bengough was himself
candidate for Controller. He refused to
confirm the report.
There is little doubt that Mayor Gourlev
viii go into the fight for the Controllership,
and there is considerable talk of combina-
tion between the Mayor for Controller. a
Democratic candidate for Mayor and Major
Denuiston for City Treasurer. The promo
tiers of the combination propose that the cit
liens shall indorse this ticket which they
contend would make it very hard to beat.
Major Niontooth Asked to Stand.
Tie CTagee people who are opposed to the
nomination of DR. McCandless for Mayor
are still endeavorilg to induce Major E A.
Noatooth to accept the Mayoralty nomina-
non. They contend that the Major can be
elected and as an inducement to have him
accept they have promised to complete the |
ticket BIZ nominating Postmaster Mexican
Tor Controller and Major Dennfston Treas
urer. Major Montooth still declines the |
nomination. He asserts that he is trife |
weary OF politics, but his admirers are hope
tll that even while be is protesting he will |
consent
Ny. Aagee said last night that he had no |
Information on the AIaYoralty fight He
admitted he was very much interested and !
without ruffling a feature he remarked that |
the people Of Pittsburg were entirely COM
petent to select the candidates for the sew
gral city Offices.
The meeting was a brief one, but it was
long enough for the adoption of one i'm
po~tant measure-proyiding thatEthe dele
-GJes TO the convention shall each cast the |
Republican vote of his district at the last
Presidential election, instead of single |
vote as heretofore. This is the rule in |
vogue at county conventions.
The Cau for Republican Primaries
At the meeting last night District Attor- |
nev Burleigh presided and Magistrate |
Gripp acted as secretary. The room was |
filed and Chairman Burleigh stated it was |
needless to announce the object of the |
meeting, as all knew it. The calling of the |
roll, etc, was dispensed with and business |
commenced at once.
Prof Samuel Andrews offered the follow. |
inG:
Resolved. That the Chairman of the com |
mlUUee be empowered and is hereby directed /
70 issue his call to the Republican electors
ni the city OF PittsOurg ior the holding of /
Republican primaries in the election dis
tllcts OF said city on Saturday, December 81, /
Jsga. between tile hours OF 7and P. M, to /
elect from each district delegate to a con-
veutInn to be convened on the Tuesday fol- /
lowing, viz, January3, 1898 at such time and |
place the Chairman Of the committee /
shall hereafter designate, then and there to |
nominate a candidate for Mayor, a candi- 4
3ate Tor Controller and candidate for City
Treasurer.
Il. II. Bengough objected to the form of |
the resolution. He wanted the candidates |
10 be nominated at two conventions instead |
of one, for the reason that one of the candi-
dates has already set up number of dele
gates throughout the city. They were all |
good PARTY men, but he had a disposition
Tor a separate convention If the committee /
did not object. To this end Mr. Bengough /
offered an amendment to the resolution,
providing that there be two conventions /
called; one TO nominate candidates for
Mayor and Controller and the other q can
oidate Tor City Treasurer
The Amendments Knocked Out,
Prot. Andrews objected to the amend
ment. He said the purpose is for con-
rerted action, which is needed to keep up
Republican government in this city. There
is not city east or west in Gs good condi-
tion as Pittsburg 1t has good city gov.
ernmont and they should keep it, For this
he favored concerted action and one conyen-
ti0n.
c. J.. Nagee said that under the Baker
ballot Law there are as many groups on the
ticket under the party name as there are
conventions nominating candidates To his
mind this was the strongest argument for
one convention 10 - Innate all thred can
dldates becauf~ 'qujfe only
one cross t ucan city
ticket az terest of |
the n-'
v of Mr..
lraw his
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