Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-12
NO NEARER A CHOICE.
Twenty More Ballots Taken in the
Twenty-First District.
NOT A CHANGE WORTHY OF NOTE.
The History of Stolen Horse Recovered
From the Cooleys.
NEWS FROM SEVERAL NEARBY TOWNS
rrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT ]

PUNXsUTAwNEY, Aug II. - Twenty
ballots were taken to-day in the Con-
gressional Conference. The conferees might
as well have been playing marbles. They
would have accomplished just as much.
There was some hard work done outside of
the conference to-day, however.
This morning eight ballots were taken,
but each county stuck to its home man. In
the afternoon four ballots exhausted the
strength of the conference, and tonight 1t
managed to vote eight times. The stay-at-
home policy was again followed, with the
exception of break Armstrong made to
Indiana. She gave Nesbit two votes at one
time. After this little act of generosity
each county gave her own son his three little
votes with great regularity. After the
eighth attempt an adjournment was ordered
until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Chairman Patton wants to adjourn. He
says the knot is so firmly tied that the con-
feree system cannot undo it. He thinks
the four candidates will have to settle the
fight among themselves. How the problem
can be solved he does not know.
No Idea Yet of an Adjournment.
rather previous by many and tonight
when Mr. Patton mentioned the subject in
the conference it was not vociferously re-
ceived. d. B. Heiner, Armstrong; candi-
date, wants to stay and fight it out If it
takes all summer The majority of the
conferees and candidates think as he does.
Before the meeting tonight it was rumored
that Indiana's delegation was going to
Heiner. Such a move would not be sur
prise and the story was generally believed.
If such was the intention there was hitch
in the programme. Neither the Indiana
nor Armstrong county men would deny or
affirm the story. One of the most promi-
nent Indiana men told THE DISPATCH cor
respondent just before the evening session
that selection could be made tonight or
tomorrow morning, the chances being in
favor of tonight He said there was one
final move to be made and that could be
easily accomplished. The move was larger
than he bargained for. That move was to
shake loose of the Jefferson county con-
ferees
The same gentleman remarked with great
emphasis that the Indiana conferees will
not go to Huff under any circumstances.
The Indiana delegation will not nominate
to secure the plum.
Co!one Huff's Chances of Preferment
Where Mr.. Heiner could get his seventh
man from is an unsolvable question. West
moreland county is for Colonel Huff, and
will be until he is renominated. Mr.. Bond
wants the Office himself but he has put him
self on record as a second choice. If Jeffer-
son county cannot secure the Office then he
has kindly feeling toward Mr.. Huff.
Mr.. Bond is not at all satisfied with the
way Jefferson county people are acting
toward him. He thinks they should be
more friendly toward their home man. Yes
terday the Punxsutawney people seemed to
be working for him, but it was all bluff. If
the conference were to be held in Green's
burg Huff would not have more admirers
and supporters. People from all over the
county were here to-day, and the Colonel
seemed to have the call over Jefferson's own
man.
Indiana county politicians, big and small,
are here. They are not all Nesbt men,
either. s. A. Smith, of the Indiana Messen-
ger, is working hard for Huff. He said to-
night that the Westmoreland man would be
the nominee, but he did not expect nomi-
nation for aIday or two.
A Scheme to Settle the Matter.
James B. Laux, of Greensburg, this
morning submitted proposition to the con-
ference for its approval. He proposed that
the people of the district vote for the four
candidates, the man receiving the majority
of all the votes cast to be the nominee. If
it happened that no one received this ma
jority then the nomination to be made by
submitting the matter to a satisfactory
tribunal. His idea was rather favorably
received, but no action was taken upon t
This means may yet be adopted.
The majority of the conferees are be-
Oin fo feor da1av TTpdor ba RoIor
ballot law q selection has to be made Sc
days before the election. This only leaves
about month yet, and the old way of hold
ing dozen different conferences is out of
the question.
The Senatorial conference is still in
session at Brookville. 1t, too, is playing
the baby act The conferees are afraid to
act until thev see the complexion of affairs
at Punxsutawney.