Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-19
SIPE ALMOST SOLID
For the Democratic Nomination in
the Twenty-Fourth District.
He HAS NEARLY ENOUGH VOTES
And Expects Greene County to Pull him
Through on One Iallot.
NEWS FROM SEVERAL NEARBY TOWNS
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WAYNEsBURG, Aug. 18-The rear guard
of to-morrow's Twenty-fourth district
Democratic Congressional Convention ar
rived at o'clock this evening, when the
Allegheny and Washington delegations
allghted from the train and marched to the
Downey House to the music of the Mt.
Morris Brass Band, which had been hired to
welcome them to the hospitality of Greene
county. The Fayette delegates had arrived
few minutes earlier, after dusty drive OF
30 miles across the country from Union
town. The Allegheny contingent in
cluded Candidate William A. Sipe,
with his 10 conferees, Messrs. f.
P. Iams, Joseph A. Skelley, Dr. H. r. Os-
borne, Frank Thomson, John R. McMich-
aels, D. s. Kays, DR.. A. M. Barton, Henry
Large, W. A. Kelley, DR.. John Purman,
Charles Percival and Michael Gross. From
McKeesport, also, came j. j. McGirr and
ex-Postmaster j. B. Shale, who hopes to
become compromise candidate. Con-
spicuous in this delegation also was Tim.
othy O'Leary, Jr., who walked briskly and
Immediately in the rear OF Mr.. Sipe.
Delegates From the Other Counties.
From Washington county came delegates
E. T. Townsend, A. L. Crum. DR.. A. M.
Bugard, E. M. Dennison, 8. A. Barnum,
John A. Ford, Dr.. George M. Kelley, A.
M. Furling, r. w. Irwin, John w. Berry
man, John P. Clutter and DR.. j. A. Patter.
son.
Fayette is represented by District Attor-
ney L. II. Frasher, ex-County Chairman
D. W. Mcdonald, ex-County Treasurer
John Thorndell, j. J. Kerr, A. A. Car
mack, ex-Sheriff James Fl. Hoover.
E. o. Craft, P. j. Harrington, Louis H.
Workman, John Duggan, jesse Reagan, M.
B. Cochran, Joseph Richey, j. z. Hagen
and Harry Chamber.
Greene county's twelve conferees are
Senator Matthias Brant, William p. Scott,
L 8 Everly, George Gordon, B. N. Free
land, Peter Bradley, N. C. Woodruff, James
Durbin, Warren Mackey, Jacob I. Smith,
Hiram Kent and Joseph Patton.
The question of representation in the
convention is not likely to cause trouble
The matter of representation is expected to
be passed over by giving each county IL
delegates as before, although Fayette
elected Is.
The two most active aspirants on the
ground tonight are Mr. Sipe and Mr.. Wise.
Greene county has several possibilities in
DR.. j L. Ullom and Attorneys B. w.
Carpenter and A. F. Silvena The candidates
from this county, however, frankly confess
themselves at disadvantage because of the
uncertainty of the intentions OF, their home
delegation.
Sipe's Work Long Ago Done.
The local candidates here have discovered
to-day that some quiet work was done, of
which they were not aware when the Greene
county conferees were chosen by the
County Committee in June. AT that time,
they claim, it was generally understood that
Congressman Craig, of Washington county,
would be renominated, and no contest was
made over the conferees. Now that Mr..
Craig is dead and new man is to be nomi-
mated, they find that the - Greene conferees
were selected not in the interest of Mr..
Craig but of Mr. Sipe. The Chairman Of
the County Committee, James I. Iams, is a
brother of Attorney Frank P. Iams, of AL
legheny, who is one of Mr.. Sipe's conferees,
and chiefly through whose influence the
conferees of Greene were selected. Mr..
Sipe therefore claims the bulk of the Greene
county delegates. Great pressure Is being
brought to bear on local politicians tonight
to switch the Greene delegates away from
Sipe and throw them to home candidate or
to Mr.. Wise, the Washington county
farmer candidate.
Mr.. Wise Not vsry Hopeful
Mr.. Wise stated tonight that he entered
the field only week ago and that he had
since learned that the delegates from his
county were expected to vote for Sipe
through the influence of Attorney Robert
w. Irwin, on whose motion they were
chosen by the county convention, Mr.. Craig
not being permitted to select his own con-
ferees. Mr. Wise, however, expects to get
nearly half the Washington delegates and
about five from Greene.
The Fayette delegation has no home
candidate, but will support the man who
Sipe. Mr.. O'Leary says tonight il
is the field against Sipe, with the
field favorite. He opposes Sipe on the
ground that he has been fighting the Patti
son administration and Chairman Harrity,
and that he is not in harmony with the Chi
cago platform. He thinks Sipe will be
beaten. The latter, however, is very conf
dent He claims his nomination on the
first ballot by the IL votes of Allegheny and
q majority of the delegates each from
Greene and Washington. He also came here
counting four from Fayette, but has aban-
doned that claim.
A Caucus Nearly Settles Things.
Both the Allegheny and Washington dele
cations caucused at late hour tonight
Ten of the Washington delegates expressed
themselves for Sipe, but three of bis own
Allegheny men were found to be out of
line. This would give him 10 votes, and if
he can secure six from Greene. as now seems
probable, his nomination is assured.
The feeling tonight is that the only way
to defeat Sipe is to concentrate the field on
F. p 1ams, Chairman of the Allegheny
delegation and former resident of Greene.
Secretary Edge Stricken Unconscious.
HARRISBURG. Aug. 1a-About noon
to-day Thomas ]. Edge, Secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture, was
found in an unconscious condition at the
department.. He soon rallied under medi-
caf treatment, and was much better tonight.
He suffered from rush Of blood to the brain,
and for short time his condition was re-
garded as serious
"A Fatal Fall From . Street Car.
TpIr Auo ri Cr-cinI 1-Mrs Vincept