Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-20
W. A. SIPE SELECTED
To Lead the Democrats of the Twenty.
Fourth District This Fall.
THE CANDIDATE FOR BOTH TERMS.
An Allegheny ran Finds It No Trouble
to Win Out on One Ballot.
HOW THE WORK WAS ACCOMPLISHED
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE prspArc,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcn.1
WAYNEsBURG, Aug. 19.-William A.
Sipe, of Allegheny. proved an easy winner
in to-day's Twenty-fourth District Con
gressional Convention. He was nominated
on the first ballot for the long term BY 8:
to 10 for Patrick j. Harrigan, of Fayette
The Sipe men had the programme cut and
dried, and Immediately followed up thi.
victory by nominating him also for the un'
expired term of the late Congressman
Craig.
1t was 11:30 o'clock A. NJ. when Chair
man Iams, of the Greene County Commit
tee, called the convention to order in the
Court House and appointed Charles Per-
clval of Allegheny; DR. Kelley, of Wash
ington; j. 1. Smith, of Greene, and j. j.
Kerr, of Fayette, Temporary Secretaries.
State Senator Brant, OF Greene, was made
Temporary Chairman, and the temporary
organization was at once made permanent
A motion to allow each county 12 delegates
was carried, after Fayette had agreed to
waive for the present her claims to 10 dele
gates
After much wrangling the roll was called,
which proceeded without interruption until
Delegate Thompson, of Allegheny, an
swered as a proxy for Henry Large. DR..
Purman objected that Thompson could not
vote for himself and another delegate also,
but Thomson was finally allowed to cast the
two votes, Purman protesting against what
he termed ''force bill methods" in Demo-
| cratic convention.
Mr. sips tho First One Named.
| Nominations being now in order Attorney
F. P. Iams, of Allegheny, presented Mr..
| Sipe in ten-minute speech. He said that
| with riot and bloodshed at Buffalo, Home
| stead and In Tennessee, there was incipient
war in the land and the Democratic party
| must rise to the demands of the hour. The
| in Scotland and forts and novels in Allie
gheny county. There was high tariff to
| protect capital, but none to protect Amer
| ican workin9men against the free labor
| supply of Europe. The tariff wall must be
| destroyed by the Democratic party. Mr..
Sipe was in full sympathy with this pur-
pose and he could be elected.
R. w. Irwin, of Washington, seconded
| the nomination.
ette delegation, named Patrick J. Hsrri-
gan, Burgess of Connellsville, and declared
the Fayette Democrats wanted man about
whose Democracy there was no suspicion;
one who when defeated for nomination,
was for the nominee who was for tariff re-
form in deed and in truth, including free
wool, and who was in sympathy with Gov
ernor Pattison's administration and with
National Chairman Harrity. This thrust
was vigorously applauded by the anti-Sipe
Democrats
Harrigan was seconded by M B, Cochran,
of Fayette, after which a ballot was or
dered
Sipe received II votes from Allegheny,
one delegate being absent; II from Greene,
and 10 from Washington. Fayette cast her
II votes for Harrigan, to which were added
those Of Barnum and Patterson, of WASH
ington, and Patton of Greene. The vote
was announced as 80 for Sipe and Is for
Harrigan
Both Terms for One Man.
A motion was offered to make the nomi-
nation unanimous. Mr.. Irwin at once
moved to nominate Mr.. Sipe by acclamation
for the short term. This was declared lost
Mr.. Mcdonald then asked, as a matter of
good politics, that Mr.. Harrigan be given
the short term nomination. The roll call
showed 29 for Sipe and 1s for Harrigan-Dr.
Purman, of Allegheny. and several OF the
Greene delegates voting with Fayette.
While committee was hunting Mr.
SIpe, Mr.. Thompson, from the Committee
on Resolutions, made report The reso-
lutions deplore the death of the late Con-
gresham Craig; oppose all legislation
granting special privileges. pointing to
''recent events in our midst that have
demonstrated that such laws only afford
of the toiler:" adhere to the National Demo-
cratic platform and support Cleveland,
Stevenson and Harrity; pledge the support
of the Democrats of the district to the
nominee, and "sympathize with all locked
ont wage earners in their just and reason
able demands"
Hearty Thanks of the Nominee
Mr.. Sipe was brought before the conven-
tion and made a briet address of thanks, de-
claring his entire accord with the Chicago
platform and promising to organize vigor-
GUS campaign for success.
The convention was in session not quite
two hours, and most of the delegates left
town at 3 O'Clock.
The Acheson Republicans profess to be
pleased with the outcome, while the anti
Sipe Democrats charge that Sipe's nomina-
tion was brought about by Washington
county in the interest of Acheson through |
Attorney Irwin, who is a law partner of |
Candidate Acheson's brother.
short Sketch OF tho Nominee.
William A. Sipe was born in Fulton |
county, Pa, in 1874 His paternal ances-
tors were German and his maternal ances. |
tors were Irish. The politics of both fami-
lies were Democratic from their earliest his
tory. William A Sipe was raised on a
farm, and it vas while thus employed he
earned the money by which he was enabled
to complete his education. After finishing
his education at school he read law with the
late Hon. R. M. Speer, of Huntingdon, a
leading lawyer and Democratic politi-
clan. In 1862 he enlisted as private in the
Union army, serving with the famous Buck
Tail regiment After several months of
severe service he was honorably discharged
on account of physical disability. He was
to practice at Huntingdon. Pa, in
August, 1865. Immediately following his
admission to the bar he was nominated by
the Democrats for district attorney, and at
the election reduced the usual Republican
majority of 900 to less than 500.
In 1868 Mr.. Sipe located IN Allegheny
county and since then he has been actively
engaged at this bar. He was a candidate for
the Democratic nomination for Judge at the
last election of Judge Kirkpatrick about 12
years ago. 1t is alleged that he received a