Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-21
NO END TO BE SEEN.
G cod Prospects of a Deadlock in the
Twenty-First District.
NO COMBINE AGAINST MR.. HUFF,
And at Present None Is Considered Among
the Probabilities.
A HALT ON DALZELIiS ACTIVE WORK

lFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
SALTsBURG, July 20.-The Congressional
conference of the Twenty-frst district held
three sessions to-day, but when they were
over the end was no nearer. Thirty-four
ballots were taken and great deal Of COM
pl1mentarv voting was done. The last
session was terminated about 10 o'clock to-
night, only eight ballots having been taken
after supper.
The only unusual happening of the night
was rather hurried, but long consultation
by the Armstrong delegation. What they
were consulting about could not be learned,
but as soon as they were through, an ad-
journment was called for until tomorrow
morning.
1t is hard tonight to tell what tomorrow
will bring forth or whether this conference
will not end in deadlock. There is
proof that one county at least is going to be
stubborn. The conference started soon after
10 o'clock this morning, and remained in
session until noon and 16 ballots were
taken without accomplishing anything.
There was a great scattering of votes, and
Westmoreland county led in this compli-
mentary practice. Indiana and Jefferson
were also rather free with their votes. Old
Armstrong, however, was working the stay
at-home policy.
Complimentary Votes Passed Around.
At some point in the game each candidate
was given four votes, and on the fourteenth
Nesbit received 8.
In the afternoon 10 ballots were taken,
but there was no change in the position of
the delegates except that Westmoreland
was especially active in bestowiug its COM
plimentaries on Indiana's candidate. When
.balloting became tiresome some musical in
dividual would start familiar song, "What
Will the Harvest Be?" "In the Sweet BY
and By" and Far, Far Away" were sung
with great appropriateness
In some ways deadlock looks inevitable.
Chairman Patton, of the Armstrong dele
cation, said tonight: "Heiner must be
nominated. We will stick to him if it
causes deadlock. If this delegation does
anything else it will receive q scathing re-
buke from the Republicans of the county,"
Tonight The DISPATCH correspond
ent was told by one of the most
prominent men in the convention
that within the next "a hours change
would be made. He refused to tell what
the new move was, more than it would de-
termine who the nominee would be.
Another conferee sized up the situation
in this manner: yesterday we organized,
to-day we are skirmishing for the feelings
of the counties, and tomorrow we will do
our work.
The Best Of Feeling All Around.
The feeling among the candidates is the
best. There had been a great deal said be-
fore the conference assembled about the
dissatisfaction In the district against Con-
gresham Huff A poll of the candidates
was made to-day, and, aside from the fact
that each man expresses q strong desire to
represent the district there was no dissatis-
faction expressed toward the present in
cumbent
Some of the people here think that Indi-
ana county will do anything to defeat Mr..
Huff. Affiliations are talked of with JEFF
ferson and Armstrong, but as the candidates
in each county are so dead set on getting the
nomination themselves, other people think
such move could not accomplish any
thing but deadlock. The possibility of
Indiana county doing this was hooted at by
an Indiana county man to-day. He said he
thought the county, as first choice,
wanted Nesbit, but If that gentleman's
chances are not good enough to secure
him the nomination the other Republicans
of the county were then willing to
have their representative vote for the best
of the three men. In the last movement,
however, any antagonistic work would not
meet with approval, as it is not the dispo-
sition of the Republicans of the county or
district to let the matter get into such a
position that reference to the State Com
mittee would be a necessity. He thinks
such nominations are not of the safe sort,
and that this year the Republican party can
afford to run no risks
No Fault to Find With Mr.. HUFF
'T think" he continued, 'aThat if we
cannot have Nesbit we ought to be satisfied
with Huff We can find no fault with his
representation of our district, save that
his selection Of postmaster for that town."
The feeling among the Republicans of
Salisbury is that Mr.. Huff is their
second choice. Last night M. C.
Watson and Editor Smith, OF In
diana, came in. Mr.. Watson has
received the nomination of his county for
the Senatorship. The Senatorial district is
composed of Indiana and Jefferson coun-
ties. Mr.. Mitchell. of Brookville, is Jet
ferson county's nominee, and he. like Mr.
Watson, wants the plum very badly. Last
week conference was held on the Sena-
torial question, but ended failure.
IL Is reported tnat MI watson business
here tonight is to try and fix up deal be-
tween Indiana and Jefferson counties, so
that Nh. Bond will receive the Congress
sional nomination. If that can be done,
Indiana thinks she will have right to the
State Senatorship. None of the parties
would talk. but such an agreement
would prove fruitless if Armstrong
county sticks to what she has announced.
1t is also given out that the Jefferson people
would not agree to give Indiana county the
office, even if the Congressional nomination
did come to them. This position has not
been held by Jefferson county for number
of years, and it wants it badly. Mr. Smith is
a pronounced Huff man. He is here doing
what he can. w. &C.