Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-21
GREENE Is A KICKER.
That's Why Jobes Is After Acheson's
Scalp in the oath District
A FIGHT FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
Chairman nickey Refuses to Be Deposed
and His Committee Meets
DOES NOT FEAR THE INDEPENDENTS

| ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIspArcH.1
WAYNEsBURG, Aug. 20.-There will not
| be livelier Congressional politics anywhere
| in Pennsylvania than in the Twenty fourth
district, composed Of the counties of
Fayette, Greene, Washington ard part of
| Allegheny. The nomination of Mr.. Sipe
by the Democrats here Yesterday Is the
| fifth already made in the district. The
other candidates so far in the field are: Re
publican, E. +. Acheson, Washington; In
dependent Republican, Rev. Campbell
Jobes, Ciaysville, Washington county;
People's party, jerome B. Aiken, WASH
| ing OH; Prohibition, A. K. Williamson,
| Allegheny.
1t is interesting to note that
though this is great agricultural
district, and that the granger arsu-
ment did good service in behalf of
Farmer Craig in 1890 in wiping out the big
Republican majority of 1888, the farmers
are not directly represented in any of the
above candidates Mr.. Acheson is the
editor of the Washington O5serer; Mr..
Sine is a member of the Allegheny county
bar: Mr.. Aiken is an oil operator; Mr.
Jobes is Campbellite or.Disciple preacher,
and Mr.. Williamson is paymaster of the
National Tube Works at Mckeesport. The
Republican chairmen of the several coun-
ties will meet in Pittsburg Monday
next to consider whether a. new
man should be named for the Craig uncx-
pired term or whether the short as well as
the long-term nomination shall be given to
Mr. Acheson, as the Democrats have done
in the case of Mr. Sipe.
Why Greene ounty Feels Hurt.
In 1888, the first contest after the new dis
trict was created, Mr.. Ray, of Greene, beat
Mr. Wampler, of McKeesport, S.7oo votes
in Allegheny and 1000 in Washington.
Mr. Wampler carried Greene by 400 and
Fayette BIZ votes, leaviae Ray winner
bv 4, 300 in the district. Hence, in a Presi-
dental wear, the odds are heavily in favor
of the Republicans. But the nomina-
tion of Mr.. Acheson met with serious
opposition, the storm center of which is in
Greene county, and this disaffection gives
the Democrats encouragement to make
hopeful fight. The Republicans in 1888
agreed that in that year their nominating
convention should consist of ten delegates
from each county, and in 1890 it should be
composed of delegates from each county
based on the party vote at the preceding
Presidential election, the delegate basis
heing 500 votes or fraction thereof exceed
ing one-half. Accordingly the convention
that nominated Colonel Andy Stewart, of
! Fayette, in 1890, consisted of 18 dele
gates from Allegheny, 16 from WASH
Greene The friends of Congressman Ray
were sore over his failure to be renominated
ana blamed his defeat on the new system of
nominating, and especially OH Mr.. Acheson,
whose delegates, finding his own nomina-
tion impossible, went over in a body to
Colonel Stewart against the protests of the
Ray men. who claimed their candidate was
the second choice OF Washington county.
Greene Politicians in the Dumps
The plan of making nominations agreed on
in 1888 provided only for that year and 1890
In April last conference committees met in
Pittsburg to adopt method for governing
future nominating conventions Greene
county was not represented in that confer
ence. Her committee sent word that the
day fixed did not suit and asked tor another
date. That word was not received by the
other committees until they reached Pitts
burg. They agreed to remain over until
next day and lephoned to Waynesburg to
that effect, but getting no response to
whether that cate would be convenient, and
as the committees from Fayette, Washing
ton and Allegheny were entirely in accord
as to the method of future nominations,
they went ahead without Greene county
and readopted the plan of proper
tionate representation which was fol-
lowed in 1890. This caused a vigorous
kick in Greene. and another district confer.
ence was suggested, but as the Greene
county committee passed resolutions to ac-
cept no arrangement that did not accord to
Greene an equal representation with the
other counties, and as the other counties
were tully determined to insist on the plan
already adopted, any further conference
was deemed useless
At the district nomination held in Pitts
burg Mr. Acheson was unanimously nomin-
ated, but Greene sent no delegates. The
later county soon afterwards held a couven-
tion and by large majority resolved that
Greene county Republicans were absolved
from any obligation to support Mr.. Ache
son.
Anti-Bossism Is His Platform.
They have nominated Rev. Mr.. Campbell
Jobes, of Washington county, as the candi-
date of the Greene county Republicans.
Mr.. Jobes accepted in a briet letter, in
which he stated that he had always been a
Republican, and called upon all Repub-
licans in the district opposed to bossism to
support him.
The convention that nominated Mr. Jobes
also resolved by vote of q to IL to depose
Allen P. Dickey from the chairmanship of
the County Committee. He had been
elected Chairman only short time before,
but refused to join the opposition to Ache
son. In his place the convention elected
Sherman Grim, young law student in
the Office of ex-senator Purman. Dickey's
friends declare his opposition to be irregu-
lar, and declined to recognize it Greene
county therefore has two rival Republican
County Chairmen, each claiming to be reg
ular, and each going ahead to organize his
own committee The Grim committee met
here last Saturday and filled vacancies
Mr.. Jobes was present and addressed the
meeting.
Tho Dickey Committee In session.
The Dickey Committee met here this af-
ternoon. Nineteen of the 36 committeeman