Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-28
MORROW MAY STAYIN.
A Claim That He Will Accept a Re-
nomination if It Is offered.
DOES NOT DENY THE STATEMENT.
George Miller Visits Washington in Re-
sponse to Telegram.
FRAMING PLEDGES FOR CANDIDATES

Politics received little attention yester-
day Notwithstanding it was day of rest.
The retirement of Squire Morrow as q
candidate for Controller and the effect of it
on the slate of the Republican leaders, were
much discussed. There were many guesses
as to who would be likely to take Mr.. Nor
rows place on the various tickets. Mayor
Gourley was spoken of as if it were a mat
ter of course he would be an inde-
pendent or Citizens candidate for the con-
trollership, the names of various we'll
known Democrats being associated as the
Mayoralty candidates, and Major Dennis-
ton to be Endorsed as his own successor.
A Republican ticket with Major Mon
tooth for Mayor, Postmaster Mexican for
Controller and Major Denniston for Treas
urer seemed to meet with more approval
than any other combination suggested 1t
was generally conceded this would be
hard ticket to beat even by those who favor
Mr.. Gourley's nomination.
Controller Morrow May Not Retire.
Some surprise was caused by statement
made by city official yesterday that Con-
spite his withdrawal This gentleman of.
fered to bet 500 against double that amount
that Mr.. Morrow would succeed himself.
The argument was made that in the impend-
ing contest the Republican leaders will
have their hands quite full enough to elect
candidate for Mayor without riskIng the
controllership; that by nominating Morrow
Mayor Gourley would be kept out of the
fight and there would be no other opposi-
tfon. 1t was also claimed that the only rea-
SON, Nv Mor IL n rflr-axu kl,o% h4r
afraid the leaders would not support him,
but If assured of the nomination by the
right persons he would reconsider and &C.
cept.
residence last night he declined either to
affirm OF deny the statement He said he
made it a practise not to discuss business or
politics on Sunday, but from his manner 1t
was easy to be seen the question was not
new to him.
George Miller Gone to Washington.
George Miller went to Washington last
night. 1t is said the trip is the result of a
telegram received from the Secretary OF the
Treasury Saturday evening requesting Mr..
Miller to come on and give a decisive
answer relative to his appointment as In
tcrnal Revenue Collector. 1t seems to be
understood he will accept the place, and
that Immediately on his return he will
assume charge of the office. He was also
talked of Saturday and yesterday as con-
trollership candidate in event OF Postmaster
McKean's refusal to run.
Ex-Mayor Fulton was at City Hall last
night, and in the discussion of politics some
one suggested that he should enter the con-
trollership fight. His answerwa character
istic. "Oh, no." said he, there's too much
guessing all around in this fight to suit me.
Wait till it comes a little easier"
The leaders of both the Republican and
Democratic parties in this city kept out of
sight yesterday. 1t was said the friends of
Magistrate Mckenna were in caucus on the
subject of his nomination for Mayor, but
none of them could be found. Mir. McKenna
was not at home. Mr.. Guffey was out of
the city, and efforts to find anyone likely
to know anything of the caucus were fruit
less.
Little was heard during the day about
Saturday nights meeting of the Republican
City Committee, and that little was to the
effect that G. L. Magee had made a shrewd
move in combining the three nominating
cOnvautiOns N one