The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-17

to day, and it may be that in the long cam
paign before election there will great change
come over the spirit of the dreams of a goodly
number of voters who may be made to believe,
as is claimed by Mr.. Koch and others of Mr..
Seltzers warmest advocates in this-that
non partisan Judiciary was sought to be dc
stroyed when Governor Pattison ignored the
claims of the minority in this county by ap
poin ing Democrat to Republican seat.
THE LITTLE LION WINS.
Mr.. Settlers nomination was followed by
what proved to be the strongest nomination
of the day. No one had seriously thought of
Benz. r, Severn, Of your town, as Controller,
but it was always conceded that when the
ticket was made up he would be found to be
somewhere on it, These letters always prog
nosticated that as the reader will attest. So
when it came to be 50 well known that Ben
Severn was not only needed ON the ticket, but
that he would fill the bill better as Controller
than in any other position, and since G, N.
McGnness could not be induced to enter pol
itics under any consideration always a com
mendable resolution) all eyes turned to the
Messrs Whituhouse and company (although
little interfered with by Mr., Koch, who
named his client John kaufman, Of Spooky
Hollow, or Hellangone, or Sumsuchaplatz,
who don't even size up with Mulholland) Mr..
Severn was an easy winner against Hon. John
T. Shoener, Of Orwigsburg, on the second bal
lot after Koch had been notified that Kauff
man couldn't win by the receipt of only 10
votes on the first call, Among the solid del
egstions which made Severn the Controller
were Shenandoah, his own town by adoption,
and Pottsville his birth place. the latter Civ.
ing him all its votes but one, Mr.. Potts, of
the South ward, who never can forget that he
was born in Orwigsburg.
Mr.. Severn enters the contest for Con-
troller with thousand majority from Potts
vile alone. Let me in this connection notice
that Mr.. Severn fills the bill in all the re.
quirements mentioned in former letters from
your scribe and those mentioned by his Honor
Judge Pershing, who is quoted as rising above
supporting Mulholland and his managers,
who supported him so faithfully last year in
an earnest effort to secure a competent man
irrespective of party. A Pottsville paper last
Saturday quotes Judge Pershing as follows:
The Judge said he did not know Mulhol
land and when told that he was
man of genial nature and plenty
of friends, he said THE control
Ter must be something better than a good
natured man. He must be man of strong
mind and executive ability, a man who will
| NOT Let his poO6 natura intprferp with the re-
sponsible duties which he has to perform.
Governor fattison while controller of Phila-
delphia, saved to that city hundreds of thou
sands of dollars. man who can take the
office in this county and perform the work
successfully will be worth $4,000 a year in
stead Of $4,000"
The Judge must have had just such man
as Severn in his mind when he uttered the
foregoing words and he is endorsed in the
opinion by thousands of Democrats, including
it is believed, Judge Weidman, the head nom,
inee of Mr.. Mulholand's ticket.
A SCRAMBLE FOR PLACE.
After Emanuel Jenkins, of Porter, and
Thomas Samuels, of Mahanoy City, two very
reputable citizens, had been nominated foI
Auditors, and Jacob Day, of PaIo Alto had
W. Geary, Jr of Pottsville, was nominated
for Surveyor by acclamation and then a regu.
lar scramble for place on the Commissioner
ticket began. Frank Rentz, of Ashland, got
first position on the third ballot and Charles
f. Allen, of Tamaqua, secured second on the
fifth call. Steve Middleton, of Gilberton
was a close second to Rentz for three ballots
and was withdrawn on the fourth in the in.
terest of Ivor d. Jones, of Minersylle, who
contested with Allen, who cast his lines with
Whtehopse and party from the first, and
Allen won against Jones by 50 to 79, Middle
toms rise to favor Jones having reacted Oh
the latter.
1t was a close race and hOtly contested, the
floors being cleared time and again of candi
dates, Democrats and all but delegates. Chair
man Brumm waxed wroth and grew hoarst
in the effort to maintain order, several times
relinquishing the gavel to vice-presdent t.
get relief. 1t was during this contest that the
convention resembled the enemy's camp il
one of its most turbulent pow.wows The
outcome was a very good one and the people
now have four excellent candidates TO selec
three Commissioners from. The people can
90 wrong on this office, no matter what three
are selected.
Charles c. Matten, Borough Solicitor O
Pottsville, is another good nomination. Hi
victory over James O'Brien, of Mahanoy City
and Sid Shaw, of Pottsville, was easily ac
complished by the anti-openers of the jndicia
nomination, Matten having wisely Joined
these forces last week.
Dr. Daniel Dechert, of Schuylkill Haven
was named for Treasurer by acclamation, a,
were A. J. Shortall, of Pottsville, for Cour
Clerk, and James R. Deegan, of Ashland, fol
p othOnotary,
The convention closed its work with
grand wind up for Recorder, in which tw,
shenandoah men were the principals, p. w
Bierstein and j, j. Dougherty. Never be-
fore has bout in political convention be
tween Lithuanian and an Irishman eve
taken place and when Dougherty was besteC
by the accomplished business college manager
there were many who marvelled and utteret
strange language. Dougherty was only beate,
by four votes, but candor cOmpels me to say
that had there been more delegates present a
the late hour when time was called for thi
last engagement of the evening the victor!
would have been more pronounced. Mr.. Bier
stein is no dummy and if he could have bee,
in full view of the assembly so that it coulj
+ have been demonstrated that he wore n
horns and was not cloyenfooted he woul