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


After the morning session, which was prin
cipally devoted to considering the party's new
rules which were adopted as reported with
few alterations the bail was opened after re-
cess in the afternoon. Delegate John w.
Reese, of st. Clair, was selected to throw in
the fire brand and he did it by offering
resolution to leave the Office for Judge open
Delegate Potts at once moved to amend by
including the offices Of Treasurer, Prothono
tary, Court Clerk and one Commissioner, The
venerable ex-legslator supported his amend.
ment by showing how ridiculous and unbe-
coming it would be in Republican conven-
tion to retire before the enemy had fired a
gun and he advocated a full ticket as the only
nervy thing open to the convention. Mr.
Reese followed and made an unfortunate al
lusion to the purpose of the leaving the judge
ship out of the fight, naming it as an efectual
way of bottlingup certain corporation which
would not spend money in the campaign if
Weidman was not opposed. This drew all the
fire of Mr. Kochs hitherto pent-up guns and
he blasted all the hopes Of the pro openers by
speech which was characterized by good
sense, sound argument and solid points. Then
stepped down from the platform Mr.. Chairman
Brumm and he too, made telling speech, but
misquoted history in saying that the Hon. C.
l.. Pershing, Democrat, was brought here
| by Republicans in 1872 to run for Judge,
when every student of Schuy kill county poll
tics knows that he was brought here by d. E
Nice, (who wrote him the first letter., f. W.
| Hughes, Guy E. Falq lquhar, Mason Weidman,
James B. Reilly aud John A. Nash and also
that his first nomination was by Labor Re-
form convention, that he got left by the Demo
cratic convention and was endorsed by the
| Republicans, whose convention was held last.
| Yet Mr. BTumm made strong speech for his
side and if the convention had not been un-
favorable his effort would have been more
kindly greeted. The nou-nomination of
judge aas showed under by vote of III to
80, more than three to one, and it was a once
apparent that the Whitehouse party would
select most of the ticket
sELTzER FOR JUDGE.
The winners of the chief contest at once
went to work and marshaled their forces for
Seltzer with so much success that the Potts
ville-Shenandoah lawyer won by 1864 to 1094
| for Mr.. Lyon. The successful Seltzer owes
his strength as much to the HERALD as to bis
own individual canvass and he owes his nom
ination to the wise manipulation of his cap.
tain, Mr.. Whitehouse and Lieutenants Pom
eroy and Potts, with little credit due to the
unpopularity of the scheme to let the nomina-
tion open, which had direful downfall. Mr.
seltzer is a deserving winner ana will grace
the head of your ticket. Hewill make good
canvass for Sci zer but he will also make the
success of others ON the ticket his especial
care Republicans will find in Mr.. Seltzer a
candidate who is unseifsh, fair and honest,
He will trade nobody to get votes for himself.
This the whole Republican party can rely on,
and if he is only treated fairly by the Others
ON the ticket as he will treat them some of
the Democratic nominees of July 31st will
fall by the wayside.
Judge Weidman, against whom Mr. Seltzer
will urge a manly campaign, on the principle
that minority representation ON the bench
should be always conceded, has no mean an
tagonist in William d. Seltzer. The latter
has faculty of making friends who remain
as true to him as the needle to the pole, and
in sa ing this mean no pun if the Poles are
true 10 seltzer. ! will not say that Mr.. Self.