The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-01-10
HARRISBURG, Jan. 0.

are having on tne eve or the
u state convention to nominate
congressman. .at-large is in inducing
some suitable person to become a can.
didate. Governor Pattison and Ad.
jutant General Greenland held con-
ference with Andrew G. Curtin, "the
war governor" in Philadelphia today
and endeavorsd to secure his consent
to become a candidate. The venerable
ex-governor was inexorably firm in his
declination to run despite the entreat.
les Of the governor and the head Of the
State National guard.
National Chairman William f. Har
rity, ex.District Attorney John r.
Read, State Chairman J. Marshall
Wright and other prominent Demo-
Gratis were in conference hero tonight,
and after numerous selections had been
dropped because of the refusal of those
chosen to pose, determined effort
was made by Mr.. Harrity to
induce James Denton Hancock, of
franklin, Venango county to accept the
nomination. Although Mr.. Hancock
said late tonight that he would not ac-
cept the nomination, it is regarded as
extremely probable that tomorrow's
convention will nominate him and that
strong pressure will be brought to bear
by Mr.. Harrity and his friends to have
him accept the honor.
ONE VICTIM VOLUNTEERS.
W. Hayes Grier, state superinten-
dent Of public printing, has announced
his willingness to become the nominee,
and should Mr.. Hancock persist in his
refusal to serve, it is likely that Mr..
Grier will be chosen Only 220 OF the
464 delegates entitled to sit in the con-
vention, had arrived tonight, but the
remainder, or at least large majority
of them, will reach the state capital
early in the morning
While the Harrity forces will domi-
nate in the convention, the anti-Har-
rity forces will undoubtedly rebel. The
revolt will be lead by John G. Bane
chairman of the Washington county
Democratic committee, who will
introduce a series of resolutions,
terming the gathering nothing more
than a mass meeting and de.
claring that it has no authority to
make legal nomination. The resolu.
tions contend that as the delegates to
the convention of Sspt. 10 last fulfilled
the duties for which they were chosen
for they cannot be legally again called
together by the state executive com.
mittee for another purpose.
HARRITY is RoUNDLY SCORED.
Resolutions which have been pre-.
pared by the anti-Harrity wing attack
Chairman Harrity as follows:
That the conduct Of the PHILADELPHIA
managers in cowardly refusing to make a
contest in the Second congressional dis
trict at the recent special election merits
and receives our earnest Condemnation,
That such action in the home of the
national chairman Of the party, pro.
claiming lack of confidence in the
Democratic policy Of President Cleve-
land, has already served as a cue
for Democratic apathy and has incl
ted to party treason. That we depore it
because il the national chairman directs
ais friends and followers to abandon the
contest for tariff reform, it is useless to ask
the hnmble'toier to rally for its defense,
and the same reason adv anced as cause
for such action, namely, the lack Of GER
tainty Of winning, would apply with
greater force to the state at large.
The action of the executive commit
tee in reconvsning the September con =
vention is next condemned as careless
and ill.advised and "as likely to result
In the extension Of their policy of sur.
render and to hand over the state at
large like the Second congressional
district-without a protest to the Re-
publican party" The concluding para
graph reads:
That as Democratic electors we demand
that the state committee Immediately is
sue call to the Democratic voters of
Pennsylvania to forthwith elect delegates
to state convention to place in nomina.
tion one candidate for congressman-at-
large, and that the said convention meet
in Harrisburg on Tuesday, Jan. l6 1894.
AN ANTI HARRTTY CANDIDATE.
The resolutions will be appropriately
referred and will, Of course, be "pig-
eon.holed." 1t is definitely known.
however, that the anti. Harrity forces
will shortly place second nominee
for ongressman.at-large in the
field who will he named by
nomination papers as q second reg.
ular" candidate. The identity Of
this nominee has mot yet been
divulged, but it is stated that he now
holds high public office and has frs.
quently been honorsd by his party. II
it should happen that the resolutions
will not be presented to the convention,
their substance will be embodied In an
early call to the Democrats OF the state
accompanied with the name Of the sec
ond nominee. 1t is the programme,
however, to have Mr.. Bane introduce
them.
The platform has not yet been pre-.
pared. but it will indorse the principles
of the Wilson bill and urge its carly
passage, and approve Of President
Cleveland's Hawaiian policy.