Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-09-04
THE REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION.

LILO lscpuOllChu Ot'.Ce SOuScuLlOl
that met on the 2Sth of August, wa
a remarkable Conven ton. Il wrest
ed the control Of the affairs of thi
Commonwealth frcC, q set of mel
who have control of Philadelphia an,
Pittsburg, and who by arts known t.
themselves or by Il willingness On tn
part of the Governor to become
confederate, made Hastings felloy
worker with them in their schemes
1t was desperate effort of the hos
combine to get control of the Stat
and conduct it as they conduct tn
cities. The men who opposed tin
schemes were led by Senator Quay
During a period of two months, tn
fierce contest waged by the hog com
bine ragged in the respective counties
of the State. Every factory inspec
tor, every notary public, every nign
and day watchman about public
buildings and policemen and officer
OF every kind and degree were turn
eG into workers to secure the suc
cess of the combine, and as may b'
expected when the Convention da,
arrived the largest crowd ever con
vened ct Harrisburg to attend a po
litical Convention was there.
They We're there two days before
the Convention met.
The hog combine claimed every
thing. They had the $4,000 State
Chairman with them, and they
thought that was everything. They
would re elect him.
This Chairman was SO mulish thai
when a majority of the State Com
mittee requested him to call the Stat.
Committee at Harrisburg two days be
fore the meeting of the Convention
he fatty refused to do so. and !oukeC
the doors of the committee rooms a
the Lochiel Hotel, put the keys il
his pocket, walked over to the Com
monwealUh Hotel and leased set y
rooms there, and on the day before
the meeting of the Convention Sc
up rump committee there. Mean
while majority of the committee
went to Harrisburg, and the Sccretsr,
OF the committee opened up tue reg
ular rooms ut the Lochiel Hote
where Senator Quay was quarteret
and who was candidate for ths
Craftsmanship Of the new State Com
mittee.
The hog combine Committee hat
for their star Governor Hastings Al
the Conan monwealth Hotel, and from
there the combine directed theil
warfare against everyone who wa:
not in the interest of the combine
Their $4,000 Chairman Gilkeson
who would not act with MAJ -ity O.
the State Committee, had secured the
Opera House to hold the State Con
vention in, but he would not issue 8
ticket, excop. to followers of the
combine, and he pat 200 toughs into
the building to ran things to suit the
Hastings, Gilkeson crowd. Wher
the majority OF the party as re re
sented by the delegates to the State
Convention held caucus under the
lead of Senator Quay, learned of the
revolutionary purposes and work OF
the combine, they said, we are ths
parS,' by right of the majority rule
bu. we are not here to riot AID sheG
blood, which will follow, if we at
tempt to enter the Opera House
No we will not attempt to get into
the house. The hog combine cal
have it. We will 90 to another hal
and there hold the Convention. Th.
hog combine can have the Opers
House. The people are with us, ant
we will submit this question for set
Element to them.
That was the purpose resolved up
on b. the Quay people. But So thai
there might be no misunderstanding
on that point or on the part of any
one, they sent O committee to the
combine leaders. telling them of theil
purpose, that they would not 60 tc
the Opera House till the toughs were
moved out of the building. Tht
combine by this time had eeen the
writing on the wall and withdrew "
their 200 toughs. The Quay dele
gates then entered into Convention
with the combine and the work oi
the convention was peacefully con
Quoted. The $4,000 Chairman Gilke
son, had the right to call the con
vention to order and no one for a mo-
ment thought of questioning bis
right. The Quay men nominated
John B. Robson of Chester county
for temporary Chairman Of the Con
vention. The combine party nomi
mated Harry Hall of Mercer county
for the same position. Robson was
elected by 80 majority, and then for
the first time the swell head leaders
OF the combine, realized that they
were beaten. Then followed a line
of action in the Convention, that
showed the difference between the
two sets Of men. If tbecombine had
won, hog combine like, they would
have turned Quay and his friends
completely down, just as Hastings
turned down by veto the new county
on the West branch of the Susque
hanna that was called Quay. But
Quay and his friends won and In.
stead Of showing an ugly disposition
toward their political household
brethren, extended the hand of fel
lowship, aud made Governor Hast
ings permanent Chairman of the
Convention, and instead of mm;nat
ing a new set Of Superior Judges
they confirmed Governor Hastings
nominees for tho Superior Court
b X Haywood was nominated fol
State Treasurer. Quay was madt
Chairman of the Sta,e Committe,
and the affair was turned into prod