Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-09-19
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.
They Held Rather Lively Convention
Wednesday William II. Moloney Bitterly
Attacks William NJ. Singerly.

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Wednesday William II. Moloney Bitterly
Attacks william NJ. Singerly.
Williamsport, Sept, II. The Demo.
cratic State convention which was held
here to-day to nominate candidates for
State treasurer and six Judges OF the
superior court left off the ticket the
name OF Judge Mccarthy, whom Gov.
Hastings selected as t.inority Judge.
The law requires seven Judges. The
six Republicans whom Gov. Hastings
appointed were nominated by the Re-
publican convention and seventh
place left vacant, so as to secure the
required election of Democrat. There
were 30 Democratic candidates for this
office, and it was decided to nominate
six and let the one receiving the
highest number Of votes take the place.
Opposition to Judge Mccarthy was SO
marked that he could not get endorse
ment as single candidate, and so he
had to take his chances with the rest,
and he fell by the wayside.
McCarthy's candidacy raised storm
in the convention and called forth per-
sonalities, in which Editor William NJ.
Singerly, last years Democratic can
didate for Governor, played a part.
David W. Sellers Of Philadelphia had
nominated Mccarthy, and John j..
Maloney OF Philadelphia, in secondine
the nomination, declared that he would
rather have the Democracy Of David
W. Sellers than that OF William Nj.
| Singerly, who. he said, was the
worst beaten man in Philadelphia.
| This reflection upon MIR. Singerly'f
| defeat for Governor by Gen. Hastings
in November last was received with
| jeers. Loud cheers were given fol-
Singerly, and there were repeated CALI
| for Maloney to sit down. The chair
man notified Maloney not to use per
sonalities. The assemblage kept OIL
cheering for Singerly. When Malone.
declared that the Philadelphi;
Record" of which Mr.. Singerly il
the proprietor, had opposed Robert s.
Patterson when be ran for register o
wills in that city, Mr.. Singerly par
italy arose from his seat and said:
THAT is false.
| That was the only part Mr.. Singerl.
took in the affair.
AT o'clock the vote was taken, ant
at Z o'clock it was announced tina
these five had been chosen o. P. Bech
tel of Schuylkill, Hartman Yerkes o
Bucks, James S. Moorehead of West
moreland, Charles S. Noyes of Warren
and p p. Smith of Lackawanna.
The convention at the evening session
nominated Judge Christopher Mage
of Allegheny as the sixth man.
EXCongressman Benjamin f. Myer
of Harrisburg was nominated, on mo
tion of William M. Singerly of Phila
delphia, for State treasurer by acclan.a
ton.
The platform endorsed the admins
tration, said that returning prosperit
was due to tariff reform, and had thi
money plank:
1--WE especially reafiirm SO much q
the platform of the last Democrat
National Convention as calls for th
use of both gold and silver as tn
standard money of the country; bu
the dollar unit of coinage of bot
metals must be Of equal intrinsic an
exchangeable value, or be adjusted b
international agreement, or by sue
safeguards of legislation as shall insur
the maintenance of the parity of th
two metals, and the equal power {
every dollar at all times in the pay
ment of debts We believe that sue
parity could not be maintained by Ii
free coinage of silver at the ratio
l6 to |, and we are therefore oppose
TO any Legislation looking to that end.