The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-28
QUAY CLAIMS THE VICTORY.
PROBABLE END OF THE LONG RE
PUBLICAN FRACTIONAL FIGHT.


PUBLICAN FACTIONAL FIGHT.
Harrisburg in an UneauaIIed Tur-
mOiI Preliminary to the Coming
Republican state Convention.
Thousands of BOistcrOus People in
Town Who VIII he Lucky TO Get
Sleeping Apurtments-Confere
of Quay DeIegates-The senator
Tells His Henchmen .The Fight Is
Over and Have Won"
Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 27-Harrisburg is
in turmoil tonight, the like of which
was never known. There have been many
turbulent political conventions here, but
since Sunday as a preliminary to the re-
publican state convention exceed in num-
Der and boisterousness, any gathering that
has ever been here.
There are several thousand more persons
in the city than can possibly be accom-
modated with sleeping quarters. and as
the weather is misty. the outlook for the
comfort of the crowds Of ''rooters'' is not
\ one of comfort.
Chairman Gilkeson, who refuses to act
with the majority of the 121 members of
the state committee in the preparation of
roll of delegates, the majority being
Quay adherents. to-day secured posses
sion of the opera house from a theatrical
company that was billed to appear there
tonight and late this afternoon placed
sixty or more able bodied men in the
building to hold it against the enemy
These guardians will hold the fort" all
night, and should the Quay forces at
tempt to secure an entrance during the
night there viii surely be trouble.
The state committee, of which ex-State
Chairman Thomas V. Cooper of Della
ware county was yesterday chosen tenn
porary chairman, met this morning.
Seventy-eight members were present.
| Temporary Chairman Cooper called for
the report of the subcommittee ON cre-
dentials and Lieutenant Governor Lyon,
chairman Of the committee, reported in
| favor of the Quay delegates in the First
| and Fifth wards Of Philadelphia, and
| the delegate favorable to Quay in Wy
| dining county. The report was adopted
and the state committee met again at
/ IL o'clock tonight to hear the final re-
port on credentials. With respect to the
Philadelphia contests, the committee
found that delegates Beyerlein, Deputy
| Gray and Fulmer, the Quay men, carried
| twenty divisions of the First ward,
/ and Senator Becker carried fourteen out
of the eighteen divisions in the Fifth
ward. AS to the Wyoming contest, the
committee found that r. p. Northrop,
the Hastings delegate. was chosen at a
| convention called last January to fill q
vacancy in congress, and this was in
violation of long standing rule of the
party, which provides that delegates to
state conventions must not be elected
more than six months before the CEN
vening of the convention.
At a conference of the Quay delegates
tonight, 1853 delegates responded to the
roll call" OF this number, six were con-
testants from Philadelphia, and one from
Wyoming county. AS majority of the
convention is las, it is evident that SEN
ator Quay has won the fight.
The senator himself declared at II
O'Clock tonight as a matter of fact that
the fight is over and he has won.
The convention, which, besides electing
a state chairman by direct vote of the
delegates, will also choose a state treas
urer and six superior court judgeship
candidates, will meet at II o'clock to-
morrow morning. The administration
forces are now in possession of the opera
house. the regular meeting place, and
whether the state committee, majority
of whose 121 members are for Quay, will
decide to hold the convention elsewhere
had not been determined up to midnight.
The friends of Senator Quay packed the
board of trade rooms tonight when the
caucus was held with open doors. Lieut..
Gov Lyon called the gathering to order
and nominated State Senator Penrose Of
Philadelphia for chairman of the caucus.
Mr. Penrose, who is one of Senator Quays
most ardent supporters, was chosen with a
"hurrah."
The administration delegates met in eau
Gus also at O'Clock tonight. About 200
persons, not ali of them delegates, how
ever, assembled at 9:15 o'clock. The doors
were closed, admittance being denied to
newspaper men.
No estimate of the strength of the ad-
ministration forces as developed at the
caucus was given out, but it was Said
late tonight that 107 actual delegates were
present
Harrisburg, Pa, Aug. 27.-At 2 o'clock
this morning it was announced that con-
ference of the two factions had agreed
that there will be but one convention to-
morrow.