St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-21
1T RESEMBLED A PRESIDENTJAJ,
ELECTION NIGHT In PHiLA-
DELPHIA.
aUAY's COMPLETE IT
Results in PhiIadeiDI,ia Give Him
Control of the State Conven-
ton.

night. The indications at midnight
are that the Quay faction has GER
tainly elected eighteen delegates and
possibly twenty-five, with one or
two districts with five additional
delegates still in doubt. The anti
Quay people concede the senator
sixteen votes. The polls were open
from to p. M, and the scenes
around the various polling places,
in districts in which there were con-
tests, recalled an exciting presi-
Dental election. Never before in the
history of the Republican party in
this city has there been such a fight
in the primaries. In many wards
almost the full Republican vote was
polled. Although the contest was
an earnest one, there was very lit
tie disorder, and the few arrests
made were for minor offenses. The
result was in some respects a sur
prise to Senator Quay himself, who
did not expect to overcome the influ-
ence that would be brought to bear
against him in certain localities.
are grouped into twenty-eight legis-
lative districts, and these elected
from one to seven delegates each.
HARD-FOUGHT CONTESTS.
The hottest fights were in the Fiji
teenth ward, in which Mayor War
wick resides, and the West Phila-
delphia wards, the Twenty-fourth
and Thirty-fourth. In the former the
mayor was badly beaten, the Quay
forces, headed by Alexander Crow
Jr., carrying twenty-seven out of
forty-three divisions, with contests
in two. In West Philadelphia State
Senator Thomas, the Quay man, won
his fight handsomely, notwithstand-
ing the fact that David Martin, the
anti-Quay leader in this city, took
personal charge of the fight during
the past week. These two districts
elected seven Quay delegates. The
Second, Third, Fourth Fifth, Sew
enth, Eighth, Thirteenth, Twenty
seventh and Thirtieth wards also
elected eleven Quay delegates, MAX
ing a total of eighteen. In the Fifth
ward the anti-Quay leaders changed
the polling places in a majority of
the divisions, and the result was that
double primaries We're held. Both
sides claim the one delegate from
this ward, but the anti-Quay man
was given the credentials, and his
opponent fled notice of contest At
midnight the result in the First
ward, where four delegates are to be
elected, was in doubt.
Later-The Quay people claim to
have carried twenty-seven out of
fiifty-tWo divisions, with seven in
doubt. If this version of the result
is verified, Quay will have twenty
two delegates from this city The
Quayites also claim that the Twen-
ty-second, Twenty-third and Twen-
ty-fifth wards, electing five dele
gates, are in doubt.
COMPLETE VICTORY.
Tonight's contest practically closes
the fight in the state, Lehigh being
the only remaining county to elect
delegates. It appears almost GER
tain that Senator Quay has won his
fight for the state craftsmanship, with
some votes to spare. A conServa-
tive estimate gives him $50 votes in
the convention, fifteen more than the
number necessary to elect. The SEN
ator tonight occupied. his suite of
rooms in the Metropolitan hotel, and
a constant stream of visitors passed
in and out, cOngratuiating him on his
victory. He declined to be inter-
viewed, saying that he would not
speak for publication until after the
convention, which meets at Harris
burg on Aug. %. He was elated at
the result of tonight's primaries, and
replied good-naturedly to the COM
pliments that were showered upon
him. The contest attracted to the
city politicians of all degrees from
all over the state. These crowded
the headquarters Of the two factions
and eagerly watched the returns.
Senator PenroSe, who more than any
one else precipitated the fight, car
ried his ward, the Eighth, by a
vote Of IS to 3, and will go to the
convention as a delegate. John Rus
sell Young ran as a Quay candidate
in the Ninth ward. This ward is
presided over by Sheriff Clement,
who did not permit Mr.. Young to
carry single division. It was stat
ed at the Quay headquarters tonight
that two of the four delegates from
h. fro,
Clearfield county have deserted the
anti-Quay candidate for State Chair
man 3. F. Gilkeson.
The following candidates for city
offices will be chosen at the conven-
ton tomorrow:
District attorney, George S. Ora
ham; coroner, Samuel H. Ashbridge;
city controller, John M. Walton;
clerk of quarter sessions, William B.
Ahren; recorder of deeds, William
NJ. Geary. All OF the candidates are
unopposed and all are present incum-
bents except Mr.. Geary.
INDoRsED QUAY.
LEWISTON, Pa, Aug. 20.-The Re-
publican county convention today
was a continuous fight. Resolutions
were passed indorsing the Hastings
administration, and Senator Quay
for chairman Of the state committee.
DELEGATES UNSEATED.
At midnight the committee on ere
dentials, by vote of IS to s. with three
absentees, unseated what is called the
regular Cuyahoga county delegation
and seated the Brice delegates, who
were selected by what was known as
the boiling or rump convention at
Cleveland last Saturday. The So
called regular Cuyahoga county dele
cation resolved to appeal to the con-
vention in a minority report Judge |
Blandin has been around the room of |
the. committee on resolutions during |
the evening, and when the report of |
the majority of the committee on ere |