Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-04-23
Political Notes.

| trict Convention in New Castle, MONDAY,
NJ. S. Quay of Beaver, and S. Perkins
of Mercer county, were selected as Dele
gotes to the National Convention from
this district, and E. z. Abrams OF Butler
was recommended for Presidential Elec-
tor.
Samuel Miller, of Mercer and William
| Wallace, of Lawrence were named as
alternates. Jno. P, Elkin was Endorsed
for state chairman, and Quay for Presi-
dent. The Butler Co. delegation might
az well have staid at home for they found
when they arrived in New Castle, that
the other three counties had everything
| arranged.
| The reports of the convention sent to
the Pittsburg Gazette and Dispatch state
that "a standing vote for President was
taken and amid great hurTahs every
member of the convention stood up tor
Quay" That was not the case. Two
members of the delegation from this
county DIR. Dennison of Bruin and E. K.
Remington of Saxonburg did not stand
up. AT Bruin vote was taken on Presl-
dent at the late primary, and the result
was 70 for Mckinley and II for Quay.
George Robinson was chairman CT the
convention, and H. H. Goucher was
a member of the committee on resolu-
tons.
The Republican State Convention meets
at Harrisburg, today, and quite number
of our citizens, including our two dele
gates went on yesterday,
A Dispatch from Harrisburg dated
Monday, said:
The eight national delegates at large
have not been announced by the Quay
ties. Senator Quay says that he wants
Gov D. H. Hastings selected, as the ex-
ecutive will nominate him at St. Louis.
The others supposed to be slated are
James Elverson, Philadelphia; ]. B. Ray
monds, Altoona; Joseph Bosler, Montgom-
ery. Others mentioned are Lieut.. Gov.
Walter Lyon, Allegheny; Francis J. Tor
rance, Allegheny; Charles A. Minor,
Wilkesbarre; DIR. Theodore L. Flood,
Crawford county, and Samuel Daven-
port, Erie.
The first battle of the day (probably
settled by this tirne) is for the State
Craftsmanship. Since Quay announced
he would not be candidate for re-elec-
ton, two candidates have doomed up
Tohn P. Elkin of Indiana county and
Frank w. Leech of Phils.-both of whom
have made quite an efssH for the place.
1t is supposed that Grow will be renom-
mated for Congressman-at-Large, and
that James S. Beacon of Greensburg Will
be the other nominee.
Besides our two delegates to the State
Conv ention, DIR. Leighner and Reuben
Shanor, the following Butler 20. men are
in Harrisburg today-W. H. Ritter, A. B..
c. Mcfarland, w. J. Marks, Eli Robin
son, A. NJ. Campbell, John Gilliland,
Alex Frazier, w. III. Grove, S. Frankie,
Harry Graham, S. Flanagan, c. F. l..
McOuistion, DIR, Black, M. A. Berkimer,
]. w. Hutchison, L. A. Sutton, w. Z.
McCandless, David Garrett, Fillmore
Harper snd Jack Walker.
On Wednesday the fight for chairman
ship.had became so hot, and was making so
much trouble for Quay that he sent for
Elkin and Leach and told them he
would again take the place himself.
Beacon of Greensbnrg was put off the
slate for Congressman at Large, and
Davenport of Erie put on to smooth over
some promises made by Andrews.
| At the caucus Leach got the better OF
Penrose as to the program for to-day;
and last night Leach started campaign
in his own behalf, and before midnight
1t was being cfrcufaucu rrrr quay
orders would be disobeyed by his own
people and that Leach would be made
State Chairman. small crowd of boys
burning red fire was led through the
streets by band. Immediately in front
of the band was colored man bearing a
' fbanner upon which is inscribed this
} 4rtrange device:
" Frank Willing Leach Is the peoples
choice for State Chairman.
Mr.. Leach also had circulars distribut-
ed which allege that Senator Quay and
lW. II. Andrews were booming John P.
Elkin for State Chairman, because they
want to apply at least Sac, 600 of the next
Republican campaign fund to paying the
expenses of the Penrose-Andrews-Lex
committee, The money used by that
peculiar reform coordination, it is alleged,
was borrowed for the time and must now
be settled by the Republican party.
The complication in the Twenty eighth
Congressional District was natural re-
suit of the conferree system. Clarion,
Forest and Elk Counties combined to
elect the delegates to the Republican
National Convention, practically ignoring
Clearfield and Centre. The other two
counties of the district, having discovered
the combination, naturally entered pro-
test.
While this shutting out of Clearfeld
and Centre Counties was obviously due
to the fact that the candidates for nation
al delegates presented by those counties
were doubtless for Mckinley. it is not
necessary to discuss that feature. The
whole point is that conferrees represent
ing altogether some 5000 Republican
votes are enabled by this combination to
defeat the conferrees OF Clearfeld and
Centre, representing more than 10000
Repub lican voters. The Republican vote
in ClearfelG alone is almost as large as
the combined Republican vote of Clarion,
Forest and Elk, but the 1000 votes OF
r crest County have just the same repre-
sentation in the conference as the 6ooo
of Clearfeld, and the 1000 cast by Forest
and Elk together have twice the power
that the 400 of Centre or the 5000 OF
CT Garfield, ID IS nlth e. 10th to ger
| The congressional conference for the
lTwenty-seventh congressional district,
comprising Mexican, Warren, Venango
and Cameron counties, met in Kane, last
Friday and organized by the election of
IT. B. Clark of Bradford chairman, and
Mr.. Nichols of Emporium, secretary.
There were twenty conferrees present.
Charlie, w. Stone of Warren WAS uomi-