The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-07-12

CONVENTION
watson Defeated by Higgins For the
Senatorial Nomination.
A PUSH BEHIND The CONVENTION
Fair Play was a Back Number-The Com
mittee on Contested Seats Refused
to Hear the Contestant Re
suits at Pottsville and
schuylkill Haven.
Special to EVENING HERALD.


7Peo'"i 70 HNLNlN' HERALD
Girardville, July 1.-THE Democrats of
the Thirtieth Senatorial district met in
ONeilPs hall this morning to nominate a
candidate for Senator. p. J. Mulholland, a
member Of the county committee, called
the convention to order at II o'clock.
The friends Of John f. Higgins were out
in full force and money was used to the adj
vantage Of their favorite. The Shenandoah
School Board contingent also played q prom
incnt part, the Directors and many holding
appointments under the Board being con
s%picuous by their presence. In fact, the in
quiry was freely made whether or not the
Board had called a special session this morn
ing, the meeting place selected being O'NeilPs
hall.
Watson developed considerable strength,
and caused the Higgins lieutenants much un-
e%asiness. The fact that Higgins had the
greater number of active workers in his sup
port was looked upon as the secret Of his sue
cess in this fight, augmented by the free use
OF the long green.'
When the convention was called to order
Preliminary Chairman Mulhollaud lost no
time in getting down to usine and eau
toned the delegates to use good judgment
in their deliberations. He appointed Michael
Killcur, of Girardville, and NJ. +. Doyle and
James Z. O'Hearn, of Shenandoah, as tenn
porary secretaries, who were subsequently
made permanent.
The election of permanent chairman re.
suited in r. j. Mullahey, Of Shenandoah,
receiving 81 votes, and p. c. Foy, Of Girard-
vile, 60 votes. Mullahey represented the
Higgins forces, and was declared elected
Frank Hanna, secretary of the Shenandoah
school Board, nominated Mullahey, and
James h. Cooper, of Girardville, named Foy.
Contests were recorded in the Second and
Third wards of Shenandoah, and the First
ward of Mahanoy City. There was a contest
IN the Fourth ward of Shenandoah, but the
char would not entertain 1t because 1t was
signed by those outside of the district. The
committee ON credentials were Frank
Hanna, Shenandoah; Martin Curley, William
Farley, John Burns, Edward Barrett, Joseph
Becker and l., A. Wehr. The committee re-
ported in favor of all the seating
delegates, who were Higgins men, but their
report was objected to because the committee
refused to hear the contestants. A mo-
ton was made seating the contestants from
Mahanoy city, but by arbitrary ruling on the
part OF the chairman he refused to put the
motion, when many delegates predicted that
higgins might be nominated by such tactics,
Dut ne would never be elected. NeVerthe-
. less the cut-and-drled program was pushed
through.
Had Watson's contestlng delegates been
seated he would nave secured the nomlha-
|, ton, these delegates giving him 757 votes,
and he was only defeated by 575 votes. This
morning the Higgins people figured on over
1000 majority.
Tn committee on resolutions, consisting of
e John Munlcy, of Butler John F.. Burns,
William Graham, George A, Betting, James
a Brennan, c.. I. Blew and John n. Pauley, re,
d ported in favor Of the adoption Of the SAINT
/ platform as adopted by the county conven.
% ton, and their recommendation was agreed
n to by the convention.
,r While the committee on resolutions wer,
celebrating John o. Ulrich, Esq, of TIA
maqua, a candidate for Senator, secured tn,
platform to withdraw his name, and durinl
his remarks scored the Democratic state
county and Senatorial district conven
tions for ignoring the Chicago platform anC
the principles of the true Democracy. H,
N said that he had announced his candidacy
upon a platform that would have corrected
~ certain evils that exist in state and county
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