Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-06-09
THE STATE CONVEN>
TON

The work of the Republican State
Convention. in session in the Harris
burg Opera House last Thursday from
1000 A. Nj. to 400 P. III. can be sum
marized in a few words THE candi
dates selected or slated by Quay An
drews & Co. were put through
The only sensation of the session was
the withdrawal of John WanmaKer'
whose manly letter was listened to IN
tently.
All of Wanamakers delegates went
to Charles w. Stone. who would nave
been nominated but for broken pledges
and faith not kept.
The first ballot on Governor stood
Charles W. Stone 1853, W. A. Stone lso;
and w. A Stone was declared the mona
inee. An effort to make his nomination
unanimous brought out storm or noes
Newton Black seconded the nomlna-
tion of c. w. Stone, and made snort
but good speech.
The action of Jas. c. McClymonds
one of our delegates, in voting for W.
a Stone was a complete surprise to his
associate delegates. He met with them
Wednesday morning and at his sugges-
tion they agreed to support G. w. Stone.
though one of the delegates preferred
Wanamaker.
They next saw him in the convention,
and few moments after he voted, heleft
their company.
But five minute speeches were al.
lowed in nominations for the balance OF
the ticket and the work was quickly
done. Henry Hall wrote for the Pitts
burg Times The selection OF the Dai
ance of the ticket was attended with
little interest Many delegates left as
soon as the Governorship was settled,
and a great deal of the voting was done
by proxy. Gen Goblin was nominated,
but Senator Grady. of Philadelphla got
a good vote, and Richard E. Cochran,
of York, an out and out antl-'2uaY Hian'
had SO to his credit
Gen. James w. Latta, for Secretary
of Internal Affairs, and w. W.
Porter, for Judge of the Superior court,
were nominated by acclamation- EX-
Judge J. J. Henderson, of Crawford,
another victim of the Andrews gold
brick game was not named for the lat
ter position. Representative W. Z.
Arnold. of Clearfeld, got 14s votes for
Congressman-at- large. Philadelphia
and Allegheny stood by him manfullly,
and his district, with the votes of quite
a number of c. w Stone men, ran him
MP to very respectable showing.
Grow and Davenport were on the
slate. however, and were nominated by
good majorities. ;.
Then the convention adjourned. 1t
had been intended that Col. Stone
should come before it to express Ills
thanks, and hisfspeech had been given
ont TO the press. but the convention
seemed to take his gratitude for grant
ed and waited for no more oratory.
The work had been done and there was
no use talking about it.
Penrose was Temporary Chairman,
and in his speech lauded the party for
doing things that he and his gang had
opposed Frank Wheaton of Wilkes
Barre was Permanent Chairman.
The convention at Ais p. m. adjourn
ed sine die without giving the candi-
dates an opportunity OF presenting
themselves.
The candidates and Chairman Whea-
ton met after the convention and re-
elected John P. Elkin, of Indiana, chair
man Of the State committee. Mr.. Ell
kin will arrange reception for the can
didates at State headquarters in Phila
delphia, at which they will be formally
notified of their nomination.
What G. w. Stone Said.
Representative Charles W. Stone was
seen the night after the convention and
in discussing the convention and its re-
suits, said:
up to O'Clock last night wehad our
fight won and won honorably. There
were 1893 delegates ready to cast their
votes for me, but Senator Quay came
down here and put on all the force and
pressure that he could exert, with tbe
result that before morning he succeeded
n in drawing away % delegates who were
favorable to our cause. My statement
that was given out for publication last
night, predicting my success, was fully
justified by the number of delegates
who had promised to give me their sup
port, and if Senator Quay's influence
had not been exerted as it was / would
have been the nominee Not only did
we have the personal influence and pres
ence of Senator Quay against us, but
the entire force of the party organiza-
ton, as represented in the committee,
was also opposed to u.s.
/ want to express my heartiest thanks
to the Wanamaker delegates for their
support. Their attitude showed that
Mr.. Wanamaker sincerely tried to nomi-
nate the man in whom they believed
the people had confidence. Indeed, my
thanks are due to all the men who,
without regard to partisan feeling gave
me their support The attitude of the
Lancaster delegation merits my warm
est thanks, while the support of the two
delegates from Senator Quay's own
county Of Beayer was particularly graf
flying
The success of Senator Quay in alien
ating delegates pledged to me was
shown in the loss of the Lawrence coun-
ty delegation, delegate from Butler,
one from Washington, two from Fay
ette and others that it is not necessary
to mention here. | made my fight sin
gle-handed had no machine at my
back, indeed, Mr.. M A. Myers, the
county chairman of Warren county,
conducted my campaign practically
alone. but for the assistance of the peo-
pie, as my duties compelled me to re-
main in Washington. My campaign
was conducted fairly openly and honor
ably before the people
Senator c. L. Magee expressed him
self as follows:
\
mating Col. Stone has not changed my
ante-convention opinion that he was not
the most available candidate who could
have been taken. On the contrary /
still believe that any of the other candi-
dates spoken of would have proven to
be stronger in November than Col.
Stone will be- With the feeling of pol
itical unrest that is abroad in the State,
the weakness of Col Stone lies in the
fact that he was the slated candidate of
of the Quay machine.
E. A. Van Valkenburg John Wanna
ker's campaign manager had this to
say THE machine has purchased a
heap of trouble and paid a big price.
Two years of unceasing work, with ar
bitrarily controlled nominating conven-
tions, with the use of the Republican
State and National patronage with the
free use of millions of the peoples mon
ey with the aid of corporations and the
active support of Pennsylvania two
Uuited States Senators, gave the ma
chine-slated candidate only II more
than enough to nominate out of a total
of 1862 delegates.
The 163 delegates comprising the OPP
position is by far the largest mum Der of
delegates that eyer dared to disobey the
orders and defy the imperial will of
Senator Quay in Pennsylvania Rep
ublican State convention. And this not
withstanding the fact that one-third of