The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-06-08

HARRIsBr Rs, June At was peace
fnl convection and quick, too. for sfter 1t
began operations there was no adjourn ,
ment until the end was reached.
SO peaceful was it that when the hand
some and stalwart junior Senator, Boies i
Penrose, was oratorically bombarding |
Spain, sparrow flew in and winged its |
way to the stage. where it slighted and
bobbed its head aud daintily hopped
about entirely careless Of results.
The convention had no elements about
it TO frighten even the sparrow, and the
bird circled around and remained for a
time an interested spectator.
This peaceable convention made up
warlike ticket, Colonel Stone, for Cover
nor; General Goblin. for Lieutenant Gov
ernor. and General Latts, for Secretary Of
Internal Affairs, made a strong combina-
tiOn Of fighters, and they will carry the
Republican standard over the hills and
valleys Of Pennsylvania.
With Superior Court Judge Porter and
Congressman-at-Lsrge Grow and Daven-
port renominated, the ticket was COM
plete.
The little attempt TO create opposition
to Latta fell flat, of course, and the effort
Of Congressman Arnold, of the Clearield'
district, to defeat Davenport by a deal
with the Combine, an organization to
which he has been opposed, was afailure.
THE CONVENTION a CREDIT.
The convention was credit 10 the Re-
publican party. The galleries were in
clined 10 be little boisterous at times,
hut the best of order prevailed on the
floor, there were no angry contentious
among the delegates and neither Penrose
nor the permanent chairman, Frank w.
Wheaton, of Wilkesbarre, had ruling
disputed, or a serious ruling to make, for
that matter. No bitter personal words
were spoken and the speeches were all
good.
Tom Marshall, of Allegheny, not
"Glorious Old Ton," but his son, made
the nominating speech for Colonel Will
liam A. Stone, and sketched his career as
soldier and civilian. 1t was a splendid
record that he gave Stone.
Senator Allen, of Warren county,
did the honOrs for Charles w. Stone, and
did them well, too.
The speech that aroused the most en-
thusiasm was that ofC. F. Chidsey, Of
Northampton county, who named Gen.
Frank Reeder. II was a tribute to Reeder
which was richly deserved. Reeder had
been attacked in his own home in a most
reckless and unjustifable manner by the
Van Valkenberg combination, and the
presence here Of the Northampton dele
gates for Reeder and this speech Of Child
sey's were the answers of General Reed
er's friends.
cHIDsEy's POINTED SPEECH.
Before the single ballot upon which
Stone was nominated was announced, the
Reeder delegates changed their votes and
recorded them for Stone. Chidsey's
speech was pointed in its denunciations
of traitors as was call to the Republican
| party to storm the hidden mines and tor
pedoes Of slander just as Dewey had de-
fed the torpedoes in Manila Bay. 1t took
immensely with the crowd, which prov
ed that there was every intention upon
the part Of the spectators 10 fight under
the flag next November.
The surprise OF the convention was the
withdrawal of John Wanamaker as a can
didate. J. Nj. Huston, of David Martins
district delegation, made the nominating
speech for Wanamaker, but the moment
he had concluded A. S. Shields was on
his feet and presented a letter from his
candidate. It was the final attempt to
defeat Colonel Stone. The letter was an
attack upon the Republican organization.
charging it with using its power to en-
force machine methods and then throw
ing the Wanamaker support to Charles
w. Stone. No reference was made to the
Martin and Magee ma hines. which have
been responsible for SC much evil ia the
two cities.
LANES REPLY TO wASANAKER-
David II. Lane characterized it as the
most arrOgnant display of bossism ever
seen in convention and his characteri-
zatiOn started an outbnrst of cheers.
Everybody took the letter to mean that if
Colonel Stone should be nominated there
would be an independent movement, but
the convention refused to be scared by
the threat. Charles w. stones own fol-
lowing now had added to it the wana-
maker delegates and the 60 controlled by
Martin and Magee, but il was not enough.
The vote was l9S for William A. Stone
and l63 for Charles w. Stone, majority
of s..
The Connell delegates went to the sue
cessful candidate, as did most of the
Leisenring men.
SCHEME THAT FAILED.
Colonel Stone lost the four Ciearfield
county delegates, which he should have
had. This was because Congressman
Arnold took them over to the other camp
on deal which was to bring the strength
Of the other side TO him for Congressman
at-Large. This was apparent as soon as
the ballot for Congressmen began. Daven-
ports was the head aimed at, and Martin
and Magee's eombiners went solidIy for
Arnold, but the scheme failed.
The old war horse. Grow, got 2s5: Dav-