The herald., 1898-10-12
FALSE PROMISES or MUTUAL TRADES
uCHTENBERGER AND THOMAS UNFORTUNATE
VICTIMS OF DOUBLE DEALING
Mudees Charge That Delegates Had Been Bought and Sold
Confirmed-More Bad Feeling Found Vent In
Row Over the Central Committee

| gates who we're ashing '-why."
had caught their breath, and the program
mers promptly adjourned the main con-
veution in order to give the delegates. I'M
trusted with the duty OF explaining an op-
portunity Of talking to the astonished In
nooents. among whom was the surprised.
shocked and insulted" Jimmy Copela nd
First ward. who had the day before said
the convention HAD BEEN BOUGHT
AND SOLD" He had evidently had his
convictions strengthened by the proceed
ings Of the morning, tor he was overheard
10 say, Just after adjournment, II told you
so. I told you 50 yestsrday."
The Ward Conventions
Following the adjournment Of the main
convention the ward conventions were at
once called and candidates as given above
were nominated The slate was adopted
with the survival Of the slickest," and the
| frightened delegates who were pledged
! and promised. not bought and sold" as
Col. Nudge said. were reassured that their
bosses intended to allow them to vote for
| the balance OF the candidates as they had
come 70 the convention expecting to vote.
But alas for their expectations!
The Closing Session
When the convention opened in the after
noon Chairman Variel, who must have
practiced overnight with the gavel from
the way he used 1t in comparison with his
work the day before gathered up the dele
gates and got to work with commendable
promptness.
Nominations for city attorney were at
once called for, and Frank Thomas was not
long in discovering how much political
promises were worth, for the first man to
mount the stand was the surprised,
shocked and insulted" young politician
James Copeland, who proceeded to put in
nomination George NJ. Holton.
Those also present looked at one another
in surprise, but after the Hartwell-Ward
business of the morning they were ready
for anything.
w A. Harris named Louis Gottschalk.
T. W. Brotherton named Frank J. Thomas,
the presentation of whose name was the
cause Of great demonstration on the part
Of the delegates, only eQualed when L. G.
Gates nominated Walter F. Haas.
The City Attorney Fight
The first ballot showed that the fight
was clearly between Thomas and Haas,
and the formers friends say that II Holton
had stayed out of the fight Thomas would
have won on the first ballot. The figures
hardly justify this conclusion. but there
is no telling what the scattering votes
would have done had II been a three-hand-
ed contest.
There we're 407 votes cast on the first
ballot. 2o4 being necessary to choice. The
result was:
Holton ......... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. as
Gottschalk .......... neutrality-suspicious.. 81
Inomas .''......... .....'....................l
Taas '''''.'''':'
Thomas having been crippled, Holton
was promptly withdrawn BY Mr.. Cope
land and a second ballot was taken. In this
40S votes were cast 2o4 being again neces-
sary for a choice. Before the voting Chair
man variel resigned the gavel temporarily
to c. D. Wilbur, he of the velvety voice,
and went down on the floor to do some mis-
sionary work for himself in getting his
committees In shape.
Mr.. Wilbup used his persuasive voice in
stead of the mallet and moved the dele
gates along rapidly. The ballot resulted:
Gottsehak Observation-Disclosures. II
Inomas .................... ......... l%
haas .......:'...'... .'.....................
Haas total gave exactly the number of
votes needed to nominate him.
When Chairman Wilbur announced that
Mr.. Haas had been nominated, the usual
motion was made to make the nomination
unanimous. Wilbur put the motion on a
viva voce vote, and there was the usual
Those opposed will say no." said Mr.
Wilbur.
mo" mo" mo" came from a half
dozen portions Of the hall.
Wilbur was nonplused for the moment
and then said: "Gentlemen, the motion to
make Mr. Haas nomination unanimous is
lost"
Thomas at once came to the rescue and
In few words begged his supporters to
snake the nomination unanimous. A mo-
ton to reconsider and another begging for
unanimous consent was put and this time
carried, whereat Mr.. Wilbur resigned the
gavel to the chairman.
Other Nominations
William A. White was then nominated
for tax collector. Lafayette Martindale was
nominated for clerk. and then came the
fight for auditor, with six candidates in the
race. The programmes had finished their
prescriptions and sent the balance of the
convention down the toboggan. True. it
took three ballots for Carson to get there,
but he was never In danger. As soon as the
complimentary votes were cast the real
Issue between Carson and Merrill was
speedily settled.
Another Alleged Job
Various resolutions regarding forgotten
points Of law. ETC., were passed and a new
city central committee. consisting of one
member from each precinct was appoint
ed. resolutions of thanks were passed and
the convention was we'll on it's way to ad-
! journment when a gray-bearded delegate
! from the Forty-fourth precinct raised an
other row. He claimed that the city CEN
trail committeeman as announced from that
precinct had never been elected by thNdel-
egat.on, and talked about SNAP Hidg-
ment' and fraudulent voting Of proxies" :"
etc. Another delegate replied that the
name announced was the man selected and
that the proxies had been voted for him.
the man who held the proxies got up and
| called him another" and said he hadn't
! voted and there was an excellent prospect
for another bought and sold" expose,
when wise delegate stopped the quarrel
by moving that the place on the commit
tee be declared vacant and that the chair
man of the committee fill It, This way out
of an awkward hole was adopted and after
three cheers for everybody the convention
| adjourned sine die
Notes From the Lobbies
One of the most refreshing incidents that
ever occurred In convention In this city
was the manly rebuks that Frank Thomas
administered to those of his devoted friends
who had allowed their zeal to run away
with their Judgment SO far as to oppose
the making Of Mr. Haas nomina tion unan-
imous. The ease, tho frankness and the
tone Of Mr. Thomas views made several
delegates who had voted against him wish
| that they could change their ballots.
! Jimmy Copeland forgot to put up his