The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-16
.MRSTREZAT NOMINATED
Pennsylvania Democrats Choice
For Supreme Judge.
REILLY FOB SUPERIOR JUDGE.

The Permanent Chairman Of the Con-
vention Named For the Judgeship by
Acclamatlon, a. Was william T.
Greasy For State Treasurer.
Harrisburg, June 16.-The contest
before the Democratic state convention
for supreme court Judge ended last
evening with the unanimous nomina-
ton of Judge S. L. Mestrezat, of Fay
cite county, on the 2Sth ballot. Charles
J. Reilly. of Williamsport, permanent
chairman of the convention. was nom
mated by reclamation for Judge Of the
superior court, and Representative
William T. Greasy, Of Columbia, was
the unanimous choice for state treas
urer.
The convention was probably the
most remarkable political gathering
ever held in this state. Aside from the
splendid personnel Of the delegates.
and the good feeling that prevailed
among the friends of the various can
didates for supreme judge, 1t was re-
markable for having continued through
two days.
The convention started to ballot at
6 o'clock Wednesday evening for SUI
preme Judge, and after balloting until
u o'clock a recess was taken until 10
o'clock yesterday morning, with no
signs of an election. Several ballots
were taken during the morning, and
then a recess was taken until O'Clock,
when the balloting was resumed. This
continued until 6 o'clock last evening,
when the nomination was made. York
started the break to Mestrezat, on the
2Sth ballot, by casting its 10 votes for
him. Before the vote was; announced
Congressman Ermentroiit withdrew
the 10 votes of Berks, cast for Judge
Ermentrout, and gave them to Mestre-
Eat, Mr.. Donnelly. Of Philadelphia,
gave the GO votes Of Philadelphia sol
idly to Mestrezat. Centre county
changed from Krebs to Mestrezat. Ex-
Congressman Kerr, of Clearfeld, who
had managed Krebs' contest, with
drew his candidate in favor of Mestre-
Eat. This insured the latter's nomina-
ton, and there was a wild scene of en-
thusiasm. There were loud calls for
Robert E. Umbel, of Uniontown, the
manager of Judge Mestrezat's cam
paign, and that gentleman climbed
onto the stage. The crowd gave him
three hearty cheers, and he made
brief speech Of thanks
Colonel Frank J. Fitzsimmons, OF
Lackawanna, who managed Judge
Smiths campaign, moved to make the
nomination of Judge Mestrezat unan-
imous, which was don amid great en-
thusiasm. When the convention again
settled down to business the names of
Representative George r. Dixon, Of
Elk, and Mr.. Reilly were presented for
superior court judge. General A. II.
COffroth, of Somerset, withdrew Mr..
Dixon's name, and on his motion Mr..
Reilly was nominated by reclamation.
The convention then completed the
ticket by the nomination of Mr. Greasy
for state treasurer, his name having
been placed before the convention by
his colleague, Mr. Dixon.
The 9th ballot, which follows, shows
how the various candidates maintained
their strength almost to the finish, the
nomination having been made unani-
NOISY on the succeeding ballot:
Albright, 1G: Allen, 80; Bechtel. Il;
E<lile'ltitNi, bJi hCiiltuS, lNlCJJ,
s.. Lynch, IS; Me5trezat, IA; Smith.
30; Wolverton. 49, Yerkes, II.
The nomination for supreme court
Judge is equivalent to an election, by
reason of the fact that two are to be
elected in November, and no elector is
entitled to vote for more than one.
1t is expected that Governor Stone will
appoint Judge Mestrezat to the varan-
Cy caused by the death of Judge Will
Jams as soCn as his nomination is GER
titled to the state department. This
will create vacancy on the bench in
Fayette county and give the governor
common pleas JUDGE to appoint. The
governor rendered the vacancy on the
Supreme bench to David T. Watson, Of
Pittsburg. and ex-Congressman Simon
p. Wolvorton, of Northumberland,
both of whom declined He has since
held the place open, and there is every
reason to believe that he will make
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