Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-08-31
THE STATE CONVENTION


The Republican State Convention
met in Harrisburg last Thursday morn
ing, in the Opera House; Senator boies
Penrose was elected Temporary Chalr-
man. and afterwards continued as per
manent, and he made speech IN "hich
Prosperity was the leading theme.
There were no contests for seats ana
hence no committee on credentials was
appointed, but committees on rules ana
on platform were named which retlr-
ed for consideration.
]. HAY Brown of Lancaster; H. W.
Archibald of Lackawanna and Henry
N. Palmer of Luzerne were nominated
for Supreme Judge; and the vote was
Brown 2OS. Archibald %, and Paimer .
and Browns nomination was maze
unanimous.
Josiah r. Adams and Dinner BeeDer
of Philadelphia were nominatedfo Tor ou-
nerior Judge, and the vote was Adams
191 and Beeber AZ.
Iieut. Col. Barnett, late of the lOtn,
was nominated for State Treasurer by
acclamation.
After the nominations were made
DIR. Flood of Meadville chairman OF the
committee on resolution, took the stage
with a roll Of typewriter papers IN
hand, 1t was known that whatever Oh
contest there was to be in the conven
ton would now come off, and the inter
est, which had greatly slackened'
began to brighten up. Col. Quay, who
had taken his seat amid great applause
early in the proceedings as delegate
from Beaver county, had left the con-
vention, possibly anticipating some un-
pleasant remarks Before leaving ne
gave proxy to Stephen B. Stone.
DR.. Flood read the platform very de
liberately, laying especial emphasis up
on the planks relating to Gov. Stone ana
Col. Quay These were applauded' as
was every mention Of President Mchln-
ley, especially the demand for his re-
nomination in 1900 When he had hn-
ished the reading, DR.. Flood moved the
adoption of the platform. Senator VIII
lam Finn demanded recognition ana
was given the floor. He had scarcely
more than began when storm OF Misses
broke out. Facing the delegates VINO
were thus manifesting their disapproyai
through Kissing, I will go on speaking.
have my rights in this convention ana
no one can take them from me-. This
brought forth a counter manifestation
of approval and Senator Penrose
promptly demanded that the convention
and audience accord the speaker respect
full attention. Thereafter there were on
demonstrations of disapproval, and Sen
ator Finn finished his remarks without
interruption. He said;
Some of the propositions in this plat
form remind me very much of the con
dition of affairs IN Germany. There, |
when the people want new member of |
the upper house Of their Legislative |
him. Now, as understand it, no such |
condition as this has confronted the peo- |
pie Of this State for at least for three |
quarters of a century. IL this custom |
of allowing Governors to appoint MEM |
bers of the United States Senate where /
the Legislature have failed to elect
should become the law of this country, |
1t will be absolutely impossible for the
people to change their representatives
in that body. Almost 40 per cent. of |
the Republicans. and a majority Of all |
the Representative ami Senators in the I
present Legislature, are in favor OF max |
ing a change in their rep |
resentatiye IN the United States Senate. |
but for well-known reasons they have
been unable to agree upon proper man |
to elect to that position.
1.-THE action of the So Republican |
members of the Assembly has been crit
lied by those who claim to own the Re
publican party of the State. will ad
NIT that our course was rather drastic, |
but it was the only way in which we
could assert our right to represent our
constituents as they desired to be repre-
sented For myself, / am responsible to
no man and to no constituency save the
one that elected me to my seat in the /
State Senate.
Il cannot agree to the sections in this
platform indorsing the Governor for APP
pointing Mr.. Quay to succeed himself,
nor to the personal Endorsement of Mr.. |
Quay, to whose election majority of |
the representatives of the people are OPP
posed. Not being able to agree to these
sections, desire to state my reasons for
them, and to demand my right |
as free delegate to have my vote re
corded against them.
with the greater portion of this plat.
form am heartily and enthusiastically |
in sympathy. There is, Of course, the |
usual raft Of resolutions favoring reform |
and economy. for the same hand wrote |
this platform that has written all the |
Republican State platforms for % years I
and the same dictator dictated TO the
writer. Four years ago this convention
passed a similar set of resolutions, but
the action Of this body had no effect up
on the leaders who then controlled the
Legislature. and, strange as it may
seem, they are the same leaders who
had controlled the convention that pass
ed the resolutions. and it is not likely |
that these will receive any more gra-
cious treatment.
''The chief thing that / blame the
Governor OF Pennsylvania for is that he
did not take some Of his political lieu
tenants by the coat collar and shake
them until they voted to tax corpora
tions, beer and whiskey which would
have given him plenty of revenue, so
that the common school appropriation
might have been left intact Many
such measures were proposed, but they
were throttled by the lieutenants of the
State machine Had Gov. Stone shown
the courage and determination that
Gov. Roosevelt has exhibited, he would
have brought the man who obstructed !,
the various revenue bills to halt and /
the school appropriation would have
been saved.
Il am not prepared to sink my man
hood and sit quiet, and upon this ques-
tion | demand call Of the roll.
The roll was called amid entire 81 |
renee. Forty-nin votes were cast |
against the adoption of the report of the |
committee on resolutions. Seventeen of |
the % delegates from Allegheny county |
were those thus recorded.
The others were Joel Crawford. of Arm |
strong; T. G. Sanderson and J. G.
Hanks, Of Bedford Webster Griffith. Of |
Cambria: John Gowland and 5. H. Will |