Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-07
POLITICAL.

The Republican National Convention
meets at Philadelphia next Tuesday
week, 10Th. 1t is thought that Senator
Wolcott of Colorado will be Temporary
Chairman, and Senator Lodge Of Mas
sachusetts, Permanent Chairman. Sen
ator Foraker of Ohio will place Nc
Kinley in nomination, and that will
probably be made unanimous; but no
body seems to have the slightest idea
who will be the nominee for Vice
President
THE hearing at Lebanon, Pa, last Fri
day of the argument and testimony in
the mandamus proceedings brought by
State Senator Samuel Weiss, the anti
Quay Republican candidate for the Sen
ate against Charles s. Havard, chair
man of the Republican county commit
tee, attracted widespread attention and
the big court room was crowded with
men prominent in business and politics.
The issue was the legality of the rule
adopted last March by the County COM
mittee by which it is sought to compel
all candidates for Congress, State Senate
and Assembly to pledge themselves, II
elected, to attend all party caucuses and
abide by the decisions of the cacuus. AT
the conclusion of the argument Judge
Endlich announced that he would give
Judgment in favor of the plaintiff, grant
ing the petition to compel Chairman
Havard to place DR.. Weisss name on
the official ballot Inasmuch as the act
of 1874 under which the proceedings
were brought, requires full report to
be submitted, he said he must await the
transcribing of the testimony before
making the decree. By agreement OF
counsel the judgment in the registration
of Prof. Groh shall be the same. The
decree will be made at an early date.
George J. Fite, chairman of the Re
publican committee of Indiana county;
c. f. L. McQuistion, chairman of But
Ter county, and /. t. Campbell, chair
man of Armstrong county, appeared to
testify for Chairman Hayard that simi-
lar rules were in force in their respec-
tive counties.
Chairman Havard' 8 counsel contended
that as the county committee is the sole
Republican organization in the county it
has the right to make its own rules.
Counsel for DR.. Weiss raised the point
of the ir-egularity of the rule in that it
influences legislation.
Jude Endlich decided that when sem
ator or other legislative official took the
oath of office he ceased to represent any
i party, but became the representative of
the people and the signing of pledge
by which he might assist legislation OPP
posed to the best interests of the people,
conficted with his oath of Office. Judge
Endlich gave notice that he would in
struct the county chairman to print the
name of Dr. Weiss on the ticket"
The above is taken from a dispatch
from Lebanon, Pa, to the Pittsburg
Times, published last Saturday, and
Mr.. McQuistion denies testifying as
stated,
Our last County Convention was com
pletely dominated by the Quayites, and
one of the resolutions adopted read as
follows:
Seventh That the candidates for
State Senate and Assembly nominated
this day are hereby instructed to attend
the Republican caucus for the nomina-
tion of u. S. Senator and support the
caucus nominee
But no such rule as the one under dis
cussion in the Lebanon county court,
has ever prevailed among the Republi-
cans of this county; and even this reso-
luton was entirely unnecessary, as the
issue had been made at the polls.
The schemes of the ''hold-over" coun-
ty committee of Lebanon county and of
the Quayite leaders in other counties to
keep the names of regularly nominated
Republicans off the official BALLOTS, will
not advance their interests in this and
other counties where their men were
nominated by the liberal use of money
and the favor of the most .grasping
CORPORATION on earth