Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-03-08
POLITICAL.

At the Republican primary in Arm
strong county last Saturday g. w. Me
Nees won for State Senate over 5. &
Cochrane. which was a distinct d efeat
for the Big Four composed of Bill
Meredith. Dan Heiner and others, all of
whom are subservient to Quay. Mr.
McNees is native of Worth township,
this county.
Joel Crawford, an av wed anti-Quay
man is one of the nominees for assembly,
and J. Frank Graf, a Quay man the
other
Reg. and Rec Campbell, an anti
Quay man, is Chairman of the County
Committee.
As the Big Four" have heretofore
had everything their own way in Arm
strong county. Crawford's nomination
is an agreeable surprise,
In Mercer county, on the other hand,
they were little more fortunate bat
nothing to crow over. DR.. Martin
and mis- associates were defeated fOr the
nomination for Assembly after spirit
ell contest. Martin has had three terms
in the Legislature and his candidacy for
a fourth was a mistake.
In Lawrence county the returns
nominated the Quay candidate for
Assembly, bpt charge of fraud was
put in official form at tn, meeting of
the Republican county committee III
New Castle Monday, by Joseph Strit-
mater anti-Qnayite who in the face of
the returns was defeated for an
Assembly nomination. Mr.. Stritmater
sent the following letter to S. p. Emery.
chairman of the committee:
Through you TO the Republican
county committee, | would respectfully
protest against the counting of the re-
turns. from the first and second pre-
cincts of the First ward, the Fourth
ward. the first precinct of the Fifth
ward and the Sixth and Seventh wards
of the city of New Castle. for the reason
that in said precincts the primaries
were not conducted under the rules
provided by the county committee; and
that sufficient Illegal votes were cast in
violation of said rules to change the
result. l therefore ask that a list OF
voters in each of said districts be
brought before this committee for in
vestigation
Chairman Emery read the letter to
the committee and il was laid on the
table. there being only two or
three anti-Quay members on the COM
mittee As result of this summary
disposal of his protest. Mr.. Stritmater
may seek redress in the courts
The official figures on assembly read
at the meeting OF the committee show
that James McAnlis, one of the Quay
I candidates. has been nominated by just
I 50 votes over Joseph Stritmater the
highest anti-Quay candidate, NcAnlis
had 3.O17 and Stritmater 1927. The
gain Of the anti-Quay faction Is shown
by the comparison with the Republican
primaries OF March -. 1S9S- In that
+ contest James McAnIis. Quay candidate
{ had -. and D. f. Watson, anti-QUay,
F .SS5. giving McAnlis a majority over
. Watson Of I.01l. This makes the gain
Of the anti-Quayites since the last
. primaries 9ll-
{ During the reading Of the returns H
" Gri-sbv- leader OF the anti-Quay-
ties. delivered an address 70 the chair in
which he stated that as the members
keeping tally were all Quayites the anti
. Ouavites ought 70 at least be allowed to
hear the figures read. which they could
not hear on account Of the confusion
that prevailed Better ouier followed
During the course Of . conversation
with friend Samuel r Baldwin the
well known stove manufacture. o.
New Castle, said that comparison OF