Quay Steps Aside for Honesty as Conrad B. Day Emerges
The line is drawn as Quay yields to the clearer path for respected figure Conrad B. Day, signaling a shift toward integrity and public trust in a era of political scrutiny.
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Newspaper
Millheim Journal
Location
Millheim, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1885
Page
2
The line is drawn as Quay yields to the clearer path for respected figure Conrad B. Day, signaling a shift toward integrity and public trust in a era of political scrutiny.
Ina Davenport for Governor and General Carr for Lieutenant Governor were nominated by the New York Republicans last Wednesday. In the county, Daniel Hess of Linden Hall was chosen for Jury Commissioner and Dr. B. F. Lytle of Philipsburg for Coroner at Tuesday’s county convention.
Judge Joan M. Kinxpartrick of the Alleghany County Court notified Governor Pattison of his resignation last week. A large field of candidates scrambled for the vacant bench, which will remain unfilled until the governor returns from Maryland.
Canomare Day and Chairman Hensel met with principal party workers in Harrisburg last Thursday to review the state canvass. The gathering showed broad county representation and optimism. An organized opposition resistance to Quay is forming in Philadelphia with a mass meeting planned in a few days to launch a bolt. Voters are urged to pay taxes by next Saturday and to cast a full vote in November to elect Conrad B. Day as state treasurer over Quay, who is deemed unfit.
The New York Democracy convention nominated Gov. Hill for governor on the first ballot with 235 votes for Hill, 33 for Hewitt, 8 for Slocum, and 13 for Flower. Total votes were 380, indicating party unity and solid support. R P Flower initially nominated for Lieutenant Governor, then declined. Gen. E F Jones of Bingham was chosen instead.
A New Hampshire law that took effect imposes a fine of 20 dollars for selling a cigarette to any boy or girl under 16 years old. It targets underage tobacco sales and sets penalties for retailers.
The Philadelphia Times describes Senator Wallace facing deep family troubles including a wife in an asylum, a son hindered by early injury, and another son recently killed. It contrasts public ambition with private grief and notes his devotion to family amidst hardship.
Miscellaneous notes report twelve hundred fairs statewide in ten weeks, Ward paying $40 weekly in Ludlow Street Jail, soldiers reunion set for Sept 30 in Youngstown, Ohio, and a Cleveland Rolling Mill strike settled with workers urged to return. Also details verdict in Laporte murder trial in Huntingdon, Pa, verdict of murder in the second degree, and Curtin McClain tohang on November 19 after clemency appeals. mother and wife seek after discovered evidence with 60 days to present it.
About 40 to 50 iron workers surrounded the Laughlin mill at Martins Ferry Ohio at 2 am on September 26. A squad carried 30 dynamite grenades and moved toward the warehouse while others engaged guards in a gun battle. Grenades caused minor damage and three workers were wounded as attackers retreated.
The article urges merchants to stock Dr Kessler's Celebrated English Cough Medicine in October and winter orders. It claims reliability for whooping cough colds and lung troubles. It notes honest value and money back guarantees encourage buyer satisfaction and steady trade. Philadelphia agents Johnston Holloway & Co and dealer J Eisenhuth Millheim Pa.
A blast at a York Haven rock foundation site near York Pa. kills John Morrissey of Washington D C and injures three workmen. Morrissey died this evening. O'Brien Hagerty and O Conner sustained severe injuries. Medical aid arrived from York and the injured were brought to York for treatment. A separate note mentions a curious letter to the President-elect Henry N Kerp urging resignation by October 3.
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