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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1890
Page
2
The speaker advocated secret and uninfluenced voting as desirable for elections. He noted Carnegie Hall’s strong approval of the Australian method resolutions and said influential men congratulated him for presenting the declaration. Kennedy lauded George Shiras as the coming man.
The speaker advocates adopting the Crawford system, claiming it would yield large majorities for preferred candidates and reduce delegate influence. He traces the history of county conventions from early ward-based selections to current district-based voting and argues for centralized, direct voting reforms.
The piece records a mix of opinions from figures including Christopher G. Dixon Isaac Cline and Joseph J. Evans on delegate conventions and the Crawford county voting system. They discuss risks of bribery mass conventions and the desire to prevent cross voting while noting historical trial results in Pittsburgh. Inspector McAleese criticizes the Crawford county method as unsatisfactory based on past experience.
Clergymen led by Rev Father O Connell Lincoln Phelan locum tenens oppose proselytizing on political sentiment. Many Allegheny pastors favor direct popular vote and denounce delegate systems. Charles Miller backs Shiras for Congress. Bayne criticized by supporters. McClure endorses Crawford county plan to curb bribery and internal wrangling. Stakeholders include George Shiras, Tom Bayne, and Sam Black amid Pittsburgh area discussions on electoral reform.
Democratic leaders including W. S. Guffy and County Commissioner Daniel McWilliams defend Crawford county primaries as fair and honest. They argue sworn officers curb fraud, chal lenges to voters prevent misvotes, and direct nominees reflect the people. Supporters urge adoption in Allegheny county to end convention favoritism and ensure genuine representation.
An evening gathering discussed a proposed ban as a strategic move for the party. William Brennen, Democratic attorney and County President, was not present in the association rooms, while several members lingered to debate the plan and its minority position.
Republican voters in Allegheny and the Twenty third district face a crowded field to succeed Colonel Bayne. William A. Stone and George Shiras are joined by Walter Lyon John B Robb W D Porter George Elphinstone and Charles W Dahlinger as potential nominees with Elphinstone already announcing and Dahlinger awaiting word. Dahlinger, 51, longtime Fifth ward councilman and banker turned lawyer, is a German parented candidate favored by his supporters.
A call to Colonel Stone sought his view on abolishing the delegate system. He doubts the Crawford method should be put to the people now, citing no strong safeguard against objectionable results. George Shiras Jr approves trying Crawford, noting current delegate rules lack public confidence and offering no objection if the County Committee tests the Crawford plan.
Officer Chisholm of the Second district nabbed two young burglars at about 6 am near a house on Dithridge street. He identified them as David Beets and Dgoho Gelney of Ridge Street Thirteenth ward after they carried a large bag of carpenter tools from a house under construction.
Charley Creese and John Noble whistled near Ohio and North streets, Allegheny, singing Annie Rooney when Lt McIntyre arrested them for disorderly conduct. A rally supported the boys and their friends raised a $30 deposit for their appearance.
Ben Richards, described as colored, was arrested early yesterday on Mamie Taylor’s roof at 123 First Avenue. He was charged as a suspicious person and, after a morning hearing, sentenced to six months in the workhouse.
Prof Evtas E Barakat native of Damascus gave an entertaining lecture on mission work in Syria and Egypt and his conversion at the Seventh U P church Forty fourth street last evening. Tonight he will present an illustrated lecture and entertainment with five ladies and five gentlemen in Syrian costume assisting. A slight roof fire at William Keilweer’s fire brick dwelling No 82 Fifth Avenue was caused by defective flue and quickly extinguished.
The State Medical Association plans its fortieth annual session at the Bijou Theater in Pittsburg with about 500 to 600 physicians and spouses. Leaders advocate reforms in Pennsylvania Hospitals for the Insane, call for separating medical from farm operations, and discuss new exam rules to curb unqualified practice.
The Butler Street M. E. Church plans a baptism service next Sabbath using water from the River Jordan. Pastor Rev. W. H. Pearce D. D. collected bottles of Jordan water during a Holy Land trip and will uncork them for the ceremony, a sight expected to delight many mothers.
Women faced police magistrates in two cities for breaches of decorum and peace on Saturday night. Thirty-three offenders appeared before Magistrate Gripp with a mix of discharges, short jail terms, and fines. Notable names included Mary Anderson Joseph Jefferson and J K Emmett amid raids on homes at 96 Howard Street 96 River Avenue and 46 Middle Street with fines ranging from 1 to 50 dollars.
The West Penn Hospital benefit program is set for next Saturday with a Marine Band concert and a military exhibition. Tickets go on sale at 5S Hamilton's at 9 this morning with seating for 6 000. general admission to the display costs 50 cents, concert admission 1 dollar, reserve seating extra. Colonel P D Perchmont and Colonel N M Smith issue marching orders for the regiments to assemble in dress and report at 11 30 pm. General John A Wiley will command the event at the old Expo seating area and a strong turnout is anticipated.
The annual Princeton examinations begin Thursday at 11 o clock and run through Friday in the McClintock building Market street. Prof William M Sloan will supervise for admission to freshman sophomore and junior classes and the new school of engineering. A $50 cash prize awaits the best freshman exam.
Frank Chilrain aged 9 and Nick Fortrene 11, Italian newcomers to the country, fought last evening behind 21 High Street. Chilrain stabbed Fortrene three times in the side as Azores treated the elder’s wounds. both boys were unnamed in custody and no arrests were made.
Emerald Beneficial Association leaders and executives arrived for a convention planning conference with state and local officers. Navy officers McVay and Speer visited Pittsburg en route to New York. State Pharmaceutical Association member Eggers heads to York for its annual meeting. Notables Neeb heads east after Senate bid. Mrs Shultz departs for Cin. East Liverpool potters Taylor and Knowles stay at the Anderson. A S Sims from Mt Holly checks in at Schlosser. ribbons sale starts today at Jos Horns Co Penn Avenue stores.
The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers reports rapid growth led by John Gallagher as it prepares to present its scale to manufacturers. Eastern mills see pay disputes, with puddlers earning low wages, while debates over boiling, mucking, scrapping, and busheling scales unfold at the convention amid fears of summer strikes.
The journeymen tinners ratified the Conference Committee settlement ending a strike that began May 1. Terms include a $250 minimum wage and immediate back pay for raises offered before or since the strike. Displaced workers lose fewer fees when moving shops, and Local Union No. 12 paid about $1,500 in benefits for roughly 250 workers, with about 75 needing aid.
Master Workman Joseph L. Evans of D. A. No. 3 Knights of Labor says delegates to the Amalgamated Association convention are riding Fifth avenue cable cars while a boycott is in effect. He notes the boycott will not start until the Duquesne company acts and urges the public to await an alternative line to aid recognition.
About 300 German carp were found in an Allegheny flood pond behind the Brotherhood Ball Park after last night’s rise. Men waded in with no hooks catching fish weighing two to eight pounds, while others salted away carp, catfish, and spoonfish from the improvised pond created by a burst sewer. Some believe the fish escaped from nearby carp ponds in Johnstown or East End beyond Silver Lake, washed out by the flood.
Colonel James P. Andrews visits Buffalo to tout a private financed Hudson crossing for the New York Terminal road. He describes four cable girders of immense scale, a depot capable of centering tracks, and a cost estimate of 40 million to 50 million dollars. He argues for railroads over canals and questions the Erie Canal plan's feasibility.
A complete new line of imported checks 42 inches wide in black and white blue and white and brown and white all sizes of checks and extra value at T5c a yard Jos. Horne & Co.'s.
Do not miss the healthful splash at the Natatorium on Duquesne Way. Ladies day is tomorrow from 8 A.M. to 2 P.M. The pool is salt water, cleaned twice weekly, with expert swimming teachers on site and safety insured. Free swimming costumes for ladies. Also notices a dress goods bargain sale and Kreiling's Tenth ward sale next on the third page.
May logged an unprecedented number of strikes with 243 actions involving 67,607 workers. Carpenters, joiners and wood workers accounted for 25 strikes. April recorded 160 strikes affecting 33,030 workers.
Hodcarriers in McKeesport announce plans to strike after today seeking a fixed daily wage of 250 dollars. Current wages listed are 2 dollars for plasterers hodcarriers and 225 dollars for masons hodcarriers, with the Master Plasterers Association now organized to support all contracting plasterers in the area.
A complete new line opened today offering sashes in all colors and plas porta. See them today at Jos. & Co.'s Penn Avenue Stores.
Clothing sale notices advertise discount prices on blazers with deep markdowns. Limited stock acknowledged as selling quickly.
In Italiantown near Boquet Oakland a family quarrel between Maxwell Bray and brother-in-law Samuel Bray led to a pistol discharge. Maxwell was wounded on the right ear by a bullet, a witness James Armstrong saw the incident. Both men plus Armstrong were arrested. Maxwell was later released on forfeit.
Frederick Vick and John Flishman were detained after refusing to move on at Twentyeighth street and Pencavente. Officers attempted to cuff them. a struggle occurred but both were eventually escorted to a patrol. Before Magistrate Leslie they received 30 days in the workhouse.
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