The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1871-08-03
eSy~ A number of our Democratic fellow


citizens, on our answering their questions, as
to who Luzerne Democrats were naming in
connection with the Senatorship, were only
rendered more inquisitive by the mention of
the names of Sam Turner, A. b. Dunning,
Doctor Wheeler, and the rest of the aspirants
in tha; quarter They seemed very anxious
to know the antecedentS' of these men, wheth-
er they have always been faithful to bee
Ene' Democracy, stick to regular nomina-
tons without a why or wherefore, or whether
they belong to that migratory set Of Demo
Gratis, which infest Luzerne from its center
20 It's circumference, play here one day and
there the next, ,and only vote the ticket when
they themselves or personal friends of their
own selecting are upon it.
Not knowing the men named, personally,
Of course we could not supply the informa-
ton. We would like it, however, ifsome of
our Luzerne friends would come to the res
cue with plain categorical answers. We
are not particular about its being any of our
Democratic friends who may be hanging
around loose up there, who answer. In such
matters Democrats of Luzernc, we persume,
are not whit more reliable than are parti-
zanS of the same ilk here; and here one
Democrat never thinks of asking political
information of another without suspicion that
he will get the wool pulled over his eyes
variably comes to us or goes to some other
reliable Republican, and never pins his faith
to Democratic authority. We draw some
pride from this, both for ourself and the
party to which we belong, because it is posi-
tive evidence that Republican hereabouts,
have never deceived Democratic inquirers
after truth, and as We want to be sure of
the truth in this matter we hope no Demo
cratic of Luzerne will answer us, because We
believe the inquirers honestly want to know
what they ask.
The Democracy, en- massc, by which we
mean the voters, hereabouts are strictly hon
est. They are laboring under most mar
velous delusion we admit but that is the
fault of the Generals and Captains by whom
they are led; and not their own fault They
mean well. They have always gone the
''clean quill, and they cannot, for the life
Of them, see how any man can claim to be
Simon Pure, with any show of recognition,
who is on this side to-day and on that to-
morrow, and who haggles and bawls around
Democratic Conventionsat at Wilkcsbarre, only
10 oppose the nominees, if the political ring
TO which he belongs is worsted in the fight
Our Democracy want men who can 90 the
whole hog-tail, snout, body, bristles and all
and affiliate with and support no other
Ici ben u9l good Dipaokradt- Jackson
DtaoLTadt," is the watch word here, as it
must be Of all who expect countenance and
support from the brethren of that stripe in
Monroe, in the furtherance Of their aspira-
lions. If Turner, Dunning, Wheeler & Co.,
can come up to that standard well and good
they may then come in for share of the
SpOils; but, if they cannot, our Democracy
have their Burnett, their Gilbert, their Cool
laugh, their Merwine, and host of Others
equally faithful and effective, to fall back on
and honor True, these are all looking
Congressward, but that point has become a
very dismal looking myth to them Storm
j. now in possession and has the inside track
sor the next term, and before Monroe has
another chance for the inhiction of a perfect
avalanche of franked Patent Office Reports
and meaningless speeches this is about
all her people receive from the oficc-the
gray headed ones will be in their graves, and
the younger ones, old enough to have fore
gone all relish for worldly honors The Sena-
torship, for term or two, would, therefore,
come in well as a measure to keep the caldron
bubbling, and our patriotic officers of the line
faithful to the end Boiling and boilers are
the bane of the faithful ones hereabouts for
which no antidote has, as yet, been discover
ed, and if the Luzerne Democracy present
boilers for their candidates, they must look
TO it, and prepare TO abide the conseouen-
ces.
In this connection we may as well let the
eat out now as at any other time, for we
should be holding part of the truth back
if we did not. The question is seriously un-
der discussion hereabouts, as to whether it
would be safe to allow Luzerne Senator, at
all. The fshings and whiskeyings which
have already been INDUCED along our Noun
tain and our low land streams, have not i'm
pressed our Democracy very favorably with
the richness of Luzerne's material, and we
should not be very much surprized, if in the
material at home, the Democracy, this side
the barren ridge, did not conclude to divide
the Senatorship between Monroe and Pike,
leaving Luzene to stand clean out in the
cold. 1t is admitted that the Luzerne men
can out brag and out drink ours, but here
their superiority ends and we (meaning all
hands, can certainly do better than accept
Turner Dunning and Wheeler, who may be
we'll epou0b as men hut cannot Toccihlv nroy,o