National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-08-24
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
Democratic consultations-Aleek Mcclure
Little GameH-Ths Result in November.

60. ADhLfHlAs aug 100
Especial Correspondence Of National Republican,
Since my last letter was written we have had
three meetings ct the Girsrd House In this city,
representing three distinct factions Of the De-
mocraey of Pennsylvania The nrst meeting was
the wallsce-MeClure, or huckster faction Of the
party. The most notable persons present on that
occasion were United States Senator William A.
Wallace, State Senator Andy II. Dill, son-in.law
Of Eli Sitter, Liberal Republican candidate for
State Treasurer, Editor Mcclure, Common Coun-
Gilman, William McMullen, Sam Jossphs, Sen
stor Yerkes from Bucks county, Judge Ross and
one or two penny dips Of the party. This faction,
agreed upon Ross, Of Bucks county, for Governor;
and in order to satisfy the Liberal Republican
party Of the State-Andrew @. Curtin, Ell Slifer,
H Raucb, A. <. Mcclure and the latter's step
son-Wallace agreed that Slifer should be placed
In nomination. A.
In order to give character to the gathering, Nc
Clure stated in his paper that --1s
Hon. SAMUEL ]. RANDALL
was present. As Mr.. Randall will not permit
Mcclure to use him he made the eminent Liberal
retract the falgehood in the succeeding issue Of
his paper.
The second gathering was Of the unpurchsss-
BILE Democracy, men Of principle who utterly re-
pudiate anything political in which Aleck NC
pose ofrepudiating the action taken by the Wal
lace-McClure men the day previous. Charles R.
Buckalew, Richard Vaux, Jerry Black, David
N. Fox, Ex-Governor Bigler and George n. Dali
las are the representative men Of the faction hos
tile to the Mcclure wing, and while they pre-
sented no fsyorite for the Governorship. they,
in most emphatic terms, denounced the bargain
made by the tricksters whereby Aleck Mcclure
is to name the State Treasurer.
The third meeting, held on Friday, was SIM
ply one Of place-scekers, and was managed by
Congressman Mackey in the interest Of Colonel
Amos q. Noyes, good farmer, but an Indifferent
politician Of Clinton county. Noyes had good
show for the Gubernatorlal nomination, but wss
recently induced by the friends Of Mcclure to
withdraw from the contest IN consideration of an
unanimous nomination for State Treasurer. Last
week he found that he had been badly sold out
by Wallace, Mcclure & Co., and having con-
cludcd to quit even with the tricksters, Noyes
has again entered for the Gubernatorisl sweep.
stakes.
OF THE RESULT IN
Pennsylvsnis there can be no question. Just
now 1t is impossible to tell whether Wallace, Nc
Ulure and Josephs VIII nominate their candidates
or suffer defeat, but their platform will not be
much more than ridiculous arraignmsnt OF
Grant and his administration; while upon the
other hand the Republicans having learned wis
dom from their third term folly OF last year,
which lost them the State, will enter the canvass
with the prestige the National Administration,
which they in convention enthusiastically en-
dorscd, gives them. The Republicans are united
and strong, while the opposition are divided and
weak as Is Invariably the case with any party In
which Aleck Mcclure has controlling voice.
- WIN. PENN.