The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-09-07
P0LITICSIN PENNSYLVANIA
the PROSPECTS or CANDIDATES At
THE ERIE CONTENTION.


a Predominant Feeling In Favor Of Wer
Against the Rings -Bigier Ahead for Cow
crnor- -MRckey's Probn bic Successor.
ERIE, Sept. 6.-The leaders OF the Penn
sylvania Democracy are gathering hero In strong
force for their State Convention, which meets
on Wednesday next to nominate candidates for
Governor and state Treasurer. Tho prominent
party workers from almost every section OF the
State are on hand this evening, and by to-mor-
row morning the delegates will all have put In
their appearance The representation is nc
ourdinR to the number of Senators aud repre-
eont tives. consequently the Convention VIII
consist Of 2lg delegates. This large DO dy, COM
posed mostly OF men who have had no parlia-
mentary experience, will he rather an unwieidly
concern to manage. end the result OF Its de-
libcratlons are correspondingly uncertain. There
are, however. a large number OF experienced
mnnipulators hard at work trying to set up the
Convention In advance, and they may succeed
in marking out some of the general preliminary
work, but the indications are that even this will
be quite dificult.
There eeems to be but one question on which
the politicians are all united, and that Is that
there must be no uncertain declarations against
the Railroad and Treasur RINGS which have so
long governed the state. OF course some OF the
men who are crying the loudest for war against
tneso corrupt combinations are Altogether IN
sincere but from all have been able to gather
aam whirh snmates the New York Democracy
for reform. both inside aud outside the party
termined effort will be made to nominate men
who will not be uufrendy to the rennsylvania
Railroad and the Cameron-h on-hackey-kemble
A large number Of candidates are In the field.
and ut 10 At three out of nye prominent men
mentioned for Governor ure known to be not
unfriendly to the Ring interest. The aspirants
for guhernatorial honofs. named In the order OF
their apparent strength arc: Will M Bigler OF
CleArtield county, Henry L. Ross Of Bucks, Amos
&. NOyes of Clinton, James q. Barr Of Allegheny,
and Cyrus l.. Per-hing OF Schuylkll. Bigler has
n national reputation, aud Of him II Is unn0ce,-
sarv To speak, save 70 say that he seems 10 oe
men OF both parties have settled as the one who
would make an unauestOnably upright execu-
tive IL L. sIgnlncant fact that all the soneui-
ing, wire pulling politicians are against him.
with william A. wallace at their head; but
no, ,withstandln0 this, he IA thus far way ahead
OF any one OF tine other men In the race.
Ross ia young man and very ambitious
one. lie was the candidate OF the Pennsylvania
Court, nut was beaten, not " Tristan ing he had
| all hat influence with Wallace directing u. lie
Is now Presiding Judge OF the judicial district
| composed of Montgomery aud bucks counlies
| Npyes Is member of the state senate, nnd ho
will unques stionauly bo tho second choice OF the
| Ring men after Ross. Barr Is the editor OF the
| Pittsburgh Post nV1 Il a man OF very iar AGILITY
| and unquesti0ucd lutegrity lie has considerable
| strength In the western part OF the nta,c. but
after the first or second ballot most Of his
| friends " II go for Bisler. Pershing formerly
| lived In Cambria county, and was for several
wears the Solicitor oi the Pennsyivdn X ilroad.
| lie was elected President Judge OF toe Schuyi-
| Kill county courts by Frank W. Hughes, who
| Brought him ont and run him az inst the regu
| Iar Democratic candidate. He l. a man OF aoil-
y and good cnnracter, and II Is said, H. favored
| bV the Reading nailrOad people, whose interests
| are antasoni tic TO tie FcnnsylNanid monopoly.
the first effort of the men who are opposed TO
| Bger will be to combins the friends Uf Itoss,
| NOyes, Gersh!ng, hnd iiArr against him TO crush
| him out. 1heu tue Ring nanipulators think
| they can secure enough votes to nominate either
| kos- or NoSes. lhi> Is possible, hut II does not
| seem probable now. n numher Of other men
are ment .oned as candidates Tor Governor out
| although they VIII h We u respectable snow on
| the trst ballot, they will drop out OF sight after
the second IL Is possible, however, .hat somo
| one of them NAV, In the event of deadlock,
1 come to the front ~ the winning horse.
| Tue Candidates for staie treasurer are mum
0eorre +. Birrett of Pniladepna, W A. Davis
| oi Bucks county, Orange Aoole Of Erie, aud
| Robert llonnanan ui Chester. The candidate
| OF the king u unders, ood 70 he Playford OF
fAye te county, VINO Is also their choice for tenn
| por.iy President ~ the CDnVcntiOn. OF all the
| men menti oncd. Mounahan Of Chester would
| mako the Uest officer lie II not oOlN honest and
fosrIs-. ,,i he has ability and tirces- Industry.
| II be a. nominated he VIII certainly be elected,
No matter what hcf,lls the candidate named ON
| Wodhesday for Governor.
Tue ceiling of the party on the currency ques-
tioi. cert liv very strong for the subs itutiUn
| OF rretnhacks for the National bank notes. Ihe
| riatiorm on this point VIII unique silonhbly re-
| echo the sentiment II tine OHIO democracy.
Wnether II VIII 10 further than tnls II 1, impns-
sibie now to tell The pressure IN favor OF infia
! ton Is very strong especially from hi the
| mining and manufacturing districts. Ihe West.
| crn men as "A RUE ara Tor more currency, ana
several prominent Pittsburgh Republicans are
mere urging the Democrats 10 cone square out
| In favor OF more greenhacks, ana promising that
N this is done tue ticket and p ifOrm shall have
| their hearty support. D-n ONcil, the editor of
the PlrsOurgh Dispatch, the paper having the
| largest duilv circulation In tho western art OF
| tho State, says II the Democrats favor iiotral
financial pohc,, they Will take m,ny votes away
| from the Republican ticket. He Is just from
ONO, und Is decidedly Of tue opinion that Allen
viii bc elected.
The Hon. samuel J. Randall Ia here, working
with all bis might for the nomination OF men
VINO are known to all the word to be against
Kings Of every kind, ana for a bold and Asygre-
siye plat form, but ne Is not active ia the sup
port OF any particular candidate. lie ~ in favor
Of the substitution OF greenbacks Tor national
bank notes, and against monopohes OF every
KIND. lie does not think II possible that the
Ring Influences can succeed In defying the
unanimous sentiment of the masses in the
State. The temporary chairman of the conven'
ton will probably be George NJ. Dallas of Phila-
delpbia, and the permanent President, Hen