New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-06-05
THE PENNSYLVANIA LABOR PARTY.

MUCH GRUMBLING IN LUZERNE COUNTY.
NOBODY sATIsFIED-LOoKING TO THE DEMOCRATS
--THE TALKS OF GREENBACK MEN-GENERAL
HOYT POPULAR WITH The LABOR MEN-A TIME
WHEN MANUAL LABOR MAY BE DISPENSED WITH.
fFRoN A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF rnE TRIBUNEl
WmKEsBARRE, Penn, June 1.-The Labor
Party In Luzene County is good deal at 1t lacks
harmony has inefficient leaders, II has no riot TO fetd
OF; "a majority OF It's members are mad The $4,000
votes which IL polled here In s77-nore than oneourth
the entire National state yote-have been disregared In
making up the State ticket men who have been elected
10 county Offices have made bunders aud 10 satisfy
nobody; General Hoyt, the Republican candidate for
Governor lives in Wkesbarre aud will set many votes
from the workingmcn.
Three county officers elected last Fall Additional
Law Judge sheriff and Recorder OF Deeds all the work
ingmens candidates being chosen. The Judge elected
was Judge Stanton, whose curious interpretations OF
law have found their way into many newspapers, and
been the aughngstock OF the bar OF the State. few
weeks ago he ordered DIsIictAttorney Rice 20 move
for sentence In n certain OF forgery when he had
adjourned open Court and was sitting in Chambers.
After an elaborate argument for trial In this case.
the first case which had before him, he deliberately
drew from his pocket written opinion the point
In question. and with nOnchaiance equal 20 Mark
the extempore speech proceeded to read bis
opinion 60 astoushed lawyers who had wasted their
time In argument Tho sheriff whom the Labor men
elected is much at loggerhcads with them because
be has not chosen deputies and council they wished
Had Luzerue County man been nominated In the
State Convention these troubles might have been healed
There Is strong local pride In Luserne There had
never been been candidate for Governor from this
county on any State ticket Thrice the name OF Judge
Ketchuu. now OF the United States Court sitting at
Pittsburg has been taken into conventions but II
not accepted by the majority. candidate this year,
even Labor man. n he were good citizen and able,
wonld draw heavily from the two old parties. But the
folly Of the Philadelphia Convention was not repeated
week later at Harrisburg. The Repnb cans nominat"a
a Inzerne man In General Hoyt, and The strongest one
the county The prid" OF the people m ts cahdldNte
from their county has shown Itself IN many ways
already General oy Will poll large vote in Luzerno
Gould The election be held now his friends estimate that
he would receive large part or the labOt support IN
their own ranks the Last hope Of the Labor Of get
ting candidate In nomination VINO sympalhZrs WIN
Wright; falling to yet on the state ticket he will
again Congress- Mr.. Wrichfs passion to be In the
public eve Is regarded here as extraordinary IeOpe
sneak OF him with q sort OF plying indulgence. He has
sought office long and In 80 many ways that when he
was last candidate they yielded 10 NM win the say,
inc Give the old chance" The 1900 loaves Of
bread which he gives away to the poor, without "a
thought Of the next campaign may contliDute 10 ms
nomination this year, but he viii not fail OF opposition
in convention. j. X Thomas OF scranton, VIII also
be a candidate. He s better man Tor Congress than
Mr. Wright Il said but his chances for the nomination
are not so good nc present lie has not learned the
ara Of giving away bread holidays, but ne may learn
n vet Meanwhile Mr. Wright Is somewhat anxious.
The state ticket is, Will gain little strength
from its head. Mr.. Mason Is not we'll known. i find
politicians OF experience here who never heard OF him
He has often been the counsel OF corporations He has
made fortunes and lost them. He Is greenback adyo-
cate rather than friend Of labor, and said TO have
been instrumental IN dspossessng tenants and to have
made money by large rates of interest Mr. Hughes the
probable candidate for the United States Senate has
never been recognized friend OF the workingmen. AT
one time he very rich. He also said To have made
and several fortunes He was counsel Tor the state
in the Molly Mcguire cases this has not added to his
Of and Iamauua
Neither is Mr. Armstrong, whom was proposed 10 NOM
mate for Governor man after the mind OF the working
man. He too rich at one time, but recently lost a
large amount Of money In The lumber business iii naD
It's aud ways OF life said TO be arstociac auu mas
been his ambition 10 live I'm the fashionable quarter OF
great city. Mr. Hughes believes people possess rignt
10 have all that they wish TO consume. Inc tune VIII
come he thinks wien manual labor TOT the most part
can be dispensed with; mental euort VIII take nIo
pared to produce twice, as much coal as tho
market requires stu overPr ah,t fa nSrcbasc
The riots year materially aided the LABOR NOiS the
presence OF troops In the dsnrDea aecn bo woud
have voted with the old parties were aroused 10 sylu
patty win the worKngmepT Sau three Counties where
troubles most preyalled-Luzerne schuHkl ana Ale
gheny-pOed 10000 votes. or very nearly one-nan tne
nre number east by the labor party. But not one OF
these counties given candidate on the lcAvS;
few days before the Democratic Con HShelo 'sv b
ton was rctcent His party he SAID, were very Buen
disappointed but he declined to say what ne Hou1 uo
Cdn Gan sdi W. are Wans" They have gained little
from Plttsbarg The only candidate In that convention
whom they would accent at all James II. Hopkins
Of Allegheny County but there was no chance Tor nom
mating him The convention chose Anirew II. ,pII
who has been Identified with railroads ana coIpoIau0ns
during all his public life. The platform a h ia low bt
gltering generaltes about the rewards OF IanOr pu'
they will not catch Judge Stanton and his friends.
Indeed this Labor party OF Pennsyyas a hoe5
trouble The Greenbdck men, VINO nave nenSS[ d
their friends before aured them into convention and
captured all the Offices The workngman does nor sec
why he. so long he is honest capable ana pb tT
not suitable hold office as his neighpor VINO tks
about the volume tho currency instead Oh te vents
OF labor. all these complaints are 10 DC sashed no
one seems 10 know The Green0acker ls apparently con
nden that harmony Will soon come the Oiher parry 70
the agreement shakes his head with an OMNIBUS lenve
II the solution OF the labor question De tug money
question Mr. Hughes asserts, II Is only 'ne mouey
man thus far who see 10.