Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-20
THE RAGING RINGS.
Political Representations Prior to the Prim
arfeS.

Political Representations Prior to the Prim
aries.
The strife of the Republican politician:
hereabouts continues to grow more and
more intense as the day of the primary
elections to settle their differences draws
nigh. The countrymen are running tc
town for advices. The town workers are
going to the country with instructions and
are putting the stuff where it will do the
most good.
When Johnny Grau came down street
yesterday with a pair of horses and a
double-seated carriage dozen pairs of
eyes followed him to see what was up. He
was only going to the country to take some
stranger friends ride.
The best workers are working.
The Griest men are boasting loudly.
They say his stock, which could have been
bought week ago at 40, has gone up to
80, 60, so and is nearing par.
The anti-Smith people claim that nearly
all the politicians are against his re-elec-
ton, and that many such solid'' citi-
zens as Henry Baumgardner and Col. w.
l.. PEPPER are making common cause
against him. Bull Ringers and Hog Ring
ers show willing alacrity to strike hands
over his political grave. They say that
there is no chance for anybody else while
he maintains his present supremacy, that
he will make no combinations for the ad
vantage of anybody else and that he will
not bleed'' for the boys. Even HES
tand and SenSenig who have had no conf |
dence in the outlook for Griest, think the |
sky is getting brighter especially since |
Publisher Warfel has showed some soft |
ness for the salisbury statesman, the self |
made blacksmith-editor
Smiths sangune friends, on the other
hand, scout the idea of Griest's chances
for election. They say that the present |
violent opposition of the politicians is the
same old story, and that while it is some
what strengthened by a little personal an
tagonism and business pique, there are
politicians supporting Smith who were
against him two years aso-Fred Smith
and Capt. John r. Bricker, for instance
They say that at the proper time Smiths
friends will be there" the farmers will
be "out," and Smith will have as emphat-
lc 4 majority over GrleSt as In 1878.
For District Attorney.
Eberly's friends claim that the contest
between Johnson and Davis will be so
close and will SO evenly divide the Hog
Ring that '' it makes Adam sure" Davis
says "JOhnson is beaten clean out Of
sight " and may come in behind Brubaker
and Weaver. johnson is working tooth
and nail, but he will be slaughtered in the
house of his friends, and he now seems to
be out of all combinations and is the third
favorite in the race. Weaver says he has
the people and that their revolution
will smeep him in. Few politicians
agree with this prediction, but everybody
comedies that he has a positive strength
which greatly complicates the situation.
Brubakcr adds to his personal strength the |
support of some politicians which gives his
friends hope and determination to stick
to him to the last.
For Legislature.
There is no change in the legislative out
look. Northward it points to John B.
Eshleman, ID. ID. Courtney and p. NJ. Eb-
erly. In the South, Peoples leads. with
Brosus good second.
On the balance of the ticket it is scrub
race IN