Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-18
The Hog Ring Divides 20 Conquer.
Eberly and Mylin in the Pool.

Eberly and Mylin in the Pool.
Yesterday being the last Monday before
the primaries and the time for the distri-
button of the tally sheets and tickets, as
well as general rural holiday and festival
for young folks, the Republican candidates
were in town in full force, and hardly an
active politician in the Old Guard failed to
put in an appearance. Some of them came
to town on Sunday in order to get in full
days work.
1t took until late last night for a final
settlement Of the combinations just as they
are to be run. Our best advices afford us
substantial reason for a somewhat altered
view of the situation from that which We
presented last week-then acknowledged
by the politicians to be correct measure
of it.
The doing interest of the public in the
result has been walked up and there is
probability ola larger vote being polled
than had been anticipated. 1t is pretty
certain to reach Il, 900, and may run up to
$4,000. In Lancaster, Columbia and
other centres of population the full vote
will be out and Judging from some ar
rangements made yesterday and brought
to our notice, where the vote is not polled
it is to be counted. 1t need surprise no
body if in this off year Is, 600 votes are re-
ported as cast, even if 900 bona tide Re
publicans should not get to the polls.
Hon. A. Herr Smith has come home
from Congress to take the field in person.
He gets flattering advices from all quar-
ters. Griest denies that his candidacy has
any Cameron or anti Cameron significance.
His friends have shown some back bone
of late, and bets have been offered that
there would be two winners out of these
three names Griest, Davis and Mylin.
1t is good bet to take.
The whole three may be losers.
But Griest stock has certainly gone up
during the past week, and at all the con-
ferences of the politicians yesterday he was
the favorite.
The Bull Ring, rs usual, had their head
quarters at the County house, and the Hog
Ring at the Exchange though, owing to
the complications of the situation, there
"OIC hCtiC Ill SCSSlOi oNCl Io"H.
Each party had trouble ON it's hands,
but not SO much of it over Congress. Smith
is distasteful to the politicians for several
reasons. First, those who are not in the
enjoyment of patronage under him have no
special incentive to work for him. Second,
his great fight Of 1878, when both rings
were against him, proved that he could
be Independent of both or whip them to-
gether, and that he was strongest when he
hoed his own row. He feels no necessity
for making any combinations with the
small fry. He has nothing to trade. If
they do not want to run him, he says he
will run himself and SO being independent
of them, they go not to the goats house
for wool.
So whatever else was in doubt yesterday
the politicians generally cursed Smith and
favored Griest. Jack Hiestand, Levi Sen
senig and some others of the shrewder
ones declared it all nonsense, but some of
the younger and more impetuous ones like
J. Hay Brown, esq.,, say that with a vigor-
Gus ''pull altogether" in an off year they
might pull Griest through. Brown and
Eshleman, who both want to go to Con-
gress some of these days, think that if
Griest is to have turn he should have it
soon and get out of their way; at any
rate the best way to wear him out is to
run him over and over. Hiestand who
hasn't as long to live as they, wants to
go to Congress too, and he thinks the only
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own unconquerable way as long as he
wants it.
We found Reinoehl men and Mylin men,
Davis men, Eberly men and johnson men
all for Griest, yesterday and money was
put out with tickets bearing one or the
other Of these names with Griest at the
top of all of them.
johnson is for Griest, McMelleu is for
Griest, Mentzer is for Griest, Hay Brown,
Frank Eshleman and plenty of the best
workers in the wards are for Griest.
Fred Smith thinks the Griest boom is
call id nonsense" and won't bother
with it,
Capt J. r. Bricker thinks the Griest
boat is most too leaky to take passage in it
this time
For all that, Smiths friends need to be-
stir themselves. A powerful combination
has been formed against him. The Roe
buck and Griest forces of 1878 have for the
most part united against him now. His
Modoc engine can easily pull him through;
but he must mount Jake Peters as
engineer and Rudy Shenk as fireman with
out delay.
Griest is now in position to command
two-fifths of the vote polled next Satur-
day.
That leaves a margin which the return
thinkers can span.
The most of them are on his side.
Verbum sap.
For the Senate.
When the boys came together at the
County house yesterday to compare notes
on the senatorial fight they found that
Reinhold had been making rattling can
vass for the state Senate in the lower dis
trict, and would press Mylin closely unless
there was revolution in the city. He
has the universal anti Cameron sentiment
which prevails in the lower end aroused
to an active opposition to Mylin. His
friends are making effective use of the
argument that Boring and his disastrous
campaign were forced on the party
in this city by Mylin himself and his