The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-27
LETTER IRON PITTsBuRG.

The old smoky town Is ali HE IloN-
the more smoke the more noise ana Dusl-
ness. and tie greater satisfaction. Add
ed to the smoking fires of industry we
have at night the thousands IN the pollt-
icaI processions. Up to this time the
evening Darades have been principally
bv the Youngsters, who manage to get
tin torch lamps well supplied with oil.
There are over one hundred and 1ttY
Democratic clubs alone in the various
wards and divisions, ali preparing for
reonIar street outburst III september.
What hot months September ana Octo-
Der viii be, politically, is presaged by
this early preparation.
THE NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE
was called for Saturday by Hon. James
II. Hopkins. chairman, and the good
work Systematically commenced.
Gen. Noorhead, or "Old SiackWater,
as he used to be called, is chairman OF
the Republican Committee. lie IS q
foeman worthy of Sir James steel, as
he has many warm personal friends,
and since the death of MacEey seems to
unite all factions in the RepuolIcan
ranks. But even his popularity cannot
/ hold Republicans from declaring for
/ Hancock. Many of them, like the rich
( brewer of Philadelphia, prefer to sup
port Hancock quietly. rather than start
! q whole regiment after them, begging
I for their return or threatening the most
/ dangerous consequences. But the tide
# seems against them. The Hop oil Gen.
/ Pearson is only an index OF what IS go
inc on in the rank and in the file OF the
/ men who were soldiers. 1t does not
4 seem to be isolated cases alone among
tbe PENNSYLVANIA reserves who were un-
der Hancock duriug the war, but in
. everv department of the army all over
. the United States Che same thing Is Ol-
curing.
THIS HANCOCE CANVASS.
is not like auy of the last five Presiden-
/ tial camDairus that we had. The people
this time seem to spring into organII1-
tious like magic. The National and
Congressional Committees had been care
fully collecting the mares OF active men
with theirpostOiiice addresses for month
to be used rs nHclueS for a splendid
. spread OF an organisation, entering into
everv precinct or election district in the
United States when all at once the cy-
clone of a general political uprising
struck them, and for the time beng aC
least their gOssamar threads Of an or
cra.iZari0n were hid The clubs and
po3e risiugs. the meetings and speeches
are going on like the wild surgcs along
the sea shore. It does seem rs If nC
amount OF official tIaD setting. or of put
ting out lines of manipulating them.
was any good in the presence OF storm
such as is now beating all over the cOuL-
trv. 1t is the cause and the candidate.
. Nothing but q similar combination
could produce like result. Mere wire
pulling would not do it, and he who
( can DO nothing else but lay fine p!aES-s siS
/ comparatively lost when the active fight
is going on, as it is at present. It is
lust i'm time like this that Wallace car
show his superiority. He can kick NJ
Ned'' in quiet way at any time witt
ANYBODY. but when the waters are out
and the storm covers the land he can &c
front and make himself heard. l no
tice his NOrristOwn speech has been
pretty generally copied by our Demo.
cratic papers. This campaign, however,
will try the wind Of the best of them.
THERE ARE YOUNG MEN.
in every county in the state who should
be brought to the front this year in ac-
tive service, as speakers. 1t VIII all &c
to swell the grand old army. Let The
aged men remember that it is to these
young men that we muct leave the care
; of the party. and therefore we should
encourage them t0'try and fit themselves
in every way for the duty. y little en-
couragement viii often get us a Goo(
speaker, whilst a tritling cOntcmptous re-
mark may thTOW1 good cause in the shade
by driving valuable supports from it.
DoUGHERrY FIRST SPEECH.
The eloquent Dougherty, who nomi.
mated Hancock at Cincinnati. in one Oi
his lectures tells a very funny story OF
himself about attending political
meeting i'm Philadelphia for the purpose
Of delivering his first public speech
lie said ne was m0destly OF Tie bills a.
among the 'and others vino were &
address the meeting Wm. Il Hitte
ChaS. W. CaTrigan, and several Othel
big guns, had ut That time each a line
apiece on the bills. but DOugherty WA,
hid away among the "and others.
This dad not dauuU him, however. ant
as the bright lights mostly fail TO come
in on time. Chas J. IugersOl tool
young Dougherty by the hand. and af
b ter asking his name several times. in
trOdUced him. D0Ugherty got of a few
sentences aud then he tainted ston,
dead. But he kept going to The politi
col meetings among the ''and others,
, and he can. now draw as big crowd a
any man I hnow of. It is indeed a rart
treat to hear him.
FoBEEY AND DOUGuEETT.
, both left us at the same time, and nov
.-DiLlt H-a'N -tElttsIGi. LitE went OH Gl
The Douglas split, and are the pointer
back for a good many others PenusyI
vania is really a Democratic state
Ont of fifteen Presidential elections
that were held previous to the war Tia
Old keyStOns scored up thirteen time.
for the Democratic candidates, and bu
twice against them. In the Seymour
I fight. in 1865. Wallace then chairman o.
the state Committee tried TO get Dough
eTty back. Several conferences wcr
held, but D0UgheTty was for he lcriti
mate results of the war, and in favor q
e.eyatiHg Grant. Wei, Grant was ele
waited. and Dougherty and other admir-
ers Of the silent soldier Jlushed at hi
surroundings before the admins ration
closed This time the two Dremois
1 Orney and DougheTty come without
7 coaXing. and with them many others
F0rney'S magiZiue, has jumped up il
circulation immensely since his recen
Hop Another Straggier who nigh
as well come back as not is
GALUsfIA A. GROW
He went off with David Wilmot
however. which was callier than TIA,
Breckenridge-Do troubles. Th,
/ Wilnpt prOvisO business demOraliZe(
, the whole northern tier of counties oI
US-BradfOrd, Snsquehanna Potter an,
! Mexican. lump in. Vic, said Wilmo
to Vic. Piolette Jump in, YOU shal
, go To Congress and | will be Judge :
but Piolette shook his head and the two
Democrats separated Wiimot went tg
Congress as an anti-slavery Democrat
+ and was afteTward Judge PiOlette