Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-08-26
LETTER FROM PITTsBURG.
The Canvass I'm the West-Peculiarities
OF the Campaign-Dan DOugher-
ty's First Speech-WilmOt,
Vic PiOIette and Grow.

and the greater satisfaction. Add to
the smoking fires of industry we have
at night the thousand of torches of the
political procession. Up to this time
the evening parades have been princi-
pally by the youngsters who manage to
get tin torch lamps we'll supplied with
oil. There are over one hundred and
fifty Democratic clubs alone in the
various wards and divisions, all prepar-
ing for a regular street outburst in Sep.
tember. What hot months September
and October will be, politically, is pres
saged by this early preparation.
THE NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE
was called for Saturday by Hon. James
II. Hopkins, chairman, and the good
work systematically pushed.
Gen. Moorhead, "Old Slackwater,"
as he used to be called, is chairman of
the Republican committee. lie is a
foeman worthy of Sir James steel, as
he has many warm personal friends,
and since the death of Mackey seems
to unite all factions in the Republican
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
a whole regiment after them, begging
their return or threatening the most
dangerous consequences. But the tide
seems against them. The flop OF Gen.
Pearson is only an index of what is
going on in the rank and file OF the
men who were soldiers. II does not
seem to be isolated cases among the
Pennsylvania reserves who were under
Hancock during the war, but in every
department of the army all over the
United States.
THIS HANCOCK CANVASS
is not like any of the last five Presiden.
tial campaigns that we have had. The
people this time seem to spring into
organizations like magic. The National
and Congressional Committees have
been carefully collecting names Of active
men with their 7. o. address for months
to be used as nucleus for a splendid
spread of an organization, entering in
to every precinct or election district in
the United States, when all at once the
cyclone Of q general political uprising
strikes them, and for the present at
least their gossamer threads Of an or.
| ganization are hid. The clubs and pole
/ raisings, the meetings and speeches are
going on now like the wild surges along
/ the sea shore. Ii does seem as if no
amount OF official trap setting, or o
| putting out lines or manipulating, wrs
/ any good in the presence of storm
such as is now beating all over the coun'
try. Il is the cause and the candidate.
! Nothing but a similar combination
could produce n like result. Mere wire
pulling would not do it, and he who
can do nothing else but lay fine plans.
is comparatively lost when the active
| fight is going on, as it is at present. 1t
is Just in a time like this that Wallace
can show his superiority. lie can kick
up Ned in quiet way with anybody,
and when the waters are out and the
storm covers the land, he can go front
and make himself heard. ] notice his
Norristown speech has been pretty
generally copied by our Democratic
papers. But this campaign will try the
wind of the best of them.
THERE ARE YOUNG NES
| in every county in the State who should
be brought TO the front this year in ac
tive service, speaking. 1t will all 90 to
swell the grand old army. Let the old
men remember that il is ID these young
men that we must leave the care of the
party, and encourage them to try and
fit themselves in every way for it. A
little encouragement will often get US q
good speaker, whilst a triaing or con.
temptous remark may throw good
cause in the shade by driving valuable
supports from it.
DoUGHERTY's FIRST SPEECH.
The eloquent Dougherty who nomi
mated Hancock at Cincinnati, in his
lectures tells very funny story on
himself how he attended q political
meeting in Philadelphia to speak his
first public speech. He bald he was
modestly on the bills as among the
"and others" who were to address the
/ IutetlUEs W uls hs FlttSSt Ouuds W :.
Carrigan, and several other big guns |;
al that time each had line apiece on
the bills, but Dougherty was hid away
among the land others" This did not
daunt him, however, and as the bright
lights mostly fail TO come In on time,
Chas. ]. Ingersol took young Dougherty
by the hand, and after asking his name
several times, introduced him. Dough.
erty got off a few sentences and then he
tainted stone dead. But he kept going
TO the political meetings, among the
"and Others" and he can now draw IS
big crowd as any man l know of. IL
is rare treat to hear him.
roRSEY AND DouGHERTY
both left us at the same time, and now
come back together. They went off on
the Douglass split. They are the point
ers back, for good many Others. Penn
sylvania Is really q Democratic State