Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-05-11
The Chances at the Impending Republican
Primaries.

The Chances at the Impending Republican
Primaries.
The Republican primary elections in
this county will be held on Saturday, May
ga week earlier than usual-and rs the
campaign has been an exceptionally quiet
and unexcitins one thus far, it may be
expected that this and next week will be
actively employed by the politicians in
getting their work in 1t was sener-
ally expected that the final 'set ups
would be made yesterday, the states ar
ranged, the combinations formed, and the
price ofadmission to the pool" fixed.
But 1t did not SO turn ont altogether.
Hard times, bitter experience and the fate
OF kemble and his associates seem to cXer-
else Il somewhat dispiriting influence on
the political activity which usually pre-
walls a month in advance of Republican
primaries. The bummers are not so
plenty rs usual. and the candidates have
learned to husband their resources, and
that 4 dollar goes further on election day
than ten spent during the thirty days
previous.
Even the What Glen picnic did not
catch all the flies. Some of the lower
end politicians absented themselves on
the ground that it was not in their district
and others ''be.an to make excuse
which showed that the average Republican
politician has learned some sense, and that
the sharp criticism of the demoralizing in
tluences which have prevailed here has had
good effect.
Things will he walked UP. however,
within the present week, and next Monday
will be the grand rally preparatory to the
battle, the victory and death in the last
ditch.
The campaign thus far has been un-
eventful and has mainly consisted OF the
individual efforts of the different caBdi-
dates. Each has been working for HIM
self with characteristic willingness to let
the devil take the hintlcrmost But of
course before the last day some combina-
tions will be formed, though the lines cam
not be drawn SO closely on the Bull Ring
and Hog Ring issue as they were in the
last two campaigns. The result is likely
to prove that the Bull Ringers have profit
ed by adve1sity and that the Hog Ringers
have been demoralized by good fortune.
Such is the usual moral of politics. Sue
cess in it is hard to bear.
III the failure as yet Ofthe combinations
to form themselves with any preciseness
the field can only be surveyed from indi-
vidual OutloOks.
For Congress,
AS predicted two years ago, Hon. A.
Herr Smith will have walk over. He
does not seem to be giving himself much
concern about it. OF course his interests
are carefully watched in his absence by
Postmaster Marshall and Collector Wiley
and the Hog Ring people generally are
quite well satisfied to see him reelected.
because, though he is not of them cspc-
cialiy, they know he has his knife into
Cameron and they cannot do better than
to give him very general support.
1t was thought he would have no com
pctitor, and though the Cameron element
would be glad to start up any opposition
to him, they despaircd of finding any one
to lead their forlorn hope. Major Griest
found cold comfort from Chem when he
they have found use for him
and want to exercise his little
political capital in behalf of Mylin and to
keep Griest from rendering any service to
their bete nOir, johnson, for district attOr-
ney. SO they have assented to his candi-
dacy and will give him quasi support, to
prevent him from doing them any harm.
BY "stiIl hunt" and without stirring
Smith to special exertion they expect to poll
a sufficient vote for Griest to keep him
before the public,' though they entertain
no idea of eectinC him and his political
friends who are most sanguine will be
agreeably surprised if he is beaten less than
two to one this time.
The District Attorney.
There has been more effort made on this
contest than in any other branch of the
and the chances have shifted
from time to time as there has been Il new
deal of the cards.
At the outset the ''brag" was all on
Tom. Davis's side and he was going
through with a rush. McMcllen has been
his backcr from the beginning, but it looks
as il his campaign had begun to early and
as he if ''tall,s too muchee.' His boom is
1t droops. 1t wants water.
johnson has succeeded admirably in
liverting a large portion Of the Hog Ring
strength from Davis. His first notion was
that he might proftably consort with the
Bull Ringers and for six months he dai-
led with them, made all sorts of coy all
1anccs, but they never took to him and he
ldopted the policy of bulldozing the Hog
Ring politicians. They began to fear that
Davis could not be made in any event;
hey got rumors that johnson might
itch up an alliance with Myln
n the lower end fatal to ReinOchl, and, by
me means or another, johnson has sue
eeded in winning to his support the
arSer portion of the Hog Ring. This fact,
dded to the vigOr of his personal canvass,
makes him leading candidate. Davis
eat Johnson, but he cannot show the fig
res for any such claim, and his best hopes
ow are that, in Il contingency, the oppOsi-
ion to Johnson may conclude that he is the
trongest man to beat him and centre upon
Davis. The opposition to Johnson are not
onsidcring that idea, and without it's
doptiOn Davis will not have a better
lace than third in this fight.
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