Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-10
lanraster fi,tel!sgemrer.
THURSDAY EVENING. FEB. 10. 1881.
The Contest at Harrisburg.


withdrawal of his candidate for senator,
if he could any longer have held his force
to his support. It has been very heavy |
business to hold it SO steady so long, and |
the interposition of Mr.. Garfield
made it impossible. The Cameron in |
terest would he best served by keeping
the senatorial seat vacant. but as that is
not possible, obviously the next best
movement is to dictate the man who shall
fill it: and to make sure that he shall be |
a friend and not an enemy. The with
drawal of Oliver is a Cameron retreat
with body Of devoted followers, attend
ing him into his second line of entrencl-
ments Sufficient in number to prevent
the election of anyone by the Republi-
cans of the Legislature, whom they do
not accept, they may still control the
situation and elect a friend of THE
FAMILY. The caucus at Senator Cam
eron's house last nigh: seems to have
been attended by such number, and the
strong probability is that the senator
still has this grasp on the situation. He
may be able to force upon the other side
one of his own followers: but if he does
it will he because only Of their being de-
ceived.
Knowing their strength as they do
and having demonstrated it in the first
knOck-lOwn secured to them by divers
withdrawal.it is not conceivable that the
leaders Of the anti Cameron movement
will he SO weak as to surrender the game
in their hands by conSenting to the eicc-
ton of any ;;dherent of THE FAMILY.
They have been fortunate in getting rid
of Grow. Cameron might have spiked
his enemies guns in the outset 10y ac-
cepting Grow, who would have proved
as SubServient and scrviceab!e to him as
any man he could have chosen. This is
becoming apparent now to the anti-Cam-
eron side 10y Grows withdrawal and his
expressed willingness that his friends
should vote !0r Cameron's candidate. If
he could control the votes hc has had he
would soon strike a bargain with Cam
eron and Quay for their transfer to
them. But this he cannot do. He has
simply been the Ggure-heal for the anti
Cameron sentiment and very poor
one at that.
Forced to drop Oliver, the tactics of
the ing will le to start out their friends
as candidates, one after another, taking
care to vote for 10 one they do not feel
Sure of using should he be elected. In
this way they hope 10 persuade the peo-
pie that they are not the ObstructiOnists
but that they are doing their best to har-
moniZe the party. As they, however,
will vote for no man that the other fac
tion can prudcntiy accept, they are not
likely to come together unless one side
or the other is deceived in the position
OF Il candidate. This state of affairs
will afford !, golden opportunity for the
Janus faced style of people TO scheme
for the prize. They will go from one
side to the other, with these promises,
freely made. But they will catch only
gudgeons. Every man of good sense
will ut once diStrlSt one who makes such
liberal promises to secure SO exalted a
place and must confess to him that he
is deceiving the other side to get its
vote. The conclusion at once must be
that such man is not to be trusted.
John Cessna is this style Of creature.
Without knowing what john is doing at
Harrisburg. we would like to bet Il pretty
penny that he is as busy us 4 bee fitting
from one side to the other, prom
ising each everything they ask from him
and tleceivinS the other side as freely us
hfs tr.uy Christian character will permit
him to. Cessna is such a political sneak
that he could not do anything else if he
should try. In the past he has been
Cameron's servile tool, and unless he
should clearly see his title clear to better
grazing on the other side of the fence he
will he likely desert his paddock.
Tie Cameron strategy in withdrawing
Oliver for Beaver is ably met on the
other side hy taking down Grow and
putting up Bayne. There are likely to
to he number of movements of just this
kind. We are not near the election yet.
Every time fresh Cameron henchman
is trotted out Inc will he met by 4 new
entry on the other side; and unless one
party or the other falls into a trap, and
is induced to vote for an enemy, under
the g,lise of friend, the chances are
that the Democrats will not have to he
called upon to pick out the Republican
cn,ntnr if ono ic fn hn nlaotaI
The situation is one which calls for
great alertness upon the part of the lead
ers of all the factions, for il is one emf
nently calculated to award the victory to
those who are most wide-awake. The
anti-ring people have need to beware of
Greeks bearing gifts. There are plenty
of them about and the only safe way is
to give them all the cold shoulder and
trust no man who makes great promises
in return for an offer which no man who
will keep such promises would thus offer
to buy.
MIR. Finn, of Pittsburgh, has intro
duced a bill into the Legislature for the
relief of the estate OF Robert W. Mackey,
which sets forth that the deceased dur
ing his official career paid 100000 from
his own funds, which had been deposited
with banks and bankers who became
bankrupt while holding the state de-
pOSitS: that his estate is now almost in
solvent. there being no:h;ng for the
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