Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-05-19
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
THE REPuBLlCAN CAMPAIGN.

Come RsGsgms IN Prospect.
Examiner, late sensenis Organ. q
IL the great American I" Fee taker, ex-
Mayor Stauffer. is made deputy prOthOnO-
tary in case of Skilcs'S election, there will
be ''refOrm :" in the Office (Over the left)
and the Nem Era will never hear of it.
Another " reform is in store for the tax
payers when ScnseniS gets to furnisl,in.
the meat to the Lancaster county prison
under Burkholder. "RefOrm began to
boom {" right away after the Sensenig
and Geist interview, which was SO kindly
arranged with " Grcenback Bob" Should
these tvO calami.ies bcfall the taxpayers
they will have I" some" =" fees to pay, and
tho ''meat " will be bull' ut sirlOin
prices.
a McMellen Bridge.
New Era, late McMellen Organ.
The only one Of McNIellen's bridges that
will not be swept away on next Saturday
is the one over Mill creek, at Brubaker's 5
mill, Earl township, and this simply bc
cause it never was built, although the con-
tract was awarded several years ago.
There was 4 material rise in lumber i'm
mediatcly thereafter, and "the Idea " was
given up for the time being. But what
have the county commissioners to say
about it? /;
McAIellen to Musser.
In answer to F. q. Musser's charge
that McNIelleu tried to bribc him, the pro-
thonotary writes a long communication in
which he declares that he has no "rcspect
for the wild and incoheront statements Ol
the disreputable county auditor who was
disappointed in his efforts to have himself
fixed when there was no cause to do 50,
even had there been the inclination among
the parties concerned.
No Virtue Lett:
Philadelphia Times. Editorial.
Must the Republicans Of Lancaster c",,n.
ty be reduced to abject scrvitudc to dis.
putting bosses? Have the people no man
hood 10 independence no rights which
shifting machine men arc bound to respect.
The result Of this disgraccful battle will bt
more than the usual assortment Of forged
returns, as some of them arc already con
tF,ctcd for and tho specific majOrities
fixed for price, and what do tho people
propose to do about it?
Some NsiEhlorly Human Over Them.
| Reading, News.
Lancaster county is one Of the Rcpub
lican strOngholds in this state, and is gen
orally expected to give = majority in favor
of tho "Hog Ring" or ':Bull Ring" a.
the voters feel inclined. These rings al,
the Republican centres OF power, to whicl
all the members OF that political OrSaniza
tiOn in Lancaster county, if they have any
hope Of prefcrment, of official favor or o
success, must yield implicit obedience. /
has been suggested that a Hash Ring
would prove attractive to the feeders u
the political crib. There would bo littl,
Sensenig- Otiating victory with an unknown
factor in the contest, but whether this New
Era in Lancaster. politics dawns sooner o.
later, Hicstand' s IN equal chance of win
ming the Mellen. 1t is now in order for tn,
Examiner to Express an opinion Oh thi.
subject, aud Griest should InquircrOunt
and learn the sentiments of the people.
| As it is, no one knows whether tho re
suit will be Bull, Hog or Hash, but al
arc aware that tho bull has hay on mi
horns, and that it is root, hog or dio will
many, and there is no Wissler down tn
wind about the coming primaries. Mex
Saturday the contcndin. parties will moe
in a IS life and death struggle" " and tin
calls for aid to the Brady's Of the part,
arc loud and inccssant.
| A Bitter Campaign.
Lancaster Dispatch to Times.
The present campaign has been render
cd specially bitter by the complete change
about in the local combinations, wIicl
have already been outlined in the Times
McMcllen, Mentzer and Croft arc now witt
the Examiner, while Sellscnis, Eshlcmal
Eberly, Brencman, Hen IiOhrcr ant
other late ''Bull Ringers" are now in tn,
| Np,, E,0 p,rtv rThocc Is facf .,nS I,avo I,oo
the subject of much ridicule and raillery
between the factiOnal leaders and thci
organs during the past month, and They
rate that is highly profitable for public
on enc side and the Ne;o Era ON the Othc
have been wasing 4 merciless persona
warfare on the editors Of each other an'
their political friends, and to read then
the stranger would think the Sepublica,
organs here were controlled by black
mailers, bribcrs, corruptiOnists, liars ant
thieves that Republican contests fo
nominations in this country were simpi
auctions of electoral virtue that the can
didatcs only bought their way into tn
office to steal their way out that in time
past corruption has ruledin the vote an,
fraud in the count, and that tn
plans Of both sides proceed from council
held in dens of prostitution and gamblin;
saloons, where the factional leaders, thci
pimps and mistresses hold high revelry
With all such charges and bold intilna
tions the Republican organs here hav
been reeking for several weeks and thei
fury increases as election day draw
nearer.