The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-25
THE pENNsYLvAN,A CANVASS.
Tie Prospects OF the C0ntendIng Fac,
lions In tlie keystoue State.

New ioRr, September GA CORES
pondcnt Of the Post OF this city writiul
from Chambersburg, Pa, details a conver
satlon with Stewart, the Independent con
didale for Governor, rs to the prospects o
tho canvass in that State. lie quotes Mr
Stewart MS follows: .'.,0 4Nts'
Alter careful review Of the State, whicl
showed the Independent leader to be
thorough master OF the politics ol his State
Mr.. Stewart said, with characteristic de
liberateness and caution: ''
"Ol course no one can foresee the result.
oil the despcruleBtruggle which the Machine
will wage in hcconiing weeks; but firmly
believe that II the election should be held
next week the vote for tho Independent
ticket would bc not lees than 10000. The
November election may show much
greater number but that Is safe estimate
OF our present strength" .sFE
Ilt. PROMINENT SPEAKERS. tpiiy
! find that opinion among many indie.
pendents favors higher figure, 200, 900 be.
ing the number most frequently mention.
cd. Those nre not wanting who believe in
an Independent victory. The total vote
Of the State in 1881 was about GOO, ,OOO-e65,.
600 for the regular Republican candidate,
5000 for the Democrat, $4,000 for Wolfe,
and 10000 for the Greenback and prohibi.
ton tickets. In the Presidential election
oil 1850, the total vote was about SIS, 600,
and Garlield's majority was l4.6e5. The
total vote this year will probably, be large,
say 15O, 900. How the $50 900 votes which
are not independent will be divided de.
pends a great deal upon the purchasing
power Of the clan Cameron and the
cupidity Of the Democrats. IIancock's
vote when the Total was 5000, WAS 4O7,-
600. These figures show how extremely
doubtful is the result Of the campaign.
The plans for the campaign by the Inde.
pendents arc thorough organization Of
clubs, many speeches BY prominent Penn.
sylvanians and by men OF local influence
in their districts. On.this point Mr.. Stew.
art remarked:
I'VE consider this State fight, and we
would have preferred to fight It out with
home talent. But the Machine has deci.
ded to import Eugene Hale, Logan and
men OF that stamp, and we will counter.
act their influence with the superior talent
OF George William Curtis, Ben Harrison
and others. i may say that Lear and Tom
Marshall, late of the Stalwart camp, will
Will give us active support" l
THREE POSSIBLE RESULTS.
There are three possible results" said,
"and, il you will, We will begin with the
one you seem 10 think least probable. If
your own ticket succeeds, what then 2"
"ln that case the principles Of the Inde.
pendent party will be carried out to the
letter. The movement is centred on civil
service reform, and civil service reform will
be instituted in State matters. There will
be no use Of the patronage to strengthen
our position. How far competitive exam
nations should be used in the appointment
10 offices cannot say. That is a matter
for experiment, but it is certainly IN ex-
pertinent worth trying. OF this much you
can be certain, ! um opposed 10 the spoils
system in all its aspects"
And ii Pattison Is elected?"
"The Democratic victory will be warn.
ing to Cameron that il the State OF Penn.
sylvnnia is 10 remain in the Republican
ranks in 1854, he must turn from the error
OF his ways and yield to the demands OF
the respectable element OF his party, which
has shown such strength. Democratic vic.
tory will be arebuke to Cameron, and one
that he should heed. Without Pennsyl.
vania as n probable Republican State in
1851, his power in the National Conven.
tion, in the National Councils, and-ip
view OF probable Democratic President
in that event-in the national administra.
ton, will be stripped from him. Without
these he is nothing. II bis wings OF pat.
ronage are clipped, his fall will be sudden
and final. Surely sinner will never have
had greater inducements for regeneration. !"
And il Beaver succeeds?"
"rhat can only be done by the aid OF
Democratic votes. But, however, the end
IS gained. 1t will be virtual triumph for
Cameron; his power will be Strengthened
and the shackles will be more firmly riyet-
ed OH political serfs. He will control the
Republican delegation from Pennsylvania
to the national convention OF 1854, and it
will probably be instructed to vote as
unit for Beaver, This will be the old Cam.
eron trick to enable him to throw the vote
for whom he wills at the later stages of the
convention" ..fi5.I.
"What will then become OF the indie
pendent movement"
"The time will then be ripe for third
party in the State. Respectable Democrats
will be disgustcd with the way in which
Democratic votes have been used TO elect
the Cameron fieurehead; respectable Re-
publicans will be disgusted at the success
OF man who will have made even Repub.
licanism not respectable. "A union OF re-
spectabili.y will be a possibility, and a
third party probability. The Independ.
ent movement cannot be suppressed by
defeat"