The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-28
MR.. STEWARDS VIEWS,
What He Thinks May Happen After the
Election.

| AN ESTIMATE OF THE VOTE AMI
THE PROBABLE RESULT.
A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, writing from Cham
bersburg, says:
Riding over the New York division
of the Pennsylvania railroad, few
days ago, the towers and elms of
Princeton , college, distinctly visible
three miles to the west of the Junc-
tion, set me thinking of the important t
part which that institution has played
in the political history of the country,
from the day of John Witherspoon to
the more degenerate era of Don Cam
eron. Going over the list of its illus
trious graduates, was forced to con Z.
clude that among the SCHOLARS in
politics" there was about the usual
proportion of the evil and the good.
Ii Princeton Is proud to claim James
Madison as her son, she is also forced
TO admit the maternity of Aaron Burr.
Coming down to later day, the dis
reputable political record of Prince.
ton sons, Robson and Belknap, is
Offset by the more creditable reputa-
ton of Attorney General Brewster
and Hester Clymer. The same in
stitution is also responsible for the
bane of Republican politics in Penn
sylvania, Don Cameron, and yet, like
Mother Nature, for every poison
providing an antidote, she has upon
her rolls among the honor men of his
class the hame of John Stewart, the
Independent candidate for Governor
ana the foe of the house of Cameroa.
CAMERON AT COLLEGE.
AT the gateway in the Philadelphia
depot, waiting for the Saturday night
trains to his home in the Cumberland
valley, met the leader of the Inde-
pendents, and during the journey had
the benefit of his views on the anti
Cameron movement, reinforced with
conversation with other prominent
politicians who were on tie train.
Last evening, in the quiet of his own
parlor, L had from him q more
thorough review of the situation, dis.
passionately given, and L believe that
he rather under stated than exaggera.
ted the extent and probable force of
the movement. L was curious To
know whether Cameron and Stewart
had been college mates, and i'm an
swer to the question the latter said.
mo; in college parlance, Cameron
was bounced from the institution
several years before [ entered it.u
Leaving personalities, the CONVERSE
ton drilted into an outline of the
plans, prospects, probable results, and
future course of the Independent
movement. After a careful review of
the State, which showed the Indepen.
dent leader to be thorough master of
the politics of his State, Mr.. Stewart
said, with characteristic deliberateness
md caution:
"Of course no one can foresee the re.
suits of the desperate struggle which
.he Machine will wage in the coming
weeks; but firmly believe that if the
election should be held next week the
vote for the Independent ticket would {
De not less than 10000. The November
election may show much greater
lumber, but that is safe estimate of :
'ur present strength" s
PROMINENT SPEAKERS,
L md that opinion among mauy In '
dependents iavors higher figure,
'oo,ooO being the number most lre-
lueitly mentioned. Those are not
who believe in all Indepen-
lent victory. The total vote of the
state in 1881 was about SOC, ,O00-265 600
or the regular Republican candidate,
oS,OOO for the Democrat, $4,000 for
Wolfe, and 10000 for the Greenback
nd Prohibition tickets. In the Pres
Dental election of 1880, the total vote
vas about 49, 900, and Garfield's ma
ority was l4,625 The total vote this {
ear Will probably be large, say 750,.
OO. How the $50, 900 votes which are
lot independent will be divided de- 6
'ehds great deal upon the purchas- a
ny power of the clan Cameron and
he cupidity of the Democrats. Han G
ock's vote when the total was S75 900,
Gas 4O7,OOO. These figures show how a
extremely doubtful is the result of G
he campaign.
The plans for the campaign by the
Independents are thorough organi
alton of clubs, many speeches by
rominent Pennsyivanians aud by l
len OF local influence in their dis
ricts. On this point Mr.Stewart re- 9
larked:
I'VE consider this State fight, and Il
re would have preferred to fight it out .
nth home talent. But the Machine 5
AS decided to import Eugene Hale, e
'"gan, and men of that stamp, and U
re Will counteract their influence 8.
nth the superior talent of George
Villain Curtis Ben Harrison, aud y
theTs. may say that Lear and t
ON Marshall, late of the Stalwart /
amp. will also give us active SUD- c.
ort."
THREE POSSIBLE RESULTS.
There are three possible results"
said, "and If you will. we will begin
18th the one you seem to think least
If your own ticket sue
seds, what them"