New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-30
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
WHAT THE sTALwARTs PREDICT.


TARIFF.
FRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT THE TRIBUSEl
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-1he passage of res0-
luton by the Labor Convention last night indorsing
the Greenback- Labor nomination of Thomas A.
Armstrong for Governor is an action of some i'm
portance, though of just how much it is too early
in the campaign to say. 1t has been well known
here privately for some time that while General
Beaver and some of his friends were blindly conf
dent of his election in any event, the cooler and
shrewder politicians among the Stalwarts believed
that it was hopeless, unless this Convention should
make a nomination. There are diferen ces of
opinion regarding the Importance of the gathering
and the weight its action will have throughout the
State; but thero seems to be no doubt that it was
to a considerable extent representative of the
trades unions and labor organizations of the State,
and that it will have influence. The Stalwart
politicians, knowing that the presence of a strong
Greenback ard Labor ticket in the field would
take many more votes away from Pattison, the
Democratic candidate than from General Beaver,
and go wOuld help the latter's chances of pulling
through, have been quietly hard at work iii the
endeavor to induce the Convention to make noml-
nations. Yesterdays action shows that they were
successful. They doubtless helped by the
fact that there was in the Convention strong
friendly feeling toward Armstrong, who has been
a conspicuous labor advocate and agitat0r
minority took the ground that the real labor
organizations should keep out Of politics, but were
able to muster only 20 votes to SO for the ndorse-
ment of Armstrong.
It is not to be supposed that the members of this
Convention or the men they represent, will be
bound by this decision rs the members of IN organ
lied political party would be. delegate an
nounced that he should vote for Pattison, and
doubtless many Others among the 30 and among
those whom the % represent will do rs they choose
and vote with their own political parties But tho
action of the Convention and the majority by
winch it was taken, will doubtless have their
effect. Tho Stalwarts arc greatly encouraged by
IT. and opsnly express their belief that 1t elects
General Beaver, or, as some of them prefer to put
It, that it increases his plurality
visit to-day to Senator Cooper. chairman of the
Stalwart State Committee, at their headquarters
here showed that he was Of this opinion Mt.
Cooper said al think the Endorsement of Arm
strong by the Lal or Convention yesterday lnsures
the election OF General Beaver by large plurality
"What vote do you estimate that Armstrong will
receiver
E" About the same as Mason, the Greenback candl-
date for Governor received four years ago-Sl 75S.
That was the great Grecnback year, and of course
the vote of the party has declined since that tme
nut the Greenback vote Of tho state to-day mt
10000 The rest of Armstrong; vote will come
from the Labor party the Knights of Labor and
other labor organizations throughout the State
The significance of the action of yesterdays Con-
vention lies in the fact that the labor organizations
have taken any part in rOlltlcs heretofore as
ORGANIZATIONS The Convention represented the
Knights of LaboI-the trades unions Typographical
Unions, Shoemakers Unions Carpenters Unions.
Cigar Makers Unions etc. and not political bodies
at all. | believe that Armstrong will get SooO or
10000 votes in Philadelphia alone where Mason
got only 3.211 in 1873 You see, Armstrong Is
YER, strong with the labor element. He is much
more of a Labor maj than Greenbacker' lie has
been the editor of The Labor Tribune at Pittsburg.
and has. been for "A long time connected with labor
interests. The trades unions, miners unions etc.
will give him handsome support"
"The Convention only indOrsed the nomination
for Governor and let the rest of the Greenback
ticket alone. What effect will that have"
"The Endorsement of Armstrong carries the whole
ticket with it, The whole State ticket Is voted on
one ballot the men who vote for Armstrong Will
vote also for his colleagues on the Greenback ticket
"Iu what proportions do you think Arm
stroD - vote will be drawn from the Two partiesP
livery two out OF three will come from the
Democrats in counties like Philadelphia, ALE
pheny, etc. In the great mining counties like
Clearfeld, Schuylkil Luzerne and Lackawanna.
which are also great Democratic counties. nine ont
of ten will come from the Democrats. In Berks
the proportion will be large but not so large as
that. Beaver would have been elected anyhow,
but this will give him greater plurality or
majority"
"What vote do you allow Stewart in this esti-
mate p
Stewart cannot possibly get 10000 votes, and
doubt if he will have 3O,OOO-fully onoffth of
which will be Democratic. Nearly one-haf of
Wolfe's vote was Democratic, an analysis of the
vot. last wear showing 27,OO0 Republican votes
for Wolfe and 23O 900 Democratic; so that the In
dependents you see are largely made up OF dissat-
isied Len ocrats. This is especially the case IN
Democratic counties. where dissatisfaction Is shown
apainst local leaders. The same cause produces
like results dissatisfied Republicans are found In
Repubican counties; dissatisfied Democrats
found in Democratic counties. We are making
n careful township canvass of the State, and all
the reports which come to MS show that stewart
will not receive One-half OF even the vote that
Wolfe received last year"
aWhat plurality do you claim for Beaver"
"Well. not less than 10000 lie will probably
have somewhere about 10000. great many
things work in his favor There is the strong
teelinp OF the soldiers in both parties. estimate
that General Beaver will receive fully 10000
Democratic votes from soldiers He will also have
the SYM atllles Of large number of men who lost
relatives and friends in the war. This man
Pattson, while too young to take part In the war,
Was IN full sympathy with the South as his family
was known to be. His father, who was n clergy
man got into trouble in the Methodist Church be-
cause of his sympathies with the South. This fact
would not be used against him in local contest
~ here reform was the chief ISSUE but in State
contest it is different and it is having its effect
already. There is good deal of dissatisfaction in
the Democratic party. especially among the Roman
Catholics The younger generation OF them have
grown very much discontinued. They are always
combinations from Damocrafic