The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-08-17
Two Opinions on the Canvass.


Two Opinions on the Canvass.
COOPER BELIEVES BEAVER WILL WIN,
WHILE MCCLURE IS SURE OF PATTI
BoN's ELECTION.
New York Herald.
what are your prospects?" Chair.
man Cooper was asked.
"Oh, we'll elect Beaver by q, ,COO,n
he replied with great cheerfulness.
1.-THE bolt don't amount to anything "
what does 1t amount to?"
Fifteen thousand votes-possibly
twenty thousand"
"But that is enough to defeat
Beaver on straight issue"
Perhaps. But Pattison will not
begin to poll the Democrat vote. For
instance, there are $4,000 veterans in
the State; $1,000 of these are Demo-
Gratis, and 1000 of them will vote for
Beaver. He has the Grand Army
and the National Guard with him. In
Cambria County the Grand Army has
l,4OO members, Of whom 248 are De-
niocrats. We have made a careful
canvass, and all except three of these
Democrats will vote for Beaver Then
the labor ticket will carry off 60, 600
Democrats"
And how many English and
Welsh Republicans"
VERY few. All true Republicans
will vote the straight ticket this year."
What Of the temperance move
ment2' Mr.. Cooper was asked.
1.-The temperance people will not
poll over 5000 votes this year. They
can support Stewart or Pattison,
Steward is on record in the Legisla-
ture as prohibitionist. Pattison is a
prohibitionist, too. General Beaver,
while he Is temperance man, Is not a
prohibibionist."
"The Independents say you will yet
withdraw Beaver"
"That's nonsense. We will make
no further concessions and we will
offer no further compromise"
Suppose that they defeat Beaver.
Will you surrender the party organ.
ization to them?"
but Beavers defeat Is not sup
posable. He can't be beaten"
"And if Beaver is elected what will
be the fate Of these boiling Republi-
eansP"
1.-THE usual fate Of renegades and
traitors"
"But why will they not poll as
many votes this year as did Wolfe in
1882"
Because the election OF a Republi-
can or Democrat then didn't amount
to much. 1t was only q question who
would be the State bookkeeper. Now it
is question of turning over to the
Democrats the entire State admins
tration and prospect of making this a
Democrat State. That is a serious
matter and any reasoning Republican
will not aid in 1t. The disappointed
office-seekers will stay in. Their fol-
lowing now will grow less and less as
election day approaches, Why, in
my county of Delaware Wolfe polled
1870 votes. We have made @ close
canvass Of twenty-three out of the
thirty-nine districts and know that
723 out OF those 1870 will vote this
year for Beaver"
Colonel Alexander Mcclure was in
terviewed with the following result:
"Will the Independents generally
persevere In the fight?"
with hardly an exception. This
is what Mr.. Steward called an ire
pressible conflict. They make no dis
guise Of their intention to defeat the
Cameron power whatever 1t costs the
party. The Independent candidates,
In refusing the Cameron overtures,
will reflect the sentiment of their fol-
lowers. Had there been a compro-
mise the larger part of their strength
would have been merely turned over
to Pattison. If there were no Inde-
pendent ticket in. the field Pattison's
election would be placed beyond q
doubt"
"At what figures do you place their
vote?"
"At no less than 100, ,OOO."
"Then you do not think enough
Democratic votes can he taken from
Pattison to offset this secession?"
mo. You have been told, what is
true, that if there is probability that
Cameron money can buy any great
number of Democrats, either for
Beaver or Armstrong, there will be a
rush Of Independent votes for Patti
son."