Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-09-17
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From an interview with the chairman ui
the Democratic state committee Ia the
Philadelphia Times the following extracts
arc made
" A man who undertakes to unchaugc
ably forecast the result OF an election that
Is more than seven weeks distant is u
dune or Charlatau. Improved sCjor-
tltic methods cannot determine tho weather
with any approach to accuracy for moro
than u fCw days aho1i, aud tho currents
of popular thought and action are more
variable and uncertain than wind or wave.
II has been a mattOr uf observation OF
Late years that tho party which carried the
election two months before election time
lost 1t between the opening and closing of
tho polls. The Democrats have had some
experience of this kind observe that
my esteemed aud always hopeful COu
temporary Mr Cooper, Is carrying Penn.
! sylyania now very actively. | am glad ho
Is 50 early. | Will UC content IT We navo
the majority of the votes On the G.h #
| November. GuOp,r's apparent hopeful
ucSS Is not II criterion OF his sincere opu
ION or sound judgment. You will remom-
Ter last year that ho pcrsIstcntly claimed
beavers election he would not take less
than 10000 plurality, and At . o'clock in
the afternoon on election day, whou Gen.
Beaver voted, he read u his noighburs, ,aS
scmbcd at the polls, dispatch from his
sauguiuo chairman, promising him $1,000
10 this city and sure election. Fuller
returns reached B,llofDuto later in the
evening. | fear that Mr.. Coopcr's hair
has not changed ita hopeful hue"
ursauil ,t,uu I. wuat M,u-.
81 may say that tho Democratic
organization in thus state is mere
complete, more efficient and moro
| aggressive now than II was this time last
| wear. There are no local irritatiuns to be
healed, no faCtional differences 10 com
PROMISE aud none of tho dead-lucks over
disputed nominations in the different dis.
triCts, which caused the state committee 50
much anxiety last year. The GGcret of
political success is organization aud or.
| ganilAtiOn means comprehensive attention
To details. Now, my Information, direct
! from the q lection districts, Is satisfactory,
| and therefore am COutented. This iS y
specimen of hundreds of letters which
have been receiving from dIstrlct com-
! mltteemen
1--WE have every Democrat registered ana
| assure you their taNcs VIII bs paid
That is enough tor me, now. There is
time for all thugs. Everybody under
stands that in an off year all efforts
must be directed to gnttlng out the largest
| t.'''HO INiNNhNhSV VI JAW Hilhg Fbbt.
| When We have our peoples taxes paid aud
naturalaatlons effected wo will still have
| thirty days n which to impress upon
them the Importance Ui voting. That is
| long enough tlmc.
"Will Senator stewart aud Lee take the
stump? | think the best answer To that
| i, tp bc found in the relations of these
gentleman during the regular session, when
! they depended upon the Democratic
| House and DemOcIatiC senators TO ac
| cOmplSh the reforms for Philadelphia
| which Cooper and his Stalwart colleagues
| antagonized and which the Committee of
| One Hundred say were denied until the
| Democrats elected governor aud secured
a majority of the House. Whatever ro
| form was accomplished last winter in
| Harrisburg was due to tho fact that the
| Independent Republican senators had
| the support OF twenty solid Democratic
votes and what Stewart, Emery and
| Lee had Valnly Couteuded for when
| their own party was IN power AMI
| iinallI obtained from the Democratic
| House aud governor. II these gen.
tcmen will fairly aud fully explain
| these thugs from the stump to the people
of the state | shall bo rejpiced. The cluc
tiOn OF LiVsey means the perpetuatiun oi
| tho present management of tho state
| NIN'Anhlf 7, Win lib lDHtJ othILtTNu llbuDI
IN banks all over the state. lie was nom
mated for the purpose Of continuing the
| present regime, against the better judg
meut of Matthew Quay aud other saga
clous leaders of the party. His nomination
| was accomplished through the influence OF
Chris Mageo upon the delegates from this
| western districts and the InauipuiatiOns Of
| John Mccullough, of members ot the cuu-
| ycntiou from Philadelphia, aided by John
| Cessna, who had personal grudge against
Quay because tbs latter would not con
sent to his nomination fur United States
| senator in 1881"
WiiI the Independents Follow!
1t is very significant that the Ropub-
Leans depend for their success, not upon
the merits of their CAUSE, but upon what
they are pleased 10 fancy ~ Democratic
dscOrd and what they boast is tho restored
harmony of their ranks. | claim to know
moro about tho condition of our party than
they do, aud | can assure you that | have
no fears from any such confederation.
Suppose it To be true that there are utelli
gent and liberal differences OF opinion
among the Democracy about questions Of
public or party policy that's tho strength
rather than tho weakness Of It's
organization. IL never was so free, in
this state, from iactiOnal discussions. Sen.
ator Wallace stated the truth furcibly
in the Senate when he said when we
come together we come as au army with
banners, under one flag, united in behalf
of our principles, active in our efforts to
victory To our cause Tho candidates and
tho platform this year represent no single
idea nor any interest short OF that of tho
entire party. The Democracy all under
stand that. They may differ about per-
sons ; about future United States senators
aud presidential candidates, but they all
know that success this year is "a common
cause and ic the alacrity with which all
tho politicians of the party havo given mo
their assurances of hearty support in tho
campaign, there Is no suggestion that any
of them are classed among those whom
the enemy characterize as administration
or antl-administratiDn men.
"Tho Republicans boast Of harmony in
their own party is founded ON tho action
and tho proposition of tho Independent
senators who. after antagonizing tho |
Stalwarts through the regular session, fell |
into liue on tho apportiOnment question. |
But their people nave not followed them |
Leaders do not always lead. For instance |
Wolfe, single handed and alone, polled |
1000 votes Stewart, with all tho leaders |
who helped him and thorough Orgauizl- |
tiOn, only got 40 900"
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democratic Prospect Promising.