Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-04-14
THE ANNUAL AUCTION.
su,INu ann SELLING sunINArioNs.
rhe Republicans EugnEc - Ih'ir annual
Carnival ot Fraud ute,tsud tloCtvd
Congressman, M,Iiu senator
aud Patterson judge

rhe Republicans Eugagc ~ Th'ir annual
UaruIVaI ot Fraud uie,tsud hloctvd
congressman, M,un senator
aud p.ItcTsuu Judge
The Republicans on Saturday held In
this county what is called 10y courtesy u
primary election, but what Is more strictly
speaking, an auction, at which tho numi
nations are sold. For week or ten days
previous, candidates aud their friends
were busy, blrtcIiug and huckStoTtug with
the boss politicians for their services aud
Influences from $40 to $1,000 woro paid,
according To the valuo ot the rascal othor
moneys being placed IN his hands for tHc
purchase OF voters, aud lArgcr clntlnSou-
Oios being promised IN case ui success.
lu the sixth ward Of lhis City, 10y agree
mcut the usual practices we're not resort
cd to; an orderly clean election was
held II few bumm'gs ant scl'Awhgs
refused 70 vntc, but The result was not
materially Affected aud the Politicians
were 50 well satisfied with an election held
without the corrupt use of money, that
there Is prospect %. them grnE INTO
general movement g rN,rud the improved
system.
In the Second wluI lt was hot. rho
political thieves Aai CpUup.I'uIstB were
busy on both sides aud Stugl glc votes com
mauded a. much as $5 30 TwJ black.
guards got into a Hgut about q O'Clock
they were loud muuthSi aud dlsJld1rly
and finally one knocked the other who
was drunk and weak, flat On tho pave
mont. Police Ottioer BushDus, who WAS
in the vicinity, Respondent IN new uul
form and pink muSjdChr, C1aNcd the
kmockCe to retire while the kupCNur un
mOleSted lett the sccuo Of ms exploits.
Then the valiant officer Iu!gIy s0,23I
poor old dIuukGu mlu who wAS quietly
snO0Elng IN tac uyighboghO1l b'siie II
door step, sung him on : wheel barrow
50 that hlS gray head crac ed against the
head board and triumphLn.ly conveyed
hum % the station house.
Ia the Guird ward the clerks got tired
counting the vote on Saturday night aud
adj diourued, not completing their work
until late on sunday evening, by whi.h
time 1t was pretty vel known bow many
votes were rtquitCd To elect Greider
county treasurer.
In the Eighth wAri tho contract to
deliver the goods fox Patterson and sides
was AS faithfully carried out ~ was the
bargain TO cacry the Seventh for Alice and
IOmltus
Saturday Ntsht scenes.
In the town generally very heavy vote
was cast, and the polls were scarcely
| closed when the politicians began 10 gather
III the Examiner Office S-nssu'g's rooms,
Ii. COPELAND : saloon and UlAer places Of
resort TO await the returns. As one ward
aud district after another turund up
strongly for Hicstaud his friends became
assured Of his nomination lor Congress-,
aud with q lew C)ugCniLI companions he
retired - his res dGucS u await the latest
aud best news Wdeu IL was asCoItained
that LLngASteC C.:y wJuld give him 600
majority, Columbia do CoTr5Spoudlngly
well aud tia: Snilh wolli carry fow dis
trlCts, lltostaud's iriCuds began 10 figure
on , SOD OF 3 900 Majority aud th5 su1s3-
queut proceedings rested them uO
| more.
Til, night closed with nearly everything
e.se besldes Congress IN dyu5: aud the
excitement was renewed early sunday
moruiug aLd kept up all day, the evening
| bringing IN returns from fully four llths
Of the county aud making II plain that
| Nyllu was elected senAt tDT by rs decisive
4 maj JTlty rs hlesyaHG' ) thlt Patterson,
aided by Judge Livingston = attempt 10
create the liquor issue against him, had
beaten AtleC that IJmlIusJu for sheriff ;
Keller for clerk Of UIpLlUS court Sot.ey
for clerk OF quarter SESSIONS DAVIS, 10 the
city, kempvr aud Courtney IN the upper
district, IrielOlugh aud BrDsius in the
| lover end for assembly, StOuer Tor regis
| ter, Myers for commissioner, were sale
| with close contests on prison Keeper, cDrO
uer anl some minor offices.
| How iE is Accounted For.
| All day long there were freely bruited
| charges Ot trelChnry, corruption and Dad
| faith, mingled with threats and fears OF
| trouble yet u come, Of c)unung out and
| wTaugunG in the board OF return judges
The causes OF N.rstaud's Overwhelming
| success aud Atlee's defeat were variousiy
| commented upon, the general drlrt ol
opinion beng almost as expressed in thi,
dWpa,cl from Lancaster printed in tJ-dly'S
Times
The result on Congress is no surpris,
- Hlcstaud' ) friends nor to the politician:
generally, except IN the SIZE OF his majority
HIS personal popularity had as much a,
anything to do with his success. Smith il
a narrow man, close handed and ilhberal
llustanI is the reverse. lIlestand, al
editor Of the party organ, has attained
large personal influence aud fOIlowina
OF the most active politicians. II ) has stood
, on the front steps OF his Office tC
good purpose Tor the past three weeks
shaking hands with all pIssers by. lie u
widely known am)lg tue CJultry people
aud his name ami family connections
gave him au advantage that none o
smith 5 former competitors ever had. III
delayed tho announcement Of his candi
dacy SO late that when ho took the field
Smith was caught unawares aud had no
time to rally his forces aud organize hi!
fight, The politicians who have little o
no sympathy with the present representa-
tive were not to be Won away from thei
: old associate the collectors office, which
under its present head owes nothing I,
Smith, was active against him, and Post
master Marshall, formerly his right bower
, was secure in reCeGC TcappDintment
) which he had reason b. know was yer,
gTudgDgly assented to by Smith, and hc
had no interest in his election 10
seventh term, Smiths failure to secur
au appropriation for public buildings il
Lancaster after six terms of service an
his vote on the Fitz John Porter bill wer,
minor causes operating against him. Th
rotation principle had something to d
with his defeat aud most of the youn
men waiting for his shoes were willing t.
;; see him supplanted now with Hiestand
who has pledged himself to ask for onl
two terms.
The JudiCI Al gOilt. ..t