Daily Republican., 1884-02-14
Voters from the Graveyards.


candidate for Mayor of Scranton, Pa, a
city about the size Of Wilmington.
Scranton, when not Democratic, is
Greenback, and when these two are not
on the best of terms it is Republican,
the latter but seldom. The present May
or is combination of Democracy and
Greenback, has served three years, and
has made a very dignitied and respecta-
BILE kind of Mayor, too much so to suit
the "boys" of the Democratic party,
who love dash and something bordering
on the sensational for a candidate Mr..
Pnwderby was a candidate for re-nomi-
nation, but he soon found he wasn't
wanted, and by the time the convention
was to he held, had withdrawn rather
than join in miserable squabble for
the place, and at last be defeated. This
left the field open for Mr.. Beamish. The
fact that Governor Hoyt had but two
years before pardoned him out of the
penitentiary seemed to be in his favor
with the leaders of the Democracy, and
they put him through with rush
and an old-fashioned Democratic yell.
But there were quite a number OF
Democrats who had been forgotten in
the scramble for the nomination. These
were the respectable class, men who
had some character left that they did
not wish to throw away by voting for
the Gail bird" that had been nominated
for Mayor. They wanted Democratic
Mayor, but they didn't want to take
one quite so fresh from the penitentiary
These men have openly declared theil
purpose to vote for the Republican can,
didate. This carried alarm into the
Democratic camp, but men like Beam.
ish are always full of expedients, and
as long as there were names left on tht
be copied into the assessment there wa:
no great need for fear. 1t is said thai
the names of over seven hundred dead
men have been placed on the assess
ment.
1t looks as if Mr. Beamish by the
resurrection of so many dead voters
intended, if elected, to abolish deatl
itself an act which would be extremely
popular with his followers. Unfortu
nately for Mr. Beamish his little scheme
has been found out little too soon tt
avail him much benefit. There are 81
many people, even Democrats 50 illiber
al and hide-bound in their politica
views that they do not like the idea o
dead men voting that they intend t.
send these resurrected skeletons back t.
their graves in peace, and Beamisl
with them if by their votes they can d'
so.
1t is queer these Democrats are 81
hard to please. Mr.. Beamish's plan
are old Democratic games played owe
and over. Better Democrats than h
some thirty years ago Transcribed tn
Cincinnati Directory for use as pol
list in Kansas town during the LIE
compton Constitution struggle. Thi
was before Mr. Beamish had becom
very active in politics, but he has evi
dently been close student Of politica
history. But he no doubt PERSONAL
recOlleCted the methods employed il
New York some fourteen years ago t
give John T. Hoffman slashing ma
jority for Governor. On that occasio
some Democratic districts in Mackel
elville and about the Nine Points wer
made to return bigger Democratic ma
jorties than the entire population {
the districts according to the censu
that had just been taken. Mr.. Beamis
has good Democratic authority an
precedent for his action, but this oil
machinery is considerably worn an
won't work as well in these times {
political liberalism when 50 many me
have an Independent way of going t
the polls and firing right into the baI
lot ioX straight from the vest pockc
We shall confidently look for Nj
Beamish's defeat at the election mex
Tuesday.