Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-25
COUSTS Politics.

Every body wants to Mako Combination
The situation in the Republican party of
the county in the struggle for nominations
~ the approaching primaries is still very
chaotic, and while every candidate is at
present straining all effort TO secure the
largest amount of individual strength,
they all recognize that eventually the sue.
cessful aspirauts will have TO depend on
the skill with which the combinations for
the fight are formed. For it is universally
admitted that in Struggle like that now
impending well balanced combination is
almost sure to win. But just who is TO
manage and who are TO be the parts and
the beueiiciaTies of the successful comb-
nation this year is the conundtum, rs yet
uusolved.
Sensenig, it is understood, is for Tom.
linsOn for sheriff, Skiles for prothonotary
and Atee for judge and it may DO safely
assumed that this will be nucleus for at
least one of the leading combinations that
will be in the fight. Wherever its mana.
gers can find q man for any other place who
can bring his district " in pretty solid
for this ticket they will attach him to it il
he is willing,
Senator Mylin has enough strength to
make himself one of the factors OF com.
biuation in his district, and he is so well
assured of starting off in this city with q
good vote that his friends feel confident
enough of his denomination to invite pro-
pOsals rather than make them.
Judge Patterson is padding his own
canoe, so far. His brother on the bench
wants it understood that he is not oppos.
ing JudEo P's reelection and has enough
to do to attend TO his judicial duties ;
nevertheless, there is nothing better known
in local political circles than that Judge
Livingston has furnished some of the
| ammunition which, IL is expected, will
| damage his associates chances, and
that he has no sympathy with the " adj
ditional law judges hope Of reelection.
! II is even charged that in waiting until
after his own reelection to establish the
| license affidavit" system and in prescrib
ing it just before Judge Patterson's candi.
! dacy he was actuated by feelings Of
| hostility. That such baseless insinuatiOn
should obtain currency shows the state of
feeling between the partisan friends Of
! those who adorn our local bench
The small fry candidates seem to be
sitting around waiting to be called. Some
| OF them, who are most desperately in
! earnest, do not seem to realize at all that
they have been induced TO come out to
serve some ulterior purpose and are simply
| puppets nOAhSu ibA lhNtlNoAn'
II. II. Kurtz says he is in the field for
senator TO stay until the votes are counted
John II. Landis' friends insist that he can
make it warm for all competitors aud they
only fear his weakness in the city
Ia the lower end Hiram Peoples, who
has been a candidate for Assembly re.
peatedly, with more or less success will
try it again and If Lands runs for the Sen
ate Peoples chaDceB will be better.
Ben. Wissler would not decline thi
nomination for register, even if it is 9
salaried Office now. But he is not inclined
to take the promises of politicians as readi
ly as he was lhTeo years ago. Like the
frogs in the fable, he has mind for some
water, but he does not care to 90 into the
we'll lest he might not get out.
For clerk of quarter sessions Settley
only continues to be the leading candidate
because the opposition to him has not ye
been able to bring out the man whom they
want TO beat him. II not found this weeh
they will advertise,