Daily Republican., 1884-02-18
ADCLPHIA POLITICS.
x-rNT FOR THE MAYOR
!, ~ .,,vvNrORMER MAYORS OF
,r oUAKER CITY, ETC.


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correspondence Of the REPUBLICAN
,prLruIA, February,l7, 1884 :
.N,iral campaign Is drawing q
".,, a"d to morrow night will wit
anding of one of the warmes
for the Mayoralty this city
~ witnessed, Tho present In
,, Mayor King. slipped int
W. ,au independent, endorsed BY
'mmit,ee of One Hundred, anc
I" hnId bid for the support OF the
!, yo.rrs for the Democratic party
0ciptlng several on his police.
Mayor stokley had refused tt
II was used as an argument
n. Republican party, and now
election King throws on the In.
Tent mask and stands squarely on
"r,a,jc platforH, nominated by a
rra,iC convention.
adeinbia is a Republican city,
h.en since consolidation in 1854,
Rabert Conrad WAS elected Mayor
e,rly 5000 majority over his
ratio competitor Richard Vaux.
,rJ for two years, when Mr.. Vaux
acted over Henry ID. Moore, the
Iicon candidate, by about 4,O0G
,y Mr. Naux was a candidate
Election il 1853, but was defeated
k1andtr Henry.
s6,, Nr. Henry was reelected
Am Robbins, Jr., the Democrat
a,p, By not quite 1000 majority.
tins term the lime was In
from two to three years, and In
Henry was again reelected by
600 majority, his competitor
panltl NJ Fox.
Henry having filled the Office
ear. was succeeded in 1865 by
Michael. with majority OF
,rr Daniel NJ. Fox. In 1868, Mr..
i, again a candidate, and sue
!, the office over Hector Tyn-
,p Republican candidate, by a
tv Of about 1900
lam 5. Stokley, Republican, was
in 1871, and reelected until he
|trd his third term, when he was
lad by the present Democratic
bent, Samuel &, King Thus 1t
seen that during the 20 years
,r that have elapsed since con-
io,,, the office has only been flied
Docrats for Syears.
wreksapo matters looked very
bic Tor Kings reelection, but
The roorbacks started by the
Rat par,y to insure Mr.. Smiths
have, like the boomerang, re.
and cau,ed confusion In their
bks Mr. Smith has been work
usrriously, and unless all signs
ii on Tuesday next lead his
} victory, and strike the first
ward the redemption OF the old
e State from the hands of the
bacy
re weather yesterday had the
causing Chestnut and Eighth
lo be thronged with people, and
= Of the prOprietOrs of retail
lrre wrrathrd with smiles, AZ
hin ,aw their clerks busy, and
b. dc liars jinglirg in their tills,
10 which their ears have almost
Fangtrs during the late imp leas-
th"r
tnp fine day does not make
auI to-day has been opc OF the
ltraNau' lhat car hr imagined.
Las r. mA!nrd behind lie Glouds
rain has battered down, keeping
numbers who planned yester-
they would enjoy to-day. But
ldth church, and IN some of them
isler's voice seemed hollow, as
hded over III" empty benches.
I to some OF the markets would
cad one to belrve that not only
but summer was here, as straw
green cncnlnb"rs and egg.plants
ade their appearance, but are
prices that make them the most
We Kind Of expensive luxuries. -
Carolina shad have also com.
TO arrive, but are held at prices
II prevent Their being common
tIi working mems tables for
me to come.
shermrn from here, who annu.
do"h the hay for shad. have
sy I"r weeks getting their s-ines
us III "EduI, and will probably
thc hohIng grounds, If the
Is tANwah,e, about the tirst of
fa5lr motor on Columbia avenue
~ III working order, and it is
'ha' Il" soon rs The weather
hr IcSldrntSOn that thorough
'r Hutgect'd to more dirt and
thlrh'r, before the motor isl
n'pIl'h'd iact and horses a
NE past on street railways IN
y lhcr."va,ed railway scheme
XIII ii, Tor the present Mt least,
c'ty, but there IL no telling what
1t may be galvanized into new
q make It's appearance in Ccun-
tr new name.
pr" who has ever visited New
M seen the workings of the sys.
Pr" Will le very l0ath to advo-
'n'i"d'lc'lon into this city. In
'H'h'Ss houses on streets along
'he ~ runs,tLcy are compel.
t'p the gas burning all day, so
|''Iy are their sores darkened
|e'rncf''rT overhead. Add to the
'ha Gust entering upper win.
F"lii tn" engines, combined with
a"d art falling on passers on
E""'k, ard anyone, except those
E,', VIII agree in saying that 1t
F,''S an annoyance that any
|ou'y would be justified in re
a. a nuisance.
""'cioek last evening "a fire
PHl IN the building occupied by
pb''ry u CV., h,ur merchants on
''e'above Broad, that soon d-vel.
INTO a serious contiagration.
'r4nence OF the faulty water sys
,has part Of the city, 1T was some
pore the six engines that r.spon.
'he alarm could be brought into
, and by the time the second |
was sounded, the fire, which had |
IN me BASEMENT, was bursting |
Vugh the root. There were r..
feis OF flour in the building, aud |
u loss IN estimated at SO, 900. |
"'le IN regard TO the water was
ny the small mains in the vic.n.
! although the same difficulty |
in that locality Il shor, |
o. irom the same canse, no effort
u made 20 remedy it.
hIahc"s made BY the theatres in |
duiing the past twenty-five or
''ars, and the improvement in