The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-10-30
A Hopeful Outlook.
GENERAL STRENGTHENING or THE DEMO-
CRATIC LINE.
WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMIT
TEE HAS DONE, AND EXPECTS
TO DO-THE INDE-
PENDENT MOVE
MENT.
\ Philadelphia dispatch says /:

ueTt Has Dtcl q Illdi hCu lhPiobO
ment in the Democratic situation
and general strengthening all along
the line there during the past few days.
The efforts of the Ohio election have
not only entirely passed away, but the
reaction has come earlier and with
more force than was expected. This
is no doubt in great measure due to
the recent manifestations of organized
and effective opposition to Quay and
Rowan fron the Republicans. There
is now at work there an efficient anti
Quay Republican Association, which
is spreading broadcast its address
against the Ring Republican nominee
and is mailing to every corner of the
State copies of his offensive record.
Another organization, largely made up
of old members of the Committee of
One Hundred and influential Republi
cans, is raking Rowan fore and aft,
and these two organizations working
separately, but not without sympathy,
will supply the 10000 Independent
Republicans of that city with the faci-
lities to cut the offensive candidates
very deeply on election day. Full
tickets of both parties, with COM
plete set of Democratic stickers will be
put into every house before election
day. 1t is estimated that in that city
alone the names of 5000 Republicans
in sy mpathy with the anti. Quay move.
ment are reported, and the number
over the State is double these figures.
Thousands of others will remain at
home in disgust.
But the best aspect in the situation
there is the new life which has seized
upon the Democratic organization.
State and City Committees, clubs and
ward organizations are now working
heartily and sympathetically together
fora common end. Chickering's and
dissensions, growing and dissatisfied
ion have ceased, and each organization
seems to be trying to surpass the other
in zeal for the cause.
The Young Mems Democratic Asso-
citation, the Battalion, which did so
much to elect Colonel Decheri, the
Americus Club, the James Page Libra
ry Association and othe associations
with membership extending over the
whole city, all have campaign commit.
tees, which have been consolidated for
general work, and are at it in full har-
mony with the City and State Commit
tees. The opening and ratification
meeting at Horticultural Hall was
presided over by George w.
Biddle and Ex-Governor Curtin.
Secretary of State Stenger, Rob
ert K. Monaghan, John r. Read
and other well known Democrats will
speak This will be followed by a
great meeting this week under the
auspices of the clubs. 1t will be held
on the same night with the Irish Par
nell demonstration in the Academy of
Music, and Governor Pattison and
Hon. Samuel j. Randall, speakers at
the Irish meeting, are expected to 60
there to address the young Democrats.
Geo. M. Dallas, Chairman Hensel and
others will be on the bills. The Inde-
pendents will rally on the following
Saturday night with such well known
speakers to the front as Tom Marshall,
John Field, George ID. McCreary,
Francis b. Reeves and Others whose
voices and efforts have so often been
influential in reform movements there.
AT all the Committee headquarters
the work of thorough organization is
being pushed with unwonted activity,
The Chairman of the Democratic State
Committee reports that the demand for
political pamphlets and reading matter
has never been so great within his ex-
perience, and nearly million copies of
these, many of them eight-page publ
cations have been printed. They Gov
er a wide range of topics and are most
ly in exposition of the issues presented
by the platform. About one hundred
thousand biographies of Mr.. Conrad
b. Day, with the tributes of Republ-
can newspapers to his high character,
have circulated, together with tracts on
every phase of the Constitutional and
corporation questions, the record OF
Quay, the pardon brokerage. riot bill
lobbying, State Treasury mismanage-
ment, some 10000 lithograph and au-
tograph letters, tickets by the million
aud hundreds of thousands of stickers
have been called for and are being
sont out; and though the finances of
the committee are somewhat stratened
the work is being pushed with energy
aud completeness,
From nearly every county there are
recent favorable reports, which show
that the revival of Democratic hopes
and party activity is by 10 means 10
sal The number of Republicans who
openly manifest their opposition to
} iay is increasing, and the prospect of
! full Democratic poll is Frightening
everywhere.