The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-25
DUMP THE TICKET
The Cry with Which Democrats En-.
ter the State Campaign.

PHnApEIPHIA. Pa. August 9-The nom
instion Of Black promises To cause the refe-
fifion in Pennsylvania Of the Folger cam
paisn in New York. Judge Folger was
personally a f~nt.rste candidate, but the
belief that he was not the choice Of the
PARTY. hut had been forced upon it by the
administration caused the Republican
masses of New York To dump the ticket in
a way tia; enabled the Democrats To roll up
a hundred thousand majority. Black. who
does not rise above the class of respectable
meiiocrities. does not inspire any feelings of
personal interest that can mitigate the resent
meni of the Democratic masses at the way
their choice las been set aside by the in-
irigues Of the ~oficcholders and the influence
of Federal patronage, and the determination
TO dump the tickle, is being freely declared.
BLAST FRoN A DEMOCRATIC PAPER.
The Philadelphia Record is voicing this
sentiment in loud and ringing tones. In its
issue ofto-day it declares =:
Mr.. Black will be beaten out Of sight as
Mr.. RanialIs factotum. Ii cannot be helped
or hindered. Under the circumstances the
best thing for every Democrat in the State to
do is to abstain from voting for Governor.
Lei Mr.. Randall and the Postmasters elect
the candidate they have nominated. In this
way a protest may be made which everybody
Will understand. even the obtuse gentleman
who from the White House has given his
aid in Furnishing the friends of Democratic
policies and rewarding their enemies.
We have lost our Governor, anyway, and
we may a. well make the defeat a Waterloo,
thus testifying our devotion TO Democracy
and our hatred of It's betrayers.
This is the feeling that is taking shape
among the Democratic voters. They realize
that the ticket cannot possibly be elected
and that il was not put up to be elected, but
simply 10 announce 10 the Administration
that the Randall faction represents the Dem
ocratic party Of Pennsylvania and must con
troll the Federal patronage of the State.
The only way 10 controvert that assumption
i to erect a monument of defeat - towering
that no one can overlook il, or mistake its
meaning.
RANDALL RRouGHr WALLACE oUT.
The Roosrd publishes a statement to the
that it was Randalrs intrigues that
got Wallace to be a candidate. some time
a. the story goes, Mr.. Randall sent for
ex-congressman Mutchler and Senator Eek
ley b. Coke. He told them that he thought
the opportunity had now arrived for senator
To become a candidate for Governor.
and suggested that they ~ee Mr.. Wallace
and assure him of his (Randall's) co-opera-
ton in the matter. The gentlemen did as
requested, and Immediately il began 10 be
noised about the State that Wallace was TO be
The nominee Of the Democracy for Governor.
hesitated 10 speak himself and Ran
dali made no pledge in person to support
him. II was this latter that the Clarified
man desired. However, his friends advised
him to go ahead, fully believing that at the
moment Randall would come to
his aid Wallace then declared himself fiat
as a candidate To try the effect upon
he ex7Speaker and his friends began to sing
The Congressman's praises and tell of the
great obligations which Randall owed to
Wallace. The Congressman turned a deaf
FAR To all these entreaties for help from the
of the .Alleghenies. and after getting
Wallace into the field as a fu~ll-fiedged eandi-
late he suddenly declared for Lieut.-Gov.
Black. Having got Wallace 10 commit him
he defeated him in order to make IA sig
nal demonstration of his claim to control
Pennsylvania and to kill off Wallace as a
rival source of influence al Washington.
TROUBLE IN THE CAMP.
Already there i trouble about campaign
and management. The general feel
Ing j. that the o~fficeholders made the ticket
they may elect it ifthey can. The Wal
wing of the party includes the shrewdest
organizers and campaign-workers and they
hold aloot. The principal dependence for
campaign funds apart from the o~fficeholders
5 the liquor interest and hence the dodging
pfthat issue in the platform. In spite of all
Randalls prctenses. the party goes into
he campaign beaten from the start and with
lac feeling prevailing the Democratic strong
holds that the best thing to do under the
circumstances j. to let the defeat he ~
thorough and complete that it, significance
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