The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-08-25
PRESS COMMUNIST ON THE DEM
OCRATIC TICKET.

PRESS COMMUNIST ON THE DEM
OCRATIC TICKET.
Philadelphia Inquirer tRepl
nominee for Governor and made one of his
friends the candidate for CongrSsman-ai-
large but he has relegated to private life
probably the only great antagonist he had IN
his party, and has virtually assumed the du-
ties Of leader, organizer and director of the
Democracy of the Keystone State, as well as
the representative of the President and Il
manager of the legislation of the country.
This herculean and multiform task is self
imposed, and it will fully test the abilities of
Philadelphia Pres tRep)
The Democratic Convention has fifty in
augurated a political funeral by embalming
the stately candidates of the spoilsmen in "a
solemn casket of obituaries. The most strik-
ing feature of the platform is lis lamentation
over the dead, and the chief significance of
the ticket is the fading patronage of the liv-
ing. TIL Democratic organization of PEN
sylvania has handed itself over, bound and
gagged, TO the dispensers of post offices. and
the uncompromising managers who trade on
the capital of the Administration have shut
their Democratic rivals out from any inter
est IN the affair, of the State az well a. fro
amy share in the favors of the nation.
Philadelphia Times.
Chauncey +. Blacks nomination for Gov
ernor is a departure for the Democracy of
Pennsylvania, aud wheiherhe shah be strong
or weak as a candidate will depend solely
upon the unity or disintegration of the party
as the sharply defined ISSUES of the contest
shall be faced. He i one of the younger and
bolder of the Democratic leaders. and j. pro
gressive alike in sympathy and action. He
is among the thoroughly clean politicians Of
the State. and his positive convictions on
some Of the most vital ISSUES Of the cam
lsign will oosi him many VOTES within the
reach Of powerful political i%aciors but il T.
q~uiiePoS>ible that Doe may IL elected y much
BECAUSE Of the cncmie, he has ms "a a. ts-
cause ofhis many dcvo,cd and wel-lc~rnei
fiond-.
Evening BuIleiin Rep
lfthr n,mocmii, Convention had shaken
~ the Randall ihnnu-s aud taken a .huud
and ~sadous view II ~ opportunities ia
would never have sacrificed . Mailaoe fr a
Black Thenv can b. no dpuht thar the ~n.
aicr AS hs Tar The very -frn-,-i candidate
that it could have nam.i Mr. Bl4ek 8. an
amiahlc, hois-i cif.zsn. hus De- d,-- nos ~
gn b. onnir usar Wallacr Ia shility and "a
fitness o. lead hi, Iany in such u campaign
a. that la which he j. ai-,ut D. eutcr. lie
mhenis bui a muieuic sham ofhis ,h~iin-
euislcl lifhcr- bnsins be- ha- never been
sloas-fal in his cho-.u profession ~ the
Bar. and his r%sfiifical rans.r ha- h.n Gun
lined chiefly o. the preparation 81 Prnsy
writings ai-,ut Jcher~ou, jackson and TIL
dcn. and o. the onnameniald uti,s Of the
Lieutenant oovenorship indolenr in his
habits. with ~ taste for the details 81 politics
oasy-ealns rather than stHci Ia BIZ practical
natiosis Of affairs. and with no very marked
ionce of character. lac l. a man To be led
rather than to lead
Evening News lRep)
II Mr.. Randall faile,i "a get anything he
wanted from the Convention il was irsause
he failed to call for it. The NOMINEE for
Gorcnr j. a mau Of biz own selection, ami
without his aid could not dreamed of sue
oesS. II was al hi instance tina a Knight Of
Labor Wa named for Congressman al large.
and the platform. such as il is, was just such
a %deIiycEnoc a. he chose 10 make IL. In
fne. the initials offs J. Il. arr branded upon
the carcass Of thc Democracy of Pennsylvania
in letters 50 large that they may he read
with the naked eye whether the beholder
stands in Washington or in Illinois.
Evening Telegraph Repl
OF course, there is no expectation in the
mind Of anybody that there is going TO be
any winning, or any show of winning. with
this ticket and this platform. There was no
idea of winning in the mind Of ANYBODY
when the ticket WAS made up and the plat
form drafted into smooth syntax. Well.
then, what was the Convention held for. and
what Is all tlc Robbery about? the reader
wants 10 know. It was all about giving Mr..
Randall a better chance To figure as the
Democratic boss of Pennsylvania petween
now and the wear 1855 and at the Democrat
ic Presidential Convention ofthe year 1855.
Evening Call Rep1
Tn ticket nominated by the Convention i
hardly worth discussing. Ii stands no show
whatever of success. The SHADOW Of defeat
has cast it, sable influence around il. and
nothing shor; Of a political miracle can save
j, in November next. ~Chauncey f. Black
and his colleagues are unquestionahlv men
Of integrity and political as well as personal
honesty and clcanncss. They. however. are
not versed in the ways of siatecrafi. they
represent no vital principle which should
make them preferred to the Republican can
didaies. and there j. not a single reasonable
basis Tor the superstition of anything but
defeat.
Reading Herald dnd. DEM
Black enters upon the campaign rs the
bosses and office-holders candidate. which
is a Escor recommendation indeed. Had the
Convention boldly thrown both Randall and
Wallace out Of the fight. and taken up a
man not identified with either wing of the
party, both wings would have Topped to-
gether 10 his support, and he would nave
drawn largely from those Republicans who
are dissatisfied with their ticket Men of
merit and ability were named for the office,
but were thrust aside.