Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-10-28
The Weekly. Inteligencer
Gt)e cailfaster Jntelli9ener,
LANCASTER OCTOBER ., 1856.
In City and Country.

We have been particularly impressed,
during this canvass, by the personal
nature of the claims made, by candidates
for Congress, upon the people for their
support. This office Of representative is
peculiarly party and political one and
naturally confines the candidate to his own
party in his solicitation of votes. Ger
tainly it is an anomaly 10 see him seeking
not only the votes of his political opponents
but even their nomination. 1t is bewilder-
ing to find candidate for Congress
who is the nominee of both the
Democratic and Republican parties yet
there is one in New York who enjoys
this distinction; and furthermore is the
nominee of a choice assortment of other
organizations. He has fairly gobbled them
all and yet does not seem to be happy or
to have secured his election beyond per-
adventure, since there is candidate
against him, who runs as an Independ-
ent," in default of any remaining parties
to nominate him. The much nominated
candidate is named Campbell-Tim Camp.
ball; he is at present Democratic repre-
byTammany Hall. Afterwards he became a
County Democrat, and now is both; and
Republican and a Labor man, and every
thing else but Prohibtionist. He is not
that; when he received the Republican
nomination he was called into the meeting
and invited everyone down to take some
wet groceries"
His rival, Mr.. Tom Grady, has not taken
up the temperance banner against him
there do not seem to be any temperance
constituents thereabout.
We incline to think that this idea of
making candidate for representative the
unanimous nominee of all the parties is
strictly confined to New York at present
though we find indications that it may
spread, in the apparent relation of party
d,votiOn in the representative candidate.
In staid old Chester Mr. Darlington and
Mr.. Everhart, Republicans, have each
other by the ears in an effort to get to
Congress; and upon the Democratic side,
defeated candidate for the nomination, one
Forwood, mayor of Chester, is said to be
working for Darlington instead OF for the
candidate of his party.
He is evidently of the order of Hessians,
and apparently this order is spreading.
There are many Of the kind turning up and
interp0sing their personal desires against
the party good. There is Rafferty,, of
Pittsburg, who has thrust himself upon
Fayette and WestmOreland, displacing a
very fit congressman, Boyle, while himself
very unfit to be congressman yet not
knowing 1t, or not minding it, if lie knows
It. He expected the Democrats of the dis
trict to elect him, because the conferrees
chose him; but they will probably refuse
10 do 1t.
There is too much independence and self
respect left in the voter of the country
congressional district, to let himself be
treated as unceremoniously as the city
voter is, by nominating conventions and
self-seeking politicians. There needs to
be veil of decency thrown over political
operations in the country. 1t will not do
there for a man TO ask both Democratic
and Republican nomination for Congress.
though he may buy or beg in covert
way votes from any source.