Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-24
STRIPPING FOR A BIG FIGHT.
COUNT POLITICIANS PREPARING TO
PART IHE RAIMESr IN 1857.
The Men Who Are slated or wiiiiug to lie
slated for the Of,ces In the Row-Chances
OF AN Exciting Contest Between MsJor
Eiiwood Griest and Lew Hartman.

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inhabitants its offices are ssaried. As Lam
caster county had about 10000 in lSS0, the
natural increase would bring this county into
those Of the second class. The salaries would
be the same as i'm Allegheny county.
The officers TO be selected at the next
primary are pro,honotary, register, sheriff,
treasurer, clerk OF orphans court, clerk OF
quarter sessions court commissioners, audi
tors, coroner, prisou.keeper, prison inspec-
tors and poor directors.
The Bull Ring boss and the Hog Ring boss
have been on the lookout for candidates for
some time, and for some OF the offices the
candidates have been selected by these re-
spective factions. With a large number of
candidates who will announce themselves
and the influence of their respective friends
large vote is looked for by some Of the
knowing ones. Other politicians say the
vote will not be As large as = year ago, and
they give as a reason that for no office can the
farmers be got to the polls as easily as when
senators and members OF the legislature are
to be voted for. The candidates tor the Sem
ate in the Upper and the active canvass in
the Lower district was the cause of the large
vote in May.
Some time ago the Net0 Era announced
that it would not take any part in the COM
ing primary, but would see that the provi-
sions of the act of assembly as to the corrupt
ing of voters were enforced. IL its managers
keep their eyes and ears half open they can
secure evidence against every ward and
township politician, which will retire them
to the new prison, which ii is expected will
be built in time to accommodate the throng.
AS the Ne,c Era will not take an y part in the
| fight Congressman Hiestand's paper will al so
keep hands OIL. This will leave Major Griest's
| Inquirer as the only one in the city likely to
take an active, part and 1t is possible that it
too will be silent and let the politicians run
the primary.
THE PRoTuoNoTARY.
| There will be fewer candidates for pro-
| thonotary than for any of the prominent
| officers. Lew Hartman some time ago made
| it known thst he would he candidate for
this office. When Sam Matt Fridy heard of
Hartman's candidacy he said he would also
be candidate. Indications for time pointed
| to red hot fight between these two we'll
known politicians. They are on equal foot
| ing-each having had the office one term and
each had powerful political friends behind
| them. Fridy, however, found that some of
| his particular friends were pledged to Hart.
man for political services rendered, he could
| not get them away from Hartman and he
| very reluctantly decided not to be a candi-
date-at least for the present
The enemies of Hartman, in look ing around
for a candidate to contest Tor the prothonota-
| ryship, came across Major Ellwood Griest
| He would like to have the Office If he was Ger.
| tain OF getting the nomination, but he made
so many unsuccessful fights for Congress
| that he does not care to again run the chance
| of defeat Griest's friends say that he is the
| man to beat Hartman that he has been 9
worker in the harness since the organization
OF the party. His enemies say he had his re
| ward, having been county treasurer for term
| If the major ia not a candidate 1t will be be
cause his son Frank Will be a candidate fol
| treasurer.
| William T.. kreider for over twenty wears
clerk in the prothonotary's office, talks
about being a candidate. There was time
when Kreider could have been made pro-
thonotary but that day has gone by. He will
| content himself with announcing for the
office, Withdrawing before the primary and
making himself solid for clerkship for
| another term.
THE REGISTER.
| For register the candidates will be numer-
GUS 1t is one of the most desirable offices
in the row, pays big and when the register
| retires his money is all in his pocket or
| should be. No accounts are kept in this
| office. George $. Geyer, who received the
second highest number of votes three
years ago, will be strong candidate
John II. Sollenberger who made ii favorable
impression when canvassing for this office
three years ago and who disgusted his friends
by Withdrawing on the eve of the primary,
Will also be candidate. William H.
Deichler, who ran the rear bar of Lewis
castle in the alley for number of years, and
| who has become blind during the past year.
will also be candidate for the office He
thinks that as blind Harry Myers made the
recordership blind man can run the reg
lsters office. He proposes appealing to the
| sympathies of the Republican soldier voters.
City Treasurer Myers will also be a candi.
date and very strong candidate he will
| make. lie is popular in this city, and has
political frienus behind him that will force
one OF the combinations to put him on its
short ticket Other candidates thus far
named are Ben Hershey, of this city, and A.
W. Harnish, of Pequea
THE SHERIFF..
For sheriff the candidates thus far are
Harry Hippey, principal deputy for the last
nine years, John Sides, Abe Keller, George
Shiffner, OF West Lampeter, and Wash
Walker, of West Hempheld IfKeller stays
in the field there will be hard fight between
Hippey, Sides and Keller. As this is all Col.
umbia will ask for, that borough will be solid
tor Hippey Tor sheriff and whoever he wants
10 put for the other offices.
THE OTHER OFFICES.
There is disposition among the polili-
clans generally to give Steve Grissinger a
clear track for the treasurership this time
Many friends OF Com missioners' Clerk Griest
are urging him to be candidate Tor the office.
Whether the latter will be a candidate will
be determined before long.
Harry Scholl, of Columbia, would like In
be a candidate for quarter sessions clerk, but
ON account OF Hippey's candidacy he will
not go into the fight this year. b. +. w, Ur-
Dan, who was deputy for some years and
also clerk one term, will be a candidate, but
ne won be in the fight when the votes are
counted. Baggage-Master John ID, Gin.
ton, Will again be candidate, and
as he polled about the same num-
number OF votes every time he was a candi-
date, some OF the politicians are seriously
considering the question whether 1t would
not be popular move TO take hold of John
and run him through. Daniel Potts, Of
Strasburg, will also be candidate, and he
Will have Sheriff Breneman, Frank Mussel-
man aud other politicians TO back him. B.
j. lbach, OF Penn, and NJ. L. X Killian a one.
legged soldier from the Sixth ward, will also
| be candidates
For clerk of orphans court Mart Keller
| VIII be a candidate for reelection. w. l.,
| sutton, OF the recorders Office, Major Fas.
| nacht ana l.. l.. kreider, of East Lam peter
| township, Will also be candidates. The fees
| OF THIS ofhce were Increased from 300 To
| sl,oooa year, by the marriage license law, and
| II now pays reasonably well.
John Gingrich will be candidate for re-
| election for commissioner. He NAV be beaten
on his record against the proposed new iail
/ he has tried TO make himself solid with the
aldermen and constables during his term and
mas succeeded to great extent in that line
/ President Myers says he will not be a
| candidate but the chances are that
| he Will announce himself before the