The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-08-29
Republican Discord.

The devil of discord seems TO have
been let loose in the ranks of ''the
party Of great moral ideas To sg-
grsvate the general disaffection to the
federal administration the coerced
nomination Of Delamater for governor
has been most effective. To Intensity
the universal discomfort of republicans
the local nominations of their party
have been a most powerful factor In
hardly county in this state have the
republican conventions passed of har-
moniously. In Beaver, Butler, Mercer.
Erie, Warren, Venango, Westmore-
land, Indiana, Mexican, Greene, Wash
iugton. Dauphin, Delaware, Hunting
don, and Somerset, divisions and dis
sensions exist which threaten the
loss of thousands of votes to the repub.
lican state and county tickets. In
other counties which are yet to hold
conventions there are bitter contests
going on which are bound to leave
ugly scars.
The Twenty fifth congressional dis
trict will have two republican candi
dates for Congress, the party in Bes-
yer and Butler having determined to
nominate a candidate sgaiUst Major
Mcdowell, who is supported by Lawr-
ence and Mercer counties, and whose
nomination, it is charged, was pro.
cured by bribery. In the Twenty first
district, composed of the counties of
Westmoreland, Armstrong, Indiana
and jefferson, eighty-six ballots have
resulted in a deadlock, with each
county adhering to its candidate. No
matter who may eventually be the
nominee there will be dissatisfied ele-
ments which cannot be propitisted
In the Twenty-fourth congressional
district, consisting of the counties of
Fayette, Greene and Washington, and
part of Allegheny county, the nomi-
nation of an unsatisfactory candidate
in the person of Andrew Stewart. of
Fayette county, and the defeat of
congressman Ray (of Greene) for re-
nomination have left very bad taste
in the mouths of republicans. The
outlook is that there will be q snow
storm in that district on the 4th of
November which win bury Mr.. Stew
ard out of sight. In the "shoes-string'
district, the Eighteenth, composed OF
the counties of Franklin, Fulton, Hunt
ingdon, Miffiin, Juniats, Snyder and
Union, sheol itself is to pay with very
little asphsltum on hand. The Hon.
DR.. Atkinson, of Miffiintown, is trying
to issue a scire fdcids to revive his
lien on the republican party in that
district, and Culbertson of Miffiin,
Gehr, Of Franklin aud the stalwarts OF
Huntington refuse to obey the writ.
Marshal Dill may be brought into the
field by the democrats To settle the
difficulty. In the Fourteenth district,
embracing the counties of Dauphin,
Lebanon and Perry, the denomination
of Congressman Rife has Jared the
machine out of gear and it will prob
ably lose all of its wheels before the
ides of November shall have arrived.
In the Thirteenth district the Hon.
Samuel A. Losch, without whose
leadership of the republican party iu
Schuylkill county the politics of that
region would be like the play of Ham
let with Hamlet left out, has turned
states evidence against Cameron and
Quay and the republicans of that dis.
trics are having "a monkey-and parrot
time" just now, which promises to be
more interesting than Mexican bull
fight as time wears on. In the Sixth
district composed of the counties of
Chester and Delaware, the nomination
of Hon. "Jack" Robinson has had the
effect of dividing the republicans into
Robinson and anti Robinson factions,
And so the fend of discord RACES
among the republicans throughout the
state.
To the demoralized and disintegrat-
ing republican forces the democracy of
the state present a united, harmonious
and confident organization. The cleo
tion is only little more than two
months off and 1t is hardly within the
range of probabilities that during that
brief period the conditions can be
changed so as to give the republicans
a victory. The signs all point to
democratic success in November
Pdty lot.