Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-05
LIVELYINLANCASTER.
A Hot Primary Election With Some
Results Still in Doubt.
MARTINS SLATE FOR DELEGATES,
Supposed to Favor Delamater, Seem to Have
Been Successful.
A CLOSE CONTEST In ONE DISTRICT


LANCASTER, Nav 4.-The fierce politica
contest waged at the Republican primarie
in this county on Saturday may not be cor
cIuded until the final decision of the boar
of return judges tomorrow. The present
what is known as the big year In local poll
tics, nominations for municipal and count
Offices falling together triennially. The i'm
portauce of the contest was added to by th
nominations for Congress and State Senate
in the Fourteenth district and delegates t.
the State Gubernatorial Convention also hap
pening to be chosen at this time.
II was in all respects the most interest
ing and remarkable contest ever known il
Republican ranks here, calling out tn,
largest vote ever polled and accompanied
BY the greatest expenditure of money anG
debauchery of the ballot. 1t was equally
remarkable in the spectacle it presented o.
former friends battling against each Other
and enemies of long standing suddenly
reconciled and working together for the
same candidates.
BROSIUS AN EASY WINNER.
1t early became apparent that the two.
term principle would give Congressman
Brosius a walkover. All the schemes Of
the opposition to combine on a candidate
against him came to naught and failed to
disclose any candidate strong enough to
make the fight When at late day S. NJ.
Myers concluded TO announce himself il
was against the judgment of most of his po-
Htical friends, and the result shows that
while there was a strong protest against
Brosius, it was without organized strength
or effective direction. He will have more
fv Shon has ~ md H.
his supporters throw up their hats for
Brosius for third term.
1t is clearly recognized, too, that some of
his most discreet friends had an understand
ing with the Hartman ring faction that
Brosius should not be hurt if he kept his
fingers out of the other fights. A like ar
rangement operated largely to the advantage
of E. X. Martin, the local candidate for
Lieutenant Governor. He picked out six
delegates pledged to support his cause in the
State Convention and put them into the
field. He allowed his cause to be compli-
Gated with no other candidates interests and
was spared opposition from many of his old
enemies on this account.
VERY NEAR DEFEAT.
While Martins men for delegates had
practically a walkover in the country dis
tricts, an element of intense opposition to
the city delegates for Martin developed in
the past week, and came very near to visit
ing defeat upon Lancaster's State candidate
in his own home district. Since last Mon
day the friends of General Hastings, led by
Colonel b. F. EsheIman, aideI by William
r. Leeds from Philadelphia, and Mr.. Law
renee Brown, OF Bellefonte, who has been
here in person, had been trying to carry the
town against Martin to elect DIR, H. E.
Muhlenberg to the State Convention in
Hastings interest.
They failed by $50 in total vote of 3,745,
which was uneomfortably close for Martins
man B!ickenderfer. but now that he has
full local delegation of six, he goes to the
State Convention with a hopeful outlook
and ready to serve anybody except Hastings
after Delamater is retired from the contest
for first place. Ugly rumors are afoat of
large sums of money sent here both in the
interest of Hastings and of what was con-
strued to be the Quay slate, and certain it is
that during the past week there has been no
scarcity of Doodle on either side, and that on
Saturday afternoon as high as IS were paid
for individual votes for State delegates.
CAMERoN's FRIENDS USING,
Senator Cameron's immediate friends
throughout the contest showed disposition
to work through quietly Legislature dele
CATION that would be favorable to his re-
nomination, and in this they seem upon the
whole to have been successful. They had
no serious Interference from Brosius, Martin
or the distinctly Quay elements. For SEN
ator In the upper district Kaufman was
recognized as the Quay candidate and Smith
as the straight Cameron favorite, but the
third candidate, J. Stober, backed by Boss
Mentzer and ex-senator Roebuck, turned up
as powerful third faction, and up to late
he Al.
race.
1t may require the official vote to deter
mine which of them is elected, and there
will probably be not over 100 difference be-
tween them. The chances at present are in |
Stober's favor, with Smith second and
Kaufman third-all scared and none hope |
less. Bellingielt falls away behind. In |
the city district the present member of the |
Legislature, W. w. Franklin, won by 500 |
over Frank McClain, who was backed bv |
both Sensenig and Mentzer- In the lower
Assembly district A. c. Baldwin, the pres
ent member. is renominated, with second |
place in doubt between Eaby and Heidel- |
baugh. In the upper district Seifert and |
Boyd, both OF whom were defeated BY very |
close votes two years ago, are certainly |
with the chances favoring Dr. /
H. K. Blough for third place.
POPULAR CANDIDATE.
For Sheriff, John Sides proved as popular
as had been predicted, and wins by an
enormous majority. He had widespread
popular sympathy, and owes his success to
no particular boss or faction, although Levi
Sensenig, j. w. johnson and J. 7. Strine
backed him heartily. Two of his deputy
ships are already assigned to ex-Deputy
HlpPey and Charles NJ. Strine, who on the
eve OF the primary withdrew as a candidate
for Quarter Sessions Clerk.
Ihe most Jubilant man in the county. and
the one who carries it out with the greatest
personal victory, is Lew Hartman, Three
years ago he ran for a second term as Pro-
thonotary and was fattened out His
enemies followed up his defeat with crimi-
nal prosecution of his friends in several
election boards and sent them to iaiI. He
Ieemed to be ruined as a politician. His
for Mayor in February last was
,eaten, hundreds of the Mentzer Republi-
,ans openly cutting him.
When Hartman proposed to run again for
! lucrative county office his best friends de-
louneed his scheme as suicidal, and pre-
licted that he would drag down ali his fac
ion in defeat. A violent quarrel with Levi .
some weeks ago seemed to drive !
way his strongest supporter, but he has
over all and gslloped over the
,ourse an easy winner. His candidate for
register, Geyer and for County Treasurer
1iestand, have also pulled through, and his
with the Martin forces prom c
ses to be permanent. On the balance OF the
icket there was scattering fight, and the {
Winners for all the places cannot positively I
e named until the returns from the back {
lstricts are brought to town tomorrow.
ALL ARE ANXIOUS.
All day the city has been filled with anx- {