Daily Republican., 1890-04-28

Though Il was not altogether uaex-
pected, the withdrawal Of John r.
Dickey as a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination for sheriff, has come
upon the Democracy like . clap Of
thunder out Of . clear sky. II has let
loose Q large number OF voters that
had become settled and fixed, and all
the candidates had measured their dis
tances and had taken soundings OF the
situation. No matter what 10 said Mr..
Dickey had large number Of follow
ers, aggressive men like him always
have, and though he may not have
had enough to put him through, he
was at least a formidable candidate In
The race and in casting up estimates he
was always considered. Though Mr..
Dickey has left his followers to go to
whom they please personally, the blue
visages OF the Lynch men would In
dictate that they have focked over to
Peter J. Ford. between whom and
Lynch the nomination now lies.
From REPUBLICAN standpoint, the
followers Of Mr.. Lynch have good
reason to be alarmed. The with
drawal of Mr.. Dickey leaves Mr.. Ford
as the only candidate In the city He
is well and favorably known by every.
body. There ID no more sctive, enter
prising business man in the city than
he. To him mere than to anybody
else is the credit to be given tor the
rapid building up and development Of
Silverbrook and the western part Of
the city.
Besides, he Is genial and friendly,
and cannot help but make hosts Of
friends of the masses. Saying this for
Mir. Ford detracts nothing from Mr..
Lynch, his principal competitor.
While not the business man that MIR.
Ford is. he has the sincere sympathy
OF more men in the county than any
other man in the Democratic party.
Fate has been against him. He ran
and was defeated tor sheriff In year
when there were no Dougherty- Nc.
kee combination of Democratic tax
collectors to cheat thousands OF Re-
publicans out OF their votes. The last
defeat OF Mr.. Lynch for the nomina.
lion occurred two years ago under OK
grayated circumstances. Then, as
now, before Mr.. Dickey's withdra wal,
he had his two principal competitors.
They were then the same, Peter j.
Ford and the present sheriff, Mr.
Allen, both from this city, but Mr..
Allen did not withdraw as Mr.. Dickey
has done. Mr.. Lynch then had the
sympathy of large majority OF his
party, but the wing, opposed to Mr.,
Ford, was afraid he could not come
up to the Chfistiapa with sufficient
votes 10 defeat Ford, hut just about on
the eve of the election hundreds of
Lynch men hocked over to Allen to
defeat Ford
Then, as now. it was anything TO
defeat Ford, and his opponents sue
ceelcd, but imagine their surprise on
the plorning after the election to find
that It was not Ford, but Lynch who
was second best, and that by less than
one hundred votes. Lynch had
brought up more votes even than he
had promised 10 Chrisiiana Greek, and
ever since those oil his friends who left
him al the last hour and went over to
Allen in order 10 defeat Ford have, to
use common expression, been tiyin &
to kick themselves. But now the tight
is straight out between Ford and
Lynch. Kothwell 8 vote will make
very little difference Toner, of New
Castle, is still in the field, but lie is not
the power he was two years ago, and
II he withdraws. .as 1t Ia siid he will.
bis vote will nearly all flock to Ford.
Indeed, under the circumstances, it is
not improbable that by nomination
day all will have Withdrawn but Ford
and Lynch. As the Ford wing OF the
party ID generally accredited with GYM
patty ior salisbury rule, there may
DC much more in tie contest then the
me.e question Ct who shall be the
Democratic nominee Tor Sheriff, Re-
pubheans have no cause ior discourage
ment.