The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-06-19
Literary Prospects in tho Twenty-sixth
District of Pennsylvania.

Since the Encouragement Of the Congress
| districts in Pennsylvania, the town and
county OF Erie are In the Twenty-sixth along
with Crawford county, instead Of forming,
with Venango and Warren, the Twenty
seventh and tail-end district Of the State,
as was previously the case.
This circumstance, unintereeting as 1t may
seem, has an important relation to the pros
poets OF epistolary literature In the region
infested by the Hon. WILLIAM L. SCOTT.
In the celebrated campaign Of 1886, when
BILL SCOTT was running as an alleged DEM
ocratic candidate for the Fiftieth Congress-
he was obliged to apply to the Republican
President OF great railroad corporation for
assistance to enable him to carry the old
Twenty-seventh district, or to pull
through" as BILL SCOTT expressed 1t at the
time. And the Democratic plurality that
year in Erie Venango, and Warren counties,
with all Of the help the candidate secured
from DR.. DEPEw, was only 1918, with q
Prohibitionist candidate In the field who re-
ceived LAO votes.
Now that Erie county is associated with
Crawford, the uphill work for Democratic
candidate for Congress from that district Is
Mr.. CULBERTsON, is a Republican. He car
ried the district two years ago by more
than 5000 Republican plurality.
The Crawford county Democrats have
nominated Mr.. SCOTT for Congress. Erie has
still to make her choice. II it should be BILL
SCOTT, he would be the Democratic candidate
for tho Fifty-second Congress, and, as we
learn from the New York Times, he would
have the active support OF the corporations
which have hitherto been powerful in Penn
sylvania politics"
But II it was tight squeeze for BILL in
1886 in the old district before he had demon
strated the true nature OF his solicitude for
the welfare Of the starving coal miner, what
would it be in the new district, now that he
is better known and has a solid Republican
plurality OF 5000 to overcome with free rail-
road passes and other benefactions He
barely pulled through four years ago. How
many letters would he have to write this fall
modelled on his celebrated appeal to DR..
DEPEw?
my DEAR Mr. DREW: I don't often ask for favorS In
the way of passes. but II could get annual pass
good until Jan. the Now York Central Railroad
aud it would suit me batter II could get II from Now
York to Erie-in favor OF Harry BuTIERFlELp it would
be great advantage to me here in this district.
"AithOugh you arc . Republican and i
am . Democrat, we do not differ much In re-
gard to views In connection with eOrPO.
rate property, and May BIO able TO servo
these Interests should pull through again.
II am the pass would not DO used three tmes
between and Jan l. Yours truly,
ERIE Pa, Sept %. 1885. Nv. L. Scorr."
There are times, In BILL SooTT's opinion,
when corporation men ought to stand to-
gether, without regard to party lines. II
the Democrats of Erie county are so crazy
as to make him the chosen representative OF
their Democracy, we have no reason to
suppose that BILLS pen will hesitate to ad-
dress to Republican railroad Presidents all
over the country appeals as urgent and
promises as glowing as those which enlisted
the sympathetic cooperation Of DIR. DEPEw.
The heart, even Of a Republican railway
President, that can resist such an appeal,
must be made OF anthracite.
II BILL Is nominated, we don't believe he
will pull through again" Nevertheless,
there will be a good many letters written
this fall In Erie.