Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-05-22
A REp.HoT DISTRICT.
THE NoRTHsIDE is A SETTLING PoLiTL
CAL cAULDRON.

| Colonel Baync TO Assume Personal Charge
of His Canvass To.Duy-Rumors About
| the Defense Association, Mr.. shiras and
Colonel Stone.
The American Defense Association"
held another fruitless meeting in Allegheny
last Tuesday evening, it making the third
meeting at which no positive action was
taken, except to declare vigorously for
George Shiras III for Congress. The mac
tion of last Tuesday evening was due to the
| adoption Of rule that all new members
must put up dollar and subscribe without
reservation to all that had been done. There
were couple of dozen new would-be MEM
bers who did not feel shy on the dollar ques-
tion, but had no desire to be gagged on the
other proposition. There was lively time,
| and the meeting adjourned to convene at the
call of the Chair.
Bayne's friends claim that the bottom has
| dropped out of the patriotic order move
ment in Shiras' behalf, and as evidence
show list of members who have pulled
out. A countermove has been put into
good shape by Colonel Bayne's lieutenants.
Allegheny and the whole Congressional dis
trict will be flooded with flaming circulars
this morning which will contain a call for
street, Allegheny, next Saturday evening,
at which Colonel Bayne will make the eagle
scream on the anti-immigration question.
The several patriotic orders hereabouts are
designated by name and invited to attend
the meeting. There will be no "vice presi-
dents," but number of Colonel Bayne's
very warm friends are going to hustle things
into shape, and several short speeches are to
be made commencing his candidacy.
Colonel Bayne will arrive here to-day and
do the Roderick Dhu act in great shape.
1t is not disguised that the tremendous
hustling done by Mr.. Sh1ras, and the way
the youngsters are focking to his support
have caused serious uneasiness among
Colonel Bayne's friends. 1t is actually said
in many quarters that the incumbent would
have placed his seat in the next Congress in
peril If his practiced hand was kept off the
reins few days longer. There will be a
lively time in the next few days on the
Northside, and many itching palms expect
to have their pangs appeased.
The Bayne hustlers were ont with bran
new history of the inside Of the Shiras can
didacy yesterday. It has the merit of nov
city, at least The story goes that Mr..
Shiras came out as a candidate simply in or
der to extort from Colonel Bayne promise
that after receiving this nomination he
would never do it again. The decks being
thus cleared for action two years hence.
Colonel William A. Stone, ex-United
States District Attorney, was to step forward
as collateral heir to Colonel Bayne's rever-
sion, Mr.. Shiras getting reward for his un-
selfshness later on. 1t was supposed that
Mr.. Shiras would answer to Cardinal Rich
elieu's characterization of the fiery De
Mau2rat: "De Mauprat is patient man
and he can watt
The combination worked like charm
until within 4S hours, when Mr.. Shiras sud
denly conceived the idea that he could
really win, and redoubled his efforts to
make the rifle. Whether or not this is in
harmony with the alleged original combina-
tion has become q burning question. and 1t
is hoped by Colonel Bayne's friends that
Mr.. Shiras' promiscuous activity may turn
tide In favor Of the man that's in.