Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-21
CAMPAIGN NEWS AND COMMENT,

THERE il every indication that the man
ayers of this nxtional canvass are conduct
ing It upon an eminently practical basis.
Tho forces are being concentrated on the
points where thev are most needed, and
comparativ little attention Is being paid
to sure localities. It Is not . natter OF
moment to the Democratic leaders, for In
stance, whether. Cleveland's majority Is
100000 or 200. 900 in Texas, SO long as ne gets
the electoral votes of that unwieldy COM
monwealth. The Republicans, on the
other hand. are hardly oeyotins
as much attention : as usual to
such States as Pennsylvania and Ohio,
where the electoral ticket is safe and. big
majorities arc expected as q matter Of
course. Little money is being expended
tor red fre where It Is needed to perfect the
Organization and get out the vote. The bet
ting end of tho campaign, too. Is even more
apathetic than most OF the other features.
Four years ago leading politicians, and even
national committees. regarded tho placing
a 15 wsssrs as and
The few transactions OF the kind so far this
year have been between individuals, and
tho amounts .comparatively small. There
has also been disposition to make betting
propositions on rhe issue in. separate
States instead of on the general result.
This has been explained US due tp
might be thrown into the House, which
might complicate matters and tic up the
stakes Indefinitely. This feeling would in
dictate that the gentlemen with eporting
turn this year, as well as tho campaign
managers. 80 - = 90
THE party which would put in its plat
form n plank promising the elimination Of
the tin horn as q campaign feature would
f,o Ia asynrln1 n n a
converts. e., -. -o = -''.
MURAT HALsTEAD sees greatly i'm
proved prospects for Republican success. In
a letter Just written he says: 'The Demo
Gratis are no longer in their cool calculations
claiming Illinois, Wisconsin or Iowa. They
claim Indiana, assuming that Gresham's in.
fuence Is large, but ns Democrat he
doesn't count and the young leader, Fair.
banks, who fought the battles of Gresham,
is foremost for Harrison. and has the pluck
and luck and nerve and bone and sinew and
brains to win. The Rhode Island election
last spring proved Cleveland to have no
special strength in New England. The Rus
sell business. in Massachusetts,, like thatof
Pattison in Pennsylvania, was grotesau3
accident and an impertinent eccentrictty.
1t will not occur again. Connecticut IS ripe
for decidedly Republican State this fall, in
spite of the squirming OF the Democrats to
show that they are for protection of the
tobacco leaf" Republicans do not feel
sure OF New Jersey, but have fair fighting
chance. Bourke Cochran explained at
Chicago just how New York would be lost
il Cleveland was nominated. though
Tammany should be Loyalty submissive,
and thus far his statements, SO dismally
prophetic for his party, have been more
than realized. He could not have expected
people under the protection and reciprocity
policy, as all the statistics of the year, be-
ginning with those OF Peck, demonstrate.
The speech Of Mr.. Blaine ut Ophtr Farm is
convincing that the whole force Of the Re-
publicans is in the field; and in his calling
attention to the success Of the Harr ison
administration under the supreme test OF
New York City to her enormous manu-
featuring interests. and referring to the
mystery OF the American-Irish support Of
racy have identified themselves, and appeal
ing to them to sustain happier policy in
this country than that Of England toward
ireland. We have an iliu.tration OF the
masterful ideas, MS we'll as Of the political
sagacity that has been so remarkable III the
career of tho statesman who has again
served his country with an utterance wise
and timely" -
POLITICS are about as warm ss could be
expected in Colorado considering that out
door mass meetings have to be held in heavy
snowdrifts. ,..
ACCORDING to the Philadelphia Press,
"the contest Of the Republican nominee for
Congress in the Third district to establish
his right to be regarded as the regular Dom
ocratic candidate, also, is developing some
very interesting facts concerning Demo-
cratic methods in this town. Before he re-
ceived the Republican nomination Mr.. Nc
Aleer went through the form of seeking the
Democratic nomination, knowing very we'll
that he would not be allowed to have 1t
under the Democratic rules. The nomina-
tion of Captain Ker was clearly OF tho most
fraudulent character. 1t made no difference
what delegates were elected from the d.
visions to tho ward conventions. the Chair
men who were named for that pur-
pose by the city organization could
and did accept as regular only such as they
pleased. They made exceedingly clean
work of It, but, the fraud was thinly dis
guised. If this contest shall result in de-
cision that Captain Ker is not entitled to
the regular Democratic nomination after
he had received it in exact accordance with
the Democratic rules, as testified by both
the Chairman and the Secretary Of the DEM
ocratic City Committee it would leave the
regular Democratic organization OF this
city in something of box. It could never
in the future rely upon the efficiency OF its
the Third district succeed. in breaking up
this fraudulent system in the Democratic
party he will do the Republicans no service.
The system has been benefit to the Repub-
Hcan party because It has kept the esteemed
enemy in q perpetual quarrel On the other
hand II Captain ker Is not driven OF the
Democratic ticket he might be elected"
The Grange organization of Montgomery
county has been Questioning the candidates
for the Legislature on the subject of tax
equalization. Everyone of the Republican
candidates has declared himself in favor Of
doing whatever is possible to tighten the
burdens of local taxation. Representative
Taggart proposes to support the measure
now being prepared by the tax conference.
PROBABLY the most original bet of the
campaign was settled at national Demo-
cratic headquarters in Now York the other
day. While Chairman Harrity before the
campaign opened was very well known in
PENNSYLVANIA, he had not been d familiar
figure in New York City. His figure. eyes
and hair had been described in only o very
general way. Puck's artists have to do
especially with these characteristics.
On extraordinary occasions they
will hunt up a man and size him up, but
more frequently they rely on photographs.
Mr. T. Gibson had been led to believe that
Mr.. Harrity's hair was black. or his asso-
ciate artists. Mr.. Taylor and Mr.: Dalrymple,
Mr.. Dalrymple believed that Mr.. Harrity's
hair was brown with an inclination to the
auburn. Mr.. Taylor was neutral. At last
Mr.. Gibson pumped o 500 bet mt Mr.. Dal-
rymple that MIR. Harrity's hair was black.
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