Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-09
THOSE PENNSYLVANIA BALLOTS.
No Conspiracy Afoot in Re-
gard to Them.
Democratic Chairmen Deny Chair
man Reeder's Charges.
State Printer Grier Makes an Affidavit
Anent the Pomeroy Incident.
A Copy of Grier's
Letter.
BY the ssociated Press.


New York, Oct. S.--Chairman Har-
rity, OF Pennylvania. chairman OF the
Democratic national committee, de-
clares that there is no truth in the
charge by Chairman Reeder, of the
Pennsylvania Republican committee,
that the Democratic state officials are
scheming to delay the issuance OF the
official ballots. He says that the law
provides that certificates of nomination
may be filed to September 18th, and
nomination papers to September Goth !;
that objections to these may be filed
within 30 days, thereafter, SO that no
certificate of the exact form of the of.
fetal ballot can be made up until after
October 20th
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 8-J. Marshall
Wright, chairman of the Democratic
state committee, today gave a verbal
denial to the charge made in the aft =
davit of Editor Pomeroy, that w. Hayes
Grier, superintendent of state printing.
had written him that Secretary Hsrrity
would hold back until October 26th the
new form of ballot decided upon, and
requesting him to notify the commits
sioners in the Democratic counties to
place their orders with the state printer
80 they could secure preference. He also
denied emphatically the sworn state
ment quoting Harrity as saying the
Repu blican commissioners could not
have the ballots prepared before cleo
tion, and that the state would be carried
for Cleveland, special election being
required to choose state and county
officers.
General Reeder, chairman of the
state Republican committee, had many
callers today. In an interview, Reeder
said: II had the nomination papers
filed in the secretary of the common
wealth's office gone over once, but am
having it thoroughly done again, go that
there may be no mistake. By Monday
| will have ticket prepared and regn-
larly set up, but shorter than the one
decided on at Harrisburg, to show that
q smaller ballot can be printed and be
in form, size and makeup within the
provisions Of the law"
GRIER MAKES AN AFFIDAVIT.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. S.-superir-
tendent of Public Printing Grier tonight
made an affidavitain reply to Pomeroy'e.
It is to the effect that while he read
letter to Pomeroy, he did not say word
about Harrity, nor that any one
would hold back until October 10Th,
or any other date, before certifying to
the county commissioners. He (Grier)
never wrote or said to any one that any
thing would be done to prevent any
county from getting the ballot form.
Pomeroy never asked him what effect
this would have upon the Republican
counties, and the conversation Pomeroy
details did not occur.
COPY OF GRIER's LETTER.
PHILADELpHIA, Oct. 8.-State Chair
man Wright today gave out copy OF
the much talked about letter, which
reads as follows:
HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 6, 1892.
Hon. j. Marshal Wright, Chairman Demo-
cratic COMMITTEES:
My DEAR SIR: l want to call your at
tention at once to an important matter.
1t is evident to my mind that change
in the size of the ticket will prevent
some counties in this state from having
an election. We are now preparing u
form OF ticket that will be official,
and the Erie county ticket is
the one used. 1t will take
paper 22x52 for the ticket, and colored
paper for the specimen, 22x46. Some of
the counties may have lees names than
Erie county, but l am of the opinion
that no county will take sheet less
than 22x50 for the ticket, and
22x46 for the specimen. The time
required for printing is limited by law,
and but very few printing offices in the
state have perfecting machines. You,
as chairman, should notify the commits
sioners of the Democratic counties to be
on the alert and get contracts made
wherever they can. There is not
enough paper in the country of
sufficient size to print the ticket. Fay
cite county has contracted for her tick
cts (by wire) with X. E. Meyers. He
can do the work for only three or four
counties, and will not 20 be-
yond his ability to complete the
work. Our strong Democratic counties
ought first to receive attention, for Phil
adelphia will by some means get her
tickets. Berks, York, Lehigh, North
ampton and others whose status you
know better than I can tell you, should
be given q pointer. Do you think
am an alarmist in This matter. 1t is a
condition, not a theory" that presents
itself, and you may do we'll to remember
my prophesy that some localities in the
state will not be able to vote in Noverl-
ber for want of tickets.
Yours truly, VIM. HAYES GRIER.