The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-26
The Prospects Some Republicans Have
for Election and the Chances of Some
Democrats for Nomination-A Sly
Glance over the Field.
Soeciqi cyrcespondence Of the Herald.

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of Democracy by plurality of seventy
two, overturning the whole political shoot
ing match, so to speak But all these
contests, it is prophesied by the wiseacrts
of the county seat, will sink into insigni6.
cance when that of 1892 shall have been
brought into comparison. Your cores
pondent is of the same opinion.
Commencing with the head of the county
ticket, what of it2
The Republican convention did itself
great credit and the party an honor by
placing in the field for Judge District
Attorney r. H. Koch. He is enlisted for
the campaign and will stick to his coors.
On the bench he will sink psrtissnship
under the keel of the good ship Public
Good, and be righteous Judge He says
so at least, and he is to be believed. He
also says he will defeat any man the Dem
ocrats may nominate. That is the way to
talk. Pluck is always to be admired.
Koch esrly learned to know these lines
from Shakespeares julius C@ser.
| "There is tide in the afrairs of men,
Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortnne
Omitted all the voyage OF their Ire ,
Is bound in shadows and in miseries,"
McKoch is less than forty years of sgo.
Judge John Dean, who was nominated last
week by tho Republican State Convention
for Supreme judge was less than 25 years
of age whom he began his juiicisl career.
Hawill soon take life position in the
highest court of the Commonwealth. II
Mr.. Koch goes on the Schuylkill bench
next January he will be judge as long as
he wants to be. He has magnetism and
ability, two elements that always dii and
always will command position and power.
Who his antagonist will be is all con-
lecture.
Perhaps the Pershing people were not
cbagrined when the Republicans showed
them this year that the judge had no
mortgsge on their party which he could
forecose every ten years, and it may be the
owner of the Miners Journal isn't hep
ping mad because his father.in-law was left
this time. Just glance over the milk and
wster editorials of the Journal these days
snd notice the lukewarm way in which the
county ticket is supported.
But it is more than likely that Judge
Porshing will be nominated by the Demo
cratic County Convention, not ''renomi-
mated" as the Philadelphia Times puts it,
because the judge has never been the
nominated candidate Of the county Demo
cracy Mr., Koch has discounted this
nomination and has said to several, includ-
ing the writer, that he is confident OF
winning no matter who the untsrrified
place in the field against him.
SO much for the head of the ticket
For Congress the Republicans have
placed an old winner in the field in the
person Of Congressman Brumm. He
is as confident as of gore of success and he
don't seem to care whether Mr.. Reilly or
Mr.. Shepherd is named as his antagonist
The nomination will go to Reilly if young
James Ryan, who leads for District At
torney, keeps his hands of. But if Mr..
Ryan, whose relatives in this county are
legion, should see that his interest lies in
in Shepherds success in the convention,
Mr.. Reilly may be placed on the retired
list. NJ. Ryan and his friends are taking
in the situation and bearing well in mind
the fact that it won't do TO have too many
of one nationality on the ticket For,
look you. the Senatorial nomination will
be taken by Murtha P. Quinn. This is
conceded and Mr.. Keefer has already
commenced his labors Of undermining the
foundation walls of Mr.. Quinn's strong
holds So that Mr. Ryan and his cohorts
will naturally prefer Mr., Shepherd to Mr..
Reilly, whether he shall displsce Reilly
or Reilly shall combine with b. w.
Cumming, Jr., OF John D. Sells, and keep
Ryan off the ticket is one Of the absorbing
topics in political circles here Many
think Ryan, through his many family
connections, is the stronger, and that be
will be able to dictate the Congressional
nomination.
Looking over the field so early in the
campaign does not reward one in search of
much that is positively Just So" but you
can record it as fact that there is disrup-
tion in the Democratic ranks; also that
there is more than q fighting chance for
Koch and Brumm; also, that FIVE of the
seven Democratic workers composing the
Wall Paper Syndicate, which did so much
to re-elect Judge Green, are out Of Il Q
Judge making business this year, so far as
Mr. Pershing is concerned, and this is grist
to Mr. Koch's mill
In the sweet bye and bye we shall let
your dear readers know more
There was considerable friction in the
meeting of the Republican County Com
mittee to-day, when action was taken on
on the selection Of a Chairman. Elias
Davis, ex-member Of the Legislature was
chosen. He was opposed by the Koch and
Losch men ana championed by the Brumm-
Keefer people. 1t is believed all the diff
ferenees resulting from this contest will be
healed later on in the campaign. N.
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