The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-09
ONE GENT.
THIRD DISTRICT POLITICS.
some Very Interesting Details OF the
Democratic SItnptInn.

some Very interesting Details OF the
Democratic Situotion.
A HERALD reporter chanced to meet a
prominent Democratic resident of Tamaoua
in town on Saturday evening and in the
course of conversation cleaned from him
the following interesting details: owe will
have a great battle Of the ballots in our end
Of the county next November" said the
Tamaquan, with twinkle in his eve "and
some bombs will be exploded. Approaching
this the Democratic politicians are very
shaky' and seem to be at sea SO far as
their own interests are concerned. The cause
of the trouble is that when the patriots from
this end want anything they are generally
turned down, the leaders having become
corvinc'1, enormously, that the Democrats Of
the Mahoning valley, the Gibraltar of the
party in this county, were all right and the
party was solid anyway. Now and then a
sop is thrown to the Third district but there
is always long time between drinks. 1t is
not going down this year, The Democrats
of our end have had the scales torn from
their eyes, They have been doing a heap
O thinking and are not as much deluded as
the past, thanks to the numerous school
houses in our section. The claim that
Tamaqua is holding one important office now
does not count. Sam Beard owes his
position to friends at the other end of the
county-his lamented father having had a
| strong pull with the state leaders, who used
| their influence to bring about the nomina-
tion otherwise our people would now be
holding some unimportant office, like County
| Surveyor, which was given us this year.
The votes of our section count heavily for
the Democratic ticket. In fact without
them the ticket would be nowhere and they
Till be nowhere, and they will be wanted
this year.
There are tei0 Americans living in our
section" continued the Tamaquan, "and
they claim to have some rights the other
nationalities must respect. To show how
badly demoralized the Democrats are at our
end l need only refer to last weeks Recorder,
the Democratic organ of Tamaqua. If there
was no trouble this paper would have no
occasion to call upon the faithful to stand by
its c0lors Last week a number Of Demo-
cratic leaders were doing Tamaqua and
West Penn. They were trying to create
feeling among Republicans against the Poles
by stating that it would be but question of
time when they the Poles. would control the
county and the Republicans should not try to
hasten the day. This would not go down.
No intelligent Republican swallowed this
chaf Their answer was that they were
Republicans from principle aud that the one
nationality Of the greatest oppressed, fol-
lowers of the great Kossuth, were entitled to
the same rights in this country as any other
nationality. How would the Democratic
Third district doctrine work in your vicinity,
do you think Would they dare preach it in
the midst of the many Polish citizens here
who have stood by them year after year
The most of the Democrats believe the Poles
are all right as long as they vote the Demo
cratic ticket and after they are no good, but
l. for one, think they are entitled to the same
rights as any other nationality, and do not
intend to allow preiudice3 to deter me in
letting them enjoy what belongs to them.
am an American and as such l must stand on
American principles"
Verify, there is something wrong in the
Third district Democratic ranks