Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-03-22
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
Slate Made up and the Convention a
Mere Formally


Philadelphia, March 14-When the
republican state convention meets at
Harrisburg in May next, it will have
little else TO do than nominate the
ticket agreed upon in Washington on
Thursday last, which it must be adj
mitted, is politically and sentimentally
and geo graphically unusually strong.
The candidate for governor, Gen. Dan
Hastings, will have no competitor. He
halls from Centre county, the very cen
ter of the state, the county that gave
us three governors, Bigler, Curtin, and
Beaver.
Walter Lyon of Pittsburg is from the
southwestern part of the state When
the convention meets he will be unani-
mously nominated for lieutenant gov
ernor, after a complimentary speecl
shall have been made in the presenta-
ton of the name of Congressman John
b. Robinson, and an eloquent speech
by Robinson, withdrawing his name
and moving the unanimous nomination
Of Lyon.
Gen. James William Latta, Of Phila-
deiphia, at the extreme southeastern
section Of the state, whose name was
not even thought of until two or three
weeks ago, viii receive the unanimous
vote of the convention for secretary of
internal affairs.
Amos II. Mylin halls from Lancaster
county, which extends south to the
Maryland line He will be nominated
for auditor general. His competitor,
Farmer Giles d. Price, Of Erie, will
be sidetracked with a nomination for
congress, against Congressman Sibley,
who recently resigned and then with
drew his resignation at the urgent re-
quest of Governor Pattison and Ma
tional Chairman Harrity, in order to
avoid the humiliation of a republican
majority of nearly 10000, as against
his, Sibley's, majority Of $500 in 1892.
For congressman at large, Galusha
A. Grow from Susquehanna county in
the northeastern part Of the state,
on the New York line, and Alexander
Mcdowell, Of Mercer county, In the
northwestern part Of the state, will be
nominated by reclamation.
Our Pennsylvania politicians do not
believe ia making two trips to the
well when one will answer. In fixing
up the state ticket at the Washington
conference it required only a few min
utes longer to determine the matter
of the Philadelphia nominations to be
made next September. These are said
to be: For judge of common pleas in
place of Judge Fell promoted to the
supreme court, Mayer Sulzburger; for
register of wills, HoratiO B. Hackett,
and for city treasurer, Richard Oellers.
When diligently fried, the rat in the
city resaury Office IS worth about
100000 a year. Fhee is risk how
ever, Of the fat frier burning his fin
gers, as ex-City treasurer John Bards-
ley, who was sent up for fifteen years.
can attest. The register of wills office
yields a legitimate fortune Of from
100000 to 100000 to the incumbent
and as Hackett has sawed wood and
said nothing ever since the close of
the war and has a splendid army
record Of four years standing to his
credit, there is no good reason why
Hackett should not have this office.
One Of the anomalies of Pennsyl-
yania politics is the fact that not a sin
gle candidate has yet put in an ap-
pearance on the democratic side. Not
a name has yet been mentioned for
governor or for any other office on
the democratic ticket, although the
present democratic governor was
elected by 10000 majority
Republicans talk of 100000 ma
iority for their state ticket but demo
Gratis do not concede It.