The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-01-31
1t Touches Upon a Variety
of Political Topics.
lN0ULD~BE CANDIDATES
There Are Twenty-one Candidates In the
Fourth Legislative District for Nomina-
tion or REORGANIZATION and Probably
Many More TO be Heard From
speeial HERALp eorrespondenee.

Special HERALD correspondence
PoTrsvIJLE, Jan. 3O-Threo members of
the Legislature are to beelected in the Fourth
district this year and thus far there are
twenty.one candidates in the field for
the Republican nomination, or an average Of
seven Republicans for each seat. They are
Capt. Cyrus Sheetz, Capt Jacob Britton, Wm.
Woomer, Hon. g. W. Kennedy and Gus
Shrink, of Pottsville; John Stewart, of Reilly
Township; Hon. s. S Cooper and H. W. Hibs.
man, fremont; William Seerer and B. f.
Stuck, Tower City; John Sutton, Pinegrove;
Thomas Gehrsand James Culver, PIT. Carbon;
w. E. Herring, Pao alto; Seth Orme, st.
Clair Hon. S. A. Losch, Dr. II, N Coke and
Earl Whitman, Schuylkill Haven, and Major
CLARK, Branch Township Verify the woods
are full OF public spirited men and the cam
paign in the Fourth district promises to be
exceedingly heated
Hon Ramsey Potts, one of the wheel
horses of the Republican party and who has
been twice a member of the legislature and
represented his dis rict hOnorably and faith
fully, will also be a candidate for his old seat
this year. The Fourth district could not do
better than return him. If il is to be q Potts.
vile man, let it be Ramsey Potts.
Joel Mcdonnell, of Palo Alto, is also
mentioned as strong candidate for the
Legislature in this district He is backed by
such men as Senator Keeier and William
Wilhelm, Esq, Joel would make a good
legislator
Mercantile Appraiser Walter Stevenson
starts out on his rounds on the first of Feb
ruary. The designation OF the newspapers
to print the mercantile apprasement has not
yet been made
Hon. John T. Shoener and Hon Elias
Davis, candidates for Congress and Sheriff,
respectively, were visitors TO Pottsville on
Monday. In many quarters the nominations
of these two gentlemen are conceded and il
will take the hardest kind of work to take
them off the list, If ii can be done vt all.
There is some opposition to Mr.. Losch
cherishing any legislative hopes. Many
people IN this district say that he should not
entertain them if he is TO throw out his hook
and line for q state office. One particular
friend of the bald headed statesman said the
| other day, Sam must not think he has a
mortgage on all the offices. | am willing he
should have a nomination for the Legislature,
if he wants it, but this claiming of every
thing in sight with the hope of a certsinty OF
something is rather too much of a good
thing"
If Sam wants to go to Congress, as some say
I
| number of Republicans, as be must have
every Republican vote under his standard
With John ShOener it is quite different He
has united party behind his back and will
have no fences to repair Mr.. Shoener would
make an excellent Congressman. lie would
devote his energies TO the interests of his
constituents and not dabble in affairs in
which they would not be concerned, OF
schemes to down" others who may be
| engaged in legitimate undertakings, but not
exactly in touch with the Congressman
sentiments. Mr. ShOener is clean cur
J candidate and if nominated he will have the
workingmen with him to a man.
Hon ID. d. Phillips, of Gordon, has also
| been mentioned in connection with the
nomination but his friends think he had
better take the nomination Tor the Legislature
| in tine Second district which is his if he wants
! it. His chances in that direction would be
| better than for Congress, or Senator. 1t Is
almost certain that he cannot carry the 30th
Senatorial district 1t is conceded by the
| most shrewd politicians in that district, that
Major John f. Finney is the only Republican
who can carry it. In the event of the latters
| nomination and election there would be no
dispaTagement to Mr. Phillips. In their 10
spective places the two could do considerable
good for both the state and this county They
are well experienced in state craft and know
as well as the best when the proper moment
arrives to do turn Tor their constituents