The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-08
LIVE JorrrScs OF POLITICS.

The Lieutenant goycrnorship Agbt doubt
less rests 40 prssert almost wholly upon
the decision % tho Philadelphia delegation
n they can o. hold together for Lyon. the
man from Allegheny will BE- nominated
without serious dtnculty. H. however
tbs effort, og JACK Robinson and Colonc,
Stewart to hrosk iu ou ths s7l.dlty shall
succeed o. aus great extent the outcome
vii Boo thrown i1 doubt with tho chances
favorng Robinson. Those who know say
tho Philadelphia contingent viii be-
divided in spite of the bo8stful claim
that 10 H unanimous t'r Lyon
The bit'orr.' judicial fFh, Of The year
Will ba decided ~ todRys Republican
primaries 30 Delaware county. th, contest.
suts being Judge CLAYTON. who wants
denomination. and Captain johnson who
represents those that believe that Judge
Clayton is unfit f1r q judicial trust aud
that r- denomination, iu 'hr face oi grave
disclosures ~ bad Judgment aud immoral
support, would b. pubNc misfortune
Judging from tho newspapers % Delaware
county. there Us only one slide 90 this fgh',
that headed by CAptAin johnson. Hat IL
will take the primary vote 90 settle tho
question Jack Robinsons Media Ledger
is ucutrai
The conviction IS dawuiur upon many
Democratic minds that when all IL said
no better aiin.tmeHt Of this years for
l1ru guhor atUriu l1IU eau be m ale fh-u
is indicated ln this ticket. For governor.
William lhory Heusel ~ Lancaster and
Tor lieutenant governor. William Henry
Hines, 0' LuE0rue. Here wp have har-
m0uy ouThlnv. ALTERATION and pyr1.
technics without stint Hurrah Tor Hensol
aud Hines
Philadelphia Republicans viii this year
oppose NCAleor by the nomination " a
straIghtouL Republican pro'ectiouist uf
the staying kind The vast commercial
and Industrial interests Of this rich dis
trict cannot be cond5ol with safely 60 any
member otN party which can whip i's
representatives. iH line, against their PR.
yate couyict,1uG Tor a measure menRcing
the business o! tho country with great
curtaIimou. or downright destruction.
With reference 10 the charge OF personal
enemies that he had already expended
$4,000 IN his fight for delegate, Repre-.
sentative Robinson says: ~ never had
A0 600 In my life 20 spend. have little
money and have TO use II carefully, as |
am not millionaire They told story
that spent $4,000 to get Blair county.
Now, the fact Is all that fight cost me,
and It was the bitterest one, was only
1850. OF this amount $50 went TO news
papers for ADVERTISING The man who
should pay out 10000 or even q tenth OF
that sum, Ia pursuit Of an Office that has
little salary aud no perquisites would OBJ
viously he u fool. Mr. Robinson has never
been accused OF such grave lack Of
shrewdness,
That was a bright definition Of the gem
ius OF the Republican party which Con.
gressman Lomuel Eli Quigg gave when he
said: at detests evasion. IL despises
compromise. IL rejoices in opportunity.
Eudeavor is its element and opposition It's
Quickening spirit II is boldest when
overmgtched, readiest when most besst,
soberest when most successful. 1t goes
directly from one duty TO the next that is
to bo done. It's mission will end when all
construction ends, or when society divides
on some other lines than those OF action
and inaction, when the moving current
proceeds from other poles than the posi-.
tive and tho negative"
80
Even the stRidly Democratic Hazleton
Plain-Speaker is moved to hilarity at the
unconscious comicalities Of the Demo.
cratic member from Luzerne. 1t facotiouay
remarks: "White-winged peace reigns
supreme now between Hon. William
Hines, OF the Twelfth Congressional dis.
trict and Postmaster Bissell. The cir.
cumamblent atmosphere that for time
was OF a decidedly cerulean hue, owing TO
the vivid nature of tho little congress.
mans ejaculations is once more restored
to its normal ozonic state. But when
shall we have decision as TO the Halle.
ton oillGe| That's the question. When2
Senator James s. Fruit, of Sharon, denies
that western Pennsylvania Republican
friends of Major Mcdowell intend to knife
Lyon should Huff beat their candidate in
convention. In Saturdays Mercer county
primaries ex-Congressman Sam Miller de-
feated A, w. Williams, of Sharon, for the
judgeship nomination against Hon. s. s.
| Mehard.