The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-02-13
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Mischief makers have been seeking, the
past week. IN create diseocd'amOug Repub-
liCau possiOitie' for congress next fall;
but their success has not beau marked. IL
is the fundamental determination Of NIL
genuine Republicans Just now to select the
strongest available protectionist, oue
whose election will be assured aud whose
usefulness thereafter will be steady and
palpabe.
Close ob.ervers predict that Representa-
tive Farr. of the FIRST, will be re.nomi-
mated without serious show Of opposition.
There is no antagonism to HIM in Hyde
Park, aud little II any, in Providence.
his reelection would keep Scranton
prominently and advantageously before
the people Of the state. His abilities for
legislative hustling are unsurpassed.
AHa
The lntest furry in local politics has
been caused bv the announcement that
Frank II. ClemonS is an active candidate
for the position now graced by Sheriff
John j. Fahey.
Major Isaac p. Brown, Of Erie, Colonel
Tom Stewards present deputy in the sec.
retaryship Of internal affairs, and the man
who tore down the rebel flags at Chicago,
is having merry time Of it these days. He
IA an outright candidate for promotion,
but is beset bv such formidable rivals as
Charles Voorhees, j. Nj. Kishpaugh, OF
Tunkhauuock Giles ID. Price, OF Eria, and
Major sam Losch of Schuvlkill The ar
bitration plan between Major Brown and
Colonel Price has been abandoned, ana
each will, from present appearances, be in
the fight to the finish
NEN
Kingston's jovial J. Bennett Smith takes
the liberty of his position as president of
the spicy Sassafras club to propose Abram
Nesbitt for the Republican congressional
standard bearer, in opposition TO Mr.
Hines And yet, considering the matter
seriously, why noty 1t would take very
earnest securing of the Twelfth TO dis.
cover better qualified representative of
the solid and responsible business interests
Of that now poorly represented district.
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When in Scranton last week Mr.. Grow
spoke with confidence as to the prospect,
but admitted that the one thing TO fear is
light vote The election--One week
from today-Comes at an unfamiliar
period and the result is taken by many as
so much matter OF course that they do
not pause to consider that if thousands
like themselves all over the common
wealth, were to remain away from the
polls it would rob the election OF its great
est significance. Every wage Garner a7d
every business man has personal busi.
ness interest in next Tuesdays balloting,
which will be seriously inquired il Mr..
Grows majority be not well up in the
hundred thousands
$50
ES Congressman Miller will doubtless be
tho candidate Of Mercer county Republl-
cans this fall in opposition to Judge Me
hard, whom the Democrats will renomi.
nate The two were pitted against each
other for judicial honors q decade ago,
but Republican defectiOns enabled the
Democrat to win in district normally
Republican by several hundred majority.
Mr.. Miller IL, however, an Unsuitable
fighter. In fact, his love for a political
'muss' il such that many would sooner
SEQ him in congress- where he made
splendid record, than on the bench.
EHk
For the first time ~ many years. Ger.
taiulv for the first time in this generation,
the Republicans of New York city are pre-
pairing TO make general contest in the
city congress districts next fall. one of
the quick results OF Lemuel Quigg's sue
cess has been the opening Of Republican
eyes to the fact that Democratic control
with ts attendant evils Of industrial idle
meas and virtual national bankruptCy isn't
much Of an incentive. even in Tammany-
ridden Gotham, to the retention OF Demo
cratic representatives in congress. The
right kind of Republican nominees. rightly
supported By loyal party leadership, ought
TO cut the very vitals out of the senselesss
Bourbon supremacy IN a city 30 heavily
burdened as is the metropolis by the pres.
eut business stagnatlon.
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