The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-08-15
THE POLITICAL POT.

Howard Mutchler's Carbon county lieu
tenant. George w. Esser, fresh from the
scene of his triumphs Mt Wilkes'Barre
last week, where lie helped to nominate
his Republican brother in.law, John Leis.
enring, ran mp against an unexpected de-
feat at MAuch Chunk Monday, when
Robert klotz secured the Ca bon congress
slonai cUuferree. against l.. II. Barber. by
vote of Az to 27x Tho only scalp
ifted by the Esser faction was the chair
manship of tue county committee, which
went to Thomas B. Craig. On the same
day returns from Pike couny showed
that the Ea,ton edi or congressmal had
lost that last hope. No hing short Of
miracle can now, II seems. bring about
Howard Aiutchle'S denomination, despite
the fact that n month ago ne appeared al.
most inviuCibe. 1t is In order to trot out
the familiar metaphor about the uncer.
tainties Of politics.
A special di-patch from Pittsburg quotes
Secretary Il N. Randolph VI the State
League of Republican clubs as cJnfirming
the previous announcement that Repre-
sentative Jack Robinson, Of Media, would
not be a candidate for reelection to the
league pre,idrncy The dispatch says tina
Vice President Ever tt Warren of this
city Is regarded as mJst likely to be his
| successor.
Major Sam Losch's defeat In Schuykill
| Tor the congressional nomination comes In
| the nature Of familiar eX Jeriencs. II
has been the majors luck OF recent years
| to be defeated quite as often as tu Ds sue
| cesstul; nevertheless, he Is plucky fiyAter
VINO never says die This time Saj,i
| 4 spl nlI the hama nf
port of tie county organization, incluiins
veral leaders Of fl .euce whp had
hitherto been his foes. Tue superior
sreugth Of ex-CUngrrssmaa Brumn, of
| Minerrvillr, III The large towns of the
county, no yever, ~ v'r rOaianG,i the MAJORS
| I'D In he rural Gis ricts, and the latter
succumbed BrEc fully on the first ballot.
#*H
A feature of tn Schuy kill Republic
ciu Convention was the strung plat
! tIim adopted. In 1t was this plank
significant by reason or tue cuulty's
exceedingly yariegated populations; Re.
| solved, That While we welcome 10 oar
shores all persons emgratlng from
foreign laIds " no seek American homes
and WAC are fl ted by principle and teach.
iug to ecome true American citiz ns, We
Condrm such lave as permit tn ignorant,
anaIcual and criminal Classes II other
lauds to settle here, aud stringent laws
should be enacted TO prevent such from
CoWiug here, We recommend that ex-
amiuations Of the emlgrhnt should Ue
made before le cmbarks and that heavy
lenaltics b provided for ihe failure to en-
force such W o.eson, laws,' Another
Interesting plank WIS this one, made
| dOublv 50 by the action a. Washington
since it, adop ion: Resolved, Tlst we
regard the much abused ihrss". faIitf rt-
form, rs USED bv the d. moe attic par y, as
n sham, u fiauh ard deceit 10 tue yutnr
AM We affirm tGis tacI the more y 81 lively
I Il W, SINCE the l.ading Dem crais In both
house uf congress aad even the president
himself confess haL they do ku W
what 1t M aus AMI TIE Voter should no
longer Ue lni,ied ther by"
|
The continued uncrrtainty as 70 whethe"
px.Vi President Morton, OF New YurS,
would consent to read his party to victor,
IA its canul ale for governor In the Em.
pre- state, reinforced, perhaps, by certain
elements OF opposition to him that have
been growing as convention day dfaws
near, has had its effect IN elcitin a formal
announcement by ex- senator j. Sluat
Fas-etG, Of EImra, that he will be can
didate himself. 81 shall 20 before that
convention" he Gecared in New York
Monday, ASA candidate for governor. ]
have no hesitation in sayi THAI. There
IL no reason why l snou,d MT tax. my
friends aud the party into my confidence.
The con itions now are almost the same
as in 1901, only they Hre br adened aud in.
tensitod, and my friends VINO were with
me- then are anxious that | should BE- a
candidate now" Inasmuch IA the ex-
senator ia yodng, wealthy, handsome, elo-
quent, earnest and personally popular,
there would seem to bs fair sh W OF
reason in his ambition to retrieve the de.
feat which Flower gave to him three years
ngo, and incidentally 10 get in line for the
Republican presidential lightning two
| t,anra hanna