The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-18
COUNTY SEAT LETTER.
Comments on Politics and
Topics of the Times.
SOME SEAS0NABIF HINTS
The Young Republicans Are Steadily
Pushing to the Front Rank and the Old
Timers Must Sooner or Later .Submit to
the Inevitable.
sneci.l HERALD corresnondence.

Special HERALD correspondence
PoTTsvmLE, April 1.-THE award of the
contract for the county printing supplies
to an Allentown company has again
stirred up the printers of this place, but
what they say about this has no more
effect than water has upon a ducks back
The people who are now crying have none
but themselves to blame, for they killed
the goose that laid the golden egg when
they made the bold $1,000 stroke last
February and will find it difficult to win
people over to their way of thinking. l
heard man say to-day, ut is too bad to
see work of this kind, which can be done
satisfactorily in the county, 20 outside,
but who is to blame for it S'
With the appearance of the Morning
Despatch we now have four daily papers
two issued in the morning and two at
night. Whether there is room for the
new candidate for public favor is to be
determined later. The newspaper bust
ness, at best, is an expensive one and the
close competition on job work of these
days makes the financial road of jour
nalists harder one. | am informed that
the expense of running a daily paper here
is from SlG5 to S225 per week, independent
of the cost attending the job printing de-
readily imagine the amount of patronage
that is required to make a daily paper
pay. l am inclined to think that, unless
business brightens up in the near future
and more merchants are converted to the
use of printers ink, one or more of our
papers will find it hard to keep afoat.
The young Republicans here are active
and up to the times. have had occasion
to mingle with number of them lately
and have found all ready for the next
fray. The recent banquet in memory of
Henry Clay demonstrated that there is
some substantial young Republican
material here and that it is steadily gain
ing good ioothold. The next election
will bring out a showing that will open
the eyes of the unterrifed.
| have reached the conclusion that if
the Republican leaders wish to escape
annihilation at the next convention they
should abandon some of their preferences
Fair play and an honest count will be
demanded this time and if it is not forth
coming something will drop. The Re
publCans are determined that the county
shall be wrested from the Democrats this
time and they realize that to accomplish
this there must be no Heller seances or
mysterious wire-pulling, Men Of strength
and merit must be selected as the stand
ard bearers for next fall and old stagers
must bow to the ineVtable-fall back and
into line with the warriors.
The congressional trio remains Brumm,
Shoener and LOsch, and it is not likely
that a fourth candidate will be an
nounced. | heard the other evening that
somebody had made a suggestion in the
direction of harmony. 1t was that the
three candidates get together and decide
to take the result of the convention like
men and turn in for the ticket with enthu-
siasm whether victory or defeat perches
upon the banner of either This sug-
gestiOn was made to draw particular at
tention to the fact that if the next Con
gresham is to be Republican he
must have the united party at his
back. The idea is all right so
far as the notice is concerned, but
do not think it is practicable. While
Brumm seems to have u good lead in the
race Shoener is by no means out of it and
he has the support of a large number of
people who would look upon the confer.
ence with suspicion. They are for Shoener
and Will go to the convention for him. If
Brumm proves too strong they will then
give him their support, but not before
then, Another thing, a conference with
Losch, who is really only Il nightmare in
the race, would not meet with the ap-
proval of the friends of either Brumm or
Shoener
The fight for the Legislature is every
body's fight. The candidates are num-
erous and the likely men are many.
AS to the Sheriff, the fight has settled
down to a three-cOrnered one with Davis,
Scott and Click as the candidates. Davis
appears to be in the lead with Scott
good second.
see Tom Tosh Is out for the Republi-
can nomination for Jury Commissioner. |
have known IOsh for many years and /
believe he would make a thoroughly
competent and honest official