The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-26
PREPARING FOR PRIMARIES.
The Republicans Will Have Their Battles
Saturday Next.
MANY DELEGATES IN THE FIELD.
There are Three Sets out in the Fifth Ward
and all the other Wards Have Two
Each-More May Come Later on
Before Saturday.

Interest in the local Republican primaries
is increasing quite rapidly now and from the
present time to the close of the primaries on
Saturday evening will in all probability con-
stitute the leading topic Although very
little has been said heretofore the parties in
terested have by no means wasted time.
The calm has been deceptive. There will be
hot contest in every ward At least two
sets of delegates will be presented at each
primary and each set is evidently determined
to fight up to the close of the polls
In the First ward Cofax Brown and Edward
Doherty have announced themselves as
delegates and are said to be mallinga a fight
for Breclons Charles Smith and Joseph
Morris are also out for delegateships Their
friends have made no declaration of their in
tentions further than that they are for Severn
for Controller, but it is understood that they
favor Edwards for District Attorney. The
fight here will be hot, and probablya a very
close one.
Roll Sheeler and Edward Kester are out for
Edwards and Severn, it is said, in the
Second ward, while Abraham Williams
'NiiNA " imam IL 1bdNlGS are also IN Ile
field. This is the smallest ward in the
town, butthere is more mystery regarding
the intentions of its candidates for the dele
gateships than is manifested in all the other
wards combined
The Third ward will be the scene of one of
the hottest battles of the day. Two strong
teams are now in the field, and it would not
be surprising to hear the announcement of a
third. At present the contending teams are
eX-Councilman A. b. Lamb and John Roberts.
brother Of Deputy Sheriff Roberts. They
are said to be declared Breckons men, and
William Neiswenter is named as the peace
maker, being a candidate for Standing Com
mittee. Marshall Hughes and William
Giltillan compose the opposing team and are
for Edwards, while Moses Rogers runs along
with them for Standing Committee.
In the Fourth ward T. j. Davies and George
Lorah are seeking the delegateships to repre-
sent Edwards at the convention 1t is said
Councilman A. D. Cable ana George Hares
will be alternates and David Morgan will run
for Standing Committee William Patterson
and Samuel Shone are named as the Breckons
delegates.
| The Fifth ward is in the battle up to and
above its ears. Three sets of delegates have
already been trotted out They are Samuel
Davis and Charles Hornberger, George Flock
and David Gale, Benjamin Beecher and
Thomas Redclitf The latter team is un,
questionably for Breckons 1t is said that
Edwards will find support from any of the
other four that may be elected. Flock and
Gale are out as Edwards delegates but the
other two apparently have not made up theil
minds. 1t has been said that they are fol-
Edwards
The string is of sufficient length to satisfy
any one that there is big fight at the end OF
it and that the Republican primaries will
not, by long shot, be as quiet as the Dem,
Ocratic primaries were. Eleven sets of dele
gates in five wards is sufficient evidence OF
interest, Should any more develop by Sat
urday the average voter will find himself il
a state of perplexity bordering ON despera
ton. But it will all be over in about forty
| eight hours