The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-30
THE POLITICAL FIELD.
A Special Correspondent Furnishes All
the News,
MR. BRUMM SAID TO Be ON THE RUN
His Friends Are Not 50 Confident of Nom
duating Him Next Monday-A Movement
to straddle the Silver Question.
Spirited Delegate Contests.

Special HERALD Correspondence
PorTsvILLE, July 80.
The near approach of the Republican
county convention is causing much activity
and uneasiness among the politicians. From
reports received here there is a spirited
contest in every election district, and the
indications point strongly TO a long and
interesting convention. There are rumors of
deals and counter-deals being made, and it is
a difficult matter to forecast the probable
| result with anything like accuracy.
About as spirited Il contest as there is in
the county at present is that for Senator in
| this district. There are five candidates in the
field, Senator Keefer, DIR. Quail, of Auburn
Coke, of Schuylkill Haven Kennedy, of
Pottsville, and the bald-headed statesman
from Schuylkill Haven, Maj Sam. LOsch, all
good men. The impression appears to be
that Keefer has had enough Of the honors
and that his tenure of Office is not perpetual,
so that it is probable a change will he made.
But the question is, who will it beY Neither
Coke MOI. Kennedy are expected to develop
much strength, so that the fight will be be-
tween Keefer, Quail and Losch. The latter,
however, has been after Office so long that his
continual seeking has rather weakened him
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workers, so that it appears as if Quail was
the more formidable opponent of Senator
Lutte" and the one who will probably give
him the hardest tussle. The DR.. has been
one Of the wheel-horses Of the party in this
section and has claims which are hard to
ignore and also has a very large following
who are working with might and main for
his nomination, with strong prospects of
success.
For Treasurer Elias Davis appears to have
the inside trace, as his claims are good, sub
stantial ones, and he has the sympathy of
many voters for the defeat he sustained two
years ago.
For Prothonotary it looks as if Col. Deegan
will secure the prize, but as to the election
that is another matter, as there appears to be
a strong sentiment above the mountain against
him for what some of the voters of that
section term his subserviency to the Coyle
faction in the matter of the 'squires of Shen-
andosh and Mahanoy City. The latter place
is reported particularly strong against him
for this reason.
For Recorder the fight appears to be a hot
one. the west end of the county putting forth
Phillips, of Tower City, and Jenkyn, of
Joliet, while north of the mountain with its
usual backwardness comes out with Bier
stein, of Shenandoah, and Walbridge, Of
Mahanoy City. Location appears to favor
the west end, but Bierstein presents his case
strongly on the aid he was to the ticket
three years ago when he was the
only one left out in the cold, and it
Is hard to ignore such q claim.
For Clerk of the Courts the fight is be-
tween Johnny Schooner, Of Orwigsburg, and
JEFF. Yost, of your town. Johnny, like the
bald headed statesman from Schuylkin
Haven, has been chasing after office so long
that his candidacy has been weakened there
by, while Gympathy for jeff anent the treat
ment he got from the present Clerk seems to
count in his favor. But the contest par ex-
c~ellence of the convention will be for Com
missioner, which appears to be on the free
for-Gll order. OF course, Allen aid Rentz
want to go back again, now that the office is
one worth having, but whether they will
succeed or not is quite another story
Tamaqua people who drift this way, as well
as other c%ountymen, predict that Allen
will have no support from his own town,
which, of course, is a black-eye in the first
round and a decided drag upon him in his
plea for support. Dunkleberger is their man
all the time. Farmer Rentz, on the contrary.
has Ashland solidly at his back and appears
10 nb tOlAllutlN bllhN BObu AldAlllbA ~ Il ~ mr.
of Butler, can't get ahead of the Dutch in his
case. 1t is safe to bet a big apple that either
Butler or Ashland will get the north-of-the-
mountain Commissioners But, whew! isn't
it hot below the mountain. Myers, of CressOna;
Cartwright, of Port Carbon Nichols and
Walker, of Pottsville, are wearing out the
roads down this way so that road taxes in
Mannheim, Wayne and the Brunswicks are
liable to be increased Dickers with north
of-the-mountain statesmen are made one day
TO be changed the next. 1t is really a shame
to have conventions in such hot weather as
this when offices for which veterans like
these are to be candidates.
For Register the present incumbent, despite
the good growing weather, is not letting the
grass grow under his feet, while Frank
Reese's cobbler's bills have doubled and
Beggs, of Frackville. is also h%ustliug. 1t is
a pretty fight and all are confident, with
the chances about even,
For Poor Director, too, the contest is a
lively one and much speculation is INDUCED
in as to who will get the plum. The aims
house people are working hard for Jacob h..
Lurwick, of Port Carbon. The other candi-
dates are John Campbell, Of Reilly township,
and Fred. Ahrensfeld, of Foster township,
who was defeated last time.
But now as to the fight for Congress. This
appears 10 be in such condition that Congress-
man Brumm is pretty badly scared and is
putting in a lot of time-in fact, all he has of
it just now-hustling about the county,
frequently in two or three towns in one day.
1t is reported hat his fences are in pretty bad
repair, various causes being assigned, some
personal, some political, with a grain or more
of truth in each case. Pottsville, with its
80 votes, appears to be against him, or the
greater part of it. Bill Settler has his coat
off for your townsman, Dengler, and he will
represent his ward in the convention and, it is
said, present Dengler's name. Koch is likely
10 be a delegate and his hostility to the silver
tongued orator is u~ndisguised. He may be
the presiding officer of the convention. If so
he will make an able one. Brumm is work