The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-14
POLITICAL POINTS.


The Republican committee of Beaver
county goes In strong for reform. At
recent meeting the committee adopted res
Olutions forbldding Republican candi-
dates to use money at the primaries, eX-
cept for the barest personal expenses. Not
content with this. the committee also
passed resolution declaring that the
congressman from that district and the
members OF the Legislature from the
county shall not recommend any person
for appointment under the national "
state government unless the county COM
mittee shall have first endorsed such per-
son. That may be called reform with
capital r.
The United States senatorship question
monopoiizing the time and energies OF
the politicians After the February elee-
national convention will have to be at.
tended to. Then the senatorship will
have another inning. This will be year
Of activity in politics. In the meantime
Brown. of Lancaster. will remain the
more hopeful aspirants for CamerOns
toga.
The Republicans of Kentucky are still
hopeful OF being able to elect Senator
Blackburns successor in the Snited
states senate. If they can hold the two
Populists they may realize this expecta
tion, but it is to be sincerely hoped they
will not make any compromise with
them that will result in adding another
| crank to the senate.
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There seems to be no mourning among
| the Ohio Democrats over the political de-
mise of Senator Brice. 1t Will be quite
Ohio in the United States senate. This
has not happened in a great many years.
Ex x-GOvernOr Foraker seems to be des-
tined to stand by the side Of John sher-
In Lancaster City there are twenty
Democrats who aspire to the honor Of
| running for mayor. Lively times are an
ticipated when the time comes to elect
delegates to the nominating convention.
Democratic mayoralty timber seems to be
| more abundant in Lancaster than in
Scranton.
At the Democratic primaries in the city
Of Reading last Saturday in some
counting was not completed until Sunday
| morning at o'clock. The defeated can
ddates have an idea that there was fraud.
| In one ward where there are less than
| 6UO registered voters nearly 500 votes were
polled, and all claimed to be Democrats.
| III
| About four years more of the kind of
| Democratic administration we are now
having would swamp the national treas
| ury and the country, financially. Forum
ately there Is only a little more than u
year of 1t and the country will be able
| to stand that without breakdown.
| iii
Colonel Harvey and Mr.. Morgan should
| draw lots to determine which shall repre-
| sent Wilkes Barre in the Republican ma
tional convention. If they keep up their
| fight Mr.. Hart, of PittstOn, may get
away with the bone and Wiikes-Barre be
| left in the cold.
| It may well be doubted II any other
| state in the Union than Delaware would
| be proud Of Amba ssador Thomas Francis
| Bayard. the non-American who misrepre-
sents American policy and American sem
tment at the court of st. James.
iii
| Somebody Is asking "hOw large an
| amount of the new bonds Is Mr.. Cleveland
| going to take?" That Is an interesting g
question, but Mr.. Cleveland will not fur
| nish an answer.