The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-04
POLITICAL POINTS.

General Reeder's colleague as national
delegate from the Eighth Congressional
district will be j. NJ. Dreisbach, of Car
bon. Carbon gets this favor because II
has not had the honor of a national dele.
gate for many years. In addition to that
it has larger Republican vote than both
Pike and Monroe combined.
Whatever the issue at st. Louis, Mark
Hanna will come out of 1t famous char.
acter. Colleague or opponent must like
Hanna. No one can help admiring the
mans cheerfulness. loyalty. generosity
and nerve. A politician for pure love OF
1t, he Is exhibiting a mastery Of the game
equalled by few professionals. and the
latter are bound to feel for such a man a
ma ought certainly to be made national
chairman. and afterward, II he wants It,
consul general to London.
All applications for press tickets to the
st. Louis convention should be directed
apolis, MINI. All applications for seats
to be distributed to distinguished guests
throughout the country should also be
made to Mr.. Brynes at Minneapolis. Each
addition to his own. The tickets fol-
members of the Grand Army Of the Re-
public will be given to the national coun.
Gil of administration, and distributed by
their direction. All tickets to the con.
vention will be issued Monday, June 15 by
the sergeant-at-arms at the convention
building.
The Mckinley tables all claim the dele.
gates from Louisiana and Mississippi
in neither case is this claim true. or any
where near the truth. There are other
places than this where the Mckinley col.
umn could be riddled II it were deemed
wise to disclose the plans of the opposi.
ton. Whoever thinks that the so-called
these days Is self-deceived. The chances
that Mckinley will win at st. Louis are
| really less today. than they were three
weeks ago, and knowing ones say they
will steadily decrease from this time for.
ward.
When Eli Perkins the other day asked
Senator Cullom If he really had. as re.
ported, said mean things of Mckinley
the senator made this reply: "Pshaw, no
for that. The Democratic boys made thai
up. But" continued the senator, 81
should like to say one thing about Cover.
nor Mckinley. l like to say that, in my
opinion, II you should take the smallest
hair on McKinley's head, punch the pith
out Of 1t with the little end Of nothing
and then ram into 1t all the brains OF
Grover Cleveland and his entire cabinet
throwing out OlHey, and the brains OF all
the Democratic candidates in sight, ex.
cepting Whitney, Cal Brice and German
and then shake that hair, 1t would rat.
tle."
II II
The Magee crowd have formulated their
programme for the coming state conven-
tion. 1t is proposed to defeat Senator
Cameron for national delegate-at-large, II
possible. If Senator Penrose Is a candi-
date the combine will also try to beat
him. There will, Of course, be a resolu-
ton offered to instruct the national dele
gates-at-large for Quay for president
This will call forth the hottest kind OF
opposition from such leaders as c. L. Ma
gee and Attorney General Mccormick
Senator Finn says Quay told him his
campaign last summer cost S200, 900. Ma
gee declared that he saved Congressman
W. A. Stone financially. With such Bit
ter personalities already flying about, the
outlook Is favorable to a breezy time. An
effort may be made to stampede the con-
vention for Mckinley and to instruct tho
delegates-at-large for him.
In view of the effort which Is to be put
forth by the silver men at the Chicago
convention to rescind the rule which re-
uuires q two-thirds vote to nominate q
Democratic presidential candidate, the
following history of that rule. reprinted
from the Washington Star, will have In.
terest. "This history Of the two.thirds
rule" Il says. dates back to the nrs,