The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-08-15
POLITICS IN SGHUYLKILL
The Democratic Heads Are Not Resting
on Roses.
WHY MANY LEADERS FEEL SORE.
The Party viii Have Plenty of Trouble with
curran, Brennan, M%cGinness, Kennedy,
Krapf, Ritz, Mullahy and Their
Friends Kicking over the Traces.
Special HERALD Correspondence

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cratic friends are INDUCING in considerable
misleading and empty enthusiasm. l could
have said this Immediately after the close of
the Democratic county convention, but fol-
lowing the advice of some conservative and
knowing politicians | concluded TO wait until
the heat of victory had cooled somewhat
before putting my impressions in black and
white. Having done this | find the i'm
preston still remains and the HERALD
readers can pin their faith on the prediction
that the rays of the sun on the morning Of
November 4th, next, will beat upon the de-
funct bodies, figuratively speaking, of many
of the Democratic candidates who look upon
their nomination as an election. Many a
now enthusiastic Democrat will have occasion
to turn as Julius Caesar did Just after being
punctured in the back by Brutus and ask
who did me dirt ?"
| say this knowing that in some parts of
the county there are prominent Democrats
who are satisfied that they will carry this
county for both the national and county
tickets by from 5000 to 5000 majority. They
feel confident that the Greenback element
will bring about this result, But allow me
to say that whatever effect this element may
have in assisting Shepherd and his flock will
be fully counteracted by the d%isgruntled
DNillo'lbW VIM VII idig INV t"O h'Bhb-
lican standard, and that the Republicans will
at least elect a majority of their county
ticket.
1t may be interesting to some people to
know the foundation upon which my belief
and prediction rest. ] have no objections.to
making it known, but to do so must repeat II
little of recent history. 1t touches upon the
deal by which many OF the most active Dem
ocratlc workers OF the county were lald cold
and low, but not SO low That their cries OF
vengeance cannot be heard. When w. ).
Kennedy, of this town, got into the tight for
Prothonotary watson f. shepherd kicked.
lie was boss ana mad promised the nomlna-
ton for Recorder to Fred. Portz, also OF this
place, ana he argued that TO XIII Kennedy
ana make ms promise TO Portz good IL would
ne necessary 10 make some man north OF the
broau mountain fr~othohotary' hltz, oil
Ashland, was persuaded to get into the night.
ne entered II a strong man. as IL was any
thlng TO down Deegan, as well as to make
good shepherds promise. 1t was also claimed
That II an Ashland man was not nominated
to hight Deegan the Democratic ticket would
lose three hundred votes in that place. Not
Wlthstanding the FEASIBILITY OF these argu-
ments the statesmen from Shenandoah and
Butler township and Postmaster OConnor, Of
Mahanoy City, came down here and i'm
pressed upon the wall paper syndicate the
necessity of putting Harry Bradigan, of
Shenandoah, on the ticket for Prothonotary.
They urged that Bradigan's brother was the
superintendent of mines at Shenandoah and
could WELD a powerful influence that Harry
could hold the American ement and his
brother would see that the foreign element
would toe the scratch, and thus Deegan
WOULD meet with overwhelming odds. SleD-
herd thought the matter over and finally
concluded to throw down Thomas j. Mullahy,
the Shenandoah candidate for Recorder and
let Bradigan come forth as candidate for
Prothonotary. OF course, this also meant a
throw down for Ritz.
Dan Brennan, Barney McCfinness and Tom
Mullahy got wind Of what was going on and
they made a demand in a body that, if
Mullahy was to be slde-tracked, Brennan and
McGinness should be given a fair show to
hight for the County Com~missionerships; but
their pleas were OF no avail. Mullahy, Nc
Glnness and Brennan made a fight for six
months and spent a combined sum of sl,SOO
only to nominate the l2-hour candidate
Bradigan, who did not have his cards printed
until 2 O'Clock ON the sunday morning pre-
cedlng the election and ana not spend a cent
in the campaign before arriving at Pottsvllle'
Is 1t surprising that the defeat OF Brennan,
Mullahy ana MeGlnness under these clreum-
stances mas aroused thelr friends ana that
they positively refuse to support any Of the
slate candldatesY
But the bitterness IS not restricted to this
TITO ana their friends There Is poor Curran.
he' too' was IN the campaign Tor months and
was as sure OF nomination for Clerk OF the
Courts as any man who ever allowed his
name to go before a convention, but he died
at the hands OF his friends, the wallpaper
syndicate, and to them alone can he attribute
his defeat Their duplicity, ayarice and
stubbornness so disguised and enraged the
McGinness, Brennan and Mullahy factions