The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-09-08
COUNTY
POLITICS !
The Proximity of the Primaries Causes
Activity.
IMPRESSIONS OF The OUTLOOK
The Fight For the Republican Nomination
For Controller is Attracting Much
Admiring Attention-It is
Pretty Contest other
straws Picked Up.
Special HERALD Correspondence.


the Republican primaries will be held on
Saturday and the county convention on
Monday, there should be much greater in
terest manifested in matters political than is
apparent on the surface Leading party men
from different sections of the county are
here during the week in attendance ut court,
and they freely admit that there is an
apathy among the party voters that will re.
quire much effort on the part Of the party
organization to overcome if success is to
crown our Efforts this fall The same state
of affairs exists among the rank and file of
the Democracy, and the indications are
there will be a large stay-at-home vote that
will not be recorded this fall. Which party
will suffer most can only be surmsed.
BRuMM, THE DICTATOR.
Up to the present time no one has an.
nOunced himself as a candidate for Congress
against the present member of Congress. and
Mr.. Brumm will probably have no opposition
in the convention. He has taken advantage
of this state of affairs and has set himself
up as the great dictator and issued orders to
his henchmen and followers that at least
three of the candidates whose names will 20
before the convention must be defeated
either by fair or foul means. These men are
Judge Koch, Controller Snyder and Poor
Director Middleton. Each of these gentle
men have strong personal following, have
made able and efficient officials, and the first
named two are gubernatorial appointees.
1t is immaterial to Brumm how popular
| they are, or whether or not they will add
strength to the ticket-they must be defeated
| if the Brumm strength in the convention
can do it, The latters object is very plain
| to those who have observed the drift of poli.
tical events in this county for the past two
! years. Mr.. Brumm wants to control the
party organization in this county; that is
the selection of the county chairman, secre-
| taries and executive committee, and in order
| to do so he must secure the nomination of
candidates who are weak-knee enough t.
| bow to his dictation The candidates nom.
mated by the party conventions meet aud
select a county chairman and secretaries, and
the chairman in turn selects the executive
committee Mr.. Brumm has been greatly
embarrassed during the past two years be-
cause the anti Brumm faction controlled
THE PARTY ORGANIZATION,
and to avoid further humiliation in that re.
spect the Dictator proposes to name II ticket
of his own-f the party voters will concedc
|
kind will please our Democratic friends, be.
cause they fully realize that such ticket
cannot win. 1t will be bad enough with
Brumm (for whom hundreds of Republicans
will not vote at the head of the ticket, but
when he dictates who shall go on the ticket
with him. then there will be trouble in No
vember.
| The opposition to Judge Koch will not be
| fipi IN lie laf 8,
ton, although Brumm and his pet candidate
for this position, David c. Henning, Esq. are
making the contest from partisan
| in direct opposition to the position OF
the party that has repeatedly declared in
favor Of a non-partisan judiciary, and which
demands at the hands of the convention an
endorsement of the Governors appointment
If politics is to be eliminated from the
Judiciary Mr., Brumm should cease his
scramble to have Judge of his own.
THE CONTRoLLERsHIP.
One of the prettiest fights taat has marked
the present contest for place on the ticket
| is that between the candidates for Controller.
The men seeking that honor are the present
courteous and able incumbent, Charles A.
Snyder, of Pottsvile Charles f. Berger, OF
Cressona j. w. Edwards, of Ashland, and
Charles F. Schinde, of Tamaqua. The last
named gentleman was induced to become a
candidate by Brumm, and since then the
Congressman has deserted him, and now
urges his friends to support Edwards, not
| withstanding another gentleman by that
name, S. B. Edwards, Esq, will be nominated
| for District Attorney without opposition
For this reason it is said Brumm will drop
| the Ashland man and support his old time
| lieutenant, Charlie Berger. 1t is now pre-
dicted, however, that Snyder will be nomin-
ated with practically no opposition. The
red headed and hopeful Charles has been
doing some effective work north of the
mountain this week and wherever he goes he
has the happy faculty of making friends
He is OutspOken and truthful, and his frank
and courteous manner, | am told by the
party workers in that section, has won him
many supporters who will come down here
booming his candidacy. Snyder is certainly
the strongest candidate the Republicans can
nominate, from the material at hand.
THE POOR DIREoToRsHIP
In conversation with $. q. Middleton the
president of the Board Of Poor Directors, he
informs me that his denomination is assured
beyond the shadow of doubt. And | will
prove the exception TO the rule" added he
that member of the Board can succeed
himself" Stephen seems very confident, but
the other candidates are not allowing any
grass to grow under their feet. William
Carter, of st. Clair. whose location is against
him, is the most active among Mr., Middle
toms opponents. The Losch faction are said
to favor the Gilberton man and will throw
their strength to him in the convention
The contest for Coroner, strange to say, is
being fought out by but two candidates, Dr.
| w. n. Stein, son Of Mine Inspector Stein, and
DIR. IL. r. Bricker, of Mahanoy City, Both
are very active and each claims to be a
| winner.
BLOOD on THE MOON.
The legislative contest in the Fourth dis
| trct is the bone of contention here. Legisla-
tor Gustavus Schrinck is making the fight of
his life, and if what hear is true he needs
all the strength he can command. White
house has his coat of in Schrinck's behalf,
and is confning his efforts to the legislative
contest solely. If | were asked to pick the
leaders l would name these w. IL. Jones,
of Pottsville; Earl Whitman, of Adamsdale,
and either Sesrer, of Tower City, or Etien,
Of Donaldson
| If your readers will allow me to look into
! the future tor moment / would predict the