The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-06-14
THE COUNTY
POLITICIANS
The Bryanites Working TO Control the
Democratic County Convention.
THE NEW REPUBLICAN DAILY |
It VIII be Launched Next Monday by the
Brumm- whitehouse Faction-Friends
of cOyle in This County win
Testify in His Behalf
Special HERALD Correspondence.

POttsville, June 14.-At this writing our
Democratic friends are assembled in State
convention at Harrisburg and prominent
among the patriots are dozens of repre-
sentatives from Schuylkill county. the latter
being attracted there because of the candi-
dacy Of Judge o. p. Bechtel This is the
first time in many years that the Democrats
have had a chance to nominate with GER
tainty of electing a candidate for the Supreme
Court, and as result tie greatest excite
ment prevails, and the hotels are crowded.
THE LOCAL DEMOCRATS.
The Democratic leaders in this county are
greatly interested in the outcome of their
state convention, not so much as to the men
who will be selected as their standard bearers
as they are in the platform Especially is
this true in reference to the Bryanites The
latter's followers the leaders" of whom are
principally renegade Republicans former
Greenbackers and Democrats who have on
| several occasions opposed the regular party
nominees, openly assert intentions TO bolt the
party should the Democratic convention
ignore Bryan and the financial question in
the platform. And that is what is likely to
happen. There is no doubt as to the position
of the county organizatOn-the questions of
national importance will be laid away until
1870, aud matters of interest to the tax
payers Of the state and county alone will
form the leading issues in this county, so far
as the Democracy is concerned.
One Of the Democratic candidates re-
marked, in discussing the question, that he
for one did not propose to allow a few dis
credited Republicans, who now strut about
the county labeled Democrat" to dictate to
lifelong Democrats what the policies of that
party shall or shall not be. The gentleman
in question pertinently remarked that these
blind followers of the SILVER god should first
prove their loyalty to the party
before debating its policies. The
party's candidates pay the fiddler
in this case and should receive first
consideration. The others have nothing at
stake, intimates my friend. In this 1 differ
materially. These Bryanites especially
those who deserted the Greenback and Re-
publican parties because they were not, in
their estimation, sufficiently fed" have
their principles" at stake. Surely this is of
far greater Importance than the low and de-
grading principle of otiice-seeking These
white metal patriots arc fighting the
peoples cause. They care more
for the amelioration of the working classes
than they do for the presidency. Scan the
list of these Republican and Greenback de-
serters-now leaders of the Democacy-and
none of them either sought or held office; no,
indeed And isn't it presumptuous on the
part of the otice-seekers, no matter if
they are lifelong party workers, to dictate
either the party's followers or its policies
To be sure
THE NEW DAILY.
The much heralded and long looked for
new Republican daily paper here will make
its first bow to the readers of this county on
Monday afternoon next. That's the informa-
tion received from the promoters, after
visit to their plant, now in course of erection.
Their office Is opposite the new federal
building, over which the Hon. Gustavus
Schrink presdes and atfixes M. P"
to his official autograph. This
is well, for more reasons than one. The
leading spirits in this new journalistic VEN
ture are Hon. Charles N. Brumm, W. Jack"
| WhitehOuse, and last, but by no means least,
the Hon. Gustavus Schrink. These gentle
men are leaders of one faction of the Re-
publican party, and each is desirous Of being
recognized as the boss of that faction. There
are those who predict that the two first
named would not agree upon the policy of
their newspaper for a greater length
of time than one month. Should
this prediction prove true, the Hon.
Gustavus will have a two-fold duty.
In imagination, one can picture the ex-egis-
lator setting in his sanctum in the post office
building soothing in turn the ruffied spirits
of "Charliean Jack, " both of whom claim
Gustavus as their own. The walls of Uncle
Sans building will resound with words of
Cancellation in the Dutch dialect, for the sake
of the ''Old Man" and "Chack," and then
the present postmaster by the grace of
Brumm, and ex-legislator by the will
of the people, will pour oil from the
Nichter hostelry on the troubled sea,
and the three win again, for the hundredth
time swear allegiance to the political
triumvir. All this is not mere fiction, be-
cause it is likely to occur at any time.
Speaking of the new daily, which will bear
the appropriate title, THE Advocate" am
informed that the company was formed
with capital of $4,000. OF this amount
Robert Wilson, of Mt. Carmel, puts
up $4,000; Deacon" Bowen, whose
job printing plant forms the nucleus
for the mechanical department, is accredited
with q, ,OOO w. j. Whitehouse promises to be
good for 81, 600. and c. N. Brumm and S. q.
Schrink each have $1,000 opposite their
names. Only 81, 200 of the total amount has
been paid in and is in the hands of the treas
urer, Walter Stevenson.
The proprietors announce that the paper
will be an out-and-Out stalwart Republican
publication, and to substantiate that state
ment one Of them YOuchsafed the informa.
tion that the paper will support Editor Zerby
should he be the nominee. Mr.. Wilson will
be editor-in.chief. while Bowen will look
after the mechanical department and Incl
dentally the business end. City Editor
Genung, now of the Miners Journal, will
fill similar position on the new daily
which my friend Brumm styles my
paper" The reportorial staff has not been
announced, They have installed a web
perfeetng Campbell press and two type
setting machines in the office The press is
capable of printing 1900 papers an hour
but it will never be called upon to perform
that task So far as the news feature con-
eerned they win receive the Publishers
Press service. | wish the new venture
success,
THE ALLEGED BRJBERs.
The cases against the alleged bribers in
connection with the McCarrell bill and SEN
atOrial contest will be given to the grand
jury of Dauphiu county on Friday. The
prosecution against ex-senator Coyle, for