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Show JUST A MHF HOPE Pennsylvania Democrats Hope to Win Because a Kicking Republican Bolt. i CLANS ARE GATHERING TODAY. Celebrating the Tonuding of a Town-Surviving Town-Surviving Veterans Dedicate a Monument, SCUASTON-, I'a., July 2. Special. Tho democrats from all over the state came thronging into Serautou today to attend the slate convention. The democrats dem-ocrats of this city in full uniform, with music and lings wore out to receive them. With cheers nud shouts tho visitors vis-itors were taken to headquarters w here they were welcomed to the usual hospitalities. hos-pitalities. The democrats aro jubilant over tho boll of Wharton ISarker from the republican party on account of tho nomination of Senator Dclamaler for governor. There aro but really two aspirants for the democratic, nomination nomina-tion in tho Held PuUisou and Wallace The Wallace men aro endeavoring to neutralize tho ell'uct of Barker's revolt beeause ho declared in tho American that ho w ould support l'altisou if nominated. nom-inated. They infer from this thai he will not support Wallae should ho bo the choice of the com volition and couseipiently they aro endeavoring'to convinco tho delegates that ho is, in their own Jangnago, "only a kicker,"' ami not entitled to consideration. The leaders arc of tho opinion that if l'nttisou is not nominated nomina-ted that the republicans will roll up the usual majority for thoir candidate, xho speech of tho chairman, although not a brilliant effort, was greeted with rapturous rap-turous applause, especially when ho mentioned tho name of Grover Cleveland, Cleve-land, and held out hopo of victory iu November. The platform denounced the McKinloy bill and doelamt for tnr-ilf tnr-ilf reform, as outlined by the national democratic conveniiou. |