 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Reilly akasarudzwa seDemocrat kuCongress makumi mana nemana neyechina nemakumi mana neshanu. Akatangazve kuita basa romutemo muPottsville. Akanga ari nhume kuDemocratic National Convention muna 1880. Akanga ari mukwikwidzi asina kubudirira wemutongi wemutemo weSchuylkill County muna 1881 uye zvakare muna 1882, uye mukwikwidzi asina kubudirira weDemocratic musarudzo muna 1884 kuCongress makumi mana nemapfumbamwe. 