Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-11-24


Senatorship- The Party wreckers Re-
sponsible For the Defeat of Republican
Congressman and Candidates For the
Legislature.
Especial Correspondence)
Harrisburg, Nov. 22.-Plans are al
ready under way for the inauguration
OF Colonel William A. Stone as gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, and for the or
ganization of the legislature, which VIII
in January next undoubtedly re-elect
Colonel Matthew Stanley Quay to the
United States senate. Colonel stone,
who since the election has been taking
we'll earned rest, is expected mere
shortly. when the local Republicans
hope to have an opportunity to confer
with him regarding the proposed plans
for his Inauguration. So great was the
interest aroused among Republicans OF
Pennsylvania in the late gubernatorial
election. which was largely due to the
fear Of the election of the Democratic
candidate, Mr.. jerks. that 1t is ex-
pected that the installation of Colonel
Stone in the governors chair will be
the occasion of the gathering of one
been assembled here to witness an
event of this character. The feeling
of resentment at the guerrilla campaign
Waged by John Wanamaker and his
associates against Colonel Stone was
f1ttingly expressed by the Republicans
Of the keystone state in the magnifi-
cent plurality over 100000. given their
candidate at the polls. This feeling
tvrfn I,.,, fzI ntt tv,a tor
OF Colonel Stone by popular demon
stration which will put the seal of con-
demnation on the whole Wanamaker-
BlenkenbursVan Valkenberg outfit.
From the outset the Wanamaker
game has been a game OF bluff, pure
and simple, and in every case it has
resulted in complete failure. But with
supply OF nerve apparently as un-
limited and inexhaustible as their
money barrels. these political adven-
turers continue their tactics of disor-
ganization and now announce their in
tention to prevent, if possible, the hold
ing of the time honored Republican
caucus, both for the selection of a Re-
publican speaker of the house of rep
resentatives and the naming of Re
publican candidate for the United
the most absurd and ridiculous claims
in the hope of debarring Republicans
from entering their party's caucus.
THE SAME OLD DEMOCRATS.
Commenting on the latest move OF
these selfish manipulators a member
of congress. who has just been re-
elected, while stopping off here on his
way to Washington, had this to say:
In its latest pronunciamento, eX-
planning how it was done the Blank
enburg Van ValkenberT Business
League had a good deal to say about
the large number of anti-Quay men it
had elected to the legislature. For in
stance. in the proclamation referred to
1t was stated that in ~ out of Is coun-
ties visited by John Wanamaker and
other speakers under the auspices Of
this league during the last three weeks
of the campaign all elected anti-Quay
members of the Legislature.
Upon the same principle that a
spade should be called spade, n DEM
ocrat should be called Democrat
wherever he is found. The truth is, in
the II counties referred to Democrats
were elected-out-and-ou died-in-the-
wool. yard-wide Democrats. disciples of
William j. Bryan and advocates of free
silver. That is the kind of 'anti-Quay'
members elected to the legislature
through the aid of John Wanamaker
and the Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg
Business League. And that was pre-
cisely what this coterie of ambitious
statesmen planned and strove hard to
accomplish for six months prior to
Nov. 8, to wit, the election of Demo-
Gratis to the legislature.
What are the facts? Last spring
the Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg Busi-
ness League made a fight at the Re-
publican primaries in n score or more
Of counties in behalf of certain candi-
dates for the legislature, but were
Overwhelmingly defeated. In only one
county of the state. where there was
a contest, We're the friends of Senator
Quay unsuccessful, and the result
there was due solely to a fight for the
congressional nomination. When, there
fore. the primaries were over and all
the nominations had been made the
Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg Business
League discovered that of the 229 Re-
publican nominees for the senate and
house not more than ten of them were
under their control or in sympathy with
tHelr TeactlonaTy program.
Their next step lay in the direction
of attempted combinations with the
Democrats, with a view to putting
coalition legislative tickets in the field.
Owing, however, to the disposition upon
the part of the Democrats to have all
or nothing the Wanamaker coterie sue
ceeded in effecting combinations in only
four counties of the state--Chester.
Blair, Huntingdon and Delaware-and
in these only five former Republicans
| were named, the remaining nominees
in the four counties mentioned being
Democrats. The Blankenburg-Van
Valkenberg Business League supported.
therefore, in the entire state only the
original ten Republicans nominated by
them at the primaries, together with
the five so-called Republicans who were
running independently and in the Dem.
ocratic column. The ten regular nomi-
nees were elected, being supported by
the friends of Mr.. Quay, though known
/ to be opposed to him, and in addition
three Of the five former Republicans
| two in Chester and one in Blair--were