The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-01-06
His Method Of Forcing His 0sqdi-
3 data. Dol Stone, to b Fought !.
Al IMPORTANT MEETING HELD

Al IMPORTANT MEETING HELD.
Representative Republicans Meet ana
Decide That Action Must BE Taken.
Other Names Canvassed for Cover.
nor-The Bosses aud tho Machine
Must Be eHalted-Peurose Pulled on.
.Tron Our Own Corrsspondsnt.),
Harrisburg. Jan. %.-The discomfort
among. Republicans in Pennsylvania
that was expressed In the independent
vote given for DR.. Swallow il still ripe
throughout the state. 1t will continue
to- grow also until. the ruling powers
In machine politics change their course
ordecide torecoGnixe the fact that there
10 such thing as public opinion In the
state. The discomfort expressed now
Is over the manner In which Senator
w. H., Andrews 10 forcing the candi-
dacy Of CONGRESSMAN William A. Stone
for governor.
I; Heretofore there has been no open
talk Of opposition. in any definite way.
to the methods Of Andrews. But since
my last letter was written this has
taken shape and now several names
are publicly mentioned in connection
with the gubernatoriai nomination OF
this year as representative Of the anti
machine. antl-Andrews element in the
party. The name Of Ex-Post master Gen
eral John Wanamaker was canvassed
In quiet way at a meeting ofinfiuenttal
Republicans held In Philadelphia dur
ing the past week. The same meeting
discussed the candidacy Of Congress-
situation 50 far as the name of Hon.
Henry c. Mccormick. attorney gen.
eral Of the state. was concerned. Still
another name. that OF Major George
w. Aerrick. Of Tioga county was
among those mentioned. and several
others. 49,. ..-..
WERE NOT REPRESENTED.
The meeting Of the Republicans re-
ferred to was held at q leading hotel
In Philadelphia. Neither Senators Ma
gee or Finn. Of Pittsburg. were pres
ent. Secretary OF State David Martin
was not represented. and did not know
Of the. meeting. Governor Hastings
and Attorney General Mccormick who
were in this city the night previous.
left fer Harrisburg two hours before
the conference was held and In total
ignorance that such . gathering was
contemplated. None Of the men promi-
nently Identified with the antiAQusy
element In the late legislat0rs were
present ct this meeting. Lsss than Is
gentlemen were invited. but everyone
Of them, attended. The newspapers Of
Phiisdsiphis did not know Of the meet
Ing. and thus far have not published
line concerning Il. - ra
That there NAV be no mistake ~ to
the character Of the men who partici-
pated In this copfsrencs. either a. to
their position In the business and hnan-
cisl world. or - to their sterling Re.
ppblican1sm. it can - asserted with
out fear Of contraAietion that the ele-
msnts In the Republican party, repre-
Sshtsd BY tbesK at this sathenDg have
contributed in ths pafs NE sss.ss not
less than 100 to nationaa epd state
campaign expenses. It can thus be
seen that the very bone and, sinew Of
Rspublicanism was represented at this
meeting; men who have assiate0 Sena-
tor Quay and his friendssto their pres
ent positions IN th<nparty. but who
have grown tired Of the arrogance. un-
fairness and total. disregard Of public
/ sentiment displayed by these men whom
they have made. - n. re
Z ANDREWS. METHODS oF;woRK.
Reports were received at the 'fnset-
ing In question from nearly every cOun-
| ty In the state. giving an honest state
ment of.the condition of public senti-
'ment existing In each county Al to the
methods Of Andrews and towards ma
chine politics generally. One gentle
man writing. from Cumberland county
said: ~, 49,, "
Thus far the Andrews campaign has
made no headway here. The record
Of the man is injuring the chances of
his candidate. Colonel Stone. because
our people figure, out that master and
man must possess something In com.
mon, and 80 with man like Andrews
engineering his campaign there must
be something wrong with the candidate.
And yet. Senator Andrews has distrib-
uted enough buttons Of Colonel Stone
through the county to hold up the sus-
penders Of half the schoolboys within
our borders"
The other letters read at the meeting
were largely Of this character. Some
Of them detailed the efforts that have
been made by Andrews to get organi-
sations to endorse his man." The
information impaired at this meeting
a. to the progress Of the Andrews cam
paign and the methods employed was
Of very interesting character and In
dicated very widespread dissatisfaction.
for It II openly asserted that Senator
Andrews expects to be secretary Of the
commonwealth In the event Of his
man" being elected governor.
TO OPPOSE THE BOSSES CANDI.
| DATE.
The consensus Of opinion at the meet
Ing was wholly in favor Of placing .
conspicuous. clean cut and wholly
irreproachable candidate before the
people In opposition to the slated can
| 6idate Of the machine The opinion wa