Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-10-20
THE LEGISLATURE
IS At STAKE
Pennsylvania Editors in the United
States Senatorial Campaign.
THEY ARE FIGHTING FUSION


lar Candidates For the Legislature
and For Congress. and Are Told
why They should Do So.
"A patriotic president at Washington
is battling for increased prosperity for
the country, and he calls upon PENN
sylvania and New York and the other
states to support him." says the editor
of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Shall he
not have this support from Pennsylva-
MIA? He cannot have it if we are to
turn the state over to his foes or to
men who are willing to risk the glory
and honor of the country to crafty
their own personal spite.
I'VE have arrived at most import
ant point in the history of this coun-
try We are face to face with the
greatest problems the nation has had
to deal with for more than a quarter
of a century. Cuba and Porto Rico AMI
the Philippines must occupy our atten-
tion. Wise leadership is absolutely es-
sential. for the affairs of these islands
must be settled, and there loom up
ahead new markets for our manufac-
tured goods and the building of ships
of commerce which will carry immense
cargoes under the flag of the Union
all over the world. Can these questions
be settled with a Democratic party
nagging and tr--ing to nullify the good
work of the president?
mo, Pennsylvania will stand by Nc
Kinley and will elect a Republican leg
islature which will send Republican
to the United States senate, and she
will elect almost solid Republican
l. .xra
gress."
FIVE MORE FUSION FIGHTERS.
Patriotic reasons demand" adds the
Lancaster Examiner. that the results
of the coming state and congressional
elections should be in the nature of
full and hearty Endorsement of the
president, perfectly free from any
thing that could be construed as op-
position or dissatisfaction with his war
policy and the subsequent peace nego-
tiations. HS.,=-=s.se--. s.s S--s= ssasasr
"All the foes of Republicanism." re-
marks the Chambersburg Repository,
'are uniting in fusion movements to
send Guffey. the Democratic leader, or
some other foe of Republicanism to the
United States senate, thus destroying
Republican control in that body. They
are trying to defeat Stone for the gov
ernorship and to cut Pennsylvania
loose from it's support of Mckinley. In
the face of the great issues that con-
front us it is farcial to declare that
this campaign IS not of national i'm
portance."
Apathy or indifference should not be
allowed to interfere with getting out
the full party vote in order to strength
en- the hands of the national admins
tration and insure that the fruits of the
late war shall be gathered" writes the
editor of the Norristown Herald. "A
Democratic majority in the new con-
gress would be regarded, at home and
abroad, as a vote of censure on Presi-
dent Mckinley, to whose wise and
prompt action was due largely the
speedy settlement of the quarrel with
SPAIN.
THE Republicans of Pennsylvania
know that this is Republican year."
declares the Allentown Chronicle, land
| they are going to hold up the hands of
| the president by electing the Repub-
| lican candidates for congress. 1t would
| be great note If the next congress
should contain majority of men op
posed to the presidents wise and pa
| triotic policy. And that is just what
will happen if the Republicans do not
| get a majority"
1.-THE election of a Democratic leg
| islature this fall means the election of
| a Democrat to the United State senate
| in January" says the Titusville Her.
aid. TT makes no difference how ex-
celIent a Democrat may be, his voice
will be raised and his influence and
vote will be cast in favor of free silver
i L. rnfn
great fruits of the war with Spain. The
| vote in the senate is very close, and the
| loss of a senator from Pennsylvania
/ might very seriously embarrasS the ad-
| ministration in the execution of the
wise, sound policies which it has in
| view."
| And these are the opinions of but a
few of the leading editors of Penn
| sylvania who are battling bravely
| against the Democratic scheme of fu-
sion on the legislative nominations.