The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-11-23
Still DICKERING
With DEMOCRATS
The Van Valkenberg- -Blankenburg
Combine at Their Old Game.
BUT THEY WILL FAIL AGAIN.

An Attempt to Throw the Speakership OF the
House 10 the Democracy in Last Des-
perate Effort to Capture the United Ststes
Senatorship-The Party wreckers Re
sponsible For the Defeat of Republican
COngressmen 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-eleet
Colonel Matthew Stanley Quay TO the
United States senate. Colonel Stone,
who since the election has been taking
a well earned rest. Is expected here
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 Ii is ex-
pected that the installation Of Colonel
Stone in the governors chair will be
the occasion of the gathering OF one
OF the largest crowds that has ever
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
fttingly expressed by the Republicans
Of the Keystone state in the magnifi-
cent plurality. over 10000 given their
candidate at the polls. This feeling
will be accentuated at the inauguration
Of Colonel Stone by popular demon-
stration which viii put the seal OF con-
demnation on the whole Wanamaker-
Dlenkenburg-Van Naikenberg outfit.
From the outset the Wanamaker
game has been a game of bluf. pure
and simple. and in every case il has
resulted in complete failure. But with
a supply Of nerve apparently as un-
limited and inexhaustible as their
msney barrels. these political adven-
turers continue their tactics of dlsOr-
ganization and now announce their in
tention to prevent. IL possible. the hold
ing Of the time honsFed Republican
caucus, both for the selection OF a Re
publican speaker of the house Of rep
resentatives and the naming Of a Re-
publican candidate for the United
States senate. They are putting out
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 10 say:
In its latest pronunciamento. ex-
I planning how it was done the Blank
( enburg Van Valkenberg Business
1 League had a good deal to say about
! the large number of anti-Quay men 1t
had elected to the legislature. For in
/ stance. in the proclamation referred TO
( 1t was stated that in u 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 a spade. a Dem
ocrat should be called a Democrat
wherever he Is found. The truth Is. in
the u counties referred to Democrats
We're elected-out-and-o 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-Nan VaIkenberg
I business League. And that was pre-
I cisely what this cOterie OF ambitious
/ statesmen planned and strove hard to
( accomplish for six months prior to
! Nov. s, TO wit. the election of Demo-
Gratis to the legislature.
What are the facts? Last spring
| the Blankenburg-Van Valkenberg Busl-
ness League made a fight at the Re-
| publican primaries in a score OF more
/ of counties in behalf Of certain candl-
| dates for the legislature. but were
overwhelmingly defeated In only one
! county Of the state. where there was
4 contest. were 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 22g Re
| publican nominees for the senate and
| house not more than ten of them were
under their control or in sympathy with
/ their reactiOnary program.
Their next step lay in the direction
OF attempted combinations with the
Democrats, with 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
eeeded 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 for counties mentioned being
| Democrats. The Blankenburg-Van
NalkenberS Business League supported.
therefore, in the entire state only the
original ten Republicans nominated by
them al 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
elected This was the absolute limit
of the influence OF Mr.. wanamaker and
the Blankenburg-Nan Valkenberg Busi-
ness League. so far as the election of
Republican legislators was concerned.
But their efforts did not cease here.
Animated by the determination to dis
rupt the Republican party. should such
a course be necessary in order TO de-
feat Senator Quay. they devoted their
energies in one-half of the counties %
the state, where only Republican and
Democratic candidates were in the field.
to secure the election Of the latter. and
| with some success. In Schuylkill.
| Cambria. Crawford. Nenango. Fayette,
| Union. Miffiin, Carbon. Wyoming. Cam
eron and eight or ten other Republican
counties. desperate and successful ef-
forts were made to defeat the regular
Republican nominees though in almost
every instance they were new men,
and in no way responsible for the work
OF the last legislature. Into these coun-
ties the Blankenburg-V Van Valkenberg
Business League not only poured tons
| Of literature full of Misrepresentation
| and lies. and held meetings by the dOz-
Ems. but what was more effective con-
tributed thousands OF dollars to the
local organizations. ali in the name of