Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-07-13
NEW YORK
FOLLOWS PENN
SYLVANIA'S LEAD
Silverites of This State Elated
Over Tammany's Demon.
strati0n For Bryan.
THE ISSUE Of THE FALL CAMPAIGN.

a Champion of Organism, but They
Quickly Point to His CORPORATE on Record
in the Legislature.
Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, July 1.-THE Bryan
leaders of the Pennsylvania Democ-
racy are in high spirits over the dem
Dnstration for the free silver chief at
the great Tammany Fourth of July
meeting in New York city. Despite
the fact that Croker had issued orders
that there should be no free silver
nOnsence" in any of the speeches. and,
notwithstanding the efforts of his lieu
tenants to carry out his instructions,
the Tammany braves fairly went wild
with enthusiasm at the mere mention
of Bryan's name by Ex-Governor Hogg.
of Texas. Hogg, who was not down on
the list of speakers. was called to act
as substitute orator. He made a
rafting address, and soon had the
crowd shouting for Bryan and the
Chicago platform. He completely up
set the scheme to start presidential
boom of Mayor Van Wyck, of New
| York.
PENNSYLVANIA SILVERITES RE-
JOICE.
All this shows, according to the
Pennsylvania silverites. that the move
ment started for the denomination of
Bryan for president at the recent state
convention at Harrisburg is going to
be taken up by the Democracy of the
country, regardless of the protests of
the convention leaders of the minority
party Pennsylvania Democrats expect
to be at the head of the procession for
the Nebraska leader, and they are al
ready planning to have the vote for
their state ticket at the November
election presented as an argument in
support of their contention that the
rank and file of the party in this state
want Bryan once more as their stand
ard bearer
1t has developed that a quiet move
ment has already been inaugurated
among the workingmen in the min
ing districts of the state to line them
up for the nominees on the Democratic
state ticket upon the argument that
these candidates are all Bryan men
and that the platform upon which
they are running meets with the ap-
proval of the leaders who are en-
gineering the canvass for Bryan's re-
nomination. There is special effort
being made in behalf of the Democratic
candidate for state treasurer, William
T. Greasy. on the score that he is RAM
pant Bryanite, that he stood up for
Bryan when many others in his To-
cality repudiated the silver cause and
the party's candidate for president,
| and that he today openly proclaims his
loyalty to the Chicago platform and
favors the movement inaugurated at
the convention which nominated him
| for Bryans denomination.
LOOKING UP CREASY'S RECORD.
1t is not believed that much head
way has been made among the min
erS in favor of Greasy. The Democrats
among them do not, as a rule, object
to his free silver views, but many of
| them are aware of Creasys attitude
upon important legislation affecting
corporations and other matters in
which the wOrkingmen are interested
| They do not regard him as friend of
the laboring man, and hold that an
investigation of his record in the leg
| islature will disclose the fact that his
course in the house of representatives
was entirely satisfactory to the cor
! NOrations.
His bitter hostility to the McCarrell
ny re .orm bill, which was advocated
= : organized workingmen in every
county in the state, and which was
F., C..;i;' Il with especial reference to af.
/ fn dag protection to employees of rail-
/ io,sds and other large corporations,
/ V i'll lose Greasy thousands of votes in
| the veryt districts in which his free
silverite champions were most hope
full of his showing strength at the fall
election.