The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-29
disrupted DEMOCRACY.
Gufey in a Bad Way to Work With
Republican Insurgents.
HIS PARTY SADLY WRECKED,
Insineerity Of the Boilers Claims Exposed
in a Frantic Tirade Against Democrats
Who Refused to Support Greasy.
Especial correopondenceJ

Especial Correspondencel
Philadelphia, Nov. 2S-The political
wiseacres were treated to rare spec
tacle this week in the convocation OF
the wise men of the Democracy OF
Pennsylvania represented by the men,
bers of the executive committee Of the
Democratic state committee, alongwith
Colonel James Madison Guffey, the
ambitious millionaire, who represents
the Democratic party Of the Keystone
state in the Democratic national COM
mittee. They met in this city and it
was announced that they came to in
vestigate the causes of the falling on
of the Democratic vote at the recent
election in Philadelphia. Before they
left town they had bigger job on their
hands. They found it necessary to in
quire into the reasons why the Demo-
cratic voters in certain counties s.
which meant nearly all of them-did
not go to the polls and cast their bal
lots for William T. Greasy, who posed
before the voters of Pennsylvania in
the late campaign as farmer" His
posing was not, however, a great sue
cess. The people soon became aware
of the fact that he is what is known
as a political farmer" He was out
for Office and the farm came in for sub
sequent consideration.
But be that as it may, many Demo-
Gratis did not vote for him.
Colonel Guffey got his lieutenants
here to talk the whole matter over and
figure out where Colonel Guffey was
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ted States senate from Republican
Pennsylvania. With the Democratic
party in such bad shape Colonel
Guffey was at loss to see how he
could take advantage of the support
of the Republican insurgents under the
leadership of the FlinnMartins.
A CHANGED PROGRAM.
The original program of the Guffey-
ties was to clean out the Philadelphia
Democracy. But they were called down
by Chairman Donnelly, of the Demo-
cratic committee of this city. He
pointed out that the small vote for
Greasy in Philadelphia was proportion
ately no worse than the returns from
Colonel Guffey's own county of Allie
gheny showed, and that Lancaster and
other counties of the state were quite
rs emphatic in turning down the Dem
ocratic candidate for state treasurer,
who thought he could be elected be-
cause he was smiled upon by the Wan
amakers, the Films, the Martins and
the others who have gone outside Of
the Republican organization, either
to get office or seek revenge upon the
men who have been chosen by the Re-
publican voters of the state to manage
their organization.
The executive committee of the
Democratic state coml9ittee will ac-
cordingly appoint a committee to in
vestigate the causes of the falling off
of the Democratic vote in certain
counties of the state"
And it will be found that Democrats
as we'll as Republicans were disgusted
with the "unholy alliance" of the Dem
ocratic leaders with the repudiated Re-
publican insurgents.
THE OTHER SIDE.
The insincerity of the political
preachings of the Flinn-Martins and
their Democratic allies in Pennsylvania
politics is again exposed in the wild
rantings of the Democratic organ Of
Mr.. Creasy's home county over the
crushing rebuke administered by the
people to the men at the head of the
campaign of phariseeism from which
this state has just emerged Mr.. Greasy
a Bryanite Democrat, went up and
down the state calling upon Republi.
cans to desert their party candidate
and vote for him. In this canvass he
was assisted by all the Flinn-Martins
OF the so-called Republican insurgent
combine. These Republican boilers
while still protesting to be Republi.
cans, contributed time and money tC
the cause of the Democratic nominee
for state treasurer They were indig-
nant when they were accused of treach.
cry and disloyalty to the Republican
party Mr.. Creasy's champions with
an assumed possession of all the vir-
tues, sought to make the people believe
that 1t was no act of party disloyalty
for Republican to vote for Mr. Greasy
and cut Colonel Barnett, because, al
though they admitted that Colonel
Barnett was nominated by the Republi-
can state convention without single
vote being cast against him, they said
he was the candidate for "the ma
chine" For this alleged reason Col
onel Barnett was not entitled to the
support OF the Republican voters, de.
spite the fact that their duly chosen
representatives in convention assem-
bled had nominated him unanimously
This preaching of Greasy and the
combination of Flinn-Martins does moi
seem to have borne much fruit in the
Republican party. OF course, many
politicians attached to the old combine
cut Barnett and voted for Greasy. but
considering the character of the cam
paign waged for many weeks and the
immense sums Of money spent to de-
feat Colonel Barnett, the cutting done
was quite immaterial.
DEMOCRATIC INSURGENTS DE.
NOUNCED.
But the hypocrisy of the men who
were working up this boom for Greasy
is revealed by the outburst Of indigna-
tlon that has come from the Demo
cratic organ in Creasy's own county
OF which he was at one time editor. the
Democratic Sentinel. OF Bloomsbury. II
appears that some Of the Democrats
among his neighbors took Mr.. Greasy
and his insurgent allies at their word
and concluded that if it was not trea-
sonable for Republicans to cut their
regularly nominated candidate fol-
state treasurer. it could not be wrong
FOR Democrats to go outside of their
party and vote for Colonel Barnett
This many of them seem to have done
for the Greasy organ is frantic with
rage over their having taken Greasy