Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-22

/ wart Democrats III view OF his course
in the last legislature in opposing leg
islation for which the Democratic party
fought for many years On account
OF his associations with the Van VAL
kenburg outfit, Creasy's Democracy has
| frequently been questioned He wilt
be bitterly opposed for election by or
ganized labor throughout the state.
SOUND MONEY MEN BOLT.
There have been many protests from
the sound money Democrats against
the Guffey leadership in permitting the
state convention to be dominated by
the silverites. Many of them declare
| they will not vote the ticket this fall.
They say that for this Bryan ticket
| to receive a large vote in November
! would be notice to the wsrld that
Pennsylvania stands for the ChicaED
platform and demands that Bryan
shall once more be the nominee Of
the Democracy for president
! A incident in the state committee
illustrates the feeling of the sound
money men on this question When
Charles F. Donneily, who was made
chairman of the committee ON plat
form. mounted the stage to present his
report, the popular Philadelphia leader
was received with applause. He had
but few sentences to read before he
reached Bryan's name, and then the
convention fairly went of it's feet n
wildly cheering. shouting and yelling
for the Nebraska colonel. The chair
man of the con-ention promptly put
| the question, when motion was made
/ to- Inn ha ,lnt tfr,
it was carried with shouts of approval.
! In an instant John Cadwalader. Jr.,
of Philadelphia. commanded the eve
man." said he. calmly 'in view OF
the fact that Mr. Bryans name appears
in the platform i shall withdraw from
this convention"
Then came a scene Of wild disorder
Nobody knew to what extent the bolt
| would reach.
Put him out put him out" came
| indignant shouts from the galleries,
and as Mr.. Cadwalader left the hall q
storm OF Kisses followed him to the
door. Many other gold men would
have withdrawn also were they not
interested in candidates for supreme
| judge.
| The Bryan hurrah started with the
| speech of the temporary chairman,
| William M. Brinton, of Lancaster, who
was only permitted to get off long
winded address by giving the patriots
| frequent occasion to cheer for their
| favorite national leader
They have since renounced the tic.-et
and the platform.
REPUBLICANS PLEASED.
1t is almost unnecessary to state
| that the Republican leaders are net =
bit sorry that the Democratic party
named free silverites on it's ticket. aAd
that it openly endorsed Bryan. They
watched the convention with consid-
cradle interest. They wanted to know
| just how easy the Democrats intended
making the campaign. That the Re-
publicans are convinced that they will
have an easy time of it in the fall can
| vass goes without saying.
| We will have a cinch." said one of
| the Republican leaders. "If we had
| planned the convention At Harrisburg
| ourselves we could not have done more
| efficient work in the interest Of the Re-
| publican party. Pennsylvania does
not believe in free silver men. nor does
it believe in Bryan, and it means that
the Republicans will have an old fash
ioned majority in the fall fight"
The Democrats are now in a position
where they cannot expect aid from so
called independent sources In the gu
bernatorial campaign of last year the
Democratic platform abstained from
mentioning the name of Bryan, and in
| this way the party got support that
otherwise would have gone elsewhere.
But now with Bryan endorsed. and the
presidential campaign but a year dis
| tant, it is not to be expected that the
| Democrats will have even united
party.
The gold Democracy see plainly that
| they are not appreciated in the DEM
Ocratic party in Pennsylvania, and fur
thermore that they are being constant
ly punished because they voted the
Palmer and Buckner presidential
ticket They point to Judge Yerkes'
case, for instance. and they say that
| it is outrageous that the fact that he
was against Bryan should have been
used against him in his candidacy for
the supreme court. Il suppose that
| they can do without our money and
our votes" said we'll known gold
| Democrat the other day."After turning
down Yerkes on the Bryan issue it
looks as though that in the future they
| will get neither. We are sick and tired
| of such treatment. and we propose to
| resent it to the bitter end"