The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-08-23
Great ThrOng of Enthusiastic Party
Men Go to the State
Convention.
SOLDIERS BOOMING BARNETT.
Colonel Mcclure Gives the Democracy
Shock by Predicting the Triumphant
Election of the Republican Candidates
Before They Are Named.
Special Correspondence.)


town, all eager to be on hand when the
state ticket is nominated on Thursday
next. 1t is going to be a typical Re-
publican gathering, full of enthusiasm,
party fervor and patriotism. The
streets are already thronged with
good natured, cheering crowd, with the
partisans of the several candidates all
anxious to make a demonstration in
favor of their respective favorites. The
hotels and other public buildings ana
many business places and private resi-
dences are gaily decorated with hags
and bunting and on the sidewalks and
in the hotel lobbies and the headQuar-
ters there are many soldiers, some OF
them in full uniform, fresh from Camp
Meade. which is but few miles down
the road from this city. The presence
of these military men, among them are
many who served in the Cuban and
Porto Rican campaigns and have since
been mustered out from the federal
service, is full of significance. 1t means
that they are all interested in the
work of the forthcoming convention
They expect to see one of their COM
rades in arms honored by the Repub-
lican party of the old Keystone state
next Thursday. They have heard OF
the proposed nomination of Lieutenant
Colonel James Elder Barnett, the act
ing commander of the famous tight
ing Tenth regiment, and they are
here to show their interest in him and
their desire to see him named for state
treasurer.
The nomination of Colonel Barnett
is now assured. And that he will
sweep the state by an immense ma
jority is certain. His regiment will
reach Pittsburg in a few days, and
there is no doubt that great ovation
awaits them. AS to the balance OF the
ticket, Josiah r. Adams, of Philadei-
phia. for the superior court, has prac-
tically a walkover, and for justice of
the supreme court ]. Hay Brown, OF
Lancaster is in the lead. Judges
Archibald, Morrison, White and Wal
lace and former Attorney General Pal
mer are also proposed for supreme
judge.
STALWARTS IN CONTROL.
The convention will be absolutely in
the hands of the stalwart element of
the party. The regulars, with the is
sues clearly defined, carried the pri-
maries by overwhelming majorities
wherever the insurgents put up can
didates, with the exception of in about
three counties outside of Allegheny
and Philadelphia. In Allegheny no ef-
fort was made to dispute the power OF
the Magee-Flinn organization to name
the delegates in the districts which
they usually carry, and in the Quaker
City there was an agreement which
gave to the Martinites a certain num-
Der of districts without a contest,
though this number was much smaller
than the Martin men claimed.
The outlook for the election of the
whole ticket by unprecedented ma
jorities is most gratifying. The Demo-
cratic party is demoralized. The sound
money men have bolted Greasy, the
free silverite who was placed on the
ticket for state treasurer by the orders
of Colonel Guffey to please the Bryan
ties. While the disgruntled insurgents
have been praising Greasy, in the hope
of compelling the stalwarts to show
them some consideration at the state
convention, they all know that Greasy
is not a vote winner and that he will
not have his own party vote back of
him on election day.
Some idea of the feeling as to the
prospects of sweeping Republican
victory in Pennsylvania this fall may
be cleaned from an editorial which
Colonel A. X. Mcclure printed in the
Philadelphia Times last Friday.
While this publication was overflow
ing with unusual frankness it was re-
ceived with Outbursts of disapproval
and disappointment from the Demo-
cratic leaders and sympathizers. 1t
was the first candid statement of fact
as to Pennsylvania politics that has
been gotten from a newspaper carry
ing the Wanamaker advertisement in
Philadelphia for many days. All these
journals are industriously telling their
readers what a great man is Greasy,
and how the people are falling over
themselves to ret into line to vote
for him. 1t il the same old story that
was heard throughout the campaign
for poor old Mr.. jerks, who, it will
be recalled, ran for governor last year.
with the full prestige of the advertis-
ing subsidized newspapers booming
him daily and all the other influences
of the insurgent Republican organiza-
tion at his back. Mr.. jerks now knows
the value the people place on these bar
gain counter organs and what influence
they DO not possess.
MCLURE'S CANDID ADMISSION.
With this whole choir daily harp
ing on Creaseys strength, it is, in
deed. refreshing to read Colonel Nc
Clures breezy and convincing way OF
brushing them all to one side.
In discussing the probable nominees
of the Republican state convention
Colonel Mcclure said:
"The nomination for state treasurer
shaped itself 1t happened to come
Quay's way, and in that he was for
tunate. The record of the heroism o.
the Tenth regiment in the Philippine!
stands out single from all the Others
alike in sacrifice and achievement IL
the bloody conflict with a barbaroul
foe and deadly climate in the far easT
Had Colonel Hawkins lived he woulC
likely have preferred to take his sea
in the senate to which he was elected
two years ago, but If he had choseT
10 prefer the nomination for stat,
treasurer no political combination
Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey, Ga. say
he suffered with itching piles twentl
years before trying DeWitt's Witch Ha
zel Salve, two boxes of which completed,
cured him. Beware of worthless ant
dangerous counterfeits. Heath IL Kill