The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-05-24
SHARPLY REBUKED
Republican Caucus of Philadel.
phias Councils Turn Down
His Pet Candidate.
NO TIME FOR PARTY WREOKERs.
The Men who Deserted the Republic
can Candidate For United states
senator Are One by One Feeling tho
Wrath of the People.
(Special CorrespondenceO


Especial Correspondence.)
Philadelphia, May 23.-Pennsyl-
vania politics has not for years given
such an exhibition of stalwart Repub-
licanism as has been shown in the vari-
Gus counties of the state since the ad-
journment of the legislature Those
who believe in the regularity of the
Republican organization have on every
occasion at the primary elections re-
pudiated the men who bolted the Re-
! publican caucus on the United States
! senatorship.
Philadelphia has had no delegate cleo
tion since legislature adj journed, but
there wasa of Republican men,
! bers of councils in this city last week
which took very decided and signif-
| cant action. For several years the in
fiuence of David Martin has been prac-
! tically undisputed in councils and in
| the various departments of city hall.
With Mayor Warwick at his back he
| executed quite as much power as did
| the veteran James McEianes in the
palmiest days of the old gas trust. But
! Ashbridge is mayor new and things
are different. This was shown with
humiliating results TO Martin at the
caucus of Republican members of
councils a few days ago.
MARTIN TURNED DOWN.
The caucus was called to agree upon
set of candidates for. the board of
port wardens. Martin had a number
| of candidates. In o.den times he would
have been able to elect them all. But
there was one in whom he was es-
pecially interested, Freoeriok H. Hess.
He was looked upon as Martins first
choice Those who were opposed to
his reelection thought it impossible
to defeat him, in view Of the influences
that were being eXerted in his behalf.
There was nothing personal in the
opposition to Hess on his own account,
but there was undoubtedly a deep-seat-
ed feeling against him among the stall
wart Republicans who were disap-
pointed and chagrined at his action
last November Hess was then the
regular Republican nominee for state
representative in the Seventeenth
ward. When the announcement came
of his withdrawal frcm the ticket
Just prior to election, leaving John H.
Fow, David Martins alleged Demo-
cratic friend, without Republican
competitor there was a sensation.
It was too late for the Republicans
to nominate a candidate against Fow,
md Martin was roundly denounced for
permitting this to happen. With the
certainty of depriving the Republican
party of a vote on the United Senator
ship in the legislature from this dis
trict, there was great indignation ex-
pressed among the rank and file of the
Republican party. 1t was on the cards
for Fow to go to the Legislature and
Hess did not stand in the way.
But the future came.
1t came Thursday and Hess knows
what it brought.
An amusing feature of the scenes In
the lobby near common council cham
ber Thursday at the Republican cau-
Gus was the presence of Fow. One
good turn deserves another, but the
| turn does not always come in politics.
Sometimes, when it does come, the
recipient of past favors, like Fow, can
not return the same. Fow was morti-
fled over the defeat of Hess. He did
not hesitate to criticise some of the
members of councils who had failed to
vote for Hess. But the deed was done
and Hess went down the sliding board.
And the friends of Lane and Dur
ham went to bed happy that night
while Martin now knows what Republi-
cans here think of his action in per-
mitting a Democrat to go to the legis-
lature where a Republican could read
lily have been elected. Mayor Ash
bridge is certainly standing by the
stalwarts. The boilers of the sena-
torial caucus will have. to get in line
or they will be eliminated from poll
tics.
OTHER BOLTERS .REPUDIATED.
Philadelphia Republicans in this
matter are simply in line with the reg
! ulars in every county in the state. The
latest developments in Bucks would
surely indicate this. The three mem
bers of the house from this county
Messrs. Edwards, Winner and Wilkin-
| son, bolted the senatorial caucus and
| voted with the insurgents from the
| outset of the session. In the heat of
| the fight, in order to bolster up the in
surgents' cause, these three men with
a grand flourish of trumpets issued an
| address from Harrisburg in which
they declared that their actions were
indorsed by their constituents and
that, in order to prove this, they there
with announced themselves as candi-
dates to go as delegates to the Repub-
lican state convention. They said they
confidently counted upon a vote of ap-
proval of their course on the senator
ship from the Republicans of their
county. Since they returned home
these boilers nave awakened to the
| real conditions. They find that the
| people are not with them. Should they
/ be candidates at the primaries they
would be beaten by an overwhelming
vote. Fully cogniZant of the sentiment
of the county, Messrs. Edwards, Vim
ner and Wilkinson have just issued a
card over their signatures which
| reads
"Tot the Republicans of Bucks county:
In the interest of party harmony we
respectfully announce the withdrawal
of our candidacy for delegates to the
state convention"
The friends of the senator. who had
made up their minds to accept the
challenge and make a red hot fight
for their defeat, feel iubilant over the
backdown, and say the handwriting
on the wall alone was the cause of the
three boilers saving themselves from
an overwhelming defeat
This county will elect three stalwart
! ReDublicaug tn the state convention