The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1899-11-15
Row on Between Bryanite Demo-
Gratis and Republican
Insurgents.
COL. BARNETT'S BIG VOTE.
BE Could Throw Away Republican Majori-
ties in Philadelphia and Allegheny and
Give Greasy Every Vote He Got,
and he Would Still Be Elected.
Especial Correspondence)

Philadelphia. Nov. 14.-And now the
Democrats and their late allies, the
Republican insurgents, are in a merry
row. They are calling each other
names, and there is no telling where
il will all end. Both are disgusteu
with the result of last Tuesdays cleo
ton. Each had hoped there would be
n landslide in which the Republican
state ticket would be buried out OF
sight. But, alas and alack, they were
both destined to disappointment The
people of Pennsylvania went to the
polls and repudiated the Bryanite De-
mocracy and expressed their contempt
for the men, who, while claiming to De
Republicans, have for the last two
years been allies Of the Democracy
and some secretly, and others openly,
waging a bitter warfare against the
Republican organization of Pennsylva-
MIA and its leaders and its candidates.
Notwithstanding the fact that Greasy,
the Democratic nominee for state
treasurer, was a pronounced Bryanlte
and was ignored by the sound money
men Of his own party, and the Demo-
cratic party organization in Pennsyl-
vania was avowedly for Bryan, these
so-called insurgents, who wish to be
known as Republicans, not only voted
for Greasy, but many of them spent
their time maligning Colonel Barnett,
the Republican candidate, against
whose nomination not a single vote
was cast in the Republican state con-
vention.
Through the assistance of certain
disgruntled machine politicians in
Philadelphia, Of the stripe of David
Martin, and in Allegheny of the Will
lam Finn school, and with other scat
tering elements, Colonel Barnett's vote
was cut few thousands, but with it
all he was elected by a plurality of
over 100000. This is certainly mar
velous result, in view of the immense
sums of money poured into the Demo-
cratic and insurgent machines for use
both before and on election day, and
the fact that with one exception every
Philadelphia morning newspaper, all
Wanamaker owned or politically con-
trolled, waged an unrelenting and des-
perate fight against the Republican or
ganization and its candidates.
But the outcome has brought great
trouble for the enemies of the Repub-
lican organization.
The Democrats are already out in
declaration that they will do no fur
ther business with the insurgents ex-
cept upon the basis that the insur-
gents shall turn in flatfooted for the
Democratic candidates for the legis-
lature.
GEN. REEDER CONGRATULATED.
General Reeder. chairman of the
Republican state committee. has been
congratulated by active and promi-
nent Republicans throughout the state
for the splendid results of the Repub-
lican campaign. Although Chairman
Reeder was handicapped through lack
of funds and the railroad companies
refusing to extend the usual courtesy
of half rate fares for students and
-others whom he desired to send home
to vote, he did the best that could
be done under adverse circumstances.
The Republican organization was in
fighting trim and when the time came
to get out the vote the county commit
teecen and the members of the Wig
liant committees did noble work for
the whole ticket.
During the campaign the chairman
of the Democratic state committee, Mr..
Killing, made big boasts of what the
Democratic party was going to do in
the interior counties of the state and
that Greasy would come to Philadel-
phia with a majority. But an exam
ination of the returns shows that Col
onel Barnett would have been elected
If he had not received a majority of
cne vote in either Philadelphia or
Allegheny counties. In other words,
the Republican majorities in these
two Republican strongholds could be
thrown away and Mr.. Greasy given
every Democratic vote he polled in
these two counties and still Colonel
Barnett would be elected The Demo-
cratic cry Of fraud in Philadelphia is
answered with the statement that
there are desperate men in both par
ties, that there are Democratic frauds
as well as possibly some Republican
frauds. But this occurs only in spots
where the conditions are conducive to
this sort Of work. In great majority
OF the polling places in Philadelphia,
1t is safe to say, there is not fraudu-
lent vote ever cast in the interest of
either party. Conditions in this re-
spect are far different from what they
were some years ago.
FUSTON'S DEATH KNELL.
Another very gratifying result of the
election Is the complete wiping out
Of the Insurgents and the Democrats
Ia the legislative districts in which
by fusion deals they defeated regularly
nominated Republican candidates for
the legislature last fall and elected
Democrats or nondescripts. This is
emphasized in the election of the Re-
publican county tickets in Chester.
Blair Montgomery and other coun-
Ties. In Chester county there was an
attempt to repeat the fusion victory of
last year by the nomination of a
fusion county ticket. This ticket was
defeated by an overwhelming vote. the
entire Republican county ticket being
triumphantly elected.
In commenting upon this result T.
Larry Eyre, the Republican leader of
Chester county said:
In the not fight that was made
against the Republican county ticket
and the assaults upon Colonel Barnett
by the Philadelphia insurgent and
Democratic newspapers that were sent
broadcast free throughout our county.
some of our Republicans uera at fret