Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-16
..l LOSERS At ODDS.
Row on Between Bryanite Demo
Gratis and Republican
Insurgents,
COL. BARNETI'S BIG VOTE
He Could Throw Away Republican Majori-
ties in Philadelphia and Allegheny and
Give Greasy Every Vote lie Got,
and Ee Would Still Be Elected.
Especial CorrespondenceJ

Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Nov. 14.-And now the
Democrats and their late allies. the
Republican insurgents, are in merry
row. They are calling each other
names. and there is no telling where
it will all end. Both are disgusted
with the result OF last Tuesdays cleo
ton Each had hoped there would be
a 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 be
Republicans. have for the last two
wears been allies Of the Democracy
and some secretly, and others openly,
waging 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 Bryanite
and was ignored by The sound money
men of his own party. and the Demo-
cratic party organization in fennsyl-
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 malignins 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 Banett's vote
was cut few thousands. but with ii
all he was elected by a plurality of
over 10G coo This is certainly a mar
velous result, IN view of the immense
sums of money poured into the Demor
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 uurelepting and des
perate fight against the Republican Or
ganization and It's candidates.
But the outcome has brought great
trouble for the enemies OF the Repub-
ltcan organization.
The Democrats are already out in
declaration that they will do no fur
ther business with the insurgents ex~
oept upon the basis that the insur-
gents shall turn in fatfooted 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
teemen 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 majorties 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 a great majority
Of the polling places in Philadelphia,
! ii 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
in the legislative districts in which
| by fusion deals they defeated regularly
nominated Republican candidates for
1 the legislature last fall and elected
| Democrats ar 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
1 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.