Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-16
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SENATOR PENRosE SPEAKS.

OENAIOO L Elm ItOOE oI EShNo'
'The action of the state convention
in making an unequivocal declaration
pledging the Republican organization
of Pennsylvania to McKinley's re-
nomination." said Senator Boies Pen
rose, emphatically was undoubtedly
in accord with the sentiment of the
Republicans of the state. The cam
paign just closed with such gratifying
results was conducted upon the issue
that support of the Republican state
ticket meant an Endorsement OF the
Mckinley administration and concur
renee in the pledge of the platform OF
the Republican state convention to IA
vor the denomination of the president.
The verdict of the people of this COM
monwealth is eminently compliment
ary to the Mckinley administration
and when coupled with the splendid
Republican victory in Ohio the presi-
dents own state, it makes a magnl1l-
cent tribute from the American peo-
pie The matter of the election OF
stalwart Republicans as delegates TO
the Republican national convention
will now be taken up by the Republl-
can voters of the respective districts,
and | have no doubt that no state in
the Union will send delegation to the
more satisfactorily and truly represent
the sentiments of the Republicans of
their respective districts than will that
from Pennsylvania"
EX-CHAIRMAN ELKIN'S VIEWS.
"The vote at last Tuesdays cleo
ton" said Attorney General John P.
Elkin. must be, indeed, gratifying to
every sincere friend of the president.
Pennsylvania will know no other
choice for the presidency in 1900. A
popular vote has already indicated the
popular favorite. 1t now devolves
upon the men identified with the party
organization in the various congress
sional districts TO select stalwart,
representative Republicans who will
go to the national convention pledged
to President McKmley's denomination.
1t was a happy thought to have had
the recent Republican state conven-
ton put the Republican organization
on record thus early, and it is pleasing
to find the sentiment of the voters of
the state so cordially coneurring in
the proposition. The splendid organi-
cation which has withStood the
onslaughts of political insurgents and
guerrillas for so many campaigns Will
be lined up against any efforts to
break into the national delegation in
the interest of any candidate other
than President Mckinley, and the
organization will be found thoroughly
competent to thwart any scheme or in
trigue to divide the delegation against
President Mckinley
GUFFEY WORKING FOR BRYAN.
Conel James M. Guffey. the MEM
Der of the Democratic national COM
mittee from Pennsylvania, and the
acknowledged leader of the party in
this state, is attending to the matter
of selecting a Bryan delegation He
has within the last few days publicly
declared that nothing but declinatiou
or death can prevent Bryan securing
the Democratic nomination for presi-
dent next year" Colonel Guffey, it
viii be recalled, was elected to- the ma
tional committee when the fight was
made upon William F. Harrity by the
free silver men. after the last presi-
Dental election. The action of the
last Democratic state convention in re-
ferring to William Jennings Bryan as
"our matchless leader" expressed the
sentiment of the rank and file of the
Democratic organization of this state
No matter what may be Colonel Cuff
fey's personal and private views upon
the question of 16 to l, or the income
tax, or the various other features of
the iniquitous Chicago platform he
must at least pretend to believe in
them all if he wants to hold on to
the leadership of the Democratic ma
chine. The people of the state by the
vote at last Tuesdays election showed
conclusively that they recognized the
fact that the Democratic candidates
and the Democratic leadership repre-
sented Bryanism and that a vote for
the Democratic ticket could fairly he
construed as Il vote of confidence in
Bryan and the Bryan machine in
Pennsylvania. The fact that the
Democratic party in Pennsylvania re-
fuses to be divorced from Bryanism
will ultimately mean that many for
mer Democrats will cease to have any
thing to do with the Democratic party
as at present constituted, and they
will ultimately become full fedged Re-
publicans.
HOW DELEGATES ARE CHOSEN. K
The Democrats do not elect their
delegates to the national convention
in the same manner as the Republi- \
cans. The Republicans name two del
egates and two alternates from each \
congressional district in the same \
manner in which candidates for the |,
national house of representatives are |
chosen. The delegates and alternates- |
at-large are elected by the Republi- |
can state convention. In the Demo- \
cratic party the delegates to the Demo- 4
cratic state convention elect the ma !
tional delegates. A majority of the ,
state delegates from each congression- 4
al district acommend to the state con \
vention the names of those they de- i
sire elected to the national convention
and it. is customary for the conven-
ton to concur in these recommenda-
tions. These district delegates, as we'll
as the delegates and alternates-at-
large, must be elected by the state
convention.