Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-11-23
MARTIN LOSES AGAII.
Philadelphia Insurgent LeaderC'' IT.
Bad Setback.
I, W. DURHAM WINS OUT.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Philadelphia, Nov. 21.--Another egi
dence of the fact that the old Martin
combine, whicn was for years in cc2
troll of public affairs and the Republi-
can organization in this city, is no
longer potential was given this Weei:
when large majority OF the Republi-
can members OF common council united
in signing pledge to vote for the
election of George ,McCurdy for pres
| ident of that body. Mr.. McCurdy is n
progressive Philadelphia who follows
the leadership of Israel w. Durham,
and who has no time for the Aartin
outfit He is a stalwart Republican,.
has no sympathy with the insurgents,
and was one of the most active of the
young Republicans who brought about
the election of Samuel II. Ash5rid@a
as mayor. The position of president
of common council is a very influential
one, and it has long been an asset in
the political combination of which Mar
tin was the acknowledged leader. Since
Martin has joined hands politically
with the Wanamaker-F Finn Hastings
combine in state politics he has been
steadily losing ground in this city. The
signing of the pledge for McCurdy
means his success in the Republican
caucus and nothing can prevent his
election.
Having lost the mayor and now los
ing the president of councils, Martiu
is practically put out of business.
Martin. who became Immensely
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Republican organization in this city
is now posing as a statesman. With
Finn. of Allegheny, and Hastings. OF
Centre, both of whom have also mada
big fortunes since they entered poll
tics, Martin has tied his political III
ture to the Wanamaker personal ad-
vancement movement, of which the
people of Pennsylvania have had some
experience during the last few years.
Wanamakerism has not had popU-
lar boom in the Keystone state. But
with a determination characteristic OF
the rich man with political ambitions
to satisfy, the warfare upon the Repub-
lican organization is to be kept up.
General Reeder who as chairman Of
the Republican committee managed
the late contest, was in town this week
when the official returns were received
from Harrisburg. He was naturally
pleased with the figures. Barnett's Of
fetal plurality was 110.4SS.
For the first time in three cam
paigns was the Republican target of
IN rn-nt Nov In
given clear majority of all the
votes cast at the election. Mr. Beacon,
the candidate for state treasurer in
1897; Colonel Stone. the nominee for
governor last year, and Colonel Bar
nett, the Republican candidate this
fall, were each subjected to scandalous
assaults from this insurgent cabal. AL
though they were all elected, in 1897
Beacon, o: all the votes cast at that
election, was in the minority by 10,169.
Though Colonel Stone won in his
fight for the governorship, he lacked
19,303 of having a majority of the
votes polled at that election. But then,
after the Insurgents exhibition of
party treachery in boiling the Repub-
lican caucus on the United States sem
atorship in the legislature, and their
continued disloyalty in opposing the
Republican candidate for state treas
urer, and espousing the cause of Greasy,
a Bryanite, the Republicans of Penn
sylvania elected Colonel Barnett state
treasurer and gave him a majority of
1892 over the combined votes of the
Democratic. Prohibitionist and Pop
ulist and Union Reform party candi-
dates, with the insurgent vote for
Greasy, Democrat, thrown in.
After this emphatic rebuke from the
Republican voters the insurgents, or
at least their selfish leaders, who knew
only personal politics. set out again
to have an organized fight against the
Republican organization and with n
purpose to unite with any party or
faction to elect their candidates for the
Legislature where they are defeated
in Republican conventions.
SENATOR HOAR'S POSITION.
There is nothing in the way of pr,
cedent in the Quay case that neeC
bother any one. If these election case,
had invariably been settled on their
merits there would be something il
precedent to follow, but every one
knows that as a rule they have not beer
so settled. Seating senator on merit
means that the constitution of the
United States shall decide. Senator
Hoar, of Massachusetts, is absolutely
right in his analysis of the constitu-
tion. Mr.. Hoar is a conservative man
altogether TOO conservative, perhaps,
to be thoroughly in touch with the ac-
tivities of modern progress-but he
has always been a careful student OF
the constitution, and there is no great
er stickler in all congress upon con-
stitutional points. In his opininon the
constitution does not contemplate leav-
ing a seat vacant in the senate. For
that reason governor is given the
power to appoint if for any reason
whatever a vacancy occurs, the inten-
tion of the constitution being that the
states shall always have their full rep
resentation. Mr.. Hoar will vote for
Colonel Quay as he has voted in SINH
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